Phil Tompkins — a portable restroom service technician from Hammond, Indiana
Chris Williams — a consultant from New York, New York
Adriana Ciccone — a data scientist from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana | $3,200 | $8,300 | $12,200 |
$5,200
2-day champion: $35,601 |
$8,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Chris | $2,000 | $3,000 | $11,200 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Phil | $2,400 | $3,600 | $14,000 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
16 R, 3 W |
| LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! | HODGEPODGE | GLOBAL MONSTERS | THE MOVIES | CRYPTOCURRENCIES | IT'S A "DATE" |
|
$200
[22]
Here's the ex-president out getting some non-air at this structure about 200 miles up
the International Space Station
Chris
|
$200
[9]
To pull off the title of this Jules Verne novel, you'd have to average about 13 miles an hour
Around the World in Eighty Days
Chris
|
$200
[1]
Typhon, a mythical beast with serpents for fingers, could only be defeated by this top Greek god
Zeus
Adriana
|
$200
[16]
Donald Sutherland said he flashed his tush in this Belushi frat film after the director said it was just for the movie's dailies
Animal House
Chris
|
$200
[21]
An altcoin is any unit of cryptocurrency other than this original one
Bitcoin
Chris
|
$200
[4]
To calm someone by giving him a drug
sedate
Adriana
|
|
$400
[23]
Herehe is in this state that joined the union in 1876--the year RBH was elected
Colorado
Adriana
|
$400
[10]
No one can prove he had 12-year-old Edward V & a sibling killed in 1483, but he did become king; hmmm...
King Richard III
Chris
|
$400
[2]
The dullahan is a scary Irish horse-riding demon with this quality, like a spectral rider of Sleepy Hollow
he's headless
Adriana
|
$400
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a journey on the monitor.) Leaving the West Coast, we retrace the movie journey of this 1981 adventure film character on his way to Nepal
Indiana Jones
|
$400
[30]
A lawsuit from this rapper killed off the Coinye currency
Kanye West
Chris
|
$400
[5]
To coerce someone into an action by threats
to intimidate
|
|
$600
[24]
Let's put him in thepicture& make the man almost as tall as this Art Deco building completed in 1930
the Chrysler Building
Adriana
|
$600
[11]
In September 2013 this video game "V" carjacked $1 billion in sales in its first 3 days of release
Grand Theft Auto V
Chris
|
$600
[3]
Indonesia's pontianak monster, a ghost of a woman who died in this condition, will try to eat your guts
pregnancy
Phil
|
$600
[18]
The website did(this "Avengers: Infinity War" villain)kill.me offered one of 2 results; good luck!
Thanos
Phil
|
$600
[29]
Each transaction is a "block" connected in these digital ledgers that enable cryptocurrencies to work
a blockchain
Adriana
|
$600
[6]
To flood an area, or to overwhelm someone with information
inundate
Adriana
|
|
$800
[25]
Hayes visits this Maryland battlefield also known as Sharpsburg; he was wounded & missed the action when his regiment fought there in 1862
Antietam
|
$800
[12]
The Kara & Laptev are 2 of the 7 seas of this ocean whose surface temperature hits a high of 29 degrees in July
the Arctic Ocean
Chris
|
$800
[7]
South Africa's grootslang is a horrific cave beast that's part serpent, part this giant trumpeter
an elephant
Adriana
|
$800
[19]
Earth's potential fate is not so excellent with Keanu Reeves as Klaatu in the 2008 remake of this 1951 film
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Phil
|
$800
[28]
This 3-letter chat app created its own currency, the very similarly named Kin
Kik
Phil
|
$800
[14]
The authority of an elected official to do the things she promised to do before an election
a mandate
Phil
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Rud, we looked for you everywhere, &hereyou are out in this type of flooded field used to grow rice
a rice paddy
Adriana
|
$1,000
[13]
The dolphinfish, also known by this double-talk name, can weigh in at 70 pounds of deliciousness
the mahi-mahi
Phil
|
$1,000
[8]
The kamaitachi of Japan is a weasel armed with these curve-bladed grain cutters shorter than scythes
a sickle
Adriana
|
$1,000
[20]
For "On the Waterfront", Elia Kazan originally cast this singer who Kazan said "spoke perfect Hobokenese"
Frank Sinatra
Phil
|
DD
$2,500
[27]
In 2018 this South American country launched the Petro currency backed by oil reserves
Venezuela
Adriana
|
$1,000
[15]
Shall I do this? Make something easier to understand
elucidate
|
| THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES | PEOPLE IN POEMS | HOW MANY? | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY | IT'S A DATE |
|
$400
[21]
Ellen DeGeneres was proud to be honored in this center "where so many space shuttles have been launched"
the Kennedy Center
Adriana
|
$400
[1]
Silver Spring, Maryland is a suburb of this city
Washington, D.C.
Adriana
|
$400
[26]
Racecar driver Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to her on the 20th anniv. of her death, in a poem called "England's Rose"
Princess Diana
Adriana
|
$400
[6]
Number of years in a sesquicentennial
150
|
$400
[16]
Abbreviated VOD, it's one way to watch television
video on demand
Adriana
|
$400
[11]
June 12, 2018:The first meeting between a U.S. president & a leader of this country
North Korea
Phil
|
|
$800
[22]
In 2018 this actress added the prize to her record 6 consecutive Emmys for Best Actress in a Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Phil
|
$1,200
[3]
5,675 feet high, this city is home to the Coors Brewing Company
Golden, Colorado
Phil
|
$800
[27]
Keats' poem about him includes the lines "Honour to Maid Marian, and to all the Sherwood-clan!"
Robin Hood
Phil
|
$800
[7]
Denominations of Monopoly money; it's the same number the U.S. currently prints
seven
Phil
|
$800
[17]
This petroleum corporation uses the stock symbol XOM
ExxonMobil
Adriana
|
$800
[12]
August 6, 1926:Gertrude Ederle swims this
the English Channel
Chris
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This "Shrek" & "Beverly Hills Cop" performer said the prize is actually an award, because a prize comes with money
Eddie Murphy
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
Metalworking in North America began on the north side of Michigan's U.P. near what's now Copper Harbor on this Great Lake
Superior
Phil
|
$1,200
[28]
In a Robert Browning poem, he got rid of the rats! That "fought the dogs and killed the cats"
the Pied Piper
Phil
|
$1,200
[8]
Cox included, number of crew on the largest boat in the sport of rowing
nine
Phil
|
$1,200
[18]
It's the "B" in scuba
breathing
Phil
|
$1,200
[13]
February 15, 1898:This is sunk by an explosion
the U.S.S. Maine
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Longtime employee Biff Henderson showed up with headset to help this late night host accept his trophy in 2017
David Letterman
Chris
|
$2,000
[5]
The Texas city named this "Springs" uses the "ph" in the middle, not the "f"
Sulphur Springs
Adriana
|
$1,600
[29]
In St. Martinville, Louisiana, not in a forest primeval, is a statue of this Acadian heroine, separated from her beloved
Evangeline
|
$1,600
[9]
People in the Juilliard, a famed group of string players, when it was formed in 1946
four
Chris
|
$1,600
[19]
In French abbreviations, UE is the European Union & EU is this country
the United States
Chris
|
$2,000
[15]
May 26, 1868:A Senate vote goes in this man's favor, barely
Andrew Johnson
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Mel Brooks, Mary Tyler Moore & Dick Van Dyke were on hand to honor this writer/comedian in 2000
(Carl) Reiner
Phil
|
DD
$3,500
[2]
The ghost town of Manganese is in this state with the same 2-letter abbreviation as manganese
Minnesota
Adriana
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
Votes needed in the full U.S. Senate to end a legislative filibuster
60
Phil
|
$2,000
[20]
I swear on the Good Book that Zp stands for this Bible book
Zephaniah
Phil
|
DD
$3,400
[14]
April 12, 1861:Shooting starts here
Fort Sumter
Chris
|
A liturgical year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday closest to the feast day of this "first apostle"
St. Andrew