Brooke MacKenzie — a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meaghan Kaplan — a transformation analyst from Alexandria, Virginia
Josh Gruenberg — a software engineer from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $3,800 | $5,000 | $17,200 |
$1,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Meaghan | $3,000 | $6,600 | $8,200 |
$15,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brooke | $1,400 | $5,000 | $16,300 |
$17,300
New champion: $17,300 |
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| FEBRUARY | CAST OF THE TV SHOW | THE CIVIL WAR | JUST SAY "N.O." | FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES | THE HORN OF AFRICA |
|
$200
[30]
One legend about this saint whose feast day is February 14 says he specialized in performing secret marriages
St. Valentine
Brooke
|
$200
[5]
On NBC... oh man, I'll try to finish but now I'm crying--Sterling K. Brown, Susan Kelechi Watson, Logan Shroyer
This Is Us
Josh
|
$200
[18]
About 1,500 Union soldiers received this highest award for valor, instituted by Congress during the Civil War
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Josh
Brooke
|
$200
[6]
Avian term for someone who stays up late
a night owl
Meaghan
|
$200
[7]
Something ill-suited is "not my" this 3-word phrase; I prefer English breakfast
cup of tea
Josh
|
$200
[29]
National Geographic called the Danakil this, home to the Horn's Afar people, "the cruelest place on earth"
Desert
|
|
$400
[23]
According to annual presidential proclamations, February is this month--not "Black" anymore
African-American History Month
Brooke
|
$400
[4]
Time traveling on BBC America without the lead actress: Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Bradley Walsh
Doctor Who
Josh
|
$600
[17]
The first amputee of the war, J.E. Hanger invented a prosthetic this that ones made today are still based upon
a leg
Brooke
|
$400
[9]
This gas is used by dentists as an anesthetic
nitrous oxide
Meaghan
|
$400
[8]
Tread carefully if doing this phrase for being careful not to anger someone (it can use the whole food item or just the shells)
walking on eggshells
Brooke
|
$400
[20]
Animals of the Horn include the hamadrayas, among the smallest of these big monkeys
a baboon
Brooke
|
|
$600
[24]
Baseball spring training begins each February, with players at these 2 positions the first to report
pitchers & catchers
Brooke
|
$600
[3]
Some special FX: Patrick Wilson & Keith Carradine, both playin' Lou Solverson, dontcha know
Fargo
Josh
|
$800
[21]
With Atlanta burning in their wake, 62,000 soldiers under Gen. Sherman marched 300 miles to the sea in Nov. & Dec. of this year
1864
Brooke
|
$600
[15]
It's the delicacy seen here
a navel orange
Josh
|
$600
[10]
It's a circular representation of relative percentages making up a whole
a pie chart
Meaghan
|
$600
[16]
The point of the Horn is the peninsula of this country that's earned a reputation as a haven for pirates
Somalia
Meaghan
|
|
$800
[26]
John Clare's poem "February" is all about thawing: "eaves in quick succession drop, where grinning" these "have been"
icicles
|
$800
[2]
On the CW: Camila Mendes & Cole Sprouse as teens, Robin Givens & Skeet Ulrich as grownups
Riverdale
Josh
|
$1,000
[22]
George Stewart called his in-depth study of this disastrous charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 a microhistory
Pickett
Josh
|
$800
[13]
It's a French phrase whose sentiment is that the rich should take care of the poor
noblesse oblige
|
$800
[11]
To lament a misfortune that can't be changed or corrected
cry over spilled milk
Meaghan
|
$800
[19]
In 1993, this country broke away from Ethiopia to become the Horn's newest independent nation
Eritrea
Brooke
|
|
$1,000
[25]
It's the big day seenherein the Crescent City onerecent February
Mardi Gras
Meaghan
|
$1,000
[1]
HBO gets some very robotic performances out of Thandie Newton & James Marsden
Westworld
Josh
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
Confederate troops used a high-pitched battle cry known by this 2-word name; it may have derived from fox hunting
the rebel yell
Meaghan
|
$1,000
[14]
This astronomical site in D.C. is responsible for the U.S. time service
the Naval Observatory
Meaghan
|
$1,000
[12]
This expression means "earn a living"; in an old commercial, it was followed by "fry it up in a pan"
bring home the bacon
Brooke
|
$1,000
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Horn of Africa is bordered by the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean & this body of water that gets its name from a seaport on the coast of Yemen
the Gulf of Aden
|
| 3/4 OF AN EGOT | RELIGIOUS FICTION | TRIAL MIX | HEAT STREET | SE"V"EN-LETTER WORDS | OPERA ZINGERS |
|
$400
[9]
This "Divine Miss M" could still really use an "O"--that'd be Oscar--as her 2 nominations did not lead to victory
Bette Midler
Brooke
|
$400
[23]
Books in this series by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins take place following "the rapture"
Left Behind
Josh
|
$400
[15]
A minor character in "The Crucible", the real Martha Corey was tried, excommunicated & hanged for this in 1692
witchcraft
Brooke
|
$400
[1]
Pasta chefs know it's the common way of saying heat-induced conversion of a liquid to a gas through vaporization
boiling
Josh
Brooke
|
$400
[25]
"Any port in a storm" is a popular one
a proverb
Meaghan
Brooke
|
$400
[26]
Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" has lots to say to this other British queen, such as "Figlia impura di Bolena"
Elizabeth I
Meaghan
|
|
$800
[5]
Emmy "seems to be the hardest word" for this musician, but he certainly could "feel the love tonight" at the Oscars in '95
Elton John
Brooke
|
$800
[24]
Orson Scott Card's "Women of Genesis" series of novels includes one about these 2 sisters & wives of Jacob
Rachel & Leah
Meaghan
|
$1,200
[17]
On Aug. 2, 1921, 8 members of this team were acquitted of taking money to lose the World Series; on Aug. 3 they were banned from baseball
the White Sox
Josh
|
$800
[2]
0 Kelvin is 273.15 below on this scale
Celsius
Josh
|
$800
[13]
A brewski in Barcelona
a cerveza
Meaghan
|
$800
[22]
"Vile intruder who thou art" are the first words directed to this Mozart seducer
Don Giovanni
Brooke
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Her life story itself was on Broadway in 2019; yet still somehow this one-named superstar is Tony-less
Cher
|
$1,200
[27]
"The Fifth Mountain" by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho tells of the "whirlwind" life of this biblical prophet
Elijah
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1982 a federal jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of president Reagan
John Hinckley, Jr.
|
$1,200
[3]
It's the transfer of energy from one object to another by electromagnetic waves, like heat traveling from the Sun to the Earth
radiation
|
$1,200
[10]
Pickles or ice cream for expectant mothers, for example
craving
Josh
Brooke
|
$1,200
[20]
This Verdi guy's joking includes suggesting the Count of Ceprano be beheaded since his head is useless on his shoulders
Rigoletto
Meaghan
|
|
$1,600
[7]
This actress still needs a Tony, so right now, she will have to settle for having a "Titanic" "EGO"
Kate Winslet
Brooke
|
— |
$2,000
[19]
Seized in South America in 1960, this high-ranking Nazi was transported to Israel, where he was tried & executed
Adolf Eichmann
Meaghan
|
$2,000
[14]
Like the desert snake it's named for, this air-to-air missile uses heat sensing to home in on its prey
a sidewinder
Josh
|
$1,600
[11]
A high-ranking college officer
a provost
Meaghan
|
$1,600
[21]
"You inconsiderate jade" is one of the nicer things said to Polly in this 1728 "opera" that inspired the 20th c. "Threepenny Opera"
The Beggar's Opera
|
|
$2,000
[8]
He's the Oscar, Emmy & Grammy-winning rapper & actor seen here
Common
Josh
|
— |
DD
$7,700
[16]
During the trial of this teacher in 1925, vendors sold refreshments, Bibles & toy monkeys
(John T.) Scopes
Brooke
|
DD
$5,400
[4]
Heat is a form of energy: the first law of this says that it can be neither created nor destroyed but can be changed
Thermodynamics
Josh
|
$2,000
[12]
Here's a musician, probably Handel, at this, the 18th century word for any keyboard
a clavier
Josh
|
$2,000
[28]
The Wagnerian dwarf Alberich calls these "maidens" "bony fish" who should "take eels for their lovers"
Rhinemaidens
|
There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in “Martín Fierro”, the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country
Argentina