Sharron Jenkins — an online E.S.L. teacher from Missouri City, Texas
Michelle Rosen — a Ph.D. candidate from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Joe Castro — a comptroller from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,384)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,000 | $800 | $9,200 |
$18,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Michelle | $4,000 | $7,800 | $13,600 |
$18,401
New champion: $18,401 |
$12,600
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Sharron | $600 | $1,600 | $8,000 |
$13,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 3 W |
| A JOURNEY OF YOUR PIERS | AROUND THE HOUSE | CALL ME BY YOUR NAME | "CO"-OPERATIVE | WORLD HISTORY | COMIC RELIEF |
|
$200
[23]
Amazing sunsets can be enjoyed at Lithuania's Palanga Pier, which juts into this body of water
the Baltic Sea
Sharron
|
$200
[14]
It's this for you, I tell you! Be they cafe, ruffled or even shower!
curtains
Michelle
|
$200
[13]
That's neat-o keen:____-dandy
jim-dandy
|
$200
[8]
Insert "co" into a lima legume & you get this shining signal
a beacon
Michelle
|
$200
[3]
This Spanish conquistador credited God & horses for his conquest of the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Sharron
|
$200
[1]
This dancin' daytime talk host said, "I'm a god-mother... she calls me God for short. That's cute, I taught her that"
Ellen (DeGeneres)
Joe
|
|
$400
[24]
As seen here, a jetty in Lake Kawaguchiko offers a spectacular view of this peak
Mount Fuji
Michelle
|
$400
[15]
The convection type of this home device has a fan to circulate the air
an oven
Joe
|
$400
[19]
Policeman's nightstick:____ club
billy
Michelle
|
$400
[9]
"Co" interrupts a word for a prohibition, yielding this breakfast favorite
bacon
Joe
|
$400
[4]
This historically higher-status people of Rwanda became the victim of genocide in the 1990s
the Tutsi
Michelle
|
$400
[2]
This "Full Frontal" host, getting to the point: "Don't judge me. I made a lot of money"
Samantha Bee
Sharron
|
|
$600
[25]
Daniel Burnham's early 20th century plan for this city included Navy Pier
Chicago
Joe
Michelle
Sharron
|
$600
[16]
This hyphenated leading brand in relaxation offers the Rowan Power-Recline XR Reclina-Rocker recliner
La-Z-Boy
Michelle
|
$600
[20]
Called kirby grips by Brits:____ pins
bobby pins
Sharron
|
$600
[10]
A word meaning respected or venerated adds "co" & becomes this word meaning "found again"
recovered
|
$600
[5]
In 1958 crisis ensued when mainland China tried to seize Quemoy & Matsu, part of this island's territory
Taiwan
Michelle
|
$600
[28]
In 2017 her "Project" came to an end on Hulu with the series finale episode, "It Had to Be You"
Mindy Kaling
Joe
|
|
$800
[26]
You can zip-line down Scheveningen Pier on beaches just outside this city, the seat of the Dutch government
The Hague
Michelle
|
$800
[17]
Caulk is used where the tub meets the tile; this mortarlike substance fills the spaces between the tiles
grout
Joe
|
$800
[21]
Good in an emergency:____ on the spot
Johnny
Sharron
|
$800
[11]
Inserting "co" into Gollum's favorite word creates this adjective for a mature child
precocious
Michelle
|
$800
[6]
This bonnie hopeful to the throne spent less than 18 months in the British Isles in his life, 1720 to 1788
the bonnie Prince Charlie
Michelle
|
— |
|
$1,000
[27]
The solar-powered Ferris wheel is a highlight of the pier of this L.A.-area community
Santa Monica
Michelle
Sharron
|
$1,000
[18]
The name of this piece of home furniture can also mean a table holding sacramental vessels
a credenza
Joe
|
$1,000
[22]
Utter nonsense!:____rot
tommyrot
Sharron
|
$1,000
[12]
A university administrator is given a "co" & gets this newer, holier job
deacon
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group
an oligarchy
Michelle
|
— |
| THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS | A HARRY CATEGORY | LITERARY OOPS! | PRIZE PACKAGES | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS | COMICS RELIEF |
|
$400
[19]
One of 6 simple machines, this pivots on a fixed point called a fulcrum
a lever
Joe
|
$400
[6]
"Plain Speaking" is Merle Miller's biography of this man from Missouri
Harry Truman
Sharron
|
$400
[1]
This fatal device in "The Green Mile" wasn't yet in use in Louisiana prisons in 1932, the year the story is set
the electric chair
Joe
|
$400
[16]
A gold medal, a hand-lettered diploma & 9 million Swedish kronor
the Nobel Prize
Michelle
|
$400
[11]
This conjunction begins many a sentence, including verses 2 through 26 of Genesis 1
and
Michelle
|
$400
[26]
Put out in 1941, More Fun Comics No. 73 had the first appearance of both Green Arrow & this underwater fella
Aquaman
Joe
|
|
$800
[20]
This term specifies a physical reference point for an object; ballet uses the term for specific postures
a position
|
$800
[7]
Born in New Orleans in 1967, this jazz pianist & singer had released 12 albums by age 30
Harry Connick Jr.
Joe
|
$800
[2]
In H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" one of these occurs at a new moon rather than a full moon
an eclipse
Joe
|
$800
[17]
A sparkly crown, a $50,000 scholarship & a 6-figure salary for one year
Miss America
Sharron
|
$800
[12]
There's no "nudity" in the King James Bible, but this 3-syllable synonym appears 32 times just in Leviticus
nakedness
Joe
|
$2,000
[27]
T'Challa, aka this superhero, was introduced in 1966 in a Fantastic 4 book; he hit the big screen in 2018
the Black Panther
Michelle
|
|
$1,200
[21]
It's abbreviated K.E.; Lionel Messi is good at giving it to a soccer ball
kinetic energy
Joe
|
$1,200
[8]
"I love a great love story", said this American actress about her engagement to Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
Sharron
|
$1,600
[4]
In this story of 16th c. lookalikes Mark Twain had the locals watching "Punch & Judy" shows that began 100 years later
The Prince and the Pauper
Joe
|
$1,200
[18]
It's truly genius:$625,000 in quarterly installments over 5 years, & no strings attached
the MacArthur Genius award
Michelle
|
$1,200
[13]
This city gets lots of play, from Joshua 10 through Revelation 21
Jerusalem
Sharron
|
— |
|
$1,600
[22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a load being pulled up a hill on the monitor.) A common example in mechanics is the use of an inclined plane to raise a load; measured in joules or in foot-pounds, this is equal to force times distance
work
Michelle
|
$1,600
[9]
Harry Coover, who invented "super" this, was proud of an off-label use: Vietnam War medics applied it to close wounds
superglue
Sharron
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Shakespeare's King John says, "The thunder of my" this big gun "shall be heard", 200 years before its invention
a cannon
Joe
|
$1,600
[24]
A gala dinner in NYC, & an award that shows "The University of Georgia" above George's profile
the Peabody Award
|
$1,600
[14]
Look! This frequent synonym for "look" comes before "a virgin shall conceive..."
behold
Sharron
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
Newton's 1st Law of Motion, known as the Law of this, is why a car crash throws you into the windshield--buckle up!
inertia
Michelle
|
$2,000
[10]
Appointed in 1970, this Supreme Court justice ultimately became one of the most liberal on the court
Harry Blackmun
|
$2,000
[5]
At the end of "Jurassic Park", the island is attacked by this country's military, abolished in the 1940s
Costa Rica
|
$2,000
[25]
$100,000 & a bronze medal inscribed with the fundamental principles of the Roman architect Vitruvius
the Pritzker Prize
|
$2,000
[15]
Thou wilt not fail to know this olde synonym for "will" that occurs in 9 of 10 commandments
shalt
Michelle
Sharron
|
— |
Names used in other languages for this chess piece include malka, rainha & rouva
the queen