Rock Wayda — a bond analyst from Dana Point, California
Hannah McIntyre — an author from Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Erik Agard — a puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $5,800 | $5,800 | $14,600 |
$8,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,600
21 R, 2 W |
| Hannah | $600 | $3,400 | $10,100 |
$20,200
New champion: $20,200 |
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Rock | $400 | $-400 | $1,200 |
$2,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
12 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| CELEBRATING CHER | GLOBE TROTTIN' | SEEN ON MY WALK TODAY | NAME GAME | SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM | LET IT "BE" |
|
$200
[26]
In a memorable musical moment, Sonny & Cher reunited on David Letterman's show in 1987 & sang this hit of theirs
"I Got You Babe"
Rock
|
$200
[17]
Nicaragua has Honduras to the north & this sea to the east
the Caribbean Sea
Hannah
|
$200
[11]
Such a unique building; with its faux medieval architecture, it must be the style called this revival
Gothic
Hannah
|
$200
[6]
Start spreading the news--in the 2010s this name of a NYC borough was among the top 30 names for girls
Brooklyn
Erik
|
$200
[21]
This folk & rock troubadour's gems include the 1965 lyric "He not busy being born is busy dying"
(Bob) Dylan
Erik
|
$200
[1]
Tumors can be malignant or this 2-syllable opposite
benign
Erik
|
|
$400
[15]
From 2008 to 2011 Cher had a residency at this Las Vegas hotel for her "Cher at the Colosseum" show
Caesars Palace
Rock
|
$400
[13]
Enjoy traditional yerba mate tea on a visit to this capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
Erik
|
$400
[12]
Seems warm to me but I've passed 3 people wearing this type of knitted sweater that opens down the front
a cardigan
Erik
|
$400
[7]
Enjoying a big comeback is this girl's name, also the title of an Eric Clapton / Derek & the Dominoes hit
Layla
Erik
|
$400
[22]
This playwright penned the line "A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory"
(Arthur) Miller
Erik
|
$400
[2]
A lighthouse acts as one, from Old English for "sign"
a beacon
Erik
|
|
$600
[14]
In 2018 Cher reunited with her "Silkwood" co-star Meryl Streep to play her mom in the sequel to this musical
Mamma Mia!
Erik
|
$600
[18]
Careful rounding this South African cape 100 miles northwest of Cape Agulhas
Cape Good Hope
Hannah
|
$600
[28]
Could it be? It is! The house species of this bird, & so early in the season
a sparrow
Erik
Hannah
Rock
|
$600
[8]
The name of this character in "Moby Dick" is Hebrew for "father's brother"
Ahab
Hannah
|
$600
[23]
In an encyclical he wrote, "Earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most... maltreated of our poor"
Pope Francis
Rock
|
$600
[3]
It's slang for your proboscis, Bill
your beak
Erik
|
|
$800
[16]
This 1998 Cher hit popularized the use of Auto-Tune as a robotic vocal effect
"Believe"
Hannah
Rock
|
$800
[19]
A permit is required for any public gathering in most places in this city-state on an Asian peninsula
Singapore
Hannah
|
— |
$800
[9]
Would it "Wreck-It" if we told you that this name for boys, not as popular as it used to be, means "wolf counsel"?
Ralph
Erik
|
$800
[24]
Max Ehrmann's much-reprinted "Desiderata" says, "With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still" this kind of world
a beautiful world
|
$800
[4]
Proverbially, it pairs with between to mean neither one nor the other
betwixt
Erik
|
|
$1,000
[27]
That's Cher & Christina Aguileraat the Hollywood premiere of this musical, in which Cher played a club owner
Burlesque
Hannah
|
$1,000
[20]
Roughly the size of the Yukon, this largest ice shelf has served as a gateway to exploration of Antarctica
the Ross Ice Shelf
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
This first name of painters Bellini & Canaletto is an Italian form of "John"
Giovanni
Hannah
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
In 1934 this humorist said, "Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion"
Will Rogers
Rock
|
$1,000
[5]
8-letter word meaning to tarnish one's good name
besmirch
Erik
|
| BYZANTIUM & BEYOND | LITERATURE | SAY THE WORD | BASEBALL-ADJACENT FACTS | STATE FOSSILS | THE ROLES OF MY LIFETIME |
|
$400
[1]
Byzantium became known as this city named after the man who made it a capital of the Roman empire
Constantinople
Rock
|
$400
[6]
"The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye" is the latest story regarding this Scandinavian heroine
(Lisbeth) Salander
Erik
|
$400
[15]
It's half of the globe, or half of the cerebrum
a hemisphere
Erik
|
$400
[13]
This letter symbolizes potassium; in baseball it represents a strikeout
K
Rock
|
$400
[24]
California picked this ancient feline
the saber-toothed tiger
Rock
|
$400
[23]
He put in 20 seasons as Frasier Crane & 2 as a ruthless mayor on "Boss"
Kelsey Grammer
Hannah
|
|
$800
[2]
Built by Emperor Valens in the 300s A.D., this piece of infrastructure is integrated into modern Istanbul
the Aqueduct
Hannah
|
$800
[12]
Britannica says this John Bunyan allegory was at one time second only to the Bible in popularity
Pilgrim's Progress
Rock
|
$800
[26]
In Hindu myth, it's the incarnation of a god; on the internet, it's a graphic image that represents you
an avatar
Hannah
|
$800
[14]
World Series goat Bill Buckner made a diving catch of a baby thrown from a burning building on this Larry David show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Erik
Rock
|
$800
[25]
Arizona's is this rock-hard wood; there's a whole "forest" of it in the north of the state
petrified wood
Hannah
|
$800
[22]
Mudka's Meat Hut waitress & girl at pool were fine roles but Hannah Montana got a little more press
Miley Cyrus
Hannah
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Leading to trouble, in 726 A.D. Emperor Leo III banned the use of this type of 4-letter religious image
an icon
Rock
|
$1,200
[10]
One of his most famous works is called "Du Côte de Chez Swann" in the original French
(Marcel) Proust
Rock
|
$1,200
[18]
Diglot means the same as this adjective
bilingual
Erik
Rock
|
$1,200
[7]
A headline about "switch-pitcher" Pat Venditte used this land & water word instead of "ambidextrous"
amphibious
Erik
|
DD
$1,500
[27]
This Southern state's capital & state fossil, a species of mammoth, are both named for Columbus
South Carolina
Hannah
|
$1,200
[19]
Who? Her, as Mrs. Which, & also as Deborah Lacks
Oprah
Erik
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
Killing thousands, the Nika revolt of 532 A.D. began as a fight involving different groups of fans of these races
chariot races
Rock
|
$1,600
[9]
He dedicated his novel "Texasville" to Cybill Shepherd, who starred in "The Last Picture Show"
(Larry) McMurtry
Rock
|
$1,600
[17]
From an Old English word for "tenth", it's the act of giving one-tenth of your income to a church
tithing
Hannah
|
$1,600
[8]
In "Ball Four", Jim Bouton wrote, "My great roomie... (had) gotten me smashed on" these rhyming rum cocktails
mai tais
Erik
|
$1,600
[28]
There's debate as to the placement & purpose of the plates on the back of this state fossil of Colorado
the stegosaurus
|
$1,600
[20]
We'd give an "A" to his work as Oscar Grant & Killmonger, but he's going to get a "B." from you
(Michael B.) Jordan
Erik
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This emperor reigned for 38 years, built the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, & married Theodora
Justinian
Rock
|
$2,000
[11]
John Kennedy Toole won a posthumous Pulitzer for this New Orleans-set comic novel
A Confederacy of Dunces
Rock
|
$2,000
[16]
One of the last entries in the dictionary is this enzyme in yeast that promotes fermentation
zymase
|
— |
$2,000
[29]
The Field Museum contains this state's fossil, the Tully Monster; theillustrationshows what it looked like
Illinois
Rock
|
$2,000
[21]
High schooler Kyle & Elio Perlman; call him by his name
(Timothée) Chalamet
Erik
|
Also a judicial capital, this aptly named city is known for an annual rose festival that began in 1976
Bloemfontein