Zach Newkirk game 6.
Bo Mendez — a museum and cultural professional originally from New Braunfels, Texas
Kristen Seigel — a high school Spanish teacher from Columbus, Ohio
Zach Newkirk — an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 5-day cash winnings total $110,870)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach | $3,000 | $4,800 | $17,000 |
$14,001
6-day champion: $124,871 |
$15,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Kristen | $1,000 | $2,600 | $7,000 |
$5,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
10 R, 2 W |
| Bo | $-200 | $3,000 | $4,400 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
17 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| GYM & JUICE | LINCOLN BLOGS | PLACES IN THE GOOD BOOK | CODE WORDS | PRIME RHYME | THE SPORTSCASTER'S QUOTE |
|
$200
[12]
Lose that 6-pack & get that 6-pack! Men's Health dealt with these muscles in an article called "Navel Maneuvers"
the abdominal muscles
Bo
|
$200
[1]
March 1830: I'm driving the team of oxen as my family moves to this state; I plan to get into some serious rail-splitting there
Illinois
Zach
|
$200
[6]
Jesus walked on this body of water also called Kinnereth & Gennesaret
the Sea of Galilee
Zach
|
$200
[8]
Seen here, QR code stands for this type of response, as it gets your ticket read in a hurry
quick response
Kristen
|
$200
[15]
A white-faced silent performer
a mime
Kristen
|
$600
[28]
Joe Starkey, mid-kickoff return as Cal Berkeley beat this rival: "Oh, the band is out on the field! He's gonna go into the end zone!"
Stanford
Zach
|
|
$400
[13]
Welch's says the Concord type of this used for its juices are "pressed whole within 8 hours of being picked", with 2 servings per glass
grapes
Kristen
|
$400
[2]
The "fatal first of January", 1841: Woe! My engagement to this woman has broken off! (but something tells me we'll wed next year)
Mary Todd
Bo
|
$400
[7]
The Gospel of John says this village is where Jesus not only performed a wedding miracle but healed a man far off in Capernaum
Cana
|
$400
[9]
DNA & messenger RNA carry this code
genetic code
Bo
|
$400
[16]
A cooking herb in the mint family
thyme
Bo
|
$800
[27]
At the PGA Champ. in 2002, "Hello", these was Jim Nantz' subtle message to his ailing father & it became Jim's signature opening
friends
|
|
$600
[20]
WebMD says people can drink this juice to help prevent UTIs; the jury's still out on kidney stones & pleurisy
cranberry juice
Zach
|
$600
[3]
1848: I'm in Congress repping this party, but starting to think there might be a lane for a new, real anti-slavery party
the Whigs
Zach
|
$600
[23]
Paul's epistle to the Ephesians was addressed to a people in an Ancient Greekcitythat is today in this country
Turkey
Zach
|
$600
[10]
California's building code says this is "a primarily vertical structure containing one or more flues"
a chimney
Bo
|
$600
[17]
The peal of a small bell
a chime
Kristen
|
$1,000
[26]
Calls from this college hoops man: "Dipsy-doo, dunk-a-roo!" & He's a "diaper dandy", baby!
(Dick) Vitale
Kristen
|
|
$800
[21]
Aka sumo stance, wide stance these work the inside thigh muscles as you move up & down & do a lot more than "diddly"
a squat
Bo
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
June 16, 1858: I'm gonna use "A house divided against itself cannot stand" as I begin taking him on for Senate! He's got no chance
Stephen Douglas
Zach
|
$800
[24]
God tells Jonah to preach against the people of this city; at first he flees, but later he gets into denouncing them
Nineveh
Bo
|
$800
[11]
The Air Force Academy's code of this quality says, "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does"
the honor code
Kristen
Bo
|
$800
[18]
Citrus aurantifolia
a lime
Bo
|
— |
|
$1,000
[22]
You can burn around 400 cals. an hour, decrease stress & get in cardio doing this, throwing jabs & hooks at an imaginary foe
shadow boxing
Bo
|
$1,000
[5]
November 1861: after Gen. Scott's resignation, I'm putting this man in charge of all the armies--what could possibly go wrong?
George McClellan
Zach
Bo
|
$1,000
[25]
Now the largest city in the Negev Desert, it was where Abraham made a covenant with the Philistine King Abimelech in Genesis 21
Beersheba
|
$1,000
[14]
ZIP code stands for "zone" this "plan", as it was expected to make mail delivery better
improvement
Kristen
|
$1,000
[19]
A geographic location with a particular meteorological environment
a clime
Bo
|
— |
| POET-POURRI | 1980s TIME CAPSULE | AROUND THE CARIBBEAN | TO PHRASE A COIN | BIG STAR | NO. 1 RECORD |
|
$400
[16]
"Dear, old, sleepy place... full of spells", wrote Amy Lowell about this city's Athenaeum Library, founded by her ancestor
Boston
Bo
|
$400
[7]
Pop musicians joined together & recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in this country
Ethiopia
Zach
|
$400
[2]
Major towns in this Caribbean nation include Jacmel, Pétion-Ville & Port-de-Paix
Haiti
Zach
|
$400
[1]
To be merciless to an enemy is to show "no" this coin
a quarter
Zach
|
$400
[17]
The closest star to our sun, Proxima this has an Earth-like planet that was discovered in 2016 & could possibly support life
Proxima Centauri
Zach
Bo
|
$400
[24]
Going low, Meghan Trainor was "All About That" this in a 2014 No. 1
that Bass
Bo
|
|
$800
[19]
George Herbert's poetic query "Is there in truth no" this? became the title of the "Star Trek" episode with the Medusans
beauty
Bo
|
$800
[8]
In 1983 this Swiss company introduced its iconic new timepieces, which became a craze
a Swatch
Bo
|
$800
[3]
The largest range in Jamaica, these mountains are famous as a source of coffee beans
the Blue Mountains
Kristen
|
$800
[12]
To "drop" one of these is to inform on someone, like by calling the cops from an old payphone
a dime
Zach
|
$800
[18]
Castor & Pollux are the 2 brightest stars in this constellation that's also a sign of the zodiac
Gemini
Kristen
|
$800
[25]
In 1994 this R&B group spent 14 weeks at No. 1 singing, "I'll make love to you, like you want me to"
Boyz II Men
Kristen
Bo
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Joseph Severn went with this poet to Rome, made a deathbed drawing of him & was buried next tohim when Severn died 58 years later
Keats
Zach
|
$1,200
[9]
Not your typical sitcom, this TV show featuring a shoe salesman's less-than-perfect family life premiered in 1987
Married... with Children
Bo
|
$1,200
[4]
The easternmost of Cuba's 15 provinces is this single-named one near where the U.S. maintains a military base
Guantanamo
Zach
|
$1,200
[13]
Something valueless is "not worth a" this colorful 2-word coin phrase
a red cent
Bo
|
$1,200
[23]
In the top 5 brightest stars, Arcturus is found in this constellation in the northern sky; oh, shake shake shake, shake your...
Bootes
|
$1,200
[28]
This 1998 Cher megahit with a 1-word title took 6 songwriters & almost a decade to put together
"Believe"
Bo
|
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1920s London Virginia Woolf & others were baffled by this transplanted American poet's habit of wearing green face powder
T.S. Eliot
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1989 Tom Petty sang, "My sister got lucky, married" this kind of successful person, a word coined earlier in the decade
a yuppie
|
$1,600
[5]
Boulders form secluded pools at the Baths, a beach area in this colony of the queen
the British Virgin Islands
Bo
|
$1,600
[14]
"Don't take any" of these, like the commemorative souvenirs made for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair
a wooden nickel
Zach
|
$1,600
[26]
When you see this Down Under constellation for the 1st time, check out Alpha Crucis & the Coalsack molecular cloud
the Southern Cross
Bo
|
$1,600
[29]
Despite the fact that "We had joy, we had fun, we had" this title in 1974, it really is one seriously depressing tune
"Seasons In The Sun"
Kristen
|
|
$2,000
[22]
This 11th century Persian "Rubaiyat" poet was an astronomer who devised a calendar more accurate than ours
Omar Khayyam
Zach
|
$2,000
[11]
This Democrat was governor of Massachusetts for most of the decade
Dukakis
Zach
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
2 capital cities are located on this Caribbean island: Marigot, which is French, & Philipsburg, which is Dutch
St. Maarten
Zach
|
$2,000
[15]
When this alliterative phrase offering to wager money against bakery treats first appeared, the coins were still silver
dollars to doughnuts
Kristen
|
DD
$2,600
[27]
The name of this bright red star in the constellation Scorpius denotes it as a rival of the Greek god of war
Antares
Bo
|
$2,000
[30]
About 20 years after Ray Charles hit No. 1 with this tune, it became a state song
"Georgia On My Mind"
Zach
|
The Army's longest continuous campaign, 1969-2007, began in this Northern Ireland city known by either of 2 different names
Londonderry/Derry