Waseem Daher — a start-up founder from San Francisco, California
Dewi Harjanto — a computational biologist from Boston, Massachusetts
Jessica Babbitt — a personal stylist from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,398)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | $3,000 | $5,600 | $11,600 |
$23,200
2-day champion: $46,598 |
$11,600
16 R, 1 W |
| Dewi | $2,800 | $7,000 | $11,800 |
$399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Waseem | $400 | $3,400 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
11 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| REPORT CARDS OF HISTORICAL FIGURES | TV TALK | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE | CURRENT BRITISH ROYALS | THIS & THAT | ANAGRAMS OF LEAST |
|
$200
[16]
Civics: Speaks with confidence, especially in 1963 on having "a dream deeply rooted in the American dream"
Martin Luther King
Jessica
|
$200
[22]
Often featuring special programs, sweeps are periods in which these Nielsen numbers are closely watched to set ad prices
*ratings (**viewership)
Dewi
|
$200
[21]
In Exodus God says he wants to take the Israelites "unto a land flowing with" this pair
milk and honey
Jessica
|
$200
[1]
The Duchess of Cambridge
Kate Middleton
Jessica
|
$200
[6]
In triangle news, it's the value of X in the diagram here
45
Dewi
|
$200
[12]
A list of candidates for election
a slate
Dewi
|
|
$400
[17]
Biology: Communicates observations well & helps others, like after his 1954 vaccine trial with 1.8 million kids
Salk
Dewi
|
$400
[23]
A DBS is a "direct-broadcast" one of these, where the consumer receives programming via a dish
a satellite
Jessica
|
$400
[27]
Part of John the Baptist's unusual diet were these, which some think are insects & others believe to be beans
locusts
|
$400
[2]
The Duchess of Sussex
Meghan Markle
Jessica
|
$400
[7]
When it comes to computers, USB stands for universal serial this
bus
Jessica
|
$400
[13]
Yeah, he's fast, but can he hit? After all, "you can't" do this to "first base"
steal
Waseem
|
|
$600
[18]
Physics: Uses time wisely, in a book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes"
(Stephen) Hawking
Waseem
|
$600
[24]
Abbreviated V.O., it's an unseen announcer heard over a program
a voiceover
Waseem
|
$600
[28]
An angel gives Elijah an amazing cake that sustains him on a 40-day journey to this peak where he meets God in a cave
Mount Sinai
Dewi
|
$600
[3]
Prince & Great Steward of Scotland
Prince Charles
Jessica
Dewi
|
$600
[8]
Camping on the Vegas strip? No clowning, you can at the full service RV park associated with this casino with a double-talk name
Circus Circus
Dewi
|
$600
[14]
"Wayside Inn" stories, for example
tales
Dewi
|
|
$800
[19]
Government: Very hardworking--wrote at least 51 of 85 "Federalist" essays as if he was running out of time
Hamilton
Waseem
|
$800
[25]
In the unaired one of these for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Buffy is a brunette & goes to Berryman High School
a pilot
Jessica
|
$1,000
[30]
Apaintingby Nicolas Poussin shows the Israelites gathering this food that was provided from Heaven in the wilderness
manna
Dewi
|
$800
[4]
Baron Carrickfergus, but not the underprince of Wales
Prince William
Jessica
|
$800
[9]
Traitors' Gate is part of this royal fortress on the Thames River
the Tower of London
Jessica
|
$800
[15]
Often used as a gravestone, it's an upright stone slab or column like this one
a stela
Dewi
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Deportment: Resolves conflicts well; his European recovery "Plan" sent $13 billion in aid from 1948 to 1951
(George) Marshall
Waseem
|
$1,000
[26]
This idiom means severing your connection to your cable & watching wirelessly
cord cutting
Jessica
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
In the King James version, these 2 words complete Luke 11:3, "Give us day by day our..."
daily bread
Dewi
|
$1,000
[5]
The Princess Royal
Princess Anne
Jessica
|
$1,000
[10]
The National Archives has a version of this legal document that Edward I confirmed in 1297
the Magna Carta
Dewi
|
$1,000
[11]
Scientific unit of measure for magnetic flux density
tesla
|
| DEFENDING THEMSELVES IN COURT | SCIENCE | BEFORE & AFTER | MALE WRITERS | A CASE OF THE BENDS | DIVING |
|
$400
[8]
Convicted of racketeering despite his vigorous self-defense, James Traficant was then expelled from this body by a 420-1 vote
the House of Representatives
Waseem
|
$400
[6]
One definition is "a state in which matter is composed of tightly packed particles & has definite shape & volume"
a solid
Dewi
|
$400
[5]
He famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death" before wearing leather as the Fonz on "Happy Days"
Patrick Henry Winkler
Waseem
|
$400
[12]
25 years after writing memorably about a talking mouse-y boy, he penned a tale about a mute trumpeter swan
E.B. White
Dewi
|
$400
[21]
Drake Park in Bend in this western state isn't named for a duck, though the ducks are popular there
Oregon
Waseem
|
$1,200
[22]
Diving first became an Olympic sport in 1904 in this Midwestern city
St. Louis
|
|
$800
[10]
Vojislav Seselj's antics in his own defense hampered the ICTY, International Criminal Tribunal for the former this country
Yugoslavia
Jessica
|
$800
[7]
The radiation type with the shortest wavelength, these Greek-letter rays are used in medical diagnosis & therapy
gamma rays
Jessica
|
$800
[2]
Shakespeare comedy that's cooked until all the red in the steak is gone & the meat is 170 degrees internally
All's Well That Ends Well Done
Waseem
|
$800
[13]
Melquíades is an old writer who represents García Márquez, the actual author of this 1960s novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dewi
|
$1,200
[27]
The spectacular bend seenherehear Page, Arizona, is named for one of these items that a farrier creates for equines
Horseshoe Bend
Jessica
|
$1,600
[23]
One of the best divers in history, hewon Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988
Greg Louganis
|
|
$1,200
[11]
The last non-lawyer to argue pro se at the Supreme Court was Samuel Sloan in 1978; shame it's no longer allowed--Sam won by this count
9-0
|
$1,200
[18]
From the Latin for "third", it's the traditional name for a period in the Cenozoic Era
Tertiary
Dewi
|
$1,200
[1]
Current slang term for a scornful glance at the optometrist's test for visual acuity
a side eye exam
Dewi
Waseem
|
$1,200
[14]
He wrote, "Dr. Lecter watched Chilton's eyes moving over the straps that held on the mask...come, doctor. Come close"
(Thomas) Harris
Dewi
|
$2,000
[25]
West Bend, Wisconsin was originally a midway point for travelers going from Milwaukee to this "bottom of the lake" town
Fond du Lac
|
DD
$4,000
[24]
Most dives fall into 3 basic body positions. the tuck, straight & this one, also a type of fish
the pike
Waseem
|
|
$1,600
[19]
This comedian represented himself in a 1964 obscenity case; Luke Kirby portrayed him on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Lenny Bruce
Jessica
|
$1,600
[9]
Though its name makes you think of a cold one, this outer layer of the Sun is composed of ionized gas that's about 2 million Kelvin
the corona
Jessica
|
$1,600
[3]
An Ancient Egyptian collection of funerary texts that is a Robin Williams film with the message "Carpe diem"
the Book of the Dead Poets Society
Dewi
|
$1,600
[15]
Me, Alex. Him, this serial novelist who oldest WWII correspondent in South Pacific theatre at age 66
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dewi
|
DD
$4,200
[26]
Yo quiero Texas' Big Bend National Park, which skirts the Rio Grande in the northern part of this "canine" desert
the Chihuahua
Waseem
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
Defending himself, Hollywood P.I. Anthony Pellicano, with an ex-phone co. worker, was convicted of this illegal surveillance
wire-tapping
Dewi
|
$2,000
[17]
Seed plants are divided into 2 main groups: angiosperms & these, which include the conifers
gymnosperms
Waseem
|
$2,000
[4]
A historic "Cross of Gold" orator decides to make a meth of things as a "Breaking Bad" star
William Jennings Bryan Cranston
Waseem
|
$2,000
[16]
"Charcoal Joe" was the 14th novel by Walter Mosley featuring this private investigator
Easy Rawlins
|
— | — |
Speaking of his role in a 1964 film, he apologized for "the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema"
Dick Van Dyke