Erik Johnson — a packaging engineer from Plymouth, Minnesota
Sara Nies — an editorial assistant from New York, New York
Deirdre Thomas — an attorney and editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre | $2,800 | $5,200 | $10,400 |
$16,801
2-day champion: $33,200 |
$12,400
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sara | $1,800 | $400 | $5,200 |
$10,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
22 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Erik | $3,400 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
12 R, 1 W |
| 4 RINGS, SERKIS | SHE CREATED HIM | COMIC-CONVERSATION | GET "OUT"! | REVOLUTION NOW! | BUT IT'S LUNCHTIME |
|
$200
[12]
Love your ring from this company that's "celebrated the world's great love stories" since 1837; breakfast is on me!
Tiffany
Sara
|
$200
[7]
Professor Albus Dumbledore
J.K. Rowling
Erik
|
$200
[26]
Itencloses dialogue from a specific speaker's mouth
a speech bubble (or balloon)
Sara
|
$200
[1]
I just got 3 cases of pens & 6 cases of Scotch tape all for $20 in this type of liquidation sale
a closeout (or a blowout)
Sara
Erik
|
$200
[25]
This country's "February Revolution" of 1917 began on March 8 on the calendar we use today
Russia
Sara
|
$200
[16]
These cubes in a Caesar salad can be Parmesan cheese-flavored
croutons
Deirdre
|
|
$400
[13]
A square platform 18 feet on each side with a 15-foot wide circle is used in this Japanese sport
sumo
Sara
|
$400
[8]
Jacob Black
Stephenie Meyer
Sara
|
$400
[27]
An image that extends beyond the edge of a page is said to do this medical verb
bleed
Deirdre
|
$400
[3]
Adjective used to describe a deeply religious person
devout
Deirdre
Sara
|
$600
[21]
"Power to the people!" was a slogan of this African-American revolutionary group co-founded by Huey Newton
the Black Panthers
Deirdre
|
$400
[17]
Every Scot knows that cock-a-leekie soup is a fine repast based on leeks & a stock made from this
chicken
|
|
$600
[11]
Motion capture changed actor Andy Serkis into this giant ape in a 2005 remake
King Kong
Erik
|
$600
[2]
Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter
Deirdre
|
$600
[28]
King Features specializes in this business, distributing a comic strip to a large number of newspapers
syndication
Deirdre
|
$600
[4]
It's the 10-letter weather phenomenon seen here
a waterspout
Erik
|
$800
[22]
The rising on this religious holiday in 1916 briefly proclaimed a free Irish republic before it was crushed
Easter
Sara
|
$600
[18]
It's Friday, so I'm having the proverbial 3-this lunch, dry with Belvedere if you don't mind
martini
Deirdre
|
|
$800
[14]
Root growth & moisture are key factors in dendrochronology, time dating via these
tree rings
Deirdre
|
$800
[9]
James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, or just Jamie Fraser for short
Gabaldon
Sara
|
$800
[29]
This type of story similar to back story goes back at least as far as the character gaining his or her powers
an origin story
Erik
|
$800
[5]
In 2008 the Big Three automakers asked for one of these, worth billions of dollars
a bailout
Erik
|
$1,000
[23]
A revolution by this "juvenile" group in 1908 restored constitutional rule to the Ottoman Empire
the Young Turks
Sara
|
$800
[19]
Hillshire Farm's fine selection of lunch meat includes the Black Forest type of this
ham
Sara
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Don't "blow" one of these, a rubber ring used to provide a watertight seal between metal joints
a gasket
Deirdre
|
$1,000
[10]
Tentmates Jack Twist & Ennis Del Mar
Annie Proulx
Sara
|
$1,000
[30]
This term for a book-length visual narrative spread after it was on the cover of 1978's "A Contract with God"
a graphic novel
Erik
|
$1,000
[6]
It's what the British call a traffic circle
a roundabout
Erik
|
DD
$5,400
[24]
The Euphrates Revolt was an unsuccessful 1920s uprising against the U.K.'s control of this country
Iraq
Sara
|
$1,000
[20]
I'm feeling like a little cheese, so my choice is this Mexican treat, from the Spanish for "little cheese"
quesadilla
Sara
|
| IN THE LOUVRE | 4-LETTER WORDS | ECONOMICS | ISLAND HOPPING | CHEMICAL PROCESSES | EXPRESS-ING THEMSELVES |
|
$400
[5]
A Dutch import:"Bathsheba at Her Bath"; "Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with a Velvet Beret"
Rembrandt
Sara
|
$400
[10]
From French, it can replace the word "place" in "in place of"
lieu
Erik
|
$400
[23]
From 1990 to 2015 this annual figure for the U.S. averaged about 2.5%; for China, about 10%
GDP growth
Sara
|
$400
[11]
A tenth of the people on this big island are Danish; the other 9/10 are Inuit
Greenland
Sara
|
$400
[21]
The addition of CO2to a beverage, it imparts sparkle & prevents spoilage
carbonation
Sara
|
$400
[16]
The Jacobite played this train in the Harry Potter films
the Hogwarts Express
Sara
|
|
$1,200
[1]
This Dutch "creator of devils": "The Ship of Fools, or the Satire of the Debauched Revelers"
(Hieronymus) Bosch
Sara
|
$800
[6]
A tamale is usually wrapped in a corn one
husk
Sara
|
$800
[24]
For David Ricardo in 1817, the 3 classes of society included these, who got money from farmers, not from apartment renters
landlords
Deirdre
|
$800
[12]
Madagascar, the Seychelles & Mauritius have been rebranded for tourism as islands of this orchid spice
vanilla
Sara
|
$800
[22]
This radical, self-sustaining type of reaction happens in 3 stages: initiation, propagation & termination
a chain reaction
|
$800
[17]
In "Express Yourself", she sang, "Don't go for second-best... put your love to the test"
Madonna
Sara
|
|
$1,600
[2]
"The Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of Empress Josephine in Notre Dame Cathedral"
Jacques-Louis David
|
$1,200
[7]
2 vowels front this verb meaning "to remove from power"
oust
Sara
|
$1,200
[25]
For price stability & maximum employment, the Fed aims to keep this figure at 2% over time
inflation
Deirdre
|
$1,200
[13]
A memorial on Mactan Island in the Philippines marks the place this Portuguese explorer was killed
Magellan
Erik
|
$1,200
[28]
Combustion is a chemical reaction usually including oxygen & accompanied by heat & light in this physical form
fire (or flame)
Deirdre
|
$1,200
[18]
This children's book series by W. Awdry inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Starlight Express"
Thomas the Tank Engine
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
An Italian import:"The Rebellious Slave" (a sculpture); "Ideal Head of a Woman" (a sketch)
Michelangelo
Deirdre
|
$1,600
[8]
A Washington, D.C. university honors this policy expert "of the year"
wonk
|
$1,600
[26]
This grade-"A" term means unevenness between 2 sides; in the information type, one party to a deal knows more than the other
asymmetry
Sara
|
$1,600
[14]
Thisisland in the Gulf of Naples is known for its Blue Grotto
Capri
|
— |
$1,600
[19]
This actor played Santa Claus, the conductor, the father, a hobo & more in "The Polar Express"
Tom Hanks
Erik
|
|
$2,000
[3]
"July 28: Liberty Leading the People"; "Mary Magdalene in the Desert"
Delacroix
Deirdre
|
$2,000
[9]
It's the simple bouquet seen here
a posy
Sara
|
DD
$2,800
[27]
From Latin for "to look at", they are investors out for short-term profit; their money keeps the markets liquid & efficient
speculators
Sara
|
$2,000
[15]
The South Pacific's Iles du Vent & Iles Sous le Vent translate as the islands of these 2 nautical directions
Windward and Leeward
Deirdre
Sara
Erik
|
— |
$2,000
[20]
This 3-word phrase often heard in sports copyright disclaimers is the title of an MLB podcast
express written consent
Erik
|
This toy was patented in the 1960s as a "liquid filled die agitator"
Magic 8-Ball