Kevin Boettcher — a university administrator from Binghamton, New York
Abby Grubbs — a study-abroad advisor from Hillsborough, North Carolina
Laurel Lathrop — a graduate student from Tallahassee, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $64,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | $1,000 | $3,400 | $8,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
14 R, 3 W |
| Abby | $1,600 | $1,800 | $5,000 |
$10,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 3 W |
| Kevin | $7,400 | $10,000 | $26,000 |
$23,000
New champion: $23,000 |
$23,400
27 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| CLUES ACROSS AMERICA | NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES | HODGEPODGE | WHAT'S THAT AWARD FOR? | JUMP AROUND! | CHIP & DALE |
|
$200
[1]
(Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC 7.) Mosaics in Ulysses S. Grant's New York City tomb depict the greatest moments in the general's career, including the April 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee at this Virginia site
Appomattox
Kevin
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$200
[26]
Sasha Obama was "Rosebud"; she was "Radiance"
Malia
Abby
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$200
[5]
It has the largest egg of any living bird
the ostrich
Laurel
Kevin
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$200
[25]
The Arthur C. Clarke Award
science fiction
Laurel
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
USA track & field champion Sam Kendricks does it with a pole
vault
Kevin
|
$400
[28]
Chip Taylor, who wrote this song that says "you make my heart sing", says his 3 favorite versions are by The Troggs, Hendrix & X
"Wild Thing"
Laurel
|
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$400
[17]
(Hi, I'm Lisa Hughes from WBZ.) In 1856 the chef at the Parker House was said to have inventedthis3-word dessert; despite the name, it's actually a 2-layer sponge cake
Boston cream pie
Laurel
|
$400
[23]
"Angler" was this veep's code; there's fishing imagery in the 2018 movie about him
Dick Cheney
Laurel
|
$400
[3]
The guy for whom this popcorn brand is named began growing his own popping corn at age 12
Orville Redenbacher
Laurel
|
$400
[24]
The Mark Twain Prize
humor
Kevin
|
$600
[2]
It can mean to jump up or to make something suddenly operative, such as a trap
spring
Kevin
|
$600
[15]
On a 1950s TV show, Roy Rogers rode Trigger & this "Queen of the West" rode Buttermilk
Dale Evans
Kevin
|
|
$600
[18]
(Hi, I'm Kris Radcliffe from KCEN 6.) In 1885, shortly after the Waco Suspension Bridge opened, pharmacist Charles Alderton created a soda locals call a "Waco"; we now know it as this, & for the record it contains no prune juice
Dr Pepper
Laurel
|
$600
[22]
Having a bit of experience with the western genre, he was dubbed "Rawhide"
Ronald Reagan
Kevin
|
$600
[4]
In 1852 this object was brought down from a tower & placed in Philadelphia's Independence Hall
the Liberty Bell
Abby
|
$600
[12]
Given since 1983, the Sixth Man of the Year Award
NBA (basketball)
Kevin
|
$800
[20]
Let's go to this, a '50s school dance; it's also a quick plane journey
a hop
Laurel
|
$800
[16]
Stephen Fry narrated the audiobooks in this series in the U.K., while Jim Dale (who is also British) read the American versions
Harry Potter
Abby
|
|
$800
[13]
(Hi, I'm Ben Bailey with Local 4.) You'll actually go south to Canada if you take your merry wife onto the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit & this city
Windsor (Ontario)
Kevin
|
$800
[10]
Donald Trump's Secret Service code name is appropriately this, also something skiers have to navigate
Mogul
Abby
|
$800
[8]
NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson invented this alliterative water gun that promises a drenching
a Super Soaker
Laurel
|
$800
[6]
The Eisner Awards--these publications Will Eisner was best known for
comics
Kevin
|
$1,000
[19]
You "gotta" do this slang term to mean you're leaving; it's also good to get one in the polls
bounce
|
$1,000
[21]
While coaching the Oregon Ducks, this football coach sent a refund check to a disappointed fan
Chip Kelly
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[14]
(Ryan and Val from ABC 7 stand by a pier in Chicago.) One of Chicago's most popular destinations was originally called Municipal Pier; it was renamed this in 1927 to honor military heroes who served in World War I
Navy Pier
Kevin
|
DD
$2,800
[11]
Referring to a geographical location in the state she governed, "Denali" was code for her
Sarah Palin
Kevin
|
$1,000
[9]
He used his antiseptic method for the first time operating on James Greenlees August 12, 1865
(Joseph) Lister
Kevin
|
$1,000
[7]
The Clio Awards: "to celebrate creative excellence in" this
advertising
Abby
|
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| LITERARY NARRATORS | ENDS IN "X" | IND-ICC-TED! | THE INSECT WORLD | FILM DIRECTORS | CHIPPENDALE |
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$400
[13]
In the epilogue to "Moby-Dick", this rescued narrator quotes from the book of Job: "and I only am escaped alone to tell thee"
Ishmael
Laurel
|
$400
[1]
A knee-jerk reaction is also known as the patellar this
reflex
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
The 1998 Rome Statute established the ICC, which prosecutes international wrongdoers in this Dutch city
The Hague
Kevin
|
$400
[24]
The lepidopteran family Tineidae includes the clothes type of this insect
a moth
Laurel
|
$400
[19]
Before directing movies like "SE7EN", David Fincher directed this singer's videos for "Vogue" & "Express Yourself"
Madonna
Kevin
|
$400
[25]
One masterpiece of furniture maker Chippendale is the 8' long dundas this, a word Thomas spelled with a "ph"; get your feet off it
a sofa
Laurel
|
|
$800
[12]
Daisy Buchanan's cousin, he narrates "The Great Gatsby"
Nick Carraway
Laurel
|
$800
[3]
One of these occurred on September 23 in 2019
an equinox
|
$800
[22]
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for this man in June 2011, but Libyan rebels closed the case in October
(Muammar) Qaddafi
Abby
|
$800
[20]
In the Bible 3 of the 10 plagues of Egypt were caused by insects: these swarmers were in at No. 8
locusts
Kevin
|
$800
[14]
Known for his political dramas, this filmmaker has also interviewed Vladimir Putin for television
Oliver Stone
Kevin
|
$800
[26]
One of Chippendale's most famous creations is a bookcase named for this string instrument carved on the front
a violin
Abby
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Though he takes his own life in "The Sound and the Fury", Quentin Compson is back to narrate this author's "Absalom, Absalom!"
Faulkner
Abby
|
$1,200
[4]
The OED defines it as "to make rhythmical sounds with the voice & mouth in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop music"
beatbox
Kevin
|
$1,200
[17]
The first ex-head of state held by the ICC, Laurent Gbagbo of this "coast"al country won a surprising acquittal in 2019
the Ivory Coast
Abby
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
This bee named for its habit of tunneling into wood looks like a big, less hairy bumblebee
a carpenter bee
Kevin
|
$1,200
[2]
He was born in Pondicherry, India & named Manoj, which he shortened to M.
M. Night Shyamalan
Abby
|
$1,200
[28]
Because Chippendale didn't use this identifier, also a bourbon brand, his furniture can only be authenticated by original bills
maker's mark
Kevin
|
|
$1,600
[8]
In "The Book Thief", the narrator isn't a who per se but this, knocking at the door
Death
Abby
|
$1,600
[9]
7-letter word for the Swedish specialty of raw salmon cured with salt, sugar & dill
gravlax
Abby
Kevin
|
$2,000
[18]
This global police agency has issued a red notice for capture of ex-Libyan Internal Security Chief Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled
Interpol
Kevin
|
$1,200
[15]
There may be as many as 8 million species of insects & all have bodies divided into 3 major sections: head, abdomen & this
thorax
Kevin
|
$1,600
[5]
This alliterative director got Oscar nominations for two 2000 films, getting the green light with "Traffic"
Steven Soderbergh
Laurel
|
$1,600
[29]
Some of the finest examples of Chippendale furniture are at this London museum named for a queen & her consort
the Victoria and Albert Museum
Laurel
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Montresor, the narrator of this Poe story, lures Fortunato to his doom with the promise of a fine Spanish sherry
"The Cask of Amontillado"
Kevin
|
$2,000
[11]
Each of the interior angles is less than 180 degrees in this type of polygon
convex
Laurel
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
Ousted as this country's president in April 2019, Omar al-Bashir is charged with crimes in Darfur
Sudan
Kevin
|
$2,000
[23]
Insectsbreathe through these holes in their exoskeletons, with a name from the Latin for "breathe"
spiracles
|
$2,000
[6]
Known for classic westerns like "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", he also gave us "Mister Roberts" & "The Quiet Man"
John Ford
Laurel
Abby
|
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A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA's deadliest eruption took place
Cascades