Doug Dworkin — a business and technology consultant from New York, New York
Becky Wilson — an operations engineer from Aurora, Colorado
Wes Hazard — a standup comic and storyteller from Stoughton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes | $1,200 | $3,600 | $13,200 |
$12,395
2-day champion: $26,795 |
$13,200
16 R, 1 W |
| Becky | $2,200 | $4,000 | $18,400 |
$10,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Doug | $1,000 | $-200 | $3,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| GOOD GROOMING | OPERA HEROINES | TIME RHYME | KING OF THE CASTLE | EXTREME SPORTS? | THE FBI's 10 MOST WANTED LIST |
|
$200
[2]
Revlon's slant tip type of this implement is shaped to fit bushy brows
tweezers
Becky
|
$200
[6]
She & her brother push the witch into an oven, freeing all the children from their gingerbread state
Gretel
Wes
|
$200
[16]
A very trendy 7-day period
a chic week
Wes
|
$200
[21]
Fontainebleau, 1643-1715:Le roi, c'est moi
Louis XIV
Wes
|
$200
[26]
Watching baseball makes me think it has both the most statistics & the most examples of this behavior AKA expectoration
spitting
Doug
|
$200
[1]
When this man introduced the list in 1950, Thomas Holden was at the top
(Edgar) Hoover
Becky
|
|
$400
[3]
Try coconut oil on these pads of skin at the base of nails if they get ragged
cuticles
Becky
|
$400
[7]
She throws away Don Jose's ring & in a rage, Don Jose stabs her to death outside a bullring
Carmen
Wes
|
$400
[17]
An eventual stitch for a wound
a future suture
|
$400
[22]
The former Edo Castle, 1926-1989:This emperor
Hirohito
Becky
|
$400
[27]
In 2017 Forbes Magazine listed this NFL team that plays in Arlington as the world's most valuable at $4.8 billion
the Dallas Cowboys
Wes
|
$400
[11]
Many protested when this woman was added to the list in 1970--she was later acquitted
Angela Davis
Wes
|
|
$600
[4]
The ASPCA says you can make this for your dog from baking soda & water
toothpaste
Doug
|
$600
[8]
After his arranged wedding to this 15-year-old Japanese girl, naval officer B.F. Pinkerton sails to America
Madame Butterfly
Doug
|
$600
[18]
A wise expert on the Bronze or Iron time span
a age sage
Becky
|
$600
[23]
El Pardo, 1975-2014:This recent abdicator
Juan Carlos
Doug
|
$600
[28]
With as many as 25, this superstar may have had the most nicknames in NBA history, including "Diesel" & "The Big Baryshnikov"
Shaquille O'Neal
Wes
|
$600
[12]
When the FBI caught thief James Ringrose, he handed them one of these cards from a board game--didn't work
a Get Out of Jail card
Becky
|
|
$800
[5]
The Army has style rules, like max 1/8" of skin between these, defined as "hair rolled or braided closely to the scalp"
cornrows
Wes
Becky
Doug
|
$800
[9]
In "La Boheme" this seamstress who suffers from tuberculosis tells Rodolfo that her real name is Lucia
Mimi
Becky
|
$800
[19]
Calculated 1/60th of a minute
reckoned a second
|
$800
[24]
Neuschwanstein Castle, 1864-1886:This mad man
(Mad King) Ludwig (of Bavaria)
Becky
Doug
|
$800
[29]
Most faked injuries? Gotta be soccer, where faking an injury is called this, also an Olympic sport
diving
|
$800
[13]
Andrew Cunanan made the list a month before he shot this fashion designer in 1997
(Gianni) Versace
Becky
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Rough elbows can benefit from this type of product that hydrates & softens, from the Latin for "soft"
emollient
Becky
Doug
|
$1,000
[10]
Joan Sutherland is seenhereas the daughter of this military group in a Donizetti work
a regiment
Wes
|
$1,000
[20]
I know a guy for whom Pete's Wicked Ale had this 4-word distinction for 1993
beer of the year
|
$1,000
[25]
Windsor Castle, 1936-1952:This father of a queen
George VI
Wes
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[14]
The list was already full, but this man was specially added in April 1968 after a high-profile Memphis murder
James Earl Ray
Becky
|
| LITERARY TYPES | POP SONG OVERLAPS | ENDANGERED ANIMALS | YESTERCAREER | FROM Z TO A | NAT GEO |
|
$400
[2]
Umberto Eco said this flower "is a symbolic figure so rich in meanings that now it hardly has any meaning left"
the rose
Becky
|
$400
[7]
"Don't Be ____ To Be Kind"
cruel
Becky
|
$400
[1]
Ocean dwellers with colorful names on the endangered list include the green turtle & this most massive animal
the blue whale
Wes
|
$400
[12]
A vintager was a harvester of these
grapes
Becky
|
$400
[24]
Scientists in South Africa are trying to bring back thequagga, a species of this that became extinct in the 19th century
a zebra
Becky
|
$400
[19]
Raised in Chicago, Nat King Cole sang this song about a road that runs from the Windy City to L.A.
"Route 66"
Doug
|
|
$800
[3]
The actions of a crewman under 18th c. captain George Shelvocke were an inspiration for this Coleridge poem
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Becky
|
$800
[8]
"The Lion Sleeps ____ I'm Yours"
tonight
Doug
|
$1,200
[10]
This longest river in China is home to the finless porpoise, now critically endangered
the Yangtze
Becky
|
$800
[15]
Essential before an extended journey, a caulker made sure this, the frame of a ship, was watertight
the hull
Wes
|
$800
[25]
It follows epsilon
zeta
Becky
|
$800
[20]
Some think his "one life to give" was taken in NYC in 1776 near 3rd Ave. & 66th St.; others, in City Hall Park
Nathan Hale
Becky
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Korean-born Min Jin Lee wrote a 2017 book with this Japanese pinball game as its title
pachinko
Becky
|
$1,200
[11]
"Sweet ____ Compares 2 U"
nothing
Wes
|
$1,600
[29]
The Badlands in South Dakota are home to the black-footed type of this weasel, back from the brink of extinction
ferrets
Becky
|
$1,200
[16]
A spinner made this
thread
Doug
|
$1,200
[26]
Get moving & get fit with this program that combines Latin dance moves with aerobic exercise
Zumba
Becky
|
$1,200
[21]
Nat Turner, who was born & died in this state, tried to lead his rebellion through the Dismal Swamp located there
Virginia
Wes
|
|
$1,600
[5]
In 2012 this author of "Portnoy's Complaint" & "The Human Stain" announced his retirement from writing
(Philip) Roth
Becky
|
$1,600
[13]
"Bleeding ____ On The Rocks"
love
Becky
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Found only in Vietnam & Laos the saola has parallel horns, yet it's also called "the Asian" this mythical creature
a unicorn
Doug
|
$1,600
[17]
The knocker-upper, with a long pole or a peashooter to aim at windows, has been replaced by this bedside device
an alarm clock
Doug
|
$1,600
[27]
Costing a fraction of the price, one of the most popular diamond substitutes is cubic this
zirconia
Becky
Doug
|
$1,600
[22]
As governor of Georgia starting in 2011, Nathan Deal has worked on a major expansion of this port
Savannah
Doug
|
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
In Sauk Centre, Minnesota, a street (not Main Street), is named for this author born there in 1885
Sinclair Lewis
Becky
|
$2,000
[14]
"Teenage ____ Police"
dream
Wes
Becky
|
$2,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Como Park Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.) Como Zoo offers programs to help raise awareness about orangutans, because largely to deforestation, the numbers are dwindling in their last two native habitats, leaving about 50,000 orangutans on Borneo & only 14,000 on this Indonesian island to the west
Sumatra
Wes
Doug
|
$2,000
[18]
Author/magistrate Henry Fielding professionalized this job when he started the Bow Street runners
a policeman
|
$2,000
[28]
Lusaka is its capital & largest city
Zambia
Becky
|
$2,000
[23]
Social & jazz critic Nat Hentoff also wrote a memoir about his youth in the Roxbury section of this city
Boston
Wes
|
Turkey is the world's largest producer of these fruits; its town of Cerasus was famous for them
cherries