Ryan Bilger game 2.
Jim Royal — a writer from St. Louis, Missouri
Sally Leedham — a legal assistant from Bradford, Ontario, Canada
Ryan Bilger — a student from Macungie, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,650)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $5,200 | $10,000 | $27,000 |
$29,199
2-day champion: $63,849 |
$22,600
31 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Sally | $2,800 | $6,000 | $12,400 |
$21,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
15 R, 0 W |
| Jim | $800 | $2,600 | $1,200 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WE MEAN BID-NESS | HISTORIC AMERICANS | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP | LITERARY MINNESOTA | ONE LETTER DIFFERENT |
|
$200
[15]
Bids for this co.'s HQ2 included Atlanta's offer of a dedicated MARTA train car & a (joking) offer to rename Calgary
Amazon
Ryan
|
$200
[30]
This Puritan minister is pictured with hair that's fluffy & white, just like his name
Cotton Mather
Ryan
|
$200
[6]
Pedals, seat, a single wheel
a unicycle
Ryan
|
$200
[18]
In 2006 Zinedine Zidane famously incurred a red card infraction: this foul that even got a Paris statue named for it
the headbutt
Ryan
|
$200
[2]
A series by Vilhelm Moberg opens with "The Emigrants", who are headed for Minnesota, departing from Småland in this country
Sweden
Ryan
|
$200
[11]
Cinnamon or pepper, & an area that can be "deep" or "outer"
spice and space
Ryan
|
|
$400
[17]
This city's winning Olympic bid wanted to "bring the games... to a country with one-fifth of the world's population"
Beijing
Ryan
|
$400
[29]
"Professional Angel" is a biography of this "angel of the battlefield"
Clara Barton
Ryan
|
$400
[7]
Card reader slot, hose, nozzle
a gas dispenser (or pump)
Sally
|
$400
[19]
Pele was only 17 when he first played for this country in 1958--it would win 3 World Cups with him
Brazil
Ryan
|
$600
[3]
According to Garrison Keillor's book titled this town "Days", the town is somewhere near St. Cloud
Lake Wobegon
Ryan
|
$400
[12]
The sound on an electronic device, & an examination you don't want to get from the IRS
audio and audit
Ryan
|
|
$600
[21]
"Only one for sale, as I need the other one to live"; in 1999 bids got up to $5 million for a kidney before this site stopped things
eBay
Ryan
|
$600
[28]
A memorial at Arlington Cemetery to this North Pole explorer bears a Latin motto that means "I shall find a way or make one"
Peary
Sally
|
$600
[8]
Cutter link, guide bar, kickback guard, stop button
a chainsaw
Sally
|
$600
[20]
In 2018 France won the final game 4-2, but only scored 3 times because the 4th goal was this type
an own goal
Sally
|
$800
[4]
He wrote his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", in his parents' house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ryan
|
$600
[13]
To proclaim via sermon, & to violate a contract
preach and breach
Ryan
|
|
$800
[24]
Comcast made a bid for this studio, but in 2018 Disney's offer of over $70 billion won out
Fox
Jim
|
$800
[27]
This newspaper magnate ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904
(William Randolph) Hearst
Ryan
|
$800
[9]
Chanter, drones, a tartan sack
a bagpipe
Sally
|
$800
[22]
Only 4 European teams competed in the first World Cup; the rest didn't want to travel all the way to this capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
Ryan
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
The lives of 3 women centuries apart intertwine along the shores of this lake in Danielle Sosin's "The Long-Shining Waters"
Lake Superior
Ryan
|
$800
[14]
A tree remnant, & a economic downturn
a stump and a slump
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Lance Bass wanted the "Brady Bunch" house but his bid was out of sync & topped by this TV network that's all about houses
HGTV
Jim
|
$1,000
[26]
Wondering how to help impoverished women, this woman (1879-1966) realized she had to remove legal barriers to birth control
Margaret Sanger
Ryan
|
$1,000
[10]
Shaft, fletching, nock
an arrow
Sally
|
$1,000
[23]
England won its only Cup in 1966 in a 4-2 extra-time victory on its home pitch--this London stadium
Wembley
Sally
|
$1,000
[5]
Minnesotan Tim O'Brien wrote books like "Going After Cacciato" & "Lake of the Woods" about those who fought in this war
the Vietnam War
Ryan
|
$1,000
[16]
A man-made waterway, & a group of anti-government plotters
canal and cabal
Sally
|
| A STEEL DAY | BIOGRAPHIES OF NON-PEOPLE | FEMALE SINGERS MONONYMOUS | NATIONAL | "G.O." | GRAPHIC |
|
$400
[25]
March 1, 2018:President Trump announces plans to enact a 25% one of these on imported steel
a tariff
Sally
|
$400
[26]
The biography about "Lady" her tells of coppersmiths, plasterers & her unveiling in 1886
Lady Liberty
Sally
|
$400
[30]
In 1993 she was on "Star Search" in a group with Kelly Rowland called Girl's Tyme but lost to Skeleton Crew
Beyoncé
Ryan
|
$400
[27]
Now a private carrier, until 2015 Aer Lingus was the national airline of this country
Ireland
Jim
|
$400
[28]
Christian denomination predominant in Athens
Greek Orthodox
Ryan
|
$400
[29]
In our digital age, the graphic seenhererepresents this
"You've got mail"
Sally
|
|
$800
[24]
May 2, 1942:A labor convention in Cleveland creates this union
United Steel Workers
Jim
|
$800
[17]
"Lonesome George" tells the story of a loooong-lived one of these on the Galapagos isle of Pinta
a tortoise
Jim
|
$800
[18]
"Pure Heroine" & "Melodrama" are albums by this New Zealander who became famous in her teens
Lorde
Ryan
|
$800
[14]
The mountain Doyle's Delight in this Central Amer. country, once a British possession, was named for Arthur Conan Doyle
Belize
Ryan
|
$800
[7]
"Precious metal" term for a song that was a hit decades ago
a golden oldie
Ryan
|
$800
[3]
Level up on titles like "Spider-Man" on this platform
PlayStation
Sally
|
|
$1,600
[5]
March 17, 1999:This German family business known for steel & big guns merges with rival company Thyssen
Krupp
Ryan
|
$1,200
[15]
A kids' book about this Giza figure is subtitled "The Pharaoh's Eternal Guardian"
the Sphinx
Ryan
|
$1,600
[20]
She topped the singles charts in 1971 & '99 & we believe she's not done yet
Cher
Jim
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1899 Jean Sibelius composed this piece, a symbol of his country's nationalism
Finlandia
Ryan
Jim
|
$1,200
[8]
A legal action by a court restricting comment by the participants in a lawsuit
a gag order
Sally
|
$1,200
[2]
The National Parks Service graphic seenhereinforms visitors that access for this activity is up ahead
canoeing
Sally
|
|
$2,000
[23]
January 19, 1813:This Englishman who'll go on to revolutionize steel production is born
Bessemer
Jim
|
$1,600
[16]
Susan Orlean's book abouthimtells how he became a '20s film star, though his dark coat was difficult to light
Rin Tin Tin
Ryan
|
$2,000
[22]
Martin Luther King Jr. called this singer & activist "The Queen of American Folk Music"
Odetta
Jim
|
$1,600
[11]
At about 10,700 feet, this "Land of the Thunder Dragon" has the highest average elevation of any nation on Earth
Bhutan
Jim
|
$1,600
[9]
There's shiny lip color in this idiom meaning to minimize problems or unpleasant events
gloss over
Ryan
|
$1,600
[1]
This European maker of speedy autos was founded by a former racecar driver
Ferrari
Ryan
|
|
DD
$5,000
[6]
March 3, 1901:J.P. Morgan announces his purchase of this man's steel company
Andrew Carnegie
Ryan
|
$2,000
[19]
"Biography of a Germ" focuses on the bacterium that causes this tick-borne disease identified in the 1970s
Lyme disease
Jim
|
DD
$11,400
[21]
This Brit: "I've never wanted to look like models...I represent the majority of women & I'm very proud of that"
Adele
Jim
|
$2,000
[12]
From the 19th century until they united in 1971, members of this national federation were known as the Trucial states
the United Arab Emirates
Sally
|
$2,000
[10]
When a satellite is "in" one of these, it appears to be in a fixed position with respect to the Earth below
geosynchronous orbit
Jim
|
$2,000
[4]
A golden age of poster art was in 1890s France, the era called this, French for "beautiful age"
the Belle Epoque
Jim
|
Hoping to stop Dominican friar Johannes Tetzel from preaching for indulgences, in 1517 he wrote a series of debate topics
Martin Luther