Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Becky Parks — a healthcare researcher from Washington, D.C.
Ankit Gupta — a product manager from Somerville, Massachusetts
Mara Davis — a conference and events manager from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mara | $3,400 | $4,200 | $13,800 |
$12,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Ankit | $800 | $1,800 | $7,600 |
$13,600
New champion: $13,600 |
$8,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Becky | $-600 | $5,800 | $1,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| 15 LOVE | DEUCE | "AD" IN | GAME | SET | MATCH |
|
$200
[16]
In a 2003 book this 15-year-old could have "counted the freckles on" Cho Chang's nose as she steals a kiss from him
Harry Potter
Ankit
|
$200
[21]
Leesylvania State Park in this state is the burial site of Henry Lee II, grandfather of Robert E.
Virginia
Becky
|
$200
[6]
A general in the U.S. Army corresponds to this rank in the U.S. Navy
admiral
Mara
|
$200
[1]
Since we're all about tennis, if you serve a ball that doesn't land in the proper service box, it's one of these
a fault
Ankit
|
$200
[26]
The symbolheredenotes this, also known as a null set
void (an empty set)
Mara
Ankit
|
$200
[11]
A twinset is a matching pullover & this type of open-front sweater, worn together
a cardigan
Mara
|
|
$400
[17]
"One Time" in 2009 this 15-year-old kid from Ontario hit us with the lyrics "Girl I love, girl I love you"
Justin Bieber
Becky
|
$400
[22]
Publicly released in 2011, his long-form Hawaiian birth certificate includes II after his name
Barack Obama
Mara
|
$400
[7]
This rustic style of outdoor chair was named for a New York mountain range
Adirondack
Mara
|
$400
[2]
The field & the don't pass bar are part of this casino game, & don't forget to tip your stickman
craps
Mara
|
$400
[27]
It's the intersection of the set {3, 4, 5} with the set of prime numbers
3 & 5
Ankit
|
$400
[12]
A spectrophotometer can be used to match colors of this, whether from Behr or Benjamin Moore
paint
Mara
|
|
$600
[18]
The youngest of the Bennet sisters, Lydia is 15 when this Jane Austen novel begins & 16 when she elopes with Wickham
Pride and Prejudice
Mara
|
$600
[23]
Robert Wood Johnson II ran his family co. for 30 years, with special care for this product down to the sprinkle holes' size
baby powder
Becky
|
$600
[8]
This musical term is from the Italian for "at ease"
adagio
Mara
Becky
|
$600
[3]
Make "room" for Change Seats! & Wink Murder, 2 of Mental Floss' 14 of these kind of "games to bring back" for the holidays
parlor games
Mara
|
$600
[28]
A one-to-one this between 2 sets means their members can be precisely paired, not that they're exchanging letters
corresponding
Ankit
|
$600
[13]
In 2016 "Match Game" was brought back to TV with this man as the host
Alec Baldwin
Ankit
|
|
$800
[19]
Before her birthday in this 1984 film, Molly Ringwald was already crushing hard on hunky Jake
Sixteen Candles
Becky
|
$800
[24]
John Murray II published this lord's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" & its success helped make them friends
Lord Byron
Becky
|
$800
[9]
Home to a species of penguin, this Antarctic land was named by French explorer Dumont d'Urville for his wife
Adélie
|
$800
[4]
In 1996 the New Zealand All Blacks beat Australia 43-6 in the first tri-nations tourney in this tough sport
rugby
Mara
|
$800
[29]
Meaning the combination of two sets, the symbolhereis called this, the shape may give you a hint
union
Becky
|
$800
[14]
The ABO system is used to match types of this
blood
Mara
|
|
$1,000
[20]
At 15, Joe was the younger of this literary detective duo; his first love, Iola Morton, would perish from a car bomb
The Hardy Boys
Becky
|
$1,000
[25]
A character in a 2019 film about Le Mans, this executive known as "The Deuce" is shown at that race in the '60s
Henry Ford II
Becky
|
$1,000
[10]
Hereare some of these Asian beans
adzuki beans
|
$1,000
[5]
Handicaps & divots are in this sport, but don't say golf; there is also penalty 3, a free hit from 40 yards to an open goal
polo
|
DD
$800
[30]
This type of diagram that uses overlapping circles to illustrate 2 set relationships is named for a 19th century Englishman
a Venn diagram
Becky
|
$1,000
[15]
A tiger was one of the creatures on the tag that helped kids mix & match items of apparel from this clothing brand that started in 1972
Garanimals
Mara
|
| BIBLICAL BROADWAY | FAMOUS AMERICANS | SHADES OF GREEN | BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES | RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES |
|
$400
[6]
Alan Alda & Barbara Harris played this couple in the first part of "The Apple Tree"
Adam & Eve
Mara
|
$400
[4]
In the 1930s this woman had her own fashion line with touches like propeller-shaped buttons
Amelia Earhart
Ankit
|
$400
[30]
In the 19th century a poisonous copper compound was used to make a green pigment named for this gem
emerald
Mara
Becky
|
$400
[12]
Let's get to the truth: To "de" this, meaning to expose something as false, comes from a 1923 novel by W.E. Woodward
debunk
|
$400
[20]
The 23 statues at this city's Gare du Nordstation represent possible destinations
Paris
Mara
|
$400
[14]
A joke
a gag
Ankit
|
|
$800
[7]
Richard Rodgers' musical "Two by Two" is about this Old Testament man
Noah
Mara
|
$800
[3]
This man divided his library into history, philosophy & fine arts; the Library of Congress kept the system when it took it over
Thomas Jefferson
Ankit
|
$800
[29]
This branch of the U.S. military introduced olive drab green & khaki uniforms beginning in 1902
the Army
Becky
|
$800
[13]
William Gibson coined this term that now refers to the Internet in his short story "Burning Chrome"
cyberspace
Mara
Becky
|
$800
[9]
More than 3 billion riders a year use this city's subway system, with stops at Gucheng & Dongdan stations
Beijing
Mara
|
$800
[15]
It's a dot on your standard 6-sided die
a pip
Ankit
|
|
$1,200
[8]
A 20-minute cantata by Tim Rice & this British composer became "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Ankit
|
$1,200
[2]
This evangelist who founded a university in Oklahoma was called home in 2009 at age 91
Oral Roberts
Becky
|
$1,200
[28]
Crayola has asgreenmarker named for this reptile
an iguana
Mara
|
$1,200
[18]
O. Henry called the fictional Central American country of Anchuria this 2-word entity, referring to an export
a banana republic
Ankit
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital
Helsinki
Ankit
|
$1,200
[21]
As a noun it can refer to a hairstyle or a piece of fishing gear
a bob
Mara
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon" is based on this "occupational" book of the Old Testament
Judges
Mara
Becky
|
$1,600
[1]
This Army major & his 21 associates were recognized with congressional gold medals for their work on yellow fever
Walter Reed
|
$1,600
[26]
This nut of the cashew family is naturally pale green, as is the color named for it
pistachio
Mara
|
$1,600
[19]
The first use of "ingenue" in English described this not-quite-ingenue in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair"
Becky Sharp
|
$1,200
[16]
The domes & minarets at Kuala Lumpur Railway Station are in this architectural style named for a people of North Africa
Moorish
|
$1,600
[22]
This type of tent will give you shelter from the storm
pup
Mara
|
|
DD
$2,400
[11]
John the Baptist & Judas are played by the same actor in this 1970s Broadway musical with a one-word title
Godspell
Mara
|
$2,000
[5]
"Revelations", this man's signature dance piece, is set to African-American spirituals like "Wade in the Water" & "Sinner Man"
Alvin Ailey
Mara
|
$2,000
[27]
Add 2 letters to the last of the Bible's 12 Minor Prophets to get the name of this green mineral
malachite
|
$2,000
[25]
In "Stranger in a Strange Land", this author came up with "grok", meaning to understand someone thoroughly
Robert Heinlein
Becky
|
$2,000
[24]
The monument to Queen Eleanor depicted here, gave this London neighborhood &rail stationits name
Charing Cross
|
$2,000
[23]
Bards used it to mean "before"
ere
Ankit
|
The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was this other alliterative pair
(Anthony) Kennedy & (Brett) Kavanaugh