Niño Yosinao — a development assistant and data analyst from San Francisco, California
Chris Whalen — an editor from Austin, Texas
Jill Regan — an auditor from Dedham, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $2,600 | $3,200 | $14,400 |
$20,001
2-day champion: $51,602 |
$17,400
20 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $2,800 | $5,200 | $10,000 |
$14,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
19 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Niño | $1,600 | $3,000 | $5,800 |
$1,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
8 R, 1 W |
| AMERICAN QUOTATIONS | TV WORKPLACE SETTINGS | A THIN CATEGORY | GOVERNMENT | HAMBURGERS | FRIES |
|
$200
[12]
Accepting renomination in 2012, Pres. Obama said "Al-Qaeda is on the path to defeat &" this man "is dead"
Osama bin Laden
Jill
|
$200
[4]
"Mad Men"
an advertising office
Chris
|
$200
[14]
This veggie can come before "pole" or "stalk" in synonyms for thin
a string bean (or bean)
Jill
|
$200
[1]
Alaska has boroughs where most states have these local units
counties
Niño
|
$200
[3]
Hamburg-born pacifist Carl von Ossietzky was awarded this in November 1936 while being held in a Nazi prison
the Nobel Peace Prize
Chris
|
$200
[25]
Before they were glazed or jelly, their first mention in print, by Washington Irving, said they were fried in hog's oil
doughnuts
Jill
|
|
$400
[13]
Mary Schmich's 1997 mock commencement address, which went viral as a real one, advised, "Wear" this
sunscreen
Chris
|
$400
[5]
"The Larry Sanders Show" & "Nightcap" starring Ali Wentworth
a late-night talk show
|
$400
[15]
If you're not likely to succeed, your chances are this "to none" or this "and none"
slim
Jill
|
$400
[2]
The Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention is part of this federal agency
the EPA
Chris
|
$400
[21]
Photographer Astrid Kirchherr took some iconic photos of this fab group in their early days in Hamburg
the Beatles
Jill
|
$400
[26]
Who puts a stick in a frankfurter & deep fries it? Back in 1942 it was Neil & Carl Fletcher, who gave state fairs this favorite
corn dogs
Niño
|
|
$600
[16]
Closing the government office that broke these in 1929, Henry Stimson said, "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail"
code breaking
|
$600
[6]
"The Flintstones", where Fred operated a bronto-crane
a quarry
Chris
|
$600
[18]
Someone wants detailed information when inquiring, "What's the" this word also meaning thin
skinny
Chris
|
$600
[9]
Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the U.S. House "shall have the sole power of" this against a federal official
impeachment
Niño
|
$600
[22]
Born in Hamburg in 1954, she was a chemist before joining the CDU political party in 1990
(Angela) Merkel
Jill
|
$600
[27]
If someone fries chickpea patties & puts them in a pita, he's serving this Middle Eastern specialty
falafel
Jill
|
|
$800
[17]
In an 1862 speech in the Mississippi capitol, he said, "our enemies are a traditionless & a homeless race"
Jefferson Davis
|
$800
[7]
"Ugly Betty" & "Just Shoot Me!"
a (fashion) magazine
Jill
|
$800
[19]
This surname of British director David is also a good idea for a health-conscious meat selection
David Lean
|
$800
[10]
Also a federal Cabinet job, in most states this person certifies election results
the Secretary of State
Niño
|
$800
[23]
Karl Lagerfeldhas designed at Chanel, with its double "C" symbol, & for five decades at this Italian house, using a double "F"
Fendi
Jill
|
$800
[28]
Disneyland's Blue Bayou restaurant fries this turkey, ham & Swiss cheese sandwich in canola oil
a Monte Cristo
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[30]
"It was porkmaking by machinery, porkmaking by applied mathematics" in this Upton Sinclair novel
The Jungle
Niño
|
$1,000
[8]
"Lou Grant"
a newsroom (or newspaper)
Chris
|
$1,000
[20]
Newborn horses' legs are described with this adjective, from a rod used in yarn-spinning
spindly
Chris
|
$1,000
[11]
It's the grade-"A" job of those on the Rapid City, South Dakota city council
an alderman
Jill
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
This Hamburger was a virtuoso pianist as well as one of the 19th century's greatcomposers
Johannes Brahms
Jill
|
$1,000
[29]
You can fry these Latin American turnovers whose name comes from the Spanish for "to roll or fry"
empanadas
Jill
|
| BUILDING BIG | ART & ARTISTS | SINGING IN NON-MUSICAL MOVIES | RUSSIAN LITERATURE | MAKE IT LOOK GOOD | YOU DO KNOW JACKALOPE |
|
$400
[22]
New York City's Twin Towers were briefly the tallest in the world untilthisU.S. building surpassed them in 1973
the Sears Tower
Chris
|
$400
[11]
Diego Rivera was best known for creating these large wall paintings that depicted Mexican life
murals
Chris
|
$400
[16]
Kristen Wiig & Maya Rudolph get into it as Wilson Phillips performs "Hold On" at the wedding
Bridesmaids
Chris
|
$400
[21]
Olga, Masha & Irina are this title Chekhov trio
the Three Sisters
Chris
|
$400
[6]
Some Sephora stores offer a free mini one of these complete beauty treatments
a makeover
Jill
|
$400
[1]
House for a queen
a palace
Chris
Niño
|
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
With the Burj Kahlifa, the world's tallest building is in the Mideast for the 1st time since this was surpassed in 1311
the Great Pyramid
Chris
|
$800
[12]
The woman in his "American Gothic" painting was modeled after his sister Nan
(Grant) Wood
Chris
|
$800
[17]
Hugh Grant comes to the rescue & helps young Nicholas Hoult kill it with a "Killing Me Softly" cover
About a Boy
Jill
|
$800
[27]
Pierre Bezukhov suffers as a P.O.W. in this Tolstoy work
War and Peace
Niño
|
$800
[7]
Furnishing & dressing up a home interior to appeal to buyers is called this theatrical term
staging
Jill
|
$800
[2]
To be at your best; don't do it "too soon"
peak
Niño
|
|
$1,200
[24]
L.A.'s oldest jazz festival is held annually nearthese100-foot towers bearing the name of an L.A. area
the Watts Towers
Jill
|
$1,600
[14]
Partly done with spray paint, a skull by this late graffiti artist of Haitian descent sold for over $100 million in 2017
(Jean-Michel) Basquiat
Chris
|
$1,200
[18]
Tom Hanks, suddenly all grown up, croons "The Way We Were" to his mom
Big
Chris
|
$1,200
[28]
Dr. Zhivago falls in love with this woman, but oops! They're both married
Lara
|
$1,200
[8]
In 2008 candidate Obama compared McCain's policies to Bush's by using this phrase about an animal & cosmetics
putting lipstick on a pig
Jill
|
$1,200
[3]
Samuel Smith's Nut Brown is a refreshing one
ale
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Almost 2,000 feet tall, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in this country is right next to the Great Mosque
Saudi Arabia
|
$2,000
[15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Long identified as St. Catherine of Alexandria holding a spiked wheel, a 1930s restoration revealed that underneath was alady holding a unicornby this Renaissance master from Urbino
Raphael
|
$1,600
[19]
As Lili von Shtupp, Madeline Kahn appears to fall asleep singing Mel Brooks' "I'm Tired"
Blazing Saddles
Jill
|
$1,600
[29]
This 1973 work is an account of prisons & labor camps scattered across Russia like islands in a sea
The Gulag Archipelago
Jill
|
$1,600
[9]
1960s leader Alexander Dubcek of this then-country advocated "socialism with a human face"
Czechoslovakia
Niño
|
$1,600
[4]
Deciduous giant
an oak
Jill
|
|
$2,000
[26]
At China's Tianze Hotel, you can stay inside 14-storyreplicasof 3 traditional gods from this dynasty that ended in 1644
the Ming dynasty
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
It was the married name of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt, who founded a museum of American art in New York City
Gertrude Whitney
Chris
|
$2,000
[20]
Julia Roberts tricks Cameron Diaz into karaoking "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"; Cam laughs last
My Best Friend's Wedding
Chris
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
An impressivefacadewas the goal of the Old West architecture style called this alliterative type of phony front
a false front
Jill
|
$2,000
[5]
6-letter word meaning to persuade with gentle encouragement
to cajole
|
On the radio in 1937 this 3-word exclamation came after "the smoke and the flames now...not quite to the mooring mast"
"Oh, the humanity!"