Last game with Ken Jennings as guest host.
Lauren Menke — a math teacher from Columbus, Ohio
Sam Stapleton — a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
Alan Johnson — a software engineering manager from Metuchen, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | $3,200 | $4,600 | $16,600 |
$22,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,600
17 R, 1 W |
| Sam | $1,600 | $8,000 | $22,200 |
$33,201
New champion: $33,201 |
$17,000
22 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Lauren | $2,000 | $2,000 | $9,600 |
$19,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
12 R, 1 W |
| DEAD PRECEDENTS | POP CULTURE | LOADS OF ROADS | HAIR'S TO YOU | RHYME TIME | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES |
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$200
[30]
In 1943 the Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision & said students couldn't be required to salute this
the flag
Alan
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$200
[13]
This group's album "Love Yourself: Tear" is the first by a K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 Albums chart
BTS
Sam
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[27]
This 12-letter word was originally used for high-speed driving; now we mostly talk about the "information" type
superhighway
Sam
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[23]
Seen on the right, Moe Howardof the Three Stooges really personified this kitchenware cut
a bowl cut
Alan
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[3]
An M&M after it has been dropped at the beach
a sandy candy
Lauren
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$200
[17]
(Mary Bubala of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) In 2014, fireworkslit the sky at Fort McHenry as the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore--& the writing of this song--was celebrated
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Sam
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$400
[29]
In 1987 the Supreme Court overruled an 1861 decision that courts couldn't do this, order a suspect handed over to another state
extradite
Sam
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[14]
For 7 seasons Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane on this USA Network show about lawyers
Suits
Lauren
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[26]
A ring road encircles a city; the one around Washington, D.C. is known by this name
a beltway
Alan
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[22]
One difference between a chignon & this 3-letter option is that a chignon is usually worn low while it can go anywhere
a bun
Alan
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[4]
A scream in an upper register
a high cry
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[16]
(Patrice Sanders of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Halloween is special here in Baltimore when brave spirits come to Westminster Hall to see thegraveof this "Telltale Heart" author & local resident, & descend into nearby catacombs
Poe
Sam
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[1]
Agostini v. Felton reversed a 1985 ruling that prohibited public school teachers from teaching in these schools
parochial
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[2]
Born in 2012, Beyoncé's oldest daughter has this colorful name
Blue Ivy
Alan
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[12]
This hyphenated word for a short dead-end street is French for "bag bottom"
a cul-de-sac
Lauren
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[19]
It's the style being created here
cornrows
Sam
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[5]
A strategy in Karachi
a Pakistan plan
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[8]
(Kai Jackson of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Baltimore is steeped in history, much of it reported by The Baltimore Sun which was featured prominently in this HBO crime drama whose creator, David Simon, was a reporter there
The Wire
Sam
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$800
[11]
1961's Mapp v. Ohio overturned a 1949 ruling & said this amendment bars illegally seized evidence from state courts
the 4th Amendment
Alan
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[15]
Joe Exotic from "Tiger King" has said he wants this "Joe Dirt" actor to play him in a TV series
(David) Spade
Alan
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$800
[24]
Longer than a bridge, this is a road built above water
a causeway
Sam
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$800
[20]
Time to get medieval on you with this haircut, said to be inspired by medieval lads serving an apprenticeship
a pageboy
Sam
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[6]
An eating utensil for a military unit
a spoon platoon
Lauren
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$800
[9]
(Tom Rodgers of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Camden Yards opened in 1992, masterly rehabilitating awarehouseof this historic railroad familiar to players of Monopoly
The B&O Railroad
Sam
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$1,000
[28]
This controversial 2010 decision overruled a precedent that had barred certain political contributions
Citizens United
Alan
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$1,000
[18]
Jane is this character's real first name on "Stranger Things"
Eleven
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[25]
Similar to tarmac, this colorful term is also a synonym for a road, like a "2-lane" type
blacktop
Sam
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DD
$2,000
[21]
It doesn't get much higher than this hairstyle, named for a mistress of Louis XV
a pompadour
Sam
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$1,000
[7]
An unoriginal artificial waterway
a banal canal
Alan
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$1,000
[10]
(Megan Gilliland of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Every 4th of July there are fireworks over this ship, Baltimore's answer to the USS Constitution; her illustrious history includes the capture of three slave ships off the coast of Africa
the USS Constellation
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| MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY | DR. YES (M.D., NO) | "KON"FUSION | REESE'S PIECES OF LITERATURE |
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[26]
A form of vocal chamber music, madrigals reached a pinnacle during this "rebirth" period from the 14th to the 16th centuries
the Renaissance
Alan
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$400
[8]
1991: 2 women go on the run from the cops after one commits a homicide
Thelma & Louise
Lauren
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$400
[19]
Hereare the borders of this country in 1946; by mid-1992, four of itsrepublicshad gone independent
Yugoslavia
Alan
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[9]
In the 1970s, Dian Fossey's zoology dissertation at Cambridge examined "the behavior of the mountain" this creature
a gorilla
Sam
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$400
[16]
To make a summoning gesture to another
beckon
Sam
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[1]
"The Proposal" at the beginning of Jasmine Guillory's novel happens on the Jumbo Tron of this Los Angeles baseball stadium
Dodger Stadium
Sam
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$800
[27]
The classic madrigal "Now Is The Month Of Maying" has plenty of fa-la's & also rhymes "bonny" this with "greeny grass"
lass
Alan
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$800
[7]
1975: King Arthur & his knights embark on a surreal search for a sacred object
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Lauren
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$1,200
[11]
Used in World War II to train Germany's Africa Corps, the Bledowska Desert in this country, is one of the few deserts in Europe
Poland
Sam
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$800
[20]
Thisman has been operating at a cosmic level since getting his doctorate in astrophysics at Columbia in 1991
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Lauren
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$800
[15]
The Coolpix P950 is a digital camera from this Japanese company
Nikon
Lauren
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$800
[2]
"From Scratch" is Tembi Locke's memoir of marrying a chef & eating great food on this Italian island
Sicily
Sam
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$1,200
[28]
Enriching text with music & vocals, madrigals often employed works by great poets like this heartsick lover of Laura
Petrarch
Alan
Lauren
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$1,200
[4]
2002: A Hawaiian girl adopts an alien for a pet
Lilo & Stitch
Sam
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$1,600
[12]
This eastern Mediterranean capital, a key port for 2,000 years, was the site of a 2020 explosion 1/20 the force of Hiroshima
Beirut
Alan
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$1,200
[21]
Let's get real; this TV Dr. got his Ph.D. in clinical psychology but his license to practice in Texas expired in 2006
Dr. Phil
Sam
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$1,200
[14]
This title of albums by R.E.M. & the Grateful Dead means a settling of accounts
Reckoning
Lauren
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$1,200
[3]
Reese picked "The Giver of Stars" by this woman who got the name Jojo from the Beatles' song "Get Back"
Jojo Moyes
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$1,600
[29]
Madrigals were this "multi-harmonic" style of several vocal melodies
polyphonic
Alan
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$1,600
[5]
1988: A high school teacher successfully inspires some students to learn advanced math
Stand and Deliver
Lauren
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$2,000
[13]
Russia's most important port on the Pacific, itwas founded in 1860 with a name that means "Ruler of the East"
Vladivostok
Alan
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$1,600
[22]
This dentist was involved in the Earp vendetta ride
Doc Holliday
Sam
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$1,600
[17]
This Asian variety of white radish takes its name from Japanese for"large root"
daikon
Lauren
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$1,600
[24]
Not only did Reese put this Celeste Ng novel about drama in the suburbs on her list, she produced & starred in the Hulu adaptation
Little Fires Everywhere
Lauren
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$2,000
[30]
The music at his funeral left out his sad "Adagio For Strings" but did use a madrigal by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti
Samuel Barber
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$2,000
[6]
1998: Near the end of his life, the director of "Frankenstein" begins a friendship with his gardener
Gods and Monsters
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DD
$4,000
[10]
The emperors of China had seasonal homes: Peking means "northern capital" & this city's name means "southern capital"
Nanking
Sam
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DD
$3,000
[23]
One of the 1st women to get a doctorate in this 2-word field, Barbara Jane Liskov won a Turing Award, the field's highest honor
computer science
Sam
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$2,000
[18]
The Church of Paraportianiis a highlight of this Greek island
Mykonos
Alan
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$2,000
[25]
The nonfiction "Braving the Wilderness" is by this alliterative woman whose "Call to Courage" special is on Netflix
Brené Brown
Alan
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In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur
Iceland