Maddie Kahan — a pediatric neurology resident originally from Agoura Hills, California
Carlos Chaidez — a civil engineer from Burbank, California
Kristin Hucek — an attorney from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,808)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristin | $1,600 | $800 | $-3,600 |
$-3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-3,600
4 R, 5 W |
| Carlos | $1,600 | $600 | $20,400 |
$10,400
New champion: $10,400 |
$16,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maddie | $1,400 | $2,000 | $4,600 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS | POP CULTURE | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS | MILITARY MATTERS | LITERARY QUOTES | LET IT ROLL! |
|
$200
[12]
The Era of Good Feelings was a period of post-war calm in the early 19th century, mostly during this man's presidency
Monroe
Carlos
|
$200
[2]
During a 2017 performance of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, a service dog ran after Bombalurina, one of the title characters
Cats
Maddie
|
$200
[5]
The apparent boundary line between the earth & sky
horizon
Carlos
|
$200
[26]
Some in the military jokingly call this building "The Five-Sided Puzzle Palace"
the Pentagon
Maddie
|
$200
[18]
This hero: "I swear to you before God, Monsieur... that I am not Cosette's father"
Jean Valjean
Maddie
|
$200
[1]
We're going to "roll out" this cylindrical wooden container
a barrel
|
|
$400
[13]
The Era was a time of building roads & these aqueous transport arteries, such as the Lehigh one
canal
Kristin
Maddie
|
$400
[3]
He'sa producer as well as a star of several "Fast & Furious" films and of 2020's "Bloodshot"
Vin Diesel
Carlos
|
$400
[6]
A meeting for discussion, or the Big Ten
conference
Carlos
|
$400
[27]
Rear Adm. Isaac Kidd, the 1st U.S. Navy flag officer killed by foreign enemy action, was on the Arizona's bridge during this attack
Pearl Harbor
Maddie
|
$400
[19]
This title character: "On the first of September 1651, I went on board a ship bound for London"
Robinson Crusoe
Carlos
|
$400
[14]
64 million pieces of this chewy candy bearing the nickname of its inventor's daughter are made daily
Tootsie Rolls
Kristin
|
|
$600
[22]
The Era had little political strife due to the self-destruction of this political party at the end of the War of 1812
the Federalists
Kristin
Carlos
|
$600
[4]
When James Corden got Paul McCartney in his vehicle in 2018, they switched seats several times during this Beatles tune
(Baby, You Can) "Drive My Car"
Carlos
|
$600
[7]
To go dormant through winter; one experiment had a brown bat do it for 344 days in a fridge
hibernate
Carlos
|
$600
[28]
In 2015 about 30 people were injured when the feathers flew, causing West Point to ban an annual tradition, this fight by cadets
a pillow fight
Maddie
|
$600
[20]
This Steinbeck hero, before taking leave of his family: "Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there"
Tom Joad
|
$600
[15]
Alexa, play "Never Gonna Give You Up" by him; he sang it with Foo Fighters in 2017 & you've been him-rolled!
Rick Astley
Carlos
Maddie
|
|
$800
[23]
The relative calm of the Era made it possible to create the second of these institutions, later savaged by Andrew Jackson
a Bank of the United States
|
$800
[10]
For an ad, Preparation H wanted this song, a big hit in 1963; the singer's daughter Rosanne said "No"
"Ring Of Fire"
|
$800
[8]
For 2, 5 & 11, it is 6
average
Kristin
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
This criminal leader: "We are very glad to see you, Oliver,--very"
Fagin
Maddie
|
$800
[16]
This spiny omnivore can roll into a ball & float on its back; its porcupine-like spines protect its soft belly
a hedgehog
Kristin
Maddie
|
|
$1,000
[24]
Florida became an American territory due to the first of these wars in 1817 & 1818
the Seminole Wars
Kristin
Maddie
|
$1,000
[11]
This "Simpsons" character once sold haggis from a booth for 50 cents a serving
(Groundskeeper) Willie
Carlos
|
$1,000
[9]
Time to do this, recite a verb's inflected forms--I am, you are, she is, we are...
conjugate
Maddie
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[21]
Her, to Roger Chillingworth: "Ask me not!...thou shalt never know!"
Hester Prynne
Carlos
|
$1,000
[17]
Mark 16:3 asks, "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of" this, a synonym for tomb
sepulchre
|
| WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE U.S. | DENNIS, ANYONE? | SCIENCE: MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH | COMEDIANS | PIANISTS, PAINTERS & PLAYWRIGHTS | YOU GOTTA HAVE "ART" |
|
$400
[11]
The San Antonio Missions Heritage Site in Texas includes this site of a historic siege in 1836; remember?
the Alamo
Carlos
|
$400
[23]
Dennis Crowley co-founded this "numeric" technology platform that in 2009 unveiled its check-in
Foursquare
Maddie
|
$400
[1]
In 1659 Huygens thought there was just 1 of these features of Saturn, but there are at least 7 major ones
rings
Maddie
|
$400
[5]
Henny Youngman's autobiography "Take My Life, Please!" riffs on this trademark line of his
Take my wife
Carlos
|
$400
[20]
Part of American nobility, this jazz pianist & bandleader established his "Mood Indigo" in 1930
Duke Ellington
Carlos
|
$400
[21]
Eggs Sardou uses the hearts of these veggies
artichokes
Maddie
|
|
$800
[10]
Completed in Philadelphia in the 1750s, this building was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979
Independence Hall
Carlos
|
$800
[24]
Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs was known for his book about this letter's "Programming Language"
C
Carlos
|
$800
[2]
Lord Kelvin had his own understanding of heat transfer, leading him to estimate this at 20 million years (try 4.5 billion)
the age of the Earth
|
$800
[16]
This future dater of the famous was just 20 when he joined the featured cast of "SNL" in 2014
(Pete) Davidson
Carlos
|
$1,200
[17]
In 2002 this Flemish painter's "Massacre of the Innocents" sold for a modest $76 million
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Carlos
|
$800
[15]
To. Say. Clearly. In. Distinct. Syllables. 10. Letters.
articulate
Maddie
|
|
$1,200
[9]
With about 600 cliff dwellings of the ancestral Pueblo people, this Colorado national park is on the list
Mesa Verde
|
$1,200
[25]
In the early 1960s he convinced brother Brian to start writing songs about surfing
(Dennis) Wilson
Kristin
Maddie
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In the early 1800s John Dalton made pioneering tables of this measure, though he gave 7 for oxygen's (15.999 is correct)
atomic weight
Maddie
|
$1,200
[22]
Gone since 2017, this insult comedian ironically nicknamed "Mr. Warmth" is warmly remembered
(Don) Rickles
Carlos
|
$1,600
[18]
After returning to Paris in 1880 from military service, this young painter visited an island in the Seine called La Grande Jatte
Seurat
Carlos
|
$1,200
[14]
Adjective referring to vessels that carry blood away from the heart
arterial
Kristin
Maddie
|
|
$1,600
[8]
The first World Heritage Site in Los Angeles, Hollyhock Houseis part of a UNESCO group of eight major works by this architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Carlos
|
— |
$1,200
[3]
A Feb. 1953 paper by Linus Pauling says the structure of DNA involves this many "intertwined helical polynucleotide chains"--so close
3
Maddie
|
$1,600
[26]
Garry Shandling created 2 TV series with "Show" in the title--"It's Garry Shandling's Show" & this one
The Larry Sanders Show
|
$2,000
[27]
He was alpha-betically first of the 3 big ancient Greek tragic playwrights
Aeschylus
Kristin
Carlos
|
$1,600
[13]
Named for an old province in France, these "wells" don't require pumps, as they flow under natural pressure
artesian
Carlos
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Occupied c. 700-1400, Cahokia Mounds in Ill. are remnants of the largest settlement n. of Mexico eponymously called pre-this
Columbian
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
The expansion rate of the universe is the constant named for this man, who in the 1920s pegged it at 7 times the current estimate
Hubble
Carlos
Maddie
|
— |
DD
$7,000
[19]
The "Suite" life of this comedy playwright included title stops at "California" & "London" ones
Neil Simon
Carlos
|
$2,000
[12]
General term for a weapon like a missile launcher
artillery
Carlos
|
Part of this famous 12-minute opening piece is called "March of the Swiss Soldiers"
"William Tell Overture"