Kristin Butz — a singer from Hoboken, New Jersey
Alex Hookway — an actuary from Columbus, Ohio
Robin Miner-Swartz — an editor and consultant from Lansing, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | $4,000 | $6,800 | $14,400 |
$18,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,400
20 R, 6 W |
| Alex | $1,600 | $6,800 | $21,200 |
$28,801
New champion: $28,801 |
$15,800
21 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Kristin | $600 | $600 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
5 R, 0 W |
| ASTROLOGICAL TERMS | HISTORY | UNUSUAL CONTESTS & PRIZES | A POWER CALLER | THE TV SHOW MUST GO ON | 9-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[11]
Now a term for any astrological prediction, this term described the position of heavenly bodies in the night sky at any "hour"
a horoscope
Robin
|
$200
[21]
While the Crimean War was raging, this mountainous land fought a less well-known war with its neighbor Tibet
Nepal
Alex
|
$200
[16]
Warren Buffett offers employees $1 million a year for life for getting the Sweet 16 exactly right in this alliterative event
March Madness
Alex
|
$200
[6]
Give partially decayed plant matter called peat a few million years & it'll form this ignitable rock
coal
Robin
Alex
|
$200
[1]
Edith was killed off, but the series called this character's "Place" endured for a couple more seasons
Archie Bunker
Alex
|
$800
[27]
It means toward the rear & is also a polite word for the part you sit on
posterior
Robin
|
|
$400
[12]
According to synastry, or relationship astrology, if his Mars is in her 8th this, she'll have the hots for him
house
Robin
Alex
|
$400
[22]
In July 1984 in San Francisco, she accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for vice president
(Geraldine) Ferraro
Alex
|
$400
[17]
It preceded "Fleece" in an award mocking silly-sounding federal research; now it precedes "Goose" in an award honoring the same
Golden
Robin
|
$400
[7]
10 years ago, it cost about $50,000 to install a system to power your house using this energy; now, a 6-kw system could go for $14K
solar
Alex
|
$400
[2]
When Tom Wopat & John Schneider walked off this show in 1982, cousins Coy & Vance Duke suddenly appeared
The Dukes of Hazzard
Robin
|
$1,000
[26]
"S" is for "soft" in the name of this easily carved rock. It's basically talc
soapstone
Robin
|
|
$600
[13]
On a chart, a decan is an arc of this many degrees, a 36th of the celestial circle
10
Alex
|
$600
[23]
Splitting from Sweden in 1905, this nation got its monarchy restored; Haakon VII became king & reigned until 1957
Norway
Alex
|
$600
[18]
Not something to brag about, The Big Brother Award is given to the biggest offender against this right
privacy
Robin
|
$600
[8]
The Arizona-Nevada power plant at this 1,244'-long hydroelectric structure has a 2,080-megawatt capacity
the Hoover Dam
Kristin
|
$600
[3]
In 2019 this cop comedy moved from FOX to NBC & characters were allowed to curse--bleeped out, of course
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Robin
|
— |
|
$800
[14]
The 4 cardinal signs of the zodiac are the signs that begin seasons, like Libra for fall & this one for spring
Aries
Robin
|
$800
[24]
Not just thetitleof a Dustin Hoffman western epic, it's the name of Crazy Horse'slieutenantat the Little Bighorn
Little Big Man
|
$800
[19]
Kids 5-15 get prizes at the Rotten Sneaker Contest from this brand whose name implies it's trying to help reduce the smell
Odor Eaters
Alex
|
$800
[9]
At 97, John Goodenough is the oldest Nobel Prize winner, for work on these batteries with a hyphenated name in laptops & phones
lithium-ion
Robin
|
$800
[4]
Aka "AFV", this longest-running ABC primetime entertainment series had Bob Saget & Tom Bergeron as hosts pre-Alfonso Ribeiro
America's Funniest Home Videos
Robin
|
— |
|
$1,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Sometimes a planet appears to loop in its path in the sky. The faster orbit of Mercury makes it look like it's changing direction when lapping us. In astrology, the phenomenon is known as this and is often blamed for misfortune
retrograde
Robin
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Legend says when Columbus saw the 3 mtn, peaks on this Caribbean island he chose to name it for the Father, Son & Holy Spirit
Trinidad
Alex
|
$1,000
[20]
The Lanterne Rouge goes to the athlete who finishes last in this long race; in 1931 Richard "Fatty" Lamb took the prize
the Tour de France
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
By 1880 the refining of around 90% of all U.S.-produced oil was controlled by this mega-company
Standard Oil
|
$1,000
[5]
When William Hartnell's health forced him to leave this show in 1966, viewers discovered that Time Lords could regenerate
Doctor Who
Alex
|
— |
| FACE THE AUTHOR | MAMA & DADA | ON THE MOVIE'S SOUNDTRACK | THE NEXT WORD AFTER | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS |
|
$400
[23]
Many of the events ofhisnovels were based on his own experiences as a 19th century sailor and whaler
Melville
Kristin
|
$400
[11]
This host of "The Tonight Show" wrote the children's book "Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA"
(Jimmy) Fallon
Alex
|
$400
[5]
A 2015 biopic: "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" & "We Want Eazy"
Straight Outta Compton
Alex
|
$400
[6]
After Uto-Aztecan: an ideal place
utopia
Robin
|
$800
[24]
Thisnational park may be near the end of alphabet, but its 1,430-foot upper fall is tops in our book
Yosemite
Alex
|
$800
[27]
In early 2001 this Houston energy company had a market cap of $60 billion; by December it had filed for bankruptcy
Enron
Alex
|
|
$800
[22]
"Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" was originally written to raise money forhispassage to the New World
(Robert) Burns
Robin
Alex
|
$800
[12]
David Sedaris, Bette Midler & Blue Man Group did early work at La Ma Ma, an experimental venue in the East Village in this NYC borough
Manhattan
Alex
|
$800
[1]
"Dammit Janet" & "The Time Warp"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Robin
|
$800
[7]
After quatorze: a very short poem with a fixed amount of lines
a quatrain
Robin
Alex
|
$1,200
[28]
I have found it!--this city about 100 miles south of the Oregon border whose name is also the state motto
Eureka
Kristin
|
$1,200
[21]
In 2019 some folks in Humble, Texas wanted to get into a time machine & start making this stainless steel car again
the DeLorean
Kristin
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Thisnovelist has sold an estimated 350 million books
Stephen King
Alex
|
$1,200
[13]
In 2002 Queen Latifah belted it out as prison matron Mama Morton in the movie version of this musical
Chicago
Robin
|
$1,200
[2]
"Let's Hear It For The Boy" & "Almost Paradise"
Footloose
Robin
|
$1,200
[8]
After kowliang: to show extreme submission
kowtow
Robin
|
$1,600
[26]
Dragon Gate Arch on Grant Avenue marks the entrance to this iconic San Francisco district
Chinatown
Kristin
|
$1,600
[19]
Western Air Express & Transcontinental Air Transport formed what would be this company in 1930, but it got absorbed by Am. Airlines in 2001
TWA (Trans World)
Robin
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Thisregular contributor to The New Yorker was known for her quips, but her writing is often melancholy
Dorothy Parker
Robin
|
$1,600
[14]
When the father of the future leader of this African country converted to Islam, he added the names "Amin Dada"
Uganda
Robin
|
$1,600
[3]
From 2019: "Let It Be" & "Carry That Weight"
Yesterday
Robin
|
$1,600
[9]
After picas: petty, or a former Louisiana currency
picayune
|
$2,000
[25]
This city "By-the-Sea" & at the northern edge of Big Sur got its name from the Friars who accompanied early Spanish explorers
Carmel
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Sam Mendes directed a theatrical telling of the story of these brothers who built a financial empire that collapsed in 2008
Lehman Brothers
Alex
|
|
DD
$6,000
[16]
Thisauthor based a 1962 novel on personal experience working in a hospital's psychiatric ward
Ken Kesey
Alex
|
$2,000
[15]
The Dada art movement started at Cabaret Voltaire in this central European country
Switzerland
Alex
|
$2,000
[4]
2018: "La Vie En Rose" & "I'll Never Love Again"
A Star is Born
Robin
|
$2,000
[10]
After Schachtism: deriving happiness at the expense of another's woes
schadenfreude
Robin
|
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