Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to HealthCorps.
Scott Shewfelt — a writer originally from Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
KT Lowe — a librarian from St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Emily Seaman — a law clerk from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $3,200 | $7,600 | $12,000 |
$3
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,000
18 R, 1 W |
| KT | $1,800 | $3,400 | $7,800 |
$800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
14 R, 3 W |
| Scott | $1,200 | $800 | $20,600 |
$17,199
New champion: $17,199 |
$15,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| APRIL FOOL! | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS | TV & FILM | SAFE AT HOME | "OUT" AT FIRST |
|
$200
[27]
In 1998 Burger King ran an ad touting its new "left-handed" version of this signature burger
the Whopper
Emily
|
$200
[28]
If you've revisited Highway 61, you know it takes you into the heart of this city in the southwest corner of Tennessee
Memphis
KT
|
$200
[29]
Cultures of microorganisms are grown in this shallow vessel named for a bacteriologist
a Petri dish
KT
|
$200
[24]
The 3 original judges on "American Idol" were Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson & this woman
Paula Abdul
Emily
|
$200
[30]
The Sentry S6770 safe is U.L. classified to protect valuables for 1 hour during one of these
a fire
Emily
|
$200
[5]
A loss of electrical power
an outage
Scott
|
|
$400
[26]
We hope math teachers weren't fooled by the rumor that Alabama voted to change this to 3.0, a "biblical value"
pi
Emily
|
$600
[7]
Virginia's largest river, the James empties into this body of water
the Chesapeake Bay
Emily
KT
|
$400
[25]
C/1847 T1 is the formal name of one of these astronomical objects
a comet
Emily
|
$400
[13]
Played by Ben Stiller, the character Greg had this last name in the movie "Meet the Parents"
Focker
KT
|
$400
[16]
redcross.org says hire a pro to make sure your home is securely anchored to its foundation for safety in one of these
earthquake (a tornado) (a hurricane)
KT
Scott
|
$400
[10]
A discount store devoted to a single retail brand
an outlet
Scott
|
|
$600
[18]
In 1996 Taco Bell claimed it bought this historic landmark in Philadelphia & was renaming it appropriately
the Liberty Bell
Emily
|
$800
[15]
Washington stateis split by I-90 which goes through these mountains that form a curtain not as rigid as the Iron Curtain
the Cascades
Scott
|
$600
[1]
The element lawrencium & a lab at this California university are named for Nobel Prize winner Ernest Lawrence
UC Berkeley
Emily
KT
|
$600
[6]
Lady Whistledown reveals the secrets of the Ton in this Netflix series about love & marriage in Regency England
Bridgerton
Emily
|
$600
[17]
P.I.R. stands for passive these sensors, which detect an intruder's heat energy
infrared
Emily
|
$600
[11]
This word for a criminal comes from early Scandinavian
outlaw
KT
|
|
$800
[8]
In 1980 the BBC (those cheeky Brits!) said this landmark, to keep up with the times, would be given a digital readout
Big Ben
Emily
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
About 275 miles due west of the famous Four Corners, the Three Corners where Utah, Arizona & this state meet has its own monument
Nevada
Scott
|
$800
[19]
The color of the iris comes from this brownish-black pigment--the more there is, the darker the iris' color
melanin
Emily
|
$800
[2]
This "sanguine" HBO series was based on the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris
True Blood
Scott
|
$800
[20]
The safety siren PR04 series detector continuously monitors home air for this dangerous 5-letter gas
radon
KT
Scott
|
$800
[12]
Let's get things straight from this, the very beginning of something
the outset
Emily
|
|
$1,000
[9]
This inventor's reputation was high in 1878 when a newspaper said his new machine turned soil into cereal & water into wine
Edison
KT
Scott
|
$1,000
[3]
This hilly region of western Massachusetts is home to the Tanglewood Music & Jacob's Pillow dance festivals
the Berkshires
|
$1,000
[22]
In mammals, eggs move from the ovaries to the uterus via these tubes named for an Italian anatomist
the Fallopian tubes
Scott
|
$1,000
[4]
Sergei Eisenstein directed the 1925 Russian silent film about this title battleship & its revolting crew
Battleship Potemkin
KT
|
$1,000
[21]
Never mix bleach with cleansers containing this other strong-smelling stuff, NH3; together, they make toxic gas
ammonia
Emily
|
$1,000
[14]
Arock formationthat projects from the ground
an outcrop
Emily
|
| 1971: 50 YEARS AGO | BROADWAY MUSICALS | EXPLORING AUSTRALIA | IMMORAL LINE | CURRENCIES | OVERLAPS |
|
$400
[16]
Popularly known by this name, a report presented to the Secretary of Defense in 1969 appeared in newspapers in 1971
the Pentagon Papers
KT
|
$400
[18]
"Private Dancer" & "Nutbush City Limits" are songs in a 2019 Broadway musical about this singer
Tina Turner
KT
|
$400
[29]
In 1616 Dutch sailors sighted Australia when they ended up too far east after rounding this cape
the Cape of Good Hope
KT
|
$400
[15]
In "Paradise Lost", not Santa but this guy says, "better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n"
Satan
Scott
|
$400
[30]
Costa Rica uses a currency bearing the last name of this sailor in Spanish
Christopher Columbus
|
$400
[13]
Tube for transporting petroleum that plays defense on the gridiron
a pipelinebacker
Emily
|
|
$800
[17]
The USSR's Salyut 1 was the first of these aloft; sadly, its only residents perished on the return trip
space stations
|
$800
[19]
Julie Taymor felt the love in 1998 when she became the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical--this one
The Lion King
Scott
|
$800
[28]
In 1770 this then-lieutenant mapped Australia's east coast & claimed it for Britain
Cook
Scott
|
$1,200
[20]
This title shock doc says, "Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife"
Hannibal Lecter
Scott
|
$800
[25]
Thecurrencyof this nation of 59 million featureswildlifecommonly found there
South Africa
Scott
|
$800
[9]
A car crash-induced set of false teeth
accidentures
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This lead singer of The Doors was found dead in a Paris bathtub
Jim Morrison
Emily
|
$1,200
[6]
Oprah was one of the original producers of this musical based on an Alice Walker novel
The Color Purple
Scott
|
$1,200
[27]
In 1873 the first European expedition crossed the Great this Desert (almost a stupid answer)
the Great Sandy Desert
Scott
|
$1,600
[21]
This Bard royal says he must kill his brother's sons & marry the daughter, as he's "so far in blood that sin will pluck on sin"
Richard III
|
$1,200
[14]
Latin for "pound" gives us this name of the former currency of Italy & current currency of Turkey
lira
KT
|
$1,200
[10]
Ontario capital city's long narrow sled
Torontoboggan
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Thisfirst daughter with a name close to her mom's was a Junebride
Tricia Nixon
|
$1,600
[5]
As Effie White in this show, Jennifer Holliday brought the house down with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
Dreamgirls
Scott
|
$2,000
[7]
In the 1830s Thomas Livingstone Mitchell named parts of what would soon be this southeast state Australia Felix, or Happy Australia
Victoria
|
$2,000
[22]
Judge Holden in "Blood Meridian" by this author advises, "Every child knows that play is nobler than work"
Cormac McCarthy
Scott
|
$1,600
[24]
This unit of currency with a 4-letter name seenherebecame one of the IMF's reserve currencies in 2015
the yuan
KT
|
$1,600
[11]
St. Patrick's 3-lobed plant that's a musical style revived by bands like the Stray Cats
shamrockabilly
Emily
KT
|
|
$2,000
[1]
This general seized power in Uganda
Idi Amin
KT
|
$2,000
[4]
With music by Duncan Sheik, this coming-of-age musical is based on the German play "Fruhlings Erwachen"
Spring Awakening
|
DD
$3,600
[8]
This Dutchman charted the coast of North Australia in 1644 & got a sea & an island named for him
Tasman
Scott
|
DD
$5,000
[26]
Of this title 5-score-plus-one group, the villain says, "I don't care how... hang them, suffocate them, drop them off the roof"
the 101 Dalmatians
Scott
|
$2,000
[23]
The ruble was the first currency to be decimalized, as part of 1704 reforms by this ruler
Peter the Great
Scott
|
$2,000
[12]
Atlantic food fish that runs the circus
herringmaster
|
A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales
church