Saurabh Kapadia — a finance analyst from New York, New York
Jill Regan — an auditor from Dedham, Massachusetts
Steven Oppenheim — a supply chain analyst from Shaker Heights, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve-O | $2,600 | $4,000 | $15,800 |
$31,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Jill | $1,000 | $4,400 | $18,000 |
$31,601
New champion: $31,601 |
$19,200
21 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Saurabh | $2,000 | $2,400 | $4,000 |
$5,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
6 R, 2 W |
| PLANT THE FLAG | CELEBRITIES: THEY'RE JUST LIKE US! | NONFICTION | BLACKJACK | "ACE" SHOWING | INSURANCE |
|
$200
[6]
On Guatemala's flag, victory is symbolized by a wreath of this
a laurel wreath
|
$200
[7]
Ah, date night! In 2011 Justin Bieber rented this L.A. Lakers home arena to screen "Titanic" for Selena Gomez; that was easy!
the Staples Center
Steve-O
|
$200
[4]
In "Word by Word", Kory Stamper tells "The Secret Life of" these reference books from Merriam-Webster
dictionaries
Steve-O
|
$200
[1]
Sometimes it's "on the other foot", but in blackjack, it's a contraption from which cards are dealt
the shoe
Steve-O
|
$200
[12]
It's the elegant item seen here
a place card
Steve-O
|
$200
[17]
A comprehensive 1914 house policy from Lloyd's guarded against riots, airships & damage caused by these women
suffragettes
Jill
|
|
$400
[23]
Fiji's flag shows a coconut palm & a bunch of these fruits
bananas
Saurabh
|
$400
[27]
With a reported $2 million a month in spending--$30,000 on wine alone--Mr. Depp might return to play Capt. Jack in this film series
Pirates of the Caribbean
Jill
|
$400
[9]
As CEO, Howard Schultz wrote "Onward" about this coffee behemoth
Starbucks
Steve-O
|
$400
[2]
The $5 blackjack tables are a lower-budget option at this double-talk casino opened in 1968 on the Vegas Strip
Circus Circus
Jill
|
$400
[13]
If you make a mistake on a computer, this key is key
backspace
Steve-O
|
$600
[19]
If an oops has you coming up minus a few fingers, check your policy for accidental death & this other "D"
dismemberment
Jill
|
|
$600
[24]
One of these flowers beams over the flag of Kansas
sunflowers
Jill
|
$600
[28]
If you were a heavyweight champ like him & made $400 million in 20 years, you'd buy Bengal tigers & a $2 mil. bathtub, too!
Mike Tyson
Steve-O
|
$600
[10]
"The Gatekeepers" examines how the men with this title, like Rahm Emanuel & Dick Cheney, define every presidency
chief of staff
Saurabh
|
$600
[3]
Sure you can buy insurance if the dealer shows an ace on top, or you can do this & lose half your bet, no white flag needed
surrender
Jill
|
$600
[14]
There's a spud in the name of this classic American contest
a potato sack race
Saurabh
|
$800
[20]
The main job of this "act"ion hero is to assess risk that's used to calculate premiums
an actuary
Jill
|
|
$800
[25]
You won't find one of these on France's flag, but you'll find 4 on Quebec's
a fleur-de-lis
Steve-O
|
$800
[29]
"Mercy, Mercy, Me!" This late Motown singer did an album called "Here, My Dear" to pay for his divorce
Marvin Gaye
Saurabh
|
$800
[11]
This hashtag is the title of a memoir by David & Lauren Hogg, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
#NeverAgain
|
$800
[5]
The movie "21" told of students at this university who were trained to count cards & took Vegas for millions
MIT
Steve-O
Saurabh
|
$800
[15]
Science-y term for aturtle's top
a carapace
Steve-O
|
$1,000
[21]
This federal agency administers the National Flood Insurance Program
FEMA
Jill
|
|
$1,000
[26]
A white one of these aquatic flowers floats on the flag of Macau
a lotus
Jill
Saurabh
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
"Seabiscuit", a colossal bestseller, was her first book
Laura Hillenbrand
|
$1,000
[8]
Aces can be used as one or an 11, but when you're using an ace as an 11, your total is deemed this "comfy" adjective
soft
Steve-O
|
$1,000
[16]
Thislongtime co-star of "That '70s Show" played a different kind of '70s guy in "Blac Kk Klansman"
Topher Grace
Saurabh
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
A life insurance clause paying twice the face value of the policy for an accidental death is called this, also a film title
double indemnity
Jill
|
| GODS & GODDESSES | THE TV BIZ | GEOGRAPH"E" | AWARD ETYMOLOGY | WORLD LEADERS OF 2018 | OXYMORONS |
|
$400
[15]
Half-man, half-goat, all musician; this Greek fertility god was said to be a son of Hermes
Pan
Steve-O
|
$400
[21]
Often caused by a breaking news story, it's the replacement of a previously scheduled TV broadcast
pre-emptions
|
$400
[1]
For La Paz, Bolivia, it's over 11,900 feet, tops for any capital city in the world
the elevation
Steve-O
|
$400
[10]
The Razzie Awards for bad movies are short for "Golden" these
raspberries
Jill
|
$400
[26]
He wasn't having it when a teen called him "Manu", a nickname for Emmanuel, saying call me M. President of the Republic
Macron
Steve-O
|
$400
[16]
Jacksonville's minor league baseball team is named this, a classic shellfish oxymoron
the Jumbo Shrimp
Steve-O
|
|
$800
[2]
This Egyptian goddess was called "the female Ra"
Isis
Jill
|
$800
[22]
Sinclair Broadcasting owns about 200 local stations & this sports channel that takes you onto center court
the Tennis Channel
Steve-O
|
$1,200
[7]
Found on the North Saskatchewan River, this petroleum & meatpacking city was established as a fort in 1795
Edmonton
Jill
|
$800
[11]
The "OB" in the Obie Theater Awards is short for these 2 words
off Broadway
Jill
|
$800
[27]
In a 2007 miniseries, this prime minister played Talbot Papineau, one of his nation's first Rhodes Scholars
(Justin) Trudeau
Jill
|
$800
[17]
Temperature ranging oxymorons include freezer burn & this ointment brand Shaq uses for muscle pain
Icy Hot
Jill
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Dagda, a god of these people of Iron Age Ireland, had a handy magic cauldron called Undry that could feed the planet
the Celts
Steve-O
|
$1,200
[23]
Started by NBC & News Corp. to rerun old favorites, this streaming service launched its 1st original scripted show in 2012
Hulu
Jill
|
$1,600
[8]
Kaliningrad is one of these territories for Russia, part of the nation, but not directly attached to it
an exclave
Jill
|
$1,200
[12]
The Tony Award is short for this first name of actress-producer Perry
Antoinette
Jill
|
$1,200
[28]
Part of the Sandinistas who took power in '79, Daniel Ortega led this country in the '80s & again starting in 2007
Nicaragua
Jill
|
$1,200
[18]
This alliterative phrase precedes "Charlie Brown" in the title of a collection of "Peanuts" comic strips
good grief
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The Aztecs revered this feathered serpent god as the patron of priests, but his Q rating has gone down since then
Quetzalcoatl
Steve-O
|
$1,600
[24]
La que nos une, "The one that unites us", is the motto of this network claiming 63% of the U.S. Hispanic TV market
Univision
Jill
|
$2,000
[9]
This seaport about 25 miles north of Seattle is home to aircraft & technology industries, like Boeing
Everett
Jill
|
$1,600
[13]
This 18th century publisher of books & of Lilliputian, a magazine for kids, has his name on a children's book medal
John Newbery
Steve-O
|
$1,600
[29]
It's easy to spot this country's Kolinda Grabar Kitarovićat the 2018 World Cup final--she's in her nation's colors
Croatia
Steve-O
Saurabh
|
$1,600
[19]
Elmer's makes a "no-wrinkle" gooey adhesive called this, 2 very different materials
rubber cement
Steve-O
|
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
One of Rome's oldest temples was the one of this chief god on the Capitoline Hill
Jupiter
Steve-O
|
$2,000
[25]
A leading mag of the biz, founded in 1931 as Broadcasting, became Broadcasting & this in the '90s & now goes by B&C
Broadcasting & Cable
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a coastal body of water on the monitor.) Seen here is an example of this, a partly enclosed coastal body of water where river water mixes with sea water
an estuary
Steve-O
|
$2,000
[14]
These advertising awards were named for the muse of history
Clios
Steve-O
|
— |
$2,000
[20]
It was an art style in the 1920s before it was the literary genre of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges
magical realism
Steve-O
|
Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author "knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood"
The Red Badge of Courage