John Fowle — a landscaper from New Orleans, Louisiana
Jade Ryan — a student from Gainesville, Florida
Will Dawson — a tour guide from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $55,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $2,200 | $3,000 | $21,400 |
$15,599
3-day champion: $70,601 |
$21,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Jade | $200 | $1,800 | $4,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
10 R, 3 W |
| John | $3,400 | $7,200 | $13,600 |
$1,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? | HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES | FROM B TO C | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT | FAR OUT, MAN | GIRL SCOUT COOKIES |
|
$200
[7]
"Old" Christine on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" & Selina Meyer on "Veep"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Jade
|
$200
[1]
Term for the edge of western U.S. settlement; Alaska is called "the last" one
frontier
Will
|
$200
[6]
The "B" in ICBM stands for this kind of missile
ballistic
Will
|
$200
[20]
The first plague was the turning of the waters of Egypt into this
blood
Will
|
$200
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Pacific Ocean on the monitor.) A spot in the Pacific is so remote that world space agencies use it as a dumping area because there's little chance of endangering humans; it's named Point this after a literary captain whose name means "no one" in Latin
Point Nemo
|
$200
[12]
The Girl Scouts' version of this graham cracker campfire classic is a favorite
s'more
Will
|
|
$400
[8]
Elizabeth Jennings on "The Americans", & "Felicity"
Keri Russell
Will
|
$400
[2]
Some of New Zealand's first colonists were convicts from the penal colony in this nearby land
Australia
John
|
$400
[27]
Also a simple programming language, it means unoriginal or mainstream in modern slang
basic
Jade
|
$400
[21]
The third plague was these parasitic arthropods that also plague kids in the classroom
lice
Will
Jade
|
$400
[15]
King Kong is the "king" of this remote island
Skull Island
Will
|
$400
[13]
Trefoils are also called this, a type of "bread" traditionally loaded with butter
shortbread
John
|
|
$600
[9]
Lena on "Splitting Up Together" & Pam on "The Office"
Jenna Fischer
Will
|
$600
[3]
Rob Ford, on the left, was a controversial Toronto mayor; brother Doug was elected premier of this province in 2018
Ontario
John
|
$600
[28]
It's a cockroach's least favorite acid
boric acid
Jade
|
$600
[22]
In the seventh plague, this rained "upon the land of Egypt", breaking "every tree of the field"
hail
Will
|
$600
[17]
While on your way to the galactic center, you have more than 18 quintillion planets to explore in this game
No Man's Sky
John
|
$600
[16]
Peanut butter sandwich cookies get this hyphenated name, also heard during a square dance
Do-si-dos
John
|
|
$800
[10]
Gemma on "Sons of Anarchy" & Peg on "Married... With Children"
Katey Sagal
Will
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In the 1930s Leonard Howell established this religion in Jamaica
Rastafarianism
John
|
$800
[29]
Adjective meaning related to the countryside, especially its pleasant aspects
bucolic
John
|
$800
[25]
In the eighth plague, swarms of these covered the face of the Earth, darkening the land
locusts
Will
|
$800
[18]
In the first "Star Trek" movie, the crew meets this wandering probe; the real ones were launched in 1977
Voyager
John
|
$800
[23]
They're the refreshing bestsellers seen here
Thin Mints
Will
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Chloe on "Don't Trust the B----in Apartment 23", & "Jessica Jones"
Krysten Ritter
Will
|
$1,000
[5]
"A kingdom trusted to a school-boy's care" was written about this 18th century British prime minister the younger
(William) Pitt (the Younger)
John
|
$1,000
[30]
He wrote more than 90 stories examining the complexities of 19th century French society
Balzac
Jade
|
$1,000
[26]
Passover gets its name from when God passes over the Israelites' homes, sparing them from this final plague
death of the firstborn
John
|
$1,000
[19]
This Longfellow poem takes you away to Acadia, to a "distant, secluded...little village of Grand Pre"
Evangeline
|
$1,000
[24]
Savannah Smiles are named after the city where this woman was born in 1860
Juliette Gordon Low
|
| SCIENCE FICTION | SUCCESSION | CLASSIC MOVIES IN 3 SENTENCES | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 | EXPRESS YOURSELF | SUNNY "D" |
|
$400
[5]
"World War Z" is Max Brooks' history of a global war in the near future against these
zombies
Will
|
$400
[14]
In 1896 the perhaps less skilled Alfred Austin succeeded Tennyson in this literary post
poet laureate
Jade
|
$400
[1]
Witch crushed to death. Victim's sister also killed. Killer sent to Kansas, not prison
Wizard of Oz
Will
|
$400
[9]
In 1779 he came home to Salzburg & wrote his 32nd symphony; in 2003 the L.A. Phil played it to open its new home, Disney Hall
Mozart
Will
|
$400
[21]
It can mean to tangle up or to growl viciously, especially with the teeth bared like an animal
snarl
Will
Jade
|
$400
[26]
This Texas city, "The Big D", has an average of 234 sunny days per year
Dallas
Will
|
|
$800
[20]
The richest man on Earth travels through space with a beautiful woman at his side in Kurt Vonnegut's these "of Titan"
sirens
John
|
$800
[15]
He replaced the irreplaceable Steve Jobs as Apple CEO
(Tim) Cook
Will
|
$800
[2]
A snow globe falls from a hand. Xanadu makes news. A sled goes into an incinerator
Citizen Kane
John
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Site of the 1st outdoor recording by any symphony orchestra, this amphitheater in the Hills is the Phil's summer home
the Hollywood Bowl
Will
|
$800
[22]
This word that means to put into words begins with a part of speech
verbalize
Jade
|
$800
[27]
In 1926 the city of Seabreeze became part of this Florida beach city
Daytona Beach
Jade
|
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
As well as playing in the "Dune"s, this sci-fi author penned "The White Plague", about a mad scientist's quest for revenge
Frank Herbert
Will
|
$1,200
[16]
He was next up after Anthony Kennedy sent himself to the bench from the Supreme Court bench
(Brett) Kavanaugh
Will
Jade
|
$1,200
[6]
Cary Grant mistaken for a spy. He proposes between 2 giant heads. A train enters a tunnel
North by Northwest
Will
|
$1,200
[11]
In 1970 Frank Zappa said, "Zubin, hit it!" & the Phil played Zappa's "200 Motels" at this university's Pauley Pavilion
UCLA
Will
Jade
|
$1,200
[23]
To prevaricate is to do this; trust me
to lie
Jade
|
$1,200
[28]
Soak up the sun on Jumeirah Beach in this wealthy emirate, but probably not in a bikini
Dubai
John
|
|
$1,600
[4]
"The White Dragon" is one of Anne McCaffrey's novels about this alien planet & its sentient flying reptiles
Pern
|
$1,600
[17]
Whitelaw Reidsucceeded Horace Greeleyas editor of this New York "T"--not Times
the Tribune
Jade
|
$1,600
[7]
A knife fight at an observatory. A cliffside drag race. A shooting at an observatory
Rebel Without a Cause
Will
|
$1,600
[12]
The Phil has a flute chair named for this "Moon River" composer who started out on flute in a Sons of Italy band
(Henry) Mancini
Will
|
$1,600
[24]
To signal to action, or to cue an actor from offstage with a forgotten line
prompt
John
|
$1,600
[29]
Seen here is a prisoner's hut on this tropical island, part of French Guiana
Devil's Island
Will
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Part slavery memoir, part time-traveling fantasy, this Octavia Butler novel has a title that's a synonym for family
Kindred
|
$2,000
[18]
After Richard III quit horsing around, this man was the new king
Henry VII
Will
|
$2,000
[8]
A marshal gets married. A train arrives right on time. A bride shoots a man in the back
High Noon
Will
|
$2,000
[13]
The Phil's first tour kicked off in this seat of Kern County, California, better known for country music
Bakersfield
Will
|
$2,000
[25]
To imitate, or to deride; it was done to Jesus, according to Luke 22:63
mock
Will
John
|
$2,000
[30]
The "cold" season in this country on the horn of Africa has lows in the 70s
Djibouti
Will
|
In his autobiography, Buffalo Bill Cody remembered this venture as "a relay race against time"
the Pony Express