Meredith Moore — a server from Knightdale, North Carolina
Susan Hill — a pet sitter from Halifax, Massachusetts
Aaron Goetsch — a law student from Macomb, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $800 | $5,400 | $16,600 |
$17,001
2-day champion: $41,801 |
$17,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susan | $200 | $1,800 | $8,500 |
$7,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Meredith | $800 | $600 | $7,000 |
$5,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 2 W |
| ART, FLEMING | SPORTS UPSETS | EXPLORERS | SPELL IT LIKE THE BRITS | WE CAN BE HEROES | JUST FOR ONE DAY |
|
$200
[16]
Full-figured women were celebrated by this painter, born June 28, 1577 of Flemish parents
Rubens
Susan
|
$200
[5]
At the 2009 U.S. Open, Juan Martín del Potro knocked off this reigning world No. 1 Swiss player in 5 sets
Federer
Aaron
|
$200
[17]
A city named for Sieur du Luth sits where he negotiated a treaty with the Sioux in what is now this state
Minnesota
Aaron
|
$200
[26]
Hermione, our tickets to a play the West End have arrived! Tonight we're off to the...
T-H-E-A-T-R-E
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
Miep Gies "fetches and carries so much" food for the family, wrote Anne Frank, hiding in the secret annex in this world capital
Amsterdam
Aaron
|
$200
[10]
We elect to inform you that Nov. 3, 2020 falls on this day of the week
Tuesday
Susan
|
|
$400
[22]
In 1649 Frans Hals got philosophical painting this "cogito, ergo sum" thinker
Descartes
Aaron
|
$400
[4]
On the arm of this quarterback in Super Bowl III in 1969, the Jets beat the heavily favored Colts, 16-7
Joe Namath
Aaron
|
$400
[18]
When Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole in 1912, he found this country's flag left 5 weeks earlier by Amundsen
Norway
Aaron
|
$400
[27]
Your singing is lovely, Georgina; win "Britain's Got Talent" & Simon Cowell might hand you one of these for 250,000 pounds
C-H-E-Q-U-E
Meredith
|
$400
[14]
In 1983 Stanislav Petrov prevented nuclear war by not trusting word of the launch of 5 of these ICBMs named for Amer. Rev. militia
Minuteman
|
$600
[8]
If tomorrow's today is Wednesday, then this is the day after tomorrow's yesterday
Wednesday
|
|
$600
[23]
In 1450 Haarlem's Dieric Bouts depicted "The Fall into" this place of suffering
Hell
Aaron
Meredith
|
$600
[3]
In a college baseball upset, the Bulldogs of Fresno State took the 2008 College World Series from the Bulldogs of this school
Georgia
Aaron
|
$600
[19]
After conquering Cuba, Panfilo de Narvaez was tasked by Charles V to take this nearby peninsula
Florida
Susan
|
— |
$600
[15]
michaeljfox.org spends 88 cents of every dollar on research programs to fight this disease; be a hero too & donate a buck
Parkinson's
Aaron
|
$800
[7]
Seurat spent this "Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte"
Sunday
Aaron
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1563 Pieter Bruegel the Elder spoke the language of art with a rendering of this structure mentioned in Genesis 11
the Tower of Babel
Aaron
|
$800
[2]
Do you believe in miracles? Mike Eruzione & the U.S. men's hockey team beat the Soviets at the Olympics in this year
1980
Aaron
|
$800
[20]
Sent to Africa in 1841 as a missionary, this Scotsman eventually started exploring the place, presumably
(David) Livingstone
Susan
|
— |
$800
[13]
Heather Heyer won the Ali Humanitarian for Social Justice Award after losing her life protesting Neo-Nazis in this Va. city in 2017
Charlottesville
Meredith
|
$1,000
[6]
In a nursery rhyme, Solomon Grundy "died on" this day (but still had yet to be buried in the next line)
Saturday
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Last name of the real guy who gave us "The Garden of Earthly Delights" & of the fictional guy who solves murders in Los Angeles
(Hieronymus) Bosch
Aaron
|
$1,000
[1]
2019's ESPY Award for Upset of the Year went tothis25-1 underdog, the first heavyweight boxing champ of Mexican ancestry
Andy Ruiz Jr.
|
$1,000
[21]
The island of Van Diemen's land, a name associated with Australian penal colonies, was renamed in 1855 for this Dutch explorer
(Abel) Tasman
Aaron
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
An outstanding chef and an outstanding human, heand his team served 3.6 million meals to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
José Andrés
|
DD
$2,800
[9]
Traditionally, this is the first full day of the Paschal Triduum, leading up to Easter
Good Friday
Aaron
|
| HISTORIC PEOPLE ON TV | BODY PARTS | HIGHER EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY | TRANSPORTATION | STARTS & ENDS WITH B | MONSTERS INK |
|
$400
[18]
In an HBO miniseries, Paul Giamatti was president & accounted for as this title guy born in the 1700s
John Adams
Meredith
|
$400
[26]
In addition to removing waste products, this pair of organs converts vitamin D from an inactive to an active form
the kidneys
Aaron
|
$400
[14]
Home of the Redhawks, Miami University is in this state
Ohio
Aaron
|
$400
[8]
With modern braking systems, this special car at the end of a train is now virtually extinct
caboose
Meredith
|
$400
[6]
It's the business end of a fishhook
barb
Aaron
Susan
|
$400
[1]
In "the Hyperion Cantos", the shrike impales victims on a tree of thorns like the real-life shrike, this kind of creature
a bird
Meredith
|
|
$800
[17]
Thisformer Disney child star is seenherearound the time he rolled as the King of Rock in the TV movie "Elvis"
Kurt Russell
Susan
|
$800
[27]
This, AKA the thighbone, has been shown to resist compression forces of up to 2,500 lbs. but please don't try that at home
the femur
Aaron
|
$800
[11]
Santa Fe Community College is in Sante Fe, N.M.; Sante Fe College is in this city home to the Univ. of Florida
Gainesville
Aaron
|
$800
[9]
Motorhomes come in three letter classes. Class "B" is also called a camper type of this
a van
Aaron
|
$800
[7]
A short promotional statement found on a book cover
blurb
Susan
|
$800
[2]
Lewis Carroll warned that this poetic monster had "jaws that bite, and claws that catch"
the Jabberwock
Susan
Meredith
|
|
$1,200
[16]
In the series "Da Vinci's Demons" Leonardo capers about in this capital of Tuscany
Florence
Susan
|
$1,200
[28]
This nerve-filled innermost layer of a tooth--& sorry, this might hurt a bit--is removed in a root canal procedure
pulp
Aaron
|
$1,200
[10]
The oldest in Kentucky, a university in Lexington bears this name that sounds like Dracula might have been an alumnus
Transylvania
Susan
|
$1,200
[23]
Joan Collins & Christie Brinkley were on the last regular passenger flight of this supersonic transport
the Concorde
Aaron
|
$1,200
[20]
This title film creature was based on an actual 1950 police report about a mysterious gelatinous mass found in a field
The Blob
Meredith
|
$1,200
[3]
These guards of Azkaban feed on human happiness--how monstrous!
the Dementors
Susan
|
|
$1,600
[15]
On this series Jonathan Rhys Meyers was a slimmer, sexier King Henry VIII
The Tudors
Meredith
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
Oakland University isn't in California, it's in this state's cities of Auburn Hills & Rochester Hills
Michigan
Aaron
|
$1,600
[24]
The name of this iconic scooter brand is Italian for "wasp"
Vespa
Susan
|
$1,600
[21]
This type of restaurant/bar makes its own beer & serves it on the premises
a brewpub
Meredith
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" mentions one of these Jewish automatons made of clay
a golem
Meredith
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Robin Weigert played this alcoholic Old West frontierswoman on "Deadwood"
Calamity Jane
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[12]
Founded in 1853, Washington University isn't in D.C. or Washington State but in this city on the Mississippi river
St. Louis
Aaron
|
DD
$2,500
[25]
The vehicle of choice on the Oregon Trail was this wagon with a type of flat land in its name
a prairie schooner
Susan
|
$2,000
[22]
An Old Testament Philistine god & a New Testament devil, his name means "lord of the flies"
Beelzebub
Susan
|
$2,000
[5]
H.P. Lovecraft called this chief of his nightmares a blend of octopus, dragon, and other human forms
the Cthulhu
|
The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Democrat, a "traitor" & a "hissing" one of these creatures
Copperhead