Danyelle Long-Hyland — a scientist from Ranson, West Virginia
Kristyna Ng — a corporate strategist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vinny Byju — a student from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinny | $800 | $2,200 | $5,600 |
$9,801
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kristyna | $200 | $5,000 | $9,200 |
$11,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
12 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Danyelle | $4,400 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$13,412
New champion: $13,412 |
$9,800
15 R, 2 W |
| TIME ZONE CITIES | CRAYOLA COLORS IN OTHER FORMS | BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN | FOOD | "INNA" | GOT A DeVITO |
|
$200
[25]
Charleston, West Virginia
Eastern
Vinny
Kristyna
|
$200
[6]
Despite looking a lot like insulation, this alliterative spun sugar confection is always a fave
cotton candy
Danyelle
|
$200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Memento Park has Communist statues relocated from others sites in Budapest, like the one at the entrance of these two authors of "The Communist Manifesto"
Marx & Engels
Kristyna
|
$200
[3]
Venus, steamer & cherrystone are all types of this seafood
clams
Kristyna
|
$200
[1]
Your guts
innards
Vinny
|
$200
[13]
As this character in "Batman Returns", Danny DeVito kidnaps, murders &, even worse, enters politics!
the Penguin
Vinny
|
|
$400
[24]
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mountain
Danyelle
|
$400
[7]
To grow crimson in embarrassment, or a cosmetic used to add color to cheeks
blush
Vinny
Danyelle
|
$400
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Bela Kun founded the Hungarian Communist Party after World War I, but in the 1930s fell victim to a Russian purge of followers of this exile
Trotsky
Vinny
|
$400
[4]
Iceberg, heirloom & a rasher are the main trio in this classic sandwich
a BLT
Danyelle
|
$400
[11]
At one time it was the Dutch East India Company's most profitable spice
cinnamon
Danyelle
|
$400
[27]
Danny was ringmaster Max Medici in the 2019 live-action version of this classic Disney cartoon
Dumbo
Danyelle
|
|
$600
[23]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Central
Danyelle
|
$600
[8]
The name of this plant comes from an Irish word meaning "clover"
shamrock
Kristyna
|
$600
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) This is a replica of a grandstand in Budapest. During an attempted revolt against Communism in 1956, protesters brought down the statue of this recent Soviet leader, leaving only his boots remaining
Stalin
Vinny
|
$600
[5]
The Isle of Wight & Lake Worth, Florida both have annual festivals honoring this pungent bulb & its endless potential
garlic
Vinny
Kristyna
Danyelle
|
$600
[2]
The highest point of achievement
pinnacle
Danyelle
|
$600
[15]
In season 2 of this FXX sitcom, Danny joined the cast as the crusty Frank Reynolds
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Vinny
|
|
$800
[22]
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pacific Time
Kristyna
Danyelle
|
$800
[9]
This type of light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nanometers (but the crayon splits it into 2 words)
ultraviolet
Danyelle
|
$800
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) After Lenin triumphed in the Russian Revolution, hesoon helped install a short-lived government in Hungary on the principles of this movement from Russian for "greater"
the Bolsheviks
|
$800
[17]
The name of this spicy Cajun stew comes from the French for "to smother"
etouffee
Vinny
Danyelle
|
$800
[12]
In the first stanza of a poem, Edgar Allan Poe used this lengthy word to describe the sound of "the bells"
tintinnabulation
|
$800
[14]
Voicing this title Dr. Seuss character in a 2012 animated film, DeVito said, "I speak for the trees!"
the Lorax
Vinny
|
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Detroit, Michigan
Eastern
Kristyna
|
$1,000
[10]
"Off we go into" this 3-word phrase in an Air Force song, "climbing high into the sun"
wild blue yonder
Danyelle
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) A statue remembers the Hungarians who fought fascists on behalf of the Spanish Republic; they were directed by this association of world Communist parties, an early organ of Soviet dominance
the comintern
|
$1,000
[18]
To make a Pavlova dessert, start with a base of this beaten mixture, then top it with whipped cream & fruit
meringue
Kristyna
|
$1,000
[16]
This triangular sail is said to be an alteration of the name of the racing yacht "Sphinx"
spinnaker
Kristyna
|
$1,000
[26]
The poster for this film Danny made with Schwarzenegger said, "Only their mother can tell them apart"
Twins
Vinny
|
| MAGIC IN LITERATURE | POP GOES THE CULTURE | "M"EN OF THE PAST | DAY JOB VU | I WRITE A SYMPHONY | ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH |
|
$400
[20]
In Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, Soulcatcher flies around on one of these, just like in the "Thousand and One Nights"
a magic carpet
Vinny
|
$400
[1]
Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office
Up
Vinny
|
$400
[7]
For this poet it was paradise found (hopefully) Nov. 8, 1674
(John) Milton
Vinny
|
$800
[25]
In 2019 Rep. AOC went back to tending bar for a day to bring notice to this federal standard for workers getting tips: $2.13 an hour
minimum wage
Kristyna
|
$800
[24]
This "Carmen" composer hid away his "Symphony in C", maybe because it was too imitative of his teacher Charles Gounod
Bizet
Kristyna
|
$1,200
[23]
Italian for "hell", it's used in English to describe a raging fire
an inferno
Vinny
|
|
$1,200
[22]
To access power, mages in the "Malazan" series use & travel in these, just like the burrows where rabbits live
warrens
|
$800
[3]
In the original 1954 film, nuclear weapons testing is what awakens this creature & sends him on his rampage on Tokyo
Godzilla
Danyelle
|
$800
[8]
In June 1527 death was cunning & unscrupulous in taking this Italian political thinker
Machiavelli
Vinny
|
$1,200
[18]
On Sept. 11, 2009, almost 9 months after an unusual landing, he was back in the cockpit for a flight from Charlotte to Atlanta
Captain Sully
Vinny
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
The Finnish govt. commissioned him to write a symphony to celebrate his own 50th birthday & he conducted the premiere on the day
Sibelius
Kristyna
|
$1,600
[14]
In Italian it's the faculty of sight; in English it's a distant view to be had from a vantage point
vista
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Allomancers in the "Mistborn" series can burn metals like iron & even these, like pewter & duralumin
alloys
|
$1,200
[4]
Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records
Hasbro
Danyelle
|
$1,600
[10]
This Serbian leader's war crimes trial & life were adjourned for good March 11, 2006
Milosevic
Kristyna
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1973 Erich Segal, author of this weepy bestseller about a dying coed, quit teaching classics at Yale, but he returned in the '80s
Love Story
|
$1,200
[15]
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 is named for this Jewish prayer for the dead & uses its words
Kaddish
|
$2,000
[13]
From the Italian for "undertaking", it's someone who organizes public entertainments like operas or ballets
an impresario
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Everyone has a special magic talent in this author's "Xanth" series that began with "A Spell for Chameleon"
Piers Anthony
Danyelle
|
$1,600
[2]
In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl
the Foo Fighters
Danyelle
|
$2,000
[6]
He's seenherein 1921 on Mount Everest; his life ended on the mountain in 1924
(George) Mallory
Vinny
|
$2,000
[16]
In '96 this ex-pres. of Poland returned to his electrician gig in Gdansk; his first day included a press conference & a vacation request
Lech Walesa
Kristyna
|
$2,000
[11]
Schubert wrote some great symphonies & so did this near contemporary, including the one heard here
Robert Schumann
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[5]
In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency
Angelina Jolie
Kristyna
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
On July 20, 1937 , we short-waved goodbye to this Italian inventor
Marconi
Vinny
|
— | — | — |
After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job
Alexander Hamilton