Traci Mack — a media executive from Campbell, California
Matthew Neff — a CFO from Chicago, Illinois
Dennis Coffey — a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, Maine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $-400 | $3,000 | $10,100 |
$17,601
2-day champion: $39,202 |
$8,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matthew | $2,400 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Traci | $4,000 | $3,000 | $17,600 |
$14,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| LITERATURE: THE SUBTITLE | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD | EMMY WINNERS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA | NIAGARA FALLS | SLOWLY I TURNED | "STEP" BY STEP |
|
$200
[13]
"Or, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up"
Peter Pan
Traci
|
$200
[18]
This biblical man's pudding, first made when the waters subsided, is eaten by Turkish Muslims on Ashura
Noah
Traci
|
$200
[8]
She thanked her "one and only love" Kevin Bacon when she won for "The Closer"
Kyra Sedgwick
Traci
|
$200
[1]
22-year-old Steven Trotter was the youngest man to go over the falls in one of these & survive; BTW, the stunt is illegal
a barrel
Traci
|
$200
[26]
The earth rotates on this imaginary line only once every 24 hours--kinda slow
its axis
Traci
|
$200
[2]
Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly were title these in a 2008 film
step brothers
Matthew
|
|
$400
[14]
A 1970s special Pulitzer winner: "The Saga of an American Family"
Roots
Matthew
|
$400
[19]
This spring holiday honors a Mexican army victory over French forces in 1862
Cinco de Mayo
Matthew
|
$400
[9]
The truth is out there; this actress took the trophy in 1997 for her role on "The X-Files"
Gillian Anderson
Traci
|
$400
[4]
The diversion of water above the falls for this type of power slows the rate of erosion
hydroelectric
Traci
|
$400
[27]
A turntable known as a "slow wheel" is used by practitioners of this craft
pottery
Traci
|
$400
[3]
In a kids' rhyme you'll "break your mother's back" if you do this
step on a crack
Dennis
|
|
$800
[16]
By Monsieur Flaubert, "A Story of Provincial Life"
Madame Bovary
Dennis
|
$600
[20]
For more than 200 years, Spain has made people rich on Christmas with the Lotería de this
Navidad
Dennis
|
$600
[10]
A 4-time nominee in the category as a nurse on "ER", she won twice as a lawyer on "The Good Wife"
Julianna Margulies
Traci
|
$600
[23]
At first just for the rich, the falls became a destination for all classes when this waterway opened in 1825
the Erie Canal
Dennis
Matthew
|
$600
[30]
Rotisseries slowly cook meats that revolve on one of these rods
a spit
Dennis
|
$600
[5]
In 1968 this band took us on a musical "Magic Carpet Ride"
Steppenwolf
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Robert Pirsig's 2-wheeled traveling tale: "An Inquiry into Values"
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
|
$800
[21]
In the Pyrenees, the Candlemas bear was the more ferocious predecessor of this U.S. rodent
the groundhog
Traci
|
$800
[11]
Ring the palace! This actress took the award in 2018 for "The Crown"
Claire Foy
Traci
|
$800
[24]
If you're standing on the New York side of Niagara Falls, you can see this Canadian province on the other side
Ontario
Matthew
|
$800
[29]
In 2008 in Hong Kong 20,000 people did long, slow turns in a class of this, aka Chinese boxing
tai chi
Matthew
|
$800
[6]
This 5-word idiom meaning "to take responsibility" comes from what a baseball batter does before seeing a pitch
step up to the plate
Dennis
Traci
|
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
"Or, the Parish Boy's Progress", which included picking a pocket or 2
Oliver Twist
Matthew
|
$1,000
[22]
Not a Halloween tradition, English Jack o' Lents were made on this mid-week Christian holiday
Ash Wednesday
|
$1,000
[12]
Patricia Wettig started the 1990s with back-to-back wins for her role on this drama about yuppie baby boomers
Thirtysomething
Traci
|
$1,000
[25]
Since 1846, aship with this alliterative name has been bringing people close to the roaringcataracts
the Maid of the Mist
Dennis
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2016 the Gerald R. Ford, one of these, took almost an hour & a half to turn 180 degrees; it also needed some tugboats
an aircraft carrier
Dennis
Traci
|
$1,000
[7]
Theseare found in Rome, though they sound like they should be in Madrid
the Spanish Steps
Traci
|
| HIDDEN TREASURE | LIBRARIES | SECOND CITY ALUMNI | THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS | COME TO YOUR CENSUS | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE |
|
$400
[10]
The Mongol Dynasty lasted from 1271 to 1368
gold (in Mon gol D ynasty)
Matthew
|
$400
[26]
The Margaret Herrick Library of the Motion Picture Academy is home to more than 15,000 of these from 1910 to the present
scripts or screenplays
Matthew
|
$400
[5]
She came out of Second City & into your living room on "Glee" & as the host of "Hollywood Game Night"
Jane Lynch
Traci
|
$400
[28]
On a high stone pyramid, Aztec priests performed sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli, god of this heavenly body
the Sun
Dennis
|
$400
[27]
Don't fool around! In 2020 you need to have your census form in by this date, 'cause it's Census Day, too!
April 1st
Traci
|
$800
[2]
The name of this university honors a 13th century French theologian
the Sorbonne
Dennis
|
|
$800
[11]
I hope our clue doesn't rub you the wrong way
ruby (in rub y ou)
Traci
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
For her work with libraries & literacy, a promenade outside a library at SMU is named in honor of this first lady
Laura Bush
Traci
|
$800
[6]
One notable alum is this actor who starred on "M*A*S*H" & directed 32 of its episodes
Alan Alda
Dennis
Traci
|
$800
[15]
Road-building & irrigation--lots of infrastructure investment by this S. American people who ruled an empire of nearly 12 million
the Inca
Matthew
|
$800
[21]
37.3 million people were living in this state in 2010--that's more than the 21 least populous states combined
California
Dennis
|
$1,200
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.) The 20th century paintinghereof southern France is by Jean, great-grandson of this 19th century French romantic author
Victor Hugo
|
|
$1,200
[12]
When I tripped & fell into the Upper Tiber, there was a big splat in Umbria
platinum (in s plat in Um ria)
Traci
|
$1,200
[24]
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Readingisn't in Portugal, but in this carnival city
Rio de Janeiro
Traci
|
$1,200
[7]
Told he babbles on under pressure on this tech sitcom, Thomas Middleditch's Richard asks, "Why does this thing people say?"
Silicon Valley
Traci
|
$1,200
[16]
This "green table" region of southwest Colorado was home to Pueblo cliff dwellers more than 7 centuries ago
Mesa Verde
Dennis
|
$1,200
[17]
On March 26, 2018 the Commerce Dept. said the question of this would be reintroduced on the census; a lawsuit was soon filed
citizenship
Dennis
|
$1,600
[3]
It's no folly--this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue "Place au Jeunes"
Folies Bergère
Matthew
|
|
$1,600
[13]
Better return that encyclopedia Monday before the librarian notices it's missing
diamond (in encyclope dia Mond ay)
Traci
|
$1,600
[23]
The Folger Library is in D.C. across 2nd Street SE from this much larger library
the Library of Congress
Matthew
|
$1,600
[8]
She joined Second City Toronto in the 1970s as Gilda Radner's understudy & is still on TV with her SCTV pal Eugene Levy
Catherine O'Hara
Dennis
Traci
|
$2,000
[20]
Existing from about 1200-400 B.C., this civilization of Mesoamerica is closely identified with giant stone heads
the Olmecs
Traci
|
$1,600
[18]
The 1800 census' No. 10 on the largest urban places in America--Norfolk Borough in this state, with wow! 6,926 people
Virginia
Dennis
|
$2,000
[4]
This one-named designer created the iconic little black dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Givenchy
Traci
|
|
$2,000
[14]
I'll get us to the airport with my phone--this app hires rides in a jiffy
sapphire (in thi s app hire s)
Matthew
|
— |
$2,000
[9]
Hello! I am Scott Adsit, who voiced Baymax, your personal healthcare companion, in this 2014 animated film
Big Hero 6
Traci
|
DD
$3,500
[22]
In 1500 B.C. people in Central America were processing rubber in a way similar to this process discovered by Goodyearl"
vulcanization
Dennis
|
$2,000
[19]
Not exactly a laptop with 5,000 vacuum tubes & weighing 16,000 pounds, this computer was utilized for the 1950 census
UNIVAC
|
— |
Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since
Secretary of State & Attorney General