Jack McGuire — a travel and tourism consultant from San Antonio, Texas
Alek Van Houghton — an environmental consultant from Los Angeles, California
Katie Needle — a retail supervisor from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $36,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $4,800 | $4,800 | $12,400 |
$17,601
2-day champion: $53,602 |
$10,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Alek | $1,800 | $4,400 | $8,800 |
$5,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
13 R, 1 W |
| Jack | $400 | $2,200 | $5,800 |
$11,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE AROUND US | WHERE'S THAT CHURCH? | TOYS | SKATING INTO THE NHL | # | "F"OUR-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[12]
AKA ammonium inhalants, these salts that revived enfeebled Victorian women are still used in the NFL to wake people up
smelling salts
Katie
|
$200
[30]
Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity
Israel
Jack
|
$200
[11]
In 1949 this toy company produced its first plastic brick
Lego
Alek
|
$200
[21]
With 20, in 2018-19 Morgan Rielly led the NHL in goals by a player at this position where scoring isn't your first job
a defenseman
Alek
Jack
|
$200
[6]
#TBH is short for this, when users try to be truthful about an idea they post... on the Internet... noted home of the truth
to be honest
Katie
|
$200
[1]
It can refer to a thin sheet of any metal, not just aluminum
foil
Alek
|
|
$400
[26]
With the photic sneeze reflex, looking at this can cause some people to spontaneously sneeze
the Sun (light)
Alek
|
$400
[14]
Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família
Spain
Katie
|
$400
[13]
This toy brand said, "Throw it around indoors; you can't damage lamps... you can't hurt babies or old people"
Nerf
Jack
|
$400
[22]
From 1981 to 1985 he averaged--averaged!--206 points per season; "The Great One", indeed
(Wayne) Gretzky
Jack
|
$400
[7]
In 2017 Alyssa Milano tweeted, "If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write" #this
#MeToo
Katie
|
$400
[2]
Something in this state is in a condition of continuous change
flux
|
|
$600
[29]
By taking away needed oxygen, a mix of baking soda & vinegar can work as a basic type of this safety device
a fire extinguisher
Alek
|
$600
[18]
The Crystal Cathedral, now known as Christ Cathedral
the United States
Jack
|
$800
[16]
In the 1970s you paid a $40 "adoption" fee for Little People, the precursor to these dolls that come with birth certificates
Cabbage Patch Kids
Jack
|
$600
[23]
Gilbert Perreault is credited with "The 3 important elements of hockey are fore-check, backcheck &" this, & you can take that to the bank
paycheck
|
$600
[8]
#Hefor She went viral after a U.N. speech about men & boys working for gender equality given by this "Harry Potter" actress
Emma Watson
Alek
|
$600
[3]
Pheasant or duck, for example
fowl
Katie
|
|
$800
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation and an atmospheric effect on the monitor.) Particles in a solar wind hit the Earth's magnetic shield & head for the poles, then interact with gases in our atmosphere to form this 6-letter phenomenon
aurora
Alek
|
$800
[19]
Hagia Sophia
Turkey
Jack
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
This brand of toy trucks began in Minnesota in the late 1940s
Tonka
Katie
|
$800
[24]
When it came to winning the 2019 Stanley Cup, meet me in this city, as its team avenged a 1970 finals loss to the Bruins
St. Louis
Jack
|
$800
[9]
When you must let everyone know you didn't touch up that shot of you by that scenic overlook, it's #no(this 6-letter word)
filter
Alek
|
$800
[4]
A stodgy older gentleman
a fogy
|
|
$1,000
[27]
This man's scale is based on the logarithm of the amplitude of the largest seismic wave in an earthquake
Richter
Alek
|
$1,000
[20]
St. Stephen's Cathedral, aka Stephanskirche, consecrated in the capital in 1147
Austria
Jack
|
$1,000
[17]
Thiswooden toy dates from 18th century Japan
Kendama
|
$1,000
[25]
A 1990 Oilers-Kings game saw 356 of these doled out, with Marty McSorley getting 37--that'd be more than half the game!
penalty minutes
Jack
|
$1,000
[10]
#FF, short for this, is used to recommend social media accounts you enjoy
followfriday
Katie
|
$1,000
[5]
Before "up", it means to admit to a misdeed
fess
Katie
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | THE IRISHMAN | BOOK MARKS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | NUMERICAL CHARACTERS | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[15]
He was recovering from typhoid fever when he was inaugurated Vice President on March 4, 1865
Johnson
Katie
Jack
|
$400
[23]
In the 1750s this man started his first brewery in County Kildare--later he opened the St. James Gate Brewery
Guinness
Katie
|
$400
[24]
Mark Frost wrote "The Secret History of" this place, also the title of a TV show he created with David Lynch
Twin Peaks
Katie
|
$400
[28]
It's the lowest-sounding member of the brass section
the tuba
Alek
|
$400
[25]
In the "Austin Powers" films, Rob Lowe & Robert Wagner played Number 2, second only to this villain
Dr. Evil
Katie
|
$400
[9]
South African host of "The Daily Show" who came up with an American dictionary of the English language
Trevor Noah Webster
Alek
|
|
$1,200
[17]
This 3-named leader of the Free Silver Movement served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
|
$800
[22]
Dublin's Leinster House inspired James Hoban's design of this Washington, D.C. building
the White House
Jack
|
$1,200
[21]
Mark Haddon got the title of this novel from an observation made by Sherlock Holmes in an 1892 story
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
|
$800
[1]
It's the lowest-sounding member of the string section
a bass
Alek
|
$800
[8]
Number 5 is the teleporting, time-traveling alumnus of this Netflix "Academy", possibly helpful on a rainy day
the Umbrella Academy
Katie
|
$800
[10]
Long-lasting storm system on Jupiter that's a British expression for a sip of Lipton or Twinings
the Great Red Spot of tea
Alek
|
|
$1,600
[18]
This Great Compromiser introduced the Compromise Tariff of 1833
(Henry) Clay
Jack
|
$1,200
[5]
He's the Dublin-born actor & one-time seminary student seen here
(Gabriel) Byrne
Jack
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
In this novel Mark Watney says, "I didn't die on Sol 6. Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did"
The Martian
Jack
|
$1,200
[2]
It's a plucky early relative of the piano
a harpsichord
Jack
|
$1,200
[14]
Barbara Feldon, who played this partner of Agent 86 on "Get Smart", turned 86 in 2019
Agent 99
|
$1,200
[11]
No. 1 duet by Sonny & Cher nicknamed the Sultan of Swat
"I Got You Babe Ruth"
Jack
|
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
On Oct. 8, 1871 a fire started on DeKoven Street, destroying more than 17,000 of this city's buildings
Chicago
Katie
|
$1,600
[6]
In 2018 Gerry Adams resigned as head of this 2-word Northern Ireland unification party after 35 years
Sinn Féin
Jack
|
— |
$1,600
[3]
Originally a set of graduated bells, nowit'stuned steel bars struck with wooden hammers
glockenspiel
Jack
|
$1,600
[26]
Thisthree-named actress turned her powers to Eleven on "Stranger Things"
Millie Bobby Brown
Katie
|
$1,600
[12]
Brazilian dance that's the Canadian province where Halifax is the capital
the bossa Nova Scotia
Katie
|
|
$2,000
[19]
This powerful union of the 1880s, KOL for short, began as a secret society modeled on the Masons
the Knights of Labor
|
$2,000
[7]
Concerned about colon cancer, Dr. Dennis Burkitt changed eating habits with his 1979 book "Don't Forget" this "In Your Diet"
Fiber
Alek
|
— |
$2,000
[4]
Also known as a scraper, this percussion instrument originated in Latin America
a guiro
Jack
|
$2,000
[27]
On "Star Trek: Voyager", this techno-species designated Jeri Ryan's character Seven of Nine & it sorta stuck
the Borg
Jack
|
$2,000
[13]
American poet of "The Red Wheelbarrow" who's also a store selling gourmet cookware
William Carlos Williams-Sonoma
|
This country's 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion
Iran