Todd LaPlace — an accountant from Dublin, Ohio
Tori Campbell — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Dhruv Srinivasachar — a medical and doctoral student from Richmond, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhruv | $1,600 | $3,200 | $10,800 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Tori | $2,000 | $5,800 | $11,800 |
$2,198
New champion: $2,198 |
$13,800
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Todd | $2,600 | $4,400 | $11,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,800
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN | RELATIONSHIPS | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS | NOT TO BE CONFUSED | ANIMAL ODDITIES | STARTS OR ENDS WITH A BODY PART |
|
$200
[9]
(Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Disney's first grown-up comedy & Touchstone's first release, this movie gave a big boost to the careers of Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah
Splash
Todd
|
$200
[4]
Hillary Clinton to Charlotte Mezvinsky
grandmother
Tori
|
$200
[1]
In 1984 he traveled to L.A. to become the first sitting president to attend the Olympic Games
Reagan
Tori
|
$200
[6]
On the menu, scallops are shellfish & these are immature or green onions
scallions (or shallots)
Tori
|
$200
[3]
A tropical tree frog that has a transparent belly & chest is named for this transparent material
glass
Tori
|
$200
[2]
To assist with the mail or with the birth of a baby
deliver
Tori
|
|
$400
[10]
(Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) This film that spawned a slew of sequels introduced boogeyman Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Dhruv
Todd
|
$400
[7]
Elizabeth II to Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
great-grandmother
Dhruv
|
$600
[8]
On June 8, 1789 George Washington issued the first of these orders that have become a regular tool of recent presidents
executive orders
Todd
|
$400
[20]
"The Reflex" was a No. 1 hit for Duran Duran; this is the "R" in the digestive disorder abbreviated GERD
reflux
Tori
|
$600
[25]
These Asian tree-dwelling great apes have been known to use large leaves as rain ponchos
orangutans
Dhruv
|
$400
[5]
Diminutive term for a quick writing method done to take dictation
shorthand
Tori
|
|
$600
[11]
(Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Manipulative, but a real audience pleaser, this film about a teenager beset by bullies gave us the famous line "Wax on, wax off"
Karate Kid
Tori
|
$800
[23]
Christie Hefner to Hugh Hefner
his daughter
Tori
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
In 1896 he became the first to use the telephone during a presidential election campaign, often calling GOP HQ
William McKinley
Dhruv
|
$600
[13]
A cabana is where you change into your bathing suit; Gabbana is his design partner
Dolce
Todd
|
$800
[21]
A 2010 study found that embryos of the spotted salamander employ this energy process typically seen in plants
photosynthesis
Todd
|
$600
[12]
Greaves were part of a knight's set of it
armor
Dhruv
|
|
$800
[14]
(Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In "Moscow on the Hudson" this funnyman was superb as a Russian musician who defects during a trip to New York City
Robin Williams
Todd
|
$1,000
[24]
Novel & movie title character Rachel to Philip
cousin
Todd
|
— |
$800
[19]
Bessemer is a steel-making process; this is a sheer fabric related to the word "goose"
gossamer
Tori
|
$1,000
[22]
A giant isopod, part of this subphylum that includes crabs, went 5 years without eating
crustaceans
Dhruv
|
$800
[17]
A spiky "sea" creature
an urchin
Tori
|
|
$1,000
[15]
(Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Real life refugee Haing S. Ngor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a translator in this film set in war-torn Cambodia
The Killing Fields
Dhruv
|
— | — |
$1,000
[18]
Diuretics are drugs that help rid the body of extra fluid; "Dianetics" is a book by him
L. Ron Hubbard
Tori
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
It sounds like you might need a shovel at this rowdy, down-home type of party
a shindig
Dhruv
|
| AVIATION HISTORY | PEOPLE | GRAMMY'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR | FICTION | YOU GO NORWAY | WE'LL GO "R"s |
|
$400
[1]
On Oct. 24, 2003 this supersonic transport aircraft made its last commercial flight
the Concorde
Dhruv
|
$400
[3]
On this man's passing in 2018, Jimmy Carter said, "He shaped the spiritual lives of tens of millions of people worldwide"
(Billy) Graham
Tori
|
$400
[19]
Isn't it ironic her "Jagged Little Pill" went down so well in 1996?
Alanis Morissette
Tori
|
$400
[10]
This slave is Huck Finn's raftmate
Jim
Todd
|
$400
[2]
From 1624 to 1925, this capital was called Christiania to honor the king who planned the rebuilding of it after a huge fire
Oslo
Dhruv
|
$400
[6]
It was a telephone dial with finger holes that your kids have no idea ever existed
rotary (dial)
Todd
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Vietnam War naval aviators took off from USS this, named for the town near where the Wright Brothers took off
Kitty Hawk
Tori
|
$800
[4]
This document leaker was one of the runners-up to Pope Francis for Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2013
(Edward) Snowden
Dhruv
Tori
|
$800
[26]
Add it up--her "1989" was No. 1 in 2016
Taylor Swift
Todd
|
$800
[11]
His first novel, "Ready Player One", became a bestseller & a Spielberg movie
Ernest Cline
|
$800
[9]
Across the Geiranger, this type of narrow inlet, 2 waterfalls face each other: the "Seven Sisters" & their "Suitor"
a fjord
Dhruv
|
$800
[7]
Forms of it come in bread, grass & whiskey
rye
Dhruv
|
|
$1,600
[18]
To get ready for space surgery, the first operation in conditions approximating this was in 2006 aboard a special Airbus jet
weightlessness (or zero gravity)
Todd
|
$1,200
[24]
Formerly married to Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki co-founded this DNA testing company with a number in its name
23andMe
Dhruv
|
$1,200
[27]
In 1979 the soundtrack to this film danced away with a win
Saturday Night Fever
Dhruv
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
In this novel it's Doc Daneeka who explains, "Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy"
Catch-22
Todd
|
$1,200
[5]
3' tall Nills Olav does his duty as hon. brigadier of the Norwegian king's guard from a zoo, as he's this bird
a penguin
Todd
|
$1,200
[15]
To make light, soft sounds, or to steal cattle, which would likely be a bit louder
rustle
Todd
|
|
$2,000
[25]
These stack-winged aircraft that remind us of the WWI era were used in combat in 1991 as Croatia fought for its independence
biplanes
Dhruv
|
$1,600
[23]
In 2017 this Brit announced he was launching Virgin Voyages, a cruise line for adults only
Branson
Tori
|
$1,600
[28]
He's not a loser, baby, so why don't you thrill me by knowing his "Morning Phase" took the trophy
Beck
Tori
|
$1,200
[12]
In a Melville story he's "The Scrivener" who won't do any scrivening
Bartleby
Todd
|
$1,600
[20]
In 1905 184 Norwegians voted against independence from this country; needless to say, the ja's had it
Sweden
Tori
|
$1,600
[16]
As a noun, it's a tool; as a verb, it's what's done to pressure that gets raised by degrees
ratchet
Todd
|
| — |
DD
$2,000
[22]
In 2016Carla Haydenbecame the first woman & first African-American in this D.C. post & naturally was sworn in on a book
the Librarian of Congress
Tori
|
— |
$2,000
[14]
One of Britain's great mystery authors, she went back a couple of centuries for "Death Comes to Pemberley"
P.D. James
Dhruv
|
$2,000
[21]
Norway's longtime official church was evangelical this, which traces back to 1500s Germany
Lutheranism
Tori
|
$2,000
[17]
A train's repair building, or an exaggerated boxing punch
roundhouse
Dhruv
|
Legend says this, weighing 336 lbs., came from the Holy Land & Kenneth MacAlpin brought it to Perthshire c. 840
the Stone of Scone