Herman Wilkins — a filmmaker from Los Angeles, California
Sarah Twilley — a music teacher from Seal Beach, California
Joe Velasco — a student from La Mirada, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,000 | $4,200 | $9,900 |
$4,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $1,200 | $4,600 | $13,800 |
$19,801
New champion: $19,801 |
$13,800
17 R, 1 W |
| Herman | $600 | $1,600 | $9,200 |
$4,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES | BEASTLY BOOKS | ANTONYMS | POTPOURRI | ADVICE FROM THE SIDELINES | "ISM"s |
|
$200
[2]
Mia Hamm scored 158 international goals in this sport & her charitable foundation is still scoring
soccer
Herman
|
$200
[12]
"Babar the King"by Jean de Brunhoff
an elephant
Herman
|
$200
[7]
This pair of antonyms is used when using a coin to make a decision
heads or tails
Joe
|
$200
[11]
In 2010 the Air Force Research Lab built one of the world's fastest computers using more than 1,700 of these Sony game systems
Playstation
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
This phrase for someone who gives unsolicited advice sounds like a person who is instructing his chauffeur
a backseat driver
Herman
|
$200
[5]
Classes at Columbia University's school of this include sports reporting & magazine writing
journalism
Sarah
|
|
$400
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture.) The Game Changers Hall bears the name of this Chicago legend who donated $5 million to the museum; as of 2017, he was still ranked by "Forbes" as the highest-earning athlete of all time
(Michael) Jordan
Joe
|
$400
[13]
"Because of Winn-Dixie"by Kate DiCamillo
a dog
Joe
|
$400
[4]
From the Latin for "draw together", it's the opposite of expand
contract
Joe
|
$400
[24]
This nail-filing powder is traditionally crushed corundum, whether or not it's on a "board"
emery
Joe
|
$400
[10]
"Armchair" this military official is a publication using hindsight to replay famous battles
General
Sarah
|
$600
[14]
Britannica says this "both reached its peak & began its decline" during a series of televised hearings in 1954
McCarthyism
Joe
|
|
$600
[19]
This No. 24 driver is taking the fight to childhood cancer not only in the U.S. but in Rwanda
Jeff Gordon
|
$600
[16]
"Flowers for Algernon"by Daniel Keyes
a mouse
Sarah
|
$600
[6]
Like a certain "walk" in baseball, something not accidental is this
intentional
Sarah
|
$600
[25]
This man whose first name means "brave lion" designed a lion automaton in the 16th century
Leonardo da Vinci
Sarah
|
$600
[29]
Not Monday but this morning "quarterback" challenges the decision making in college football games
Sunday morning quarterback
Sarah
|
$800
[15]
From a Greek word for "pleasure", it's the belief that pleasure is the highest good
hedonism
Sarah
|
|
$800
[20]
All the kids in the first graduating class of this retired tennis great's charter school in Vegas got into college
Andre Agassi
Sarah
|
$800
[17]
"Misty of Chincoteague"by Marguerite Henry
a horse
Herman
|
$800
[23]
This pair of antonyms refers to a style of angling that helps conserve the local fauna
catch & release
Joe
|
$800
[27]
In 1932 Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip
coffee
Sarah
Herman
|
$800
[26]
This 6-letter word means to comment as a spectator, such as when watching a card game
kibitz
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Term for the ideas, theories & methods named for the man seen here
Marxism
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Muhammad Ali opened a youth center that teaches confidence & respect in this hometown of his
Louisville
|
$1,000
[18]
"The Yearling"by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
a deer
Herman
|
$1,000
[22]
Heterodox, meaning having unusual or minority views, has this antonym that ends with the same 4 letters
orthodox
Joe
|
$1,000
[28]
HBO's "John Adams" depicted an actual administration of this sticky 2-part punishment
tarring & feathering
Joe
|
— |
$1,000
[9]
In New York City the Gray Panthers organization's mission statement is "activism and advocacy against" this
ageism
Sarah
|
| PLACES OF SUBSTANCE | MOVIES' LAST LINES | THE APOSTLES | BO, JACK | NORSEMEN | WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[25]
This Michigan industrial city bears the name of a river named for a "fire stone"
Flint
|
$400
[8]
Tobey Maguire: "With great power comes great responsibility. This is my gift. My curse. Who am I? I'm..."
Spider-Man
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
This apostle was not present when Jesus first reappeared after the crucifixion, so he had his doubts
Thomas
Joe
|
$400
[17]
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" was inspired by this notorious Whitechapel prowler
Jack the Ripper
Joe
|
$400
[1]
Unlike Hägar's, the first complete Viking helmet ever found lacks these, largely an invention of a 19th century Wagner opera designer
horns
Joe
Herman
|
$800
[27]
The Semitic word abaq, meaning "sand", gave us this word for a device that did arithmetic much faster than a sand table
an abacus
Herman
|
|
$800
[7]
It's a compound of the element with symbol Te; it's also a Colorado ski town
telluride
Sarah
Herman
|
$800
[9]
Morgan Freeman: "I hope to see my friend & shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope"
The Shawshank Redemption
Herman
|
$800
[13]
Matthias beat out Barsabas in a lottery to replace this apostle who was not a good team player
Judas (Iscariot)
Sarah
|
$800
[18]
The first chapter of his 1910 work "Burning Daylight" mentions roulette, the Klondike & a sack of gold dust
Jack London
Herman
|
$800
[2]
In 2000 the U.S. & Iceland each issued a coin to honor the 1000 A.D. discovery of the New World by this man
Leif Erikson
Herman
|
$1,200
[26]
A delphinestrian is someone who rides this sea creature
a dolphin
Joe
|
|
$1,200
[20]
"U" oughta know that this city in Saskatchewan got its name from ore deposits of a radioactive element
Uranium City
|
$1,200
[10]
Guy Pearce: "Now, where was I?"
Memento
|
$1,200
[14]
This man wasn't one of the 12, but he has "The Apostle" for his epithet & much of the Acts of the Apostles is about him
Paul
Herman
|
$1,200
[19]
From 1982 to 1985 he rushed for over 4,000 yards in college before signing a baseball contract with Kansas City
Bo Jackson
Joe
|
$1,200
[3]
Norse games of myth included hnutukast, taking these from the carcass after a meal & throwing them at each other with intent to injure
bones
Sarah
Herman
|
$2,000
[21]
The sensation of being creeped out by robots that look close to, but not exactly human, is called the "uncanny" this
valley
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This alliterative Maryland place is named for the color of the mica flakes found in the local water
Silver Spring
Joe
|
$2,000
[12]
Patricia Arquette: "Except maybe I wouldn't have named our son Elvis"
True Romance
Herman
|
$1,600
[15]
There were 2 Apostles with this name, so we use "the Greater" & "the Less" to tell them apart
James
|
— |
$1,600
[4]
This name given to the northeast coast of North America by the Norsemen reflected the plants they found growing there
Vinland
Herman
|
DD
$2,500
[22]
Originally a sci-fi term for a trainee astronaut, this 2-word term now describes someone not in touch with reality
a space cadet
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[23]
An area of Lebanon County in this state is called Anthracite
Pennsylvania
Sarah
Herman
|
DD
$3,200
[11]
Barnard Hughes: "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires"
The Lost Boys
Herman
|
$2,000
[16]
As depicted here, Jesus told Peter & this brother, another fisherman, "Follow me and I will makeyoufishers of men"
Andrew
Sarah
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
The longest knowninscriptionsin this Viking alphabet is on the Rökstenen, seen here
the Runic alphabet
Sarah
|
— |
An 1816 poem by him says, "That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!"
Coleridge