Tiffany Brooks — a writer from Norman, Oklahoma
Alexander Schwab — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Dave Leffler — a retired police officer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $7,200 | $9,600 | $18,400 |
$19,800
2-day champion: $53,601 |
$18,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Alexander | $-2,000 | $-1,000 | $7,400 |
$8,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Tiffany | $-1,800 | $-1,600 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
7 R, 5 W |
| IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS | BLANK NEWS | BIOGRAPHIES | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" | EVERYWHERE YOU GO | BE SAFE! |
|
$200
[17]
Theylook like holly but are actually berries of the Arabica species of this plant
coffee
Dave
|
$200
[24]
It airs every Sunday morning on ABC:"This ____"
This Week
Dave
|
$200
[26]
Lyndal Roper's bio of this man born in 1483 presents his rebellion against the pope as a re-do of his anger at his father
Luther
Alexander
|
$200
[27]
Japanese teahouse entertainer(6)
a geisha
Dave
|
$400
[15]
Frankfort is the capital but this is the largest city in Kentucky
Louisville
Alexander
|
$400
[8]
This European capital helps American tourists cross the street safely with the sign seen here
London
Alexander
|
|
$400
[18]
It's not a partridge in a pear tree, but ratherthis5-letter bird in a cherry tree
a quail
Alexander
|
$400
[23]
U.K.-born Katty Kay presents it:"____ World News America"
BBC
Dave
|
$400
[25]
"Fall From Grace" looks at "The Truth & Tragedy of" this disgraced early 20th century Chicago baseball player
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Tiffany
|
$400
[1]
Mythical eagle-lion hybrid(7)
a griffin
Alexander
|
$600
[16]
Orohena is the highest peak on this island in French Polynesia
Tahiti
Tiffany
|
$600
[9]
If you're chicken about eating that chicken, call 888-674-6854, this Cabinet dept.'s meat & poultry hotline
the Department of Agriculture
Dave
|
|
$600
[19]
Not known to pull Santa's sleigh, this deer shares a name with a horse-donkey offspring
a mule (deer)
Alexander
|
$600
[12]
It's on CNN from 4 to 6 A.M. Eastern time:"____ Start"
Early Start
|
$600
[3]
A biography of this burg is subtitled "Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West"
Dodge City
Dave
Alexander
|
$600
[5]
A turkey's gizzard, heart & liver, collectively(7)
the giblets
Dave
Alexander
|
$800
[28]
In 1991 Abuja officially replaced this city as capital of Nigeria
Lagos
Alexander
|
$800
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a person opening a car door.) Opening your car door with your right hand makes you turn your body so you'll see what's alongside; that maneuver, called the Dutch Reach, increased safety in the Netherlands, where these vehicles account for 25% of daily mobility
bicycles
Dave
|
|
$800
[20]
It's not eggnog; it's this cocktail fit for a tsar, made with brandy, creme de cacao & nutmeg
a brandy Alexander
Dave
Tiffany
|
$800
[13]
With Steve, Ainsley & Brian:"Fox ____ ____"
& friends
Dave
|
$800
[2]
"Hank & Jim" tells of the 50-year friendship between these 2 Oscar-winning screen legends
Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart
|
$800
[6]
To move about aimlessly(3)
gad
Dave
Tiffany
|
$1,000
[22]
Here's the flag of this island, adopted when it was still a part of the Netherlands Antilles
Aruba
Alexander
|
$1,000
[11]
Water doesn't have to be frigid to cause this 11-letter body condition; under 70 degrees can do it
hypothermia
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Tannenbaums? No--just Christmas tree wormsthat live in the calcium carbonate skeletons of these marine creatures
coral
Dave
|
$1,000
[14]
Get your fill of business in the afternoon:"Power ____"
Power Lunch
Alexander
Tiffany
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
"Prairie Fires" tells how in her 60s, ruined by the Depression, she started writing about her pioneer childhood
(Laura Ingalls) Wilder
Dave
|
$1,000
[7]
Potato dumplings(7)
gnocchi
Dave
Alexander
|
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| TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW | FLAVORS | 20th CENTURY LEADERS | FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS | SONGWRITING TEAMS | RED ALL OVER |
|
$400
[15]
We call television this 4-letter word because of the cathode ray ones the sets once contained
the tube
Alexander
|
$400
[1]
Pungent cheese can be described with this word, a goal when whetting
sharp
Alexander
|
$400
[7]
With Juan Carlos in the wings in '73, Francisco Franco quit as premier of this country but stayed as head of state
Spain
Alexander
|
$400
[10]
"The Wolves" of Sarah DeLappe's lay are a H.S. girls' team in this sport & auditions involved kicking a ball around
soccer
Alexander
|
$800
[28]
"Jimmy Jam" Harris & Terry Lewis co-wrote many of this diva's hits, including her 1989 No. 1 "Miss You Much"
Janet Jackson
Tiffany
|
$800
[22]
It's a piece of "fishy" false evidence to throw a detective off the correct path
a red herring
Dave
|
|
$800
[14]
Invented in the late 18th century, thecyanometeris used to measure the blueness of this
the sky
Alexander
|
$800
[21]
It's an okay name for a small fruit pastry, but not for a girl at the bar
tart
Dave
|
$800
[6]
On Aug. 15, 1945 he told his subjects Japan would surrender
Hirohito
Alexander
|
$800
[9]
Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winner "Wit" take place during the final hours of a woman succumbing to this disease
ovarian cancer
Dave
Tiffany
|
$1,200
[27]
The team called the Smeezingtons included Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence & this singer of "Locked Out Of Heaven"
Bruno Mars
|
$1,200
[23]
The killer in this Thomas Harris novel is obsessed with a William Blake image of the title mythological creature
The Red Dragon
|
|
$1,200
[5]
In the 1990s Brent Townshend invented the 56K version of this PC communications device & licensed it at $2.50 each
a modem
Alexander
|
$1,200
[8]
When infatuated with another, you are said to be this flavorful word "on" them
sweet
Tiffany
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1993, in what was reported as Moscow's fiercest fighting since 1917, this snowy-haired Russian president fended off a coup
Yeltsin
Dave
|
$1,200
[17]
In Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart", 3 sisters come together in this delta state after 1 shoots her abusive husband
Mississippi
Dave
Tiffany
|
$1,600
[26]
Elton John has teamed with this lyricist on dozens of songs, including "Your Song" & "Candle In The Wind"
Bernie Taupin
Tiffany
|
$1,600
[24]
This red silicate gem is the birthstone of Martin Luther King Jr. & of all thoroughbred horses
a garnet
Alexander
|
|
$1,600
[12]
The books "Longships" & "The Vikings" inspired computer engineer Jim Kardach to use this word for his wireless project
Bluetooth
Alexander
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
Add an "S" to this word meaning "acrid" & you get a cocktail ingredient that helps in digestion
bitters
Alexander
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
In 1990 this man succeeded in "rank" to the office of British prime minister
(John) Major
Alexander
|
$1,600
[18]
Amy Freed's "Safe in Hell" is about these 2 preachers of the Mather family in the 1690s & the witch hunts they helped launch
Cotton and Increase Mather
Dave
|
$2,000
[25]
Her co-writers on 2010's "Your Love Is My Drug" include her mom, Pebe Sebert
Kesha
Tiffany
|
$2,000
[16]
Thisvibrant form of red takes its name from the Latin for "red worm"
vermilion
Tiffany
|
|
$2,000
[13]
1941 Chryslers had "vacamatic transmission"; ads asked, "Why" do this while driving?
to shift gears
Dave
|
$2,000
[20]
An adjective for stale milk, or a verb meaning to become disenchanted with something
soured
Dave
|
$2,000
[4]
He ran things in Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980
Tito
Dave
|
$2,000
[19]
This 1988 play by Wendy Wasserstein records the life of a woman from her high school years into middle adulthood
The Heidi Chronicles
|
— | — |
For the 2018 draft this team tried to use a parrot to make a pick; the bird got stage fright
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers