Courtney Llewellyn — an assistant editor from New Orleans, Louisiana
Vincent Valenzuela — an internal customer service manager from Wheaton, Illinois
Nancy Schoppa — a retired high school teacher from Saint Jo, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | $2,400 | $5,600 | $16,400 |
$31,400
2-day champion: $35,000 |
$16,400
20 R, 0 W |
| Vincent | $3,000 | $3,000 | $14,200 |
$28,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Courtney | $2,400 | $5,000 | $8,600 |
$7,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
11 R, 1 W |
| QUEEN CONSORT | LETTER PERFECT | COMPLETE THE 21st CENTURY BESTSELLER | HATS | FUN WITH TEAM NAMES | THE UNSEEN |
|
$200
[21]
Catherine of Aragon had a second chance as queen consort when Prince Arthur died--she married this brother
Henry VIII
Nancy
|
$200
[16]
Physicist Edward Teller was dubbed "the father of" this bomb
the H-bomb
Vincent
Courtney
|
$200
[26]
Colson Whitehead:"The Underground ____"
railroad
Nancy
|
$200
[11]
What the Brits call a bowler, we in the U.S. call this, after an earl & an English horse race
a derby
Vincent
|
$200
[1]
The 1962 groundbreaking ceremony for this Houston venue included guns, as the team was then the Colt .45s
the Astrodome
Nancy
|
$200
[6]
The late Sir Simon tries to frighten an American family in Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville" this spectre
a ghost
Nancy
|
|
$400
[22]
Mary was queen of these people almost from birth, but queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560 before Francis II died
the Scots
Vincent
|
$400
[17]
It's used with dates to mean approximately or around that time
a C
Nancy
|
$400
[27]
Paula Hawkins:"The Girl on the ____"
the train
Courtney
|
$400
[12]
Type of chapeau in song titles by Prince & by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
a beret
Nancy
|
$400
[2]
The linguistics dept. at the Univ. of Toronto said this team name is not incorrectly pluralized, as it is a proper noun
the Maple Leafs
Vincent
Courtney
|
$400
[7]
The Air Force's B-2 Spirit is sprayed with a radar-absorbent coating, helping make it this type of bomber
stealth
Vincent
|
|
$600
[23]
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was queen consort for 16 years, & had this later title for almost 50 years
Queen Mother
Courtney
|
$600
[18]
It can be used as an interjection meaning "Indeed!" or as an exclamation of pain or wonder
O
Courtney
|
$600
[28]
J.K. Rowling:"The Tales of Beedle the ____"
Bard
Nancy
|
$600
[13]
A Robert Burns poem gave this flat cap its name
a tam o'shanter
Nancy
|
$600
[3]
Students at Cal Berkeley refer to teams from this younger U.C. school as "Baby Bears"
UCLA
Courtney
|
$600
[8]
Water & lemon juice are a simple recipe for this junior spy specialty
invisible ink
Courtney
|
|
$800
[24]
This woman from Aquitaine went from queen consort of France to queen consort of England
Eleanor
Vincent
|
$800
[19]
One of the 2 letters that appear as the mint mark on most U.S. coins struck for circulation today
a D (or P)
Nancy
|
$800
[29]
Chelsea Handler:"Uganda Be ____ Me"
kidding
Courtney
|
$800
[14]
As Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone sported this cap also called a fore-and-after
a deerstalker
Vincent
|
$800
[4]
A game between these 2 NHL teams was described as a "West Side Story" clash
the Jets and the Sharks (or San Jose and Winnipeg)
Courtney
|
$800
[9]
In the Cygnus X-1 star system, discovered in 1964, a blue supergiant circles this hungry, unseen phenomenon
a black hole
Courtney
|
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Cities in North Carolina, Virginia & Prince Edward Island are named for this consort of George III
Charlotte
Vincent
|
$1,000
[20]
On the periodic table, this letter is the symbol for tungsten
W
Nancy
|
$1,000
[30]
Sue Monk Kidd:"The Invention of ____"
wings
|
$1,000
[15]
We hope the name of this hat, popular for women in the 1920s, rings a bell
a cloche
Nancy
|
$1,000
[5]
This city's NBA & NFL teams run the full gamut of stock market animals
Chicago
Vincent
|
$1,000
[10]
The New Testament says this 5-letter type of belief "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"
faith
Vincent
|
| QUEEN'S CONCERT | MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN STORIES | COME UP TO THE LAB | OCEAN LINERS | OTHER RATHER GRAND CANYONS | "ALA" CART |
|
$400
[11]
This lead singer was given "the biggest sendoff in history" at the 1992 tribute concert for AIDS awareness
Freddie Mercury
Vincent
|
$400
[1]
Iroquois creation myths say their land actually rests on the back of one of these reptiles
a turtle
Vincent
|
$400
[6]
In 1945 more than 5,000 people lived at the top secret lab in this town in New Mexico
Los Alamos
Vincent
|
$400
[16]
In 1918 the unfinished Italian liner Conte Rossowas refitted by the Royal Navy as the first flat-topped one of these
an aircraft carrier
Vincent
|
$400
[21]
Enjoy the huge sequoias in California's Kings Canyon, located in this sierra
the Sierra Nevada
Nancy
|
$400
[25]
A public celebration, perhaps at the Kennedy Center
a gala
Nancy
|
|
$800
[12]
Queen stole the show at this July 1985 worldwide concert
Live Aid
Vincent
|
$800
[2]
The Norse believed that after the giant Ymir died, his skull became the sky & his brains were flung into it, becoming these
clouds
Vincent
|
$800
[7]
Open Source Development Labs was backed by IBM, Intel & other companies to promote this O.S. outta Finland
Linux
Vincent
|
$1,200
[18]
The builders of the SS United States were so concerned with fire safety, they asked Steinway to make an aluminum this
a piano
Nancy
|
$800
[22]
The Anasazi, ancestors of these Indians named for their dwellings, once lived in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly
the Pueblo
Nancy
|
$800
[26]
It was originally a trade name used by the Otis Company
escalator
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Queen has been touring with this"American Idol" alumnus as front man, seen here with Brian May
Adam Lambert
|
DD
$1,200
[3]
While delivering messages, Iris was said to travel along one of these
a rainbow
Vincent
|
$1,200
[8]
With more than 150 scientists, one of the world's largest DNA crime labs is at NYC's OCME, Office of Chief this
the medical examiner
Nancy
|
$1,600
[19]
Anna Magnani was one of the Italian celebrities who boarded this liner in the years before its 1956 sinking
the Andrea Doria
Vincent
|
$1,200
[23]
"Our House" was the very very very fine Laurel Canyon house of Joni Mitchell & this rock star, the "N" of CSN
(Graham) Nash
Nancy
|
$1,200
[27]
Collective name for the lands Down Under & some islands north of them
Australasia
Vincent
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Queen kicked off its 2017 North American tour in Phoenix & kicked off the concert singing, "We Will" do this
rock you
Vincent
|
$1,600
[4]
After Phaeton crashed a sun chariot, his mournful sisters became trees & their tears became this fossil resin
amber
Courtney
|
$1,600
[9]
The Tevatron particle accelerator at the Illinois lab named for this Italian had a circumference of 3.9 miles
Fermi
Nancy
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
In 1982 the QE2 was requisitioned to transport troops to these islands
the Falklands
Vincent
|
$1,600
[24]
On Idaho's border & deeper than the Grand one, this "infernal" canyon's greatest depth is 7,900 feet
Hells Canyon
|
$1,600
[29]
Something done promptly & cheerfully is done with this
alacrity
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Named for the prisoner number of this man, the 46664 campaign started with a Queen concert in South Africa
Mandela
Vincent
|
$2,000
[5]
This river was created when Shiva lowered a goddess slowly to the earth, guiding her across India
the Ganges
Vincent
|
$2,000
[10]
"Come up to the lab" took on a whole new meaning in 1973 with the launch of this
Skylab
Nancy
|
$2,000
[20]
The Titanic was built by the oceanic steam navigation company, better known as this colorful "line"
White Star
Nancy
|
$2,000
[28]
Though this most-visited Utah national park doesn't have "canyon" in its name, a canyon is the big draw
Zion National Park
Vincent
|
$2,000
[30]
White ornamental stone
alabaster
Courtney
|
From its preface:"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman...hate him"
Pygmalion