Paul Trifiletti game 2.
Zahkia Mendoza — a marketing analyst from Canton, Michigan
Wes Hom — a stay-at-home dad from San Francisco, California
Paul Trifiletti — an attorney from Athens, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $2,800 | $7,800 | $20,200 |
$17,199
2-day champion: $38,199 |
$19,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Wes | $3,200 | $2,400 | $11,600 |
$2,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
17 R, 2 W |
| Zahkia | $400 | $4,200 | $10,600 |
$10,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOLD MY BEER | CHILDREN'S BOOKS | SINGERS NOT SINGING | "C" AS IN SEIZE | CONTINENTAL | CONGRESS |
|
$200
[2]
In the U.S., a standard one of these holds 24 12-ounce bottles
a case
Paul
|
$200
[6]
The man in the yellow hat takes care of this inquisitive primate
Curious George
Wes
|
$200
[23]
She went from Hannah Montana to the Happy Hippie, a nonprofit foundation she began to help LGBTQ & homeless youth
Miley Cyrus
Zahkia
|
$200
[27]
It's a car pedal, or a verb meaning to hold tightly
a clutch
Zahkia
|
$200
[17]
Geographically, though not politically, Greenland is considered part of this continent
North America
Wes
|
$200
[1]
If a president vetoes a piece of legislation, Congress may override it with a vote of this size in both houses
two-thirds
Wes
|
|
$400
[11]
This beer holder is German for "stone"
a stein
|
$400
[7]
A farmer gets exasperating but very legible notes from his livestock in "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that" do this
Type
Wes
|
$400
[24]
In 2018 this one-named singer showed off her acting chops in "Ocean's 8" as a hacker/stoner named Nine Ball
Rihanna
Zahkia
|
$400
[4]
To grip, or a jewelry fastener
a clasp
Zahkia
|
$400
[18]
The sheep population of this continent is about 3 times the number of its people
Australia
Zahkia
|
$400
[3]
Congress has the power to grant this acquisition of citizenship for those not born in the United States
naturalization
Wes
|
|
$600
[12]
You've probably poured a beer or 3 into a red Solo cup from a 15.5-gallon half-barrel one of these
a keg
Wes
|
$600
[8]
The B. stands for Beatrice, a name this Barbara Park kindergartener can't stand
Junie B. Jones
|
$600
[25]
A Save the Children ambassador, this singer from Cuba visited storm-ravaged Puerto Rico
Camila Cabello
Zahkia
|
$600
[5]
A boxing hold, or to nail down a playoff spot
clinch
Wes
|
$600
[19]
With more than 50, this continent has the most countries
Africa
Paul
|
$600
[14]
This word meaning "permanent" precedes the 36 major congressional committees
standing
Paul
|
|
$800
[13]
4-ounce glasses are often used to hold these beer assortments with an aeronautical name
a flight
Paul
|
$800
[9]
In a series of kids' books, this Swedish girl lives by herself in Villa Villekulla
Pippi Longstocking
Wes
|
$800
[26]
On March 24, 1958 he got sworn in as U.S. Army Private 53310761 in Memphis
Elvis Presley
Paul
|
$800
[28]
To confiscate a vehicle temporarily in an emergency, as when a policeman needs to pursue a suspect
commandeer
Paul
|
$800
[20]
This continent is home to the world's smallest fully independent country
Europe
Paul
|
$1,000
[16]
Originally to be in the Bill of Rights, the amendment regulating this action by Congress was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th
Congress raising its own pay
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Thisslender type of beer glass shares its name with a style of lager from the Czech Republic
a pilsner
Zahkia
|
$1,000
[10]
Seen here is the title character of this 2017 book, also the title of a 1954 novel about a very evil little girl
The Bad Seed
|
$1,000
[30]
Tom DeLonge decided to investigate "All the Small Things"--& big things, too--as a UFO researcher after leaving this hitmaking band
Blink-182
Zahkia
|
$1,000
[29]
Slangy clothing term for an arrest by the police
a collar
Zahkia
|
$1,000
[21]
With a leg span of about 12 inches, the Goliath bird-eating spider is native to this continent
South America
Paul
Wes
Zahkia
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
In 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act & established the first U.S. Mint in this city
Philadelphia
Paul
|
| THE COLD WAR | NEAT ANIMAL STUFF | GET SCHOOLED | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS | THE MEG | RETRO PHRASES |
|
$400
[6]
Checkpoint Charlie was a heavily guarded crossing on this symbolic & physical barrier
the Berlin Wall
Paul
|
$400
[29]
During a sandstorm, the Bactrian kind of this animal can squeeze its nostrils shut
a camel
Zahkia
|
$400
[1]
Barack Obama's name replaced that of this Confederate president on an elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Zahkia
|
$400
[11]
2 Lady Libertys tall, a "Statue of Unity" depicts Sardar Patel, who helped unify this country upon independence
India
Zahkia
|
$400
[20]
For feel-good films like "Sleepless in Seattle", she was dubbed "America's Sweetheart" & the "Queen of Rom Coms"
Meg Ryan
Wes
|
$800
[17]
Hoping to dance, you could either "get down" or this 6-letter word that comes before board in a wave-riding implement
boogie
Paul
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1960 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union flying one of these spy planes
a U-2
Wes
|
$800
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two animal eye photos on the monitor, of a fox and a goat.) Researchers think vertical thesein certain predators' eyes help sharpen depth perception when ambushing while horizontalonesin the eyes of prey help give a wider field of vision to detect threats
pupils
Paul
|
$800
[2]
The CIA for short (not that CIA), it was founded in 1946 to train returning WWII veterans in the art of cooking
the Culinary Institute of America
Zahkia
|
$800
[12]
Near the famous wall, a D.C. memorial to women's service in this war was unveiled on Veterans Day 1993
the Vietnam War
Wes
Zahkia
|
$800
[23]
In 2017, shewelcomed a special visitor to "The View"--her beloved dad
Meg (Meghan) McCain
Wes
|
$1,200
[15]
Meaning I'll see you later, "I'll catch you on the" this was a hit in record stores
the flip side
Zahkia
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The situation where neither side will start a war because of the cost to itself is mutual assured this, MAD for short
destruction
Paul
|
$1,200
[27]
The German type of these, which many predict will survive Armageddon, are becoming nearly impossible to kill with chemicals
cockroaches
Wes
|
DD
$1,200
[3]
Alumni of this exclusive boarding school near Windsor include Princes William & Harry & actor Tom Hiddleston
Eton
Zahkia
|
$1,200
[18]
Il Papa from 1978 to 2005, he'shonored with astatueoutside Rome's main train station
Pope John Paul II
Paul
|
$1,200
[24]
In 2014, while still at Fox, she made Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
Megyn Kelly
Zahkia
|
$1,600
[14]
Since the '60s or so to sunbathe is to "catch some" these
rays
Wes
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The brief anti-communist period of liberalization in this country in 1968 was called the Prague Spring
Czechoslovakia
Wes
Zahkia
|
$1,600
[21]
Scientists tracked one of these mammals, named for its chilly habitat, as it trekked 2000 miles from Norway to Canada in 76 days
an arctic fox
Wes
|
$1,600
[4]
This university's informal "Dropout Hall of Fame" includes author Jack London & '60s activist Jerry Rubin
Cal (University of California in Berkeley)
Wes
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
Paris' Chapelle Expiatoire, meaning the to-make-amends-for-executing-you chapel, is on the original 1793 burial site of this couple
King Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette
Paul
|
$1,600
[25]
Her music video for "Marry Me" features clips from her wedding to "Spy Kids" star Daryl Sabara
Meghan Trainor
Zahkia
|
$2,000
[16]
For favors, one would beseech another to "do me a" this, one of the 3 main forms of matter
a solid
Zahkia
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Soviet leader Gorbachev initiated policies in the 1980s of glasnost, "openness", & this, meaning "restructuring"
perestroika
Paul
|
$2,000
[22]
These ball-rolling beetles find their way around by using the Sun, the Moon, & sometimes the Milky Way
dung beetles
Paul
|
$2,000
[5]
What is now NYU's Brown Building was the site of this tragic 1911 fire that killed 146 workers
the Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Paul
|
$2,000
[13]
At 500', the world's tallest cross stands over Spain's Valley of the Fallen but no longer over this dictator, moved elsewhere in 2019
Francisco Franco
Zahkia
|
$2,000
[26]
In between "Will & Grace" & "Will & Grace", she's been the voice of Gayle on "Bob's Burgers"
Megan Mullally
Wes
|
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A laboratory known as the House of Pain is on Noble's Isle, the title setting of this novel
The Island of Doctor Moreau