Paul Trifiletti game 3.
Mahesh Uttamchandani — an international development specialist from Falls Church, Virginia
Lynn Q. Yu — a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
Paul Trifiletti — an attorney from Athens, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $3,400 | $7,600 | $12,400 |
$23,201
3-day champion: $61,400 |
$11,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lynn | $1,600 | $3,800 | $11,000 |
$1,601
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
15 R, 2 W |
| Mahesh | $5,400 | $8,000 | $11,600 |
$12,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| WORLD PLACE NAMES | BRITISH POLITICS | FLAG CREATORS | WANNA BET? | EMMY'S BEST DRAMA | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH |
|
$200
[4]
We're bullish on this Spanish city that tradition says was founded by & named for Pompey
Pamplona
Lynn
|
$200
[1]
It's the job of presiding over the House of Commons. From 2009 to 2019, it was the flamboyant John Bercow
the Speaker
Paul
|
$200
[19]
In 1964, George Stanley sketched two suggestions for this country's official flag
Canada
Mahesh
|
$200
[26]
If the bettor buys insurance after the dealer shows an ace, he's playing this game
blackjack
Mahesh
|
$200
[5]
2004:When it came to this HBO series, Emmy did not fuhgeddaboud it
The Sopranos
Mahesh
|
$200
[16]
This word for an afternoon show means "morning" in French
matinee
Paul
|
|
$400
[12]
One of Simon Bolivar's last wishes was vengeance for the murder of a "sweet" friend for whom this Bolivian city is named
Sucre
Lynn
|
$400
[2]
An English town or district that forms the constituency of a member of parliament is called one of these, like a division of NYC
a borough
Paul
|
$400
[20]
When Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag for gay pride in 1978, he added "hot" this color to the traditional 7 colors
pink
Paul
|
$400
[27]
In 2016 a few happy bettors cashed in 5,000-1 tickets after Leicester City won the title in England's top league in this sport
soccer
Mahesh
|
$400
[6]
2011:Voters bought Don Draper's pitch
Mad Men
Lynn
|
$400
[17]
Often seen in our category titles, this word literally means "rotten pot"
potpourri
Mahesh
|
|
$600
[13]
These islands that include New Georgia & Guadalcanal were named for a biblical king
the Solomon Islands
Lynn
|
$600
[3]
In December 2019 this party won a sweeping election victory on a Brexit-now platform
the Conservatives
Mahesh
|
$600
[21]
William Todd, designer of this state's 1846 bear flag, was Abraham Lincoln's relative by marriage
California
Mahesh
|
$600
[28]
If the bettor puts money on the pass line & the roll is 2, 3 or 12, that's this, the name of the game, & the bettor loses
craps
Lynn
|
$600
[7]
2002:POTUS, triumphant
The West Wing
Mahesh
|
$600
[18]
This French feminine word is a person with brown hair
a brunette
Lynn
|
|
$800
[14]
The name of this national park & wildlife refuge in Tanzania roughly translates to "great open place"
Serengeti
Paul
|
$1,000
[11]
From 2014 to 2016 Philip Hammond served as this official, the British counterpart of the U.S. Secretary of State
the Foreign Secretary
Paul
|
$800
[22]
The first of Great Britain's flags began with a 1606 proclamation by this king to merge 2 other flags
James I
Paul
|
$800
[29]
A bettor who correctly picks the order of the first 2 finishers in a horse race wins this precisely named wager
an exacta (*an exactor)
Mahesh
|
$800
[8]
2012:It's Showtime for a bipolar operative
Homeland
Mahesh
|
$800
[23]
Tellers of anecdotes, or the name of a Jack White band
raconteurs
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[15]
These islands in the West Indies are so named because they're sheltered from the trade winds
the Leeward Islands
Paul
Mahesh
|
DD
$3,200
[10]
Since 2016 Baroness Evans of Bowes Park has been the leader of this body
the House of Lords
Mahesh
|
$1,000
[25]
Philosopher Raimundo Teixeira Mendes created this South American country's flag as well as the motto "Ordem e Progresso"
Brazil
Paul
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2018 this NBA commissioner said the league should get a cut of any legalized betting on it
(Adam) Silver
Lynn
|
$1,000
[9]
1984:This "colorful" NBC cop show was careful out there
Hill Street Blues
Mahesh
|
$1,000
[24]
French for "carriage entrance", it's the type of drop-off area seen here
porte cochère
Paul
|
| LITERARY AWARDS | INVENTIONS | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS | THE SAINTS | MUSICALS | MARCH-ING IN |
|
$400
[2]
Like the protagonist in the early part of Dumas' novel, the judges of the newly created Prix Monte-Cristo are these
prisoners
Lynn
Mahesh
|
$400
[24]
Often cited as the world's greatest invention, it was designed in ancient times, but probably just for pottery making
the wheel
Lynn
|
$400
[10]
A Rocky Mountain state pahks its cah in front of an East Coast state & falls into this long state of unconsciousness
a coma (Colorado & Massachusetts)
Mahesh
|
$400
[17]
He first went to the Emerald Isle as a slave in the 5th century; later he returned to convert the country
St. Patrick
Lynn
|
DD
$400
[5]
The protagonist of this musical writes himself letters, hence the name of the show
Dear Evan Hansen
Mahesh
|
$1,600
[26]
This Mexican general prevailed at the Alamo in March of 1836
Santa Anna
Lynn
|
|
$800
[3]
No twist necessary in the short stories that since 1919 win the prize named for this short story author
O. Henry
Lynn
|
$800
[23]
In 2001 Apple introduced this device that could pack up to 1,000 songs right in your pocket
the iPod
Mahesh
|
$800
[11]
Combine the home states of Vice Presidents Biden & Cheney to get this word meaning moist
dewy (Delaware & Wyoming)
Lynn
|
$800
[13]
AKA Padre Pio, St. Pio of Pietrelcina is one of 60+ saints said to have exhibited these signs of the crucified Jesus
the stigmata
Paul
|
$800
[1]
(I'm Iain Armitage.) The Broadway musical "Hamilton" runs in my family--my dad, Euan Morton, played King George III & I got to rap as the title character while sitting on this composer's shoulders!
(Lin-Manuel) Miranda
Mahesh
|
$2,000
[25]
On March 25, 1851 Major James Savage made the "Discovery" of this valley & now national park on the Merced River
Yosemite
Paul
|
|
$1,200
[8]
2019 Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke is perhaps best known for the novel this player's "Anxiety at the Penalty Kick"
the goalie
Lynn
Mahesh
|
$1,200
[22]
The robotic hand seenherewas created thanks to the invention of this computer-aided process
3-D printing
Paul
|
$1,200
[18]
The home of Independence Hall has a window on the "Cornhusker State" to give us this word
pane (Pennsylvania & Nebraska)
Lynn
|
$1,600
[15]
The Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette 18 times & revealed to her a healing spring in this city
Lourdes
Paul
|
$1,200
[4]
After 3,388 performances & an 8-year run, this musical was no longer "the word" when it closed April 13, 1980
Grease
Mahesh
|
— |
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2019 the name of this prestigious prize became a little shorter when the Man Group stopped sponsoring it
a Booker
Mahesh
|
$1,600
[21]
Smile & say cheese if you know that Edwin Land developed this name brand item, first sold in 1948
Polaroid
Paul
|
$1,600
[19]
Hoosiers join up with their neighbor directly south to form this newspaper-stained word
inky (Indiana & Kentucky)
Lynn
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Legend says around 300 A.D. this small European republic was founded by a saintly man & his followers & it still bears his name today
San Marino
Paul
|
$2,000
[6]
"Fo' Dolla"' & "Our Heroine" were 2 of the "Tales of" this author made into the show "South Pacific"
Michener
Lynn
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
The 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction went to Naomi Alderman for this sci-fi novel where women get shocking abilities
The Power
|
$2,000
[7]
William Burroughs, grandfather of the famous author William S., invented the first practical one of these office machines
an adding machine
Paul
|
$2,000
[20]
2 states on the West Coast bookend North Dakota to form this 6-letter word for frankness
candor (California, North Dakota & Oregon)
|
$2,000
[16]
St. Adalbert was the apostle of this kingdom later part of Germany, a Bismarck in his career
Prussia
|
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After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian
Moana