Carmela Chan — a biotech researcher from San Diego, California
Lisa Gerlach — a veterinary neurologist from West Hills, California
Scott Shrum — a digital marketing executive from Westlake Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $1,000 | $3,400 | $6,600 |
$13,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
9 R, 0 W |
| Lisa | $1,200 | $5,500 | $12,400 |
$24,797
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carmela | $5,600 | $5,800 | $19,600 |
$24,801
New champion: $24,801 |
$13,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BLOCKBUSTERS | NATIONAL PARKS | WEAPON TYPES | 4-LETTER SYNONYMS | U.S. HOSPITALS | A SERIOUSLY FLUFFY CATEGORY |
|
$200
[8]
This 1975 shark-tastic film is considered the first summer blockbuster
Jaws
Scott
|
$200
[27]
The national park named for these "Great" mountains is shared by North Carolina & Tennessee
the Great Smoky Mountains
Carmela
|
$200
[30]
Tomahawk, hatchet
an ax
Carmela
|
$200
[11]
When preparing fish, its synonym is smoke; for healthcare, it's remedy or heal
cure
|
$200
[3]
Touro Infirmary & Tulane Medical Center are in this city; despite what you might think, St. James Infirmary isn't
New Orleans
Lisa
|
$200
[28]
An ingredient in S'mores, it gets its name from a plant found in wet areas near the sea
marshmallow
Scott
|
|
$400
[7]
Beyoncé voiced Nala in the 2019 version of this Disney film
The Lion King
Carmela
|
$400
[23]
For decades, Firefall at this California national park was an annual pouring of bonfire remnants over Glacier Point
Yosemite
Lisa
|
$400
[29]
Cutlass, falchion
a sword
Lisa
|
$400
[10]
Friar & brother are both synonymous with this religious title
monk
Lisa
|
$400
[14]
In 1986 this Minnesota clinic merged with Rochester Methodist & St. Mary's hospitals
Mayo Clinic
Carmela
|
$400
[19]
As you can see, the Japanese type of this breakfast item is a bit fluffier than the Yank version
a pancake
Scott
|
|
$600
[6]
Subtitled "Catching Fire", the second film in this series caught fire with moviegoers
The Hunger Games
Lisa
|
$600
[24]
You'll see plenty of stalactites & stalagmites at this site, a national park in Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Lisa
|
$600
[22]
Compound, recurve
a bow
Carmela
|
$600
[1]
Before "up" it's a synonym for cheer; by itself, for a benefit
perk
|
$600
[15]
In 1961 California's Mount Sinai merged with the hospital known as these "of Lebanon"
Cedars
Carmela
|
$600
[13]
Nephoscopes measure the speed & direction of these fluffy things
clouds
Carmela
|
|
$800
[4]
The premise of this 2017 film: 4 teens are sucked into a magical video game where they meet Nick Jonas
Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle
Carmela
|
$800
[25]
Francis Marion could tell you this wet type of terrain was once in the name of what's now Congaree National Park
a swamp
Lisa
|
$800
[20]
Bolt action; AR, also called modern sporting
rifle
Scott
|
$800
[2]
This verb means to shed feathers
molt
Carmela
|
$800
[17]
After his death in 1873, this Baltimore philanthropist left his fortune to establish a university & hospital
Johns Hopkins
Lisa
Carmela
|
$800
[12]
Members of this group whose name stands for head, heart, hands & health help coif fluffy cows like the one seen here
4-H
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Based on a novel by Boris Pasternak & clocking in at more than 3 hours, this 1965 film was a hit at the box office
Doctor Zhivago
Carmela
|
DD
$1,500
[26]
This drainage line runs northwest-southeast through Rocky Mountain National Park
the Continental Divide
Lisa
|
$1,000
[21]
Cudgel, shillelagh
a club
Lisa
|
$1,000
[9]
Manacle, rigid & press are all synonyms for this 4-letter word
iron
Carmela
|
$1,000
[18]
Fittingly, Tufts Medical Center in Boston uses this biblical parable as inspiration
the Good Samaritan
|
$1,000
[16]
This alliterative product sounds like a type of explosive, but actually just makes fluffy suds for you to enjoy in your tub
a bath bomb
Scott
|
| ANTIQUES | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS | SOVIET BLOC BUSTERS | TRANSLATED GEOGRAPHIC NAMES | SCIENCE TV | "BE"SOMETHING"ED" |
|
$400
[22]
A semainier was a tall narrow chest traditionally of this many drawers, containing linen for a whole week
seven
Carmela
|
$400
[17]
Not about zombies, the short story "The Dead" is found in this Irish author's collection "Dubliners"
James Joyce
Lisa
|
$800
[12]
In 1961 Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West as the Kirov Ballet played Paris; this dancer defected in Toronto 13 years later
(Mikhail) Baryshnikov
Carmela
|
$800
[26]
An Algonquian language: people of the point bay, Rhode Island
Narragansett
Carmela
|
$800
[8]
When it's a slow space news day, NASA TV may show a view of Earth from this, launched in 1998
the International Space Station
Scott
|
$800
[7]
Engaged to be married
betrothed
Scott
|
|
$800
[21]
From the Victorian era, the spoonback variety of this piece of furniture came in a comfy, slightly lower nursing version
a chair
Lisa
Carmela
|
$1,200
[13]
In Sept. 2018 this Singapore-born man had 3 books in the top 5 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list
Kevin Kwan
Lisa
|
$1,200
[9]
Tito, leader of this country that's no longer on the map, chafed against Stalin & pursued a policy of "nonalignment"
Yugoslavia
Lisa
|
$1,200
[23]
French:wooded, Idaho
Boise
Lisa
Carmela
|
$1,200
[1]
"How It's Made" shows the manufacture of items from pipe organs to masks for these men in the nets
goalies
Lisa
|
$1,200
[4]
Beleaguered is a synonym for this, whether by soldiers around your castle or by problems
besieged
Lisa
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Rene Lalique's early 20th century designs in jewelry & this medium, verre in French, are highly prized today
glass
Lisa
|
$1,600
[14]
He's taken us on "A Walk in the Woods" & given us "A Short History of Nearly Everything"
Bill Bryson
Carmela
|
$1,600
[11]
With the goal of easing relations, German chancellor Willy Brandt pursued this type of policy, from the French for "relaxing"
détente
Scott
|
$2,000
[24]
Spanish:Blood of Christ mountains, Colorado & New Mexico
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains
|
$1,600
[2]
A followup to Carl Sagan's original show, "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" explored the universe with this host
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Lisa
|
$1,600
[5]
It's the state of a sailing ship that can't move because there's no wind
becalmed
Carmela
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Seen first from above, is a piece of furniture with both convex and concave edges, an example of this snaky adjective
serpentine
Carmela
|
$2,000
[15]
This "verdant" author's "The Heart of the Matter" was set in Sierra Leone, where he was once stationed in World War II
Graham Greene
|
$2,000
[10]
With a seasonal name, this brief period of Czech liberalization inspired by Alexander Dubcek began in April 1968
Prague Spring
Lisa
|
DD
$3,500
[25]
Welsh:high hill, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr
Lisa
|
$2,000
[3]
Focusing on the oceans, "The Blue Planet" and "Blue Planet II" are both narrated by this Brit
(David) Attenborough
Carmela
|
$2,000
[6]
Lacking knowledge, unenlightened; literally, it refers to a traveler who must stop because it gets dark
benighted
|
|
$2,000
[18]
Treasured Belleek ware pottery was manufactured starting in the 1850s at Fermanagh on this island
Ireland
|
DD
$7,000
[16]
One of his most famous characters, Harry Haller, has the same initials as the author
Hermann Hesse
Carmela
|
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The New York Times said this late Brit's multi-octave range & operatic quality made "even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional"
Freddie Mercury