Tim Varecka — an engineer from Tucson, Arizona
Eric Eifrig — a lawyer from Cincinnati, Ohio
Dana Wayne — an educator from North Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana | $1,200 | $2,200 | $10,600 |
$6,000
2-day champion: $32,401 |
$11,000
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eric | $800 | $3,200 | $11,400 |
$1,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Tim | $3,200 | $4,000 | $14,400 |
$5,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| HISTORIC STRUCTURES | ALPHANUMERIC ATHLETES | IN THE "MI"DDLE | COLD PLAY | SPEED OF SOUND | YOLO |
|
$200
[8]
In an effort to preserve this 800-year-old Italian structure, really heavy counterweights were installed
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Tim
|
$200
[21]
Married to GB:TB12
Tom Brady
Eric
|
$200
[13]
He rids your house of vermin
an exterminator
Dana
Eric
|
$200
[1]
This tragic Shakespeare title king has a cold night reflect on filial ingratitude
King Lear
Tim
|
$200
[3]
In dry air, the speed of sound is 1,086 FPS, short for this
feet per second
Tim
|
$200
[26]
You only live once, so order dessert like the chocolate cake aptly called molten this, for its hot, gooey center
lava
Dana
|
|
$400
[9]
Before billeting the RAF in World War II, Blickling Estatewas the birthplace of this second wife of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Eric
|
$400
[22]
Recently retired:KB24
Kobe Bryant
Eric
|
$400
[14]
In 1964 Royal Crown Cola introduced one of the first soft drink beverage cans made of this
aluminum
Tim
|
$400
[2]
This play that opened on Broadway in 2018 had Elsa, Hans, Anna & Kristoff perform "Colder By The Minute"
Frozen
Tim
|
$400
[4]
2-word name for the loud crack when a plane exceeds the speed of sound
sonic boom
Tim
|
$400
[27]
Conquer your stage fright & do this, Japanese for "empty orchestra"; "Love Shack" is a fun choice
karaoke
Eric
|
|
$600
[10]
Later famous as a rock concert venue, Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall was built to host this martial art at the 1964 Olympics
judo
Tim
|
$600
[23]
Point guard CP3
Chris Paul
Eric
|
$600
[15]
Leave out
omit
Eric
|
$600
[5]
"Humbug High" reimagined him as a ghost-plagued teen, taken on a Christmas journey
Ebenezer Scrooge
Tim
|
DD
$400
[19]
A tachometer measures RPM; this, named for scientist Ernst, measures speed in relation to the speed of sound
a machometer
Dana
|
$600
[28]
Volunteer to help build homes with this charitable organization founded by Millard & Linda Fuller
Habitat for Humanity
Dana
|
|
$800
[11]
"Scholars" know the Knights Hospitaller had a palace for the grand master on this large Greek island
Rhodes
Dana
Tim
|
$800
[24]
Heisman Trophy winner RG#3
Robert Griffin III
Eric
|
$800
[16]
It can be the end point on a transportation line, or the city in which it's located
a terminus
Tim
|
$800
[6]
His 1896 play "John Gabriel Borkman" takes place on a winter evening near Oslo
(Henrik) Ibsen
Dana
|
$600
[18]
Scientific American said of this, familiar to ark raiders, that it was the loop, not the tip, that broke the sound barrier
a whip
Dana
|
— |
|
$1,000
[12]
Herod built this Israel mountain fortress; later the Romans had trouble taking it from the Zealots
Masada
Dana
|
$1,000
[25]
Hall of Fame running back LT2
LaDainian Tomlinson
Eric
Tim
|
$1,000
[17]
This branch of medicine studies the causes, distribution & control of disease in populations
epidemiology
Tim
|
$1,000
[7]
Henry II tries to get Eleanor to give up Aquitaine in this "Winter" play
The Lion in Winter
Tim
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1947this24-year-old became the first human to go faster than sound
Chuck Yeager
Eric
|
— |
| HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS | EX-CREATURES | AROUND THE PACIFIC | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE | TALK LIKE AN OLD SAILOR | THIS IS "MY" SONG |
|
$400
[16]
For 23 points, it's the day on which the sun crosses the celestial equator
equinox
Dana
Eric
|
$400
[1]
These creatures were big enough thathutsin Ukraine were made from their bones & tusks during paleo times
woolly mammoths
Tim
|
$400
[11]
Also called the sea parrot, this diving bird lives in large colonies in the north Pacific
a puffin
Eric
|
$400
[20]
In 1899 this man for whom a military medical center is named finished his work on typhoid & turned to yellow fever
Walter Reed
Dana
Tim
|
$400
[6]
Tidy or not, it's the room where the crew takes meals
the galley (or mess)
Tim
|
$400
[17]
It's the 1978 anthem of independence by Billy Joel heard here
"My Life"
Tim
|
|
$800
[25]
Your significant other is your "main" this & that's worth 25 points
squeeze
Dana
|
$800
[2]
Ursus spelaeus is the name for this extinct animal, made famous in a Jean Auel title
the cave bear
Tim
|
$800
[12]
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration runs the PTWC--"Pacific" this "Warning Center"
tsunami
Dana
Eric
|
$800
[21]
At the first modern Olympics in 1896, Spyridon Louis won the epic running race for Greece
the marathon
Dana
|
$800
[7]
A Chinese port, or to kidnap a sailor from another vessel & force him to work on yours
Shanghai
Tim
|
$800
[18]
Toni Braxton topped the charts & won a Grammy for this song that pleads, "Say you'll love me again"
"Un-Break My Heart"
|
|
$1,200
[26]
This synonym for a pancake earns you 26 points
flapjack
Eric
|
$1,600
[4]
The elephant bird, which stood 11 feet high, may have given rise to the legend of this giant bird of the Sinbad stories
the roc
Dana
|
$1,200
[13]
The port of Chi-Lung on the East China Sea serves this Taiwanese capital
Taipei
Tim
|
$1,200
[22]
This man who made mail-order mighty met Alvah Roebuck in 1887 when Alvah answered an ad for a watchmaker
(Richard) Sears
Eric
|
$1,200
[8]
It can be a publication or a storeroom for gunpowder & other explosives
a magazine
Tim
|
$1,200
[19]
"And I know she'll be the death of me, at least we'll both be numb", says this song by The Weeknd
"Can't Feel My Face"
|
|
$1,600
[27]
It's worth 23, it's from Yiddish meaning "dirt" or "filth" & you've got a little on your shoe
schmutz
Dana
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
This type of feline named for its scary canines has turned up in the La Brea Tar Pits
a saber-toothed tiger
Tim
|
$1,600
[14]
This Oregon city on the Pacific Ocean was founded as a fur company outpost in 1810
Astoria
Eric
|
$2,000
[24]
Thisnovelist-turned-politician was a favorite of Queen Victoria's & twice served as her prime minister
Disraeli
Tim
|
$1,600
[9]
This term for the forward section of the upper deck can be shortened & spelled with 3 apostrophes
the forecastle (or fo'c's'le)
Dana
|
$1,600
[29]
The Pet Shop Boys covered this Willie Nelson hit that begins, "Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have"
"Always On My Mind"
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[28]
The "Z" gets you off to a good start in this 25-point study of the chemistry of fermentation
zymurgy
|
$2,000
[5]
The Irish type of this, AKA giant deer, had a 12-fot antlerspan
an elk
Dana
|
$2,000
[15]
Chile's Juan Fernandez Islands include Alejandro Selkirk Island & 1 named for this literary character
Robinson Crusoe
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
This Maine senator who became Lincoln's veep was named for an uncle who was named for a Carthaginian general
Hannibal Hamlin
Eric
|
$2,000
[10]
As a verb it means to sink your own vessel deliberately; as a noun, it's a small hatchway fitted with a lid
scuttle
Eric
|
— |
This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts
backlash