Jeff Spiess — a hospice physician from Bay Village, Ohio
Jessica Holloway — an art education student from The Woodlands, Texas
Zorn Pink — a policy analyst from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zorn | $3,600 | $3,200 | $4,800 |
$8,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jessica | $1,400 | $6,400 | $13,200 |
$26,001
New champion: $26,001 |
$13,200
17 R, 0 W |
| Jeff | $2,200 | $8,600 | $13,000 |
$25,950
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE OLD WEST | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS | CATCH PHRASES | WORLD OF WATER | NEWSPAPER NAMES | GOING VEGAN |
|
$200
[7]
If you asked for a shot of this liquor, the saloon might have gotten it from the Moore, Hunt Co. for $3 a gallon
whiskey
Jessica
|
$200
[5]
Ursula the sea witch
The Little Mermaid
Zorn
|
$200
[20]
"Catch my" this refers to what one is driving at in the conversation, not a pile of snow
a drift
Jeff
|
$200
[15]
More than 1,300' below sea level, the shore of this body of water is the Earth's lowest point on land
the Dead Sea
Zorn
|
$200
[10]
This Boston paper has been turning out the news since 1872
the Globe
Jessica
|
$200
[6]
In fashion some vegans avoid wool, leather & this fiber that comes from insects
silk
Jeff
|
|
$400
[27]
The pseudonymous Ned Buntline sensationalized the old West in these novels with a price in their name
dime novels
Zorn
|
$400
[4]
Maleficent
Sleeping Beauty
Zorn
Jessica
|
$400
[21]
Despite the proverb you can catch more fruit flies with this, especially the apple cider type, than with honey
vinegar
Jessica
|
$400
[16]
The Scandinavian peninsula is separated from the rest of continental Europe by this arm of the north Atlantic
the Baltic Sea
Jeff
|
$400
[11]
In 1901 this Denver daily dropped "Evening" from its name
the Post
Zorn
|
$400
[8]
Vegans can finally have a proper pint; this Irish brewer completely phased out fish-derived filters in 2017
Guinness
Jeff
|
|
$600
[28]
One of the first of these shows with a Spanish name was held in Colorado in 1869; a Brit was named champion bronc buster
a rodeo
Jeff
|
$600
[3]
Cruella De Vil
101 Dalmatians
Jessica
|
$600
[24]
The National Park Service says barbless hooks are best for fish survival in this type of fishing
catch and release
Jeff
|
$800
[18]
This body of water could say to the nation of Bahrain, "We've got you completely surrounded"
the Persian Gulf
Jessica
|
$600
[12]
Editorializing that a monosyllable was better, on Jan. 1, 1788 London's Daily Universal Register became this
The Times
Zorn
|
$600
[9]
Many vegetarians eat these; vegans don't, so they make swaps like 1 mashed banana for each in a cake recipe
eggs
Jeff
|
|
$800
[29]
He graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872 before moving west
Doc Holliday
Jeff
|
$800
[2]
Drizella, Anastasia & their mother, Lady Tremaine
Cinderella
Zorn
|
$800
[25]
In this catch named for a footwear fastener, the outfielder gets the ball on the run, close to the ground
a shoestring catch
Jeff
|
$1,000
[19]
Victor Hugo once penned a travel guide to this river that forms part of France's border with Germany
the Rhine
Jeff
|
$800
[13]
A Philly paper got this name in 1829 because "there should always be" one "asking on behalf of the people"
the Inquirer
Zorn
|
$800
[22]
Vegans can't get enough of this B vitamin from plant sources, so they need supplements, injected or otherwise
B12
Jessica
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This reservation was established in 1868 & has grown to more than 27,000 square miles of Utah, Arizona & New Mexico
Navajo
Jessica
|
$1,000
[1]
The ringmaster who locks up a new mother
Dumbo
Zorn
|
$1,000
[26]
According to song, if you do this, "put it in your pocket, never let it fade away"
catch a falling star
Jessica
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Water for this European capital city was historically provided by the Marathon reservoir
Athens
Jeff
|
$1,000
[14]
A Cleveland paper's 1842 first issue said it had rejected the truth teller in favor of this more modest name
The Plain Dealer
Jeff
|
$1,000
[23]
The world's most used vegetable oil, this tree oil is vegan-friendly but has been linked to rainforest destruction
palm oil
Jessica
|
| THE VERY OLD EAST | CHAPTERS OF THE NOVEL | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES | TIME TO GO GREEN | ART & MYTHOLOGY | ADD A LETTER |
|
$400
[9]
This subcontinent collided with Eurasia some 40 to 50 million years ago
India
Zorn
|
$400
[8]
"Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput"
Gulliver's Travels
Jessica
|
$400
[18]
This singer beat Counting Crows in 1995--& she has one of those birds in her name
Sheryl Crow
Zorn
|
$400
[7]
A rhododendron is usually this type plant & a pine, this type of tree
evergreen
Zorn
Jeff
|
$400
[2]
On Mussolini's orders, Rome, Italy presented to Rome, Georgia a sculpture of a she-wolf suckling these twins
Romulus and Remus
Jessica
|
$400
[22]
Add a letter to a place you park your car to get a load of rubbish
garage and garbage
Jessica
|
|
$800
[10]
A long, long time ago, protoceratops roamed what's now this desert of China & Mongolia
the Gobi
Zorn
|
$800
[14]
"D'Artagnan Takes Command"
The Three Musketeers
Jeff
|
$800
[19]
In 2000 the Grammy went to Christina Aguilera over this female fellow Mousketeer
Britney Spears
Jessica
|
$800
[23]
Types of gem cuts include this one named for a certain gem; it's meant to intensify that stone's green color
an emerald
Zorn
|
$800
[3]
Seen here on an ancient water jug is a depiction of Hercules leading this three-headed dog
Cerberus
Zorn
Jessica
|
$800
[25]
Add a letter to a novel or short story & it become a constant source of disagreement or conflict
fiction and friction
|
|
$1,600
[12]
The Himalayas became Earth's tallest mountains during this geologic epoch just before our current one
the Pleistocene
Zorn
Jeff
|
$1,200
[15]
"Major Major Major Major"
Catch-22
Zorn
|
$1,200
[20]
USA! USA! USA! In 2011 Esperanza Spalding beat out these 2 Canadians, a teen star & a rapper
Drake and Justin Bieber
Zorn
|
$1,200
[24]
"In brightest day, in blackest night", this 2011 Ryan Reynolds superhero movie went dark, losing a reported $90 mil.
the Green Lantern
Jeff
|
$1,200
[4]
Rubens painted several versions of "The Judgment of" him
Judgment of Paris
|
$1,600
[26]
One extra letter turns a diabolical person into a good buddy
fiend and friend
Jeff
|
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
Some 15 million years ago, what's now this country moved away from east Asia, & the same-named sea opened in its wake
Japan
Zorn
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
"The Chateau d'If", "The Treasure"
The Count of Monte Cristo
Zorn
|
$1,600
[21]
In 2009 Duffy was beaten by this woman, also a deep-voiced Brit known by a 5-letter name
Adele
Zorn
|
— |
$1,600
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In mythology, many tales deal with transformation; here, having fled from an amorous Apollo, this nymph begs her father to transform her & destroy her beauty--he turns her into a laurel tree, the change just beginning
Daphne
|
$2,000
[27]
A type of woolen thread becomes a word of longing when it gets a letter woven in
yarn and yearn
Zorn
|
|
$2,000
[13]
This first known Homo erectus specimen was discovered in the 1890s in what's now Indonesia
Java Man
Zorn
Jeff
|
$2,000
[17]
"Clifford and Phoebe", "The Pyncheon-Garden"
The House of the Seven Gables
|
$2,000
[1]
This real "Superstar" brother/sister act beat the less-than-real Partridge Family in 1971
the Carpenters
Zorn
Jessica
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
Anne of Austria reputedly took offense at a Michelangelo painting of this woman & the swan & ordered it burnt
Leda
Jessica
|
— |
In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2 1/2 years later was out of business there
Havana