Jason Dozier — a nonprofit professional from Atlanta, Georgia
Robin Miner-Swartz — an editor and consultant from Lansing, Michigan
Eric Smith — a bartender from Tucson, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $-600 | $3,800 | $9,800 |
$800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
19 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Robin | $4,000 | $6,200 | $14,400 |
$19,601
New champion: $19,601 |
$17,400
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jason | $1,400 | $2,400 | $5,200 |
$599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
5 R, 0 W |
| FBI HEADQUARTERS | RIVERS | THEIR JOBS IN 2019 | LITERATURE | CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! |
|
$200
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) This imposing desk was used by this imposing man who headed the Bureau for 48 years & for whom the headquarters' building is named
(J. Edgar) Hoover
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Tilbury & Southend-on-Sea lie on this river, along with many other British-sounding places
the Thames
Eric
|
$200
[21]
Academy Awards host
nobody (there was no host)
|
$200
[4]
In this Steinbeck work, George kills his friend Lennie to spare him from a lynch mob
Of Mice and Men
Eric
|
$200
[22]
Detroit's Andre Drummond has led the NBA 6 times in these rebounds that come off his own team's miss
offensive
Eric
Robin
|
$200
[11]
The reading of a list of names to check attendance in a classroom
roll call
Robin
|
|
$400
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.)Thisphone & wiretapping device help set off one of the most notorious episodes in American history in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972 when five burglars were arrested in this Washington, D.C. hotel & office complex
the Watergate
Eric
|
$600
[3]
Here's this city's river of the same name decked out for St. Patty's Day. The dye powder is actually orange until it hits water
the Chicago
Robin
|
$800
[27]
She's the C.O.O. of Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg
Robin
|
$400
[6]
In this novel, after learning there are no grownups, Jack says, "We'll have to look after ourselves"
the Lord of the Flies
Jason
|
$400
[26]
In a 1962 game he had 25 rebounds to go along with 100 points
Wilt Chamberlain
Eric
|
$400
[12]
William G. Morgan invented this sport in 1895
volleyball
|
|
$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.)Thesepassports belonged to Cynthia & Richard Murphy, real names Lidiya & Vladimir Guryev, who were among 10 foreign agents arrested in a 2010 operation that inspired this Emmy-winning FX series about Russian spies masquerading as U.S. citizens
The Americans
Robin
|
$800
[5]
Appropriately, this river forms a 500-mile boundary between the Republic of it & the Democratic Republic of it
the Congo
Robin
|
$1,000
[28]
President of Marvel Studios
Kevin Feige
Jason
|
$600
[8]
This beloved novel whose first word is "Christmas" has been adapted for a Christmas 2019movie, with Meryl Streep as Aunt March
Little Women
Robin
|
$600
[23]
The NCAA record for rebounds in a game is 51 by Bill Chambers in a 1953 game for this very old college in Williamsburg, Va.
William & Mary
Eric
|
$600
[13]
It comes before "stimulating" when referring to work or conversation that wakes up your brain
intellectually
|
|
$800
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) Nearly 95% of the over 500 who've appeared on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list have been found, including this man who was listed twice--first following an April 1968 assassination & again briefly after a short 1977 prison escape
James Earl Ray
Eric
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Hydroelectric plants & pumping-generating stations on the U.S. & Canadian sides of this river have a 4.8-million kilowatt combined capacity
the Niagara River
Eric
|
— |
$800
[9]
Lila & Elena are pals in this first book of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet
My Brilliant Friend
|
$800
[24]
Just ask Kim Jong Un: in the '90s this wacky "Worm" led the NBA in rebounds per game 7 straight times
Dennis Rodman
Eric
|
$800
[14]
Thiscolorful variety of sapsucker of North America can migrate as far as the West Indies
the yellow-bellied
Robin
|
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) After much internal debate over the wisdom of giving in to terrorists, in 1995 the FBI allowed publication of this criminal's long, rambling manifesto; the move paid off when the man's brother recognized his writing & alerted authorities
the Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski)
Eric
|
$1,000
[7]
Sacred to Hindus, this river begins in a Himalayan ice cave more than 10,000 feet above sea level
the Ganges
Robin
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
In 2019 his "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction" first came out as an e-book
J.D. Salinger
|
$1,000
[25]
In the 2019 Western Conference Final this Warrior not named Steph or Klay led both teams in rebounds, assists, steals & blocks
Draymond Green
Robin
|
$1,000
[15]
The double-talk name of this Washington city may come from a Native American word meaning "small rapid rivers"
Walla Walla
Jason
|
| MYTHOLOGY | BIG WORDS | FIGURES OF SPEECHES | BIRDS OF A FEATHER | WOMEN ON TV | THE NOT-SO-YOUNG SHELDON |
|
$400
[5]
In Greek mythology, the Epigoni were the sons of Greek chieftains known as the "Seven Against" this
Thebes
|
$400
[17]
Designed to carry over 400 passengers, the first one of these jets took flight in 1970
a jumbo jet
Eric
|
$400
[6]
This figure that begins a famous speech just means 87
four score and seven years
Eric
|
$400
[16]
Bullock's & Baltimore
orioles
Robin
|
$400
[8]
In 2019, this actress turned Food Network star took home a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Host
Valerie Bertinelli
Robin
|
$800
[29]
This last name of Rhode Island Senator Sheldon is also a famous building not far from the Capitol
Whitehouse
Jason
|
|
$800
[4]
Anansi, a spider in African mythology, was famed as this type of mythical figure named for fooling the humans he ran across
a trickster
Eric
|
$800
[18]
This synonym for big & strong is also a brand of trash bags & paper plates
hefty
Robin
|
$800
[7]
In the 2012 State of the Union Address, Obama said, "Our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and" these
13 stripes
Robin
|
$800
[22]
Blue & Steller's
jays
Eric
|
$800
[9]
Initially the only woman in her class at law school, she's been holding court on TV since 1996
Judge Judy
Eric
|
$1,200
[26]
In the 1940s, William Sheldon classified body types into endomorphs, mesomorphs & these
ectomorphs
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Aphrodite fell for this other "A" when he was but a wee lad, sending him to Persephone for safekeeping
Adonis
|
$1,600
[20]
Older than humongous, this 9-letter blended word for shockingly big goes back to WWII
ginormous
Robin
|
$1,200
[13]
In his 1941 State of the Union Address, FDR said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" this many "essential human freedoms"
four
Robin
|
$1,200
[23]
Black & mute
swans
Robin
|
$1,200
[10]
Chandra Wilsonnot only plays Dr. Bailey, on this ABC drama, she's also directed many episodes
Grey's Anatomy
Robin
|
$1,600
[27]
Sheldon by birth, this late stand-up comic played Larry David's father on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Shelley Berman
|
|
$1,600
[2]
The fee to this ferryman was an obolos coin placed in the mouth of the deceased
Charon
Eric
|
$2,000
[21]
This word for something monstrous in size comes from the name of a powerful grass-eating beast in Job
behemoth
|
$1,600
[14]
JFK's 1963 speech on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty says this many years ago "the advent of nuclear weapons changed" the world
18
Eric
|
$1,600
[24]
Rivoli's & bumblebee
hummingbirds
Eric
|
$1,600
[11]
She won an Emmy for playing "Maude"; then came her Emmy for "The Golden Girls"
Bea Arthur
Robin
|
$2,000
[28]
Written at age 87, this prolific author's final book was "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
Sidney Sheldon
Robin
|
|
$2,000
[1]
The god of beginnings & ends, this Roman god had a temple in the forum whose doors were open during war & closed during peace
Janus
Jason
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the name of this one from the 200s B.C. reflected its huge size
the Colossus of Rhodes
Robin
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
From a 1988 speech by a presidential candidate. "A brilliant , diversity spread like stars, like" this 5-word phrase
a thousand points of light
Eric
|
$2,000
[25]
Greylag & barnacle
geese
|
$2,000
[12]
Formerly the host of "Our America" on OWN & currently hosting "This is Life" on CNN, she's the award-winning journalist seen here
Lisa Ling
Eric
|
— |
In 2016 the OED celebrated his 100th birthday by adding words connected to his writings, including scrumdiddlyumptious
Roald Dahl