Jason Zuffranieri game 14.
Jon Chang — a tutor from Brooklyn, New York
Barbara Walton — a retired air traffic controller from Rockledge, Florida
Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 13-day cash winnings total $361,943)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $600 | $3,200 | $33,800 |
$37,600
14-day champion: $399,543 |
$27,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Barbara | $1,800 | $2,600 | $8,600 |
$15,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
13 R, 2 W |
| Jon | $2,800 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
12 R, 1 W |
| TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL | SCIENCE | BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK | RECENT BESTSELLERS | DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME | "M" PORTS |
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$200
[22]
¡Buen perro!
Good dog!
Jason
|
$200
[28]
The greatest incidence of tornadoes is in this country, where more than 1,000 happen annually
the United States
Barbara
|
$200
[4]
Play-____ modeling compound
D-O-H
Jon
|
$200
[12]
It's a whole new world for Annie in Mitch Albom's sequel "The Next People You Meet" here
Heaven
Jason
|
$200
[17]
It's a wheel that can bring you fortune; bet even or odd; I'm seeing red
roulette
Jason
|
$200
[30]
This city's port on Biscayne Bay calls itself "Cruise Capital of the World"
Miami
Jason
|
|
$400
[29]
¡Siéntate!
Sit!
Jason
Jon
|
$400
[25]
Similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, this planet once had a Great Dark Spot storm system that was about the size of Earth
Neptune
Jason
|
$400
[5]
Making pictures with illuminated pegs:Lite-____
B-R-I-T-E
Jon
|
$400
[27]
This Jr. of NASCAR probably never figured to be a N.Y. Times bestselling author, but in 2018 he was "racing to the finish"
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Jason
|
$400
[19]
There's no joy in a push; soft numbers, hard choices; a "split" personality
blackjack
Jon
|
$400
[26]
A peninsula in the Mississippi called Presidents Island is the center of this Tennessee city's port
Memphis
Jason
|
|
$600
[24]
¡Bájate del sofá!
Get off the couch!
Barbara
|
$600
[11]
In physics, it's when 2 waves meet & sometimes neutralize each other; in broadcasting, it's disturbance by outside signals
interference
Jon
|
$600
[6]
"Silly rabbit! ____ are for kids"
T-R-I-X
Jon
|
$600
[23]
As if he weren't busy enough, this Broadway musical creator provided some self-help in "Gmorning, Gnight!"
(Lin-Manuel) Miranda
Jason
|
$600
[20]
The stickman cometh; easy "come", easy go; get the point? Good for you!
craps
Jason
|
$600
[18]
It's home to the Alabama State Docks
Mobile
Jon
|
|
$800
[21]
¡Hazte el muerto!
Play dead!
Jon
|
$800
[10]
To make binoculars compact, they may contain these pieces of glass with precise angles & faces to "fold" the light path
a prism
Barbara
|
$800
[7]
____-It crackers come in flavors like Cheddar Jack, White Cheddar & Hot & Spicy
C-H-E-E-Z
Jason
|
$800
[14]
Readers liked this Oscar-winning actress...you liked this Oscar-winning actress! & also her memoir "In Pieces"
(Sally) Field
Jason
|
$800
[13]
Dressed & playing to the 9s; banker's hours; what brings you to Monaco, Mr. Bond?
baccarat
Jason
|
$800
[16]
In June 2018 the Ovation of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever to dock in the Philippines, arrived in this port's South Harbor
Manila
Jon
|
|
$1,000
[9]
¡Trae el palo!
Fetch the stick!
Jason
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
During a total solar eclipse, you can glimpse this "colorful" layer of the Sun just above the photosphere
the chromosphere
Jason
|
$1,000
[3]
Double ____ Oreo Cookies are twice as creme-y as the regular kind
S-T-U-F
Barbara
Jon
|
$1,000
[2]
In "Grateful American"hetells how playing a movie lieutenant led to a mission of supporting troops & veterans
Gary Sinise
Barbara
|
$1,000
[1]
The joker is semi-wild & dressed as an ace; one hand becomes 2; the Asian name of the game
pai gow poker
Barbara
|
$1,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Mediterranean on the monitor.) Carthaginians, Romans, Goths, Byzantines & Arabs have all occupied this ancient Sicilian port city that gives its name to an important Mediterranean strait
Messina
|
| REAL-LIFE METAPHORS | CAREER HIGHLIGHTS | CLASSIC METAL BANDS | ITTY BITTY CITY | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | EX-SPORTS |
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$400
[27]
In "Casablanca", Bogie says "the problems of three little people don't amount to"this
a hill of beans
Jason
|
$400
[26]
U.S. congressman & senator from Calif., vice president, president; played by Anthony Hopkins in a biopic
Richard Nixon
Barbara
|
$400
[5]
Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine partied so hard he got kicked out of this band whose very name says "metal"
Metallica
Jason
|
$400
[28]
The California studio tour where you can see King Kong & Jaws is in this "city" named for the movie studio
Universal City
Barbara
|
$400
[29]
As Act 1 of this Neil Simon play begins, we're told, "it is a warm summer night in Oscar Madison's apartment"
The Odd Couple
Barbara
|
$400
[30]
The UFC of the ancient world, pankration debuted at the XXXIIIrd of these in 648 B.C.
the Olympics
Jon
|
|
$800
[22]
A 1979 book by conservative thinker Jack Kemp popularized this term for programs like welfare
safety net
Jason
|
$800
[25]
U.S. congressman & senator from Massachusetts, president; played by Cliff Robertson in a biopic
John F. Kennedy
Barbara
|
$800
[23]
"And I want! And I need! And I lust!" are primal lyrics from this band's "Animal"
Def Leppard
Jason
|
$800
[21]
On Valentine's Day 2019, this company said it was breaking up with Long Island City as future home for its second headquarters
Amazon
Barbara
|
$800
[8]
Alfred Uhry based the character of Hoke in this play on the black chauffeur of his childhood
Driving Miss Daisy
Jason
|
$800
[24]
A manuscript from 16th century Mexicodepictsone of this culture's ritualistic ball games
the Aztec
Jon
|
|
$1,200
[14]
It's the brush-off you'd get from the person here
a cold shoulder
Jason
|
$1,200
[19]
U.S. congressman & senator from Virginia, vice president; president, 1841-45; never been played in a biopic
Tyler
Jason
|
$1,600
[4]
In 2010 this band's frontman Vince Neil took to the ice for ABC's "Skating with the Stars"
Mötley Crüe
Jon
|
$1,200
[20]
Arlington County, Virginia is home to a neighborhood called this "City", after a nearby Department of Defense building
Pentagon
Jason
|
$1,200
[7]
Tom Stoppard first came to Broadway with this play featuring 2 minor characters from "Hamlet"
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Jason
|
$1,200
[11]
Ancient Romans rooted for the red, white, blue & green teams that raced these around the Circus Maximus
chariots
Jason
|
|
$1,600
[13]
It's the kind of political work done at the local & individual level, not through mass marketing
grassroots
Barbara
|
$1,600
[18]
Financier; White House director of communications, July 21-31, 2017;"Celebrity Big Brother" contestant
Anthony Scaramucci ("The Mooch" accepted)
Jason
|
$2,000
[3]
In the '90s singer Rob Halford told this Brit band, "You've got another thing comin'" (I'm leaving the group)
Judas Priest
Jason
|
$1,600
[17]
Black Rock City is created & torn down every year as part of this Nevada arts festival
Burning Man
Jason
|
$1,600
[1]
Parisians knew Georges Feydeau as a master of this 5-letter type of comedic play like "Keep an Eye on Amélie!"
farce
Barbara
|
$1,600
[10]
Playing this rough sport in 1559, France's Henry II was mortally wounded by a splintered lance
jousting
Jason
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Really, really oldexpressionmeaning that an irreversible step has been taken
the die is cast
Jason
Barbara
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
Governor, secretary of energy;"Dancing with the Stars" contestant
(Rick) Perry
Jason
|
DD
$7,600
[6]
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by this Dee Snider band has some musical roots in "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
Twisted Sister
Jason
|
$2,000
[16]
Nevada City, Montana is one big historical museum; visit the area & you can learn this water-based skill & maybe get rich
panning for gold
Barbara
|
$2,000
[2]
In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor made her Broadway debut in a revival of this playwright's "The Little Foxes"
(Lillian) Hellman
Jason
|
$2,000
[9]
Inhisautobiography he described a game played with moccasins & bones called "kah", or "foot"
Geronimo
|
This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in "The Maltese Falcon"
Fat Man