Jon Posen — a speechwriter originally from New York, New York
Chris Shim — a medical student and Marine officer from Elk Grove, California
Carmela Chan — a biotech researcher from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmela | $600 | $2,400 | $14,200 |
$12,400
2-day champion: $37,201 |
$10,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Chris | $3,000 | $3,400 | $4,600 |
$9,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jon | $2,800 | $4,400 | $4,000 |
$7,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| ALL THAT JAZZ LINGO | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS | DESCRIBING THE TV SHOW | HISTORIC BELLS | A VIRTUAL TOUR | HAPPY HALLOWEEN! |
|
$200
[3]
This 3-letter word means "in the know"; add "cat" to the end & it means a jazz fan
hep
|
$200
[1]
Found in almost every living cell, DNA stands for this
deoxyribonucleic acid
Chris
|
$200
[23]
Ode to Odenkirk; a legal prequel; just kids having a Fring
Better Call Saul
Carmela
|
$200
[6]
Since 1954 the Japanese Peace Bell has rung near the Secretariat building at this organization's headquarters
the United Nations
Chris
|
$200
[16]
Prospective college students can tour campuses online, like Northeastern University & Berklee College of Music in this city
Boston
Jon
|
$600
[26]
(Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) For Halloween in 2019, Idressed uplike this "Central Intelligence" costar like he looked in a picture back in the '90s; unlike him, I made that fanny pack actually work
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Chris
|
|
$400
[4]
When musicians informally improvise together, it's a clambake or this edible session
a jam
Jon
|
$400
[2]
Famous ones of these include the Perseids in July or August & the Leonids in November
meteor showers
Jon
|
$400
[22]
Mr. Exotic! Country songs! Murder-for-hire! Polyamory! & More!
Tiger King
|
$600
[10]
The largest bell in the world, the Tsar Bell sits on the grounds of this fortress at Red Square
the Kremlin
Chris
|
$400
[20]
You'll "find" that you can virtually explore this Space Shuttle, inside & out, at a Smithsonian hangar in Virginia
Discovery
Chris
Jon
|
$800
[27]
This tri-colored treat that is, let's say, not universally adored was once called chicken feed; yum?
candy corn
Carmela
|
|
$600
[24]
This plural word for skill in using an instrument comes from the power exhibited by a trumpeter, not a cut of pork
chops
Jon
|
$600
[9]
Coal & natural gas are types of this alliterative stuff formed in the earth from plant or animal remains, & used as a source of energy
fossil fuels
Chris
|
$600
[13]
Queens of the screen; BenDeLaCreme & Latrice Royale dressed for the occasion; may the best woman win
RuPaul's Drag Race
Carmela
Chris
|
$800
[11]
Dating to 771 A.D. Korea's Divine Bell of King Seongdeok served as a model for other bells used in this same religion
Buddhism
Chris
|
$600
[19]
Two recently excavated homes are part of the tour of theruinsof this ancient city buried by Vesuvius
Pompeii
Chris
|
$1,000
[28]
October brings out undead soldiers, vampires & ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman at Philipsburg Manor in this N.Y. village
Sleepy Hollow
Jon
|
|
$800
[25]
This 4-letter nonsense singing comes from a line that continues "...da-doo"
scat
Carmela
|
$800
[7]
It's about 5 feet long & includes the cecum & the colon
the large intestine
Carmela
|
$800
[14]
A 2020 Data re-entry; Seven of Nine, too! & Isn't that Will Riker & Deanna Troi? Engage!
Star Trek: Picard
Carmela
Chris
|
$1,000
[12]
According to lore, the Liberty Bell cracked tolling for John Marshall, who died while holding this office
Chief Justice of the United States of America
Chris
|
$800
[18]
First stop, the Governor's Palace as you begin your tour of this Colonial capital of Virginia
Williamsburg
Chris
Jon
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
This "insectile" swing dance came from a Cab Calloway song & originally meant a nervous person
the jitterbug
Jon
|
$1,000
[8]
It's equal to -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit
absolute zero
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
"The Child" needs caring for; a force-ful show in 2019; hold on, Nick Nolte was in it?!
The Mandalorian
Jon
|
DD
$1,200
[21]
It first rang in 1859, cracked later that year & was refitted with a lighter hammer
Big Ben
Chris
|
$1,000
[17]
High up in the Andes of Peru, you can peruse this fascinating city of the Incas
Machu Picchu
Jon
|
— |
| FICTION | MOVIE SEQUELS | DIFFER BY A LETTER | IF YOU LIVED HERE | BE HOME NOW | FAMOUS MARGARETS |
|
$400
[7]
In her first book this teen detective solves "The Secret of the Old Clock"; then in No. 2, she explores "The Hidden Staircase"
Nancy Drew
Carmela
|
$400
[14]
In the Spanish language version of this 1991 sequel, the title character says, "Sayonara, baby" before defeating his foe
The Terminator ( Terminator 2 )
Carmela
|
$400
[1]
A dominant male & an island hello/goodbye
alpha & aloha
Carmela
|
$400
[17]
If you lived in the main city of upper Silesia in 1820, you lived in Prussia; in 1920, in Germany; today, in this country to the east
Poland
Chris
|
$400
[24]
In Nunez v. San Diego, a court struck down one of these time limits for juveniles as it didn't have enough exceptions
a curfew
Carmela
|
$1,600
[11]
A nurse by training, she was a pioneer of the U.S. birth control movement
(Margaret) Sanger
Jon
|
|
$800
[8]
The Jackal in this Frederick Forsyth thriller is an assassin hired to kill French president Charles de Gaulle
The Day of the Jackal
Jon
|
$800
[13]
At the beginning of this 2018 animated sequel, we see how the Parrs deal with the Underminer, whom we last saw in 2004
the Incredibles (2)
Carmela
|
$800
[2]
Menudo ingredient & dull or unoriginal
tripe & trite
Carmela
|
$800
[18]
If you once lived in the wealthy community of Kolmanskop, Namibia, youleft with everyone else when these gems ran out
diamonds
|
$800
[23]
A monitor letting the justice system know you haven't left home is usually attached around this body part
an ankle
Carmela
|
$2,000
[12]
This American anthropologist published "Coming of Age in Samoa" in 1928
(Margaret) Mead
Carmela
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Gamekeeper Oliver Mellors is the title "Lover" in this scandalous 1928 novel
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Jon
|
$1,200
[5]
A bunch of reporters get into a brawl that escalates quickly in this Will Ferrell sequel
Anchorman 2
Chris
|
$1,200
[3]
A mechanical device & a labor pain
contraption & contraction
Chris
|
$1,200
[19]
If you lived in L.A. 150 years ago, you'd be this, just like today, but you'd spell the word with a tilde over the second N
Angeleño
Jon
|
$1,200
[22]
In an emergency, a "seek" this order means find a place to be safe; a this "in place" order means stay where you are
shelter
Carmela
|
— |
|
$2,000
[10]
In a WWI-set novel by C.S. Forester, Rose Sayer & uncouth Captain Charlie Allnutt are thrown together on this title boat
The African Queen
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
This comedy set in Vegas & its "Part II" set in Bangkok are on the R-rated highest-grossing list
The Hangover
Carmela
|
$2,000
[16]
1/8 of a fluid ounce & "beat the skins"
dram & drum
|
$2,000
[21]
If you lived here from 1808 to 1814, you were this romantic poet; think the one who grew up rich
Lord Byron
Carmela
Chris
Jon
|
$1,600
[25]
If you want your package delivered when someone is home, these 2 words follow "adult" in a FedEx option
signature required
Chris
Jon
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[6]
Before he directed "Hellboy" & "The Shape of Water", he took on the Wesley Snipes sequel "Blade 2"
(Guillermo) del Toro
Jon
|
DD
$5,000
[15]
A place to throw back some drinks & a large natural underground chamber
a café & a cave (tavern & cavern)
Carmela
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
Around 1900, if you were living on this island 10 miles off French Guiana, better hope you were a guard & not a prisoner
Devil's Island
Jon
|
— | — |
A 1954 book review said of this colorful 2-word term, also applied to the post-WWI era, "the underlying hysteria lives on"
Red Scare