Paul Trifiletti game 1.
Margaret Beaton — a health policy analyst from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Paul Trifiletti — an attorney from Athens, Georgia
Mike Upchurch — a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $2,000 | $6,000 | $7,200 |
$13,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Paul | $1,600 | $3,600 | $11,000 |
$21,000
New champion: $21,000 |
$10,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Margaret | $1,400 | $2,400 | $12,400 |
$2,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| CURRENT SPORTS NICKNAMES | NEGATIVE THOUGHTS | AMERICA'S RICHEST SELF-MADE WOMEN | HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? | HELLER | HIGH WATER |
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$200
[5]
Why so serious? Tennis star Novak Djokovic has this villainous nickname
"The Joker"
Margaret
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$200
[13]
9-letter optimist opposite
pessimist
Paul
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$200
[27]
Meg Whitman's bid for No. 2 on the list started when she made this Internet seller a billion-dollar giant
eBay
Mike
|
$200
[1]
My garden grows great because I first consulted the hardiness zone map from this organization, USDA for short
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mike
|
$200
[22]
The Supreme Court's decision in the case of D.C. v. Heller used this amendment to strike down a gun control law
the Second Amendment
Mike
|
$200
[10]
A lake high on Mount Kenya shares its name with this main character in "The Lion King"
Simba
Paul
|
|
$400
[6]
Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli might earn this video game nickname from the way he unclogs defenses
"Super Mario"
Mike
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$400
[15]
To void or close out, like a network does to a failing TV show
cancel
Mike
|
$400
[29]
Sara Blakely, creator of this shaping undergarment brand, has the ultimate mogul cred--guest shark on "Shark Tank"
Spanx
Mike
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$400
[2]
A couple of weeks before planting, mix in some of this decaying organic matter from the "heap" to help stabilize your soil
compost
Margaret
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$400
[24]
At one point both of Nevada's sitting senators, Dean Heller & Harry Reid, belonged to this faith
the LDS faith (Mormon Church)
Paul
|
$400
[11]
One of the highest rivers in the world, the Yarlung Tsangpo starts in this autonomous region of China
Tibet
Mike
|
|
$600
[9]
Andy Smith, one of the world's best players at this pub game, is nicknamed "The Pie Man"
darts
Paul
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$600
[16]
This presidential option is Latin for "I forbid"
veto
Mike
|
$800
[4]
Billionaires Kathy Fields & Katie Rodan created this "forward"-thinking acne treatment brand often seen on late night TV
Proactiv
|
$600
[7]
Itpretty much grows whatever I do, as I planted this almost foolproof herb that's aromatic & tasty in tea
mint
Paul
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$600
[25]
Paul Giamatti played Jerry Heller, manager of rap group NWA, in this 2015 film
Straight Outta Compton
Mike
|
$600
[14]
Scuba diving in lakes at high altitudes is more dangerous, as this 5-letter decompression sickness is worse
the bends
Mike
|
|
$800
[21]
The NFL's Tyrann Mathieu doesn't care if you don't know his nickname is this species of fearless carnivore of the weasel family
a honey badger
Paul
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$800
[17]
Juliet tells Romeo, "Deny thy father and" this "thy name"
refuse
Margaret
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DD
$1,000
[30]
Pleasant Rowland started this historical brand when she couldn't find suitable dolls for her nieces
American Girl
Mike
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$800
[8]
Diatomaceous earth is great as one of these, as it damages the cuticles & joints of the invaders
a pesticide (insecticide)
Margaret
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$800
[26]
Want your very own Frank Lloyd Wright home? The Heller house in this city's Hyde Park area was offered for sale for $2.2 million
Chicago
Margaret
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$800
[19]
A 425-mile river originating in Idaho's Sawtooth mountains is named for this fish known for its upriver journeys
the salmon
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Joel Embiid in 2019 won the trademark for this nickname of his that also describes the 76ers' strategy of improving the team
"The Process"
Paul
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$1,000
[18]
To disclaim: on "Mission: Impossible", "the secretary will" do this regarding "any knowledge of your actions"
disavow
Paul
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$1,000
[3]
Part of this author's nearly $400 million fortune came from books she wrote under the J.D. Robb pseudonym
Nora Roberts
Mike
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$1,000
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates a gardening technique.) To speed this process by which seeds begin to sprout, rub them on sandpaper in a technique called scarification
germination
Mike
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$1,000
[28]
Like his character Yossarian, "Catch-22" author Joseph Heller was this 10-letter type of airman who must be on target
a bombardier
Mike
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$1,000
[20]
Tradition says that Zoroaster meditated for years at the lake at the summit of Mount Sabalan in this country
Iran
Margaret
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| THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA | FROMSNLTO THE MOVIES | SCIENCE | ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN ARCHITECTURE | FILL IN THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE | GIVING OUT "IOUS" |
|
$400
[4]
This addition to the nation during Jefferson's tenure included land that would end up being part of 15 states
the Louisiana Purchase
Paul
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$400
[2]
Alice Cooper breaks down the etymology of "Milwaukee" to Mike Myers in this 1992 film
Wayne's World
Mike
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$400
[9]
Some people seem to learn by this process, the flow of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane
osmosis
Margaret
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$400
[18]
In July & August in ancient Rome, a piscina, one of these, might have proved quite popular
a pool
Mike
|
$400
[26]
2018:"Harry Potter and the ___ ___, Parts One and Two"
Cursed Child
Mike
Margaret
|
$400
[1]
Able to live both on land & under water
amphibious
Mike
|
|
$800
[5]
In his 1801 inaugural address, Jefferson tried to mend fences between his Democratic-Republicans & this political party
the Federalists
Mike
Paul
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$800
[3]
"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of" this 1980 musical title duo "has been approved"
The Blues Brothers
Paul
|
$800
[10]
This neurotransmitter is the second "S" in the class of drugs known as SSRIs
serotonin
Margaret
|
$800
[19]
In ancient Greece, an agalma was a work of art dedicated to one of these
a god
Margaret
|
— |
$800
[14]
"V" know it precedes "reader" in being eager to devour the contents of many books
voracious
Margaret
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Predicting an eclipse & decrying the white man's ways, Tenskwatawa was dubbed the Shawnee this
prophet
Paul
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$1,200
[20]
10 seconds, contestants! Will Forte tries to defuse a nuclear warhead as this 2010 title guy
MacGruber
Mike
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$1,600
[12]
The stamen, the male reproductive organ of a flowering plant, produces pollen in this terminal structure of sacs
the anther
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$1,200
[23]
The Library of Celsus at Ephesus had three bigwindowsto let light into this alliterativespacethat the British Museum also has
a reading room
Margaret
|
— |
$1,200
[15]
In legal speak, it describes wanton or vicious intent
malicious
Margaret
|
|
$1,600
[7]
The doctrine of judicial review was established in 1803 by the historic Supreme Court him v. him
Marbury v. Madison
Paul
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$1,600
[21]
Dan Aykroyd wants a green card in this 1993 film (but he's not really from France)
Coneheads
|
$2,000
[13]
F can stand for this unit of electrical capacitance
a farad
Paul
|
$1,600
[24]
From words meaning "city of the dead", it was a large cemetery in ancient Greece
Necropolis
Paul
|
— |
$1,600
[16]
Stevie Wonder sang, "very" this, "ladder's 'bout to fall"; now touch your nose for luck
superstitious
Margaret
|
|
$2,000
[8]
In the 1806 edition of his bio of George Washington, this author included the fictional tale of young George & the cherry tree
Parson Weems
|
$2,000
[22]
In a trailer for a 1995 movie as Stuart Smalley, he said, "My father grew up in the Great Depression... his mother's"
(former Senator) Al Franken
|
DD
$2,400
[11]
It's the point in the orbit of the Moon when it is farthest from the Earth
apogee (*apex)
Margaret
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
Similar to a Roman circus, this was an ancient Greek racecourse for horses & chariots
a hippodrome
Paul
|
— |
$2,000
[17]
This adjective means incorrect & is more specifically applied to logic with faulty reasoning
fallacious
Margaret
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This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means "savior" in Spanish
(Salvador) Dali