2019 All-Star Games final match, game 1.
Pam Mueller — a think tank researcher from Culver City, California
Colby Burnett — a college counselor from Chicago, Illinois
Alan Lin — a software engineer from Riverside, California
Brad Rutter — an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California
Larissa Kelly — an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
David Madden — an academic competition director from Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ken Jennings — a writer from Seattle, Washington
Matt Jackson — a digital fundraising professional from Washington, D.C.
Monica Thieu — a Ph.D. student in psychology from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Ken | $4,200 | $8,000 | $25,000 | $32,500 |
$22,800
Ken |
| Team Brad | $3,800 | $7,200 | $22,800 | $36,000 |
$19,600
Brad |
| Team Colby | $-200 | $1,600 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
$4,000
Pam |
| WOOD! | WOMEN AUTHORS | MEANINGS OF CELEBRITY NAMES | HOBBIES | EUROPEAN HISTORY | "LET" GO |
|
$200
[9]
Canada's national tree, it's used in making food, guitars, bowling alleys & more
the maple
Brad
|
$200
[16]
Joan Didion has a book of essays called this, also the nickname for The Beatles' 1968 double LP
The White Album
Brad
|
$200
[14]
This "You Oughta Know" singer has an Irish first name meaning "beautiful"; also, her dad is Alan
Alanis Morissette
Ken
Brad
|
$200
[21]
The origins of this popular Hasbro board game go back to 1904's The Landlord's Game
Monopoly
Pam
|
$200
[5]
Philip V of Spain built the palace of La Granja in imitation of this one outside of Paris
Versailles
Ken
|
$200
[26]
Someone exercising to get rid of strong feelings does it; so does a boiling tea kettle
let off steam
Brad
|
|
$400
[10]
Rustic reclaimed oak is a big seller at this flooring specialist, stock symbol LL
Lumber Liquidators
Brad
|
$400
[17]
Some have called "Villette", not "Jane Eyre", her finest novel
Charlotte Brontë
Brad
|
$400
[15]
Arabic for "loving" gives us the first name of this actor who played Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Rami Malek
Pam
|
$400
[22]
Collecting coins can be lucrative if you have one from 44 B.C. minted by Marcus Mettius showing this Roman
Julius Caesar
Brad
|
$400
[6]
In 1976, after the parliament of this nation said having less than 5 grams of cannabis was legal, it was off to the "coffee shop"
the Netherlands
Ken
|
$400
[27]
Officers wear them on their shoulders
epaulets
Brad
|
|
$600
[11]
Known for its smooth white bark, paper is one species of this tree; gray & river are others
birch
Ken
|
$600
[18]
Her "Gone Girl" was turned into a movie & her debut novel "Sharp Objects" was turned into a 2018 limited series on HBO
Gillian Flynn
Ken
|
$600
[1]
Greek for "pure" is the origin of the first name of this actress, whose work is pure joy to watch
Catherine Keener
Ken
Pam
|
$600
[23]
Gardeners know spring is a good time to plant holly bushes & this flower, holly + 4 letters
a hollyhock
Ken
|
$800
[7]
In 1932 Italy issued a series of stamps honoring this hero of unification on the 50th anniversary of his death
Garibaldi
Ken
|
$600
[28]
In a Grimm tale the king's son makes this plea to a maiden locked in a tower
"let down your hair"
Pam
|
|
$800
[12]
Canada & the U.S. have a longstanding trade dispute over this, a word for wood from any conifer
softwood
|
$800
[19]
The films "Strangers on a Train" & "The Talented Mr. Ripley" were based on novels by her
Patricia Highsmith
Ken
|
$800
[2]
"United Shades of America" is hosted by this comedian, who says "quiet warrior" is the meaning of his name
Kamau Bell
Ken
|
$800
[24]
Try a racquet sport like this one originally called poona in India & taken to the U.K. by the Brits
badminton
Brad
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
On March 1, 2007 170 Swiss troops accidentally wandered into & "invaded" this 62-sq-mi. nation--it was dark, OK?!
Liechtenstein
Brad
|
$800
[29]
A protective charm
an amulet
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Pernambuco wood is today largely used for these, held in Itzhak Perlman's right hand
a violin bow
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
Before her death at age 56, she wrote several bestsellers, including "Valley of the Dolls"
(Jacqueline) Susann
Pam
|
$1,000
[3]
Do not fear the reaper, from which the first name of this"Creed" actress is derived
Tessa Thompson
Brad
|
$1,000
[25]
This type of jumping is an acronym for the 4 types of fixed structures from which participants leap
BASE jumping
Brad
|
$1,000
[8]
Acting on his own, this Nazi deputy parachuted into Scotland in 1941 & spent the last 46 years of his life a prisoner
Hess
Brad
|
$1,000
[30]
They're on the tips of your shoelaces
aglets
Ken
|
| THE SEA'S THE LIMIT | WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES | ON BROADWAY | COMPUTER SCIENCE | SPLIT 3 WAYS |
|
$400
[22]
Projecting into the Mediterranean, Catalonia's Cap de Creus is the eastern mainland limit of this country
Spain
Larissa
|
$400
[24]
She spins the tales of "One Thousand and One Nights" for her husband, King Shahryar
Scheherazade
Larissa
|
$400
[25]
The parody this language "With Dick and Jane" explains words like plotz, shnorrer & ibbledick
Yiddish
Larissa
|
$400
[26]
Adrienne Barbeau played Rizzo in this '70s musical set 2 decades earlier
Grease
Matt
|
$400
[28]
Syntax, logic & runtime are the 3 basic types of these programming boo-boos, also a baseball term
errors
Larissa
|
$400
[30]
In the Civil War the Army of the Potomac had several corps split into 3 of these units
divisions
|
|
$800
[23]
The southern tip of Greenland ends in this "dogged" sea
Labrador
Larissa
|
$800
[7]
The name of Spike Lee's production company refers to a promise made to freed slaves & includes this number
40
Larissa
|
$800
[11]
In German if it's Dienstag, it must be this
Tuesday
|
$800
[4]
In 1900 Sarah Bernhardt played this Shakespeare guy; in 2018 Janet McTeer played Sarah playing this Shakespeare guy
Hamlet
Larissa
|
$800
[27]
256-bit, referring to the length of the key, is a type of this, scrambling data for security
encryption
Larissa
|
$800
[29]
A comet is made up of a coma; usually 2 tails; & this in the center
the nucleus
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Oman's southern coast is along this sea that shares its name with a peninsula
Arabian
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Created by Congress in 1996, this 3-digit plan, AKA the Qualified Tuition Program, can be used to help pay for college
529
|
$1,200
[12]
2-word French term for a young person who comes from abroad to help out a family with childcare in return for room & board
an au pair
Colby
|
$1,200
[5]
Jessie Mueller & Joshua Henry sang "If I Loved You" in the 2018 revival of this musical
Carousel
Larissa
|
$1,600
[18]
It's the basic unit of information in the powerful machines called quantum computers
a qubit
Matt
|
$1,200
[21]
From 1836 to 1852 this U.S. city was split into 3 municipalities: 2 for Francophones & 1 for English speakers
New Orleans
Colby
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The north coast of this island nation lies on the Gulf of Mexico & the Atlantic; the south coast is on the Caribbean
Cuba
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
Smaller than pica, this 12-character-per-inch type sounds like it's the best
Elite
|
$1,600
[16]
Hygge, from this language, refers to a cozy, soothing lifestyle
Danish
Matt
|
$1,600
[3]
Bryan Cranston was mad as hell as Howard Beale in the stage version of this 1976 film
Network
Matt
|
$2,000
[19]
The traditional setup with separate program & data was this man's creation, so computers built differently are called non-von
von Neumann
Matt
|
$1,600
[1]
The Mesozoic Era is broken down into Cretaceous, Jurassic & this period
the Triassic
Larissa
|
|
DD
$3,800
[14]
The northernmost part of this island nation ends in the Sea of Okhotsk
Japan
Matt
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1920 an influential bunch of Canadian landscape painters called itself the "Group of" this number
Seven
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
In Latin if something is happening "januis clausis", it's happening here
behind closed doors
|
$2,000
[6]
58 years after she was on Broadway with partner Mike Nichols, this comic actress starred in "The Waverly Gallery"
Elaine May
Larissa
|
DD
$4,000
[2]
In programming, these symbols "are standing by" to represent actions; in C++ some are =, * & of course ++
operators
Larissa
|
$2,000
[20]
Alan Ayckbourn's play trilogy about Norman & his successful womanizing is titled "The Norman" these
conquests
Larissa
|
Its principles still used today, this treatise has chapters called "Weak Points & Strong" & "Tactical Dispositions"
The Art of War