Brian Chang game 7.
Erica Holencik — a provider data specialist from Portland, Oregon
Alex Cohn — a psychiatry resident physician from Los Angeles, California
Brian Chang — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (whose 6-day cash winnings total $147,304)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $1,000 | $1,800 | $16,600 |
$16,600
7-day champion: $163,904 |
$20,000
26 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Alex | $1,000 | $1,400 | $15,600 |
$600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
14 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Erica | $1,200 | $4,200 | $7,000 |
$50
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
10 R, 0 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | OCCUPATIONS | BLUE'S CLUES | WORD ORIGINS | THE GRAMM"E"S | BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS |
|
$200
[10]
This southern capital is known as "The Big Peach"
Atlanta
Erica
|
$200
[30]
100 years ago, this job of connecting people looked as seen here
a switchboard operator
Brian
|
$200
[21]
Stilton & Roquefort are 2 varieties of this edible
blue cheese
Brian
|
$200
[18]
This fish & rice dish is derived from a Japanese word for sour
sushi
Brian
|
$200
[29]
They checked into the Record of the Year winners' list with "Hotel California"
the Eagles
Erica
|
$200
[17]
"Christmas in Plains"
Jimmy Carter
Alex
Erica
|
|
$400
[11]
It's home to the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild
Des Moines
Brian
|
$400
[25]
St. Joseph of Arimathea, who requested Jesus' body from Pontius Pilate, is the patron saint of these workers
undertakers
Alex
|
$400
[24]
A stylized blue silhouette suggestive of a bird is the logo of this social media site
Twitter
Brian
|
$400
[15]
Before it was used for a musical work, this 4-letter word meaning "work" was used by the Romans to designate construction
opus
Brian
|
$400
[28]
In 2020 she won Grammys for "Bad Guy"
Billie Eilish
Brian
|
$400
[27]
"A Time to Heal"
Gerald Ford
Alex
|
|
$600
[23]
This capital's St. John's Church was the site of Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" oration
Richmond
Brian
Erica
|
$600
[14]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a sauceboat made by noted equestrian Paul Revere as part of this, his day job
silversmith
Brian
|
$600
[12]
Crayola's blues have included cerulean, aqua & this jeans fabric
denim
Brian
|
$600
[6]
As Bill & Ted probably wouldn't know, one story says this 5-letter word originally described a device to create counterfeit coins
bogus
Alex
|
$600
[19]
He's a 6-time winner of the Best Rap Album Grammy
Eminem
Alex
|
$600
[26]
"A Boyhood in Iowa"
Herbert Hoover
|
|
$800
[2]
The capitol building in this North Dakota capital is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Hall of Fame
Bismarck
Brian
|
$800
[8]
This other term for a longshoreman at the docks comes from the Spanish for "stow a cargo"
a stevedore
Alex
|
$800
[4]
Paint drums & body paint are integral to this theater troupe formed in the late 1980s
the Blue Man Group
Alex
|
$800
[3]
Thisbuilding material was once made with coal refuse & ash; hence its name
a cinder block
Brian
|
$800
[7]
Last name of the jazz bandleader who received a Lifetime Achievement award in 1966
(Duke) Ellington
Brian
|
$1,000
[20]
Published in 1866, his "Administration on the Eve of Rebellion"
Buchanan
Erica
|
|
$1,000
[1]
Founded around 1610, it once served as the seat of power for the Spanish empire north of the Rio Grande
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$1,000
[9]
From their specific fields of study, Frans de Waal & Jane Goodall are classified as this particular kind of zoologist
a primatologist
Erica
|
$1,000
[22]
The Mahabharata recounts the adventures of this Hindu deity, an avatar of Vishnu who is often depicted with blue skin
Krishna
|
$1,000
[5]
Now meaning "behaving badly", this adjective comes from a word meaning "nothing"
naughty
|
$1,000
[16]
1960's Song of the Year went to Ernest Gold for his theme to this movie about the founding of Israel
Exodus
Erica
|
DD
$3,400
[13]
His "Personal Memoirs", completed before his death in 1885 & "dedicated to the American soldier and sailor"
(General) Ulysses S. Grant
Brian
|
| LITERARY VACATIONS | FUNNY BUSINESS | SCIENCE & NATURE | WORDS WITH "FER" ENDS | COULD YOU? | CORSICAN |
|
$400
[30]
"Sag Harbor" by Colson Whitehead is about a teen's summer during this decade; New Coke & Lisa Lisa make appearances
the 1980s
Alex
|
$400
[29]
(Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) July 6, 2017 was officially Kevin Hart Day in this Northeastern city of my birth; they even unveiled a giantmuralof my face on a cheesesteak diner near where I grew up
Philadelphia
Brian
|
$400
[28]
The death of a massive star can form this, a cosmic body of extreme gravity from which not even light can escape
a black hole
Brian
|
$400
[27]
If you ride waves on your chest & stomach, not a board, you're one of these
a bodysurfer
Brian
|
$400
[26]
Throw one of these basic boxing punches named for the way it travels from low to high
an uppercut
Alex
|
$400
[2]
He was born in Corsica's capital of Ajaccio on August 15, 1769, the same year the French took over
Napoleon
Erica
|
|
$800
[23]
Hercule Poirot was dropped from the 1946 play version of this cruise-set novel & "Death" in the title became "Murder"
Death on the Nile
Alex
Erica
|
$800
[14]
Will Ferrell played an Icelander in a 2020 Netflix comedy that sends up this song contest
Eurovision
Brian
|
$800
[16]
Sir Humphry Davy named this element, symbol Mg, for a place in Greece
magnesium
Brian
|
$800
[19]
A protective barrier, or someone who polishes & shines
a buffer
Brian
|
$800
[25]
Mix me an old fashioned with just a dash of these aromatic flavorings named for their astringent taste
bitters
Brian
|
$800
[3]
In the 1930s Corsican gangster Paul Carbone began the international drug-dealing racket known as the French this
Connection
Brian
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[1]
Rosemary Hoyt, a young actress vacationing on the Riviera, tempts the hero of this author's "Tender is the Night"
Fitzgerald
Erica
|
$1,200
[17]
"Last One Laughing", hosted by this Sydney-born funny woman, pits comics against one another trying to make each other laugh
Rebel Wilson
Brian
|
$1,200
[15]
In the human body the ribs attach to the 12 thoracic ones of these
vertebra
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
It's always good to keep this strongbox full
coffer
Brian
|
$1,200
[20]
Walk on one of these, like Nik Wallenda did across the crater of an active volcano in March 2020
a tightrope
Alex
|
$1,200
[24]
Corsican César Vezzani was renowned as a "heroic" singer in this range, with roles like Siegmund in "Die Walküre"
tenor
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Thisauthor married a man she met on a Caribbean vacation; her character Stella has a similar experience
(Terry) McMillan
Brian
|
$1,600
[13]
Starting way back in 2003 (& still going strong), he's the longest-tenured cast member of "Saturday Night Live"
Kenan Thompson
Alex
|
$1,600
[9]
Gardeners dread these insects that suck plant sap & can cause foliage to distort
aphids
Brian
|
$1,600
[5]
A young cow that hasn't had a calf
a heifer
Alex
|
$1,600
[18]
Build a resort to make your city into a tourist destination in this video game also released as Micropolis
SimCity
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
A corrupt justice system imposed by Genoese invaders long encouraged Corsicans to engage in the private blood feuds called this
vendetta
Alex
|
|
DD
$3,800
[6]
The beginning of "A Room with a View" concerns a view of this Italian river
the Arno
Alex
|
$2,000
[11]
Thiscomedian displayed his drama chops in "A Star is Born", playing Bradley Cooper's longtime friend
Dave Chappelle
|
$2,000
[10]
A goiter is an enlargement of this endocrine gland that produces the hormones T3 & T4
the thyroid
Alex
|
$2,000
[7]
A stratum of water-bearing rock
aquifer
Brian
|
$2,000
[12]
Play me a little Bach on this old-time type of keyboard instrument that's "Well-Tempered" in a Bach title
a clavier
Brian
|
$2,000
[21]
Pasquale Paoli fought the Genoese & French, but during a 1794-96 British occupation, he offered the island to this king
George III
|
These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota
(George Armstrong) Custer & (Wild Bill) Hickok