Jason Zuffranieri game 15.
Adam Clark — a police officer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nilla Sivakumar — a college student from Dublin, California
Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 14-day cash winnings total $399,543)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $5,800 | $8,400 | $16,800 |
$18,800
15-day champion: $418,343 |
$16,800
22 R, 1 W |
| Nilla | $-1,000 | $-200 | $3,400 |
$130
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Adam | $4,400 | $5,000 | $6,667 |
$6,533
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
16 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE | FERDINAND | THE U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM | A "DROP" | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | IN THE OCEAN |
|
$200
[28]
Founded in 1889 on Halsted St. in this city, Hull House was the most famous settlement house, kind of an immigrant community center
Chicago
Jason
|
$200
[23]
This explorer was joined on his 4th voyage in 1502 by illegitimate son Ferdinand, who later wrote dad's biography
Columbus
Jason
Nilla
|
$200
[27]
All red, white & blue with a dash of purple (hair), this star did it all at the 2019 World Cup, winning the Golden Boot & Golden Ball
Megan Rapinoe
Jason
|
$200
[24]
Ricola makes them
cough drops
Jason
|
$400
[5]
"The Family Circus" is a comic strip; this is the similar name of the magazine founded by Charles Merrill of Merrill Lynch
Family Circle
Adam
|
$400
[13]
The Kuroshio Current
Pacific
Jason
|
|
$400
[26]
Hull House did political work, starting with lobbying for a max 48-hour work week for women in these "shops"
sweat shops
Jason
|
$600
[17]
Judge Ferdinand Pecora led a 1933 Wall Street investigation & later served on this newly created federal commission
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Adam
|
$400
[25]
In 2019 Jessica Chastain tweeted, "Guys, I just met" this same-surnamed hero of the '99 tournament
Brandi Chastain
Jason
|
$400
[22]
This onstage action has become a metaphor for a stylish ending
mic drop
Nilla
|
$600
[16]
In 2018 billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought this newspaper & moved its headquarters to El Segundo, California
L.A. Times
Nilla
|
$600
[10]
The Sunda Double Trench
Indian
Jason
|
|
$600
[20]
Immigrants from all over lived in the area; a group from this country put on "Ajax" in the original on the Hull House stage
Greece
Nilla
|
$800
[8]
Before he became pres., he argued his way out of a murder conviction with an appeal to the Philippine Supreme Court
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Adam
|
$600
[15]
As we taped in 2019, Jon Hamm had not tweeted, "Guys, I just met" this same-surnamed legend who scored 158 intl. goals for the team
Mia Hamm
Adam
|
$600
[18]
In 2006 Doug Flutie made one of these for an extra point, the first time that had been done in the NFL since 1941
drop kick
Jason
|
$800
[12]
Henry Windsor founded this "Popular" magazine in 1902 for laymen interested in emerging technologies
Poplular Mechanics
Adam
|
$800
[9]
The Bismarck Archipelago
Pacific
Nilla
Adam
|
|
$800
[19]
Hull House was a center of the Arts & Crafts movement & in 1901 this architect spoke there on "the art & craft of the machine"
(Frank Lloyd) Wright
Jason
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
With a pickaxe blow in 1859 Ferdinand de Lesseps began construction of this
Suez Canal
Nilla
|
$800
[14]
The 2015 World Cup titlists were the first women's sports team honored with this NYC tradition featuring obsolete paper
ticker tape parade
Jason
|
$800
[6]
3-verb advice for what to do if your clothing catches fire
stop, drop & roll
Nilla
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1906 H.L. Mencken joined the staff of this Maryland newspaper that's still around today
The Baltimore Sun
Jason
|
$1,000
[7]
The Lomonosov Ridge
Arctic
Nilla
|
|
$1,000
[1]
Hull House is now a museum named for her, its founder & the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
(Jane) Addams
Jason
|
$1,000
[3]
This German count spent his retirement & fortune developing rigid airships
(Ferdinand von) Zeppelin
Jason
|
$1,000
[2]
Here's this woman enjoying a lovely spot of imaginary tea after scoring the deciding goal in the 2019 World Cup semis vs. England
(Alex) Morgan
Jason
|
$1,000
[4]
When you read in an old book about a death from this, it means what we now call edema
dropsy
Adam
|
— | — |
| MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | TRANSPORTATION | 16-LETTER WORDS | WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS | BRITISH NICKNAMES |
|
$400
[22]
The 1857 search by Richard Burton & John Speke for the source of this river plays out in "Mountains of the Moon"
Nile
Adam
|
$400
[21]
This book by Malcolm Gladwell subtitled "The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" is a real eye-opener
Blink
Jason
Nilla
|
$400
[24]
You don't have to be an athlete to get around in one of these
golf cart
Nilla
|
$400
[26]
A toast of grog to Sir Francis Drake, who completed this type of round-the-world voyage on Sept. 26, 1580
circumnavigation
Adam
|
$800
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crews presents by a video monitor.) Bacteria will burst apart if the work of constantly renewing their cell walls is interrupted like by this first antibiotic discovered in 1928
penicillin
Jason
|
$1,200
[3]
A 17th century writer: "The Blind Poet"
Milton
Jason
|
|
$800
[10]
After a plane crash in "Alive", a Rugby team stranded in these snow-swept peaks struggles to survive
Andes
Jason
|
$800
[14]
Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel
Beloved
Adam
|
$1,200
[19]
In March 2019, following 2 recent crashes, this company's 737 Max planes were grounded
Boeing
Jason
|
$800
[15]
Made popular in a 1982 Spielberg film, this word means "originating outside of the Earth"
extraterrestrial
Adam
|
$1,200
[23]
Boron is used in control rods to interrupt fission in reactors, as it's good at capturing these subatomic particles
neutrons
Jason
Nilla
|
$1,600
[1]
The "Nine Days' Queen"
Lady Jane Grey
Nilla
|
|
$1,200
[6]
A treasure map takes Kathleen Turner to Colombia & into the arms of Michael Douglas in this 1984 adventure
Romancing the Stone
Jason
|
$1,200
[9]
2 psychics have a pyrokinetic child in this Stephen King work
Firestarter
Adam
|
$1,600
[18]
The theft of this Southern locomotive by Northern spies during the Civil War inspired a classic Buster Keaton film
The General
Nilla
|
$1,200
[13]
Type of coordinated activity designed to prevent or thwart groups like ISIS that use violence for political aims
counterterrorism
Adam
|
$2,000
[20]
In your home, GFCI stands for this circuit interrupter; it makes sure the electricity doesn't go through you
ground fault
|
$2,000
[2]
Lived in the 1400s: "The Father of English Printing"
William Caxton
|
|
$1,600
[5]
2017's "Queen of the Desert" is the story of Gertrude Bell, a British writer & explorer on this peninsula in the early 20th century
Arabian Peninsula
Nilla
|
$2,000
[7]
In this 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk classic, a data thief matches wits with a powerful artificial intelligence
Neuromancer
Adam
|
$2,000
[17]
As well as a naval lock-up this word is short for the kind of vesselherenow mostly seen at tall ship festivals
brig (brigantine)
Adam
|
$1,600
[12]
Regarding a new business, it means having insufficient funds for effective operation
undercapitalized
Jason
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
Interruptions at work make you constantly do this, the more technical name for switching between computer windows
toggle
Adam
|
— |
|
$2,000
[4]
He played a cartographer in the 1995 film "The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain"
Hugh Grant
Adam
|
DD
$4,133
[8]
This 1974 James Michener novel covers centuries, not just 1 significant year, in the history of Colorado
Centennial
Adam
|
— |
$2,000
[11]
This method of cooling your home is pretty simple: open windows on opposite walls
crossventilation
|
— | — |
Invented in 1974 as a model to teach 3-D problems, it became one of the bestselling toys of all time
Rubik's Cube