James Rodrigues — a filmmaker from New York, New York
Greg Frost — a communications director from San Diego, California
Kathryn Kienholz — a retired CPA from Milltown, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn | $1,800 | $3,800 | $13,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Greg | $2,400 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| James | $2,400 | $6,200 | $15,400 |
$27,400
New champion: $27,400 |
$15,400
20 R, 1 W |
| NOT QUITE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS | BOY STORY | THE BEER HUNTER | APOCALYPSE THEN | CENTS OF A WOMAN | GET "IN" |
|
$200
[6]
Keanu Reeves hopped off the bus & didn't board the ship for this "2: Cruise Control"
Speed
Kathryn
|
$200
[7]
What, were you raised by wolves? well, if you're this "Jungle Book" boy, then yes, you were
Mowgli
Kathryn
James
|
$200
[12]
Want to track this beer to its first brewery? it's now an Amsterdam museum called its "experience"
Heineken
Kathryn
James
|
$200
[28]
The plutonium bomb dropped on this city was more powerful than the uranium one that fell on Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kathryn
|
$200
[1]
The first U.S. circulating coin to depict a real woman was the $1 coin featuring this suffragist
Susan B. Anthony
Kathryn
|
$200
[13]
Once March 4, we swear it's now January 20 every 4 years
the presidential inauguration
Kathryn
|
|
$400
[8]
Calling it an "infamous failure", even one of the writers admitted this Halle Berry pic was not purr-fect
Catwoman
James
|
$400
[16]
Parzival is the avatar of a kid with an extremely good handle on '80s pop culture in this novel
Ready Player One
|
$400
[14]
Hunting for the crisp, clean taste of rice in your beer? it was Adolphus Busch who added rice to this one
Budweiser
James
|
$400
[20]
The 10 plagues in this Biblical book include one that wipes out the Egyptians' cattle
Exodus
James
|
$400
[2]
The Royal Mint showed great "Cents & Sensibility" with a 2-pound silver commemorative coin of this author
Jane Austen
Greg
|
$400
[22]
Adjective for evidence not allowable in court
inadmissible
Kathryn
|
|
$600
[9]
His work as Casey Ryback in "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" was overlooked by the Academy, as was the film itself
Steven Seagal
James
|
$600
[17]
The name "Pip" is mentioned 3 times in the first 2 sentences of this novel--we get it, the guy's name is Pip
Great Expectations
James
|
$600
[15]
Nicknamed "The Beer Hunter," this late author of "Ultimate Beer" sharedhisname with a certain gloved singer
Michael Jackson
James
|
$600
[21]
An episode of "The Crown" covered London's deadly 1952 "Great" this; its awful air killed more than 4,000
smog (or fog)
Kathryn
|
$600
[3]
A 10-euro coin pictured her on the obverse with a child & on the reverse with Pope John Paul II, who beatified her
Mother Teresa
Kathryn
|
$600
[23]
11-letter word meaning to imprison
incarcerate
Greg
|
|
$800
[10]
Though The Rock gave his all as Mitch Buchannon, this film was not up for an Oscar; a Razzie or 4? Ohhh, yes
Baywatch
|
$800
[18]
R.J. Palacio said this bestseller about Auggie Pullman & his unique face was "a meditation on kindness"
Wonder
|
$800
[29]
If you're hunting Elephant lager, your destination might be Carlsberg headquarters in this country
Denmark
Kathryn
James
|
$800
[26]
The book "Against the Apocalypse" is about the Jewish response to catastrophes like these mob attacks in czarist Russia
pogroms
Kathryn
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
She graces a gold $1 coin, along with her son Jean Baptiste, born February 11, 1805
Sacagawea
Kathryn
|
$800
[24]
Drop a letter from a word meaning crazy; now you're just foolish
inane
Kathryn
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Leonard Maltin, on No. 5 in this series about cops: "What can you say about a sequel... Steve Guttenberg won't even appear in?"
Police Academy
Greg
|
$1,000
[19]
It's Nick Hornby's novel concerning a 12-year-old lad & a man in his 30s & how the 2 bond
About a Boy
James
|
— |
$1,000
[27]
The Aleppo earthquake of 1138 killed almost a quarter million people in what is now this country
Syria
Greg
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2008, on the 1st anniversary of her assassination, Pakistan issued a 10-rupee coin with her portrait & her name in Urdu
(Benazir) Bhutto
Greg
|
$1,000
[25]
The Declaration of Independence used "un-", but this word meaning "not transferable to another" is a synonym
inalienable
James
|
| ALTERED CARBON | MYTHOLOGY | MY BAD! | THE GULF BETWEEN THEM | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN | ABORIGINAL WORDS |
|
$400
[16]
The Protect device made by Nest can detect this dangerous gas, in addition to smoke
carbon monoxide
Kathryn
|
$400
[6]
Dionysus granted this king any wish; he regretted getting the golden touch when his food became gold & he nearly starved
(King) Midas
Greg
|
$400
[11]
Einstein said his "biggest blunder" was creating the cosmological constant to deny this alliterative theory
the Big Bang
Kathryn
|
$400
[28]
Havana & Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Kathryn
|
$400
[21]
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett kicked off happy hour with "It's" this time "Somewhere"
Five O'Clock
Kathryn
James
|
$400
[1]
It's a curved piece of wood usually 2 to 3 feet long
boomerang
James
|
|
$1,200
[18]
This solid residue left when coal is distilled sounds like a refreshing beverage
coke
Kathryn
|
$1,200
[8]
The sculptureof this huntress is also known as "The Diana of Versailles"
Artemis
James
|
$800
[12]
Billy Graham admitted that he made a mistake in 1965 when he didn't go to the march that began in this Alabama city
Selma
James
|
$800
[29]
Tallinn & Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Kathryn
James
|
$800
[22]
Boyz II Men topped the charts in 1997 with these "of loneliness"
"4 Seasons of Loneliness"
|
$800
[2]
The name of this wild dog is Aussie slang for a contemptible person
dingo
James
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Used in carbon dating, the isotope radiocarbon has this number for its approximate atomic weight
14
Kathryn
|
$1,600
[9]
Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods; he was the Greek equivalent
Hermes
Greg
|
$1,200
[13]
Pres. Obama said his "worst mistake" was not planning better for the post-Qaddafi era in this country
Libya
James
|
$1,200
[24]
Juneau & Anchorage
Gulf of Alaska
|
$1,200
[23]
Numerically, it's what the Commodores said you were in the title of a 1978 No. 1
"Three Times a Lady"
|
$1,200
[3]
Parliament meets in this city, from Aboriginal words for "meeting place"
Canberra
James
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Mix carbon with nitrogen & hydrogen to get this type of poison aka prussic acid--actually, don't
cyanide
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Laocoon, a priest of Apollo, meant this object when he said, "I fear the Greeks, especially when they bring gifts"
the Trojan Horse
Greg
|
$1,600
[14]
Former N.J. governor Brendan Byrne admitted he regretted legalizing gambling in this city
Atlantic City
Greg
|
$1,600
[25]
Newfoundland & Quebec
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Kathryn
|
$1,600
[26]
In a Spin Doctors hit, these title royals "kneel before you"
"Two Princes"
Greg
|
$1,600
[4]
Dwarf & pretty-faced are types of this small member of the kangaroo family
wallaby
Kathryn
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) A sheet of carbon atoms is formed by strong covalent bonds. However, thebonds connecting multiple sheetsare much weaker, resulting in this soft substance, used in pencils
graphite
Kathryn
|
$2,000
[10]
He solved the riddle of the Sphinx
Oedipus
James
|
$2,000
[15]
Despite the success of "Into Thin Air", this author called climbing Everest the biggest mistake of his life
(Jon) Krakauer
Kathryn
|
$2,000
[30]
Chabahar, Iran & Muscat
Gulf of Oman
Greg
|
$2,000
[27]
In a 1997 hit the Wallflowers drove it home with this
"One Headlight"
Kathryn
|
$2,000
[5]
Now the name of a water sports clothing company, it's Australian for a stagnant backwater
billabong
James
|
The first novelist on Forbes' list of billionaires, this author fell off in 2012 after giving an estimated $160 mil. to charity
J.K. Rowling