Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
Logan Crossley — a law student originally from Plano, Texas
Nina Patel — a marketing manager from Vienna, Virginia
Mike Nelson — an actor originally from Chesterton, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $4,000 | $6,400 | $14,000 |
$10,800
2-day champion: $37,400 |
$14,000
22 R, 3 W |
| Nina | $2,200 | $4,600 | $8,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Logan | $-200 | $400 | $15,300 |
$2,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| PLANET SHAMING | INTERNATIONAL ORGS. | QUOTATION: MARK'S | RELAX | MOVIE TO STAGE | IN THE DICTIONARY |
|
$200
[13]
Tried to kill visitor Matt Damon in a 2015 movie
Mars
Logan
|
$200
[15]
The will of the people is the basis of government, says the CoD, which is a community of these types of nations
democracies
Nina
|
$200
[8]
This writer: "Always do right. This will gratify some people, & astonish the rest"
Mark Twain
Mike
|
$200
[6]
Do this activity that uses abbreviations like yon (yarn over needle), p2tog (purl 2 stitches together) & w&t (wrap & turn)
knitting
Nina
|
$200
[1]
Songs in this "ogreish" musical include "Donkey Pot Pie" & "Freak Flag"
Shrek
Mike
|
$200
[16]
"Ditch... used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front"
a trench
Logan
|
|
$400
[14]
Billed as having a Great Red Spot, recently more like a medium-sized orange pimple
Jupiter
Mike
|
$400
[24]
The ICC is the International this business-promoting organization; your hometown probably has one
a chamber of commerce
Logan
|
$400
[9]
This CEO, to Congress: "We were slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016"
Mark Zuckerberg
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Maybe I'll relax by throwing the ball around with this big breed of dog, seen here
a Great Dane
Mike
|
$400
[2]
This film starring Julia Roberts & Richard Gere moved from Beverly Hills to Broadway
Pretty Woman
Mike
|
$400
[17]
"Dense", or "exceeding 90 degrees but being less than 180 degrees"
obtuse
Mike
|
|
$600
[18]
Didn't say goodbye when Pluto left the club, leaving it as the farthest planet from the Sun
Neptune
Nina
|
$800
[26]
EFTA, the European Free Trade Association, has just 4 members: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland & this tiny Swiss neighbor
Liechtenstein
Mike
Nina
|
$600
[10]
This singer & guitar whiz: "We are the sultans of swing"
Mark Knopfler
Mike
|
$600
[28]
Nothing soothes like a cup of tea made from this herb, whether it's the German or the Roman variety
chamomile
Nina
|
$600
[3]
This musical centers on a boy from a family of coal miners who wants to be a ballet dancer
Billy Elliot
Mike
|
$600
[21]
"To douse with a liquor (such as brandy, rum or cognac) and ignite"
flambé
Nina
|
|
$800
[19]
Showed no remorse after the MESSENGER probe crashed into it
Mercury
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Bulgaria & Moldova belong to BSEC, the economic cooperation zone named for this body of water
the Black Sea
Logan
|
$800
[11]
This TV personality, sports team owner &, apparently, lucky man: "To be a billionaire, you got to get lucky"
Mark Cuban
Nina
|
$800
[29]
This type of massage originated in Japan & uses finger pressure to stimulate the circulatory system
shiatsu
Nina
|
$800
[4]
This musical says it was "lovingly ripped off from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail"'
Spamalot
Mike
|
$800
[22]
This -ism is a "relapse into criminal behavior"
recidivism
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Always covered by clouds of sulfuric acid. No silver linings
Venus
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
In 2018 Ukraine ended formal participation in the CIS, this organization formed in 1991
the Commonwealth of Independent States
Logan
|
$1,000
[12]
This retired FBI official: "I'm the guy they called Deep Throat"
Mark Felt
|
$1,000
[30]
Let's enjoy this composer's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, 3rd movement
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Mike
|
$1,000
[5]
Tina Fey wrote the book for this musical adaptation about surviving high school cliques
Mean Girls
Nina
|
$1,000
[23]
"Of or relating to a church parish... provincial"
parochial
Nina
|
| HISTORY | ASIAN CITIES | 17-LETTER WORDS | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL | LEADING FEMALE TV | POTPOUR"E" |
|
$400
[7]
Toronto was captured by U.S. forces during this war & the symbols of Ontario's government taken away
the War of 1812
Logan
|
$400
[5]
This capital of Iraq was formerly called Madinat al-Salam, Arabic for "city of peace"
Baghdad
Mike
|
$400
[12]
Legalization differs from this ac-"tion", by which a drug is still illegal but possession of a limited amount is not prosecuted
decriminalization
Logan
|
$400
[6]
I was "struck by" the plot twists in Dean Koontz' book about Laura Shane with this 1-word title
Lightning
Logan
|
$400
[17]
This actress was never far from "Scandal" as Washington, D.C. crisis manager Olivia Pope
Kerry Washington
Logan
|
$400
[16]
A zero-zero test of this airplane seat is done on the ground
an ejector seat
Mike
|
|
$800
[8]
After taking control of Spain in 1939, this fascist tried to get rid of all his political foes
(Francisco) Franco
Logan
|
$800
[4]
Some of Kazakhstan's only water ports, Aktau & Kuryk are major shipping centers on this sea
the Caspian Sea
Logan
|
$800
[13]
Idealistic philosophy of Emerson & Thoreau
transcendentalism
Logan
|
$800
[23]
The infamous Red Wedding takes place in this author's "A Storm of Swords"
(George R.R.) Martin
Mike
|
$800
[19]
These 2 words describe "Xena" in the full title of the show that starred Lucy Lawless
Warrior Princess
Mike
|
$800
[18]
In maintaining your car, this should be thin; if it's thick & white, coolant is being vaporized
exhaust
Mike
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 480 B.C. the Persian army found out the hard way this mountain pass was about 50 feet wide at its narrowest
Thermopylae
Mike
Logan
|
$1,200
[2]
This capital of the Philippines is on Luzon Island
Manila
Mike
|
$1,200
[14]
Reduction of the body's ability to fight infection; it happens with HIV & can be done deliberately before a transplant
immunosuppression
Nina
|
$1,200
[24]
"Smilla's Sense of" this helps her solve a murder in Copenhagen
the Snow
Mike
|
$1,200
[20]
On this show Jennifer Garner was a college student recruited to be a spy
Alias
Logan
|
$1,200
[27]
It's a highly potent brand of grain alcohol from Luxco
Everclear
Nina
|
|
$2,000
[11]
A 4-term governor of New York, he lost his race in 1928 as the first serious Catholic candidate for president
Al Smith
Logan
|
$1,600
[1]
Dili is the capital of this nation that broke away from Indonesia in 1999
East Timor
Logan
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Critic Roger Fry coined this term for the late 19th century art style of Seurat & Gauguin
Postimpressionism
Nina
|
$1,600
[25]
Dennis Lehane's "Prayers for Rain" is about a P.I. based in this East Coast city
Boston
Mike
|
$1,600
[21]
"Angel of Mercy" is an episode of the show that tells the origin story of this character from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Nurse Ratched
Mike
|
$1,600
[28]
It's a 4-letter name for a pitcher with a handle
ewer
Nina
|
|
DD
$2,500
[9]
"Marching to Pretoria" was a folk song of this war, &hereare British troops doing so in 1900
the Boer War
Logan
|
$2,000
[3]
Israel's third-largest city, it overlooks the Mediterranean from Mount Carmel
Haifa
Logan
|
$2,000
[30]
Related to a word for that little voice telling you right & wrong, it's the quality of being thorough & scrupulous
conscientiousness
Nina
|
$2,000
[26]
In this tale by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the King Arthur legend is retold through the eyes of women
The Mists of Avalon
Nina
|
$2,000
[22]
Seen here, Jennifer Love Hewitt starred on this TV show as a woman who saw the spirits of the newly deceased
the Ghost Whisperer
Nina
|
$2,000
[29]
De Tocqueville is said to have coined "American" this, meaning that the U.S. is in here ntly different from other nations
exceptionalism
Mike
|
Opened in 1843, it was frequented by Hans Christian Andersen & Walt Disney, who both found inspiration there
Tivoli (Gardens)