Ryan Bilger game 3.
Sarah Hoban — a freelance writer and editor from Barrington, Illinois
Holly Ahronheim — a stay-at-home mom from Royal Palm Beach, Florida
Ryan Bilger — a student from Macungie, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $63,849)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $2,600 | $9,200 | $25,200 |
$32,801
3-day champion: $96,650 |
$17,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Holly | $1,400 | $4,800 | $7,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
13 R, 4 W |
| Sarah | $2,400 | $4,800 | $16,400 |
$32,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| A LA WHAT? | A PAST-ICHE | "J"-6 | ON WEEKENDS | EVERY PITCHER TELLS A STORY | VISIT A NATIONAL PARK |
|
$200
[19]
A la Hongroise, or this nationality, means cooked in a cream sauce with paprika
Hungarian
Ryan
|
$200
[13]
Astronomer Fred Hoyle coined this term for the event that started it all 13.8 billion years ago
the Big Bang
Ryan
|
$200
[4]
My sleep routine was way off due to this after I flew from Australia to Los Angeles
jetlag
Ryan
|
$200
[3]
On Saturdays, you have 2 opportunities to catch this show on Broadway & hear songs like "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?"
Frozen
Holly
|
$400
[1]
"Maybe I'll Pitch Forever" is by this HOFer & Negro Leagues star who threw 3 scoreless innings in the majors at age 59
Satchel Paige
Ryan
|
$400
[20]
Denali Park & Preserve has 6 million acres of wild land & a 20,000' peak in this state
Alaska
Sarah
|
|
$400
[21]
This term for items sold alone is from French for "according to the menu"
a la carte
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
Of an error, a gap or a new discovery, what a lacuna in a historical text is
a gap
Holly
|
$400
[8]
Having rough notches, like Alanis Morissette's "Little Pill"
jagged
Holly
|
$400
[6]
A-list celebs have been known to hit a flea market held on the 2nd Sunday of every month outside this 90,000-seat stadium in Pasadena
the Rose Bowl
Ryan
|
$600
[2]
Last name of "Ya Gotta Believe!" author & World Series champ Tug, who had a country-singing son named Tim
Tug McGraw
Sarah
|
$600
[26]
Head up to Washington state to the park created in 1899 & named for this volcano, the state's highest mountain
Mount Rainier
Sarah
|
|
$600
[22]
The origin of the phrase a la boulangère, for a dish cooked this way, honors the woman who did the cooking
baked
|
$600
[14]
Want to see a passionate history professor? Watch this late comic work himself up to a scream in "Back to School"
Sam Kinison
Holly
|
$600
[9]
A chapter on used cars in "The Grapes of Wrath" uses this word for a rundown auto
a jalopy
Ryan
|
$600
[16]
This 2-word term for your fanciest & newest suit of clothes implies that you'll be donning it on the weekend
your Sunday best
Holly
|
$800
[5]
"Imperfect" is by Jim Abbott, who though born with one hand, gave up no runs & 5 walks pitching one of these in 1993
a no-hitter
Ryan
Sarah
|
$1,000
[27]
Here's one of the 2,000-plus natural stone formations giving this Utah national park its name
Arches
Ryan
|
|
$800
[23]
This American dish is chicken with a mushroom cream sauce; if you want to be fancy, you can call it "poulet royale" in French
chicken a la king
Holly
|
$800
[15]
For extra quaintness, a London pub opened in 1667 isn't just called Cheshire Cheese but these 2 words "Cheshire Cheese"
ye olde
Ryan
|
$800
[10]
Pertaining to Jupiter
jovian
Ryan
|
$800
[17]
On the 7th day--as of 2014--a change in these "colorful" laws let Mass. liquor stores open 2 hours earlier, at 10 a.m.
blue laws
Ryan
|
$1,000
[7]
2015's "Pedro" describes his journey from the Dominican Republic to Boston, the World Series & the Hall of Fame
(Pedro) Martinez
Holly
|
DD
$4,600
[28]
In 2019 vandalism during the govt. shutdown damaged many of these trees in their Mojave national park
Joshua trees
Ryan
|
|
$1,000
[24]
A dish prepared a la Normande likely uses plenty of this famed apple brandy from Normandy
Calvados
Sarah
|
$1,000
[25]
Insert 3 letters in "antiques" to get this 1906 act that preserved U.S. archaeological sites from looting
antiquities
Holly
|
$1,000
[11]
An info-gathering Congressional excursion paid with public funds
junket
Sarah
|
$1,000
[18]
One fine Saturday, this "O"hio liberal arts college will move up from Div. III & take down Alabama football, 70-21; go Yeomen!
Oberlin
Holly
|
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| MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES | THE POWER OF THREE | MAMMALS | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES | AUGUSTUS | ACTRESSES |
|
$400
[2]
A sandpaperlike nail file, or a group of trustees at an Atlanta university
an emery board/Emory board
Holly
|
$400
[4]
The word trident comes from a Latin word meaning "having 3" these body parts
teeth
Holly
Sarah
|
$400
[26]
Beneath the white fur, the skin of this bear is black, which helps absorb heat from the sun
a polar bear
Holly
|
$400
[12]
Parseltongue
Rowling
Ryan
|
$800
[18]
William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, was known for his harsh suppression of the rebellion here in the 1740s
Scotland
Ryan
|
$1,200
[1]
Mrs. Michael Douglas, she says the Greek letter in her name is due to her grandmother's Greek origins
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Holly
|
|
$800
[3]
Melted resin used to close envelopes, or a way to tell the people upstairs they are too loud
sealing wax/ceiling whacks
Ryan
Holly
|
$800
[13]
Replacing his brother Shemp, this actor joined the Three Stooges' lineup in the early 1930s
Curly Howard
Sarah
|
$800
[22]
In England, in days of yore, the head of this wild swine was a centerpiece of the Christmas feast
a boar
Ryan
|
$800
[5]
Valyrian, Braavosi
George R.R. Martin
|
$1,200
[19]
Emperor Augustus Caesar was the adopted heir of Julius Caesar & was followed by this emperor, his chosen heir
Tiberius
Ryan
|
$1,600
[6]
Sherose to fame on "Downton Abbey" but has since blossomed on the big screen as Cinderella
Lily James
Holly
|
|
$1,200
[8]
These two groups of things seen here have soundalike names if you run the words together
four candles & fork handles
Ryan
|
$1,200
[14]
Putting $1 on Justify-Gronkowski-Hofburg at the 2018 Belmont won $229.74 in this bet as the horses finished in that order
a trifecta
Holly
|
$1,200
[23]
Meerkats are members of this mammal family that's noted for its cobra-killing capabilities
a mongoose
Sarah
|
$1,200
[9]
Gobblefunk, used by a Big Friendly Giant
Roald Dahl
Ryan
|
$1,600
[20]
Welsh painter Augustus John made many portraits of famous people, including this poet & fellow countryman
(Dylan) Thomas
Ryan
|
$2,000
[7]
This Irish-raised lass was just 13 when she got her first Oscar nomination, for "Atonement"
(Saoirse) Ronan
Holly
|
|
$1,600
[17]
An illegal tackle in football pulling at the jersey neck, or someone with laryngitis dialing the phone
horse collar and hoarse caller
Ryan
|
$1,600
[15]
Adopted by the U.S. in 1793, it's the 3-word phrase for territorial waters; now most countries claim more
the three mile limit
|
$2,000
[25]
Sharing about 93% of their DNA with humans, these monkeys, native to Asia, have long been used in medical research
rhesus monkeys
Sarah
|
$2,000
[11]
Nadsat, spoken by Droogs
Anthony Burgess
Ryan
|
$2,000
[21]
Last name of banker Augustus, who bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to advance music education
Juilliard
|
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| — |
$2,000
[16]
The Bill Evans Trio showed the power of jazz piano in albums like "Sunday at" this club named for its Greenwich Village location
the Village Vanguard
|
DD
$7,200
[24]
More than half the tigers left in the world are this subspecies from India
Bengal tigers
Sarah
|
DD
$6,000
[10]
Mangani, language of the apes
(Edgar Rice) Burroughs
Ryan
|
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In 2017 this city celebrated its 375th birthday & the 50th anniversary of an event that made it an international tourist destination
Montreal