Jennifer Spinos — a third grade teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
Scott Shrum — a digital marketing executive from Westlake Village, California
Brian Adams — an educator from Big Bear Lake, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $44,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $2,400 | $3,200 | $12,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $2,800 | $6,000 | $17,800 |
$24,100
New champion: $24,100 |
$14,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Jen ☮ | $-800 | $-400 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-400
3 R, 1 W |
| BOOKS OF 2020 | DO YOUR JOB! | AROUND THE USA | HODGEPODGE | IN THE WEEDS | FROM S TO T |
|
$200
[26]
Curtis Sittenfeld's fictional novel "Rodham" asks what if this real-life woman didn't marry her current husband
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Jen ☮
|
$200
[11]
Collective term for the workers on a ship or a television show
a crew
Jen ☮
|
$200
[5]
After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name
Pittsburgh
Scott
|
$200
[20]
In 1968 Congress passed the Fair this act, a word also in the name of a then 3-year-old cabinet department
Housing
|
$200
[25]
Allergy sufferers dread late summer when ragweed pollinates, causing this "fever"
hay fever
Jen ☮
|
$200
[10]
Taking this is one way to move up the standings in a marathon, but not for long
a shortcut
Brian
Scott
|
|
$400
[27]
This title of a 2020 Stephen King novella collection is the first part of a TV news adage that ends with "it leads"
If It Bleeds
Scott
|
$400
[12]
At any given time Google has hundreds of jobs open in I.T., short for this
information technology
Scott
|
$400
[1]
The spot "Where Montana Began" in 1841 is St. Mary's, this type of Catholic settlement also big in 18th century California
a mission
Brian
|
$400
[19]
In the 2010s LoL, this multiplayer game, surpassed WoW as the world's most popular video game
League of Legends
|
$400
[21]
With these growing as long as 14 feet underground, bindweed is especially tough to get rid of
the roots
Scott
|
$400
[9]
Similar to caulk, this type of product that fills cracks is usually made of silicone
a sealant
Brian
|
| — |
$600
[13]
A pilot is the person controlling an aircraft, or in the case of the book "Life on the Mississippi", one of these
a steamboat
Brian
|
$600
[3]
The Hood Art Museum is an attraction in Hanover, a college town in this state
New Hampshire
Brian
Scott
|
$600
[16]
Don't struggle clumsily in naming this flatfish, be it European or starry
flounder
|
$600
[22]
The puffy seedhead of this weed of the genus Taraxacum is known as a blowball
a dandelion
Scott
|
$600
[6]
From the French for "to know", it's a scholarly person
a savant
Scott
|
| — |
$800
[14]
It's a medical practitioner who specializes in the treatment & prevention of diseases of the foot
a podiatrist
Brian
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Major cities that share this name lie on the Kennebec River in Maine & on the Savannah River in Georgia
Augusta
Brian
|
$800
[17]
About 98% of Iran's people are Muslims & about 90% belong to this branch of Islam, Iran's state religion
Shiite
Brian
|
$800
[23]
Thisweed with a crustacean name is the bane of lawn owners everywhere
crabgrass
Scott
|
$800
[7]
A key to the early success of Apple was Visi Calc, the first electronic this
a spreadsheet
Scott
|
| — |
$1,000
[15]
Not taking risks, but calculating risks & setting premiums is the job of actuaries, who mostly work in this industry
insurance
Brian
|
$1,000
[4]
This state's state bird, thecactus wren, often builds nests in the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert
Arizona
Brian
|
$1,000
[18]
The functions of a liver cell can be split into 5 major categories, one of which is changing fat & protein into this
glucose
|
$1,000
[24]
Larvae of monarch butterflies eat this "weed" that gets its name from its cloudy white juice
milkweed
Scott
|
$1,000
[8]
Medieval knights wore this outer tunic over their metal armor
a surcoat
Jen ☮
|
| BANDS OF THE 21st CENTURY | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS | LITERATURE ON THE MAP | EVERYDAY GERMAN IN ENGLISH | NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES | ANCIENT CONTEMPORARIES |
|
$400
[24]
The Strokes led the "revival" of this raw type of rock named for a good part of the house to practice
garage
Brian
|
$400
[27]
Copyrights, patents & trademarks are all part of this type of law
intellectual property
Scott
|
$400
[1]
In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Maya Angelou lives in the small town of Stamps near Texarkana in the SW corner of this state
Arkansas
Brian
|
$400
[10]
This "fermented cabbage" goes great on a sandwich
sauerkraut
Brian
|
$400
[23]
December 31, 1999:"Little fallout from" this "glitch"
Y2K
Scott
|
$800
[13]
The poet Lucan didn't sing the praises of this infamous emperor, who forced him to commit suicide in 65 A.D.
Nero
|
|
$800
[20]
The Black Eyed Peas were 7 years in when this woman joined the group in 2002 as they went in a poppier direction
Fergie
Scott
|
$800
[11]
"Two households, both alike in dignity" is an example of this poetic pattern
iambic pentameter
Brian
|
$800
[5]
Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is set in cattle country in this "Cowboy State"
Wyoming
Brian
|
$800
[6]
This little breed is a "badger dog"
a dachshund
Brian
|
$800
[15]
April 19, 1923:"74,200 see Yankees open new stadium"; he "hits home run"
Babe Ruth
Scott
|
$1,200
[14]
This biographer was born in 46 A.D. during the reign of Claudius but didn't include him in "Parallel Lives"
Plutarch
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This 3-word title by The Killers precedes "that you had a boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend..."
"Somebody Told Me"
Scott
|
$1,200
[12]
Dr. Robert Wang helped create this brand of multicooker whose name implies speed
Instant Pot
Brian
|
$1,200
[2]
This author based the novel "The Magic Mountain" on a trip to Davos, Switzerland to treat his wife's bronchitis
Thomas Mann
|
$1,200
[8]
In the mountains enjoy these "noble white" flowers
edelweiss
Brian
|
$1,200
[16]
April 19, 1978:"Senate votes to give up" this waterway
the Panama Canal
Scott
|
— |
|
$2,000
[18]
This hit by Panic! at the Disco had no fewer than 9 writers; Tayla Parx contributed the "mama said" part
"High Hopes"
|
$1,600
[25]
Inadequate defense is a problem encountered by this group that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted
the Innocence Project
|
$1,600
[3]
Centennial, a suburb of Denver, is named for the title town in this man's 1974 novel "Centennial"
(James) Michener
Brian
|
$1,600
[7]
None of this "whirlpool" pastry for me--I'm dieting
a strudel
|
$1,600
[21]
From April 1955:This man's "polio vaccine proves success; millions will be immunized soon"
Jonas Salk
Brian
|
— |
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
Jack White has had some conflict with Dan Auerbach of this band whose name oddly mirrors The White Stripes'
The Black Keys
Scott
|
$2,000
[26]
He's the beloved virtuoso seen here
Itzhak Perlman
Scott
|
$2,000
[4]
Many think Frances Hodgson Burnett based the overgrown wild of this 1911 novel on Great Maytham Hall in Kent
The Secret Garden
Brian
|
$2,000
[9]
A book about the hero's formative years is this kind of "education novel"
a Bildungsroman
Brian
|
$2,000
[22]
April 20, 1993:"Death in" this Texas city; "scores die as cult compound is set afire"
Waco
Brian
|
— |
He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States
I.M. Pei