Brayden Smith game 6.Originally slated to air 2020-12-22.
Manisha Munshi — an attorney from San Francisco, California
Molly Fisher — a college student from Berkeley, California
Brayden Smith — a policy intern from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 5-day cash winnings total $115,798)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden | $400 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Molly | $-1,600 | $-200 | $3,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
7 R, 4 W |
| Manisha | $4,600 | $4,800 | $10,000 |
$7,100
New champion: $7,100 |
$14,000
20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| CONDIMENTS | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS | A REAL PRIZE | HER FIRST NO. 1 HIT | MAPS | ADVERBS |
|
$200
[2]
In the 1700s New Englanders added tomatoes to a blend to make what we now know as this condiment for French fries
ketchup
Brayden
|
$200
[28]
A newspaper gave Robert Peary $4,000 on condition that he reach this point & sure enough, in 1909 he wired them that he had
the North Pole
Brayden
Molly
Manisha
|
$200
[12]
UNESCO's King Sejong Prize for promoting literacy is named for the monarch who created hangul, the Korean this
the alphabet
Molly
|
$200
[5]
"Time After Time"(1984)
Cyndi Lauper
Manisha
|
$400
[26]
Meteorologist James Stagg used a weather map to persuade Allied commanders to invade Normandy on this date in 1944
June 6
Brayden
|
$400
[22]
Referring to a time in the past, this non-ly adverb is the first word of a 1965 Beatles classic
yesterday
|
|
$400
[17]
This sweet liquid gets its color & flavor from the nectar's source, not from the bee
honey
Brayden
|
$400
[27]
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin died in 2013 as the last survivor of the failed 1944 plot to kill this man
Hitler
Manisha
|
$400
[13]
We love you, Conrad, for using the wealth of this hotel chain for a $2.5 million prize to nonprofits that relieve human suffering
Hilton
Brayden
|
$400
[6]
"The Way We Were"(1974)
Barbra Streisand
Manisha
|
$600
[4]
The Peutinger Table, a rare ancient Roman map, is basically this type that Rand McNally is famous for, complete with mileage figures
a road map
Brayden
|
$600
[21]
Almost as if I'm actually there, with or without the high-tech headset
virtually
Manisha
|
|
$600
[25]
We use the German name for this cabbage dish; the French call it choucroute
sauerkraut
Molly
|
$600
[14]
After a tornado, in May 1953 the region around Warner Robins, Georgia was declared the first federal one of these
disaster zone (area)
Manisha
|
$600
[15]
In 2015 malaria researcher Tu Youyou became the first winner of this prize since 1988 with no doctorate or medical degree
the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Brayden
|
$600
[7]
"I Kissed A Girl"(2008)
Katy Perry
Brayden
|
$800
[3]
15th century monk, Fra Mauro, loaded up hismap with plenty of information; here's this sea at the eastern edge of Europe
the Black Sea
Manisha
|
$800
[18]
When it means "beautiful", as before "woman", it's an adjective; when it comes before "good", it's an adverb
pretty
Brayden
|
|
$800
[24]
This alphanumeric Kraft Heinz steak sauce comes in a thick & hearty variety
A.1.
Brayden
|
$800
[9]
Roman emperor Julian began his reign in 361 by abandoning Christianity, earning himself this title for a religious turncoat
an apostate
Brayden
Molly
Manisha
|
$1,000
[16]
The prize steer at this annual Texas event routinely sells for 6 figures in the Youth Livestock Auction
the state fair
Manisha
|
$800
[10]
"The Power Of Love"(1994)
Céline Dion
Manisha
|
$1,000
[1]
An 1885 map with sections like "Chickasaw Nation" & "Osages" shows why what's now this state was known as Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Manisha
|
$1,000
[20]
This 4-letter word is an adverb when found before a number to mean "about", as in "we had to drive ____ 50 miles to get there"
some (like)
Brayden
Manisha
|
|
$1,000
[23]
"Uncap real flavor", says this brand of hot sauce whose bottles have iconic round wooden caps
Cholula
Molly
|
$1,000
[8]
Usman Dan Fodio, founder of Africa's Sokoto caliphate, made an 1804 trip from Gobir to Gudu called this, like Muhammad's journey
hegira
Molly
Manisha
|
DD
$1,600
[19]
300,000 euros go to the winner of the LVMH Prize for someone under 40 in this profession with at least 2 collections
a fashion designer
Brayden
|
$1,000
[11]
"A Moment Like This"(2002)
Kelly Clarkson
|
— | — |
| OY! IT'S WORDS FROM "O" TO "Y" | OF THE LAW | COLORFUL SCIENCE | NORWEGIANS | FICTIONAL SCHOOLS | POSSESSION IS 9/10 |
|
$400
[1]
It's a long, eventful journey or ordeal; a mythological one took 10 years
an odyssey
Manisha
|
$400
[2]
The Dodd-Frank Act included the Volcker Rule, prohibiting these institutions from making certain risky investments
banks
Molly
|
$800
[18]
This color "shift" is the increase in wavelength of light emitted by a source moving away from an observer
the red shift
|
$800
[26]
Great Norwegian musicians include Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen & Morten Harket, who wrote this No. 1 hit for a-ha
"Take On Me"
Molly
|
$1,200
[12]
In a Y.A. series identical twins Jessica & Elizabeth Wakefield attend this fictional high school in Southern California
Sweet Valley High
Manisha
|
$800
[24]
There is no Sigourney Weaver, only Zuul, & what a lovely singing voice Zuul must have in this 1984 movie
Ghostbusters
Manisha
|
|
$800
[3]
Meaning to become bone, this verb is used for ideas that have become fixed
ossify
Manisha
|
$800
[25]
The Natl. Firearms Act of 1934 says this hunting weapon becomes a firearm if its barrel is less than 18" long, like a sawed-off one
a shotgun
Brayden
Molly
|
$1,200
[8]
Spirogyra is one genus of this common algae type
green
Brayden
|
$1,200
[11]
Magnus Carlsen, who in 2014 became the highest-rated player in the history of this game, ponders as only he can
chess
Manisha
|
$1,600
[13]
Battle School is where children train to fight in this 1985 Orson Scott Card novel
Ender's Game
Manisha
|
$1,200
[19]
Day-o! Daaaay-o! A dinner party takes a very unexpected musical turn in this! this! this! 1988 Tim Burton film
Beetlejuice
Manisha
|
|
$1,200
[4]
This raptor flies over water to hunt, plunging in feet first to catch fish in its talons
an osprey
Brayden
|
$1,200
[9]
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 says victims of discrimination by seller or landlord can appeal to this then 3-year-old cabinet department
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Brayden
|
$1,600
[7]
When dipped in a solution with pH above 8.3. litmus paper turns this color
blue
Manisha
|
$1,600
[23]
Incidentally, this man born in Bergen wrote the incidental music to "Peer Gynt"
(Edvard) Grieg
Brayden
Molly
|
$2,000
[14]
This 4-letter word for an elite boarding school is the title of Curtis Sittenfeld's novel about the Ault School
prep
Brayden
Manisha
|
$1,600
[20]
We're "conjuring" a series of films with this demoniacally possessed title girl doll that delved into "Creation" in 2017
Annabelle
Brayden
|
|
$1,600
[17]
Numbering about 175,000, these upper Midwesterners are one of the largest native peoples north of Mexico
Ojibway
|
$1,600
[5]
It's the "R" in the Rico Act, which says it can include acts relating to arson, human trafficking, contraband cigarettes, etc.
racketeering
Brayden
|
$2,000
[6]
The Sun is a G2 V star, or this type of dwarf
a yellow dwarf
Brayden
Manisha
|
$2,000
[22]
He sailed aboard the Fram on his journey to become the first to reach the South Pole
Amundsen
Brayden
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
Chamberlain, Maine's Thomas Ewen Consolidated High School hosts a memorable prom in this 1974 novel
Carrie
Manisha
|
$2,000
[21]
Playing himself in "This is the End", this "Superbad" actor got possessed superquick
Jonah Hill
Manisha
|
|
$2,000
[16]
From Latin for "shaded", it means non-transparency in an image
opacity
Molly
|
DD
$2,800
[10]
6 weeks after the U.S. entered WWI came the act known by this alliterative phrase requiring men to register to join the military
Selective Service
Brayden
|
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The names of these 2 states honor a king & his father, who was executed in 1649
North & South Carolina