E.J. Wolborsky — a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, New York
Ben Hatch — a pastor from Houston, Texas
Dan Martson — a forklift operator from Declo, Idaho (whose 1-day cash winnings total $40,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $5,600 | $8,800 | $15,800 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,800
26 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $0 | $1,000 | $200 |
$84
3rd place: $1,000 |
$200
3 R, 1 W |
| E.J. | $1,800 | $6,600 | $14,400 |
$28,800
New champion: $28,800 |
$20,400
23 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL | COLLEGE TOWNS | THE RULES THEY JUST MADE UP | WAR IN LITERATURE | "MAC"-INATIONS | OUR PLANET |
|
$200
[1]
This Texas NFL team won 3 Super Bowls in the 1990s
the Cowboys
Dan
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$200
[6]
O this little town of Pennsylvania is home to Lehigh University & Moravian College
Bethlehem
E.J.
|
$200
[15]
In New York, if these are sliced, they are considered "prepared foods" & must be taxed--even if no schmear is involved
a bagel
Dan
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$200
[16]
In "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, a soldier makes a perilous journey home in the end stages of this U.S. war
the Civil War
Dan
|
$200
[25]
Gruesome & horrifying
macabre
Ben
|
$200
[30]
After 2 years of trying, "Our Planet" finally got images onfilmof the shy, elusivetigernamed for this remote region of Russia
the Siberian tiger
Dan
|
|
$400
[2]
Passing advice from coach Jason Garrett:"How do you throw a perfect" this? "Don't hold it too tight, don't hold it too loose"
a spiral
Dan
|
$400
[10]
Created to serve the University of North Carolina, it's nicknamed the "Southern Part of Heaven"
Chapel Hill
E.J.
|
$400
[14]
Basketball rules made just to hamper this 100-point scorer include you can't throw an inbounds pass over the rim
Wilt Chamberlain
E.J.
|
$400
[17]
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" recounted events from this 19th century war
the Crimean War
E.J.
|
$400
[24]
These cookies made with coconut are a traditional Passover dessert
macaroons
E.J.
|
$400
[29]
The innovative use ofdroneshelped the crew capture one of these, the largest animals on Earth, alongside her curious young
a blue whale
Dan
|
|
$600
[3]
At one time the 7th-string QB at Notre Dame, he went on to a Hall of Fame career as a 49er
Joe Montana
Dan
|
$800
[7]
Let's raise a glass of bubbly to these 2 adjoining cities, home to the University of Illinois
Champaign and Urbana
E.J.
|
$600
[13]
SALT stands for "state and" these "taxes" & there's now a $10,000 limit on deducting them on your IRS 1040
local taxes
Dan
|
$600
[18]
Family members fight on opposite sides of WWI in this Vicente Blasco Ibáñez novel that shares its title with a Biblical quartet
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
E.J.
|
$600
[23]
This adjective meaning unscrupulously cunning comes from the name of a 16th century Italian writer
Machiavellian
E.J.
|
$600
[28]
"Our Planet" aerial teams were lucky to film Greenland's massive Store glacier undergoing this awesome yet destructive process
calving
Dan
|
|
$800
[4]
Change the last 4 letters in "touchdown" to get this word for a kickoff that isn't returned from the end zone
a touchback
Dan
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Have a ball at Ball State University, located in this city northeast of Indianapolis
Muncie
E.J.
|
$800
[11]
In 1969 the U.S. said whiskey must be at least 51% corn & stored in charred containers of this wood to be considered bourbon
oak
Dan
|
$800
[19]
This oft-filmed second of the "Leatherstocking Tales" sees Natty Bumppo battle the Huron in the French & Indian War
Last of the Mohicans
Ben
|
$800
[22]
It's the technique that produced the item seen here
macramé
Dan
|
$800
[27]
Sheephead wrassehelp keep down the population of these spiny echinoderms; when flipped to avoid larger spines, it's dinner for everyone
sea urchins
E.J.
|
|
$1,000
[5]
With its own Hall of Fame & rules of play, the CFL is this organization
the Canadian Football League
Dan
|
$1,000
[9]
The main campus for Montana State University is in this city that's named for a wagon master & trail guide
Bozeman
Dan
|
$1,000
[12]
Explosive name for the step the Senate took on Nov. 21, 2013, limiting future debate on judicial nominees
the nuclear option
E.J.
|
$1,000
[20]
This Boris Pasternak novel takes place against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution
Doctor Zhivago
E.J.
|
$1,000
[21]
When it comes to vision problems, there are wet & dry types of this degeneration
macular degeneration
E.J.
|
$1,000
[26]
Przewalski's horse, once extinct in the wild, now thrives in this country between China & Russia--here, young stallions compete for mates
Mongolia
Dan
|
| THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY PROJECT | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK | EPONYMS | QUOTING THE SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER | FAR FROM | THE MADDEN CROWD |
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$400
[16]
The project's most-viewed document is JFK's inaugural address from this year
1961
E.J.
|
$400
[29]
Yes, soup Nazi for you! Larry Thomas played the food master twice on this sitcom
Seinfeld
Dan
|
$400
[5]
That number on the spine of a library book honors this father of American library science
(Melvil) Dewey
E.J.
|
$400
[12]
"Tell me, my daughters... which of you shall we say doth love us most"
King Lear
Dan
|
$400
[30]
You can't get much farther from ocean water than the west end of this desert on the Mongolia/China border
the Gobi
Dan
|
$400
[11]
John Madden--no, not more football--directed her to the Best Actress Oscar in "Shakespeare in Love"
Gwyneth Paltrow
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[18]
The project has archived transcripts of nearly 150 of these, including Perot v. Clinton v. Bush in St. Louis
debates
Ben
|
$800
[24]
This nutty logo guy wears a top hat, monocle, gloves & spats
Mr. Peanut
Dan
|
$800
[4]
It was devised for use with the telegraph
Morse code
Dan
|
$1,200
[14]
"For Brutus is an honourable man; so are they all, all honourable men"
Marc Antony
Dan
|
$800
[28]
It's on McCulloch Blvd. in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, a long way from its old home on the Thames
London Bridge
E.J.
|
$800
[9]
Richard Madden's "Game of Thrones" role as Robb of this unlucky house came to a very ceremonious end at the Red Wedding
House Stark
E.J.
|
|
$1,600
[20]
There are messages, addresses & remarks, like Benjamin Harrison's to his old war buddies in this association of Union veterans
the Grand Army of the Republic
E.J.
|
$1,200
[22]
The tradition of the Indy 500 champ swigging this after winning the race began in 1936
milk
Dan
|
$1,200
[3]
A knee-length boot is named for Arthur, first duke of this
Wellington
|
$1,600
[1]
"Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'"
Henry V
E.J.
|
$1,200
[27]
This American territory whose capital is Pago Pago is closer to New Zealand than to Hawaii
American Samoa
Dan
|
$1,200
[7]
Fashion mogul Steve Madden made his name selling iconic these, like the Slinky & the Mary Lou
(women's) shoes
E.J.
|
|
$2,000
[19]
You can read the 1844 platform of this party nominating Henry Clay & (of course) Theodore Freylinghuysen
the Whigs
E.J.
|
$1,600
[21]
One writer blamed a drop-off in British sales of this type of white wine on its association with Bridget Jones' saddest moments
chardonnay
E.J.
|
$1,600
[2]
The name of James Madison's VP lives on in this word for unfairly dividing voting districts
gerrymandering
E.J.
|
$2,000
[15]
"Come unto these yellow sands, and then take hands"
Ariel
Ben
|
$1,600
[26]
In January 2019 New Horizons probe reached Ultima Thule in this belt, the farthest object we've ever visited
the Kuiper Belt
Dan
|
$1,600
[8]
Gangster Owney Madden owned this 1920s Harlem nightspot; Bob Hoskins played him in the film about the joint
the Cotton Club
Dan
|
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
The project has more than 1,100 of these, including George H.W. Bush's "Memorandum of Disapproval for the Revenue Act of 1992"
vetoes
E.J.
|
$2,000
[23]
This 2001 book about the American quick meal became a movie drama with Bobby Cannavale as a meatpacking plant supervisor
Fast Food Nation
E.J.
|
$2,000
[6]
This synonym for hypnotism comes from its practitioner, a German doctor named Franz
mesmerism
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
"I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me"
Bottom
Dan
|
$2,000
[25]
Because of the bulge from the Equator, the highest point above the Earth's center is the top of this mountain in Ecuador
Mount Chimborazo
|
$2,000
[10]
"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" Madden brothers Benji & Joel included starting this band
Good Charlotte
E.J.
|
This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015
View-Master