Pat Berwick — a retired technical editor from Houston, Texas
Samir Patel — an anesthesiologist from Chicago, Illinois
Dave Leffler — a retired police officer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $81,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $1,400 | $2,000 | $18,000 |
$18,900
4-day champion: $100,102 |
$14,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Samir | $1,600 | $2,400 | $5,200 |
$7,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Pat | $-200 | $1,400 | $7,400 |
$7,099
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
10 R, 2 W |
| I NEED YOU TO KEEP ME WARM | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES | MAN OF THE CENTURY | IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME... | HOOP & HALLER | AROUND LOS ANGELES |
|
$200
[8]
One of these rescue dogs sitting in my lap
a St. Bernard
Pat
|
$200
[15]
These identifiers worn by soldiers may have gotten their name from their resemblance to metal labels on pet collars
dog tags
Dave
|
$200
[3]
Victor Hugo wasn't always miserable in it
the 19th century (or the 1800s)
Dave
|
$200
[20]
The first time it went into effect nationally in the U.S. was at 2:00 A.M. on April 24, 1966
Daylight Savings Time
Dave
|
$200
[21]
It's turrible that "Sir Charles", this Hall of Famer, didn't win a title in his great 16-year NBA career
Charles Barkley
Samir
|
$800
[27]
This institution's songs include "Hail To The Hills Of Westwood" & "Mighty Bruins"
UCLA
Pat
|
|
$400
[9]
One of these, but not of "the vanities"
a bonfire
Pat
|
$400
[1]
Stomach comes from the Greek "stoma", meaning this other body part that grants access to the stomach
mouth
Samir
|
$400
[4]
Captain James Cook explored then
the 18th century
Dave
Samir
|
$400
[16]
Disney's Seven Dwarfs pendulum clock features him swinging from the pendulum above his 6 pals
Dopey
|
$400
[25]
In 2015 Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman became a coach for this Sacramento NBA team
the Kings
Samir
|
$1,000
[26]
The L.A. area has the Getty Center & the Getty this, a 5-letter word for a fancy residence & home to ancient Greek & Roman art
the Getty Villa
|
|
$600
[10]
This type of comforter stuffed with the soft underfeathers from geese & ducks
an eiderdown
Dave
|
$800
[14]
Meaning full of self-pity or sentimentality, it's derived from the Mary who wept at Jesus' empty tomb
maudlin
Dave
|
$600
[5]
Konstantin Chernenko came to fame
the 20th century
Samir
|
$600
[17]
Despite its size, China uses only this many time zones
one
Dave
Samir
|
$600
[24]
In the 1940s & '50s HOF coach John McLendon helped revolutionize basketball with this 2-word type of uptempo offense
the fast break
|
— |
|
$800
[11]
Coldgear reactor-wear from this company, UA for short
Under Armour
Samir
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
In 1738 Jonathan Swift first wrote down a familiar phrase as "the sight of you is good for" these 2 words
sore eyes
Samir
|
$800
[6]
Richard III lived through all the winters of his discontent
the 15th
Dave
Samir
Pat
|
$800
[18]
The 1582 shift to the Gregorian calendar mothballed this calendar that had been used for more than 1,000 years
the Julian calendar
Pat
|
$800
[22]
The Hall of Fame class of 2018 had greatplaymakerslike Jason Kidd, Mo Cheeks &this2-time MVP
Steve Nash
Samir
|
— |
|
$1,000
[12]
Thissouth central Asian-named blanket, handmade by Grandma
an afghan
Dave
|
$1,000
[13]
Irish writer Brendan Behan added to the line "there's no such thing as" this: "except your own obituary"
bad publicity
Dave
|
$1,000
[7]
It's when Petrarch loved Laura
the 14th century
|
$1,000
[19]
It's the 4-letter "time" for the start of a horse race
post time
Dave
|
$1,000
[23]
It's the nickname of Nate Archibald, who had a Hall of Fame career despite standing a relatively diminutive 6'1"
"Tiny" Archibald
|
— |
| SINGLE-ARTIST MUSEUMS | WORDS USING ALL 5 VOWELS | R-RATED MOVIES | RELIGIOUS MATTERS | LITERARY CADS | IN THE RANGE |
|
$400
[18]
The museum created for this woman also maintains her home & studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 60 miles away
Georgia O'Keeffe
Samir
|
$400
[12]
E=mc2, for example
an equation
Dave
|
$400
[1]
Based on a true story, this 1993 film was the first directed by Steven Spielberg to receive an R rating
Schindler's List
Dave
Samir
|
$400
[15]
In Iceland many Muslims do this for 22 hours during Ramadan due to the extremely long summer day
fast
Samir
|
$400
[6]
It takes the sliminess of Wickham for Elizabeth to see Darcy's true character in this novel
Pride and Prejudice
Pat
|
$1,600
[16]
The Memorial Complex of Political Repressions, a former labor camp in Perm Oblast
the Urals
Dave
Pat
|
|
$800
[25]
Surreal is the best way to describe the figures that adorn the museum in Figueres, Spain dedicated to this painter
Dali
Pat
|
$800
[13]
The Commission on Presidential Scholars is part of this Cabinet department
Education
Samir
|
$800
[2]
With dialogue in Aramaic & Latin, this 2004 film became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time
The Passion of the Christ
Samir
|
$800
[8]
Now a religious alternative to evolution, this -ism originally meant that God made a new soul for each life
creationism
Dave
|
$800
[7]
This is the last name of Alec, the source of all Tess' problems in a Thomas Hardy novel
D'Urberville
Dave
|
$2,000
[21]
The former Mount Godwin-Austen, now known as K2
the Karakoram range
Samir
|
|
$1,200
[26]
This poster specialist's museum in Albi, France was started from work donated by his parents after his 1901 death
Toulouse-Lautrec
Pat
|
$1,200
[14]
Chou-fleur is the French word for this white vegetable, & I still won't eat it
cauliflower
Dave
|
$1,200
[3]
After losing a battle & having the MPAA slap an R on "Fahrenheit 9/11", this director told America's teens he'd sneak them in
Michael Moore
Pat
|
$1,200
[9]
Omphaloskepsis is a form of meditation where you literally gaze down at this body part
the navel
Dave
|
$1,600
[23]
The Vicomte de Valmont's caddish ways lead to his downfall when he falls for his prey in this novel
Dangerous Liaisons
Dave
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
Taza Gap in Morocco, on the way to Algeria
the Atlas Mountains
Dave
|
| — |
$1,600
[19]
The initial stage of a new building's construction, or an adjective for something never done before
groundbreaking
|
$1,600
[4]
One of the first R-rated movies was 1968's "The Split" starring this former Cleveland Browns running back
Jim Brown
Dave
|
$1,600
[10]
Kyudo is an archery-based martial art that uses this form of Buddhism for concentration
Zen
Dave
|
$2,000
[22]
In "Vanity Fair", Osborne is all ready to leave his new wife Amelia for this woman when war gets in the way
Becky Sharp
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[20]
Psychedelic drugs like LSD are also called these, for one effect they cause
hallucinogenic
Samir
|
$2,000
[5]
The first R-rated movie to win a Best Picture Oscar was this 1971 film about drug smugglers
The French Connection
Pat
|
$2,000
[11]
Gideon & Deborah are 2 of these people who ruled in the Old Testament book of the same name
judges
Pat
|
DD
$2,600
[24]
In this Dickens "Personal History", the hero idolizes Steerforth, who ends up abandoning Emily
David Copperfield
Dave
|
— |
An Arab League summit final statement rejected "interference" by this country often mistakenly called an Arab land itself
Iran