Cole Bolton — an A.I. writer originally from South Hero, Vermont
Aimee Lim — a library page from Arcadia, California
Carlos Chaidez — a civil engineer from Burbank, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos | $2,000 | $3,800 | $7,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
17 R, 4 W |
| Aimee | $800 | $200 | $12,600 |
$25,200
New champion: $25,200 |
$12,600
13 R, 1 W |
| Cole | $4,600 | $10,900 | $21,000 |
$16,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| IN THE STATE | SCIENCE DIGEST | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF | COOKING & FOOD | EXERCISE YOUR... | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
Passaic County
New Jersey
Carlos
|
$200
[6]
Genes may be either of these 2 adjectives, depending on their strength in "expressing" themselves
dominant & recessive
Aimee
|
$200
[12]
pga.com says a good one of these assistants "can be worth several strokes a round"
a caddy
Aimee
|
$200
[13]
The basic ingredients of custard are milk, sugar, eggs & this flavorful extract from a vine of the orchid family
vanilla
Carlos
|
$200
[30]
Exercise your right to protest in one of these actions, like the women's one "on Versailles" back in 1789
a march
Cole
|
$200
[7]
Authority to act for another, perhaps "by" this when you permit someone to vote in your place on corporate stock
proxy
Carlos
|
|
$400
[2]
Billings Logan International Airport
Montana
Carlos
Cole
|
$400
[17]
This protective layer of the stratosphere can be depleted by the release of refrigerants & other chemicals
ozone
Carlos
|
$400
[15]
3-letter aka for a hole in one
ace
Aimee
|
$400
[24]
Barilla says of this Italian phrase, "The firm bite... allows you to taste the pasta better"
al dente
Carlos
|
$400
[29]
Exercise the Boston breed of this frequently; it's not only big dogs that need to be highly active
a terrier
Aimee
|
$400
[8]
This yellowish brown is an eye color option on California driver's licenses
hazel
Cole
|
|
$600
[3]
Wilderness Trail Distillery
Kentucky
Cole
|
$600
[16]
In 2017 scientists recorded ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, which emerged when 2 of these collided
black holes
Cole
|
$600
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a golf grip.) All ten fingers are placed on the club in this type of grip, named for another sport
baseball
Cole
|
$800
[20]
The leaves of this aromatic herb, also called wild marjoram, are used in pasta sauce
oregano
Cole
|
$600
[28]
Bench presses & pushdowns exercise these muscles in the back of the arm that make up 2/3 of upper arm mass
triceps
Cole
|
$600
[9]
It's the instrument heard here, playing--if we may say so ourselves--a pretty nifty tune
a kazoo
Cole
|
|
$800
[4]
Lake Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Carlos
|
$800
[14]
The heart, blood vessels & lymph vessels make up the bulk of this body system
circulatory
Cole
|
$800
[23]
It's the amount of sideways curve or bend to a putt
break
|
$1,000
[19]
This 4-letter mixture of flour & fat is used to thicken soups & sauces
a roux
Cole
|
$800
[27]
In sports it's an extra year at the end of a player's contract; he can exercise it & choose to stay with his current team
the option year
|
$800
[10]
A term for a mischievous fairy, it also precedes "cut" or "dust"
pixie
Cole
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
Ohio
Carlos
|
$1,000
[18]
For your next science experiment, you might create this type of environment, from a word for "barren"
sterile
Carlos
Aimee
|
$1,000
[25]
Often traveling 100 yards plus, it's a shot hit to get up close to the green on a longer hole
an approach
Carlos
|
DD
$2,500
[21]
The name of this French stew of fish & vegetables comes from words meaning "boil" & "low"
bouillabaisse
Cole
|
$1,000
[26]
This German-born husband of Queen Victoria exercised great influence over her, especially in European affairs
Albert
Carlos
|
$1,000
[11]
A musical composition with a repeated theme using multiple voices, or a disturbed state of altered consciousness
fugue
Cole
|
| ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE | BROADWAY DEBUTS | JAPANESE EMPERORS | IT'S ALL FAKE | A "DIAMOND" | IN THE ROUGH DRAFT |
|
$400
[26]
The firm of Albert Kahn, architect of choice for Henry Ford, is still designing from its headquarters in this city
Detroit
Aimee
|
$400
[27]
Hemade his Broadway debut in 2003 as Peter Allen, in "The Boy from Oz"
Hugh Jackman
Carlos
|
$400
[24]
Akihito made his first televised address to calm the Japanese people after this devastating event of March 11, 2011
the Fukushima
Carlos
|
$400
[20]
11-letter adjective applied to fake currency
counterfeit
Carlos
|
$400
[6]
This landmark overlooks Waikiki
Diamond Head
Carlos
|
$400
[1]
The rough draft of this 1776 document rather charmingly bids Britain an "everlasting adieu!"
the Declaration of Independence
Cole
|
|
$800
[11]
Pier Luigi Nervi innovated the use of steel-reinforced this material for buildings, & he even built boats from it
concrete
Aimee
|
DD
$500
[22]
Katharine McPhee served up a fine performance as server & pie-maker Jenna in this musical
Waitress
Cole
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Ironically, "Showa", the period during which this 20th century emperor reigned, can translate to "bright peace"
Hirohito
Cole
|
$800
[17]
To shape metal by heating & hammering, or to make a fraudulent copy
forge
Aimee
|
$800
[12]
2-word term for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of a monarch's reign
diamond jubilee
Cole
|
$800
[2]
Grace Tully typed the first draft of this man's December 1941 speech following Pearl Harbor; he made important revisions
FDR
Cole
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Travertine stone reflecting the Los Angeles sunlight is a feature of this art "Center" named for an oil tycoon
the Getty
Carlos
|
$800
[30]
Natalie Portman was still a teen herself when she debuted in "The Diary of" this real-life teen
Anne Frank
Aimee
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1192 Go-Toba was emperor when Yoritomo got this title as military dictator
shogun
Cole
|
$1,200
[16]
The "syndrome" of fearing that you'll be found out as a fraud is named for this type of a person posing as someone else
imposter
Cole
|
$1,200
[13]
"Men grow cold as girls grow old, and we all lose our charms in the end", Marilyn sang in this jewel of a song
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
Carlos
|
$1,200
[3]
His draft of "Rabbit at Rest" has a note reminding himself to plant the fact that Rabbit's wife inherited part of a Toyota dealership
Updike
Cole
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Louis Sullivan was a student at this school now in Cambridge, home of America's first architecture school
MIT
Cole
|
$1,600
[21]
In 2016 Saoirse Ronan made her debut as the accusatory Abigail Williams in this Salem-set play
The Crucible
Cole
|
$1,600
[9]
In the 8th century Emperor Kammu set the capital in this city, where it stayed for more than a millennium
Kyoto
Carlos
|
$1,600
[15]
A medical fake can be described as a quack or one of these sellers of supposed remedies, from the Italian for "babbler"
charlatan
|
$1,600
[14]
This colorful maker of smokehouse almonds also puts out a line of Nut-Thins nut & rice cracker snacks
Blue Diamond
Carlos
|
$1,600
[4]
Her only surviving manuscript is of the last 2 chapters of a draft of "Persuasion"; she found them flat & rewrote them
Jane Austen
Aimee
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York was designed by these father & son Finnish architects, Eliel & Eero
Saarinen
Cole
|
$2,000
[29]
Better known for the film role, he made his Broadway debut as Frank 'n' Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", panned by critics
Tim Curry
Aimee
|
$2,000
[28]
Those attending Emperor Naruhito's enthronementceremonyin October 2019, included this Japanese prime minister
Shinzo Abe
Carlos
Aimee
|
$2,000
[18]
Often done with a poker hand, it's to mislead by a show of confidence
bluff
Aimee
|
$2,000
[19]
The eastern variety of this reptile is most likely the heaviest venomous snake
diamondback
Cole
|
$2,000
[5]
The book "A First Draft Version of" this last Joyce novel shows that parts are not only incomprehensible, but illegible too
Finnegans Wake
Carlos
Aimee
|
This once-blacklisted screenwriter of "Spartacus" got a posthumous credit & an Oscar for a 1953 film
Dalton Trumbo