Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to The Bowery Mission.
Michael Tran — a Ph.D. student from El Monte, California
Jessica Newman — an attorney originally from Irvine, Kentucky
Emily White — a public relations specialist from Wilmington, Delaware (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $1,000 | $0 | $5,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
11 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jessica | $3,600 | $4,400 | $3,200 |
$6,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
14 R, 8 W |
| Michael | $600 | $400 | $14,000 |
$12,879
New champion: $12,879 |
$16,000
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE OLYMPIC FLAME | PLAIN-NAMED MALADIES | SOME RANDOM INFO | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD | A BRIEF HISTORY | OF "TIME" |
|
$200
[15]
In 1992 there was a dramatic lighting by Paralympian Antonio Rebollo, who shot a flaming this
arrow
Michael
|
$200
[16]
The injury called this fruit "hand" is on the rise--use a cutting board when making guacamole!
avocado
Michael
|
$200
[9]
Sticky fruits, not blood, are the diet of this type of parrot named for a classic character; check out that hairline
Dracula
|
$200
[4]
Henry Fonda & a jury decide a fate(1957)
"Angry"
Michael
|
$200
[1]
To make it more accessible, Stephen Hawking followed up "A Brief History of Time" with this even more concise version
A Briefer History of Time
Jessica
|
$200
[14]
Aye, it means connected with the sea or nautical activities
maritime
Jessica
|
|
$400
[27]
In 2012 this soccer star stylishly transported the torch up the Thames in a speedboat
Beckham
Emily
|
$400
[17]
Cercarial dermatitis, this type of athlete's "itch", is not caused by chlorine but by a parasite
swimmer's
Michael
|
$400
[21]
This country's flag has 5 stars for the 5 lands of the United Provinces of Central America; conveniently, they form an "H"
Honduras
Jessica
|
$400
[5]
O'she a Jackson Jr. plays Ice Cube (his dad)(2015)
"Outta"
Michael
|
$400
[2]
Boris Fausto's "Concise History of" this nation covers 500 years, starting with the arrival of the Portuguese
Brazil
Emily
|
$400
[10]
In this system, employees choose the hours they wish to work as long as it totals a full day
flex time
Jessica
|
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
In 1956 on a flight from Singapore to Jakarta, the Olympic torch crossed this for the first time
the equator
Emily
|
$600
[18]
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is also known as Grinch syndrome because this organ is too small
the heart
Jessica
|
$600
[22]
The last person to receive a pension from this war died in 2020; the 90-year-old woman's dad changed sides midway through
the American Civil War
Jessica
|
$600
[6]
Robin Williams tells his students to seize the day (1989)
"Poets"
Emily
|
$600
[3]
"Lifeboat No. 8" by Elizabeth Kaye recounts this disaster in 70 pages from the point of view of a group of survivors
the Titanic
Michael
|
$600
[11]
Louis Chauvin & Thomas Turpin were pioneers of this syncopated forerunner of jazz
ragtime
Jessica
|
| — |
$800
[19]
A type of glossitis, "geographic" this sense organ gives it a map-like appearance
tongue
Emily
Jessica
|
$800
[23]
Bruce Peterson's horrific 1967 crash of Northrop's M2-F2 was in this 1970s TV series opening; Peterson survived, but without bionics
The Six Million Dollar Man
Jessica
Michael
|
$800
[7]
Hilary Swank hits like a girl--a really, really powerful girl(2004)
"Dollar"
Jessica
|
$800
[25]
Pruning away some of its regal glamour, "My Kingdom for a Horse" is a capsule of this British conflict
the War of the Roses
Jessica
|
$800
[12]
It begins at midnight at 0 degrees longitude & includes a place name
Greenwich Mean Time
Jessica
|
| — |
$1,000
[20]
Similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, "baby" this joint affects the parents, not the baby
wrist
Michael
|
$1,000
[24]
This app that took a wild ride in 2021 with stocks like AMC Theatres was formed in 2015 to democratize investing
Robinhood
Jessica
|
$1,000
[8]
Adam Sandler takes out Drew Barrymore over & over(2004)
"First"
Jessica
|
$1,000
[26]
Jonathan Clements' "Brief History of" this group asks, were they "the last pagans or the first modern Europeans?"
the Vikings
Emily
Jessica
Michael
|
$1,000
[13]
2-word term referring to a period before recorded history; in law, a claim dating from then needs no proof
time immemorial
|
| YOU'RE ALL OVER THE MAP | POP CULTURE | QUITE A PARADOX | FAMILIAR PHRASES | PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS | AUTHORS' THIRD BOOKS |
|
$400
[1]
This desert stretches more than 3,000 miles from Mauritania to Sudan
the Sahara
Michael
|
$400
[16]
In 2020 this character was back in "Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime..."
Borat
Emily
|
$400
[2]
Olbers' paradox is the fact that the night sky is dark; why don't these light it up?
stars
Emily
|
$400
[11]
Temperature-based phrase for information that's just been printed in a newspaper
hot off the presses
Michael
|
$400
[23]
World War I Sergeant Stubby, who warned soldiers of gas attacks, is seen here with his medals & of course, these around his neck
dog tags
Emily
|
$800
[21]
In this third John Grisham thriller, 2 Supreme Court justices are killed & a journalist helps a law student on the run
The Pelican Brief
Jessica
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
To sail from the Bahamas to the U.S. mainland, you cross these straits
the Straits of Florida
Emily
|
$800
[17]
Seen here, Anya-Taylor Joyhelped make this miniseries one of streaming TV's most successful
The Queen's Gambit
Emily
|
$800
[6]
The liar paradox begins with a contradictory statement: the given "sentence is" this
false
Michael
|
$800
[12]
Longtime Philly DJ Jerry Blavat helped popularize this "explosive" rhyming phrase for something good out of the old days
blast from the past
|
$800
[24]
Future Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth received the medal after an RPG took down this she was piloting in Iraq in 2004
a helicopter
Michael
|
$1,200
[26]
The title refers to a high-flying rocket in this third Ian Fleming James Bond novel
Moonraker
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[4]
We believe you'll be "Abel" to name this sea between Australia & New Zealand that covers nearly a million square miles in area
the Tasman Sea
Emily
|
$1,200
[18]
In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000
the Notorious B.I.G.
Jessica
|
$1,200
[7]
One of Zeno's paradoxes involves Achilles racing this animal (which had a head start)
a tortoise
Michael
|
$1,200
[13]
To the phrase "Safe as" these little creatures, James Thurber added "under a cookstove"
kittens
Jessica
|
$1,600
[28]
Kurt Vonnegut said his Purple Heart was not for surviving the firebombing of this German city but for frostbite
Dresden
Emily
|
$1,600
[22]
Marine officer & disciplinarian dad Bull Meecham in this third book by Pat Conroy calls himself this, the novel's title
The Great Santini
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Extending from the Arctic coast to the Kazakhstan border, this Russian mountain range goes north/south for about 1,500 miles
the Urals
Michael
|
$1,600
[19]
Watch out, William! Prince Harry said one of his favorite films is this 1994 Disney cartoon with a royal sibling usurper
The Lion King
Michael
|
$1,600
[8]
"No one does wrong voluntarily" is one of the paradoxes this man attributed to Socrates
Plato
Jessica
|
$1,600
[14]
Travis McGee observes, "People who become" these "in their own time usually have very little time left"
legends
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
He is the only U.S. president to have received the medal
John F. Kennedy
Michael
|
$2,000
[27]
Set in 18th century Italy, Anne Rice's "Cry to Heaven" is about 2 of these male sopranos, adored as singers, yet shunned as men
castrati
Jessica
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Ontario is on the eastern border of this Canadian province that boasts Brandon & Flin Flon
Manitoba
Michael
|
$2,000
[20]
Scandal sang, "Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang, I am" this
warrior
Jessica
|
$2,000
[9]
William Stanley Jevons' 19th century paradox stated if you increase this fuel's efficiency, consumption of it will rise
coal
Emily
Jessica
|
$2,000
[15]
Shakespeare put "cry" before this word, an order to soldiers to start looting & pillaging
havoc
Michael
|
$2,000
[29]
Rod Serling was awarded a Purple Heart & this country's liberation medal for his efforts in places like Leyte
the Philippines
|
— |
Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was "my only companion"
(Noah) Webster