Rick Terpstra — an aspiring English teacher from Havertown, Pennsylvania
Ian Flynn — a copy editor from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Burt Westermeier — a Ph.D. candidate from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burt | $1,400 | $3,800 | $11,600 |
$23,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Ian | $2,800 | $6,800 | $9,600 |
$6,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
16 R, 3 W |
| Rick | $2,000 | $6,200 | $12,800 |
$23,201
New champion: $23,201 |
$9,800
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| FOR ME & MY GAL GADOT | SAINTS ON EARTH | NO S ENDING! | POTPOURRI | ANTI UP | DEAL THE CARDS |
|
$200
[4]
You can see Gal's early work on the series "Bubot", made in this, her home country
Israel
Ian
|
$200
[1]
From 1815 to 1821 Napoleon had a lot of time to sit right there & think about what he'd done on this island 1,200 mi. off Africa
Saint Helena
Burt
|
$200
[21]
Kim Fields, Mrs. Fields, Sally Fields
Sally Field
Ian
|
$200
[6]
In 2017 New Jersey eliminated the cash type of this for most defendants
bail
Burt
|
$200
[11]
Enacted in 1890, the U.S. govt.'s first law of this kind was named for Ohio senator John Sherman
anti-trust
Rick
|
$200
[24]
In a variant of this game, instead of "Do you have any aces?", you ask for an ace of a specific suit
Go Fish
Rick
|
|
$400
[5]
As Gisele, Gal ultimately proved mortal in the sixth installment of this high-octane franchise
The Fast and the Furious
Ian
|
$400
[2]
Ponce de Leon took a very early Florida vacation in 1513 & claimed land for Spain near what is now this city
St. Augustine
Burt
|
$400
[22]
Book of Lamentations, Book of Revelations, Book of Numbers
Revelation
Ian
|
$400
[7]
Itwas Ford's second big seller, starting with the 1928 model year
the Model A
Ian
|
$400
[12]
In 1130 Pietro Pierleoni became Anacletus II, an "anti" this
Pope
Ian
|
$400
[25]
Ochos Locos, as its name suggests, is an Android app for this card came
Crazy Eights
Burt
|
|
$600
[18]
Gal can be seen glamming it up as Vinny Chase's date on an episode of this HBO comedy
Entourage
Ian
|
$600
[3]
The name of this largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands means "holy cross" & holy cross! The average temp there is 82!
Saint Croix
Ian
|
$600
[23]
Buck Owens, Clive Owens, Jesse Owens
Clive Owen
Burt
|
$600
[8]
The Catholic revival that began in the mid-1500s is also called the Counter-this
the Counter-Reformation
Burt
|
$600
[13]
Giant coastal cliffs typify the South Pacific's Antipodes Islands, an outlying group belonging to this nation
New Zealand
|
$600
[26]
In a kids' game an unpaired queen is this; if you're holding it as the last card, you lose
Old Maid
Burt
|
|
$800
[19]
While Tina Fey & Steve Carell are having this title evening in a 2010 film, they meet Mark Wahlberg & Gal
Date Night
Ian
|
$1,000
[17]
The 3,792-foot peak that forms much of this, Nevis' pal, is the pleasantly named Mount Misery
Saint Kitts
Ian
|
$1,000
[29]
Whitney Cummings, E.E. Cummings, Alan Cummings
Alan Cumming
Ian
|
$800
[9]
This 7-word "Seinfeld" catchphrase follows "We're not gay!"
"Not that there's anything wrong with that!"
Ian
|
$800
[14]
It's a protagonist who lacks the typical qualities of great courage or morality
antihero
Rick
|
$800
[27]
Hold the gin & deal 7 cards when 3 or 4 play this game instead of just 2 people
rummy
Burt
|
|
$1,000
[20]
The first time Gal played Wonder Woman was in this movie
Batman v Superman
Rick
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
This river flows into the gulf of the same name, northeast out of Lake Ontario
Saint Lawrence
Rick
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
Begun as an alternative to SMS messaging & now part of Facebook, it helps a billion people keep in touch
WhatsApp (or Messenger)
Rick
|
$1,000
[15]
If electrons ever meet these, their antimatter counterparts, the 2 "annihilate" each other, releasing a lot of energy
positrons
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1959 a championship for this card game debuted on TV, with Charles Goren providing the play-by-play
bridge
Rick
|
| IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE | THE 16th CENTURY | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." | TV WITH HIGH RATINGS | QUEENS OF THE LITERARY REALM | 15-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[27]
The Lied Jungle at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is North America's largest indoor one of these forests
a rain forest
Rick
|
$400
[1]
In 1505 a fleet from Portugal was blown to this island off the coast of India, & Portuguese troops soon followed
Sri Lanka
Rick
|
$400
[7]
Talk back to Grandpa & he may say, "No comments from" this, the audience section on "The Howdy Doody Show"
the peanut gallery
Burt
|
$400
[2]
For 6 straight years in the 2000s, this competition show was No. 1 for the season
American Idol
Ian
Rick
|
$400
[16]
This monarch who loses her tarts is a danger to Alice & others during her adventures in Wonderland
the Queen of Hearts
Burt
|
$1,200
[23]
Secrecy, or a type of agreement not to disclose details publicly
confidentiality
Ian
Rick
|
|
$800
[28]
See gorillas in their jungle habitat on a safari to the republic of this river
Congo
Rick
|
$800
[8]
In 1553 Chile's Mapuche Indians defeated & killed Pedro de Valdivia, one of these "conquerors"
a conquistador
Burt
|
$800
[12]
The PG movies--well, PG-13--ofthisP.G. include "San Andreas" & "Cinderella Man"
Paul Giamatti
Rick
|
$800
[3]
This 1939 wartime epic was first shown on TV in 1976 to a 47 rating for each of 2 successive nights
Gone With the Wind
Rick
|
$800
[17]
In "Henry VIII" Shakespeare has this Spanish-born queen die when Elizabeth is born; in fact, it was 3 years later
Catherine of Aragon
Rick
|
$1,600
[22]
The glow of certain protozoans is the result of this natural ability to produce light
bioluminescence
Ian
|
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
In 1951 an airstrip was cut in the jungle near this nation's Mayan ruins of Tikal
Guatemala
Burt
|
$1,200
[9]
Martin Luther was asked to recant his criticisms of this church at a diet convened in 1521 in this Rhine River city
Worms
Rick
|
$1,600
[14]
Thisrodent is named for its cheek pouches
pocket gopher
|
$1,200
[4]
"Dallas" roped a drama series high with 53.3 in 1980 because everyone had to know the answer to this question
Who shot J.R.?
Ian
|
$1,200
[18]
In the third of Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles", we meet Akasha, who has this title title
Queen of the Damned
Rick
|
$2,000
[21]
The 1935, 1964 & 2018 State of the Union addresses used this word for the poor & needy
underprivileged
Ian
|
|
$1,200
[24]
Synonymous with cutting a path through the jungle, itsname is from the Spanish for "hammer"
machete
Burt
|
$1,600
[10]
Heruled the Spanish empire at the height of its power
Philip II
Burt
|
$2,000
[15]
Now a museum, the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni in Venice houses the art collection of this American heiress
Peggy Guggenheim
Rick
|
$1,600
[5]
With a 60.2 rating in 1983, the finale of this sitcom is the highest-rated TV episode of all time
M*A*S*H*
Ian
|
$1,600
[19]
Dido, the queen of Carthage, is tragically tossed aside by her lover in this post-Troy epic
the Aeneid
Burt
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
Thisjungle-dweller of South America uses its mini-trunk to browse higher for twigs & leaves
a tapir
Burt
|
$2,000
[11]
This admiral for whom a doomed luxury liner would later be named drove the French out of Genoa
Andrea Doria
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
It's also called the hypophysis because it lies under the brain
the pituitary gland
Rick
|
$2,000
[6]
In 1994 the Winter Olympics scored 48.5 with its coverage of this event
women's figure skating
Ian
|
$2,000
[20]
Queen Bramimonde is a Spanish Saracen queen who questions her faith in this "Song" of France
The Song of Roland
Burt
|
— |
Almost 100 when he died in 2018, this North Carolina man became just the 4th private citizen to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol
Billy Graham