Emma Saltzberg — a consultant from Brooklyn, New York
Ben Sloat — an artist and art professor from Brookline, Massachusetts
Scott Plummer — a software developer from Golden, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $2,400 | $5,800 | $17,000 |
$9,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,000
22 R, 1 W |
| Ben | $1,400 | $1,000 | $6,800 |
$6,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emma | $1,000 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$22,200
New champion: $22,200 |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| AUSTRALIANA | IN MY WORDS | MLB TEAM NAMES, DEFINED | CAR"Z" | WELL, IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY | AGAIN |
|
$200
[5]
The national holiday of Anzac Day originally honored the Australian & New Zealand soldiers who fought in this war
World War I
Scott
Emma
|
$200
[27]
In Amanda Yates Garcia's book "Initiated: Memoir of" one of these, she weaves a spell, telling of her magical life
a Witch
Emma
|
$200
[7]
A nod to Catholic missionaries once prevalent in the area
the Padres
Scott
|
$200
[12]
Chevy cut a new trail when it pioneered SUVs with the 1969 debut of this model
the K5 Blazer
|
$200
[16]
The Groundhog Day Festival in this Pennsylvania borough celebrated rodent meteorology for the first time in 1887
Punxsutawney
Scott
|
$200
[22]
5-letter term for a close copy, or what you could say instead of "I agree as well"
ditto
Emma
|
|
$400
[4]
Arvo means afternoon & servo is this place, as in "better stop here, it's 600 kilometers til the next servo"
a gas station
Emma
|
$400
[28]
In "Unbound", activist Tarana Burke tells of the birth of this movement & the power of saying those 2 small words
Me Too
Emma
|
$400
[8]
In 1890 they stole a player from Philadelphia's team & got this nickname
the Pirates
Ben
Emma
|
$400
[13]
This man whose name is part of a brand of luxury carz was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1844
(Carl) Benz
Scott
|
$400
[17]
Seen here on February 2, 1901 is the funeral procession of this long-ruling royal
Queen Victoria
Ben
|
$600
[21]
It's a repetition of a song in a musical, usually in shorter form
a reprise
Emma
|
|
$600
[1]
Starring Paul Hogan, this 1986 movie has the highest domestic gross of any Australian film
Crocodile Dundee
Scott
|
$600
[26]
Ray Nagin, former mayor of this city, released a memoir titled "Katrina's Secrets"
New Orleans
Emma
|
$600
[6]
For a viper with a rattle at the end of its tail
the Diamondbacks
Emma
|
$600
[11]
Its MX-5 Miata was named 2016 World Car of the Year
Mazda
Emma
|
$600
[18]
After 4 years & 4 months, Alexander Selkirk was rescued from a deserted island on Feb. 2, 1709, inspiring this novel years later
Robinson Crusoe
Scott
|
$800
[24]
This Shakespearean adverb means again & also soon or forthwith, as in "They will be here..."
anon
Scott
Ben
|
|
$800
[2]
Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister in 2010 as leader of this political party
the Labor Party
Emma
|
$800
[29]
Her "Going There" has stories of her rise in journalism & colleagues like Matt Lauer & Ann Curry
Katie Couric
Emma
|
$800
[9]
Named after a law enforcement agency that dates back to the 1820s
the Rangers
Emma
|
$800
[14]
This Japanese company made the once-popular Rodeo & Trooper
Isuzu
Ben
|
$800
[19]
On Feb. 2, 1959 a school in Arlington was the 1st in this state to integrate, with no incidents except a firecracker in a bathroom
Virginia
Scott
Emma
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
The first use of "instant" this was during the 1963 Army-Navy football game
replay
Emma
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Seen here, this beach is only six miles from the center of Sydney
Bondi Beach
|
$1,000
[30]
"Fun Home" & "Are You My Mother?" are graphic memoirs written & illustrated by this woman
Alison Bechdel
Emma
|
$1,000
[10]
For those who had to get out of the way of NYC trolleys back in the day
the Dodgers
Scott
|
$1,000
[15]
Have a spare million or so lying around? You, too, can drive one of these Ferraris named for the company's founder
an Enzo
Ben
|
$1,000
[20]
Under this 2-word treaty with Mexico signed Feb. 2, 1848, the U.S. acquired land making up today's Southwest for $15 million
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Scott
|
$1,000
[25]
This verb means to say repeatedly, so adding "re-" is redundant; Ecclesiasticus pairs it with speaking again
iterate
|
| SONGS ON MY PLAY LIST | THE LEADER IN BETWEEN | POETRY | YOU'RE THE DOG | ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY | "AD" IT UP |
|
$400
[29]
A No. 1 hit by Wild Cherry says, "Somebody turned around & shouted" do this title action, "white boy"
Play that funky music
Emma
|
$400
[3]
He was U.S. president between Grover Cleveland & Grover Cleveland
(Benjamin) Harrison
Scott
|
$400
[11]
"Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets", says "The Love Song of" him
J. Alfred Prufrock
Scott
|
$400
[8]
That's Morris Frank & Buddy, the first dog in the U.S. who was trained as this
a guide dog
Ben
|
$400
[30]
Sail through this strait to get from Oakland to the Pacific
the Golden Gate
|
$400
[27]
A written work remade in a new medium
an adaptation
Emma
|
|
$800
[28]
"This Used To Be My Playground", the theme to "A League of Their Own", is by this singer who had a part in that film
Madonna
Scott
|
$800
[4]
This king of England was sandwiched between George V & George VI
Edward VIII
Scott
|
$800
[10]
This poetry character is seenhereasdepictedby Gustave Doré
the Ancient Mariner
Scott
|
$800
[17]
Since the 1960s this cartoon pet beagle has been a safety mascot for NASA
Snoopy
Scott
|
$800
[13]
It's a capital city on the Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa
Ben
|
$800
[26]
It's what the "A" stands for in an A.R.M. for home buyers
adjustable
Emma
|
|
$1,200
[1]
The Drifters sang, "I can play this here guitar & I won't quit till I'm a star" here, the song's title
"On Broadway"
Scott
|
$1,200
[2]
He spoke for the House between John Boehner & Nancy Pelosi
Paul Ryan
Emma
|
DD
$1,400
[9]
This pair of adjectives describes how the narrator of "The Raven" pondered "over many a quaint & curious volume of forgotten lore"
weak and weary
Ben
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1925, this Alaskan sled dog led the final team in a brutal blizzard to deliver lifesaving serum to Nome
Balto
Emma
|
$1,200
[12]
In song, "Some came from a land beyond the sea, from Boston and New York, but the boys who beat the Black and Tans, were the boys from"here
County Cork
Scott
|
$1,200
[24]
In Britain, it's the government board in charge of the navy
the Admiralty
Emma
|
|
$1,600
[20]
This pop-punk band had a breakout hit in 1994 with "Come Out & Play"
The Offspring
Emma
|
$1,600
[5]
She led a nation between Levi Eshkol & Yitzhak Rabin
(Golda) Meir
Scott
|
$1,600
[15]
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet", says her poem No. 1741
Emily Dickinson
Emma
|
$1,600
[18]
Sadly, Laika, the first living creature launched into orbit, aboard this Soviet satellite 2, did not survive the trip
Sputnik
Scott
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
This city was once the capital of the United Provinces of Central America
San Salvador
Ben
|
$1,600
[23]
"Keep it simple" is this, a friendly 10-letter reproof
admonition
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[21]
The lead track from his 1970 album "Tea for the Tillerman" asked, "Where Do The Children Play?"
Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Scott
|
$2,000
[6]
He headed the Catholic church between John XXIII & John Paul I
Paul VI
|
$2,000
[16]
Most of the poems in Ted Hughes' 1998 collection "Birthday Letters" are addressed to her, beginning with "Fulbright Scholars"
Plath
Ben
|
$2,000
[19]
Hereare the Bushes with this beloved dog who recounted her adventures as "first canine" in a bestselling book
Millie
Ben
|
$2,000
[22]
Achapelon its banks contains afrescodepicting the 1291 oath there that formed the Swiss Confederation
Lake Lucerne
|
$2,000
[25]
The New Testament says, "Be sober, be vigilant" because of your this, "the devil"
adversary
Scott
Emma
|
The credits on "The Queen’s Gambit" included this man as "special consultant"
(Garry) Kasparov