Last game with Mayim Bialik as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Katie Sekelsky — a graphic designer from Kent, Ohio
Mike Goldstein — a copywriter originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Ankit Gupta — a product manager from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankit | $2,200 | $2,800 | $1,800 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $3,000 | $7,000 | $12,800 |
$2,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Katie | $400 | $4,000 | $11,200 |
$7,999
New champion: $7,999 |
$11,200
21 R, 5 W |
| VOLCANO CITY USA | GROUPS OF 12 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS | NAME CALLING | EDUCATION | ALSO A DOG BREED |
|
$200
[28]
This Oregon city has an extinct volcano within city limits, 630-foot Mount Tabor
Portland
Mike
|
$200
[3]
Now used by many groups as an aid to rehabilitation, the twelve-step program started with this organization
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Katie
|
$200
[4]
This legendary Braves slugger who's first on the all-time RBI list with 2,297 passed away in 2021
Hank Aaron (Hammerin' Hank)
Mike
|
$200
[29]
Due to his New Deal spending, some called the president Franklin Deficit Roosevelt instead of using this middle name
Delano
Ankit
|
$200
[30]
In 2020 the most common apps used by schools for remote learning included Microsoft Teams & this one founded by Eric Yuan
Zoom
Katie
|
$200
[17]
Type of nose that's short, broad & somewhat turned up
pug
Katie
|
|
$400
[27]
Jackson Volcano, under the capital of this southern state, erupted 75 million years ago & formed a dome on which the city sits today
Mississippi
Katie
|
$400
[8]
This nation is last alphabetically of the 12 independent mainland countries of South America
Venezuela
Mike
Katie
|
$400
[6]
During his career he had a record 14,053 official at-bats; maybe that's why he's also the career hits leader
Pete Rose
Mike
|
$400
[14]
This Roman emperor was called "Biberius" due to his noted love of drinking
Tiberius
Mike
|
$400
[19]
ESL programs, short for this, got a big push in Florida in the 1960s as Cubans fled their country
English as a second language
Katie
|
$400
[18]
Swimming Olympian Mark
Spitz
Ankit
|
|
$600
[22]
Just east of the Valles Caldera, this New Mexico City & national lab site helped create a different type of explosion in WWII
Los Alamos
Katie
|
$600
[9]
Pauly Shore plays a loser who becomes this spokesman for a group of 12 in "Jury Duty"
the foreman
Katie
|
$600
[5]
In 1973 & 1974 this California Angels pitcher hurled a total of 750 strikeouts, the most ever in 2 straight years
Nolan Ryan
Mike
|
$600
[7]
France's fifth king with this name, the last Carolingian monarch, was "The Do-Nothing", & that's saying something
Louis
|
$600
[12]
A counterpart of the Rhodes Scholarship, Kennedy Scholarships enable British citizens to study at these 2 Boston-area schools
Harvard & MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ankit
|
$600
[20]
Manny Pacquiao's occupation; while also true, congressman does not fit the category
boxer
Mike
|
|
$800
[25]
Erupting several times in 1992, Mount Spurr has dumped ash on & remains a threat to this largest Alaska city
Anchorage
Mike
|
$800
[10]
Of the 12 signs of the zodiac, it's the only one represented by an arachnid
Scorpio
Mike
|
$800
[2]
Heis the only player in MLB history to walk more than 200 times in one season; he got 232 free passes in 2004
Barry Bonds
Ankit
Katie
|
$800
[15]
Using the old family name, Winston Churchill referred to this world leader as "Herr Schicklgruber"
Hitler
Ankit
|
$800
[13]
This 2-word term has been defined astoolsthat help to make an issue or lesson clearer
visual aids
Katie
|
$800
[23]
A clothes size once meant for the heavier-than-average boy
husky
Katie
|
|
DD
$3,400
[26]
This "gem" is an extinct volcanic cone with a summit that overlooks Honolulu
Diamond Head
Mike
|
$1,000
[11]
In song, the 12 days of Christmas gifts include this gift on the eighth day
eight maids a-milking
|
$1,000
[1]
With Negro League stats now part of Major League history, this sluggermay claim the title of "last .400 hitter"
Josh Gibson
Mike
|
$1,000
[21]
Mystic & royal companion Grigori Novykh received this nickname, Russian for "debauched one"
Rasputin
Ankit
|
$1,000
[16]
To get into a school accredited by the American Bar Association, be prepared to take the entrance exam with this acronym
LSAT
Katie
|
$1,000
[24]
Nationality-wise it would describe the wonderful Vitus Bering or the super Jorn Utzon
great Dane
Ankit
Mike
|
| 1930s LITERATURE | NOTABLE WOMEN | SKILLFUL WORDS & PHRASES | SCIENCE | GHOST | BUSTERS |
|
$400
[26]
In a classic story for children, this title bull ignores the matador & enjoys smelling flowers
Ferdinand
|
$400
[27]
In 1939 she became the first 20th century Mexican artist to have a painting bought by the Louvre
Frida Kahlo
Katie
|
$400
[28]
The NAGC is the National Association for these children, which means they're smart, not that they got a lot of Christmas presents
gifted
Katie
|
$400
[24]
This scientific instrument records P waves, S waves & surface waves
a seismograph
Ankit
|
$400
[29]
Ghosts are said to live in a "sea of trees" at the base of this Japanese volcano, as do moles, deer & black bears
Mount Fuji
Katie
|
$400
[30]
In a stunning 1990 upset, Buster Douglas knocked out this heavyweight boxing champ
Mike Tyson
Mike
|
|
$800
[9]
In this Pearl Buck novel, Wang betrays his wife O-Lan for another woman
The Good Earth
Katie
|
$800
[8]
Before this woman moved to Montgomery, she helped her husband Raymond defend the Scottsboro Boys in the 1930s
Rosa Parks
Mike
|
$800
[25]
This word for a skillful veteran can also mean well-flavored with paprika or cumin
seasoned
Mike
|
$800
[10]
Castor canadensis is the scientific name for this aquatic rodent
a beaver
Katie
|
$800
[13]
Named for its white fur, the northern ghost bat feeds mostly on these nocturnal lepidopterans
moths
Katie
|
$800
[20]
Prince Buster was a leader in this 3-letter Caribbean music style
ska
Ankit
|
|
$1,200
[3]
A soldier is horribly wounded in the WWI novel he "Got His Gun", published 2 days after World War II began
Johnny
Mike
|
$1,200
[7]
Asked about how she hit the ball so far in golf, this multi-sport wonder said she just loosened her girdle & let it fly
Babe (Didrikson) Zaharias
Katie
|
$1,200
[15]
There are 2 consecutive "V"s in the middle of this word that describes your shrewdness
savvy
Ankit
|
$1,200
[11]
Types of joints in the body include hinge, saddle & "ball &" this
socket
Ankit
Katie
|
$1,200
[14]
This superhero has a flaming skull & sold his soul to a demon
Ghost Rider
Mike
|
$1,200
[22]
Catcher Buster Posey helped this team win World Series championships in 2010, 2012 & 2014
the San Francisco Giants
Mike
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Hernovella "Anthem" is set in a future where people live without freedom in collectives
Ayn Rand (Alisa Rosenbaum)
Mike
|
$1,600
[5]
This 3-named woman has been called America's Historian-in-Chief
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Mike
|
$2,000
[17]
Latin for "easy" gives us this 6-letter adjective for a display of smooth skill
facile
Katie
|
$1,600
[1]
On weather maps, isobarsare lines that join areas of equal measures of this
(atmospheric) pressure
Ankit
Mike
|
$1,600
[18]
Near its western border with Algeria, this large African country is home to Idinen, a fortress that's said to be haunted
Libya
Mike
|
$1,600
[23]
Buster Keaton made his film debut in this portly silent comic's 1917 2-reeler "The Butcher Boy"
(Roscoe) "Fatty" Arbuckle
Mike
Katie
|
|
DD
$5,000
[2]
After a plane crash in the Himalayas, 4 people end up in Shangri-La in this 1933 novel
Lost Horizon
Mike
|
$2,000
[6]
A 2021 biography says this first female doctor in the U.S. was originally admitted to medical school as a joke
(Elizabeth) Blackwell
Ankit
Katie
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
From the French for "right", you're skillful in mind or body if you're deemed it
adroit
Ankit
|
$2,000
[12]
The nuclear research organization CERN has made this stuff & kept it around for 15 minutes, leading to fears of Armageddon
antimatter
Katie
|
$2,000
[19]
"Ghost shirts" that were supposed to protect believers were part of this 19th century Native American movement
the Ghost Dance movement
Katie
|
$2,000
[21]
It's the 2-word alliterative name of the 1895 Frederic Remington sculpture seen here
Bronco Buster
Katie
|
From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag
an enclave