Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 4.
Priscilla Drobes — a stay-at-home mom from Nanuet, New York
Shanu George — a graduate student from North Windham, Connecticut
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $68,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veronica | $3,400 | $5,400 | $13,000 |
$21,000
4-day champion: $89,001 |
$13,000
21 R, 4 W |
| Shanu | $400 | $1,000 | $2,300 |
$300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
17 R, 8 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Priscilla | $-400 | $200 | $-5,400 |
$-5,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-5,400
3 R, 7 W |
| "P"ICTURE THIS | WEATHER | 5-LETTER WORDS | COINAGE | PARK CITY | REAL PEOPLE ON SCREEN |
|
$200
[4]
As a symbol of American success, itdates back to the Colonial Era
a picket fence
Veronica
|
$200
[16]
In 1937 a search party was sent for one of the goalies when a soccer game was stopped in England due to this weather condition
fog
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$200
[19]
Stick held by an orchestra conductor
a baton
Priscilla
|
$200
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew drops a coin in water.) Made of this lightweight metal, Japan's 1-yen coin weighs only a gram & canfloaton water
aluminum
|
$200
[1]
This city's Freedom Park was opened as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Atlanta
Veronica
|
$200
[11]
A boxer: played by Terrence Howard in "King of the World" & Darius McCrary in "Don King: Only in America"
Muhammad Ali
Veronica
|
|
$400
[5]
A sunflower provided these microscopic grains
pollen
Shanu
|
$600
[18]
Non-fluid aneroid barometers use a partial one of these instead of mercury to measure air pressure
vacuum
Priscilla
|
$400
[20]
It's a group of witches
a coven
Veronica
|
$400
[25]
This country chose the image of an owl from an ancient 4-drachma coin to use on its 1-euro coin
Greece
Veronica
|
$400
[2]
Prospect Park in this borough was one of the sites of the Battle of Long Island in the Revolutionary War
Brooklyn
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$400
[12]
A civil rights leader: Jeffrey Wright in "Boycott" & Nelsan Ellis in "The Butler"
Martin Luther King
Veronica
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1948 at age 42, he was Major League Baseball's oldest rookie ever
Satchel Paige
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
In a 2-week period in 2018, the East Coast was walloped by 3 of these storms named for the direction from which they came
nor'easters
Shanu
|
$600
[21]
The Carabao is a popular variety of this tropical fruit
mangoes
Veronica
|
$800
[26]
The 1792 Coinage Act named 10-dollar U.S. gold coins for this bird
the bald eagle
Shanu
|
$600
[3]
Zilker Park is home to this 3-word music festival held every fall bearing the name of Texas' capital
Austin City Limits
Veronica
|
$600
[13]
An entrepreneur: Anthony Michael Hall in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" & Steve Sires in "The Social Network"
Bill Gates
|
|
$800
[6]
It's the line of reference seen here
the prime meridian
Shanu
|
$1,000
[28]
Doppler weather systems use this type of technology to detect weather patterns
radar
Shanu
|
$800
[22]
Unit of weight equal to 16 drams or 28.35 grams
an ounce
Veronica
|
$1,000
[27]
In 2019 the U.S. Mint issued quarters with a "W" mint mark for the first time, indicating they were minted at this N.Y. location
West Point
|
$800
[9]
This South Dakota city & its beautiful Falls Park are both named for the samelandmark
Sioux Falls
Veronica
|
$800
[14]
A martial artist: Philip Ng in "Birth of the Dragon" & Mike Moh in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
Bruce Lee
Shanu
|
|
$1,000
[7]
This colorful word can be applied to both the beautiful bloom & the edible gastropod seen here
periwinkle
Veronica
Shanu
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
To make amends for a past mistake
atone
Veronica
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
The San Diego Zoo is just part of this vast park named for a conquistador
Balboa Park
Shanu
|
$1,000
[15]
A rock star: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in "Nowhere Boy" & Ian Hart in "Backbeat"
John Lennon
|
| ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA | ROCK OPERAS | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS | MYTH IN MODERN LITERATURE | BLUE BY YOU |
|
$400
[13]
Going to federal prison at this Calif. landmark is more fun today than when it actually held inmates from 1934 to 1963
Alcatraz
Veronica
|
$400
[6]
When this 1971 "super" Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera premiered onstage, it was performed concert-style
Jesus Christ Superstar
Shanu
|
$400
[11]
It's the most common last name in over half of the 50 states
Smith
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$400
[18]
South-of-the-border dog breed (1967)
Chihuahua
Veronica
|
$400
[1]
Geryon, a character in one of this hero's labors, falls in love with him in Anne Carson's "The Autobiography of Red"
Hercules
Shanu
|
$400
[23]
He chose a nice blue hat to cover the bandage over his ear for the 1889 painting seen here
van Gogh
Shanu
|
|
DD
$1,500
[17]
Organized in the 1830s, this group of lawmen merged with the Texas State Highway Patrol in 1935
the Texas Rangers
Shanu
|
$800
[7]
"American Idiot" made its way to Broadway 6 years after this pop-punk band released the album in 2004
Green Day
Veronica
|
$800
[12]
Louisiana-born singers Hank Jr. & Lucinda share this surname, the state's most common
Williams
Shanu
|
$800
[19]
Narrow-edged cutter at the front of the jaw (1975)
incisor
Shanu
|
$800
[2]
W.H. Auden wrote a famous poem about a painting of him, described as "a boy falling out of the sky"
Icarus
Shanu
|
$800
[24]
"Crouching Woman" & "Blind Man's Meal" are paintings from his blue period
Picasso
Veronica
|
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news
Little Rock
Shanu
|
$1,200
[8]
The title of this 1973 rock opera by The Who is partly drawn from an incorrect understanding of schizophrenia
Quadrophenia
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[14]
Garcia is the number 1 last name in 2 states--these 2 biggies
Texas & California
Veronica
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[20]
It's a system of sending messages using flags (1946)
semaphore
Veronica
|
$1,200
[3]
In a Shelley work this fire bringer is not happy to be nailed to a "wall of eagle-baffling mountain"
Prometheus
Shanu
|
$1,200
[25]
Thomas Gainsborough set the tone with the portrait seen
The Blue Boy
Priscilla
|
| — |
$1,600
[9]
Pink Floyd is the band & the main character in this 1979 rock opera
The Wall
Veronica
|
$2,000
[16]
This 7-letter last name of 2 U.S. Presidents is particularly common in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin & both Dakotas
Johnson
Veronica
Shanu
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[21]
French word for cherry that's also a shade of red (1926)
cerise
Veronica
|
$1,600
[4]
The title character of Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad" tells the story of running this kingdom while waiting for Odysseus to get back
Ithaca
Veronica
|
$1,600
[26]
Ultramarine was the ultra-essential to this Dutchman's"Woman in Blue Reading a Letter"
Vermeer
Veronica
|
| — |
$2,000
[10]
John Cameron Mitchell wrote a 1998 rock opera about this genderqueer cabaret singer "& the Angry Inch"
Hedwig
Veronica
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
Martinez is number 1 in this state where Susana Martinez was governor from 2011 to 2019
New Mexico
Shanu
|
$2,000
[22]
"Sweet melody" music maker struck with handheld hammers (1949)
dulcimer
Priscilla
|
$2,000
[5]
Dionysus is a big factor in "The Secret History", this author's first novel
(Donna) Tartt
Veronica
|
$2,000
[27]
The Japanese artist Hokusaiwas adept at using the dye of blue named for this onetime European kingdom
Prussian blue
Shanu
|
It's the easternmost capital city in Central America
Panama City