Nathan Dennis — a C-17 loadmaster from Charlotte, North Carolina
Ilhana Redzovic — an investment associate from Chicago, Illinois
Diandra D'Alessio — a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diandra | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ilhana | $2,800 | $6,800 | $21,000 |
$20,400
New champion: $20,400 |
$17,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Nathan | $2,200 | $2,600 | $10,756 |
$7,011
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| AUTHORS' FIRST NOVELS | THE YEAR THAT WAS | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY | FRUITY RHYME TIME | "M.C." | HAMMER |
|
$200
[5]
Before "Pride and Prejudice", Jane Austen's first novel paired these 2 title qualities
sense & sensibility
Ilhana
|
$200
[1]
More than 300,000 rock fans attended Woodstock & Neil Armstrong pioneered the moonwalk--for real
1969
Nathan
|
$200
[18]
Its lead singer was known to "Jump" around while its virtuoso played an "Eruption" on his "Little Guitars"
Van Halen
Ilhana
|
$200
[9]
Argentine dance performed by a tropical fruit
a mango tango
Nathan
|
$200
[29]
The 881-E Scantron form & the California DMV written test are in this format
multiple choice
Ilhana
|
$200
[30]
A drywall hammer can have this other axe-like "H" tool on its back end to trim & hack through panels
a hatchet
Nathan
|
|
$400
[6]
His work at a V.A. hospital led to his first novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Ken Kesey
Ilhana
|
$400
[2]
Horrible moments: the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, followed 3 months later by the Chernobyl disaster
1986
Diandra
|
$400
[19]
"I Gotta Feeling" you know this hip-hop group! They did "Don't Stop The Party"... c'mon, "Don't Phunk With My Heart"!
Black Eyed Peas
Ilhana
|
$400
[10]
A bloodsucking worm on a nectarine relative
a peach leech
Diandra
|
$400
[12]
As the job done by the person seenhereM.C. stands for this
master of ceremonies
Nathan
|
$400
[20]
You can look like a gunslinger but instead of a pistol, draw a hammer from one of these tool belt accessories
a holster
Nathan
|
|
$600
[7]
Born in Nantes in 1828, he had a hit with his first "scientific fiction" novel, "Five Weeks in a Balloon"
Jules Verne
Nathan
|
DD
$400
[3]
William Lloyd Garrison published the last issue of The Liberator, saying his "vocation as an abolitionist is ended"
1865
Diandra
|
$600
[8]
"One Of These Nights", I'll tell you this band did "Pretty Maids All In A Row", but "I Can't Tell You Why"
the Eagles
|
$600
[11]
Private place of worship for a Fuji or Honeycrisp
apple chapel
Ilhana
|
$600
[15]
This academic medical center has campuses in Rochester, Minnesota & Jacksonville, Florida
Mayo Clinic
Ilhana
|
$600
[21]
Gallagher used this large hammer with a metal head to club watermelons; others have used it in mining
a sledgehammer
Nathan
|
|
$800
[25]
He was accused of obscenity after the release of "Madame Bovary", his first full-length novel
Flaubert
Ilhana
|
$800
[4]
The Revolutionary War was 2 1/2 years in as George Washington & his troops began wintering at Valley Forge
1777
Nathan
|
$800
[16]
This quartet is on the "Adventure Of A Lifetime", flying "Up With The Birds" in "A Sky Full Of Stars"
Coldplay
Ilhana
|
$800
[27]
An expo for a Bosc or Anjou
pear fair
Ilhana
|
$800
[14]
This term describes a charming & romantic first encounter between 2 people, like on a train or shopping for the same item
a meet cute
Diandra
|
$800
[22]
The TE 3000-AVR from Hilti is this kind of hammer perfect for concrete demolition & capable of 858 impacts per minute
jackhammer
Ilhana
Nathan
|
|
$1,000
[26]
This first novel from James Joyce sounds like it could be a painting of him from when he was a wee lad
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ilhana
|
$1,000
[24]
Zachary Taylor was inaugurated & an estimated 80,000 people poured into California
1849
|
$1,000
[17]
"Born Of A Broken Man", they urged us to "Wake Up" to the "Killing In The Name"
Rage Against the Machine
Nathan
|
$1,000
[28]
Fruit pulled out by Little Jack Horner from the largest part of the brain
cerebrum plum
Diandra
Ilhana
Nathan
|
$1,000
[13]
According to this New York governor, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose"
Mario Cuomo
Ilhana
|
$1,000
[23]
In 2017 this tool company whose name is a synonym for "artisan" won a Gold Edison Award for its flex claw hammer
Craftsman
Diandra
|
| MOUNTAINS | CZECH IT OUT! | SCIENTISTS | CAT BREEDS | DISNEY ENDINGS | MIDDLE "G" |
|
$400
[30]
This Alp between Switzerland & Italy has a name from German words meaning "meadow" & "peak"
Matterhorn
Ilhana
|
$400
[2]
Czech scientist Jan Purkyne discovered in 1823 that these could be used for identification--time to get gloves!
fingerprints
Ilhana
|
$400
[27]
Zhang Heng invented an earlydevicefor detecting these; when one occurred a ball fell from a dragon's head into a frog's mouth
an earthquake
Diandra
|
$400
[15]
An animal shelter in Montana in 1987 is the origin of the wavy furred breed called Selkirk this, Latin for "King"
Rex
Ilhana
|
$400
[4]
The queen & king don't fare well on their voyage in this 2013 film; daughters Anna & Elsa find their wrecked ship in the 2019 sequel
Frozen
Nathan
|
$400
[14]
Merv Griffin used to play this word game with his sister & "Wheel of Fortune" is the result
hangman
Diandra
|
|
$800
[22]
Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America, is an 18,400-foot dormant volcano in this nation
Mexico
Ilhana
Nathan
|
$800
[1]
Gregor Mendel, Franz Kafka & this star of the courts are internationally renowned Czechs
Navratilova
Diandra
|
$800
[16]
Barbara McClintock discovered transposons, or "jumping" these, which can change positions on a chromosome
genes
Nathan
|
$800
[20]
Keep your Persian cat brushed, as it has this feature that is also a name for the breed
long hair
Nathan
|
$800
[5]
Judge Frollo suffers a great fall from a cathedral in this 1996 flick
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Nathan
|
$800
[3]
Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made
a filmography
Ilhana
Nathan
|
|
$1,200
[23]
These inspirational goddesses of art & science resided on Mount Parnassus
the Muses
Ilhana
|
$1,200
[8]
From the 19th century until 1918, the Czech lands were part of this empire
the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Nathan
|
$1,200
[17]
Maria Goeppert Mayer shared a Nobel for developing the shell model of this part of an atom made of protons & neutrons
a nucleus
Nathan
|
DD
$1,356
[18]
This place associated with a tiger subspecies is also the name of a beautiful cat breed
Bengal
Nathan
|
$1,200
[6]
Tadashi dies in a fire in this 2014 movie, leaving Hiro devastated, but Baymax is there for him
Big Hero 6
Diandra
|
$1,200
[11]
It's the fabric seenherein a typical pattern
gingham
Nathan
|
|
$1,600
[24]
A cave at the summit of the mountain Jabal Al Nouris said to be where this prophet received his first revelations
Muhammad
Ilhana
|
$1,600
[9]
This decades-long war in Europe began in 1618 when Czech nobles rebelled against the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Thirty Years' War
Ilhana
|
$2,000
[28]
The base unit of electrical current is named for this Frenchman, initials A.M.A.
André-Marie Ampère
Diandra
|
$1,600
[21]
This color follows "Russian" in the name of a cat breed with grayish fur
Blue
Ilhana
|
$1,600
[7]
In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky
The Great Mouse Detective
Diandra
|
$1,600
[12]
Present tense verb meaning to use 2 known positions on a map to determine a third unknown one
triangulate
Nathan
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The world's highest unclimbed mountain is 24,980-foot Gangkhar Puensum in this "thunder dragon" kingdom north of India
Bhutan
Ilhana
|
$2,000
[10]
The 3 regions named in the preamble to the Czech Constitution are Bohemia, this one & Silesia
Moravia
|
DD
$5,000
[26]
For his work on vibrations & sound, Ernst Chladni is known as the father of this science
acoustics
Ilhana
|
$2,000
[29]
This hairless breed got its start in Canada in the 20th century with a kitten named Prune
a Sphynx
Diandra
|
$2,000
[19]
In Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice slays the Jabberwocky with this, callooh! Callay!
the Vorpal Sword
Nathan
|
$2,000
[13]
St. Jerome gets the credit for this translation of the Bible that he completed around 405
the Vulgate
|
Windermere, Thirlmere & Grasmere are 3 of the sites that helped give a 19th century literary group this name
the Lake Poets