Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Media Fellowship House.
John Marsh — a pastor from Edgewater, Florida
Alyse Stokes — a freelance content specialist from Silver Spring, Maryland
Juliet Mayer — a graduate student originally from The Plains, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juliet | $2,600 | $5,000 | $30,400 |
$29,400
2-day champion: $53,200 |
$25,600
26 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Alyse | $1,000 | $4,200 | $14,200 |
$13,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
16 R, 2 W |
| John | $3,400 | $5,400 | $6,600 |
$13,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
10 R, 1 W |
| HISTORIC HAPPENINGS | I'LL FIGHT YOU! | TIME | THE 2021 WORLD ALMANAC | THE PLANE TRUTH | FROM C TO D |
|
$200
[1]
In 1620 John Howland fell off this ship, grabbed a rope, amazingly survived, reached New England & had 10 kids & now 2 mil. descendants
the Mayflower
John
|
$200
[6]
"The Greatest", this boxer asked, "How tall are you?" so I can "know in advance how far to step back when you fall in four"
Muhammad Ali
John
|
$200
[17]
March 30, 1918 was the first day America's newspapers included a reminder to do this tonight
set your clock ahead
Alyse
|
$200
[20]
Under major actions of the 116th Congress: Permanent authorization of funds for victims of this date: "Never forget the heroes"
September 11th
Alyse
|
$200
[11]
On airplanes, position lights are green on the starboard one & red on the port one
wings
Juliet
|
$200
[16]
It describes a bubbly beverage like tonic water or soda
carbonated
Juliet
|
|
$400
[2]
Saudi Arabia was changed in 1938 when Max Steineke insisted the 7th of these at Dammam be explored, though 6 had already flopped
oil wells
John
|
$400
[7]
In addition to knocking out Michael Spinks in the ring, this man knocked out several dinosaurs in a cartoon
Mike Tyson
|
$400
[12]
The 1956 movie "Written on the Wind" introduces a flashback with the wind blowing pages off this
a calendar
Alyse
|
$400
[18]
Milestone birthdays for 2021 include James Earl Jones' 90th & this "Song Sung Blue" singer's 80th
Neil Diamond
John
|
$400
[23]
Tandem, tricycle & tailwheel are the 3 main types of this equipment you definitely want on your plane
landing gear
Juliet
|
$400
[25]
In other words, someone who is yellow-bellied
a coward
Juliet
|
|
$600
[3]
Nikolai Yezhovhad many killed as head of the NKVD, a forerunner of this organization; in 1940, it was his turn, & hevanished from official photos
the KGB
Juliet
|
$600
[8]
This "Rowdy" woman made some initial changes in 2018, swapping out MMA for WWE to take on Triple H
Ronda Rousey
John
|
$600
[13]
5 states including both Dakotas are in both these time zones
Central & Mountain
Alyse
|
$600
[19]
From her profile: She was born to "a Jamaica-born Black economist father & India-born biomedical scientist mother"
Kamala Harris
Alyse
|
$600
[28]
Thissupersonic plane could dip its nose so the pilot could see better during takeoff
the Concorde
Juliet
|
$600
[24]
A classic Atari video game of the 1980s was called Missile this
Missile Command
John
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
When a pope did this to Bernabò Visconti, the "Scourge of Lombardy", Bernabò made the messenger eat the document, lead seals & all
excommunicated
Juliet
|
$800
[9]
With 70 knockouts, Roberto Duran earned the nickname "Manos de Piedra", which translates to this
Hands of Stone
John
|
$800
[14]
Obstacles to time travel include the paradox named for this relative--what if you kill him & prevent your own birth?
grandfather
Juliet
|
$800
[21]
Under anniversaries: 100 years ago "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" & "The Sheik" launched the career of this silent film star
Rudolph Valentino
Alyse
|
$800
[29]
Having more than 2 blades on this is less efficient but also quieter--some have as many as 10
propeller
Alyse
|
$800
[26]
As an adjective, it means devoted; as a verb, it means perpetrated
committed
Juliet
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In the 600s B.C. Cypselus of Corinth seized power with this title related to a dino name, but was so popular he had no bodyguard
tyrant
John
|
$1,000
[10]
Last name of the Ukrainian boxing brothers whose Ph Ds in sports science led to the nicknames "Dr. Steelhammer" & "Dr. Ironfist"
Klitschko
|
$1,000
[15]
Swiss companies had dominated Olympic timekeeping but this Japanese company was selected as the official timer for the 1964 Tokyo Games
Seiko
John
|
$1,000
[22]
It sounds fishy, but there are still $10,000 bills floating around with him, Lincoln's treasury secretary, on the front
Salmon Chase
John
|
$1,000
[30]
The Seafire was the carrier-based naval version of this World War II fighter plane
the Spitfire
|
$1,000
[27]
Referring to its crunch, it's another name for iceberg lettuce
crisphead
Alyse
|
| I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP | MUSIC"!" | SHORT STORIES | JACQUES | LATIN OVERLAPPIN' | THEY UN-BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE |
|
$400
[1]
One look at the mountain scene here, you'll see why this type of connecting ridge between peaks is named for a piece of riding equipment
a saddle
Juliet
|
$400
[2]
Seen here, she released the album "Hurts 2B Human" in 2019
P!nk
Alyse
|
$400
[8]
Who but this bestselling author would write "Autopsy Room Four", "The Boogeyman" & of course, "Jerusalem's Lot"
Stephen King
Juliet
|
$400
[17]
Jacques Anquetil was the first to win this prestigious bicycle race 5 times
the Tour de France
Juliet
|
$400
[23]
Crockett & Tubbs, "the other way around"
Miami Vice versa
|
$800
[13]
Loss of sight due to burns has been reversed using amniotic tissue from this organ expelled when a woman gives birth
a placenta
Juliet
|
|
$800
[3]
From the picture seen here, you'd never guess that Cotopaxi in this chain is an active volcano
the Andes
Juliet
|
$800
[7]
John Lennon, on this hit: "The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension... subconsciously I was crying out for" it
"Help!"
Alyse
|
$800
[9]
Known for some dreariness in his plays, this Russian also gave us "A Dreary Story" of a dying professor of medicine in 1889
Chekhov
Juliet
|
$800
[19]
In addition to "The Twilight Zone", Rod Serling narrated this explorer's "Undersea World" TV specials
Cousteau
Alyse
|
$800
[24]
"I think, therefore I am" on Indonesia's second-largest island by area
cogito, ergo Sumatra
Juliet
|
$1,200
[14]
Using an ultrasonic probe, Charles Kelman revolutionized surgery for this clouding of the lens
cataract
John
|
|
$1,200
[16]
You'dcelebratetoo if you'd reached the summit of a peak in this Wyoming range, with a name from the French
the Tetons
|
$1,600
[5]
This 2003 mega-hit told us to "shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture"
"Hey Ya!"
Alyse
|
$1,600
[11]
This African American who sometimes lived in France wrote a 1965 collection called "Going to Meet the Man"
James Baldwin
Alyse
|
$1,200
[20]
Jacques Offenbach's "Orpheus In The Underworld" contains this lively dance music
the can-can
Juliet
|
$1,200
[25]
Black Sea region, home to Yalta; it's just "my fault"
Crimea culpa
Juliet
|
$1,600
[15]
A 1950s patient who got grafts of this eye part had depth perception issues & thought he could touch ground from his window 60' up
a cornea
Alyse
|
|
$1,600
[27]
One of these stone piles sits atop the summit of High Seatin Northern England's Lake District
a cairn
Juliet
|
$2,000
[6]
We have high hopes that you'll know that this emo-punk band has a song called "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Panic! At The Disco
Juliet
|
$2,000
[12]
This Pulitzer winner from Mississippi published her first short story in 1936; her classic "The Petrified Man", 5 years later
Welty
Juliet
Alyse
|
$1,600
[21]
Paris had not had a mayor for more than a century when this future French president with a euphonious name was elected in 1977
(Jacques) Chirac
Alyse
|
$1,600
[26]
Your lawyer's doing this case "for the good", & for the pygmy chimpanzee
pro bonobo
Alyse
|
$2,000
[18]
Bypassing the eye, blind subjects have been helped by stimulation of the area of the brain called the visual this
the cortex
Alyse
|
|
$2,000
[28]
Hike to Bow Summit to see beautiful Bow Lakein this Canadian national park
Banff
Juliet
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
The hip-hop duo Tag Team gave us the destined to-be-a-classic this! "(There It Is)"
"Whoomp!"
Juliet
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
The long & the short of 1952 for this sci-fi man? A novel, "Foundation and Empire", & "The Martian Way", a McCarthyism allegory
Asimov
Juliet
|
$2,000
[22]
Seen here is a self-portrait by him in 1794, when hewas a dominating figure in the French art world
Jacques-Louis David
Juliet
|
$2,000
[29]
Salieri steals the 1984 Oscar winner with the tagline "god of the machine"
Amadeus ex machina
Juliet
|
— |
On April 7, 1789 Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne left New York City to tell these 2 men the results of a vote taken the day before
George Washington & John Adams