Shawn Buell — a civil engineer from Zachary, Louisiana
Michelle Kanter Cohen — a voting rights attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland
Nathan Berger — a restaurateur and sommelier from South Portland, Maine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,600 |
$5,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $600 | $2,400 | $12,400 |
$12,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
17 R, 1 W |
| Shawn | $1,400 | $7,400 | $18,800 |
$24,801
New champion: $24,801 |
$17,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| DRINK UP: IT'S THIRST-DAY | GEOGRAPHY | CHANNEL THAT ABBREV. | FACTS & FIGURES | "YE" OLD | STORY OF MYTH |
|
$200
[1]
This frozen rum cocktail that can be banana or strawberry is named for a district in Cuba
a daiquiri
Shawn
|
$200
[2]
The Casiquiare River forms a link between the drainage systems of the Orinoco & this bigger South American river
the Amazon
Michelle
|
$200
[24]
It's got "Drunk History":COM
Comedy Central
Michelle
|
$200
[19]
The average distance between these 2 bodies is 93 million miles
the Earth & the Sun
Michelle
|
$200
[15]
This word for an annual publication was around more than 4 centuries before the class of 2020 got theirs
a yearbook
Michelle
|
$200
[9]
In the labor of the man-eating horses of King Diomedes, this hero fed Diomedes to the horses
Hercules
Nathan
|
|
$400
[4]
Reposado tequila & Grand Marnier go into the upgraded cocktail known as this kind of car margarita
a Cadillac margarita
Nathan
|
$400
[3]
This monarchy of North Africa lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain
Morocco
Nathan
|
$400
[25]
Founded by Robert Redford:SUND
Sundance
Michelle
|
$400
[20]
Adding up senators & House representatives, Congress has this many voting members
535
Shawn
|
$400
[14]
This word for a leavening agent entered the language around the year 1000
yeast
Nathan
|
$400
[10]
Jealous Daedalus tossed his apprentice off the Acropolis, leading to banishment from this city
Athens
Shawn
|
|
$600
[5]
Despite its name, this cocktail never seems to go out of style
an old-fashioned
Nathan
|
$600
[7]
If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, she'll know it's an island country found in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Nathan
|
$600
[26]
It's premium cable:MAX
Cinemax
Shawn
|
$600
[21]
Since its founding in 1955, this company with locations in all 50 states has prepared more than 800 million tax returns
H&R Block
Nathan
|
$600
[16]
This 4-letter shrill cry has been around since the middle ages, not just the 2004 website launch
yelp
Nathan
Shawn
|
$600
[11]
This god of love fell in love with the mortal Psyche, of whom his mom Venus was jealous
Cupid
Nathan
Michelle
|
|
$800
[6]
Hindi gives us the name of this hot whiskey drink that's warming & restorative
a toddy
Michelle
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
If you're on Nevis & have business at Government House, you need to go to this nearby island
St. Kitts
Nathan
|
$800
[27]
It's where you can watch "NBA on TNT":TNT
Turner Network Television
Shawn
|
$800
[29]
On average, the statues on this Chilean dependency are 13 feet tall & weigh 14 tons
Easter Island
Shawn
|
$800
[17]
One of "The Canterbury Tales" is told by this olde type of attendant or bodyguard
yeoman
Shawn
|
$800
[12]
King Pelias used the Golden Fleece as an excuse to get this upstart nephew of his out of the city
Jason
Shawn
|
|
$1,000
[8]
A World War I artillery piece gave its national name & caliber to this champagne cocktail
the French 75
Nathan
|
$1,000
[23]
The Philippines' largest islands are Luzonand this one down south
Mindanao
|
$1,000
[28]
With "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street": FBN
FOX Business
Shawn
|
$1,000
[30]
This European country gets about 3/4 of its electricity from nuclear power, the most of any country
France
Shawn
|
$1,000
[18]
This word for a type of Jewish school entered English in the 1600s
a yeshiva
Michelle
|
$1,000
[13]
An errant lioness interrupts the budding romance of Babylonian youths Thisbe & this guy
Pyramus
|
| SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S | RUN ON SENTENCES | HIGHWAYS | WORDS THAT RHYME | BOSS HOG | THEM DUKE BOYS! |
|
$400
[5]
Auctioned off in 2019 for $110 million, a record for an impressionist work, this painter's"Haystacks"
Monet
Nathan
|
$400
[8]
It's said of this nursery rhyme trio, "see how they run!"
three blind mice
Michelle
|
$400
[12]
Good roads advocate Cyrus Avery of Tulsa is known as "The Father of" this numeric highway famous in song
Route 66
Michelle
|
$400
[1]
A digit & a chanteuse
a finger & a singer
Michelle
|
$400
[17]
Twrch Trwyth is a fierce boar that this legendary "King of the Britons" faces off against in the "Mabinogion"
King Arthur
|
$400
[22]
At 23 in 1705 Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, was appointed treasurer of this country
Scotland
|
|
$800
[6]
A shout-out to this artist, who famouspaintingshattered records in 2012, bringing in over $119 million
(Edvard) Munch
Michelle
|
$800
[9]
This number Psalm says, "Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over"
Psalm 23 (the 23rd Psalm)
Michelle
Shawn
|
$800
[13]
It means "royal road"; California & Spain have them
the Camino Real
Shawn
|
$800
[2]
Legal evidence with probative weight & detached, indifferent, cool
proof & aloof
Nathan
|
$800
[18]
Initially this sheep-pig is laughed at, but he soon has things under control at Hoggett farm
Babe
Shawn
|
$800
[23]
As a young man Arthur Wellesley, best known as this duke, had gambling debts & trouble at school before his martial glory
the Duke of Wellington
Michelle
|
|
$1,200
[7]
This artist's"The Blue Page", once thought to be a sketch for his"Blue Boy", sold for $3 1/4 million in 2016
Gainsborough
Shawn
|
$1,200
[10]
Before a heavyweight title fight, Joe Louis said, "He can run, but" these 3 words
he can't hide
Nathan
|
$1,200
[14]
For years, "DH" marked this highway that despite its name wasn't only in the South--it got as far north as Detroit
the Dixie Highway
Shawn
|
DD
$800
[4]
Adjective for lowly labor & warmly affable or agreeable
menial & genial
Nathan
|
$1,200
[19]
Noting this swine's efforts, E.B. White wrote, "It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people"
Wilbur
Michelle
|
$1,200
[24]
Wealthy landowner & 1750s Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles was Duke of this "upon-Tyne"
Newcastle
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Immediately after his"Girl with a Balloonsold in London in 2018, it self-destructed by passing through a hiddenshredder
Banksy
Shawn
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1814 a Belgian diplomat said the congress of this city "doesn't run--it waltzes"
Vienna
Michelle
|
$2,000
[16]
Both St. John's on Newfoundland & Victoria in British Columbia have mile 0 markers for this highway
the Trans-Canada Highway
|
$1,200
[3]
What the defendant did in court regarding a legal charge & to totally carve it up on a snowboard, dude
pled & shred
|
$1,600
[20]
In "Animal Farm", this large & in charge pig was based on Stalin
Napoleon
Shawn
|
$1,600
[25]
A constant schemer against his brother King Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence was killed in this London prison in 1478
the Tower of London
Michelle
|
|
$2,000
[28]
The first sculpture on the auction block ever to sell for over $100 million was"Walking Man 1"by this Swiss-born sculptor
Giacometti
Nathan
|
$2,000
[30]
In this Shakespeare comedy, Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Michelle
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Highway connects Feng-shan & Keelung on this island
Taiwan
Shawn
|
$2,000
[27]
To pick & get rid of inferior cattle from the herd & to heat & spice up some wine
cull & mull
Shawn
|
$2,000
[21]
Zhu Bajie or "Pigsy" is an animal guide helping Tripitaka in the 16th century Chinese epic known as "Journey to" here
the West
|
$2,000
[26]
Machiavelli fittingly referred to the young duke Cesare Borgia as a "new" this title
prince
|
This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia
brass