Ryan Bilger game 5. Sam Kavanaugh game 1.
Margaret Hamilton — a retired air traffic controller from Sebring, Florida
Sam Kavanaugh — a teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ryan Bilger — a student from Macungie, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $107,049)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $4,400 | $8,200 | $19,000 |
$23,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,000
25 R, 1 W |
| Sam | $2,800 | $10,200 | $23,200 |
$38,001
New champion: $38,001 |
$11,200
18 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Margaret | $400 | $2,000 | $3,600 |
$6,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
12 R, 5 W |
| HISTORY, OVER ON THE LEFT | STATE MOTTOES | MNEMONICS | "AINT", NECESSARILY SO | LITERATURE | AN ALBUM COVER |
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$200
[29]
Since China was mostly peasants, its 1st translation of this 1848 Marx-Engels work used "common people", not "workers"
the Communist Manifesto
Ryan
|
$200
[9]
"Live free or die"
New Hampshire
Ryan
|
$200
[30]
"One big T equals teaspoons three" when that big T is one of these
a tablespoon
Sam
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$200
[1]
Barely perceptible, like a pale outline on paper
faint
Sam
|
$200
[8]
In 1850 he pitched his publisher a romance based on legends from southern sperm whale fisheries
(Herman) Melville
Sam
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$200
[27]
Its cover has a lot of folks plus the fab 8--4 wax figures of The Beatles as well as the real-life ones
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Margaret
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$400
[17]
From 1919 to 1925 moderate socialist Friedrich Ebert led the German government known as this
the Weimar Republic
Sam
|
$400
[10]
In the Midwest: "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice" ("if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you")
Michigan
Ryan
|
$400
[6]
To distinguish these 2 cave formations:the one containing a "C" hangs from the ceiling, the one with a "G" rises from the ground
stalactites and stalagmites
Ryan
|
$400
[2]
Something that holds you in place to protect you--or others
a restraint
Ryan
|
$400
[19]
George Orwell based Room 101 in "1984" on a real boardroom at this broadcast network where he spent many a long meeting
the BBC
Margaret
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$400
[22]
On this 1984 soundtrack album, the artist is dressed in the title color, aboard a motorcycle of the title color
Purple Rain
Sam
|
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$600
[15]
In April 1965 this international pot stirrer left Cuba to try to bring revolution to Africa
Che Guevara
Ryan
|
$600
[11]
"Sic semper tyrannis"
Virginia
Ryan
|
$600
[7]
In a mnemonic for lines of the treble clef, these 3 words precede "does fine"
every good boy
Sam
|
$600
[3]
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way
quaint
Margaret
|
$600
[20]
The name of this Moliere character was based on a word for "truffle"
Tartuffe
Ryan
|
$600
[18]
Billboard noted that only 40% of Fleetwood Mac's then-lineup is on the front cover of this, their biggest-selling album
Rumours
Sam
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1948 Henry Wallace got 2.4% of the vote as the pres. candidate of the party with this forward-looking name
the Progressive Party
Sam
|
$800
[12]
"The crossroads of America"--like the intersection of Interstate 70 & U.S. Highway 41
Indiana
Ryan
|
$800
[25]
It has atomic number 19, it's essential to life, but how to spell it? Oh yeah, "one tea, 2 sugars"
potassium
|
$800
[4]
To make someone aware of something
acquaint
Margaret
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$800
[21]
Stephen Crane's "War Memories" were not about the Civil War but this later war, including the taking of Guantanamo Bay
the Spanish-American War
Sam
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$1,000
[28]
The cover of her 1995 album "Post" represents postcards home to Iceland; she even has airmail-color trim on her jacket
Björk
Ryan
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Among 1980s leaders Ferdinand Marcos was right-wing; over on the left of the "F.M." dial was this president of France
François Mitterand
Ryan
|
$1,000
[13]
"L'etoile du nord" ("star of the north")
Minnesota
Sam
Margaret
|
$1,000
[26]
buzzfeed.com listed "Prime ministers can't eat any nachos" for Canada's time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, this
Newfoundland
Margaret
|
$1,000
[5]
A statement of dissatisfaction; Shakespeare wrote a poem called "A Lover's" one about a wronged woman
a complaint
Ryan
|
$1,000
[24]
Mentor Ezra Pound convinced this poet to cut half of "The Waste Land"
(T.S.) Eliot
Ryan
|
DD
$5,000
[23]
A 1969 cover featuring the Hindenburg disaster was this band's visual introduction to the world
Led Zeppelin
Sam
|
| ANCIENT EGYPT | PRISON NICKNAMES | SCIENCE NEWS | NEVER WON AN EMMY | THE NUCLEAR POWERS | THE BODY PART WITHIN |
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$400
[3]
In the 12th century B.C., hungry necropolis workers staged one of the earliest ones of these, demanding back pay
a strike
Ryan
|
$400
[25]
Prison-wise, "pen" is short for this word
penitentiary
Ryan
|
$400
[27]
In 2017 scientists developed a faster way to make magnesite, a mineral that can capture & store this greenhouse gas
carbon dioxide
Ryan
|
$400
[14]
It was "Sorry, They Wrote" for this British woman, a 17-time nominee in the '80s, '90s & 2000s
Angela Lansbury
Margaret
|
$400
[2]
The ultimate authority over the United Kingdom's nuclear arsenal rests with this nonagenarian
Queen Elizabeth
Sam
|
$400
[1]
An event that can be lunar, or it can mean "to outshine"
an eclipse
Sam
|
|
$800
[26]
Seen here is Nefertari, contemplating Senet, a popular one of these in ancient Egypt
a board game
Ryan
|
$800
[12]
Although it's not on an island, the ADX maximum facility in Florence, Colorado is known as this historic jail "of the Rockies"
Alcatraz
Sam
|
$800
[10]
Engineers at CUNY have produced long-lasting these from manganese dioxide-zinc
batteries
Ryan
|
$800
[15]
"The Honeymooners" was a TV groundbreaker, but this creator & star never basked in Emmy glory
Jackie Gleason
Margaret
|
$800
[4]
In 2011 mainland China signed a nuclear safety agreement with this island on its coast
Taiwan
Margaret
|
$800
[6]
Let's give a round of applause for this ornate light fixture
a chandelier
Ryan
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Before the one in Tennessee, there was this capital of ancient Egypt south of modern Cairo
Memphis
Ryan
|
$1,200
[17]
250 years before it meant an astronomical singularity, this 2-word term was slang for a prison
black hole
Ryan
|
$1,200
[9]
In 2016 at least 15 new species of these sticky-footed lizards were found in a 55-by-30-mile area of southeast Asia
a gecko
Margaret
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$1,200
[16]
"Kojak" was up for Best TV Drama twice but lost both times to this British PBS show about the upper & lower classes
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sam
|
$1,200
[5]
In 1960 France tested its first nuke, Gerboise Bleue, in this north African country it then controlled
Algeria
Ryan
Margaret
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$1,200
[7]
It's another word for a splinter in your finger
a sliver
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three hieroglyphics on the monitor.) Here's an example of an ancient Egyptian blessing written in hieroglyphics--it shows us ankh, wedja, seneb, translated as this, prosperity, health
life
Margaret
|
$1,600
[18]
The "stir" in stir-crazy may have come from "start", the nickname for Newgate Prison in this city
London
Margaret
|
$1,600
[11]
Called cancer killers, TILs are a new preparation of "tumor-infiltrating" ones of these white blood cells that attack antigens
lymphocytes
Ryan
|
$1,600
[29]
A long career including the iconic role of this hillbilly never brought Buddy Ebsen an Emmy
Jed Clampett
Margaret
|
$2,000
[22]
In 2018 this world leader used videos of nuclear missiles raining on Florida to help his fourth re-election bid
Putin
Sam
Margaret
|
$1,600
[28]
We'll go out on a limb & say it's another term for a parable
an allegory
Margaret
|
|
DD
$6,000
[8]
The United Nations displays a replica of one of the oldest of these, signed by Egyptians & Hittites
a (peace) treaty
Sam
|
$2,000
[19]
The first print reference to "the joint" as prison was in this Beat author's 1953 novel "Junkie"
William Burroughs
Ryan
Margaret
|
$2,000
[24]
In Deuteronomy God says these early -ites of Palestine are to be eradicated, but DNA shows them living in Lebanon
the Canaanites
Ryan
|
$2,000
[30]
Hugh Laurie's 0 for 10 Emmy score includes noms for "House" & this AMC series about arms dealers
The Night Manager
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
A.Q. Khan of this nuclear country reportedly helped build North Korea's & Libya's atomic programs
Pakistan
Sam
|
$2,000
[23]
Listen up! Or sit down! Either way, you're "in" these when you have an unpaid debt
arrears
Ryan
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For help with research, the author of this 2003 novel acknowledged the Louvre, Catholic World News & "five members of Opus Dei"
The Da Vinci Code