Abbi Klein — a psychotherapist from Brooklyn, New York
Kyle Rahe — a restaurant server from Houston, Texas
Geoff Barnes — an analyst from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff | $800 | $1,800 | $4,200 |
$6,400
3-day champion: $44,801 |
$6,200
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kyle | $2,200 | $5,600 | $5,200 |
$1,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Abbi | $800 | $1,600 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$-400
7 R, 4 W |
| & WE'RE "OFF" | BOOK CHARACTERS | FASHION DESIGNERS | CONNECT 4 | EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION | THE CELEB'S DINING ESTABLISHMENT |
|
$200
[21]
It provides an exit from a highway or a graceful way to get out of a situation
an off ramp
Geoff
|
$200
[9]
In "Animal Farm" Boxer is one of these beasts, a dedicated laborer eventually exploited & sent to a glue factory
a horse
Abbi
|
$200
[29]
Marty McFly was called by the name of this designer in "Back to the Future"; after all, that name was on his underwear
Calvin Klein
Abbi
|
$200
[27]
Locusts, hail, frogs, darkness
biblical plagues (the plagues of Egypt)
Abbi
|
$200
[26]
Richard Byrd got the Medal of Honor for flying over this directional extreme in 1926, but may have actually been off by miles
the North Pole
Kyle
|
$200
[17]
Seen here are two of the brothers involved in this restaurant, which has expanded from one location in Hingham, Massachusetts
Wahlburgers
Kyle
|
|
$400
[22]
An angry person or an item successfully done on a to-do list is said to be this phrase
ticked off
Geoff
|
$400
[8]
4 different ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol", including this one who represents memory
the Ghost of Christmas Past
Kyle
|
$400
[28]
Once the creative director of Gucci, he also co-wrote & directed the film "A Single Man"
Tom Ford
Abbi
|
$400
[30]
The Lovers, the Chariot, the Hierophant, the Fool
tarot cards (cards in a tarot deck)
Kyle
|
$400
[25]
The first European to reach the west coast of Australia, Dirck Hartog was captain of a ship of this nation & landed there in 1616
the Netherlands
Kyle
|
$400
[16]
You dinin' with me? You dinin' with me? Well, I'm not the only one here at Locanda Verde in Tribeca, & I'm this actor who co-owns it
De Niro
Kyle
|
|
$600
[1]
It was widely & sorrowfully reported that Jodie Foster's 1989 Oscar victorydresswas bought this way
off the rack
Abbi
|
$600
[4]
In "Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire", Fleur Delacour, a pupil at a French Academy of Magic, visits Hogwarts for this tournament
the Triwizard Tournament
Geoff
|
$600
[11]
Audrey Tautou played this designer in a 2009 biopic
Coco Chanel
Geoff
|
$600
[13]
Lexington, Carl Vinson, Saratoga, John F. Kennedy
aircraft carriers
|
$600
[15]
In 1682 the explorer La Salle claimed all the land drained by this river & its tributaries for France
the Mississippi
Geoff
Kyle
|
$600
[18]
Before it was a Jay-Z-owned sports bar, this "Club" was the handful of MLB players to reach a benchmark in both home runs & steals
the 40/40 Club
Kyle
|
|
$800
[5]
The use of a drug in a way that hasn't been approved; it's common among those often excluded from clinical trials, like pregnant women
off-label
Geoff
|
$800
[2]
Using this character's eyeglasses allows the stranded boys to start a fire in "Lord of the Flies"
Piggy
Kyle
|
$800
[12]
The documentary "Unzipped" followed this designer & the production of his Fall 1994 collection
Isaac Mizrahi
|
$1,000
[23]
Centriole, lysosome, golgi apparatus, cytoplasm
parts of a cell
Geoff
|
$800
[7]
In the 1840s an expedition led by Sir John Franklin sought this elusive Arctic waterway but became stuck in the ice & all perished
the Northwest Passage
Geoff
|
$800
[19]
An offer this director couldn't refuse was opening Rustic, his restaurant in Sonoma County in 2010
Francis Ford Coppola
Kyle
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The Magnetic Fields sang, "My heart's running 'round like" this, "all around the barnyard falling in & out of love"
a chicken with its head cut off
|
$1,000
[3]
Malachi is the real name of "Buck" Mulligan, roommate of Stephen Dedalus mentioned in the first sentence of this novel
Ulysses
Kyle
|
$1,000
[24]
Billy Joel's song "Big Shot" namechecks this American designer who was frequently seen at Studio 54 back in the day
Halston
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Julian, Dinaric, Bavarian, Maritime
the Alps
Geoff
|
$1,000
[6]
Antonio Pigafetta, who chronicled the 1519-1522 Magellan expedition, was the first to document the Cebuano language in this island group
the Philippines
|
$1,000
[20]
Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina began red rocking in 1990 in this Mexican city
Cabo San Lucas
Kyle
|
| UNCANNY VALLEY | ART & ARTISTS | HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO | TOO WEAK | NOTICE | A LATIN TURN OF PHRASE |
|
$400
[8]
Cannabis is grown in this country's Bekaa Valley, which lies between Syria & the Mediterranean
Lebanon
|
$400
[3]
Appropriately, the Italian artist Canaletto painted for tourists scenic views of this city where he was born
Venice
Kyle
|
$400
[6]
The first of many monuments to her went up in Orleans in 1456
Joan of Arc
Kyle
|
$400
[22]
CGI made this actor a beanpole playing Steve Rogers in "The First Avenger", but a super serum got him buff in a hurry
(Chris) Evans
Kyle
|
$400
[16]
Based on a legend of the animal's ability to endure, carved salamanderssymbolize safety from this in New York City's Woolworth Building
fire
Geoff
|
$1,200
[19]
Christopher Wren's St. Paul's epitaph "Si monumentum requiris, circumspice" means "If you seek his monument", do this
look around you
|
|
$1,200
[10]
A bridge in this "saintly" valley of Central California was the last link of the Transcontinental Railroad
the San Joaquin Valley
Abbi
|
$800
[1]
This French sculptor was accused of using a life cast for his "Age of Bronze" because it was so realistic
Rodin
Geoff
|
$800
[7]
Stories say the water this legend of the Revolutionary War carried was for swabbing hot cannons, not just drinking
Molly Pitcher
|
$800
[23]
This title fry cook of Bikini Bottom fame had trouble lifting a barbell with 2 marshmallows as weights
SpongeBob
Kyle
|
$800
[21]
Read Psalm 34 in Hebrew & notice it's an abecedarius: a verse beginning with aleph followed by one starting with this letter & so on
beth
Abbi
|
$1,600
[18]
Meaning "Where are you going?", it's also the title of a Deborah Kerr / Robert Taylor flick from 1951
Quo Vadis
Kyle
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Kenya's Cherangany Hills came to be as a result of faulting in this supersized valley
the Great Rift Valley
Geoff
|
$1,200
[2]
Doménikos Theotokópoulos was the real name of the 17th century painter, sculptor & architect called this
El Greco
Kyle
|
$1,200
[13]
Though from fiction & not folklore, the story of the boy who plugged a leak in this is remembered in several statues in the Netherlands
the dike
|
$1,200
[24]
Samuel L. Jackson plays the archvillain known by this alias in "Unbreakable"; he's supersmart but his bones are brittle
Mr. Glass
Geoff
|
$2,000
[20]
The symbolhereon a package of medication means it has a high potential for abuse as a Schedule II this two-word type of drug
a controlled substance
Abbi
|
$2,000
[17]
Something that goes on indefinitely could be ad infinitum or this Latin phrase with a "uu" in it
in perpetuum
|
|
$2,000
[12]
This European river valley is famous for producing wines like Syrah, Viognier & Grenache
the Rhône
Kyle
Abbi
|
$1,600
[4]
He showed contemporary women nude in "Olympia" & "Déjeuner sur l'herbe", causing an uproar
Manet
Abbi
|
$1,600
[14]
A national hero of this country, Owen Glendower appears as a foe of the English in Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 1"
Wales
Geoff
Kyle
|
$1,600
[26]
On this sitcom, spindly Eric Forman fails miserably at kicking open Donna's door & is thrown backwards in defeat
That '70s Show
Kyle
Abbi
|
— | — |
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
Pharaohs of the 18th, 19th & 20th Dynasties rest royally among about 60 known tombs in this area west of the Nile
the Valley of the Kings
Kyle
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
One of her favorite views to paint was Pedernal Mountain & she had her ashes scattered on it after she died
Georgia O'Keeffe
Kyle
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1938 Zerai Deres became a hero to Eritreans & Ethiopians by attacking Fascists at a statue called the Lion of this
Judah
|
$2,000
[25]
In a 2011 sequel in this film series, Greg shows moxie even though his older brother Rodrick rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kyle
|
— | — |
Referring to what's wrongly believed to be a meteorite, "The Falling Star" is the title of Chapter 2 of this 1898 novel
The War of the Worlds