Jim Napier — a poker dealer from West Des Moines, Iowa
Adrienne Griffin — an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
E.J. Wolborsky — a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.J. | $3,800 | $5,200 | $22,800 |
$25,401
2-day champion: $54,201 |
$20,000
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Adrienne | $2,600 | $6,300 | $12,700 |
$24,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jim | $-400 | $2,400 | $10,800 |
$6,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,800
13 R, 2 W |
| A LIL RAP CATEGORY | PRONOUN LOSS | RESTAURANT CHAINS | MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY | ALTAR EGOS | HISTORY |
|
$200
[6]
"Wanna be ballers, shot callers?" Lil' Kim was on hand with Puff Daddy & The Family, who let us know "it's all about" these
the Benjamins
Adrienne
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$200
[7]
Take "us" away from a movie theater job & you end up with this, another pronoun
her
Jim
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$200
[3]
Serve yourself as much as you want & don't forget dessert at the chain called Hometown this
Buffet
E.J.
|
$200
[20]
At 95,000 square miles, it's Mexico's largest state, though it bears the name of a tiny pet
Chihuahua
E.J.
|
$200
[22]
The royal wedding of these 2 on July 29, 1981 had a royal price tag--more than s30 million
Charles and Diana
E.J.
|
$400
[29]
Mary Mallon was the first person in the U.S. identified as an asymptomatic carrier of this disease
typhoid
E.J.
|
|
$400
[4]
Seen here, performing from their album "Colle Grove", are 2 Chainz on the left &this rapper
Lil Wayne
E.J.
|
$400
[8]
Take "me" away from an old honeyed liquor & you get this, found in the pages of a magazine
ad
Adrienne
Jim
|
$400
[12]
In 2017 it offered special $200 trips for 2 to Italy along with 8 weeks of unlimited access to its never ending pasta bowl
Olive Garden
Adrienne
|
$600
[16]
Mexico's Baja Peninsulais separated from the nation's mainland by this body of water
Gulf of California
Jim
|
$400
[23]
Pre-Kanye, her wedding to NBAer Kris Humphries cost $10 million; the marriage lasted 72 days, or about 140 grand per day
Kim Kardashian
Adrienne
|
$600
[28]
The 3 centuries from 323 to 30 B.C. are called this era, reflecting the spread of Greek culture in Europe & Asia
Hellenistic
E.J.
|
|
$600
[2]
In 2016 Lil Uzi Vert was off to see this "Wiz" since the 2 teamed on "Pull Up"
Wiz Khalifa
Adrienne
|
$600
[9]
Take "I" from a term for any revered person in a particular field & you get this flimflam game
con
|
$600
[13]
Famous for its sliders, it was voted the chain with the most craveable burgers; Harold & Kumar would agree
White Castle
E.J.
|
$800
[18]
Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula
the Yucatán
Adrienne
|
$600
[24]
In 1981 a 20,000-seat stadium was built for the weeklong wedding of the son of the 1st president of the UAE, short for this
United Arab Emirates
Jim
|
$800
[27]
The 1952 Egyptian coup has succeeded; time for thegroup photo with these two future presidents in it
Nasser and Sadat
Jim
|
|
$800
[1]
He's known for "Turn Down for What" as well as Dave Chappelle's impression of him; Yeeeeeeah! How was mine? Close?
Lil Jon
E.J.
|
$800
[10]
This adjective for crop-friendly soil is what's left when you drop "we" from the front of an adjective about clothes
arable
Adrienne
|
$800
[14]
Serving "good food fast", this southern favorite is known as Wa Ho for short
Waffle House
E.J.
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande
the Rio Bravo del Norte
|
$800
[26]
Donald Trump & Rosie O'Donnell were in attendance at the over-the-top 2002 wedding of David Gest to this Oscar winner
(Liza) Minnelli
Jim
|
$1,000
[21]
Replacing the Qing dynasty, the republic of China was founded on Jan, 1, 1912 with this medical man as president
Sun Yat-sen
Adrienne
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Skippa da Flippa mentions Vikings on "Minnesota" by this lil Atlanta rapper
Lil Yachty
Jim
|
$1,000
[11]
Take "she" away from a law enforcement job & you get this snappy sequence on a guitar
a riff
Adrienne
|
$1,000
[15]
The largest operator of teppanyaki restaurants in the U.S., it celebrated its 50th anniv. in 2014
Benihana
E.J.
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
All topping 17,000', Mexico's 3 highest peaks are these, & it's what Popocatepetl signifies
volcanoes
Adrienne
|
$1,000
[25]
Mikhail Gutseriev, on a Treasury Dept. list as this "O" word, put on a 2016 "billion dollar wedding" for his son
an oligarch
Jim
|
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| AUTHORS' RHYME TIME | THE MOVIES | ELEMENT NAMES | "SINGLE" SERVINGS | RELIGION | 5 NOBEL TRUTHS |
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$400
[30]
E.B.'s flying toys
White's kites
E.J.
|
$400
[7]
This family of stars has included Lionel, John, Ethel & Drew
the Barrymores
E.J.
|
$400
[18]
This element gets its name from the Latin for "charcoal"
carbon
E.J.
|
$400
[13]
The Chicago Manual of Style frowns on this in manuscripts because it leaves no room for notes
single spacing
Adrienne
|
$400
[21]
Venerated in Islam, the "Black Stone" sits in a corner of the Kaaba in this city
Mecca
E.J.
|
$400
[12]
The prizes originally came in 5 categories; this sixth, funded by the Bank of Sweden, was added in 1969
Economics
Jim
|
|
$800
[29]
Gertrude's salty pickling solutions
Stein's brines
Adrienne
|
$800
[6]
In 2019, Tessa Thompson & Chris Hemsworth suit up as part of this organizationthat protects the Earth from the scum of the universe
the Men in Black
E.J.
|
$800
[20]
Greek argos, "not working", led to the name of argon, known chemically to be this 5-letter word, unable to react
inert
Adrienne
|
$800
[14]
A 1610 legal text is titled "The Duello, or," this, which means going mano-a-mano
single combat
E.J.
Adrienne
|
$800
[22]
In the 1572 Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day, thousands of these French Protestants were murdered
Huguenots
Adrienne
|
$800
[10]
The Peace Prize has often gone to organizations, as in 2013 to the Organization for the Prohibition of these.
Chemical Weapons
E.J.
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Ms. Cather's country estates
Willa's villas
E.J.
|
$1,200
[3]
He directed commercials & videos before helming "Se7en" & "Fight Club"
David Fincher
E.J.
|
$1,200
[19]
This actinide element was discovered in the U.S. but named for a pair of French scientists
Curium
Adrienne
|
$1,200
[15]
Thomas Sutton added a hinged mirror to create the first SLR camera, short for this
single-lens reflex
Jim
|
$1,200
[23]
This German Pope became the second non-Italian in a row after 450 Italian-filled years
Benedict
Jim
|
$1,200
[8]
Alfred Nobel wrote that one of the prizes should reward discovery "in the domain of" this "or medicine"
physiology
E.J.
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Late novelist Doris' benedictions
Lessing's blessings
|
$1,600
[4]
The 1932 film "White Zombie" starred this actor better known as a bloodsucker
(Bela) Lugosi
E.J.
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
This alternate name for Tungsten is made up of 2 animals, one known to prey on the other
wolfram
E.J.
|
$1,600
[16]
A clarinet is this type of wind instrument
single reed
Adrienne
|
$1,600
[24]
Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania was founded in 1885 by a member of this religious faith
the Quakers
Jim
|
$2,000
[11]
Since 2000 the winners' cash prize has ranged between 8 million & 10 million of this Swedish currency
kronor
Jim
|
|
$2,000
[26]
"Herzog" author's stringed instruments
Bellow's cellos
E.J.
|
$2,000
[5]
Title first name of novelist & Alzheimer's sufferer Murdoch, played by Judi Dench
Iris
|
$2,000
[1]
A word for the moon gave this element, atomic number 34, its name
selenium
E.J.
|
$2,000
[17]
The lone spade in your bridge hand is called this word
a singleton
Jim
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$2,000
[25]
Citing Hebrews 11 & 12:1, this religious group considers Abel to be the first of their name, you see
the Jehovah's Witnesses
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
Only 2 awardees have ever turned down a Nobel Prize: Peace winner Le Duc Tho & this French philosopher, for literature
Jean-Paul Sartre
E.J.
|
This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book "Into Orbit" by the Mercury astronauts
glitch