Steven Silverman — a software engineer from Arlington, Virginia
Allison Steger — a librarian from Austin, Texas
Brendan Roach — a policy researcher and advisor from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $38,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan! | $7,800 | $10,600 | $25,000 |
$20,500
2-day champion: $58,700 |
$20,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Allison! | $600 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
16 R, 1 W |
| Steven | $1,200 | $2,000 | $6,800 |
$2,667
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ARTIFACTS | IT'S HARBOR DAY! | LITERARY CHARACTERS | FOREIGN RELATIONS | REALITY & GAME SHOW CATCHPHRASES | ORDER IN THE FOOD COURT |
|
$200
[18]
To help find the Ark of the Covenant, Indiana Jones used the headpiece to the staff of this Egyptian sun god
Ra
Steven
|
$200
[30]
There's a 225-ton lady eternally greeting visitors at the entrance to this harbor
New York Harbor
Brendan!
|
$200
[2]
In the epilogue to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", she's married to Ron & they have 2 kids, Rose & Hugo
Hermione
Steven
|
$200
[22]
In French a frere is this, whether in the monastery or the family
brother
Allison!
|
$200
[28]
"Come on down!"
The Price is Right
Allison!
|
$200
[24]
Do you plead the fifth on ordering a side of chips & this mashed avocado dip from Chipotle?
guacamole
Brendan!
|
|
$400
[17]
What's called the this of Ashurbanipal in what was Nineveh has yielded thousands of clay tablets written in cuneiform
the library
Steven
|
$400
[29]
Darwin Harbor was named in 1839 by John Stokes, a surveyor aboard this ship
the Beagle
Allison!
|
$400
[3]
J.R.R. Tolkien said he envisioned this wizard as an "odinic wanderer"
Gandalf
Steven
|
$400
[23]
Depending on where you are speaking Spanish, this relative could be a nana or an abuela
grandmother
Allison!
|
$400
[21]
"The tribe has spoken"
Survivor
Allison!
|
$400
[16]
Your request for French fries has been overruled; I'm ordering you a Greek salad with kalamata these
olives
Allison!
|
|
$600
[9]
Located at Windsor Castle, the locket seenherecontains the bullet that killed this admiral in an 1805 battle
Nelson
Steven
|
$600
[6]
On Dec. 16, 1773 the locals decided to give this harbor an unusual bit of pollution, & the world would never be the same
Boston Harbor
Brendan!
|
$600
[4]
In 2017's "Origin", this symbology professor treks through Spain on a quest to find a cryptic password
Robert Langdon
|
$800
[13]
This older relative is a grosstante in German
great-aunt
Brendan!
|
$600
[26]
"Will you accept this rose?"
The Bachelor
Brendan!
|
$600
[11]
I concur with Justices Ginsburg & Sotomayor, who ruled that this, Nathan's specialty, can be considered a sandwich
a hot dog
Allison!
|
|
$800
[8]
Artifacts were recovered from a Song Dynasty ship that sank along what's called the "Maritime" this Chinese trade route
the Silk Road
Brendan!
|
$800
[5]
About 400 miles at its widest point, this sea has harbors in Riga, Latvia & Klaipeda, Lithuania
the Baltic Sea
Brendan!
|
$800
[1]
In "A Study in Scarlet", he tells us "in the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London"
(Dr.) Watson
Allison!
|
$1,000
[15]
In Portuguese irma means this & cidade irma is this kind of city
sister
Brendan!
|
$800
[25]
"Please pack your knives and go"
Top Chef
Brendan!
|
$800
[10]
We are about to hear testimony from Rick Wetzel, co-founder of a bakery that hand-rolls & bakes these in flavors like Sinful Cinnamon
pretzels
Brendan!
Allison!
|
|
$1,000
[19]
Algonquin for "beads", also a type ofcurrencystrung on belts that could be used to declare war, or to signal peace
wampum
Brendan!
|
$1,000
[7]
Here's a view from this bridge named for the water below
Sydney Harbor
Brendan!
|
$1,000
[12]
John the Savage is a central character in this classic novel set in the year 632 AF (After Ford)
Brave New World
Brendan!
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
In Swedish a brorsdotter is this
niece
Brendan!
|
$1,000
[27]
"Big bucks, no whammies!"
Press Your Luck
Brendan!
Steven
|
$1,000
[20]
As it's cheat day, I'll allow testimony regarding a trip to this "shack" for its namesake drink--or we can make it a malt
Shake (Shack)
Allison!
|
| ARTY FACTS | AROUND THE BODY | RISE TO THE OCCASION | TOUGH LITTLE CROSSWORD CLUES | AMERICAN HISTORY | IF THEY MARRIED... |
|
$400
[27]
In 2014 a very big blossom by this American set a record for a female artist when it sold for $44.4 million
Georgia O'Keeffe
Brendan!
|
$400
[28]
The "Hyster-" in hysterectomy indicates that it's the removal of this body part
the uterus
Brendan!
|
$400
[29]
For Valentine's Day this Chicago skyscraper's Skydeck, outside the 103rd floor, hosts an event called "Love on the Ledge"
Willis Tower (Sears Tower accepted)
Brendan!
|
$400
[30]
Away from the wind (4)
alee
Allison!
|
$400
[25]
In August 1963 Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this Washington, D.C. landmark
the Lincoln Memorial
Allison!
|
$400
[5]
Ms. Headey, Cersei on "Game of Thrones", marries John, wrestler & "Trainwreck" actor, & gets this rhyming name
Lena Cena
Brendan!
|
|
$800
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue): A 15th-century Madonna has gained 21st-century notice for its possible depiction of one of these mysterious objects
a UFO (flying saucer)
Brendan!
|
$800
[20]
These arteries that supply blood to the heart itself take their name from the Latin for "crown"
the coronary arteries
Brendan!
|
$800
[22]
At the end of this film, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck of the Empire State Building
Sleepless in Seattle
Brendan!
Allison!
|
$800
[26]
Japanese sash (3)
obi
Allison!
|
$800
[24]
Around 1849 stagecoach mail delivery began on this trail between Missouri & New Mexico
the Santa Fe Trail
Brendan!
|
$800
[4]
Broadcaster Jane takes a Sunday morning off to marry the brother of tennis star Steffi & undergoes a test with this name
Jane Pauley Graf
|
|
$1,200
[21]
In 2014 stolen paintings worth $12 million were recovered in L.A., including "Mexican Peasant" by this muralist
Rivera
Steven
|
$1,200
[10]
A full set of adult human teeth includes this many canines
four
Steven
|
$1,200
[8]
A champagne reception & amazing views greeted those who did this city's Gherkin Challenge, climbing 1,038 stairs for charity
London
Brendan!
|
$1,200
[1]
Recess in a church (4)
apse
Allison!
Steven
|
$1,600
[3]
1996's Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was part of the reform of this social program
welfare
Allison!
|
$1,200
[23]
Olympic gold medal skater Tara weds the actor who plays Jim from "The Office" & gets this long & rhyming hyphenated name
Tara Lipinski-Krasinski
Allison!
|
|
$1,600
[15]
"The Great Wave"by the Japanese artist Hokusai inspired this 1905 piece of music by Claude Debussy
"La Mer"
Steven
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
This long bone between the acetabulum & the patella can resist a force of 2,500 pounds
the femur
Steven
|
$1,600
[9]
This film is set in a high rise, Nakatomi Plaza, during an employee Christmas party; Hans Gruber & co. crash the party
Die Hard
Brendan!
|
$1,600
[12]
A small case for sewing needles (4)
etui
|
$2,000
[7]
Accused Salem witch Giles Corey was executed with big stones in the method that's called this in "The Crucible"
pressing
|
$1,600
[18]
Becky from the novel "Vanity Fair" marries "Sideways" director Alexander & hyphenates to get this last name
Becky Sharp-Payne
|
|
$2,000
[16]
This "Naked" Goya work was put on a Spanish stamp in 1930, but the U.S. Post Office refused any mail using it
Naked Maja
|
$2,000
[14]
The second-largest part of the human brain, it's involved with balance
the cerebellum
Brendan!
|
$2,000
[19]
To ring in the New Year of 2018, a laser light show lit up this tallest skyscraper in Dubai
Burj Khalifa
Brendan!
|
$2,000
[13]
British submachine gun (4)
sten
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
Ratified in 1913, the 17th amendment gave the selection of these to voters
U.S. senators
Brendan!
|
$2,000
[17]
'90s singer Tori of "Cornflake Girl" fame joins actor John in his "Full House" & hyphenates her name to this
Tori Amos-Stamos
Brendan!
|
City Hall in this Western provincial capital is on Victoria Avenue near the corner of Albert Street
Regina