Betsy Reisz — a test prep tutor from Sherman Oaks, California
Ted Fruchtman — a supply chain manager from Los Angeles, California
Cory Barger — an orchestra musician from Riverside, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory | $3,000 | $8,400 | $13,600 |
$13,600
2-day champion: $37,400 |
$12,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ted | $1,800 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$6,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Betsy! | $-200 | $400 | $2,000 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,000
11 R, 4 W |
| KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | NAME THE DIRECTOR | IT COMES FROM ANIMALS | ON THE GO | PIECES OF "EIGHT" | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS |
|
$200
[6]
A century before the same-named act of 1964, this act of 1866 guaranteed the rights of those formerly enslaved
the Civil Rights Act
Cory
Ted
|
$200
[22]
2016: "Fences", in which he also starred
Denzel Washington
Betsy!
|
$200
[1]
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
down
Cory
|
$200
[14]
This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert"
a camel
Cory
|
$200
[7]
LXXVIII
seventy-eight
|
$200
[8]
(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) After going 7 & 3 arguing before the Supreme Court, hereeled off an amazing 22 straight wins, including the unanimously decided Brown vs. the Board of Education & would join the court himself in 1967
(Thurgood) Marshall
Ted
|
|
$400
[27]
The 2nd Amendment describes this 2-word type of "militia"
well regulated
Cory
|
$400
[23]
1997: rediscovering "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"
Spielberg
Cory
|
$400
[2]
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
sheep
Betsy!
|
$400
[15]
Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter
a paddlewheel
Cory
|
$400
[10]
I could have had this type of internal-combustion engine with 2 opposed banks of 4 cylinders
a V-eight
Ted
|
$400
[9]
(Ken Jennings presents the clue.)This Midwesterner did have some down years in his 50-plus-year investing success story but also some pretty good streaks, including a nine-year run where shares in his company increased in value by an average of 52% a year
(Warren) Buffett
Betsy!
|
|
$800
[29]
On July 17, 1918 this czar was proved mistaken in his belief in the divine right of kings, that only God can punish rulers
Nicholas II
Betsy!
|
$600
[24]
1935: taking "The 39 Steps"
Hitchcock
Betsy!
|
$600
[3]
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
leather
Cory
|
$600
[16]
Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland
a monorail
Ted
|
$600
[11]
A 134-pound boxer, or a guy who can't hold his booze
a lightweight
Ted
|
$600
[19]
(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) In the 19th century, Mischief, Vigilant &, appropriately, Defender kept this item in the hands of the U.S. for what eventually added up to 132 years & 24 defenses, including one led by Ted Turner--yes, that Ted Turner
the America's Cup
Ted
|
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
In 2020 Virginia became the 38th state to ratify this proposed amendment, but there's the matter of that 1982 deadline
the Equal Rights Amendment
Cory
|
$800
[25]
In 2017, a man unafraid of explosions: "Transformers: The Last Knight"
Michael Bay
Cory
Ted
|
$800
[4]
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
boar bristle
Cory
|
$800
[17]
Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour
luge
Cory
|
$800
[12]
An ice skating move, or a type of knot
a figure eight
Ted
|
$800
[20]
(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) 28 publishers rejected the first book by this legal thriller master, but he'd have the last laugh by writing 28 consecutive number one fiction bestsellers
(John) Grisham
Ted
|
| — |
$1,000
[26]
1991: "Point Break" (she'd win a directing Oscar for a later film)
(Kathryn) Bigelow
Ted
|
$1,000
[5]
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
insects
Betsy!
|
$1,000
[18]
In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater
Triton
Betsy!
|
$1,000
[13]
Perhaps foreign objects if you weren't around to enjoy music in the 1970s, they're the items seen here
eight-tracks
Cory
|
$1,000
[21]
(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell tohimin the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30
Alexander the Great
Cory
|
| HELLO & GOODBYE | VOLCANOES | TV SHOWS BY EPISODES | ON THE BOOKSHELF | THE SULTANS | OF STING |
|
$400
[21]
Used in Hawaii both when greeting & parting, this word means "affection"
aloha
Betsy!
|
$400
[4]
Seen here are the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii with this volcano lurking innocently in the background
Mount Vesuvius
Betsy!
|
$400
[1]
"Citizen Knope","Recall Vote"
Parks and Rec
Ted
|
$400
[11]
Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" imagines the young woman who inspired a masterpiece by this Dutch painter
Vermeer
Betsy!
|
$400
[16]
Sultan Bayezid II gave refuge to many Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 by a decree from this royal couple
Ferdinand & Isabella
Ted
|
$400
[26]
A stinger is an S.A.M., short for this type of missile
surface-to-air
Ted
Betsy!
|
|
$800
[22]
This nautical greeting to get the attention of another ship is often followed by "there"
ahoy
Ted
|
$800
[7]
Beneath this U.S. national park isn't just a volcano, but a supervolcano that has had 3 super eruptions & could blow again
Yellowstone
Betsy!
|
$800
[2]
"Sexual Harassment Panda","Kenny Dies"
South Park
Cory
|
$800
[12]
Lisbeth Salander has a Chinese symbol inked on her hip & a wasp on her neck as well as the design mentioned in the title of this novel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Betsy!
|
$800
[17]
Reigning in the early 1700s, Sultan Husayn was the last independent Safavid shah of this nation
Persia
Ted
|
$1,200
[29]
In the second & last teaming of this actor & Robert Redford, they join forces to fleece Robert Shaw in "The Sting"
Paul Newman
Cory
|
|
$1,600
[24]
It sounds like it's about divine velocity, but it's really an expression of good wishes for someone leaving on a journey
godspeed
Ted
|
$1,200
[8]
In December 2019 a tourist excursion turned deadly when a volcano erupted on this country's White Island
New Zealand
Ted
|
$1,200
[3]
"A Jewish Girl Walks into the Apollo...","It's Comedy or Cabbage"
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
|
$1,200
[13]
"The Final Days" was Woodward & Bernstein's sequel to this nonfiction bestseller
All the President's Men
Betsy!
|
$1,200
[18]
This "magnificent" sultan took Belgrade in 1521 & even laid siege to Vienna for a time
Suleiman
Ted
|
$1,600
[28]
Thesestinging plants emit chemicals that can hurt dogs that encounter them
nettles
Ted
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This respectful greeting from Hindi means "I bow to you"
namaste
Cory
|
$1,600
[9]
Mount Erebus, the most southerly active volcano, is located on this Antarctic island that shares its name with an ice shelf
Ross
Cory
|
$1,600
[5]
"Infected" ,"The King, the Widow, and Rick"
The Walking Dead
Ted
|
$1,600
[14]
He followed up "The Underground Railroad" with "The Nickel Boys"
Colson Whitehead
Cory
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1923 this man, real name Mustafa Kemal, came into power after Turkey's sultanate was abolished
Atatürk
Ted
|
$2,000
[27]
This 20th century poet wrote "Stings", referred to as her "Bee Sequence", posthumously published in "Ariel" in 1965
Sylvia Plath
Cory
|
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
"ALV" is texting shorthand for goodbye, from the pronunciation of this 3-word Spanish expression
hasta la vista
Ted
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1883 an explosive eruption of this volcano in the Sunda Strait could be heard nearly 3,000 miles away
Krakatoa
|
$2,000
[6]
"Meeseeks and Destroy", "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate"
Rick and Morty
Ted
|
$2,000
[15]
Dubbed the "Queen of Suspense" for such novels as "You Belong to Me", this beloved author passed away in 2020 at age 92
Mary Higgins Clark
Betsy!
|
DD
$3,600
[19]
Since the 16th c. Ottoman sultans have claimed this 6-letter religious title, passed down to followers of Muhammad
caliph
Ted
|
— |
In 2019, at a 60th anniversary event in Detroit, this producer announced his retirement saying he had "come full circle"
Berry Gordy