Steven Reich — a graduate student from College Park, Maryland
Emily Shaw — a museum educator from Washington, D.C.
Jessica Garsed — a librarian from Augusta, Maine (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | $800 | $1,000 | $9,800 |
$19,599
3-day champion: $52,199 |
$9,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Emily | $1,000 | $6,100 | $16,300 |
$8,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Steven | $4,800 | $5,800 | $7,600 |
$14,653
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 | NOT THE CAPITAL | SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY | WEIRD FLEX | BUT "OK" |
|
$200
[1]
This British captain sighted New Zealand in 1769 & accurately charted its coast
Captain Cook
Jessica
|
$200
[25]
Gamblers know it's another name for blackjack--hit me!
21
Emily
|
$200
[30]
Of Australia, though it's the country's oldest city
Sydney
|
$200
[17]
1951:"Hey, Stella. Hey, Stella"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Steven
|
$200
[28]
Pelicansmay look uncomfortable, but several of these bones are abnormally joined so their necks are far more flexible than ours
vertebrae
Steven
|
$200
[29]
"A horse walks into a bar" is a typical start for one
a joke
Jessica
|
|
$400
[2]
In 2011 & 2015 the New Zealand "All Blacks" became the first team to win back-to-back world cups in this sport
rugby
Steven
|
$400
[24]
In tennis if you have 2 points, this is your score
30
Steven
|
$400
[26]
Of Alaska, though it has 9 times the capital's population
Anchorage
Steven
|
$400
[16]
1996:"Show me the money. Show me the money"
Jerry Maguire
Steven
|
$400
[27]
The name for these circus performers suggests that they twist & flex themselves into all sorts of weird positions
contortionists
Steven
|
$400
[10]
urbandictionary.com caustically says this is being "pretentious about how much you care about a social issue"
woke
|
|
$600
[3]
This 1915 military campaign in Turkey is regarded as New Zealand's coming of age in international affairs
Gallipoli (the Dardanelles campaign)
Jessica
|
$600
[23]
A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's this number birthday
15
Emily
|
$800
[20]
Of Germany, since 1990
Bonn
Emily
|
$600
[13]
2006:"This is Sparta"
300
Steven
|
$600
[4]
A knee bent beyond its normal range has been this, often seen on pro sports injury reports
hyperextended
Steven
|
$600
[11]
Olly olly, this device is made to keep your oxen from being free
a yoke
Steven
|
|
$800
[8]
In 1642 this guy with an Australian state named for him was the first European to sight New Zealand
Abel Tasman
Jessica
|
$800
[7]
This gasoline brand introduced its iconic orange ball in 1962
76
Jessica
|
$1,000
[21]
Of Canada, though it was incorporated in 1862 with a royal name
Victoria (British Columbia)
Steven
|
$800
[14]
1995:"What was in the box?... What's in the box?"
Se7en
Steven
|
$800
[5]
Flex your arms thusly, and you're doing this three-letter dance move
dab
Emily
Steven
|
$800
[12]
A close-fitting necklace, or someone who gives away a big lead in a game
a choker
Emily
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior protest ship was sunk in this most populous New Zealand city's harbor in 1985
Auckland
Steven
|
$1,000
[6]
In Judaism the word chai represents "life" & is synonymous with this number used to signify good luck & a long life
18
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
Of England, though it's home to the country's most popular & successful pro sports team
Manchester
Emily
|
$1,000
[15]
1973:"The power of Christ compels you. The power of Christ compels you"
The Exorcist
Emily
|
$1,000
[18]
You've got to flex in a very odd manner to perform this wooden craze of a few years ago
planking
Emily
|
$1,000
[22]
It means "added fuel to a fire" or "elated, pumped up"
stoked
Emily
|
| LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD | BUILDINGS | LIFE ON MARS | LITERARY CHARACTERS | CLASSIC TELEVISION | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES |
|
$400
[12]
Time to barrel down the Raymond Gary Expressway, named for the head of the Sooner Oil Co. & governor of this state
Oklahoma
Emily
|
$400
[13]
With cozy living quarters, this style, named for its dramatic shape, has become a popular choice for vacation homes
A-frame
|
$400
[11]
We can train for life on Mars on this continent that best matches its temperature range
Antarctica
Emily
|
$400
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Texas Beeworks in Austin.) In the story "His Last Bow", this fictional character says of his retirement, "I live and keep bees upon the South Downs," and shows Dr. Watson the book he wrote on beekeeping
Sherlock Holmes
Jessica
|
$400
[4]
The Ministry of Silly Walks was a sketch on this British troupe's comedy show
Monty Python
Jessica
|
$800
[29]
King Arthur's wizardly adviser
Merlin
Steven
|
|
$800
[18]
Julia Tuttle Causeway honors the "Mother of" this city of dolphins & deco
Miami
Emily
|
$800
[14]
Named after an ancient ruler & his tomb, it's a large building for above ground entombments
a mausoleum
|
$800
[28]
The Valles Marineris is a canyon system that's almost 5 times as deep as this one carved by the Colorado
the Grand Canyon
Steven
|
$800
[2]
He utters the parting words "My dear, I don't give a damn"
Rhett Butler
Jessica
|
$800
[5]
Thisdaytime host pioneered the audience participation talk show
Phil Donahue
Jessica
|
$1,200
[24]
Mimic mindlessly like a certain bird
parrot
Steven
|
|
$1,200
[19]
Conland Highway on I-91 was named for a publisher of the Courant newspaper in this New England state capital
Hartford
Jessica
Steven
|
$1,200
[15]
Cincinnati's Ingalls Buildingwas the first high-rise made of reinforced this; in 1903, a reporter waited all night for it to fall down
concrete
Jessica
Emily
|
$1,200
[27]
This period right after sunset is longer on Mars because of high-altitude dust scattering the remaining sunlight
twilight
Jessica
|
$1,200
[3]
The title character of this Thomas Hardy novel has the last name Fawley & works as a stonemason
Jude the Obscure
Emily
|
$1,200
[7]
The Ponderosa was the name of the Nevada ranch where Ben Cartwright & his sons lived on this western
Bonanza
Jessica
|
$1,600
[21]
The ancients could count on it
an abacus
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[20]
Taking you from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, the Commodore Barry Bridge celebrates a "Father of the American" this force
the Navy
Steven
|
$1,600
[16]
Also a main building of an airport, it's an installation at a harbor where oil or gas is stored
a terminal
Emily
|
$2,000
[26]
Keep your water supply handy--long, straight surface lines thought to be systems of these proved to be a 19th century myth
canals
Steven
|
$1,600
[6]
12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel
The Member of the Wedding
Emily
|
$1,600
[8]
9114 South Central Avenue in L.A. was the TV home of this title father & son's house & junkyard
Sanford and Son
Steven
|
$2,000
[23]
Silver in heraldry
argent
Emily
|
|
$2,000
[22]
You can take a swing by Yankee Stadium on the Major this Expressway, named for a guy who helped build army bases in N.Y. during WWI
the Major Deegan
Emily
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
This word for a certain tall structure comes from the Arabic for "lighthouse"
a minaret
Emily
|
DD
$5,000
[25]
Everyone remember where we parked--next to this NASA lander named for one who goes ahead to seek the way
Pathfinder
Steven
|
$2,000
[10]
Sydney Carton takes the place of this doomed French nobleman in "A Tale of Two Cities"
Charles Evrémonde (Charles Darnay)
Jessica
|
$2,000
[9]
Telemundo's 1998 show "Reyes y Rey" was loosely based on this '70s cop show starring David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser
Starsky and Hutch
Jessica
|
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This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album
Paul Simon