Jordan Boyd-Graber Ying — an associate professor of computer science from Riverdale Park, Maryland
Evelyn Rubin — a family physician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nancy Schoppa — a retired high school teacher from Saint Jo, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | $1,800 | $2,200 | $8,200 |
$16,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
11 R, 1 W |
| Evelyn | $2,600 | $2,600 | $17,800 |
$27,601
New champion: $27,601 |
$18,800
23 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jordan | $2,800 | $1,400 | $13,800 |
$26,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| THE GREAT BRITISH COIN HUNT | NAME THE NOVEL | ANAGRAMS | COLLEGE COURSES | VIDEO GAMES | IN OTTER NEWS |
|
$200
[12]
In the collection of 26 10-pence coins issued in 2018, "C" is for this national sport
cricket
Nancy
|
$200
[11]
"If the picture was to alter, it was to alter. That was all...not one blossom of his loveliness would ever fade"
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Nancy
|
$200
[6]
It perks you up:FINE FACE
caffeine
Evelyn
|
$200
[5]
San Diego State got into linguistic theory in "Invented Languages": this "Star Trek" one "and Beyond"
Klingon
Evelyn
|
$200
[26]
This company's "Infinity" allowed you to play characters from "The Incredibles" & "Cars", to name a few
Disney
Evelyn
Jordan
|
$200
[21]
As an otter uses its tail to steer, the tail is called this, just like a ship's steering device
a rudder
Evelyn
|
|
$400
[13]
"W" is for this, normally abbreviated WWW
the World Wide Web
Jordan
|
$400
[3]
"Oh, fiddle-dee-dee! But look at Mrs. Merriwether. She's selling pies to Yankees and that's worse than running a sawmill"
Gone With the Wind
Nancy
|
$400
[7]
A reference work:CANDY ICE POLE
encyclopedia
Nancy
|
$400
[17]
"Tactical Oceanography" is offered at this school in Maryland & probably not too many other places
the U.S. Naval Academy
Evelyn
Jordan
|
$400
[27]
Morrowind & Skyrim are iterations of this "venerable" set of games
The Elder Scrolls
Jordan
|
$400
[22]
So they don't drift apart while sleeping, sea otters hold hands, or wrap themselves in strands of this
seaweed (or kelp)
Evelyn
|
|
$600
[14]
"S" is for this ancient monument
Stonehenge
Evelyn
|
$600
[1]
"Lecter shut Boyle up with a shot of the mace and as he wheezed...it was easy, with five judicious blows, to beat him to death"
Silence of the Lambs
Nancy
|
$600
[8]
A Protestant denomination:BEST IN PRAYER
Presbyterian
Jordan
|
$600
[18]
RISD, short for this school, had a course on a li'l somethin' we all might want to know--"the meaning of life"
the Rhode Island School of Design
Evelyn
|
$600
[30]
A big gaming story of 2018 is "Fortnite:" this genre of game where the winner is last shooter or last team standing
battle royale
|
$600
[23]
The aquarium on Cannery Row in this California city has a sea otter cam & celebrates Sea Otter Week, the last week of Sept.
Monterey
Nancy
Evelyn
Jordan
|
|
$800
[15]
"J" is for one of these special anniversaries
a jubilee
Evelyn
|
$800
[2]
"'He must be a very nice animal,' observed the Mole, as he got into the boat and took the sculls"
The Wind in the Willows
Jordan
|
$800
[9]
A world capital:SAUNAS
Nassau
Evelyn
|
$800
[19]
Oral Roberts University's "The Pauline" these isn't about some lady's letters but about important Bible books
epistles
Evelyn
Jordan
|
$800
[29]
In the classic video game "Joust", contestants were placed upon these birds
ostriches
|
$800
[24]
Hereare some of the colorful characters from this brand
Otter Pops
Evelyn
Jordan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Finishing up the collection is zed, for this type of place where pedestrians can walk safely across the road
zebra
Evelyn
|
$1,000
[4]
"Bog murder you, you vonny stinking bratchnies. Where are the others? Where are my stinking traitorous droogs?"
Clockwork Orange
Jordan
|
$1,000
[10]
A playground game:BELL THREAT
tetherball
Evelyn
|
$1,000
[20]
Examining how her music affected progressive social change, this state U. of N.J. got into "Politicizing Beyonce"
Rutgers
Nancy
|
$1,000
[28]
Make your future fighting Ghaul, leader of the Red Legion, in the second iteration of this Bungie game
Destiny
Jordan
|
$1,000
[25]
Otters are members of this family, Mustelidae
the weasel family
|
| GETTING COORDINATED | MR. & MRS. SONGS | OPERATION | AROUND THE MANSION | "HOW"-"D" | PARDONER |
|
$400
[1]
It's where you are if you're at 90 degrees north latitude, & I hope you're wearing a jacket
the North Pole
Jordan
|
$400
[26]
Paul Simon originally wrote this song as "Mrs. Roosevelt" but graduated to this title
"Mrs. Robinson"
Evelyn
|
$400
[17]
The USA's most common operation, it accounts for 1 in 3 births, up from 1 in 20 in 1970
caesarean section
Nancy
|
$400
[16]
No fooling--we're off to the billiards room to play this pool variant with 15 red balls & 6 non-red ones
snooker
Evelyn
|
$400
[11]
The quahog is also called this type of clam
chowder
Evelyn
|
$400
[6]
One of the last acts of this president was to pardon his brother Roger for drug offenses
Bill Clinton
Nancy
|
|
$800
[2]
0 degrees latitude & longitude is near the Gulf of Guinea, just west of this continent
Africa
Jordan
|
$800
[27]
Billy Paul topped the charts with "Me & Mrs. Jones"; "Mr. Jones" was a No. 5 hit for this "avian" group in the 1990s
the Counting Crows
Evelyn
|
$800
[21]
Sometimes a coronary artery needs one of these, also a section of a highway
a bypass
Evelyn
|
$800
[18]
Ah! The orchestra strikes up this type of dance by Adolphe Adam, calling us to the ballroom
a waltz
Jordan
|
$800
[12]
No. 1 on Parade magazine's 15 favorite quotes from "Friends" was this, Joey's signature line
"How you doin'?"
Evelyn
|
$800
[7]
In 2018 Donald Trump pardoned this man, Dick Cheney's chief of staff, who was convicted of perjury
Scooter Libby
Jordan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
50 degrees north latitude 0 degrees longitude lands you in this body of water, just north of Le Havre
the English Channel
Jordan
|
$1,200
[28]
"Open up my eager eyes 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside", says a song by this group
The Killers
Evelyn
|
$1,200
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a model of the human body on the monitor.) An organ isn't always removed & replaced; sometimes thenew oneis placed in the abdomen, above the leg, in patients receiving one of these transplants
a kidney transplant
Evelyn
|
$1,200
[19]
For some cardio in the gym, we'll run in place on this "ambiguous" machine--Harvard says you can burn 800 cals. an hour
an elliptical
|
$1,200
[13]
Low-flow these: good for the drought, not so good for water pressure
showerheads
Jordan
|
$1,600
[9]
Pres. Cleveland, an ex-sheriff, pardoned James Brooks, a cowboy-killin' captain in this Texas law-&-order force
a Texas Ranger
Nancy
|
|
$2,000
[5]
"G.I." hope you know that 0 degrees latitude & 180 degrees longitude is just east of this group, part of Kiribati
Gilbert Islands
|
$1,600
[29]
"Mr. Blue Sky" is the name of a song by & a documentary about Jeff Lynne & this group
ELO
Nancy
|
$1,600
[23]
Long after this type of surgery, your vision may cloud up again & you may need a laser procedure
cataract removal (or surgery)
Jordan
|
$1,600
[20]
Let's adjourn into this type of room with name from the Latin for "sun", glass-enclosed so it's bright inside
a solarium
Evelyn
|
$1,600
[14]
It's the term for an elephant saddle
a howdah
Evelyn
|
$2,000
[10]
This politician refused to ask for a pardon in 1881; one was granted by Jimmy Carter nearly 100 years later
Jefferson Davis
|
|
DD
$2,600
[3]
These2 state capitals, 1,450 miles apart, are both just shy of 45 degrees north latitude
St. Paul and Salem
Jordan
|
$2,000
[30]
Herman's Hermits told her, "You've got a lovely daughter"
Mrs. Brown
Evelyn
|
$2,000
[25]
Your surgeon could choose to take a look inside you with this type of fiber optic instrument
laparoscope
Evelyn
Jordan
|
$2,000
[24]
Let's wind down in the library over a 6-volume illustrated edition of this Elizabethan poem by Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene
Evelyn
|
$2,000
[15]
Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan were lost looking for this island that's 2,000 miles southwest of Honolulu
Howland Island
Nancy
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
Ronald Reagan pardoned this owner for illegal campaign contributions in 1989--the Gipper a Yankees fan?
(George) Steinbrenner
Jordan
|
After this woman's death, her daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y"
Sue Grafton