Ryan Hemmel game 3.
Chandy McCarty — a civil engineer from Phoenix, Arizona
Gabriel Ostler — a swim instructor from Orinda, California
Ryan Hemmel — a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $2,000 | $4,800 | $19,400 |
$29,401
3-day champion: $78,203 |
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Gabriel | $6,600 | $3,200 | $14,700 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$17,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chandy | $-600 | $-200 | $12,600 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
10 R, 1 W |
| PAPERBACK WRITER | PALINDROMES | PRO TEAMS' MASCOTS | REAL-DEAL RHYME TIME | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS | ADVENTURE CAPITAL |
|
$200
[30]
In 1979 this horror master said, "Most of the market for my stuff is in paperbacks", but he's done okay in hardcover, too
(Stephen) King
Gabriel
|
$200
[27]
The name of this system that's used to detect & locate objects is a palindrome & an acronym
radar
Gabriel
|
$200
[5]
Stuff the Magic Dragon:This NBA city
Orlando
Gabriel
|
$200
[28]
It's a portable radio transmitter & receiver for 2-way communication
a walkie-talkie
Ryan
|
$200
[29]
99.9% of all U.S. businesses, small businesses are defined as having fewer than this many employees, D to the Romans
500
Gabriel
|
$200
[24]
You get really high up hang-gliding over Bogota, this country's capital--already pretty high up at nearly 9,000 feet
Colombia
Ryan
|
|
$400
[21]
Crush your enemies & name this Robert E. Howard barbarian whose "Collected Adventures" are collected in paperback
Conan
Gabriel
|
$400
[10]
In 2019 Kelley Blue Book named this Honda coupe Best Buy of the Year among compact cars
a Civic
Gabriel
|
$400
[4]
Iceburgh:An NHL bird
the Pittsburgh Penguins
Ryan
|
$400
[26]
Nickname for the 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball squad
the Dream Team
Ryan
|
$400
[25]
A small business owner must take in more than $400 annually to be subject to self-employment these
taxes
Ryan
Gabriel
|
$400
[23]
Seal Island just off this South African capital is a good place to swim with sharks--if you have a sturdy enough cage
Cape Town
Gabriel
Chandy
|
|
$800
[12]
When it comes to "L is for Lawless" & "C is for Corpse", "G" is for this bestselling mystery author
(Sue) Grafton
Ryan
|
$600
[8]
A classic palindrome is this 3-word introduction
Madam, I'm Adam
Gabriel
Chandy
|
$600
[3]
The horse-like Miles:In the NFL's AFC West
the Broncos
Gabriel
|
$600
[9]
Slang for a cocktail party that takes place during a trip around the harbor
a booze cruise
Gabriel
|
$600
[17]
Small businesses create over 10 times more of these exclusive invention registrations per employee than large companies
patents
Ryan
|
$600
[18]
Class II-IV this type of rafting is available right in the heart of Oklahoma City on the Oklahoma River
whitewater
Gabriel
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This man who's given us "Goosebumps" has sold more than 400 million books
(R.L.) Stine
Gabriel
|
$800
[7]
It's the type of device seen here
a level
Ryan
|
$800
[2]
Sourdough Sam:An NFL miner
the 49ers
Gabriel
|
$800
[15]
Varieties of this hot cocoa mix include unicorn marshmallows & marshmallow lovers
Swiss Miss
Gabriel
|
$800
[16]
With wings or not, this type of investor provides seed money from his own pocket in exchange for equity in the business
an angel investor
Gabriel
|
$800
[13]
On the Flight of the Gibbon tour near Bangkok, you can soar above the Thai rain forest on these inclined cables
zip lines
Gabriel
|
|
DD
$5,000
[20]
In 2020 this late, great writer was back on the paperback bestseller list with "The Bluest Eye", her debut novel
Toni Morrison
Gabriel
|
$1,000
[6]
Tumbling on soft mats is naturally part of the fun at this place where kids can take classes & have birthday parties
My Gym
|
$1,000
[1]
Barrelman:A Midwestern MLB mascot
the (Milwaukee) Brewers
Gabriel
|
$1,000
[14]
Hyphenated term for someone old-fashioned & out of touch
a fuddy-duddy
Gabriel
|
$1,000
[22]
Per the National Small Business Association, more than 30% of U.S. small businesses operate as these, LLCs
limited liability corporations (companies)
Ryan
|
$1,000
[19]
These 2 major airports make it tough to skydive over Paris--but there is a drop zone north of the capital
Orly & Charles de Gaulle
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE | ACTOR FACTS | THE ATMOSPHERE | RANKS & TITLES | BIBLICAL WOMEN | C AS IN "CAT" |
|
$400
[11]
U.S. schoolkids began reciting this as part of Columbus Day observances in 1892
The Pledge of Allegiance
Chandy
|
$400
[21]
Less than a year before this young actor's 1955 death, Dennis Stock took the photo of him known as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
James Dean
Gabriel
|
$400
[30]
Corridors of water vapor such as the Pineapple Express are called atmospheric these & carry more moisture than the Amazon
rivers
Ryan
Gabriel
|
$400
[29]
From the Egyptian for "great house" came this term for any of the great & ancient rulers of Egypt
pharaoh
Gabriel
|
$400
[13]
In Genesis 21 she bore Abraham a son at age 90
Sarah
Ryan
|
$400
[1]
A robber who gains entry by climbing
a cat burglar
Gabriel
|
|
$800
[8]
Term for the limited allocation of goods on the WWII home front; for gasoline & coffee, it began in fall 1942
rationing
Gabriel
|
$800
[20]
Reprised in 2020, it's Keanu Reeves' most excellent role
Ted
Ryan
Gabriel
Chandy
|
$800
[24]
Lenticularclouds, which usually form near mountains, are also called these clouds, because they can be mistaken for the weird phenomena
UFO clouds
|
$1,200
[10]
Eagle insignia led to the military slang term "full bird" this rank
colonel
Chandy
|
$800
[16]
Before 2 letters were transposed, Ms. Winfrey was originally named for this sister-in-law of Ruth
Orpah
Ryan
|
$800
[3]
Avalon is the only incorporated city on this resort island off the coast of Southern California
Catalina
Gabriel
|
|
$1,200
[5]
In the 1859 "Pig War", the U.S. & this country nearly came to blows over ownership of the San Juan Islands
Great Britain
|
$1,200
[17]
This Australian actress' dad Peter Watts was a sound engineer for Pink Floyd
Naomi Watts
Gabriel
|
$1,600
[22]
On atmospheric entry, Mach 25 speeds create super-high temps., hence this 2-word item on the Apollo & Mercury spacecraft
a heat shield
|
$1,600
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Budapest's Memento Park may make you exclaim, "Cool"; Hungarians exclaim, "Király" which also means this, like Béla IV or Ladislaus I
king
Gabriel
|
$1,200
[15]
In the Gospel of John, she went to the disciples & told them that she had seen the risen Lord at his tomb
Mary Magdalene
Chandy
|
$1,200
[4]
A subterranean burial chamber
a catacomb
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[6]
In 1892 John Muir co-founded this organization dedicated to protecting the great outdoors
the Sierra Club
Gabriel
|
$1,600
[25]
This"Westworld" star can put OBE after her name having received the honor for her services to film & charity
(Thandie) Newton
Ryan
|
$2,000
[27]
On a commercial flight, you'll spend most of your time in the lower stratosphere before descending through this layer to Earth
the troposphere
Gabriel
|
$2,000
[18]
Deposed in 1797, Ludovico Manin was the last of these Venetian rulers
the doges
Ryan
|
$1,600
[14]
The wife of King Ahab, this mean queen introduced him to the worship of Baal
Jezebel
Chandy
|
$1,600
[2]
Lepidopteran larva
caterpillar
Chandy
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Known as the "Pathfinder", this soldier-explorer mapped most of the Oregon Trail in the 1840s with Kit Carson
John C. Frémont
|
$2,000
[28]
"Bonanza" & "All My Children" actor David Canary was the great-great-nephew of Martha Jane Cannary, aka this Wild West woman
Calamity Jane
Chandy
|
DD
$3,500
[23]
Air pollution is made worse by the reactive type of this gas that makes up more than 3/4 of the atmosphere
nitrogen
Gabriel
|
DD
$9,000
[26]
The person with this title is the leader of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhists
the Dalai Lama
Ryan
|
$2,000
[19]
Miriam was the sister of these 2 important figures of Exodus
Aaron & Moses
Chandy
|
$2,000
[12]
It's a question & answer method of religious instruction
catechism
Chandy
|
Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically
Uganda