Holly McQuillan — a market research analyst from Woodland Hills, California
Sheldon Beverly — a commercial senior property manager originally from Franklin, Louisiana
Garrett Marcotte — a software engineer from Santa Monica, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett | $3,400 | $9,100 | $23,500 |
$22,000
3-day champion: $63,700 |
$18,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Sheldon | $-400 | $0 | $1,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
7 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Holly | $2,600 | $1,600 | $5,200 |
$4,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
6 R, 1 W |
| HISTORY | ANIMATED FILMS | THE STATE WAS IN PLAY | MAGAZINES' FIRST ISSUES | IN ORDER | MISCELLANY |
|
$200
[28]
It took $15 million to add 828,000 square miles to the U.S. in this historic 1803 deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Garrett
|
$200
[12]
This actor voiced Gru in "Despicable Me" & its sequels
Steve Carell
Holly
|
$200
[25]
The 2016 election was tight! Fewer than 80,000 votes across Penn., Wisc. & this peninsular Midw. state were the margin of victory
Michigan
Garrett
|
$200
[16]
This magazine's first issue in 1954 had slugger Eddie Mathews on the cover & came with a fold-out sheet of baseball cards
Sports Illustrated
Garrett
|
$200
[1]
Someone who accomplishes things
a doer
Garrett
|
$600
[26]
Rembrandt & of course, Velazquez were featured at this Madrid museum in 2019, its bicentennial year
the Prado
Garrett
|
|
$400
[27]
Known as the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974, the nation changed its name to this 15 years later
Myanmar
Garrett
|
$400
[13]
The wife of this "Toy Story" character says, "I'm packing you an extra pair of shoes, & your angry eyes, just in case"
Mr. Potato Head
Garrett
|
$400
[20]
Florida left this man 537 votes short of a presidency
(Al) Gore
Sheldon
|
$400
[21]
Featuring Lucille Ball & her "$50,000,000 baby" on the cover, it first hit stands in April 1953
TV Guide
Sheldon
|
$400
[2]
Fish ova
roe
Sheldon
|
$800
[9]
Popular across India, it's the Hindi-named mouth-cooling dish made of yogurt often mixed with vegetables
raita
Garrett
Sheldon
|
|
$600
[8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history
Marathon
Garrett
|
$600
[15]
Taking time off from her TV government job in Indiana, she voiced Joy in "Inside Out"
Amy Poehler
Holly
|
$800
[18]
Kentucky was in play in 1896, with William McKinley besting this noted orator by a mere 277 votes
(William Jennings) Bryan
Garrett
|
$600
[22]
In 1950 Prevention devoted its entire first issue to this paralyzing disease, pre-vaccine in the United States
polio
Sheldon
|
$600
[3]
Morgan Freeman played him in "The Shawshank Redemption"
Red
Garrett
|
$1,000
[10]
In the Bible, one of these units equaled 21.8 inches
a cubit
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1609 this English navigator sailed into the yet-to-be-named Delaware Bay; he'd sail in a river named for him the same year
Hudson
Garrett
|
$800
[11]
After millions of years, it was found in 2020! Not the evolutionary one, but the Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Film
Missing Link
Holly
|
$1,000
[17]
1,000 votes in Nevada separated Samuel Tilden & this man in 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
Holly
|
$800
[23]
In 1922 "Watch Your Dog and Be Wise!" was one of the condensed articles in its first issue
Reader's Digest
Garrett
|
$800
[4]
Chalcocite is one
an ore
|
— |
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1559 Protestant reformer John Calvin founded the university of this Swiss city
Geneva
|
$1,000
[14]
This animated film was "Cloudy..." in the U.S. but in Israel "It's Raining Falafel"
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Holly
|
DD
$2,500
[19]
Like many states in 1960, this one was close when native son Richard Nixon beat JFK by just 35,000
California
Garrett
|
$1,000
[24]
This notable female photographer took the picture of the construction of Fort Peck Dam on "Life" magazine's firstcover
Margaret Bourke-White
Sheldon
|
$1,000
[5]
A canal links this river with the Vistula
the Oder
|
— |
| THE LIBRARIAN INVASIONS | ALLITERATIVE BUSINESS | "WAT"s IN A NAME | LATIN LOVER NEEDED | EUROPE | WORDSWORTH AT 250 |
|
$400
[27]
Rupert Giles was watcher & trainer to the title character of this TV series--Sunnydale High librarian was more of a side job
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Garrett
|
$400
[14]
This tech company started in 1998 as a way to send money digitally
PayPal
Garrett
|
$400
[1]
William E. Miller was this Republican's 1964 running mate
Barry Goldwater
|
$400
[10]
Take note, youngsters, "tempus fugit" means this
time flies
Garrett
|
$400
[12]
This country is located at the mouths of 3 major European rivers: the Rhine, the Maas & the Schelde
the Netherlands
|
$400
[21]
Poet William Wordsworth was born 250 years ago in Cumberland in this famous English district
the Lake District
Garrett
|
|
$800
[28]
Given her first name, this heroine of "The Music Man" was destined to be a librarian
Marian
Garrett
|
$800
[17]
Asa Candler bought out John Pemberton & his partners & established this company in Georgia in 1892
Coca-Cola
Garrett
|
$800
[2]
It's a little south of Brussels & a little north of Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Sheldon
|
$800
[9]
"Semper fidelis" means "always faithful" & "semper fortis" is this similar ideal
always strong (always brave)
Garrett
|
$800
[13]
Picasso has his own musée in Paris & his own museu in this Spanish seaport
Barcelona
|
$800
[22]
Thinking he was too old, William initially rejected this high position in 1843, but Queen Victoria insisted
poet laureate
Garrett
|
|
$1,600
[16]
On this sci-fi anthology show, Burgess Meredith was a librarian in one episode & just wanted time to read in another
The Twilight Zone
Holly
|
$1,200
[18]
This kids' restaurant & play place with a rodent mascot has offered a Sensory Sensitive Sunday once a month
Chuck E. Cheese
Sheldon
|
$1,200
[3]
It preceded "Horizon" in the name of a now-infamous oil rig
Deepwater
Garrett
|
$1,200
[8]
Inscribed on the penny, it means "out of many, one"
e pluribus unum
Garrett
|
$1,600
[26]
Freezing cold waves thrashed this country'sblack beaches consisting of plentiful volcanic sand
Iceland
Sheldon
|
$1,600
[24]
Wordsworth was a young radical & wrote of this event on the continent, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive"
the French Revolution
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Lucien becomes chief librarian of the Dreaming in this Neil Gaiman comic book series with a one-word title
Sandman
Garrett
|
$1,600
[19]
This company, recently combined with Norton, also offers data breach response services
LifeLock
|
$1,600
[4]
On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell rang him up & said, "Come here--I want to see you"
(Thomas) Watson
Garrett
|
$1,600
[7]
"Panem et circenses" are this pair, said to be all a Roman emperor needed to give his people to keep them happy
bread & circuses
Garrett
|
$2,000
[11]
This country on the Balkan Peninsula is nicknamed "Land of the Eagles"
Albania
Holly
|
$2,000
[25]
The full poem title was "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above" this abbey "on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour. July 13, 1798"
"Tintern Abbey"
Garrett
|
| — |
DD
$2,000
[20]
In 1987 founders Leonard Feinstein & Warren Eisenberg added the third element to the name of this home goods superstore
Bed Bath & Beyond
Sheldon
|
$2,000
[5]
His followers captured the Tower of London on June 14, 1381, but he really lost his head the next day
Wat Tyler
|
$2,000
[6]
Meaning "holy of holies", this 2-word term refers to a very sacred place
the sanctum sanctorum
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[23]
This romantic poet & lord was not a huge fan of William & called him "Turdsworth"
Byron
Garrett
|
He tells his son not to worry about the lamb for the burnt offering--God will provide it
Abraham