Zach Newkirk game 3.
Jennifer Kosmin — a history professor from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Iman Shervington — a filmmaker from Los Angeles, California
Zach Newkirk — an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach | $4,400 | $4,800 | $21,800 |
$21,074
3-day champion: $65,674 |
$18,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Iman | $-200 | $-800 | $1,200 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,200
7 R, 4 W |
| Jennifer | $2,200 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| AMERICAN LITERATURE | TV CATCHPHRASES BY SHOW | A RIVER RUNS UNDER IT | ACTIONS | "THAN" WORDS | SPEAK LOUDER |
|
$200
[6]
Washington Irving's tale of this farmer who takes a big snooze was based on a German folktale
Rip Van Winkle
Jennifer
|
$200
[16]
"D'oh!"
The Simpsons
Iman
|
$200
[1]
Covered over in the late 19th century, the Bievre runs under Paris before flowing into this river
the Seine
Zach
|
$200
[24]
After one of your checkers reaches your opponent's first row, do this to your piece to show it's now a king
top it on the other piece
Jennifer
|
$200
[11]
It was inspired by a 1621 harvest feast
Thanksgiving
Zach
|
DD
$800
[26]
If you're increasing these units that measure the intensity of sound, you're getting louder
decibels
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[7]
Willa Cather's novel about this title girl is set around the town of Black Hawk, Nebraska
My Antonia
Zach
|
$400
[17]
"Yabba dabba doo!"
The Flintstones
Iman
|
$400
[2]
Connecticut's Park River, which flows under the state capitol grounds, was buried in the 1940s by the Army Corps of these
Engineers
Iman
|
$400
[23]
Steph Curry is one of many athletes who tap their chests & then do this to thank God after a successful play
look up (point up to the sky)
Zach
Iman
|
$400
[13]
"Beowulf" features several of these feudal warriors who serve their liege
thanes
|
$1,000
[27]
Thespians know that to speak louder, you need to project, & a good method is engaging this dome-shaped muscle in the torso
the diaphragm
Jennifer
|
|
$600
[8]
The title of this first Philip Marlowe novel is a euphemism for death
The Big Sleep
Zach
|
$600
[18]
"Bazinga!"
The Big Bang Theory
|
$600
[4]
Today buried in tunnels, Moscow's Neglinnaya river fed the moat protecting this fortress
the Kremlin
Zach
|
$600
[21]
In dancing the Lindy Hop, the kaye is this type of move to be done carefully & without surprising your partner
a dip
Jennifer
|
$600
[14]
It's handy to put facilities for this gasoline additive right infieldsof the Midwestern corn it's made from
ethanol
Zach
Iman
|
— |
|
$800
[9]
4 Chinese women meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel
The Joy Luck Club
|
$800
[19]
"Nanu-nanu"
Mork & Mindy
Iman
Jennifer
|
$800
[5]
West Virginia's Lost River disappears under a ridge in this mountain chain, then emerges as the Cacapon River on the other side
the Appalachian Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains)
Zach
Jennifer
|
$800
[22]
In knitting, it means to pull a loop of yarn through the front to the back of the fabric
purl
|
$800
[15]
In Greek mythology this 8-letter figure is the personification of death
Thanatos
Jennifer
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1997 this famously reclusive author published a fictionalized tale of surveyors "Mason & Dixon"
(Thomas) Pynchon
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[20]
"Book 'em, Danno"
Hawaii Five-O
|
$1,000
[12]
This rhyming road synonymous with the British press gets its name from a river that flows under London
Fleet Street
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[25]
Medically speaking, remove 2 letters from a word meaning "to beat rapidly" & you get this word meaning "to examine by touching"
palpate
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[3]
Euphuism, an artificially elegant prose style, came into fashion in this royal period of English literature
Elizabethan
Zach
|
— |
| THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | ANIMALS | THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES | PATRON SAINTS | PUN-FORGIVABLE |
|
$400
[4]
During this notorious period that began in 1793, the Committee of Public Safety was effectively the govt. of France
the Reign of Terror
Iman
|
$400
[19]
The pronghorn, also called the American or pronghorned one of these, can cover about one mile per minute
an antelope
|
$400
[11]
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the non-voting delegate for this district for nearly 30 years
Washington, D.C.
Jennifer
|
$400
[23]
Thisactress who captured our hearts as little Gertie in "E.T."
Drew Barrymore
Iman
|
$400
[9]
This patron saint of lost causes probably got his 4-letter name so he wouldn't be confused with Judas
St. Jude
Jennifer
|
$400
[30]
"The hog products you crave", or a mammal with quills
pork you pine
Zach
|
|
$800
[5]
The National Convention first met on Sept. 20, 1792 & declared France one of these kingless governments 2 days later
a republic
Zach
|
$800
[20]
In the 1950s Idaho relocated these amphibious rodents by dropping them (with parachutes) out of airplanes
beavers
Zach
|
$800
[15]
2019's H.R. 420 is a federal bill that seeks to regulate this substance
marijuana
Jennifer
|
$800
[27]
Him as adult film star Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights"
(Mark) Wahlberg
Iman
|
$800
[10]
George slew this mythical beast, which led to 15,000 baptisms & him becoming patron saint of England
the dragon
Zach
|
$800
[1]
"A spot for handing out pink slips", or a hearth at the base of a chimney
a fire place
|
|
$1,200
[6]
A coup on 18 Brumaire established the consulate & brought this general to power
Napoleon Bonaparte
Zach
|
$1,200
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Those aren't racing stripes; a mutation in the king type of this African cat blends the spots around its spine to look like stripes
a cheetah
Zach
Iman
|
$1,200
[16]
Chaired by Maxine Waters, the House Committee on these services regulates the banks
financial services
Zach
|
$1,200
[26]
Him as stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
Sean Penn
|
$1,600
[13]
Sharing his feast day with fellow archangels Gabriel & Michael, he's the patron saint of the blind
St. Raphael
|
$1,200
[2]
"What you say to scare a lemon pie topping", or an Australian aboriginal weapon
Boo! meringue
|
|
$1,600
[7]
The motto of the radical Jacobin Club was "Vivre libre ou mourir", translated as this
Live free or die
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[21]
When these camel relatives give birth, it's been colloquially called "unpacking"
alpacas
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[18]
The 9th district of this state was not represented in January 2019 because the vote there was not certified due to charges of fraud
North Carolina
Zach
|
$1,600
[25]
This Canadian-born actress in the title role of "Juno"
(Ellen) Page
Iman
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
St. Erasmus, also known by this shorter name, is a patron saint of sailors
St. Elmo
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[29]
"Where Noah stored his bees aboard his vessel", or a place where historical documents & records are kept
an ark hive
Zach
|
|
$2,000
[8]
From tomber, French for "to fall", it was the cart that took those condemned to death on their last ride
tumbrel
|
$2,000
[22]
This late gorilla once broke a sink & used sign language to blame someone else
Koko
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
This 15-letter appointed officer publishes the rules for the House & makes sure the reps abide by them
the parliamentarian
Zach
|
$2,000
[24]
Described as a cinematic chameleon, this British actress in the title role of "Orlando"
Tilda Swinton
|
$2,000
[14]
Pope Clement IX made Rose of Lima patron of this country; Clement X made her patron saint of all of South America
Peru
Zach
|
$2,000
[28]
"To break God's law until a prime time hour", or to sparkle brightly
sin till late
|
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks
Julius Caesar