Chris Wong — a software engineer from Alexandria, Virginia
Mary Adolph — a behavior analyst from Austin, Texas
Alex Schmidt — a writer and comedian from Pasadena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,679)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $5,000 | $8,200 | $25,200 |
$25,200
3-day champion: $64,879 |
$25,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Mary | $1,200 | $1,800 | $5,400 |
$50
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $1,600 | $3,400 | $7,800 |
$10,960
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
10 R, 0 W |
| HELLO! | I COMPOSED IT | "M" & EMMYS | COMPOUND WORDS | HISTORY | BIG PHARMA |
|
$200
[20]
Logically, this is the Spanish-language version of the British magazine "Hello!"
¡Hola!
Mary
|
$200
[6]
Published in 1725, "The Four Seasons"
Vivaldi
Alex
|
$200
[1]
Show creator Diane English won an Emmy for writing the pilot of this series that starred Candice Bergen
Murphy Brown
Chris
|
$200
[12]
It's the term for the municipality where you were born & raised
hometown
Alex
Mary
Chris
|
$200
[11]
The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 allowed this right to all British women 21 & over
suffrage (or voting)
Mary
|
$200
[30]
Pfounded in 1849, this pharma giant was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2004
Pfizer
Chris
|
|
$400
[21]
A doorbell begins "Hello!", the opening number for this hit 2011 religious-themed Broadway musical
Book of Mormon
Mary
|
$400
[7]
"Swan Lake", the first of 3 ballets with my music
Tchaikovsky
Mary
|
$400
[2]
In 2000 & again in 2006, shewon for her supporting role on "Will & Grace"
Megan Mullally
Mary
|
$400
[13]
Jeff Foxworthy might say you're one of these if you think Sherlock Holmes is a secure housing area
a redneck
Mary
|
$400
[16]
In 1931 the only dirigible to dock at this NYC building had a rough time, ending that idea
the Empire State Building
Alex
|
$400
[25]
TV hasn't been the same since this government agency relaxed its rules on prescription drug marketing in 1997
the FDA
Alex
|
|
$600
[22]
Created in 1974, this Japanese character epitomizes the cuteness culture called "Kawaii"
Hello Kitty
Alex
|
$600
[8]
Piano compositions with ethnic pride:"Hungarian Rhapsodies", 19 of them
Liszt
Alex
|
$600
[3]
Co-creator Paul Reiser went home empty-handed, but TV wife Helen Hunt won 4 Emmys for this '90s sitcom
Mad About You
Chris
|
$600
[14]
Thistype of traffic lane is fairly new to China, hence the motorcycle cops keeping an eye on it
a carpool lane
Chris
|
$600
[17]
In 1949 the Kuomintang party fled mainland China for this island
Taiwan
Chris
|
$600
[26]
The Eli who founded this big pharma biggie in 1876 was a former Union army colonel
Lilly
Alex
|
|
$800
[23]
This co. that has let people say "hello" for almost 140 years now has a youthful social media studio called Hello Lab
AT&T
Alex
|
$800
[9]
The 1904 opera "Madama Butterfly"
Puccini
Alex
|
$800
[4]
She did a great job playing Mary Richards, winning 4 Emmys
Mary Tyler Moore
Alex
|
$800
[15]
The stuff you'll gradually learn about a movie or TV character's prior life; flashbacks can fill it in
a backstory
Alex
|
$800
[18]
In the 1600s this Japanese class largely became bureaucrats, but still got to carry 2 swords
the samurais
Alex
|
$800
[27]
A drug in development from big pharma is "in" this word that's also an object used by big oil
in the pipeline
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Co-created by Zooey Deschanel, this lifestyle website had the last laugh in 2015 when Time, Inc. bought it out
HelloGiggles
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
Commissioned by England's King George II, "Music for the Royal Fireworks"
Handel
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
In 2014 Allison Janney won 2 Emmys: one for this sitcom & one for this drama about Masters & Johnson
Mom and Masters of Sex
Alex
|
$1,000
[24]
Compound word you're wearing if you've put on a Tag Heuer Connected Modular
smartwatch
Chris
|
$1,000
[19]
Born in Italy, he helped prep the ships for Columbus' second & third voyagers before setting to sea himself
Vespucci
Mary
|
$1,000
[28]
Biotech giant Amgen was founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular this
genetics
Alex
Mary
|
| TO START WITH, GET "OUT" | AVIATION | JACK & THE FIEND STALK | THE END OF THE ROAD | MOVIE BY MacGUFFIN | BIG FARMER |
|
$400
[11]
A power failure
an outage
Alex
|
$400
[15]
It was a Sea Knight one of these that left Saigon with Ambassador Martin, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam
a helicopter
Alex
|
$400
[6]
In this book Jack is the fiend who uses fear of an unknown beast to manipulate the other kids on the island
Lord of the Flies
Alex
|
$400
[30]
The west end of U.S. Interstate 10 is in this state
California
Mary
|
$400
[1]
Alfred Hitchcock defined the MacGuffin as the item everyone is after, like the microfilm in this Cary Grant film
North by Northwest
Alex
|
$400
[29]
Around 1900 strongman Louis Cyr held 2 of these pulling in opposite directions; one later came to work on his farm
horses
Mary
|
|
$800
[12]
An eruption or epidemic
an outbreak
Alex
|
$800
[28]
The oldest method of launching these soaring craft also called sailplanes is with the bungee, a sort of catapult
a glider
Alex
|
$800
[7]
A man trying to blow up the Red October sub from within does not fare well against this Tom Clancy hero
Jack Ryan
Mary
|
$800
[27]
The east end of U.S. Interstate 10 is in this state
Florida
Alex
|
$800
[2]
1994:Marsellus Wallace's briefcase
Pulp Fiction
Chris
|
$800
[26]
Imposing farmer Lee Jones promotes sustainability clad in red bow tie & of course, this classic farmer's garment
overalls
Mary
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Type of portable motor at the stern of a boat
an outboard motor
Alex
|
$1,600
[22]
This Soviet-era design bureau that gave its name to the USSR's first jet fighter is still building planes
MiG
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
Buck the sled dog finds the Yeehat Indians who killed his master & takes vengeance in this Jack London tale
Call of the Wild
Alex
|
$1,200
[17]
This arch is at the southeast end of Paris' Avenue de la Grande-Armee
Arc de Triomphe
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
2016:The heart of Te Fiti, stolen by Maui
Moana
Mary
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
He was known as "Long Tom" & also as "The Worst Farmer in Virginia" for his constant failed efforts to grow new crops
Thomas Jefferson
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Aussie tourism officials want you to know "you haven't been Down Under till you've been" here
the Outback
Chris
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
The "A" in the plane called the A380 is for this company with a more terrestrial type of transport in its name
Airbus
Mary
|
$1,600
[9]
In "Worth Dying For", this 6'5", 250-lb. Lee Child action hero makes life very difficult for the evil Duncan boys
Jack Reacher
Alex
|
$1,600
[18]
On the east, London's Horse Guards Avenue ends at the embankment named for her
Victoria
Alex
|
$1,600
[4]
1942:Letters of transit through Nazi-guarded territory
Casablanca
Mary
|
$1,200
[20]
6'3", 320-lb. Jason Brown made news in 2012 when he quit this lucrative career to farm sweet potatoes
football player
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[16]
In "Through the Looking-Glass", Mome Raths do it
outgrabe
Chris
|
$2,000
[25]
The B-17 bomber was known by this alliterative term, battling anti-aircraft fire to deliver its payload
the Flying Fortress
Alex
|
$2,000
[10]
Captain Jack Aubrey takes on the slave trade in the Gulf of Guinea in "The Commodore" by this author
(Patrick) O'Brian
Alex
|
$2,000
[19]
The south end of Frankfurt's Schutzenstrasse takes you to this river, a Rhine tributary
the Main
Mary
|
$2,000
[5]
A 2007 Coen brothers film:$2 million from a drug deal gone bad in west Texas
No Country for Old Men
Mary
|
$2,000
[24]
This tall Army sergeant who became a WWI hero was presented with a farm by the state of Tennessee
(Alvin) York
Alex
|
The second half of his service to Eurystheus took him to 6 different places, like Crete, Thrace & the Underworld
Hercules