Richard Koehler — a data scientist from Wilmington, Delaware
Lanier Heyburn — a neuroscientist from Bethesda, Maryland
Charbel Barakat — an attorney from Tampa, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charbel | $200 | $1,200 | $9,000 |
$18,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lanier | $2,600 | $5,600 | $9,000 |
$6,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,000
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Richard | $4,000 | $5,000 | $14,600 |
$18,001
New champion: $18,001 |
$17,200
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| 3-LETTER WORDS | BLAME CANADA | CAR TALK | MEANWHILE... | IT'S "NATIONAL" | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM |
|
$200
[2]
This word meaning to recede often precedes "& flow"
ebb
Charbel
|
$200
[11]
Pizza purists blame Ont. restaurateur Sam Panopoulos for popularizing Hawaiian pizza featuring this fruit
pineapple
Richard
|
$200
[13]
We all have our these, the areas behind & to the side of a car that are tough to see in a mirror
blind spots
Richard
|
$200
[24]
Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in 1831, around the time that this Polish composer made his way to Paris
Chopin
Richard
|
$200
[19]
Ecuador's is "Salve, Oh Patria"
national anthem
Charbel
|
$200
[1]
"In the huge metropolis of Gotham City, who knows when, where or how a warped criminal mind will strike"
Batman
Richard
|
|
$400
[3]
Time Out New York says Russ & Daughters is one of the best places to get bagels & this
lox
Lanier
|
$400
[12]
In a dispute over these rights between Maine & Canada, one man said, "Canadians are like Vikings! they... pillage"
fishing rights
Charbel
|
$400
[14]
Bumpers are at the front & rear of a car; these other protective parts are the frames over the wheels
fenders
Charbel
|
$600
[26]
The 1990s had its share of ethnic wars: Bosnia (1992-1995) & this country (the 1994 genocide of its Tutsi people)
Rwanda
Lanier
|
$400
[20]
It dates back to 1636 when it was founded as a citizen force to protect the colonies from hostile attacks
the National Guard
Richard
|
$400
[7]
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by 2 separate yet equally important groups"
Law & Order
Lanier
|
|
$600
[4]
1992 is the OED's first citation for this word meaning so-so; it described "Melrose Place"
meh
Richard
|
$600
[17]
In 2017 Gov. Scott Walker accused Canada of favoring its own dairy farmers over those of this state
Wisconsin
Richard
|
$600
[16]
Manual shifters used to come in "4 on the floor" & "3 on" this arboreal word for the steering column
tree
Lanier
|
$800
[27]
Sir Francis Drake failed to capture Lisbon in 1589, but this astronomer succeeded in taking a chair--in math at the U. of Pisa
Galileo
Charbel
|
$600
[21]
Elizabeth Taylor was just 12 years old when she rode to glory in this filmthat made her a star
National Velvet
Richard
|
$600
[8]
"Meet the Robertson clan... running a family business is tough when the family just wants to run wild"
Duck Dynasty
|
|
$800
[5]
Doing this type of lively dance is synonymous with elation
a jig
Richard
|
— |
$800
[18]
(Here's Jay Leno with the clue.) At a time when most cars had huge engines & heavy bodies, the speedy & nimble 1913 Mercer Raceabout pioneered the sports car by pairing a small engine with a lightweight one of these; it's a French word for a car's frame, hmmm
chassis
Richard
|
$1,000
[28]
1733 saw the start of the war of Polish Succession; that same year this man founded Savannah, Georgia
Oglethorpe
Lanier
|
$800
[22]
Michael Flynn's 3-word title from January 20, 2017 to February 13, 2017
National Security Advisor
Lanier
|
$800
[9]
"4 chefs, 3 courses, only one chance to win"
Chopped
Lanier
|
|
$1,000
[6]
This red, brimless cap is also called a tarboosh
fez
Lanier
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
I love to watch the MacPherson type of this shock absorber do its job
strut
Richard
|
DD
$2,600
[25]
Burton & Speke visited Lake Tanganyika in 1858, when these 2 were running for U.S. Senator & debated each other 7 times
(Abraham) Lincoln and (Stephen) Douglas
Richard
|
$1,000
[23]
Among its holdings are the Declaration of Independence & the arrest warrant for Lee Harvey Oswald
the National Archives
Richard
|
$1,000
[10]
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission"
The Outer Limits
Richard
|
| 13-LETTER PHRASES | BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS | OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST | U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES | THAT WAS SOME CHRISTMAS! | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! |
|
$400
[25]
Someone who's not up to the job can't do this condiment phrase
cut the mustard
Richard
|
$400
[2]
A novel about a bestseller on UFOs, or a Will Smith movie about policing extraterrestrials
Men in Black
Charbel
|
$400
[1]
1964, judo:Nguyen Van Binh of this country
South Vietnam
Lanier
|
$400
[10]
The Idaho National Laboratory is the site of the first power plant to produce electricity by this method in 1951
nuclear power
Richard
|
$400
[6]
On Christmas Day, 1991, heannounced his resignation as Soviet leader, and wished everyone the best
Gorbachev
Richard
|
$400
[9]
A nice one of these, cash in addition to your salary; on Wall Street in 2017 they averaged $184,000
a bonus
Richard
|
|
$800
[27]
Don't forget it's always the shortened version of "them" in this statement made on showing a winning hand
read 'em and weep
Lanier
|
$800
[15]
In "The Name of the Rose", it is revealed that the murders are related to this Greek's "Poetics"
Aristotle
|
$800
[3]
1984, Ali Al-Ghadi of North Yemen:This common charity race distance, about 3 miles
a 5K (5000 meters)
Charbel
|
$800
[11]
The HQ of 3 national labs, 2 of them named for Ernest Lawrence, are within 40 miles of each other in this state
California
Lanier
|
$800
[7]
On Christmas 1492 this flagship of Christopher Columbus ran aground off Haiti
the Santa Maria
Richard
|
$800
[21]
A second star from this French guide, meaning my restaurant is excellent & "worth a detour"
the Michelin
Richard
|
|
$2,000
[28]
In a saying about self-reliance, these 5 words precede "& you feed him for a day"
give a man a fish
Lanier
Richard
|
$1,200
[16]
Signaling ancient secrets, a book magically appears at this Univ.'s Bodleian Library in "A Discovery of Witches"
Oxford
Charbel
|
$1,200
[4]
1972, gymnastics:This 4-medal female star for the USSR
(Olga) Korbut
Charbel
|
$1,200
[12]
The top & bottom types of this particle were discovered in Fermilab in Illinois
quarks
Lanier
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
After suffering a stroke, this French explorer died on Christmas 1635 in Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Charbel
|
$1,200
[22]
This U.S. military medal; since 1962, civilians who've sustained a wound are eligible for it too
Purple Heart
Richard
|
| — |
$1,600
[18]
In Azar Nafisi's bestseller, a group of students are secretly "Reading Lolita in" this Middle Eastern capital city
Tehran
Charbel
|
$1,600
[5]
1960, gymnastics:Miroslav Cerar of this country, father of a future prime minister of Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Richard
|
$1,600
[13]
This 4th state of matter is found in the name of Princeton's national lab
plasma
Lanier
|
$1,200
[8]
Hallelujah! This Handel oratorio had its first complete performance in the U.S. on Dec. 25, 1818 in Boston
"Messiah"
Lanier
|
$1,600
[23]
A grant from the Open Society Foundations, created by this Hungarian-born billionaire to build democracy
(George) Soros
Richard
|
| — |
$2,000
[26]
In a novel, Juliet Ashton finds the subject of her next book: this island's "Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society"
Guernsey
Richard
|
$2,000
[17]
1952, men's marathon:Emil Zatopek of this country that's now divided in two
Czechoslovakia
Charbel
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
This Southwest facility began as Site Y in the Manhattan Project 75 years ago
Los Alamos
Lanier
|
$1,600
[19]
Christmas island in this ocean received its name on Christmas Day 1643
Indian (Ocean)
Charbel
Lanier
|
$2,000
[24]
From the governor, this reduction in my sentence; a pardon would have been nicer, but at least I'm out
a commutation
Richard
|
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes once referred to this 1857 decision as the court's first self-inflicted wound
the Dred Scott decision ( Dred Scott v. Sanford )