Greg Antoine — a programmer from Miami, Florida
Jen Aronoff — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Alex Schmidt — a writer and comedian from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,798)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $4,600 | $10,000 | $18,800 |
$18,881
2-day champion: $39,679 |
$18,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jen | $3,200 | $4,800 | $8,900 |
$4,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Greg | $1,000 | $2,800 | $6,800 |
$4,699
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
12 R, 3 W |
| A BOOK BY ITS COVER | GREEK LETTER, PLEASE | WHAT TREE AM I? | TV FOR SHORT | FILL IN THE PHRASE | CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR |
|
$200
[17]
Thisbeloved children's novel has twice been adapted for the big screen
Charlotte's Web
Greg
|
$200
[16]
Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is AKA this Canis Majoris
Alpha Canis Majoris
|
$200
[6]
I'm the majesticsequoia sempervirensfound in a coastal range in Oregon & California
redwood
Alex
|
$200
[1]
This crime drama is doubly abbreviated "L&O: SVU"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Alex
|
$200
[11]
"Penny wise & ____ foolish"
pound foolish
Greg
|
$200
[23]
(Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) My new PBS program "Amanpour and Company" features one-on-one interviews like those I conducted during the Arab Spring with Egypt's Hosni Mubarak &this soon-to-be ex-Libyan leader
(Muammar) Qaddafi
Alex
|
|
$400
[18]
Secrets & conspiracies play out in this 2003 thriller graced by the eyes of the Mona Lisa
The Da Vinci Code
Alex
|
$400
[22]
Stretching from Guangzhou to Macau is China's Pearl River this
a delta
Jen
|
$400
[7]
With around 70% of the global total, Quebec leads the world in producing the sweet treat made from me
the maple tree
Jen
|
$400
[2]
Ted tells us "HIMYM", this
How I Met Your Mother
Jen
|
$400
[12]
"There is no joy in ____--mighty Casey has struck out"
Mudville
Alex
|
$400
[24]
(Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) My 2006 documentary "Where Have All the Parents Gone?" focused on Kenyan children orphaned by this disease
AIDS
Jen
|
|
$600
[19]
In China, itwas used to popularize an ideology among the masses
the Little Red Book (or Quotations from Chairman Mao )
Alex
|
$600
[29]
It's the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet & the third in the name of an honor society founded in 1776
kappa
Greg
|
$600
[8]
Like in a 1970s hit for Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round" me
the old oak tree
Alex
|
$600
[3]
With RR (Rachael Ray)":"30MM"
30 Minute Meals
Jen
|
$600
[13]
"Either fish or cut ____"
bait
Alex
|
$600
[25]
(Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) In a case of art imitating life, my journalism career was an inspiration to the character Rory & we got to meet in person in the finale of this TV series
Gilmore Girls
Alex
|
|
$800
[20]
Ruling over a 1990 Michael Crichton book cover is a large scary skeleton of one of these
a Tyrannosaurus rex
Jen
|
$800
[30]
I have not one this of doubt that you will respond correctly now
iota
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
The Algonquin Native Americans made canoes from the bark of me, a fast-growing tree of the genus Betula
the birch
Alex
|
$800
[4]
This reality show is "RHONY"
The Real Housewives of New York
Jen
|
$800
[14]
"There is honor even among ____"
thieves
Greg
|
$800
[26]
(Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) During its siege by Serbian forces in the 1990s, I reported from near the frontlines of this Bosnian capital
Sarajevo
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Cosmic bestselling nonfiction from 1988 whose cover featured its author in a wheelchair
A Brief History of Time
Alex
|
$1,000
[28]
In sum, it's the mathematical summation symbol seen here
sigma
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
A west central Colorado ski resort city is named for me, this tree of the willow family
aspen
Alex
|
$1,000
[5]
Mysteries upend lives on "HTGAWM", this drama
How to Get Away with Murder
Jen
|
$1,000
[15]
"There are lies, damned lies & ____"
statistics
Alex
|
$1,000
[27]
(Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) Following his election victory in 2013, I interviewed this country's president Hassan Rouhani& elicited from him a condemnation of the Holocaust
Iran
Greg
|
| THE FACEBOOK OF JOB | PEOPLE IN SCIENCE | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL | CROSSWORD CLUES "Y" | OTHER CONSTITUTIONS | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS |
|
$400
[17]
Job changed his profile pic after shaving this, not for the Dwayne Johnson look but in mourning for his 10 children
his head
Alex
Greg
|
$400
[15]
In the 1700s he developed the first practical mercury thermometer & the temperature scale that bears his name
Fahrenheit
Greg
|
$400
[9]
A lingerie chain known for its "Angels" that picks names at random to give Christmas presents
Victoria's Secret Santa
Alex
Greg
|
$400
[24]
Desire for Japanese currency?(3)
yen
Alex
|
$400
[22]
Afghanistan:"No law shall contravene the tenets and provisions of" this faith
Islam
Jen
|
$400
[1]
In 2015shegave a powerful performance at a time of change in her life
Gwen Stefani
Alex
|
|
$800
[18]
TBT: Job back in the day with 3,000 of these humped creatures; after his troubles, the Lord blessed him with 6,000
camels
Jen
|
$800
[14]
Cn is the symbol for an artificially produced radioactive element named for this astronomer
Copernicus
Greg
|
$800
[10]
Bookseller made up of argon, neon, xenon, helium or radon
Barnes & Noble gases
Greg
|
$800
[25]
"In a new town"? "It's fun to stay" here(4)
the YMCA
Alex
Greg
|
$800
[6]
Denmark:"The form of government shall be that of a constitutional" this
a monarchy
Alex
|
$800
[2]
This pop star's 1987 AMA for Best Female Soul/R&B Singer was donated to the Smithsonian by her estate
Whitney Houston
Greg
|
|
$1,600
[20]
During tough times Job's DW, this person, urged him to "Curse God, and die"
dear wife
|
$1,200
[16]
In 1948 in Africa she made her first big discovery--the partial skull of an ancestor of both apes & early humans
Mary Leakey
Greg
|
$1,200
[11]
Maine outdoor clothing company that moonlights as a number cruncher
L.L. Bean-counter
Jen
|
$1,200
[26]
To give way(5)
yield
Alex
|
$1,200
[7]
"The republic of Poland shall take special care of" these, "particularly war invalids"
veterans
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
You could sayherwhole career has been a high wire act but she performed a literal one at the AMAs
Pink
Greg
|
|
$2,000
[21]
P.M. Job if you have a good remedy for "sore" these skin eruptions, sole to scalp; scraping with a potsherd isn't doing much
boils
Greg
|
— |
$1,600
[12]
Colorful painter of boxing matches & 5 Olympiads who is also an upscale department store founded in Dallas, Texas
Leroy Neiman Marcus
|
— |
$1,600
[8]
This country, a passage repealed in 2018:"The state acknowledges the right to life of the unborn"
Ireland
Jen
|
$1,600
[4]
Nina Dobrev gave the 2016 AMA for Best Rap/Hip Hop album to this former "Degrassi" costar
Drake
Jen
|
|
DD
$2,500
[19]
Job added a "surprised" GIF when he posted the Lord's info that behemoth "can draw up" this river into its mouth
Jordan
Jen
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
The 20% off coupons an alliterative home store mails out include the lyrics "My love stands on golden sand"
Bed Bath & "Beyond The Sea"
Alex
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[23]
This country:"Amharic shall be the working language of the federal government"
Ethiopia
Jen
|
$2,000
[5]
There was some screaming in the audience when heperformed in 2017
Shawn Mendes
Alex
|
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice & the Literature Prize 7 times, winning for the latter in 1953
Winston Churchill