Alan Dunn game 2.
Tosh Sagar — an environmental and public health lawyer from Washington, D.C.
Sarah Sinclair — an author from Anchorage, Alaska
Alan Dunn — a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | $2,200 | $4,800 | $28,400 |
$30,399
2-day champion: $51,600 |
$29,600
31 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $3,400 | $4,000 | $13,200 |
$16,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Tosh | $1,000 | $1,400 | $3,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
6 R, 2 W |
| ROOST-ERS | SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREV. | WHICHSTAR WARS? | I'M GONNA PRAY ON THIS | WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS | "BLACK" JEOPARDY |
|
$200
[6]
Thisbird found a roosting spot that fits the bill it's famous for
a pelican
Alan
|
$200
[15]
On Twitter "RT" is short for this, which helps you not get accused of plagiarism
retweet
Sarah
|
$200
[10]
Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a duel
A New Hope
Alan
Sarah
|
$200
[24]
If you're alone for minchah, the Jewish afternoon prayer, make sure you're facing this city as you confer with the Almighty
Jerusalem
Alan
|
$200
[18]
In 2000 this man won the popular vote for U.S. president by 500,000 but did not get the job
Al Gore
Alan
|
$200
[1]
Extortion
blackmail
Alan
|
|
$400
[7]
Africa's quelea, whose swarms break branches roosting, is AKA this "bird", after a pestilential grasshopper
locust
Alan
|
$400
[16]
The one who started it all, the "OP" in a Facebook thread is short for this
the original poster
Tosh
|
$400
[11]
Kylo Ren commits patricide
The Force Awakens
Sarah
Tosh
|
$400
[25]
The Church of England's state prayer for the royal family mentions Philip & this man by name
(Prince) Charles
Alan
|
$400
[19]
"Guests" of this fortress who checked out the hard way included Sir Thomas More, Edmund Dudley & Anne Boleyn
the Tower of London
Alan
|
$400
[2]
You'd think they'd make the entire plane out of the material used in a nigh-indestructible flight recorder AKA this
the black box
Sarah
|
|
$600
[8]
Abandoned mines provide favorite roosts for about half the USA's 45 species of these non-birds
bats
Alan
|
$600
[17]
Tedious things warrant "MEGO", meaning "my eyes" do this action
my eyes glaze over
Alan
|
$600
[12]
Chewie roasts some porg
The Last Jedi
Sarah
|
$600
[26]
Fasting, prayer & faithful intention play crucial roles in this month, the 9th on the Muslim calendar
Ramadan
Sarah
|
$800
[21]
In 1687 the Ottomans found that storing gunpowder at this Acropolis building was a ridiculously terrible idea
the Parthenon
Sarah
|
$600
[3]
A fruit, or a phone
a blackberry
Tosh
|
|
$800
[9]
Seen here, roosting in silhouette, are these birds that share a name with a chess piece
rooks
Tosh
|
$800
[29]
When you want to bump a post up from obscurity, use "TTT" for this directional phrase
to the top
Sarah
|
$800
[13]
Qui-Gon makes the mistake of saving Jar Jar
The Phantom Menace
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
A popular 20th century prayer begins, "God grant me" this calm word "to accept the things I cannot change"
serenity
Alan
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1989 he succeeded his late father as emperor of Japan
Akihito
Alan
|
$800
[4]
With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating
a black diamond
Sarah
|
|
$1,000
[23]
The chimney type of this swallow-like bird both nests & roosts in chimneys
a swift
Alan
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$1,000
[30]
"WCW" is short for this, the weekday some groups post images of their favorite actresses
Woman Crush Wednesday
|
$1,000
[14]
Young Anakin is assigned to protect Padme
Attack of the Clones
|
$1,000
[28]
In the Catholic prayer for the dead, God's "providence guides our lives, & by your command we return to" this
dust
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
On this mission Pete Conrad said, "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me"
Apollo 12
Alan
|
$1,000
[5]
A drink, or one of 7,000 British soldiers sent to Ireland in the early 1920s
Black and Tan
Alan
|
| THE 5 Ws IN THE BOOKSTORE | ISLANDS | 10-LETTER WORDS | OPERA | DRIVING | A JOB IN TELEVISION |
|
$400
[26]
We expect you might know this Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel pregnancy guide is a perennial seller
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Alan
|
$400
[11]
You can't get much more north than tiny Kaffeklubben Island, 20 miles off Cape Morris Jesup on this world's largest island
Greenland
Sarah
|
$400
[1]
An annual celebration when graduates return to an old school for parties & football
homecoming
Alan
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$400
[16]
Verdi's "Falstaff" takes place in this town, where the title character has his eye on some merry wives
Windsor
Alan
|
$400
[21]
Cruising around Phoenix--that driver must be awfully short--oh, it's Waymo, Google's version of these
self-driving cars
Alan
|
$400
[6]
Sam Malone on "Cheers" & Luke Cage on "Jessica Jones"
a bartender
Tosh
|
|
$800
[27]
Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiographical work
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Sarah
|
$1,200
[13]
The 4 main regions of Oceania are Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia & these "small islands"
Micronesia
Sarah
|
$800
[2]
A type of ice cream, or a native of a southern Italian city
Neapolitan
Alan
|
$800
[17]
This composer said everyone called his work tedious & obscure but he loaded up "Carmen" with liveliness & melody
(Georges) Bizet
Alan
|
$800
[22]
To make driving safer, all new cars sold in the U.S. since 1998 require driver & front passenger ones
air bags
Sarah
|
$800
[7]
Tom Kirkman, after he's the "Designated Survivor"
president
Tosh
|
|
$1,200
[28]
"When the Game was Ours" is a co-memoir of pro basketball by this Laker & this Celtic who battled in the 1980s
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
Alan
Sarah
Tosh
|
$1,600
[14]
Stewart Island, this country's third largest, is also called Rakiura, "The Land of Glowing Skies"
New Zealand
Alan
|
$1,200
[3]
A tightly encircling bandage used to stop arterial flow
a tourniquet
Alan
|
$1,600
[19]
The score of this "Ring" opera with a "precious" title is so elaborate that it took Wagner from Feb. to Sept. 1854 to copy it out
Rheingold
Sarah
|
$1,200
[23]
To save wear & tear on my car's gearbox, lately I've been using the "double clutch" technique to do this
shift gears
Alan
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$1,200
[8]
Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch"
an architect
|
|
$1,600
[29]
J.K. Rowling kept the magic alive with this book written under the name Newt Scamander
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sarah
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
Income tax evader Al Capone spent a lot of time on this island from 1934 to 1939
Alcatraz
Sarah
|
$1,600
[4]
Christmas may be over, but this plant is still in bloom
poinsettia
Alan
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In 1908 as he sang Canio at the Met in "Pagliacci", he wept real tears thinking of how his lover ran off with his chauffeur
Caruso
Alan
|
$1,600
[24]
You're in charge of the road maps; we're using ones from this 2-name company that made its first ones in 1904
Rand-McNally
Alan
|
$1,600
[9]
Bobby Axelrod on "Billions", running this type of financial enterprise
a hedge fund
Tosh
|
|
$2,000
[30]
John le Carre's operative Alec Leamas goes on one last mission in this "chilly" thriller
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Alan
|
$2,000
[15]
The island of Cyprus has been ruled by Greeks, Romans, Crusaders & Venetians & in 1974 was invaded by this country
Turkey
Sarah
|
$2,000
[5]
This chemical element, symbol Mo, is used to harden steel
molybdenum
Alan
|
$2,000
[20]
Amahl plays the same tune on his pipe at the beginning & end, before & after he meets this title group
the night visitors
Alan
|
$2,000
[25]
For long trips, I'm glad our car has OBD, on-board these to let us know when something goes wrong
on-board diagnostics
Alan
|
$2,000
[10]
Barry Berkman on "Barry"--both his big-money gig & the job he's pursing in class
hit man and actor
Alan
|
In March 1933 CBS Radio's Robert Trout said, "The president wants to come into your home... for a little" this
a fireside chat