Regan Read — an ESL teacher from Gardena, California
Garrett Kuramoto — a librarian from Sunnyvale, California
Carmela Chan — a biotech researcher from San Diego, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmela | $3,400 | $6,800 | $18,200 |
$18,200
3-day champion: $55,401 |
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Garrett | $4,200 | $3,400 | $5,800 |
$6,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
13 R, 5 W |
| Regan | $800 | $400 | $3,000 |
$5,995
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| ROM COMS | THE PRINCESS BRIDE | LOVE, ACTUALLY | FAILURE TO LUNCH | SWEET TOME ALABAMA | 27 DRESSES |
|
$200
[11]
Vanity Fair called this film with Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors a "rom-com for curmudgeons"
Groundhog Day
Garrett
Regan
|
$200
[21]
After this German princess wed Nicholas II in 1894, she pushed the czar to regain absolute power lost to reforms; baaaad move
Alexandra
Regan
|
$200
[6]
This word for altruistic efforts for humanity comes from the Greek for "love of man"
philanthropy
Regan
|
$200
[1]
Sorry, everyone! I'm on the diet known as O.M.A.D., short for this; I only eat at 5 p.m.
one meal a day
Carmela
|
$200
[16]
This novel about an Alabama rape trial won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird
Regan
|
$600
[27]
The oversized clothinglookhas worked well for this pop star born in 1993
Ariana Grande
Carmela
|
|
$400
[12]
Director Rob Reiner's mom delivered the immortal line "I'll have what she's having" in this rom com
When Harry Met Sally...
Carmela
|
$400
[22]
On April 19, 1956, Grace Kelly had a storybookwedding with Prince Rainier at St. Nicholas Cathedralin this country
Monaco
Carmela
|
$400
[7]
As a noun, it's the place where legal justice happens; as a verb, it means to woo your love, especially in the early stages
to court
Carmela
|
$400
[2]
How did you know that "petit" this means "breakfast" in French without knowing that the word on its own means "lunch"?
déjeuner
Regan
|
$400
[17]
The plot of the book "Crazy in Alabama" includes a woman auditioning for this 1960s sitcom about country folks who come to California
The Beverly Hillbillies
Carmela
|
$800
[25]
Hey, 27-year-old putting on this garment over your T-shirt, is that a Levi's Type III Trucker one?
jean jackets
Carmela
|
|
$600
[13]
"Something's Gotta Give" is a ditty starring Jack & Diane, these 2 legendary actors
Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton
Carmela
|
$600
[23]
There were riots in this world capital in 1966 when its princess Beatrix wed a German diplomat who'd been a member of Hitler Youth
Amsterdam
Carmela
Garrett
|
$600
[8]
These double-talk "eyes" mean you are looking at someone with love
goo-goo eyes
Garrett
|
$600
[3]
I bailed on lunch with a big group; I'm this type of person mentioned in the subtitle of Susan Cain's book "Quiet"
an introvert
Garrett
|
$600
[18]
Mobile's Winston Groom wrote this 1986 novel about a man with childlike wisdom
Forrest Gump
Garrett
Regan
|
$1,000
[26]
In your 20s you still get away with wearing these; as you're in your "British" phase, call them trainers
sneakers
Carmela
|
|
$800
[14]
In 2005 Will Smith played a "date doctor" who fell in love with Eva Mendes in this comedy
Hitch
Regan
|
$800
[24]
The April 5, 1614 wedding of Native American princess Pocahontas & this planter brought 8 years of peace
John Rolfe
Carmela
|
$800
[9]
You've cast this 11-letter spell on me; New Mexico is the "Land of" it
enchantment
Carmela
|
$800
[4]
I told you lunch wasn't happening because it's this Jewish day of atonement & I'm fasting
Yom Kippur
Garrett
|
$800
[19]
Alabama U.S. Senator Jeremiah Clemens wrote the 1860 novel "The Rivals", about the feud between these 2 historic duelists
Hamilton & Burr
Garrett
Regan
|
— |
|
$1,000
[15]
This movie had Julia Roberts tell Hugh Grant, "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her"
Notting Hill
Carmela
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
Romance is afoot if you've "warmed" these, also a bivalve mollusk, "of someone's heart"
the cockles
Garrett
|
$1,000
[5]
I just found out my wisdom teeth are in this 8-letter condition; they're jammed up so I can't eat lunch
impacted
Garrett
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
This 1959 Tuscumbia-set play about a steadfast teacher & a stubborn young girl is the state's official outdoor drama
The Miracle Worker
Regan
|
— |
| ART APPRECIATION | GREEK GODDESSES | ONCE-POPULAR FIRST NAMES | TV NOIR | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | 14-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[6]
In 1877 2 Rembrandts were part of a 1 mil.-franc buy; in 2015 the Rijksmuseum & this French museum bought them for 160 million euros
the Louvre
Carmela
|
$400
[8]
She's Zeus' sister-wife
Hera
Regan
|
$400
[2]
Jewish immigrant parents favored names that sounded more American like this one of Kubrick & Kramer
Stanley
Regan
|
$800
[25]
Ewan McGregor played a parking lot magnate in Season 3 of this series that pioneered the genre Midwestern TV noir
Fargo
Carmela
|
$1,200
[16]
In ancient times this capital of Jordan was one of several settlements called Philadelphia
Amman
Carmela
|
$1,200
[19]
General term for a person who trains others to obey firm rules & a strict code of behavior
disciplinarian
Garrett
Regan
|
|
$800
[12]
In 1958 "Salvator Mundi" sold at Sotheby's for 45 pounds; in 2017 it fetched $450 mil. after attribution to this Italian
Leonardo
Garrett
|
$800
[9]
The handsome youth Adonis was a favorite of this love goddess
Aphrodite
Regan
|
$800
[1]
In the early 1950s it was patriotic in China to give the name Yuanchao, meaning "aid" this peninsula where China was fighting
Korea
Regan
|
$1,200
[22]
In the 1963 first episode of this drama, the fleeing title character tends bar in Tucson & falls for the piano player
The Fugitive
Garrett
|
$1,600
[17]
It's the only country in the world through which both the equator & the Tropic of Capricorn pass
Brazil
Carmela
|
$1,600
[20]
Something that eludes classification is said to "resist easy" this, a process of identification
categorization
|
|
$1,200
[13]
A New York couple paid $212,500 for 15 paintings by this Spaniard in 1956; in 2015 a single one of them sold for $179 million
Picasso
Carmela
|
$1,200
[7]
This goddess of victory is the daughter of the Titan Pallas & the River Styx
Nike
Garrett
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Meaning "noble" (remember the Roman social class), this girls' name was top 5 in the U.S. in the 1940s
Patricia
Regan
|
$1,600
[23]
The third season of this HBO police anthology series starred Mahershala Ali
True Detective
Garrett
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
Azerbaijan's Baku Archipelago lies within this huge body of water
the Caspian Sea
Carmela
|
$2,000
[21]
A person in their 70s
a septuagenarian
Garrett
|
|
$1,600
[14]
A collector inherited this artist's Tahiti-set painting "When Will You Marry"; in 2015 he sold it for $300 million
Gauguin
Carmela
|
$1,600
[10]
This goddess of fruit, crops & vegetation has a name that might mean "earth mother"
Demeter
Carmela
Garrett
|
$1,200
[3]
Once, Brits gave thousands of boys a year this name of Christopher Guest's "Spinal Tap" guitarist; in 2016, fewer than 5
Nigel
|
$2,000
[24]
This director & "Walking Dead" creator went noir with "Mob City", a TNT miniseries set in 1940s Los Angeles
Frank Darabont
Garrett
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[15]
In 2014 a dealer paid $80 million for an abstract painting by this Russian American, then sold it for $189 million
Mark Rothko
Carmela
Garrett
|
$2,000
[11]
Give a whistle for her, the muse of epic poetry
Calliope
|
$2,000
[5]
These 2 "E" names of famous Kennedys were fairly big in the 1920s when those ladies were born, but are off the radar now
Eunice & Ethel
Regan
|
— | — | — |
At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, "Pundits... slice & dice our country into" these 2 types of states
red & blue