Zorn Pink — a policy analyst from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Meredith MacVittie — a marketing strategist from Ambler, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Dinerstein — a composer from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $93,301)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $800 | $4,200 | $16,400 |
$5,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Meredith | $3,600 | $4,200 | $8,200 |
$6,002
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zorn | $800 | $4,000 | $13,400 |
$7,400
New champion: $7,400 |
$11,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS | PROMOTION | NURSERY RHYMES | PAGAN LORE | REJECTED SUPERHEROES | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME |
|
$200
[1]
Her collaborations include "The Monster" with Eminem & "Hate That I Love You" with Ne-Yo
Rihanna
Zorn
|
$200
[16]
Found after "war", it means a promoter of war; after "fish", it means one who hawks or sells fish
a monger
Jonathan
|
$200
[12]
No cash, no food for this "Simple" guy who meets a pieman
Simple Simon
Zorn
|
$200
[5]
Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
a wedding
Meredith
|
$200
[10]
He was rejected on the grounds that he couldn't stop telling everybody he was sorry
the Apologizer
Jonathan
Meredith
|
$400
[29]
Carriers have 5 holes & cruisers 3 in this Hasbro game
Battleship
Zorn
|
|
$400
[2]
10 years after the original, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry joined Run-DMC on a new rendition of this Top 10 hit
"Walk This Way"
Zorn
|
$400
[20]
Bernarr Macfadden was an early promoter of fitness & in 1903 staged the USA's first competition in this field
bodybuilding
Zorn
|
$400
[13]
Watch out, this trio! The farmer's wife is coming after your tails with a knife
the three blind mice
Jonathan
Meredith
|
$400
[6]
London's Church of St. Bride honors this Irish saint whose worship likely developed from that of a Celtic goddess
St. Bridget
Meredith
Zorn
|
$400
[11]
He's pretty good at putting things in order by letter, but that's about all he's good for
the Alphabetizer
Meredith
|
$600
[28]
In 2007 a computer program "solved" this game, AKA draughts, proving that best play from both sides leads to a draw
checkers
Zorn
|
|
$600
[3]
In 2017 she lived up to her big "Reputation", teaming up with Ed Sheeran & Future on "End Game"
Taylor Swift
Zorn
|
$600
[21]
Applebee's, Denny's & Sonic are among restaurants that offer something free on this special day
your birthday
Jonathan
|
$600
[14]
The old man is snoring, so this must be the current weather condition
it's pouring
Meredith
|
$600
[7]
Called the last pagans of Europe, the Mari people practice their faith in groves along this principal river of western Russia
the Volga
Zorn
|
$600
[22]
It's not just fast food & drinks, he makes everything large
the Super-sizer
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[27]
In "straight" this, the same-named pieces are laid end to end, & touching ends must match in number
dominoes
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[4]
For her 1999 "Magic of Christmas" album, she recorded "The Christmas Song" as a duet with her father
Natalie Cole
Meredith
Zorn
|
$800
[17]
This billionaire wrestling promoter has owned what's now the WWE since 1982
(Vince) McMahon
Meredith
|
$800
[15]
Talk about mother-in-law trouble: on the way to this town, I met a man with 7 wives
St. Ives
|
$800
[25]
Summerland sounds like a wonderful new housing development, but it's a pagan term for this place
the afterlife
Meredith
|
$800
[23]
He'll never be called upon to save the day; all this guy does is certify documents
the Notarizer
Zorn
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
It's time to start this ancient Asian game played with 361 pieces on a 19-by-19-line board
go
Meredith
|
|
$1,000
[8]
This 1983 Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers hit has topped many a list of the best country duets
"Islands In The Stream"
Meredith
|
$1,000
[18]
4-letter collective word for promotional items; they've gone beyond keychains to chargers & suncatchers
swag
Meredith
|
$1,000
[19]
That black sheep is pretty generous--he's got wool for the master, wool for the dame & for this kid, too
the boy that lives down the lane (or the little boy who lives down the lane)
Zorn
|
$1,000
[9]
One tradition of pagan witchcraft is this religion publicized by Gerald Gardner
Wicca
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[24]
We're not sure why he was rejected, since he could have reduced the bad guys to a fine spray
the Atomizer
Jonathan
|
— |
| MOVING THE CAPITAL | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES | WORDS FROM THE MALAY | EUROPEAN HISTORY | A BIRD | IN THE HAND |
|
$400
[4]
Israel moved its capital from this city to Jerusalem in 1949; the U.S. embassy followed in 2018
Tel Aviv
Jonathan
|
$400
[1]
Boston lawyer Alan Shore; Raymond "Red" Reddington
James Spader
Jonathan
|
$400
[13]
This name of a woody grass of Asia that can reach 130 feet tall may be derived from an original Malay word
bamboo
Jonathan
|
$400
[27]
This man from Mains not only invented printing from movable type but also a special ink that adhered to the type
Gutenberg
Zorn
|
$400
[28]
In "The Third Man", Orson Welles says Switzerland's 500 years of peace & democracy only produced this timepiece
the cuckoo clock
Zorn
|
$400
[24]
Like humans, koalas have this kind of thumb, meaning it bends to meet the other digits when grasping
opposable
Meredith
|
|
$800
[14]
This country is taking a while to move its government from Dar es Salaam to its new capital Dodoma
Tanzania
Meredith
|
$800
[2]
Acting coach Gene Cousineau; the Fonz
(Henry) Winkler
Zorn
|
$800
[23]
A Malay word for a weight gives us this small storage container for your tea
a tea caddy
|
$800
[18]
Bad weather & crop failure caused a "Great" one of these in the 1300s; the Irish also had a "Great" one, 1845-1850
a famine
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[19]
In the song "The 12 Days Of Christmas", it's the largest group of birds given on a single day, the seventh
swans (a-swimming)
Zorn
|
$1,600
[26]
Fingers don't have major muscles; these strong cords in them are moved by the muscles of the palm & forearm
tendons
Jonathan
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Sri Lanka's leader J.R. Jayewardene moved the capital from this city to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Colombo
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[3]
Kara Danvers' boss Cat Grant; Ally McBeal
Calista Flockhart
Meredith
|
$1,200
[17]
This draped, skirtlike garment is worn by men & women, not just Dorothy Lamour
a sarong
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[11]
Austrian diplomat Prince Metternich ran the show at the post-Napoleonic Wars Congress of this city
Vienna
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[20]
This PBS bird has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Big Bird
Zorn
|
$2,000
[25]
The three types of bones in the hand are the carpals, metacarpals &these, in the fingers
phalanges
Jonathan
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Rawalpindi was briefly the capital of this country while Islamabad was under construction
Pakistan
Zorn
|
$1,600
[8]
Darlene Conner's significant other David Healy; Leonard Hofstadter
Johnny Galecki
Meredith
Zorn
|
$2,000
[16]
Thisflightless bird of Asia can sprint up to 30 miles an hour
a cassowary
Jonathan
Meredith
Zorn
|
$1,600
[9]
During this conflict, 1936 to 1939, the nationalist rebels were led by Francisco Franco
the Spanish Civil War
Meredith
|
$2,000
[21]
This man's 414 B.C. comedy "The Birds" features a chorus of them that directly addresses the audience
Aristophanes
|
— |
|
$2,000
[7]
After Hurricane Hattie devastated Belize City in 1961, the capital was moved inland to this city
Belmopan
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[12]
Rory Gilmore's boyfriend Dean; hunter of supernatural beings Sam Winchester
Jared Padalecki
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
A word from the melee as well as the Malay, to "run" this way is to be wild & frenzied
amok
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1960 Elizabeth II announced that her descendants would bear the hyphenated surname Mountbatten-this
Windsor
Meredith
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
Lewis Carroll included himself in Wonderland as this bird--a childhood nickname he got for stuttering his real last name
a dodo
Zorn
|
— |
When he died in Samoa in 1894 his obituary said, "He loved Samoa better than any other place, except Scotland"
Robert Louis Stevenson