Claire Marinello-Fisher — an ESL professor from Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
Lucy Yuan — a lawyer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eric Smith — a bartender from Tucson, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $800 | $3,200 | $13,500 |
$25,000
2-day champion: $42,000 |
$15,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lucy | $3,200 | $6,000 | $8,400 |
$11,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 1 W |
| Claire | $4,200 | $8,800 | $12,400 |
$16,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN | TAKE MY RHYME | WORLD STAMP NEWS | STUFF | WRITERS GO WAY BACK | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW |
|
$200
[21]
Sinterklaas arrives via boat from Spain (where he lives the rest of the year, why not?) & parades through this Dutch capital
Amsterdam
Claire
|
$200
[3]
When used by hand, it'll kill a vampire
stake
Lucy
|
$200
[26]
A 2018 Swiss stamp has a pot of melted cheese to honor this national dish
fondue
Eric
|
$200
[1]
British composer James Sanderson used a folk tune as the basis for this, now the U.S. president's entrance music
"Hail To The Chief"
Eric
|
$400
[15]
This Victor Hugo novel begins in 1482
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Eric
Claire
|
$200
[11]
About Mr. Tribbiani, who spins off to Los Angeles to continue his acting dreams
Joey
Claire
|
|
$400
[22]
In 1810 the N.Y. Historical Society drew up a picture of this saint giving gifts but he wears a robe &--whoa whoa whoa!--is bald
Saint Nicholas
Claire
|
$400
[4]
The yamakagashi of Asia is a venomous one
snake
Lucy
|
$400
[27]
Drawings of the head of a bearded man & of the skeleton are 2019 U.K. stamps commemorating the 500th anniv. of this artist's death
da Vinci
Eric
Lucy
|
$400
[2]
An iron anvil will float in mercury because this quality in mercury is about twice that of iron
density
Lucy
|
$600
[16]
This British dame sets the mystery in "Death Comes as the End" in Egypt way back in 2000 B.C.
Agatha Christie
Eric
|
$400
[12]
About Miss Russo, who gets through adolescence with her single father & her best friend Six
Blossom
Eric
Claire
|
|
$600
[23]
Not sparing it to spoil the child in "The Children's Friend" in 1821, Santa left parents "a long, black birchen" this to use
the rod
Lucy
|
$600
[5]
It follows a schooner as it moves forward
wake
Claire
|
$600
[28]
Thisfictional mountain creature is featured on astamp from Bhutan
a Yeti
Eric
|
$600
[8]
This singer wanted a tattoo written in Japanese that said "7 Rings", her song; she ended up with one translating to "BBQ grill"
Ariana Grande
Lucy
|
$800
[17]
Michael Crichton put a 10th c. Muslim traveler into the events of this Old English epic to prove he could make it entertaining
Beowulf
Eric
|
$600
[13]
About Ms. Morgenstern, who leaves Minneapolis to give New York one last chance
Rhoda
|
|
$800
[24]
In an old print ad, Santa says a gift bringing "pleasure to every home...is rare indeed. Such a gift, my friends, is Lucky Strike"--these
cigarettes
Claire
|
$800
[6]
To leave someone when they still need you; oh, my darling, do not
forsake
Lucy
|
$800
[29]
Hallelujah! In 2019 Canada issued stamps honoring this Canadian singer-songwriter who passed in 2016
(Leonard) Cohen
Claire
|
$800
[9]
The powder for these, worn by 18th c. men, was made of ground starch & scented with lavender; a 1795 tax ended the style
a wig
Lucy
|
$1,000
[18]
This 1880 Lew Wallace novel takes place during the life of Christ
Ben-Hur
Claire
|
$800
[19]
About Mr. Bartowski, a computer repairman dragged into the spy life in the CIA
Chuck
Lucy
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Flossie & Glossie were 2 "deer of much intelligence", casually chatting about "sledge" work with Santa in a tale by this "Oz" author
Baum
Lucy
|
$1,000
[7]
To satisfy one's thirst
slake
Claire
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2019 this small Central European country honored its 300th birthday with a souvenir embroidered stamp of the Princely Hat
Liechtenstein
Eric
|
$1,000
[10]
With nearly 7 million rivets, the Scottish bridge over this firth was the first built primarily of steel
the Firth of Forth
Eric
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
This Shakespeare play is set in 44 B.C.
Julius Caesar
Claire
|
$1,000
[20]
About Ms. Porter, who impulsively goes to college in New York City to be with high school crush Ben
Felicity
Claire
|
| AROUND THE USA | COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS | BOOKS FILMED WITH DIFFERENT TITLES | AGRICULTURE | THE MARSHALL PLAN | THAT'S OXYMORONIC |
|
$400
[15]
If you're having beignets, at Cafe du Monde, you're living the high life in this city
New Orleans
Eric
|
$400
[23]
Henry Purcell wrote this type of march when Queen Mary II died in 1694
a funeral march
Claire
|
$400
[3]
The novel "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella was the basis of this 1989 film
Field of Dreams
Claire
|
$400
[13]
Fed to livestock, it's the USA's most widely produced feed grain, grown on more than 400,000 farms
corn
Eric
|
$400
[1]
The Marshall Plan was named for former general George Marshall, who was then serving in this cabinet post
Secretary of State
Eric
|
$400
[11]
A 1968 horror movie was titled "Night of" these zombies
the Living Dead
Eric
|
|
$800
[16]
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, is home to manystructures, made of this five-letter clay building material
adobe
Eric
|
$800
[20]
This Polish-born piano man called his E Major Etude his most beautiful melody
Chopin
Eric
|
$800
[4]
"Nothing Lasts Forever", with a cop named Leland flying out to the coast to visit his daughter at Christmas, became this action film
Die Hard
Lucy
|
$800
[24]
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used of these, another word for a weedkiller
an herbicide
Eric
Claire
|
$800
[2]
The basic idea for the plan was announced during a 1947 speech to the graduating class at this prestigious U.S. university
Harvard
Claire
|
$800
[12]
You can get from Manhattan's Penn Station right to your terminal at Newark Airport on the air this
the AirTrain
Claire
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Pike Place Marketin this Pacific Northwest city is a great place to get in touch with your inner fishmonger
Seattle
Lucy
Claire
|
$1,200
[28]
The 1996 movie "Shine" popularized his concerto known as the "Rach 3"
Sergei Rachmaninoff
|
$1,200
[5]
The film "Blade Runner" was based on this Philip K. Dick novel whose title is a 6-word question
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Eric
|
$1,200
[25]
The volcanic soil of Maui is low in harsh sulfur compounds, producing the sweetness of Maui or Kula these
onions
Eric
|
$1,200
[6]
Eastern European countries were also offered assistance in the plan & some showed interest, but this Soviet leader nixed the idea
Stalin
Eric
|
$1,200
[14]
Someone who receives money even though they've shown up of their own accord to work without expecting a salary
a paid volunteer
Claire
|
|
$1,600
[21]
The USA's tallest all-granitestructureis the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown at the tip of this cape
Cape Cod
Eric
|
$1,600
[29]
Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" is for this reed instrument AKA an ebony stick
a clarinet
Eric
|
$1,600
[9]
A phrase in a gun catalogue gave Stanley Kubrick this title for his film based on Gustav Hasford's "The Short-Timers"
Full Metal Jacket
Claire
|
$1,600
[26]
Starting with the same 3 letters as "agriculture", it's the science of soil management & crop production
agronomy
Eric
|
$2,000
[8]
The plan was part of this 11-letter geopolitical policy of keeping Communist expansion within boundaries
containment
Claire
|
$1,600
[18]
In the Olympics, Leon Spinks won a gold medal in this boxing class between 165-178 pounds
light heavyweight
Eric
Lucy
Claire
|
|
$2,000
[22]
Grand Prismatic Spring is a sight to behold in this venerable national park
Yellowstone
Claire
|
DD
$5,500
[30]
In 1878 & 1886 he produced sets of "Slavonic Dances"
Antonin Dvořák
Eric
|
$2,000
[10]
Harry Grey's book "The Hoods" inspired this 4-hour Sergio Leone film that starred Robert de Niro
Once Upon a Time in America
Lucy
|
$2,000
[27]
About 1/4 inch in length, this geographic-named pest is associated with citrus crops but also attacks peppers and tomatoes
the medfly
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
$13 billion in aid was distributed to 17 European nations, including this new country born from a recent division
West Germany
Eric
|
$2,000
[19]
Abbreviated LPG, it burns clean when cooking in your RV
liquid propane gas (liquified petroleum gas)
Claire
|
A 1902 work says of a riverboat journey, "We penetrated deeper and deeper into" this, the work's title
Heart of Darkness