Cade Varnado — an English instructor from Richmond, Virginia
Chrissy Bellizzi — a librarian from St. Louis, Missouri
Jonathan Dinerstein — a composer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,501)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $4,600 | $8,200 | $21,600 |
$22,401
3-day champion: $62,902 |
$20,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Chrissy | $600 | $3,600 | $11,200 |
$6,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
19 R, 2 W |
| Cade | $2,400 | $1,800 | $10,200 |
$20,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
14 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| HOW TO PLAY QUIDDITCH | AMERICAN HISTORY | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" | GETTING SQUIRRELLY | MONDAY NIGHT NON-FOOTBALL TV | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? |
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$200
[1]
A Quidditch team is made up of 7 players who each keep one of these between their legs at all times
a broom
Jonathan
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$200
[20]
John Parker was assigned to guard this man on April 14, 1865, but stepped out at intermission to go to a bar
Abraham Lincoln
Chrissy
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$200
[4]
Doc or Dopey(5)
a dwarf
Chrissy
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$200
[22]
Squirrels are part of this order that includes beavers & marmots
rodents
Jonathan
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$200
[30]
This actor moved west & rapped things up as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Will Smith
Chrissy
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$200
[27]
It's eau de this striped member of the Mephitidae family that just sprayed its musk
skunk
Chrissy
|
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$400
[2]
A Snitch runner, who eludes both teams, must dress in this color, like the leader in the Tour de France
yellow
Jonathan
|
$400
[19]
Mariana, the first name Charles I picked for this colony, was nixed as Juan de Mariana was an anti-royalist writer
Maryland
Chrissy
|
$400
[5]
Run off the tracks(6)
derail
Jonathan
|
$400
[23]
Some squirrels are active during winter; others go through this dormancy process
hibernation
Chrissy
|
$400
[29]
Jennifer Love Hewitt takes the emergency calls on this 3-digit Fox drama
9-1-1
Cade
|
$400
[8]
It's air freshener in this fragrance like a just-purchased Ford or Toyota
new car smell
Cade
|
|
$600
[21]
Sounding like a drink served with another drink, this player scores points throwing the Quaffle ball
a Chaser
Jonathan
Cade
|
$800
[10]
JFK declined to change the name, chosen by his predecessor, of this retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Camp David
Jonathan
|
$600
[3]
____ & confused, in the movies(5)
dazed
Chrissy
|
$600
[24]
Squirrels pretend to bury nuts & these oak tree fruits to foil would-be thieves
acorns
Chrissy
|
$600
[16]
Aunt Bee & Opie were part of the small-town fun on this Monday night show
The Andy Griffith Show
Cade
|
$600
[7]
It's this mixture of decaying plant matter like grass & leaf clippings that's good as a soil fertilizer but bad for my nose
compost
Chrissy
|
|
$800
[12]
For a Bludger, which eliminates other players by contact, you can use this ball; just ask Patches O'Houlihan
a dodgeball
Chrissy
Cade
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Alexander Hamilton Jr. got justice for his dad when Eliza Jumel hired him to handle her divorce from this man
Aaron Burr
Cade
|
$800
[6]
A student's sheepskin(7)
diploma
Jonathan
|
$800
[25]
The Siberian is the only non-North American type of this, a small, striped creature in the squirrel family
a chipmunk
Jonathan
|
$800
[17]
On this game show Howie Mandel asked a simple question that often elicited a difficult answer
Deal or No Deal
|
$800
[15]
It's Vanilla Cupcake, Sun & Sand, & Clean Cotton, some of the bestselling scents from this candle company
Yankee candles
Cade
|
|
$1,000
[13]
A player called this quests after the elusive Snitch ball, whose capture is worth 30 points & ends a game
the Seeker
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[11]
This Michigan businessman once fired all his accounting staff, leaving others to figure income by weighing invoices
(Henry) Ford
Cade
|
$1,000
[14]
Housebroken(12)
domesticated
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a squirrel and a rattlesnake on the monitor.) Certain ground squirrels fend off rattlesnakes by shaking their tails & creating heat, & since the snakes detect the heat via this type of light, they go defensive & leave their prey be
infrared
Jonathan
Cade
|
$1,000
[18]
A cat-craving alien from Melmac was adopted by an American family on this sitcom
ALF
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[26]
It's a freshly brewed cup of Blue Mountain coffee, the beans coming direct from this island nation
Jamaica
Chrissy
|
| CITY FLAGS | THAT BOOK IS MAKING ME SICK | ACRONYMS | EXTRAORDINARY RENDITIONS | BRAND OF "BROTHERS" | ARCHITECTURE |
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$400
[27]
Residents of this Italian city can shroud themselves in itsflag
Turin
Cade
|
$400
[8]
Retired professor Glen Bateman is one of the survivors of the superflu in this Stephen King novel
The Stand
Cade
|
$400
[12]
Medically speaking, we'd like you to I.D. the letters I & D in AIDS
immunodeficiency
Cade
|
$400
[16]
Joe Cocker sang & played air guitar in a memorable rendition of "With A Little Help From My Friends" at this 1969 festival
Woodstock
Chrissy
|
$400
[25]
Theater owners Harry, Albert, Samuel & Jack decided to make their own movies as this company in 1913
the Warner Brothers
Chrissy
|
$1,200
[9]
An example of Byzantine architecture is a museum also called Ayasofya in this city
Istanbul
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[26]
Remember theflagof this U.S. city?
San Antonio
Jonathan
Cade
|
$800
[7]
The title of this nonfiction bestseller about an Ebola outbreak refers to an area with infectious organisms
The Hot Zone
Chrissy
|
$800
[28]
They're the YUP in yuppies
young urban professionals
Chrissy
|
$800
[17]
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's soaring take on this "Wizard of Oz" classic is ubiquitous in Hawaii
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
Cade
|
$800
[24]
In the late 19th century, George invited brothers Charles & Edward to join him in this board game company
Parker Brothers
Chrissy
|
$1,600
[10]
A fanlight isn't a fixture with rotating blades--it's one of these
a window
|
|
$1,600
[5]
The four stars on this Midwest city'sflagrepresent a fort, a fire & two expositions
Chicago
Chrissy
|
$1,200
[1]
"Everything is free... it makes you feel sick... that's" this, the title of Jean-Paul Sartre's first novel
Nausea
Cade
|
$1,200
[13]
Oops! Looks like somebody has gone AWOL, which is short for this
absent without leave
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[21]
Marvin Gaye & John Fogerty both sang this song beautifully; so did the California Raisins
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Chrissy
|
$1,200
[20]
Jonathan & Drew Scott, the stars of this HGTV real estate series & its spin-offs, share their story in "It Takes Two"
the Property Brothers
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[11]
A synonym for "merciless" or "cruel", followed by "-ism", gets you this style that emphasizes austerity
Brutalism
Jonathan
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
The wavy lines symbolize the convergence of the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers on theflagof this large city
St. Louis
Cade
|
$1,600
[2]
Daniel Defoe's account of events in 1664-65 was called "A Journal of the" this "Year"
plague
Chrissy
|
$2,000
[15]
They're the 3 groups that form the CAP in ASCAP
composers, authors and publishers
Jonathan
Chrissy
|
$1,600
[22]
Bob Dylan said singing his own "All Along The Watchtower" feels like a tribute to this man who did an amazing cover
(Jimi) Hendrix
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1878 Austin & R.W. began selling coffee in San Francisco, becoming this brand
Hills Bros.
|
— |
|
$2,000
[6]
The two City Hall towerscombine to make the letter "T" on theflagof this metropolis
Toronto
Cade
|
$2,000
[3]
The symptoms of infatuation & a water-borne illness overlap in this 1985 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera
Cade
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
TED talks began in 1984 at a conference on this, entertainment & design
technology
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[23]
"Let freedom ring", Marian Anderson sang, opening her 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial with this patriotic tune
"My Country, 'Tis Of Thee"
Chrissy
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1868 Henry, Emmanuel & Mayer moved this company to NYC; as a bank, it lost almost $50 billion & closed in 2008
Lehman Brothers
Jonathan
|
— |
Air Force pilot Gail Halvorson earned the nickname "Candy Bomber" for his actions during this 1948-49 event
the Berlin airlift (or Berlin air drop)