First game with George Stephanopoulos as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
Tim Moon — an attorney originally from Syracuse, New York
Jaclyn Schuenzel — a stay-at-home mom from Redmond, Washington
Jen Jazwinski — an early literacy librarian from Algonquin, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen | $2,400 | $4,800 | $13,600 |
$27,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
15 R, 1 W |
| Jaclyn | $600 | $1,600 | $6,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
13 R, 1 W |
| Tim | $4,200 | $8,800 | $22,200 |
$28,200
New champion: $28,200 |
$20,000
23 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE | LAND OF NICKNAMES | PHARMACEUTICALS | COLD WORDS | "S" IS FOR SUMMER | GAMER'S DELIGHT |
|
$200
[1]
8 decades after his death, a 2007 graphic novel told the adventures of this man, "The Handcuff King"
Houdini
Jaclyn
|
$200
[23]
The "Land of the Pharaohs"
Egypt
Jaclyn
|
$200
[16]
Beta-blockers are used to prevent stimulation of certain receptors & to control rhythms in this body part
the heart
Jen
|
$200
[8]
This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix
chill
Jaclyn
|
$200
[29]
Slides & slingbacks are styles of these strappy summer shoes
sandals
Tim
|
$200
[2]
(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) New PS5 owners get introduced to console components via a platform game starring this robot with the same name as "The Jetsons" dog
Astro
Jaclyn
|
|
$400
[4]
"Twilight Man" is a graphic novel biography about this writer & "the Birth of Television"
Rod Serling
|
$400
[24]
The "Land of the Inca"
Peru
Tim
|
$400
[17]
To unstuff my nasal passages, please get me this type of drug (a word that's right on the non-drowsy Sudafed box)
a decongestant
Jen
|
$400
[9]
It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north
the Arctic Circle
Tim
|
$400
[27]
Piñata Colada is a flavor of this frozen 7-Eleven refresher
a Slurpee
Jen
Tim
|
$400
[3]
(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Toru Iwatani wanted to make a game about eating, & after seeing a pizza with a slice missing, he created this 1980 classic filled with fruit & ghosts
Pac-Man
Jen
|
|
$600
[5]
The graphic novel about this pop & rock icon is subtitled "Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams"
David Bowie
Tim
|
$600
[14]
Translated from a Maori name, the "Land of the Long White Cloud"
New Zealand
Jen
|
$600
[18]
The track & field movie "Personal Best" includes a song about dianabol, an anabolic one of these
a steroid
Jen
|
$600
[10]
Meaning briskly cold, it's also a frozen dessert from Wendy's
a Frosty
Jen
|
$600
[19]
The bill making this California's state sport mentions the breaks at Malibu & Trestles
surfing
Jen
|
$600
[6]
(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Uh-oh, friends, it looks like Dr. Nefarious is back to his evil ways, forcing Ratchet to once again strap this little robot buddy on his back & fight the good fight
Clank
Tim
|
|
$800
[15]
"21" is a comic about this Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder from Puerto Rico who tragically died young
Roberto Clemente
Tim
|
$1,000
[26]
The "Land of the Khmer"
Cambodia
Tim
|
$800
[21]
The active ingredient in products like Lotrimin for athlete's foot is an "anti-" this
fungal
Jaclyn
|
$800
[11]
A poem by William Carlos Williams begins, "I have eaten the plums that were in" this, not the refrigerator--it was 1934
the icebox
Tim
|
$800
[20]
If you step on this creature, you may regret it; lifeguards advise shuffling, so it'll feel the vibrations & swim away
a stingray
Tim
|
$800
[7]
(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Now entering the arena is Twinkle Riot, a hard-hitting star in "Destruction All Stars", a type of this alliterative competition in which vehicles are supposed to get smashed to pieces
demolition derby
Jen
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a mortuary, it was the basis for a Tony-winning musical
Fun Home
Jen
|
DD
$1,600
[25]
The "Land of Genghis Khan"
Mongolia
Tim
|
$1,000
[22]
Central nervous system depressants include tranquilizers for anxiety & these sleep inducers, from Latin for "calm"
sedatives
|
$1,000
[13]
Originally a nautical term meaning closer to the wind, it means to be unfriendly or reserved, distant & uninvolved
aloof
|
$1,000
[28]
A street in the Bronx is named for this traditional game played with a broom handle by would-be Dodgers & Yankees
stickball
Tim
|
$1,000
[12]
(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) The PlayStation 5 is kitted with an ultra-high speed SSD, this kind of hyphenated drive that makes iconic characters like Sackboy really move
a solid-state drive
Tim
|
| THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF | FRENCH LITERATURE | BUDDHISM | LOGOMANIA | OLD TV THEME SONGS | "Z" IN THE MIDDLE |
|
$400
[22]
The first U.S. Secretary of State, he helped arrange for D.C. to be the capital
Thomas Jefferson
Jaclyn
|
$400
[30]
One of the most popular novels among soldiers on both sides in the U.S. Civil War was this 1862 Victor Hugo novel
Les Misérables
Jen
|
$400
[17]
The master known as Bodhidharma was said to have founded this type of meditative Buddhism in China
Zen
Tim
|
$400
[10]
Bill Golden, the creator of this TV network's logo, was inspired by hex signs on shaker barns that looked to him like eyes
CBS
Jaclyn
|
$400
[1]
Sherwood Schwartz wrote the lyrics to this theme song about a group that "must somehow form a family"
"The Brady Bunch"
Jaclyn
|
$400
[16]
King Gillette introduced a safety one in 1903
a razor
Tim
|
|
$800
[23]
The last name of this 1897 to 1898 secretary is on a landmark antitrust act
Sherman
Jaclyn
|
$800
[5]
Charles Perrault is remembered for his fairy tales like "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge", this title in English
Little Red Riding Hood
Tim
|
$800
[18]
The chain of moral cause & effect; it's popularly simplified as if you're mean, yours will be bad
karma
Tim
|
$800
[6]
The logo for this video game company that ruled the '80s is a stylized "A"; it is also based on the Pong screen
Atari
Tim
|
$800
[2]
Tired of "packing and unpacking, town to town up & down the dial"; you're "living on the air" at this radio station
WKRP in Cincinnati
Jaclyn
|
$800
[12]
The American Epilepsy Society offers tips for observation & recording of this event
a seizure
Jaclyn
|
|
$1,200
[24]
He took over the job in 2018
Pompeo
Tim
|
$1,200
[27]
Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym
George Sand
|
$1,200
[19]
One of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths is the doctrine that all life is this painful 9-letter word
suffering
Tim
|
$1,200
[7]
The blue & white striped logo for this tech company hasn't changed since Paul Rand designed it in 1972
IBM
Jaclyn
|
$1,200
[3]
The title good ole boys of this show were "fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood"
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jaclyn
|
$1,200
[13]
It's an Italian turnover made out of pizza dough containing meat, cheese & other ingredients
a calzone
Jen
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
He was born in Furth, Germany
Kissinger
Tim
|
$1,600
[28]
Colette created this teenager shown here with hergrandmawho's raising her to be a courtesan
Gigi
Jen
|
$2,000
[21]
After gaining knowledge of the Four Noble Truths, Buddhists follow a "path" of this many parts in order to reach Nirvana
8
|
$1,600
[8]
The center part of the logo for this designer & creator of Tommy Jeans is the international signal flag for the letter "H"
Tommy Hilfiger
Tim
|
$1,600
[4]
"Keep movin' movin' movin', though they're disapprovin', keep them dogies movin"', this Western
Rawhide
Jen
Jaclyn
|
$1,600
[14]
Suction cups are a tool of this professional
a glazier
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[26]
She got her U.S. citizenship in 1957 & earned her B.A. with honors 2 years later
Albright
Jen
|
$2,000
[29]
France's premier literary prize, this "Prix" awards a whopping 10 euros to the winner
the Prix Goncourt
|
DD
$2,600
[20]
The plant called the sacred or Indian this is a symbol of the true nature of beings & of Buddha's throne
the lotus
Tim
|
$2,000
[9]
The logo for the national tourism office of this country was designed by Joan Miro
Spain
|
$2,000
[11]
"Through early morning fog I see", begin this song's lyrics, heard in the 1970 movie "M*A*S*H" but not in the TV show's theme
"Suicide Is Painless"
Jen
|
$2,000
[15]
C6H6, this aromatic hydrocarbon typically derived from petroleum, is used in the manufacture of detergents & fuels
benzene
|
This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version
hasty pudding