Dagmar Klein — a systems specialist from Rockville, Maryland
Rodolfo Yuichiro Bedoy — an IT project manager from New York, New York
Kirby Copelin — a data analyst from Cincinnati, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | $1,200 | $800 | $4,400 |
$4,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
9 R, 5 W |
| Rodolfo | $3,800 | $8,600 | $13,800 |
$18,799
New champion: $18,799 |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dagmar | $1,400 | $4,000 | $16,600 |
$5,489
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
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|
$200
[30]
C.S. Lewis' review of this 1937 work by pal J.R.R. Tolkien said, "Prediction is dangerous but" it "may well prove a classic"
The Hobbit
Rodolfo
|
$200
[22]
Yum-yum; here's this eggy dish that's a specialty of France
quiche
Dagmar
|
$200
[17]
Boundless capacity, or a number greater than any countable quantity
infinity
Dagmar
|
$200
[25]
In 2018, for voting purposes, it became the first reality-competition series in TV history to air shows live, coast-to-coast
American Idol
Kirby
|
$200
[12]
Agincourt:This country
France
Kirby
Dagmar
|
$200
[23]
Thanks to smart marketing, many in Japan celebrate Kentucky Christmas eating this for dinner
chicken
Rodolfo
|
|
$400
[29]
Eudora Welty said this E.B. White book about "friendship on earth, affection and protection" was "just about perfect"
Charlotte's Web
Rodolfo
|
$400
[4]
The Latin for "of whom" gives us this word for the number of members of a group needed to legally transact business
a quorum
Dagmar
|
$400
[18]
Another word for compassion; Jesus said those who practice it will have it shown to them
mercy
Dagmar
|
$400
[24]
In 2019 Meryl Streep joined the cast of this HBO drama as the mother-in-law of now-widowed Nicole Kidman
Big Little Lies
Rodolfo
|
$400
[11]
South Mountain:McClellan tops this top general
(Robert E.) Lee
Rodolfo
|
$400
[8]
Buche de Noel is a chocolate sponge cake resembling a yule this
a log
Rodolfo
|
|
$600
[27]
The N.Y. Times said of this 1947 book, the words & the pictures "combine to lull and reassure when bedtime and darkness come"
Goodnight Moon
Kirby
|
$600
[6]
To rot, or the uncle on "The Addams Family"
fester
Kirby
|
$600
[19]
A learned, venerable person; it sounds like an aromatic herb of the mint family used to season food
sage
Rodolfo
|
$600
[16]
Shemar Moore heads up an elite unit on the streets of L.A. onthisCBS reboot
S.W.A.T.
|
$600
[9]
Marathon:This empire
the Persian Empire
Rodolfo
|
$600
[5]
This is a Christmas staple in Latin America, although some in Central America use banana leaves instead of corn husks
tamales
Rodolfo
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Dorothy Parker wrote, "Tonstant weader fwowed up" in her 1928 review of the book "The House at" this place
Pooh Corner
|
$800
[7]
Oddly, this word, land overgrown with tropical vegetation, is from Sanskrit for dry ground or desert
a jungle
Dagmar
|
$800
[20]
As taught by Lao Tzu, this is "the way", the religion of living a virtuous life of humility & piety
Taoism
Kirby
Dagmar
|
$800
[3]
Suspended lawyer Joel McHale was forced to go back to college, bonding with a bunch of misfits on this comedy
Community
Rodolfo
|
$800
[1]
San Jacinto:This general, who became a prisoner the next day
(Antonio de) Santa Anna
|
$800
[14]
In Britain, the alliterative "Christmas" this is not a baked good, but a party favor that pops when you pull it open
a cracker
Kirby
|
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
In 1943 the L.A. Times said this "tale of a little boy from a very little asteroid" was "so big with meaning"
The Little Prince
Rodolfo
|
$1,000
[13]
This word borrowed from French for "shade of color" means a small difference in many things, including colors
a nuance
Dagmar
|
$1,000
[21]
It can mean the lighting used to decorate a building, or someone's spiritual or intellectual understanding
illumination
Dagmar
|
$1,000
[2]
In 2013 Variety said of this AMC show's final episode, it got the "chemistry just right"
Breaking Bad
Kirby
|
$1,000
[10]
Bosworth Field:This royal house
the York
Kirby
Dagmar
|
$1,000
[15]
In the Bahamas, everyone dances in the streets for the Junkanoo celebrations on New Year's & this December 26 holiday
Boxing Day
Rodolfo
|
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|
$400
[21]
Texas' Swift Single Malt Whiskey is made from barley imported from this whisky homeland
Scotland
Dagmar
|
$400
[19]
The motion of tectonic plates sliding past each other is known as this, like clipping a sheep
shearing
Kirby
|
$400
[10]
In 2012 this play about Willy Loman won Best Revival despite totally giving away the ending in its title
Death of a Salesman
Rodolfo
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at Grant's Tomb in New York City.) The tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, once New York City's most popular attraction, was partly inspired by thetombof this other 19th century man who was both a great general and a head of state
Napoleon Bonaparte
|
$400
[23]
From the Russian, the vast plain that covers much of Siberia is called not the stair but this
the steppe
Dagmar
|
$400
[24]
A needle's proverbial best hiding place
a haystack
Kirby
|
|
$800
[20]
Gimme one of these grapefruit & vodka cocktails named for a fast dog, & make it snappy!
a greyhound
Kirby
|
$800
[17]
A moraine is the name for the material & debris deposited over time by one of these as it moves on
a glacier
Rodolfo
|
$800
[28]
Both parts of this "heavenly" Tony Kushner play proved to be the best of the year in 1993 & '94
Angels in America
Dagmar
|
$1,200
[5]
"Hughes" was chiseled off this poet's headstone so often by her admirers that the surname was then cast in bronze
Sylvia Plath
|
$800
[7]
This strait gets its name from Dardanus, an ancient city on its Asian shore
the Dardanelles
Kirby
Rodolfo
|
$800
[15]
If you're "taken" this way, also a nautical term, you're surprised
aback
Rodolfo
|
|
$1,200
[3]
A drink called the Fast and Furious has rum, coconut rum & the blue type of this liqueur named for a Caribbean island
Curacao
Dagmar
|
$1,200
[11]
We assume you may know this layer of hot, solid material between earth's crust & core
mantle
Rodolfo
|
$1,200
[27]
Perhaps Daveed Diggs should've won 2 Tonys for "Hamilton" instead of just one for playing both Thomas Jefferson & this Frenchman
Lafayette
Rodolfo
|
$1,600
[6]
This politician was assassinated in the Louisiana state Capitol building in Baton Rouge; his grave is in the gardens there
Huey Long
|
$1,200
[4]
Touring the 500-acre film city & even getting to be an extra is a treat for fans of Mumbai's movie industry, best known as this
Bollywood
Kirby
|
$1,200
[14]
This "body part" type of compliment is ambiguous & insincere
backhanded
Dagmar
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Fill up your tank with a Ferrari, made with dry vermouth & this almond-flavored liqueur
amaretto
Kirby
|
$1,600
[12]
Gyres are circular ocean systems of these flows, such as the Canary one, part of the North Atlantic Gyre
currents
Dagmar
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
In 2017 this actress won a Tony for Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes", but in 2018 she did not win a race for N.Y. governor
Cynthia Nixon
Dagmar
|
$2,000
[25]
This psychiatrist is buried in the Protestant church graveyard in Zürich, Switzerland
(Carl) Jung
Rodolfo
Dagmar
|
$1,600
[2]
This desert with a Mongolian name takes up huge portions of Central Asia
Gobi
Rodolfo
|
$1,600
[13]
Future cancer researcher William Thilly had the idea for this cereal as a Kellogg's intern in 1965
Apple Jacks
Rodolfo
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Tennessee's Ole Smoky Distillery bottles this electric-sounding stuff, also a 2-word term for moonshine
White Lightnin'
|
$2,000
[18]
Theseelongated crevices or cracks on the slope of a volcano release lava
fissures
Rodolfo
|
— |
DD
$6,000
[22]
The tombs of Machiavelli & Michelangelo can be found in this city's Basilica of Santa Croce
Florence
Dagmar
|
$2,000
[1]
During the Khmer Rouge's rule from 1975 to 1979, most of this capital's population was forcibly evacuated
Phnom Penh
Dagmar
|
$2,000
[16]
Type of steering in which the first part engages with the second
a rack & pinion
|
Congress declared September 6, 2008 Louisa Swain Day because Louisa did this in Wyoming on that date in 1870
voted