Ryan Hemmel game 5.
Denise Pool — a stay-at-home mother and volunteer from Yorba Linda, California
T.J. Tallie — an assistant professor of African history from San Diego, California
Ryan Hemmel — a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $104,526)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $3,600 | $8,200 | $8,800 |
$1,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| T.J.! | $-400 | $3,400 | $16,200 |
$18,200
New champion: $18,200 |
$15,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Denise | $2,800 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$14,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
12 R, 1 W |
| SCIENCE-PODGE | FEELING BULLISH | SPORTS IDIOMS | TV | IN THE PRESIDENT'S CABINETS | HAVE A CHAIR |
|
$200
[24]
The white part of an apple slice turns brown because of exposure to this gas
oxygen
T.J.!
|
$200
[14]
Dietrich Mateschitz launched this energy drink in Austria in 1987
Red Bull
Denise
|
$200
[5]
In wrestling you "go to the" this; in another sense it means to take up someone's cause in a dispute
the mat
Ryan
|
$200
[16]
A writer joked that this HBO mob drama "should be called 'Jersey Boys' and 'Jersey Boys' should be called" this HBO mob drama
The Sopranos
T.J.!
|
$200
[6]
Kathleen Sebelius gave 'em Health, & Human Services, too; so did Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Obama
Ryan
|
$200
[10]
Thistype of chair sounds like it's filled with legumes
a beanbag chair
Ryan
|
|
$400
[25]
The hardest tissue in the body, it covers the crown of a tooth
enamel
Denise
|
$400
[15]
John Bull is the personification of this nation
England
T.J.!
Denise
|
$400
[4]
Done in certain races, passing this item to another means bestowing your power on someone else
the baton
Ryan
|
$400
[17]
(Dax Shepard presents the clue.) One of my first jobs in show biz was helping Ashton Kutcher with his pranks on this MTV show
Punk'd
Ryan
|
$400
[7]
Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense; Lamar Alexander getting an education
George H.W. Bush
Ryan
|
$400
[11]
Time to kick back & settle into one of these easy chairs; La-Z-Boy offers a Ruby Wall one
a recliner
Ryan
|
|
$600
[26]
3-letter name of the first drug approved by the FDA for the purpose of prolonging the lives of HIV & AIDS patients
AZT
T.J.!
|
$600
[21]
Many models of this Italian car are named for famous bulls or breeds of bulls
Lamborghini
Ryan
|
$800
[2]
In horseracing the finish of a race is this 11-letter distance, sounding like something you might do after a nap at your house
the homestretch
Ryan
|
$600
[18]
"Reichenbach Falls" was the penultimate episode of this CBS series in 2019
Elementary
|
$600
[8]
Andrew Cuomo developed at HUD, Robert Reich worked at Labor
Clinton
Ryan
|
$600
[12]
A little old place where we can get together, this small, 2-person upholstered piece is also called a courting chair
a loveseat
Denise
|
|
$800
[27]
Procyon is the brightest star in this constellation also known as the little dog
Canis Minor
T.J.!
|
$800
[22]
A bull is the logo of this financial company founded by guys named Charles & Edmund
Merrill Lynch
Ryan
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
When you "draw" this in a boxing or fencing bout, you've inflicted the initial suffering in the contest
first blood
Ryan
|
$800
[19]
Don Messick voiced Bamm-Bamm, Papa Smurf & this mystery-solving dog
Scooby-Doo
Ryan
|
$800
[9]
Abraham Ribicoff at H.E.W.; the Attorney General, a guy the president knew from childhood
JFK
Denise
|
$800
[13]
French gives us the name of this 2-word "long chair" often seen poolside; a mimosa is optional
a chaise longue
Denise
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Isolated females of this largest living lizard, a type of monitor, sometimes reproduce without having their eggs fertilized by males
a Komodo dragon
T.J.!
|
$1,000
[23]
A highlight of the July San Fermin Festival in this city is the Encierro, the Running of the Bulls
Pamplona
Ryan
|
$1,000
[1]
To win a car race you'll have to "take" one of these banners; the British spell it with a "Q"
a checkered flag
Ryan
|
$1,000
[20]
This "Kitchen Nightmares" man received an O.B.E. in 2006
(Gordon) Ramsay
Ryan
|
$1,000
[28]
Herbert Hoover had the Commerce gig; Albert Fall was crooked in the Interior
Harding
T.J.!
|
$1,000
[29]
A fighting chair isn't for boxing but for this sport; an adjustable footrest helps with balance as you battle 500-lb. foes below
fishing
|
| ON MY READING LIST | OOOH...FIREWORKS! | AROUND THE WORLD | "HOP" | SKIPPER | JUMP |
|
$400
[1]
Ernest Hemingway's classic short story "The Snows of" this place
Kilimanjaro
Ryan
|
$400
[8]
Baozhu, a Chinese word for firecracker, means "exploding" this woody grass--early fireworks were made from it
bamboo
Ryan
|
$400
[10]
Named for the man whose ship visited the region in 1770, the Cook Strait separates the 2 main islands of this nation
New Zealand
Ryan
|
$400
[5]
Hinkspiel is a German version of this kid's game that involves not treading on lines
hopscotch
Denise
|
$400
[20]
The short story "The Gold Bug" is about treasure supposedly buried by the pirate known as "Captain" him
Kidd
Ryan
|
$400
[15]
Before a big jump in a 1969 film, the Sundance Kid says, "I can't swim" & this character says, "The fall will probably kill ya"
Butch Cassidy
T.J.!
|
|
$800
[2]
Her trilogy that includes "My Antonia"
(Willa) Cather
Denise
|
$800
[9]
In 2020 this state's Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival set a record for largest aerial firework with a 2,800-pound shell
Colorado
Denise
|
$800
[12]
The highest point on this Indonesian island is Mount Agung, known as "the navel of the world"
Bali
T.J.!
|
$800
[6]
He received a 1986 Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in "Hoosiers"
(Dennis) Hopper
T.J.!
|
$800
[16]
In 1492 Martín & Vincente Pinzón commanded these 2 craft while Columbus captained the flagship
the Niña & the Pinta
Ryan
|
$800
[23]
In "The Fugitive" Harrison Ford eludes capture by this 3-named actor by taking a plunge from great heights to escape
Tommy Lee Jones
T.J.!
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This executive chairman & former Disney CEO's memoir "The Ride of a Lifetime"
Robert Iger
|
$1,600
[24]
We give 10 stars to this firework named for a European city, which often has 10 exploding stars packed into a tube
a Roman candle
Denise
|
$1,200
[13]
The famed canals shine for the Light Festival held in winter in this city of Western Europe
Amsterdam
T.J.!
|
$1,200
[19]
"All ball we all play ball" is a line from this Dr. Seuss book
Hop on Pop
Denise
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1813 Capt. James Lawrence implored his men on the frigate Chesapeake, "Don't" do this, later a rally cry for the war
give up the ship
Ryan
|
$1,200
[22]
In this movie based on a James Fenimore Cooper novel, Alice doesn't want to go with Magua, so she leaps from a cliff to her death
The Last of the Mohicans
T.J.!
|
|
$1,600
[4]
All of the novels in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series beginning with this 1965 novel
Dune
T.J.!
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
From Greek words meaning "fire" & "art", this is the craft of making & shooting off fireworks
pyrotechnics
T.J.!
|
$1,600
[11]
Alberta & 2 others are collectively called these "Provinces" & are the great grain-producing region of Canada
the Prairies
T.J.!
|
$1,600
[18]
This dish of black-eyed peas is a favorite in southern households on New Year's Day
Hoppin' John
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1847 Francis Crozier took over the Northwest Passage expedition of Erebus & this ship, the title of an AMC show
the Terror
|
$1,600
[21]
This actor who played Superman jumps from a plane in "M.I.--Fallout" but can't fly & needs to be rescued by Tom Cruise
(Henry) Cavill
Denise
|
|
$2,000
[7]
This Italian playwright's "Six Characters in Search of an Author"
Pirandello
|
$2,000
[25]
You can make a safer type of the "black" this reptile with baking soda & sugar--it produces CO2& carbon ash
snake
Denise
|
$2,000
[26]
This 12,000-square-mile plain of East-Central Africa is home to an annual migration of more than a million wildebeest
the Serengeti
T.J.!
|
$2,000
[27]
Ancient Greek soldiers known for their expertise in fighting in tight formations
hoplites
Ryan
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
In a maritime fable Captain Falkenberg endlessly traverses the North Sea in this spectral craft
The Flying Dutchman
Ryan
|
$2,000
[30]
Pedro gets "3 feet of air" in a sweet jump off a bicycle ramp in this 2004 comedy; the title character meets his Waterloo, wiping out
Napoleon Dynamite
T.J.!
|
Roland Garros, for whom the French Open stadium is named, gained fame with the 460-mile 1st solo flight across this body of water
the Mediterranean Sea