Lau Mehes — a youth substance use prevention worker from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
John Cuevas — a slot floorperson from San Marcos, California
Dennis Coffey — a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, Maine (whose 3-day cash winnings total $51,203)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $1,200 | $2,000 | $14,500 |
$399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,200
14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| John | $2,400 | $4,400 | $15,200 |
$29,001
New champion: $29,001 |
$14,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Lau | $1,200 | $3,800 | $200 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$200
12 R, 6 W |
| AIRPORT ATTRACTIONS | RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES | LAYING THINGS M TO M | BEHIND THE MUSIC | OOTD | YE OLDE JOB FAIRE |
|
$200
[12]
In anex-terminal, designed by Eero Saarinen, the TWA Hotel has 500-plus ultra-quiet rooms with views of this airport's runway
Kennedy Airport
Dennis
|
$200
[1]
John Edwards
(John) Kerry
Lau
|
$200
[9]
A design of your initials on your stationery
a monogram
Dennis
|
$200
[17]
In 2011 this singer said, "'Born This Way' is my answer to many questions over the years: Who are you? What are you about?"
Lady Gaga
John
|
$200
[2]
This slightly flared skirt of the 1960s is named for the letter it resembles in silhouette
A-line
Lau
|
$600
[28]
Mark Twain was among those who worked as a devil, an apprentice in this profession
printing
Lau
|
|
$400
[23]
Here'sthe 25-ton yellow submarine that docked at John Lennon Airport in 2005, in this city where it all began
Liverpool
Lau
|
$400
[5]
Joseph Lieberman
Gore
John
|
$400
[10]
Contraction used to address the Queen in England
ma'am
John
Lau
|
$400
[18]
At the beginning of "Bad Guy", you can hear this young star removing her Invisalign braces so she doesn't lisp as she sings
Billie Eilish
Lau
|
$400
[3]
The feather type of this "snake" scarf gets the press but you can wear one in pleated silk or fur, too
boa
Lau
|
$800
[27]
Proverbially, you have to pay this strolling musician who plays a small wind instrument
the piper
Lau
|
|
$600
[13]
The "Spirit of Haida Gwaii", the jadecanoegreets you at the airport serving this most populous city in British Columbia
Vancouver
John
|
$600
[6]
Edmund Muskie
Humphrey
Dennis
John
|
$600
[14]
Time to dial up a response upon hearing one of these
a modem
John
|
$600
[19]
Unarmed civil rights protesters were killed on Jan. 30, 1972, the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" that inspired that song by this group
U2
Lau
|
$600
[4]
These tight-fitting, 3/4-length pants named for an Italian resort were hip, & on hips, in the '50s, '80s & again in the 2000s
capri
John
|
$1,000
[26]
This term for a villain's minion may be from a Middle English word for horse handler
henchman
|
|
$800
[22]
In disarray after airport security? Mitchell International, serving this Wisconsin city, has aplacefor you to get sorted out
Milwaukee
John
|
$800
[7]
Jack Kemp
Bob Dole
Dennis
|
$1,000
[16]
A whirlpool off Norway's coast, or a tumultuous state of things
maelstrom
John
Lau
|
$800
[20]
In concert, after playing this song that begins, "Don't go changing, to try & please me", Billy Joel said, "& then we got divorced"
"Just The Way You Are"
Dennis
|
$800
[11]
A monk's habit inspired this draped collar that can be pulled over the head & worn as a hood
a cowl
|
— |
|
$1,000
[21]
We appreciate the indoor service dog reliefareaat the airport for this charmed city; the fire hydrant's a nice touch
Baltimore
|
$1,000
[8]
Bob Dole
Gerald Ford
Dennis
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
I declare this Latin word to mean a suspension of activity
moratorium
John
|
$1,000
[24]
After she said, "They tried to make me go to rehab & I told them no no no", her producer told her, "We should turn that into a song"
Amy Winehouse
Lau
|
$1,000
[25]
1940s Mexican-American men helped popularize this rhyming ensemble associated with jitterbug dancing
a zoot suit
Lau
|
— |
| EARTH HISTORY | WAYS TO SAY GO AWAY! | POUND! SAND! | LOCK HIM UP! | TV SPIN-OFFS | A HIGHER ROYALTY |
|
$400
[26]
Leading to the first animals, this element began to build up in the atmosphere 2 BYA as a product of photosynthesis
oxygen
John
|
$400
[16]
A punny way to say go away is "Make like a tree and" do this
leaf
John
|
$400
[21]
French novelist George Sand had several lovers, including this Polish-French pianist & composer
Chopin
John
|
$800
[15]
One of Alcatraz' most infamous inmates, he served time in Chicago's Cook County jail & in Atlanta before his arrival in 1934
Capone
Lau
|
$800
[7]
"Mayans M.C."--the M.C. stands for Motorcycle Club
Sons of Anarchy
Lau
|
$800
[9]
In 1698 Peter the Great wanted his wife, Eudoxia, to become an ex-this & forced her into a nunnery
a czarina or empress
Dennis
|
|
$800
[25]
Land plants are about 450 mil. years old, but evolution didn't bring us these colorful seed-bearing parts until about 130 MYA
flowers
John
|
$800
[27]
You can say "Hit the road!" or "hit" these, which roads were once often made of
the bricks
John
|
$800
[22]
As an editor in London, Ezra Pound helped to publish this man's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
(James) Joyce
Dennis
Lau
|
$1,200
[12]
In 2018, after he was transferred to a West Virginia prison, this infamous Boston mobster was murdered
(Whitey) Bulger
John
|
$1,200
[5]
"Schooled" , starring AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis, now a music teacher
The Goldbergs
|
$1,200
[8]
My title is this, & I am funky, but in Japanese, it's kōshaku
prince
Lau
|
|
$1,200
[1]
The event of 65 million years ago that took out the dinosaurs is reckoned as the fifth of these mass die-offs
extinction events
John
|
$1,600
[17]
2-word phrase also meaning "push the boat out into the water"
shove off
Dennis
|
$1,200
[20]
Readers got Ezra Pound's views on art, poetry & philosophy in his "Guide to" this, oddly spelled starting "K-U-L-C-H"
Culture
John
|
$1,600
[13]
This "Robinson Crusoe" author was pilloried (literally) & jailed for libel in 1703
(Daniel) Defoe
Dennis
Lau
|
$1,600
[4]
Set in Seattle, "Station 19"
Grey's Anatomy
Dennis
John
|
$1,600
[10]
This German title comes from the Latin word Caesar
kaiser
Dennis
|
|
$1,600
[2]
One theory estimates that life on Earth began 3.5 billion years ago near these volcanic openings in the seabed
(alkaline) vents
Dennis
Lau
|
$2,000
[19]
Wordsworth began a poem not with "Scram, thou fond presumptuous elf", but this more old-fashioned 6-letter word
Begone
|
$1,600
[23]
He dedicated his poem "The Waste Land" to Ezra Pound, "il miglior fabbro" ("the better craftsman ")
(T.S.) Eliot
Dennis
|
$2,000
[14]
He served as Illinois governor from 2003 to 2009; in 2012 he began serving time at a low-security prison in Colorado
Blagojevich
John
|
$2,000
[6]
"Bindi: The Jungle Girl"
Crocodile Hunter
John
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
That's thepopeputting the crown on Charles V, so this must be the titlehe'sreceiving in 1530
the Holy Roman Emperor
Dennis
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Around 300 million years ago, almost all of Earth's continents came together to form one supercontinent known as this
Pangea
John
|
DD
$2,500
[18]
In this 2017 horror film, Lakeith Stanfield delivers the 2-word title line
Get Out
Dennis
|
$2,000
[24]
Jules, not George, was a pseudonym that Ms. Sand used while writing for this newspaper of Paris, not Seville
Le Figaro
|
— | — | — |
Of the 5 inhabited U.S. territories, this is the only one where cars drive on the left
U.S. Virgin Islands