Kevin Jones — a retired IT project manager from Galloway, Ohio
Beverly Randez — a university business administrator from San Diego, California
Andrew Thomson — a journalist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $3,400 | $6,000 | $6,600 |
$9,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Beverly | $400 | $2,200 | $4,600 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
6 R, 1 W |
| Kevin | $3,200 | $7,000 | $20,600 |
$15,600
New champion: $15,600 |
$24,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD LEADERS REVEALED | RHYME TIME | ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS | BIOPICS | WE SAY JUMP | HOW HIGH |
|
$200
[20]
Here's President Obama at Sandy Beach in this state where he spends many Christmas vacations
Hawaii
Andrew
|
$200
[5]
Hippies advocated this nonviolent strategy to promote peace & love
flower power
|
$200
[19]
Dates shared by Sagittarius & Capricorn in this month are the Cusp of Prophecy, so if born then, you know what next year holds
December
Andrew
|
$200
[2]
In "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood", beloved children's TV show host Mister Rogers is played by this beloved actor
Tom Hanks
|
$200
[7]
Jump-starting 101: positive (red cable) to positive, negative (this color cable) to ground on the dead car
black
Andrew
|
$200
[4]
A full grown Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man: about 1 inch under this many feet
9 feet
Beverly
Kevin
|
|
$400
[16]
The real question is, when does this present-day leader actually wear a shirt?
Putin
Kevin
|
$400
[6]
This type of shirt bares the midriff
a crop top
|
$400
[30]
My birthday of July 22 is on the cusp of Cancer & this beastly sign--it means I have good memory, I seem to recall
Leo
Kevin
|
$400
[3]
Joaquin Phoenix played this "Man in Black" in "Walk the Line"
Johnny Cash
Kevin
|
$400
[8]
An allusion to old circus acts, "to jump through" these is to do exasperatingly hard tasks to reach a goal
hoops
Kevin
|
$400
[9]
4,101' & steeper than vertical: Mount Thor, which noted maphead Ken Jennings calls the world's tallest this (step back from the edge)
a cliff
Kevin
|
|
$600
[11]
Sometimes you gotta play Ping-Pongshirt-free, like this guy
(Fidel) Castro
Andrew
|
$600
[23]
Let's go tropical with this Polynesian-style cocktail made with rum, Curacao & fruit juices
a mai tai
Andrew
|
$600
[1]
The cusp of Cancer & this sign is known as the Cusp of Magic &, after all, the best magic tricks are done with twins
Gemini
Beverly
|
$600
[26]
Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his 1978 portrayal of this Texas singer
Buddy Holly
|
$600
[17]
Taxonomic class of the jumping animal seenherethat can leap 50 times its own body length
arachnid
Kevin
|
$600
[10]
The Nurek Earth-Fill this structure: 984 feet above the Vakhsh River
a dam
Andrew
|
|
$800
[12]
A candid 1994 photo of Bob Hawke, ex-prime minister of this country, in his "swimmers", as they say, made a few waves
Australia
Kevin
|
$800
[24]
It calls itself "the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace"
Grubhub
Beverly
|
$800
[21]
November has the Cusp of Revolution; this woman who revolutionized tennis with "The Battle of the sexes" was born on Nov. 22
Billie Jean King
Andrew
|
$800
[27]
"La Vie en Rose" took a look at the not always rosy life of this French chanteuse
(Édith) Piaf
Andrew
|
$800
[18]
Though no longer a kid, in 1999 Ashrita Furman bounced up the 1,899 steps of Toronto's CN Tower on this
a pogo stick
Kevin
|
$1,000
[14]
The cruising altitude of this alphanumeric spy plane AKA "Dragon Lady": 70,000 feet
U-2
Andrew
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Here's King Henry II performing penance at thetombof this archbishop, slain by Henry's own knights
Thomas Becket
Andrew
|
$1,000
[25]
"Jeopardy! " categories include Potpourri & this 10-letter synonym for "potpourri"
Hodgepodge
Beverly
|
$1,000
[22]
These 2 signs meet in September during the Cusp of Beauty
Virgo & Libra
Kevin
|
$1,000
[28]
Babe Ruth played himself in this 1942 biopic of Lou Gehrig
Pride of the Yankees
Andrew
|
$1,000
[29]
Satan tempted Jesus to jump off this Judean king's temple in Jerusalem
Herod (the Great)
Andrew
Kevin
|
DD
$1,400
[13]
This stopping point for Everest's southern face; 17,600 feet
base camp (the Khumbu glacier)
Kevin
|
| COMEDIANS ON AUDIBLE | "MIS"INFORMATION | HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS | BOND, IONIC BOND | A MAN OF THE CLOTH | WAR STORIES |
|
$400
[21]
She talks about her childhood in "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?"I don't remember a time when I wasn't chubby. Like being Indian, being chubby feels like it is just part of my permanent deal
Mindy Kaling
Andrew
|
$400
[10]
It's a name mistakenly applied to someone or something
a misnomer
Kevin
|
$400
[18]
This London residence of the queen is home to Fabergé eggs & to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
Buckingham Palace
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
Ionic bonding happens when these particles in atoms of 2 different elements permanently switch places
electrons
Beverly
|
$400
[7]
A shirt once used for rowing, or the last name of the Eagles member who had a solo hit with "The Boys Of Summer"
a henley
Beverly
|
$400
[2]
"When Britain Burned the White House" by Peter Snow
the War of 1812
Kevin
|
|
$800
[19]
"Yes Please", we want to hear this woman read from her book "Yes Please"Playing Leslie Knope is as fun as it looks. I get to be the lead on a show I would actually watch
Amy Poehler
Andrew
|
$800
[11]
Calling 911 for purposes other than an emergency may be classified this type of crime
a misdemeanor
Kevin
|
$800
[22]
Jan Six Xi of this country grew up with Rembrandts in his home--heck, the old master even painted his ancestor Jan Six I
the Netherlands
Andrew
Kevin
|
$800
[28]
Table salt is an ionic bonding of these 2 elements
sodium & chlorine
Andrew
Kevin
|
$800
[8]
Before he controlled New York City, this boss served a single term in Congress from 1853 to 1855
(Boss) Tweed
Andrew
|
$800
[3]
"When the Emperor was Divine" by Julie Otsuka
the Second World War
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[1]
He says he was "Born Standing Up"I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining and four were spent in wild success
Steve Martin
Kevin
|
$1,200
[9]
It's another name for a written message or letter
a missive
Kevin
|
$1,200
[23]
Open to the public, this man's castle features afountain with ancient sculptures of the Egyptiangoddess Sekhmet
(William Randolph) Hearst
Andrew
|
$1,200
[29]
Fe2O3AKA this problem for your car, is the result of some ionic bonding
rust
Kevin
|
$1,600
[15]
This West Virginia country star teamed up with LL Cool J on "Accidental Racist"
Brad Paisley
Andrew
|
$1,200
[4]
"The Green Berets" by Robin Moore
the Vietnam War
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[17]
He shares his life lessons with listeners See, as the little guy, you got a choice to make if you wanna be popular: you can be the tough guy and overcompensate for your mini-me self or you can be the funny guy and accept your size
Kevin Hart
Kevin
|
$1,600
[12]
This city is home to the University of Montana
Missoula
Beverly
|
$2,000
[25]
Frescoes by Raphael & Pinturicchio adorn the walls of the Vatican in what's usually known as the "papal" these living spaces
papal apartments
Andrew
|
$1,600
[26]
Magnesium hydroxide is ionic & soothes your stomach issues with this Phillips product patented in 1873
Milk of Magnesia
Kevin
|
$2,000
[16]
This FBI official was the source known as "Deep Throat"
Mark Felt
Andrew
|
$1,600
[5]
"Copperhead" by Bernard Cornwell
the Civil War
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[20]
This late, great comic shared some observations in "Napalm & Silly Putty"A cat can make any mistake appear intentional. You ever see a cat race across a room and crash into a glass door? Doesn't faze him at all. Whizz! Bam! "I meant that"
George Carlin
Kevin
|
$2,000
[13]
It can be a collection of writings by different authors, or a mixture of various items
miscellany
Kevin
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
A full-length portrait of George Washington from this 18th c. artist is often admired by tourists at the White House
Gilbert Stuart
Andrew
|
$2,000
[30]
In ordinary saltpeter this element forms an ionic bond with nitrate
potassium
Andrew
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
In 1878 this retailing pioneer suggested the price of a nickel for items that weren't selling quickly
F.W. Woolworth
Kevin
|
$2,000
[6]
"The African Queen" by C.S. Forester
World War I
Kevin
|
Celebrating electricity & technology, an exposition in this U.S. "City of Light" in 1901 was overshadowed by another major event
Buffalo