Jason Lyon — a litigation attorney from Pasadena, California
Thembi Ford — a writer originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phillip Howard — a naval officer from Santa Clarita, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip | $6,200 | $6,000 | $18,200 |
$20,000
2-day champion: $43,000 |
$18,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Thembi | $1,800 | $3,800 | $6,700 |
$13,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jason | $400 | $5,000 | $9,400 |
$18,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
12 R, 1 W |
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$200
[1]
The battles of Bennington, Brandywine & Saratoga all occurred in the same year during this war
the Revolutionary War
Phillip
|
$200
[30]
In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
Amazon
Jason
|
$200
[3]
As of 2020 these 2 sisters had won 12 Wimbledon singles titles between them
the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena)
Thembi
|
$200
[21]
ASTRONOMY: "Only planet not named for Greek or Roman figure"
Earth
Phillip
|
$200
[11]
The tropics are home to the common type of this lizard that feeds on fruit, leaves & flowers; 4 out of 5 stars
an iguana
Thembi
|
$200
[20]
An afternoon entertainment at the theater
a matinée
Phillip
|
|
$400
[2]
The USO was shut down in 1947 but was back in 1951 due to this conflict
the Korean War
Thembi
|
$400
[29]
For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co.
Standard and Poor's
|
$400
[4]
Her brothers had 24 Top 40 hits as a group; she had 39 on her own & even her sister Rebbie had one in 1984
Janet Jackson
Jason
|
$400
[22]
COPS & ROBBERS: "Slang for police because they stick like lint"
fuzz
Thembi
|
$400
[16]
Including the weevil & the ladybug, there are 400,000 species of this insect type, more than any other animal on earth; 5 out of 5 stars
beetles
Phillip
|
$400
[12]
A community's female leader
a matron (matriarch)
Thembi
|
|
$800
[7]
During the Spanish-American War, with no casualties the USS Charleston took this Pacific island, today a U.S. possession
Guam
Phillip
|
$600
[26]
In the longest strike there in half a century, 48,000 UAW workers walked off in 2019 at this company
General Motors
Thembi
|
$600
[5]
Last name of the twins whose retail biz is a billion-dollar brand & oh yeah, they have a movie star sister
the Olsens
Phillip
|
$600
[25]
TIME: "Traditional bath & date night"
Saturday
Thembi
|
$600
[17]
This long-tailed, long-legged agile primate of South America has an arachnid in its name; 2 out of 5 stars
a spider monkey
Thembi
|
$600
[13]
Ripeness
maturity
Thembi
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
By a vote of 19-13, the Senate passed the declaration of war for what would be called this, aka "Mr. Madison's War"
the War of 1812
Phillip
|
$800
[27]
In 2012 this iconic 244-year-old reference company announced that its 2010 32-volume edition would be its last in print
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jason
|
$800
[9]
This sister of the Duchess of Cambridge was maid of honor at the royal wedding on April 29, 2011
Pippa
Phillip
|
$800
[23]
AWARDS: "Movie for which Brando won his Oscar"
On the Waterfront
Jason
|
$800
[18]
Camels come in 2 main types, Bactrian & this variety, with both able to cross deserts with little or no water; 3 out of 5 stars
a dromedary
Jason
|
$800
[14]
To enroll in a university
matriculate
Phillip
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Well into 1941 this American hero was against the U.S. entering WWII, but he later flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific
Charles Lindbergh
|
$1,000
[28]
CEO John Stumpf said bye in 2016 after a fake accounts scam was uncovered at this bank
Wells Fargo
Thembi
|
$1,000
[10]
Last name of Dakota, far from the "Twilight" of her career, & Elle, who gave us 2 "Maleficent" performances
Fanning
Phillip
|
$1,000
[24]
NUMBERS: "Unlucky way to light cigarettes"
third on a match (three on a match)
Phillip
Jason
|
$1,000
[19]
Sometimes weighing 1 ton, the tiger type is only the second-biggest predatory species of this, so 4 out of 5 stars
a shark
Jason
|
$1,000
[15]
A rectangular numeric array in math
a matrix
Phillip
|
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$400
[6]
France lays claim to Adelie Land, though at 66 degrees 30 minutes south, it's part of this continent
Antarctica
Phillip
|
$400
[1]
1976:"You talkin' to me?"
Robert De Niro
Phillip
|
$400
[27]
There are more than 60 different singing roles in Sergei Prokofiev's opera adaptation of this Tolstoy novel
War and Peace
Phillip
|
$400
[24]
This Latin word for "I" "is the Enemy", says author Ryan Holiday: put goals ahead of personal acclaim
ego
Thembi
|
$400
[11]
An "iron horse" was an old nickname for this type of transportation
a locomotive (train)
Phillip
Jason
|
$400
[25]
If you "jump to" these final assessments, you've made a decision without all the facts
conclusions
Jason
|
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In Africa, the line of 10° north latitude passes through 14 countries from Guinea to this sovereign nation
Somalia
Phillip
|
$800
[2]
1999:"I see dead people"
Haley Joel Osment
Thembi
|
$800
[28]
Stalin walked out of Shostakovich's opera called this ambitious Shakespeare lady "of the Mtsensk District"
Lady Macbeth
Jason
|
$800
[23]
A 2019 book from this Indian-American author tells readers how to become "Metahuman"
Deepak Chopra
Thembi
|
$800
[12]
Perhaps reminding you of Venice, it's the enclosed compartment attached to the underside of a blimp
a gondola
Thembi
|
$800
[13]
This person who gives a "goodbye" speech is usually the top student in a graduating class
the valedictorian
Jason
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The Admiralty Islands are part of Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Island, at 57 degrees 44 minutes north, part of this state
Alaska
|
$1,200
[3]
As Norman Bates:"A boy's best friend is his mother"
Anthony Perkins
Jason
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
This iconic insect theme was written by Rimsky-Korsakov as an interlude for the opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
"Flight Of The Bumblebee"
Phillip
|
$1,200
[22]
Stephen Covey's "The 8th Habit" is a follow-up to this 1989 bestseller of personal change
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Phillip
|
$1,200
[14]
Here's a classic Eldorado from this brand that dates back to 1902
Cadillac
Phillip
|
$1,200
[17]
If this fabric item is "up", it's the beginning; plural, it's certainly the end
a curtain
Thembi
|
|
$1,600
[9]
If you know that this resort city & port on Mexico's west coast is at latitude 16 degrees 51 minutes north, you get the gold
Acapulco
|
$1,600
[4]
2012:"That's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry"
Mark Ruffalo
Phillip
|
$1,200
[29]
Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Francesca da Rimini" is based on a canto of this 14th century work
The Divine Comedy ( Inferno )
Phillip
|
$1,600
[20]
Buying a $50 item marked down to $10 isn't saving 40; it's spending 10, points out a book punningly titled "Dollars and" this
Sense
Jason
|
$1,600
[15]
U.S.S. The Sullivans, seen here, is this type of war ship; the life-size version doesn't have two holes as in the game Battleship
a destroyer
Phillip
Thembi
|
$1,600
[18]
This word describes the type of carpentry done, of course, last on a house
finish carpentry
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Circle the world at 45 degrees north & you'll pass through Lake Huron & this shrinking "Sea" of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan
the Aral Sea
Thembi
|
$2,000
[5]
In a Tarantino film:"You know somethin', Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece"
Brad Pitt
|
$2,000
[26]
Just before a duel in Tchaikovsky's opera about this Pushkin hero, the aria heardhereis sung"Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis..."
Eugene Onegin
|
$2,000
[21]
Thisauthor followed up a 1930s self-help bestseller with "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living"
Dale Carnegie
|
$2,000
[16]
Let's go over some of the features of your A320 from this co.: in 2019 it became the bestselling single-aisle airliner
Airbus
Phillip
|
DD
$2,500
[19]
This term for "the end of the line" was once a god celebrated at the end of the Roman year
terminus
Thembi
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Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a "perfect imperfection" & a "legendary mistake"
the Leaning Tower of Pisa