Felicity Flesher — a screenwriter from Studio City, California
Tiffany Eisenhauer — a physician's assistant from Freeport, Maine
Hemant Mehta — a blogger from Naperville, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemant | $1,600 | $2,600 | $9,400 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tiffany | $1,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Felicity | $800 | $800 | $7,600 |
$15,200
New champion: $15,200 |
$7,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| FAMOUS NAMES | 11-LETTER WORDS | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS | KIDS BOOKS EN ESPAÑOL | THIS & THAT | LET'S SKIRT THE ISSUE |
|
$200
[1]
Pablo Picasso was arrested & questioned about the 1911 theft of this famous painting from the Louvre
the Mona Lisa
Tiffany
|
$200
[3]
A pioneer in any field, perhaps as a Portland NBA star
a trailblazer
Hemant
|
$200
[2]
Here's Little Big Town in 2018 performing their cover of a song from a tribute album honoring this legendary performer
Elton John
Hemant
|
$200
[7]
"El Gato Ensombrerado"
The Cat in the Hat
Hemant
|
$200
[21]
This all-"American" veterans' organization was chartered by Congress in September 1919
the American Legion
Tiffany
|
$200
[19]
Ballerina Marie Taglioni introduced the prototype of this skirt
a tutu
Hemant
|
|
$400
[12]
When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves
Philadelphia
Hemant
Tiffany
Felicity
|
$400
[4]
Daniel Webster declared, "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and" this word, like lovers who can't be kept apart
inseparable
Hemant
|
$400
[6]
After 9 previous nominations, this performer who brings the thunder from Down Under was named Entertainer of the Year in 2019
Keith Urban
Felicity
|
$400
[8]
"Buenas Noches, Luna"
Goodnight Moon
Felicity
|
$400
[24]
By August 2018 ex-Maryland Rep. & presidential hopeful John Delaney had visited all 99 counties in this early caucus state
Iowa
Tiffany
|
$600
[22]
A crinoline helped hold out this skirt that, despite its name, could be shaped like a bell, a cone or a pyramid
a hoop skirt
Felicity
|
|
$600
[13]
British cartoonist James Gillray's depiction of this man helped give rise to the idea thathewas short
Napoleon
Tiffany
|
$600
[5]
The ninth sign of the zodiac, it's represented by a centaur
Sagittarius
Tiffany
|
$600
[17]
At the 2017 awards these guys, a '90s boy band, joined Florida Georgia Line to perform "God, Your Mama And Me"
the Backstreet Boys
Tiffany
Felicity
|
$600
[9]
"La Telaraña de Carlota"
Charlotte's Web
Felicity
|
$1,000
[27]
Solve for x: 4x + 2 = 50
12
Hemant
|
$800
[23]
This full skirt popular in the '50s was named for the pooch that was appliqued on it
a poodle skirt
Hemant
|
|
$800
[14]
This 20th century president & his wife are both enshrined in the National Mining Hall of Fame
Herbert Hoover
|
$800
[16]
It's the act of raising someone to the position of a god to be worshipped
idolization
Tiffany
|
$800
[18]
In 2017, before we met her in the middle with Zedd & Grey on pop radio, she was named ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year
Maren Morris
|
$800
[10]
"La Oruga Muy Hambrienta"
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Felicity
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[20]
British designer Mary Quant named this '60s skirt after her favorite car
the miniskirt
Hemant
|
|
$1,000
[15]
During WWI this celebrity visited troops headed overseas & gave tips about how to get out of German handcuffs
Houdini
Hemant
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
At the awards in 2019, hewas named Artist of the Decade
Jason Aldean
Tiffany
|
$1,000
[11]
By Ezra Jack Keats: "Un Día de Nieve"
The Snowy Day
Felicity
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
This old-timey skirt gets its name because of the extreme tapering at the ankle that makes it hard to walk in
the hobble skirt
|
| THE VIETNAM WAR | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP | MOVIE MONSTERS | IT HAS THREE "I"s |
|
$400
[20]
This enemy "offensive" of January 1968 shocked Americans, especially the assault on the U.S. embassy in Saigon
the Tet
Tiffany
|
$400
[3]
Verses like "The Shuhamites...were threescore and four thousand and four hundred" explain this book's name
Numbers
Tiffany
|
$400
[12]
1992's second presidential debate was the first in the format named for this type of meeting--voters got to ask questions
a town hall
Hemant
|
$400
[25]
Myanmar is still sometimes called this, its English name until 1989
Burma
Hemant
|
$400
[1]
As Ann Darrow, Fay Wray got up close & personal with this Eighth Wonder of the World in 1933
King Kong
Tiffany
|
$400
[7]
It means nonmilitary
civilian
Tiffany
|
|
$800
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) During the Vietnam War, the major supply route from north to south that went through Laos and Cambodia in order to avoid U.S. forces, was named for this Communist leader
Ho Chi Minh
Tiffany
|
$800
[17]
St. John experienced this in a cave on the isle of Patmos & is said to have written the Bible book of the same name there
Revelation
Hemant
Tiffany
|
$800
[13]
This device used by police & in job screening was co-invented by Leonarde Keeler, a model for Dick Tracy
a lie detector (polygraph test)
Tiffany
Felicity
|
$800
[21]
On landing in the Hawaiian islands, Captain Cook named them this, after an earl
the Sandwich Islands
Felicity
|
$800
[2]
Onscreen over the years, he's fought the likes of Mothra, Megalon & Biollante
Godzilla
Hemant
|
$800
[8]
"Old Dominion" state named for a monarch who died in 1603
Virginia
Hemant
|
|
$1,200
[27]
Secretary of State under Nixon, he shared a Nobel Prize for his efforts at peace negotiations
Kissinger
Hemant
|
$1,200
[18]
In the 4th chapter of this book, Peter & John are imprisoned in Jerusalem for preaching the gospel
Acts
Hemant
|
$1,200
[14]
It was Army lawyer Joseph Welch who on June 9, 1954 asked this senator, "Have you no sense of decency"?
McCarthy
Hemant
|
$1,200
[22]
What was once called Newark in Ontario, Canada became this town-on-the-lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake
|
$1,200
[4]
Possessing advanced weaponry and technology, this extraterrestrial hunter is also known as Yautja
Predator
Felicity
|
$1,200
[9]
The commencement of fuel combustion
ignition
Tiffany
|
| — |
$1,600
[19]
The Bible book named for this woman is read during Shavuot, the holiday observed 50 days after Passover
Ruth
Hemant
|
$1,600
[15]
North Dakota law says a witness must be asked, "Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth...", but this word may replace "swear"
affirm
Hemant
Felicity
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
What was once the protectorate of Bechuanaland is now this African country that also starts with "B"
Botswana
Felicity
|
$1,600
[5]
Renée Zellweger was in a 1994 film of this horror series that features a cannibalistic psychopath named Leatherface
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Felicity
|
$1,600
[10]
Synthetic vasodilator developed in the 1960s & later used to promote hair growth
Minoxidil
|
| — | — |
$2,000
[16]
An early quiz show, "Doctor I.Q.". gave these, perhaps the Morgan or Peace types, to audience members who answered correctly
silver dollars
|
$2,000
[24]
In 1759 Samuel Johnson wrote a tale about a "Prince of" this place, the old name for Ethiopia
Abyssinia
|
$2,000
[6]
Based on a 1960 Hugo award-winning novel, this movie starred Casper van Dien & Denise Richards as soldiers fighting insect-like aliens
Starship Troopers
|
$2,000
[11]
Used in platinum alloys, it's the element whose symbol is Ir
iridium
Felicity
|
Lady Duff Twysden was the basis for a character in this 1926 novel set partly in Spain
The Sun Also Rises