Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
Max Nupen — a tutor from Irvine, California
Ellen Clarke — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
Mike Nelson — an actor originally from Chesterton, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $4,200 | $6,400 | $18,800 |
$17,600
3-day champion: $55,000 |
$17,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ellen | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,600 |
$2,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
14 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Max | $1,200 | $1,400 | $-1,800 |
$-1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,800
7 R, 6 W |
| QUICK BIBLE BOOKS | SAVE OUR LANDMARKS! | SAY YES TO THE DRESSMAKER | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME | D PLUS |
|
$200
[14]
The waters are divided from the waters; cattle are given names; brother slays brother
Genesis
Mike
|
$200
[12]
India's Taj Trapezium Zone is a 4,000-square-mile area centered on this where emissions are restricted
the Taj Mahal
Mike
|
$200
[4]
This famous daughter & designer does only cruelty-free dresses, like a crepe one with faux leather sleeves
(Stella) McCartney
Mike
|
$200
[22]
MSD Strong, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in this southern state know it was named for a writer & activist
Florida
Ellen
|
$200
[1]
Facing match point in 2009's Wimbledon semis vs. Elena Dementieva, her return clipped the tape, but landed in; the title followed
Serena Williams
Max
|
$200
[24]
TV's Ms. Falco & music's Mr. Van Halen
Edie & Eddie
Mike
|
|
$400
[15]
The Lord lets Satan afflict an upright man, who ends up twice as rich as he'd been
Job
Ellen
|
$400
[18]
In 2019, Italy's MOSE Project Seawall tried unsuccessfully to prevent aqua alta, or high water in this city
Venice
Mike
|
$400
[16]
The resumé of this Chinese-American dress designer includes about 15 years as senior fashion editor at Vogue
(Vera) Wang
Mike
|
$400
[2]
This second-oldest college in the U.S. was established in 1693 by the royal pair who were ruling England at the time
(The College of) William & Mary
Max
|
$400
[5]
Down 35-7 at the half to the Saints in 1980, this hall of fame QB led the 49ers back to win 38-35
(Joe) Montana
Mike
|
$400
[11]
What you're doing to time when waiting patiently; what you're doing on an auction item when you're tired of waiting
biding & bidding
Max
|
|
$600
[17]
The word is with God; a light shines in the darkness; Jesus resurrects Lazarus
John
Ellen
Max
|
$600
[19]
In 2014 railings on Paris' Pont des Arts Bridge collapsed under the weight of tons of these affixed by romantic couples
locks (padlocks)
Mike
|
$600
[23]
William Travilla designed the white dress that got blown out of proportion on this actress in "The Seven Year Itch"
Marilyn Monroe
Mike
|
$600
[3]
In 2020 Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia was renamed for this late congressman & civil rights icon
John Lewis
Ellen
|
$600
[6]
In 2008 the Mavericks used a 22-2 run to erase a 70-41 deficit, making this Minnesota team howl
the Timberwolves
Mike
|
$600
[25]
More discourteous & a ship steering item
ruder & rudder
Ellen
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Naomi has a devoted daughter-in-law; Boaz needs some gleaning done
Ruth
|
$800
[20]
Emmett Till's boyhood home in this Midwestern city became a landmark, averting it from demolition
Chicago
Mike
|
$800
[28]
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury", said this French icon & creator of the "little black dress"
(Coco) Chanel
Mike
Ellen
|
$800
[9]
Fittingly in New York, there's a college of criminal justice named for this first Chief Justice of the U.S.
(John) Jay
Mike
|
$800
[7]
Down 5 to the Oilers in 1982, this "royal" NHL team tied it with 5 seconds left & won the "Miracle on Manchester" in O.T.
the (Los Angeles) Kings
Mike
|
$800
[26]
Slang for an in-line skater adds the letter D to become a fluid-storing organ
blader & bladder
Max
|
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Tribes are counted, wander in the desert & reach the borders of the promised land
Numbers
Ellen
|
$1,000
[21]
UNESCO & Peru agreed to allow only 2,500 visitors a day to this site, but that number is regularly exceeded
Machu Picchu
Ellen
|
$1,000
[29]
This"Project Runway" winner halted his line in 2020 to mass-produce face masks & healthcare materials
Christian Siriano
Ellen
|
$1,000
[10]
Acknowledging that this Shoshone woman's name can be spelled different ways, a Seattle public school spells it with a C & a J
Sacajawea
Max
|
$1,000
[8]
In the 2004-05 Champions League Final, this English club, the Reds, overcame a colossal 3-goal deficit
Liverpool
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton
wading & wadding
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES | FROM PAGE TO STAGE | AROUND THE LAB | SNOOZE CLUES | WHERE IN THE WORLD? |
|
$400
[3]
The first one of these was made in 1973 from a Motorola executive to his competitor at AT&T
a cellular phone call
Mike
|
$400
[1]
If you're "throwing" this, you're not giving someone protection from the Sun--you're dissing them
shade
Ellen
|
$400
[9]
Based on "The Berlin Stories", this musical is set at a nightclub where Sally Bowles sings
Cabaret
Ellen
|
$400
[24]
Some labs have a stab testing machine to help improve this, also something worn by knights of yore
body armor
Max
|
$400
[19]
The last thing he remembers on waking from a 20-year-long snooze is "a strange man with a keg of liquor"
Rip Van Winkle
Ellen
|
$400
[14]
The In Flanders Fields Museum, the Rubenshuis
Belgium
Mike
Max
|
|
$800
[4]
In 19th c. New York politics, a repeater was a man hired to do this several times in a day, shaving to change his identity
vote
Ellen
|
$800
[2]
A slang term for sharing gossip is to "spill" this beverage--perhaps oolong?
tea
Mike
|
$800
[10]
Ron Chernow's biography of this man was adapted into a 2015 Broadway musical
Alexander Hamilton
|
DD
$2,400
[25]
The Illumina Hi Seq X10 was one of the first devices that could produce a person's complete one of these for under $1,000
human genome
Mike
|
$800
[20]
Designed to put children to sleep, a wiegenlied is this
a lullaby
Ellen
|
$800
[15]
The Temples of Karnak, the Qattara Depression
Egypt
Max
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Although his Supreme Court case changed the way police talked to suspects, this Arizona man was retried & sent to prison in 1967
(Ernesto) Miranda
Ellen
|
$1,200
[5]
This 4-letter verb that means show off a muscle is now used to show off anything you're proud of
flex
Mike
|
$1,200
[11]
"The Last Real Record Store On Earth" is a song from this musical based on a Nick Hornby novel
High Fidelity
Mike
|
— |
$1,200
[21]
In other words, this "sleepy" rhyming expression means if you don't pay attention, you're liable to miss out on an opportunity
you snooze, you lose
Mike
|
$1,200
[16]
Sognefjord
Norway
Max
|
|
$2,000
[8]
A 1621 treaty says English settlers & these native people led by Massasoit will "leave their bows & arrows" when visiting the other
Wampanoag
|
— |
$1,600
[12]
This musical has a frame story: an imprisoned Miguel de Cervantes tells his fellow prisoners a story
Man of La Mancha
Mike
Max
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
In a poem by Robert Frost, the 6 words that follow "But I have promises to keep and..."
miles to go before I sleep
Max
|
$1,600
[17]
The Blue Lagoon near Grindavik
Iceland
Ellen
|
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the U.S. & this new country & even became part of its constitution
Cuba
Ellen
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
Douglass Wallop's novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" inspired this sporty musical
Damn Yankees
Mike
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
Derived in part from a Latin word for "sleep", it's a 12-letter synonym for "sleepwalking"
somnambulism
Mike
|
$2,000
[18]
Mandalay, the Shwezigon Pagoda, the Irrawaddy River
Burma (Myanmar)
Ellen
Max
|
In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan
Oldsmobile