Toula Ballas — a publishing consultant from New York, New York
Nik Berry — a social studies teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
David Bederman — an attorney from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $1,600 | $4,000 | $14,800 |
$9,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Nik | $0 | $1,400 | $10,200 |
$9,601
New champion: $9,601 |
$10,200
11 R, 2 W |
| Toula | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,800 |
$9,590
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO | COFFEE, NOW | SPIDERS & SNAKES | CROSSWORD CLUES "W" | YOU'VE GOT SOME BAGGAGE | JOHN LENNON |
|
$200
[20]
"They fight without shirts or shoes. The fights go on as long as they have to. Those are the other rules of" this
the Fight Club
Toula
|
$200
[30]
One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater
decaf
David
|
$200
[28]
Orb weaver spiders have 5 spinnerets for extruding this substance used to make webs
silk
David
|
$200
[8]
Japanese horseradish(6 letters)
wasabi
David
|
$200
[27]
The second paragraph of this novel mentions a sea-chest belonging to the old sailor, Billy Bones
Treasure Island
Toula
|
$200
[26]
John Lennon's family claimed his October 9, 1940 birth in this city took place during a German air raid
Liverpool
Nik
|
|
$400
[18]
When meeting this Dr. with a unique palate, "Do not reach through the bars... do not accept anything he attempts to hold out to you"
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
David
|
$400
[29]
On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries
cherries
David
|
$400
[25]
Thamnophis is the genus of these snakes that have stripes resembling bands used to secure clothing
a garter
Nik
|
$400
[7]
"Blemish"ed word for one who's overanxious(9 letters)
a worrywart
|
$400
[22]
At a time when this type of big travel case often had a round top, Louis Vuitton's 1858 Trianon was the first boxy type
a trunk
Toula
|
$400
[24]
On July 27, 1976 John received one of these "colorful" items symbolizing victory in his long battle for U.S. residency
a green card
David
|
|
$600
[17]
Michele Alexander & Jeannie Long put it right there in the title--"How to" do this "in 10 Days: The Universal Don'ts of Dating"
Lose a Guy
Nik
|
$600
[19]
Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852
the French press
Toula
|
$600
[9]
Latrodectus geometricus, the brown this, has venom twice as powerful as that of its notorious black cousin
a brown widow (spider)
David
Toula
|
$600
[6]
Hershey candy bar, or nonspecific object(15 letters)
the Whatchamacallit bar
|
$600
[21]
Folks in the Bible might have needed a raiment bag; today we use this for suits & dresses that must hang straight, not be folded
a garment bag
David
|
$600
[23]
In 1972 John & Yoko released the album "Some Time in" this city where he'd spend most of the rest of his life
New York (City)
David
|
|
$800
[15]
Wanna play God like him? "Make the being of a gigantic stature... eight feet in height, and proportionably large", or... don't
(Dr. Victor) Frankenstein
David
|
$800
[11]
Before this process, coffee beans are green; after, they're brown & ready to grind
roasting
Toula
|
$800
[1]
Lycosidae is the family of these hairy hunting spiders named for another hairy hunter
wolf
Nik
|
$800
[5]
Facing a gale, or a group of islands(8 letters)
windward
Nik
Toula
|
$800
[14]
This writer gave the name "Monster" to the backpack she staggered under in her "Wild" walk on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed
|
$800
[3]
For "Double" this, the last album released before his death, John & Yoko alternated songs
Fantasy
Toula
|
|
$1,000
[16]
How to re-educate violent people like Alex in this novel? "My top glazz-lids were pulled up & up & up & I could not shut my glazzies"
A Clockwork Orange
Nik
|
DD
$1,800
[12]
These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards
fair trade
Toula
|
$1,000
[10]
Thecoral snakeis deadly; the similar-looking scarlet thisis harmless
a scarlet kingsnake
|
$1,000
[4]
German for a travel urge (10 letters)
Wanderlust
David
|
$1,000
[13]
Thisbag was named after a Victorian prime minister, & even Oscar Wilde called it fashionable
a Gladstone bag
David
|
$1,000
[2]
In 1969 a crowd of journalists & celebrities joined John & Yoko in a Montreal hotel room to record this anthem
"Give Peace A Chance"
Toula
|
| B.C.-ING YOU | BEFORE & AFTER | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE | THE DANUBE | SENATORS | A DEEP DIVE INTO... |
|
$400
[27]
Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C.
Armenia
David
|
$400
[18]
The nickname of disease spreader Ms. Mallon gets a big break on Broadway in a show about a nanny for the Banks family
Typhoid Mary Poppins
Nik
|
$400
[25]
It's the name of the official Kenny Chesney fan club & precedes "no shirt, no problems" in a song about a Mexican getaway
No Shoes
Toula
|
$400
[23]
The Danube waltzes past this world capital that saw the birth & death of "Blue Danube" creator Johann Strauss Jr.
Vienna
Nik
|
$800
[28]
In 1859 anti-slavery Democrat David Broderick became the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in one of these fights
a duel
David
|
$800
[22]
Movie history:In 1939 Hollywood released 365 films, including all-time classics & this jungle hero "Finds a Son!"
Tarzan
David
|
|
$800
[26]
His last play, "Oedipus at Colonus", was produced posthumously in 401 B.C.
Sophocles
Toula
|
$800
[12]
A phrase about the return of bovines that means to wait a long time gets around to founding a house improvement chain in 1978
wait until the cows come Home Depot
David
|
$800
[24]
"Vacation, had to get away", sang this band in a 1982 Top 10 hit
the Go-Go's
Toula
|
$800
[21]
Rising in the mountains of this "colorful" German forest, the Danube flows nearly 1,800 miles & empties into the same-shaded sea
the Black Forest
David
|
$1,200
[6]
This senator from Massachusetts has time & time again professed her love for the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson show "Ballers"
Warren
Nik
|
$1,200
[13]
Medicine:Angiotensin is the "A" in this acronym whose "inhibitors" are widely prescribed for heart problems
ACE inhibitors
Toula
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This powerful dynasty that began ruling China in 202 B.C. us here d in a golden age of culture & prosperity
the Han Dynasty
David
|
$1,200
[11]
A standard piece of lumber twice as wide as it is thick is also a day or time meaningful to cannabis users
2 by 4/20
Nik
|
$1,200
[3]
Sharon Stone & Madonna have stayed at Italy's San Domenico Hotel, seen in the role of this title place in season 2 on HBO
White Lotus
Toula
|
$1,200
[16]
The Danube provides most of the border between Serbia's Vojvodina province & this country in the Balkan Peninsula's northwest
Croatia
David
Toula
|
$1,600
[7]
Southern Democrat Richard Russell was one of the obstacles Lyndon Johnsonovercame to sign this bill on July 2, 1964
the Civil Rights Act
David
|
$1,600
[14]
Contract law: An "efficient" this of contract is done on purpose because one party finds damages cheaper than fulfilling the deal
breach
David
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C.
the Punic Wars
David
|
$1,600
[9]
A Vegas casino with a Roman theme changes allegiances & becomes a royal residence & private retreat of Louis XIII
Caesar's Palace of Versailles
David
|
$1,600
[2]
The barks in this Lindsey Buckingham song aren't the dog that's in "National Lampoon's Vacation"--it's a co-o-o-o-o-o-o-incidence
"Holiday Road"
Nik
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
The Danube's middle course loves gates, running from the Hungarian Gates Gorge to Romania's Iron Gate in these mountains
the Carpathians
David
|
$2,000
[8]
In 2000 the Anchorage International Airport was renamed to honor this long-serving senator
(Ted) Stevens
Nik
|
$2,000
[20]
World cuisine: Theseleaveswith a European nationality in their name are essential to Iran's national dish, ghormeh sabzi
fenugreek
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 480 B.C. the Battle of Salamis saw Greek navies take on the navies of this Persian ruler, son of Darius
Xerxes
Nik
|
$2,000
[19]
A nation's military planes get frozen & you have to hit a combination of keys on your Mac or PC to exit them
Air Force Quit
David
|
$2,000
[1]
The title of this 2013 film about a boy on summer vacation refers to a place to sit in a station wagon (a 1970 Buick Estate)
The Way Way Back
|
$2,000
[17]
In 1991 this Danube nation S. of Ukraine became independent of Russia, modified its own name a bit & joined the U.N. the next year
Moldova
Toula
|
— | — |
The author of this unfinished epic poem was unsure if he wanted the title character to "end in Hell--or in an unhappy marriage"
Don Juan