Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Pancreatic Cancer Dream Team from Stand Up to Cancer.
Anthony Jones — a certified financial planner from Falls Church, Virginia
Morgan Briles — a librarian from Nacogdoches, Texas
Brendan Sargent — a community organizer originally from Worcester, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan | $2,200 | $5,600 | $16,600 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$21,600
26 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Morgan | $3,800 | $5,800 | $14,800 |
$20,800
New champion: $20,800 |
$12,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Anthony | $0 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$5
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
10 R, 1 W |
| ALL ALLITERATION | NIFTY NOVELS | TERRIFIC TV | POTENT POTABLES | FIVE FACTS | HOPEFUL HISTORY |
|
$200
[18]
It's when a term paper is supposed to be submitted or a baby is expected to be born
a due date
Anthony
|
$200
[6]
The young orphan protagonist in "Great Expectations" is known by this 3-letter name
Pip
Brendan
|
$200
[1]
Her characters on "Saturday Night Live" have included Oprah, Liza Minnelli & Kamala Harris
Maya Rudolph
Brendan
|
$200
[27]
Puerto Rico & Cuba are known for light-bodied forms of this liquor; Jamaica goes heavier
rum
Morgan
|
$200
[21]
In the 1960s this U.S. port city was the place where Haight became love & the Dead, Grateful
San Francisco
Brendan
|
$200
[26]
Starting in the 19th c., these agreements named for a Swiss city set humane norms for prisoners & noncombatants during wartime
the Geneva Convention
Anthony
|
|
$400
[10]
This flower/body part mash-up describes a coward
lily-livered
Brendan
Morgan
|
$400
[7]
"Dragonfly in Amber", a sequel to this novel, finds Claire back in the 1960s, seeking what happened to Jamie in the 1740s
Outlander
Morgan
|
$400
[2]
Thisactor says Logan Roy, his character on "Succession", has become my evil twin
Brian Cox
Brendan
|
$400
[15]
This blue ribbon beer company also provides hard coffee & stronger seltzer
Pabst
Brendan
|
$400
[22]
2020 obituaries of football Hall of Famer Fred Dean noted he was 68 & had 13 of these, 3 generations removed from him
great-grandchildren
Anthony
|
$400
[12]
This disease that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone was declared eradicated in 1980
smallpox
Morgan
|
|
$800
[19]
Parsley, tarragon & chives give this salad dressing the color that's in its name
green goddess
Morgan
|
$600
[8]
In the title of a Seth Grahame-Smith parody novel, Abe Lincoln has this unusual title job added to his traditional duties
vampire hunter
Brendan
Morgan
|
$600
[3]
On this NBC show, Chidi Anagonye left himself a note with crucial info--"There is no 'answer'... but Eleanor is the answer"
The Good Place
Brendan
|
$600
[28]
Mexicans drink the most per capita of this spirit named for a Jalisco town; Americans, the most overall
tequila
Anthony
|
$600
[23]
Paid $200K to play this "Untouchables" role if De Niro said no, Bob Hoskins asked, "You got any more films you don't want me to be in?"
Al Capone
Brendan
|
$600
[13]
Now held in the same host cities as the related games, these international athletic competitions began in 1960
the Paralympics
Morgan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
This North American bird went the way of the dodo in 1914
the passenger pigeon
Morgan
|
$800
[9]
Daphne du Maurier described it as "the influence of a first wife on a second... until wife 2 is haunted day and night"
Rebecca
Morgan
|
$800
[4]
We won't say the name of the sitcom, but we can tell you this woman won a Best Lead Actress Emmy in 2020 for playing Moira Rose
Catherine O'Hara
Brendan
|
$800
[29]
Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans is famous for this stormy cocktail that has its own tall glass
a Hurricane
Brendan
|
$800
[24]
Straight out of sci-fi, the pharyngeal jaws on this type of eel enable it to eat prey whole
a moray eel
Brendan
|
$800
[14]
The Magna Carta's guarantee of no punishment "without the lawful judgment of his peers" led to this right also in the Sixth Amendment
trial by jury
Morgan
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Shelley's ode to this calls it "thou breath of autumn's being"
West Wind
|
$1,000
[16]
A Confederate Army deserter takes a long walk home to his beloved Ada in this Charles Frazier novel
Cold Mountain
Morgan
|
$1,000
[5]
Ava DuVernay created this Netflix limited series about 5 Harlem teens falsely accused of an attack in Central Park
When They See Us
Brendan
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
This war started in 1337 & ended in 1453
the Hundred Years' War
Anthony
|
$1,000
[17]
Starting in 1901, this steel man's philanthropic efforts distributed about $350 million to help schools, libraries & others
Carnegie
Brendan
|
| SHELL GAME | THEY GO LOW | '90s NONFICTION | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE | EUROPE | LOSING U |
|
$400
[1]
Flex your... mind & show us you know that the freshwater types of this bivalve mollusk are called naiads
mussels
Brendan
|
$400
[27]
In 1923 more than 850,000 Americans had this job, often coming home with dirty faces; today, it's about 50,000
miners
Morgan
|
$400
[10]
In 1993 this shock jock got down to the nitty gritty with his first book, "Private Parts"
Howard Stern
Anthony
|
$400
[16]
"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off"
Alien
Brendan
|
$400
[6]
From 1961 to 1989 this capital city was divided by a wall
Berlin
Morgan
|
$400
[17]
A British currency loses its "U" & becomes this
pond (from pound)
Brendan
|
|
$800
[22]
Flamingos are pink partly due to pigments in the "brine" type of this shelled creature they consume
shrimp
Morgan
|
$800
[26]
5-letter type of diving, specifically to targets like the USS Spiegel Grove
wreck diving
Brendan
|
$800
[11]
Adlai Stevenson & big fins on cars appear in David Halberstam's '90s book about this earlier decade
the '50s
Brendan
|
$800
[15]
"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner"
The Silence of the Lambs
Brendan
|
$800
[5]
While this country on the Riviera is known for its high-end casinos, its citizens aren't allowed to gamble
Monaco
Anthony
|
$800
[18]
An artificial water channel drops its "U" & turns into this perfect pie portion
slice (from sluice)
Anthony
|
|
$1,200
[23]
The three-banded this is the only one that can roll up into an armored ball
an armadillo
Brendan
|
$1,200
[28]
Most NYC subway trains run with 2 employees: a driver & this one
a conductor
Brendan
|
$1,200
[12]
Deepak Chopra became a household name after publishing "Ageless Body, Timeless" this
Mind
Brendan
|
$1,200
[2]
Sung: "One, two, Freddy's coming for you..."
Nightmare on Elm Street
Brendan
|
$1,600
[8]
200 Barbarymacaques, the only wild monkeys living in Europe, call this natural wonder home
Gibraltar
Anthony
|
$1,200
[19]
A truly destitute person divests himself of "U", becoming this tree product
paper (from pauper)
Anthony
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Watch your fingers around the alligatortypeof this turtle
a snapping turtle
Brendan
|
$1,600
[29]
Historically, combat engineers who dug tunnels as part of a siege were called sappers, from an Old French word for this implement
a spade
|
$1,600
[13]
USA Today called this Richard Preston bestseller about the Ebola virus "more terrifying than any sci-fi nightmare"
The Hot Zone
Morgan
Anthony
|
$2,000
[4]
"Excuse me, I don't mean to bother you, but are you Paul Sheldon... I just want to tell you I'm your No. 1 fan"
Misery
Morgan
|
$2,000
[9]
Experience stars & planets up close at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium in this capital city
Copenhagen
Brendan
|
$1,600
[20]
A synonym for "way" loses its "U", becoming this repetitive way of doing things
rote (from route)
Brendan
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Cephalopods with external shells include the chambered species of this
nautilus
Morgan
|
$2,000
[30]
The Elon Musk company aiming to put train & autonomous vehicle tunnels under major cities has this name that sounds pretty blah
The Boring Company
Brendan
|
$2,000
[14]
He dedicated the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angela's Ashes" "To my brothers, Malachy, Michael, Alphonsus"
McCourt
Brendan
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
"I used to hate the water"--"I can't imagine why"
Jaws
Brendan
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
A red shield on the door of an ancestral home in Europe gave this Jewish banking family its name
the Rothschilds
Morgan
|
$2,000
[21]
A device that dispenses water expels its "U", becoming this gem surface
facet (from faucet)
Morgan
|
In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes
Bull Moose Progressive & Socialist