Charbel Barakat — an attorney from Tampa, Florida
Nicole Neroulias Gupte — a nonprofit communications consultant from Seattle, Washington
Graham Fulton III — a musician and research engineering assistant from Ellington, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham | $2,600 | $5,400 | $9,000 |
$18,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 2 W |
| Nicole | $1,200 | $4,200 | $10,200 |
$18,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 1 W |
| Charbel | $5,200 | $8,600 | $28,200 |
$30,700
New champion: $30,700 |
$17,000
18 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| NOT FOR PROFIT | IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE | MY NAME IS MY NAME! | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | ANAGRAMMED MINERALS | WORDS OF COMFORT |
|
$200
[16]
The NRDC fights for clean energy & against power plants that burn this solid hydrocarbon
coal
Graham
|
$200
[1]
"All is calm, all is bright" in this song whose 200th birthday is Christmas Eve 2018
"Silent Night"
Nicole
|
$200
[11]
Chicago, Collins, Garland
Judy
Nicole
|
$200
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) The first major museum dedicated to the American Revolution officially opened its doors on April 19, 2017, the 242nd anniversary of the start of the war, & the opening battles of these two towns
Lexington & Concord
Graham
|
$400
[21]
Fireproof but unhealthy: OBSESS AT
asbestos
|
$400
[22]
This triple rhyme phrase could describe a content flea in a type of floor covering
snug as a bug in a rug (a snug rug bug accepted)
Nicole
|
|
$400
[17]
The color ofits logoshows that Casting for Recovery has fly-fishing retreats for women coping with this diagnosis
breast cancer
Charbel
|
$400
[2]
Jimmy Stewart plays George Bailey, whose life changes on Christmas Eve in this movie classic
It's a Wonderful Life
Charbel
|
$400
[12]
Jackson, Temple, Chisholm
Shirley
Charbel
|
$400
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) On July 9, 1776, just hours after the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in New York, a patriotic mob tore down a gilded statue, recreated here, of this reigning king; parts of it would be melted down & used as ammo against the British
George III
Charbel
|
$600
[27]
Gem-bright: OR ZINC
zircon
|
$600
[23]
This word for an extravagance comes before "tax" on the Monopoly board
luxury
Graham
|
|
$800
[19]
Fighting abuses around the world, HRW stands for this watch
Human Rights Watch
Nicole
|
$600
[3]
His heart is 2 sizes too small--that's why he sets out at night to ruin Christmas in Who-ville
the Grinch
Graham
|
$600
[13]
Gandhi, Braga, Sotomayor
Sonia
Charbel
|
$600
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.)This Bible belonged to Sergeant Francis Merrifield, who carried it with him during the war, & inscribed in it his desire to bless God for sparing his life, at this bloody battle in June 1775, during the Siege of Boston
the Battle of Bunker Hill
Charbel
|
$800
[26]
No foolin': TRY PIE
pyrite
Nicole
|
$1,000
[24]
This word for aid or comfort is a homophone of another word for a lollipop
succor (sucker)
Graham
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This medical group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1999
Doctors Without Borders
Nicole
|
$800
[4]
Edward Woodward is the Ghost of Christmas Present in a 1984 TV version of this tale set on December 24
A Christmas Carol
Graham
|
$800
[14]
Stiles, Dent Grant, Ward Howe
Julia
Nicole
|
$800
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) The standard for military training in the United States through the War of 1812 was amanualof regulations, written by this Prussian officer whom Washington employed to train & discipline the troops
von Steuben
Charbel
|
$1,000
[25]
Half the crust: RED FLAPS
feldspar
Graham
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
This actor's nonprofit sixdegrees.org makes connections between people & local causes
Kevin Bacon
Charbel
|
$1,000
[5]
You've gotta "Love" the Christmas Eve scene in this movie where Andrew Lincoln declares his love to Keira Knightley
Love Actually
Charbel
|
$1,000
[15]
Ederle, Lawrence, Stein
Gertrude
Graham
|
$1,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) Here, you come face to face with some of the last survivors of the Revolutionary War, photographed late in life, like Lemuel Cook, who lived past the age of 100, fought at Brandywine, & was present when Lord Cornwallis surrendered here
Yorktown
Charbel
|
— | — |
| VERY DEFINITELY FOR PROFIT | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY | "POT"POURRI | LET'S PUT ON A SHOW | STICKER SHOCK | LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE |
|
$400
[6]
This tech mogul who turns 35 in May 2019 has a net worth in the high 11 figures
Mark Zuckerberg
Nicole
|
$400
[1]
The Himalayas border the southern end of the vast plateau of this Chinese region
Tibet
Nicole
|
$400
[11]
A crank or nutjob
crackpot
Nicole
|
$400
[23]
Just as in the Richard Gere-Julia Roberts film it's based on, this musical has a businessman hire an escort
Pretty Woman
Graham
|
$800
[27]
Avery makes shipping, address & file folder types of these stickers for the office
labels
Graham
|
$1,200
[16]
Murder victim Mary Rogers had her name Frenchified as this character in an Edgar Allan Poe mystery
Marie Rogêt
|
|
$800
[7]
When courts went after his Standard Oil of Ohio, he just created the gargantuan Standard Oil of New Jersey
(John D.) Rockefeller
Charbel
|
$800
[2]
In 2018, with ISIS pushed out, rail service re-started from Fallujah to this capital city
Baghdad
Nicole
|
$800
[15]
A dictator
despot (tin-pot accepted)
Nicole
|
DD
$600
[22]
No. 5 in this play says, "I'd like to change my vote to not guilty"; the foreman replies, "Are you sure?"
12 Angry Men
Charbel
|
$1,200
[20]
A popular bumper sticker is the ichthys symbol, a line drawing of this creature as a symbol of Christianity
a fish
Charbel
|
$1,600
[18]
Daniel Boone was a basis for this character in the "Leatherstocking Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper
Natty Bumppo
Charbel
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1880 he wrote "The Art of Money-Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money"; his way was to show "human curiosities"
(P.T.) Barnum
Charbel
|
$1,200
[3]
Like Hong Kong in 1997, this special administrative region & gambling mecca was returned to China in 1999
Macau
Charbel
|
$1,200
[14]
A cheap book written for profit, not art
potboiler
Nicole
|
$800
[17]
Collaborating with Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone of "South Park" fame created this show about missionaries
The Book of Mormon
Graham
|
$1,600
[19]
A car's sticker price, which is what the dealer wants you to pay, is aka this term with a 4-letter abbreviation
manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP)
Graham
|
$2,000
[26]
Don Armado in "Love's Labour's Lost" may have been based on this soldier poetof Shakespeare's time
Sir Walter Raleigh
Charbel
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Last name of American Tobacco's James B., who smoked up profits with American Cigar & American Snuff
Duke
Graham
|
$1,600
[4]
Vientiane, capital of this country, is found just northeast of the Mekong River
Laos
Graham
|
$1,600
[12]
Where the action is, especially for wireless users
hot spot
Nicole
|
$1,600
[21]
In the play "Almost, Maine", people fall in & out of love while watching this celestial display
the Northern Lights
Graham
Nicole
|
$2,000
[25]
Before his Obama "Hope" poster, this graphic artist found fame with his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" stickers
Shepard Fairey
Nicole
|
— |
|
DD
$10,600
[8]
Around 1920 he turned a $30 investment into a get-rich-quick "scheme" that defrauded folks out of $15 million
(Carlo) Ponzi
Charbel
|
$2,000
[5]
The Camotes sea is a small sea lying between the islands of Cebu & Leyte in this republic
the Philippines
Graham
|
$2,000
[13]
Solanum tuberosum
a potato
|
$2,000
[24]
A small Welsh town comes to life in this Dylan Thomas "play for voices"
Under Milk Wood
|
— | — |
The last name of this 17th c. baronet who held many offices is synonymous with the govt. & especially the PM's residence
(Sir George) Downing