Alan Florendo — a software developer from St. Louis, Missouri
Amanda Basta — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
Bif Reiser — a mathematician from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bif | $3,400 | $6,800 | $32,800 |
$32,800
2-day champion: $60,801 |
$28,200
31 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Amanda | $-1,000 | $800 | $3,200 |
$6,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
5 R, 1 W |
| Alan | $4,200 | $5,800 | $9,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
17 R, 4 W |
| MUSEUM MISCELLANY | EASY LISTENING | "P"LACES AT THE MALL | COUNTRY FACTS | MARCH ON! | WORD RHYMES |
|
$200
[17]
In an effort to save money, the Kentucky Coal Museum recently switched to this source of renewable energy
solar
Bif
Amanda
Alan
|
$200
[16]
"It's Not Easy Being Green" is a signature song of this TV character (& it's not the Hulk)
Kermit the Frog
Alan
|
$200
[11]
In the mood for Chinese food? There's P.F. Chang's & this chain that started in Glendale, California
Panda Express
Bif
|
$200
[1]
Pol Pot was the despotic leader of this Asian country from 1975 to 1979
Cambodia
Bif
|
$200
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a march route on the monitor.) The official route of a 1963 march started at the Washington Monument & moved down either Constitution or Independence Avenue to see this Baptist minister speak
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bif
|
$200
[6]
A gathering of bison
a herd
Alan
|
|
$400
[14]
On this day in 2015 the U.S. National Air & Space Museum put Wonder Woman's invisible jet "on display"
April 1 (or April Fool's Day)
Bif
|
$400
[18]
This rock classic begins "Well I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind"
"Take It Easy"
Alan
|
$400
[22]
This "Shoesource" reminds us that "it feels good to" do this
Payless
Alan
|
$400
[2]
weather.com calls Oymyakon in this country the world's coldest city, with -90 temps & bonfires needed at winter funerals
Russia
Bif
|
$800
[29]
"Tell Your Mother I'll Vote Dry" was a hymn you might have heard during a march for this teetotaling "T" movement
temperance
Bif
|
$400
[7]
Postponed until a later date
deferred
Alan
|
|
$600
[13]
Cuba's Museo Giron has a film about this battle, calling it the "first defeat of U.S. imperialism in the Americas"
Bay of Pigs
Alan
|
$600
[19]
This Five for Fighting song that says, "I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane" is subtitled "It's Not Easy"
"Superman"
Amanda
Alan
|
$600
[23]
An iconic Galleria bag or a black nylon backpack is a "must have" from this very upscale Italian brand
Prada
Bif
|
$600
[3]
China shares the Gobi Desert with this country that's 1/70 as densely populated as China
Mongolia
Bif
|
$1,000
[28]
A 1930 march against a salt tax made its way to this sea on India's west coast, where marchers scooped up salt
the Arabian Sea
|
$600
[8]
Just seeing the mountain variety of this creature brings me happiness
a bluebird
|
|
$800
[12]
The world's firstmuseumof narrative art is coming to Los Angeles; this founder was at the 2018 groundbreaking ceremony
George Lucas
Bif
|
$800
[20]
In this musical, Miss Hannigan, Rooster & Lily sing, "Easy street, where the rich folks play"
Annie
Alan
|
$800
[24]
Visit a showroom of this indoor bike brand for a test ride; if you buy, a pro like George Hincapie could be your instructor
Peloton
Alan
|
$800
[4]
2013 saw the first meeting of Lionel Messi & Pope Francis, perhaps the 2 most famous men from this country
Argentina
Alan
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
In the 1930s the endeavor known as this took about a year to complete & took its participants from Jiangxi to Shaanxi
the Long March
Bif
|
$800
[9]
Likely speech pattern for one extremely inebriated
slurred
Bif
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Bringing art to the Ozarks, an heiress of this family has bankrolled the new Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas
Walton
Alan
|
$1,000
[21]
This Arizona-born country singer had a No. 1 hit with "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)"
Dierks Bentley
|
$1,000
[25]
"Do something creative every day" is the motto of this card store, P.S. for short
Paper Source
Amanda
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2017 this country's prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State
Iraq
Amanda
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
One from the Taurus Mountains of the Middle East
a Kurd
Alan
|
| THE GRAND TOUR | EPIC POETRY | OPPOSITES | I.M. | A MAN OF CONSTANT | SORROW |
|
$400
[3]
Young 18th c. Brits would take a grand tour of Europe, including crossing these mountains into Italy (carried in a chair)
the Alps
Bif
|
$400
[20]
Virgil's "Aeneid" relates the founding of Lavinium, a town near this more famous locale
Rome
Bif
|
$400
[1]
The opposite of a blessing:This 5-letter word
a curse
Alan
|
$400
[15]
This foreign First Lady was called "the muse of Manila"
Imelda Marcos
Amanda
|
$400
[10]
A universal constant of gravitation is named for this 17th & 18th century man
Newton
Bif
|
$400
[21]
George Clooney recorded a version of "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" for this Coen Bros. film, but his voice was replaced
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Bif
|
|
$800
[4]
Men who came back from their tours with too much foppishness were called by this pasta insult like Yankee Doodle
macaroni
Bif
|
$800
[27]
This ancient poem contains epic fights between Menelaus & Paris as well as Achilles & Hector
the Iliad
Bif
|
$800
[2]
Of humility:This one of the 7 deadly sins
pride
Bif
|
$800
[16]
Idina Menzel won a Tony for playing this witch in "Wicked"
Elphaba
Alan
|
$800
[11]
A space telescope & a constant of the universe's expansion are named for this man
Hubble
Alan
|
$800
[23]
In Victorian London Jay's was a store of clothes for this period of a year or more, like the extra-dull black fabric bombazine
mourning
Bif
|
|
$1,600
[8]
The 18th century excavations at these 2 ancient sites made Naples a must-stop
Pompeii and Herculaneum
|
$1,200
[28]
In the "Kalevala", the national epic of this country, Ilmarinen the smith takes a sauna before he goes courting
Finland
Bif
|
$1,200
[12]
Of to don (a piece of clothing):This other "D" word
doff
Bif
|
$1,200
[17]
He's done Shakespeare & supervillains & was knighted in 1991
Ian McKellen
Bif
|
$1,200
[6]
In finance Napier's constant is helpful in understanding the compound type of this
interest
Bif
|
$1,200
[24]
Augustus Saint-Gaudens'memorialto Clover Adams is also known as this 5-letter synonym for sorrow
Grief
Bif
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Emulating the feat of the mythical Leander, Lord Byron swam across this strait during his grand tour
the Hellespont (or Dardanelles)
Bif
|
$1,600
[29]
Blake & Shelley saw this character as the real hero in Milton's "Paradise Lost" & applauded his rebellion against tyranny
Satan
Bif
|
$1,600
[13]
Of "to assist":This "imp"ish word
to impair (or impede)
Bif
|
$1,600
[18]
Ismail Merchant died in 2005, but this longtime partner won an Oscar at age 89 for writing "Call Me By Your Name"
(James) Ivory
Alan
|
$2,000
[22]
Per Viswanath's constant, if you randomize this number sequence named for a 13th c. Italian, it'll still follow a pattern
Fibonacci
Bif
Alan
|
$1,600
[25]
In some versions, Sorrow is the son of Pinkerton & this title Puccini opera heroine
Madame Butterfly
Alan
|
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Canaletto made pretty good money selling landscapes of this city of his birth as souvenirs for grand tourists
Venice
Bif
|
$2,000
[30]
The shorter of the 2 great epic poems of ancient India, its title translates from Sanskrit as "Rama's Exploits"
the Ramayana
Bif
|
$2,000
[14]
Of discard (an item) or of break (a promise)
keep
Amanda
|
$2,000
[19]
Thisfashion designer has expanded his repertoire to include performing in his own cabaret show
Isaac Mizrahi
Alan
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
Max Planck's constant is the ratio of the energy of this smallest unit of radiation to its frequency--what a leap!
a quantum
Bif
|
$2,000
[26]
It's Spanish for "sorrows", so the name of Mexican actress Del Rio means "sorrows of the river"
Dolores
Alan
|
3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles--"Nixon" & these 2
W and JFK