Chelsea Hill — an administrative assistant from Brooklyn, New York
Robert Perez — a proposal manager from Fairfield, Iowa
Jonathan Dinerstein — a composer from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $62,902)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $4,800 | $8,800 | $15,200 |
$30,399
4-day champion: $93,301 |
$13,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Robert | $1,200 | $4,200 | $15,100 |
$8,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Chelsea | $800 | $1,800 | $10,800 |
$10,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | SUMMING UP THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY | ALLITERATION | 19th CENTURY OCCUPATIONS | GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING | GOTTA RUN! |
|
$200
[17]
In 2019 this 8-day Jewish observance begins on the night of December 22
Hanukkah
Robert
|
$200
[1]
All heck breaks loose after the Puck drops; love is truly magic; ow! My Hermia!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Robert
|
$200
[7]
2 couples out together for dinner & a movie
a double date
Jonathan
|
$200
[2]
While not as common today, throughout the 1800s, these women attended births & helped deliver the babies
midwives
Chelsea
|
$200
[5]
Between the Rockies & the Cascades is the Columbia one of these level areas of high land
a plateau
Robert
|
$400
[6]
In 1996 Michael Johnson ran this distance in 19.32 seconds, a record that stood for 12 years
200 meters
Jonathan
|
|
$400
[18]
Mom & Dad have their days, & on September 8 we recognize these other relatives
grandparents
Jonathan
|
$400
[13]
Equine issues; Clarence is sent to get his wings; I'll get away with it by killing those meddling kids!
Richard III
Jonathan
|
$400
[8]
Pass the baton; it's the type of event taking place here
a relay race
Jonathan
|
$400
[3]
A common last name, it was one who made & repaired casks & barrels
a cooper
Jonathan
|
$400
[22]
From the Spanish for "cauldron", a caldera is a bowl-shaped depression at the summit of one of these
a volcano
Robert
|
$600
[23]
Greg Anthony & Larry Johnson led the Runnin' Rebels of this school to a 103-73 beatdown of Duke to win the Final Four in 1990
UNLV
Robert
|
|
$600
[24]
Celebrating an event from 1959, August 16 is Statehood Day in this state; the Bishop Museum will be open
Hawaii
Jonathan
|
$600
[14]
It's time to play family feud! The fool is no fool; problems in the Regan administration
King Lear
Jonathan
|
$600
[9]
"The San Francisco treat", Rice-A-Roni features one of these transports on its boxes
a cable car
Jonathan
|
$600
[4]
Due to the smell, this person who cured animal hides into leather usually had his business on the outskirts of town
a tanner
Chelsea
|
$1,000
[27]
Have the "muscle" to name these underwater sandbars that can damage boats
shoals
|
$800
[10]
With Gehrig on deck, Game 7 of the 1926 W.S. ended with this big-hitting Yankee legend getting thrown out trying to steal second
Babe Ruth
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[25]
Pack up the kids on Thursday, April 25 & take them here, not to the playground
work
|
$800
[15]
You need a hankie for this tragedy; a Cassio gets played; smother, may I?
Othello
Jonathan
|
$800
[12]
After rehab for substance abuse, many find it beneficial to temporarily live in one of these residences
a halfway house
Robert
|
$800
[20]
Women's hats were all the rage & it was this person's job to make & sell them
a milliner
Robert
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
Originally it was the upper fortified part of any Greek city, not just the capital
an acropolis
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1997 Barry Sanders averaged 128 yards rushing per game motoring around for this NFC team
the (Detroit) Lions
Jonathan
|
| — |
$1,000
[16]
When in Rome, revenge is a dish, all right; S-A/T-U-R/N-I-N/U-S! Oh, man, does everyone die
Titus Andronicus
Robert
|
$1,000
[19]
In other words, a Native American's calumet
peace pipe
|
$1,000
[21]
He was the 5-letter guy laying the bricks
a mason
Chelsea
|
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| GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS | CAUTIONARY MALE | QUOTABLE POTABLES | GOTTA RUN! | THE NORMAN INVASION | BOOK OF THE YEAR |
|
$400
[7]
With six, this man has the most wins as Best TV Actor, Comedy or Musical, all for his role on "M*A*S*H"
Alan Alda
Robert
|
$400
[28]
Yosemite Sam was known to refer to others as these, a variant of "vermin"
varmints
Jonathan
|
$400
[1]
In 1732 Thomas Fuller wrote, "We never know the worth of" this "till the well is dry"
water
Jonathan
|
$400
[27]
Proverbially, it may be "a virtue", but I've run out of it
patience
Chelsea
|
$800
[8]
He's the artist seenhereat work in his studio
Norman Rockwell
Robert
|
$1,200
[13]
David McCullough's book on this year shows Washington in December writing of "the poor remains of our debilitated army"
1776
Robert
|
|
$800
[6]
In 2017 this show joined TV royalty, winning Best TV Drama Series, the first Netflix original to do so
The Crown
Chelsea
|
$800
[25]
Don't be this, a bargain in hockey footwear, yet also a moniker for a stingy bloke
a cheapskate
Jonathan
|
$800
[2]
Wilkie Collins, in "The Woman in White": "My hour for" this "is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody"
tea
Jonathan
Robert
|
$800
[26]
This kind of sentence has 2 or more clauses with no semicolon in between, it keeps going
a run-on
Chelsea
|
$1,200
[9]
Like Henry VIII, this author of "The Naked and the Dead" had 6 wives
Norman Mailer
Chelsea
|
$1,600
[14]
A 2009 "New History of the Norman Conquest" is titled this year
1066
Chelsea
|
|
$1,200
[3]
When Ving Rhameswon for "Don King: Only in America", he called this actor up & respectfully gave him the award
Jack Lemmon
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[22]
A book by Carol Bly is titled "Changing" this aggressive type of person (they're not all kids) "Who Rules the World"
a bully
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[12]
Drink flows freely in this Biblical "Song" book; verse 2 says, "Thy love is better than wine"
Song of Solomon
Jonathan
Robert
|
$1,200
[16]
This Steppenwolf song begins, "Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway"
"Born To Be Wild"
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1968 Dr. Norman Shumway performed the first successful one of these surgeries in the United States
a heart transplant
Chelsea
|
$2,000
[15]
Roger Crowley has lived in Istanbul & wrote "1453: The Holy War for" this city
Constantinople
Robert
Chelsea
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The only film to sweep all 5 major Golden Globe movie categories is this 1975 film that takes place in a mental hospital
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[21]
A rascal pirate is called this; the end of the word is the movement of a dog's tail
a scalawag
Robert
|
$1,600
[17]
Balzac wrote that this hot drink can make "ideas quick march into motion like battalions of a grand army"
coffee
Chelsea
|
$1,600
[18]
You can "run" one of these at a bar when you buy drinks, perhaps a cola of the same name for everybody
a tab
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[11]
Thiscelebrated soprano has served on the board of trustees for Carnegie Hall & Howard University
Jessye Norman
Chelsea
|
DD
$2,500
[24]
Virginia Cowles' book titled this year describes the end of 2 little Balkan wars; the next year, a big one began
1913
Robert
|
|
$2,000
[5]
During his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award, this legendary British actor accidentally broke it
Sir Laurence Olivier
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
Casanova embodied this 9-letter term whose name comes from the Latin for "free"
libertine
Chelsea
|
$2,000
[19]
In "The Seagull" he wrote, "After... a glass of vodka you are no longer Peter Sorin, but Peter Sorin plus somebody else"
Chekhov
Chelsea
|
$2,000
[23]
From billiards, this expression means to win all the contests that are left, like primaries or football games
run the table
Robert
|
— | — |
Carretera Transistmica, AKA the Boyd-Roosevelt highway, runs parallel to this waterway
the Panama Canal