Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
Alex Lamb — a data scientist from Lake Forest, California
Lauren Fisk — a teacher originally from San Antonio, Texas
Tim Moon — an attorney originally from Syracuse, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $2,800 | $7,000 | $26,200 |
$44,401
2-day champion: $72,601 |
$17,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Lauren | $1,200 | $2,400 | $8,000 |
$16,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
8 R, 1 W |
| Alex | $3,800 | $4,200 | $22,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$19,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| OLD JOBS | EVERYTHING IS ASSAM | "E" BOOKS | 2-LETTER WORDS | YOU CAN'T | TUNE A FISH |
|
$200
[20]
No longer needed because of computers, linotype operators made sure these things got to one's doorstep daily
newspapers
Alex
|
$200
[26]
The Indian state of Assam gives its name to a common type of this, & Assam grows lots of it
tea
Tim
|
$200
[1]
It's the third entry in the "Twilight" saga
Eclipse
|
$200
[15]
Vamoose!
go
Alex
|
$200
[25]
...buy more of the golden Kellogg's cereal named for this "Star Wars" droid; it was discontinued years ago
C-3PO
Tim
|
$200
[6]
This song by the B-52's says, "There goes a dogfish, chased by a catfish"
"Rock Lobster"
Alex
|
|
$400
[18]
In "Mary Poppins", a fittingly sooty Dick Van Dyke sings "Chim Chim Cher-ee", a song about this job
a chimney sweep
Tim
|
$400
[27]
Weavingis an important tradition in Assam, & many homes have one of these devices seen here
a loom
Tim
|
$400
[2]
There's a direction & a paradise in this double-"E" Steinbeck title
East of Eden
Lauren
|
$400
[14]
Hamlet's first choice
be
|
$400
[24]
...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no
a boulder
Tim
|
$400
[7]
A video for this tune about an infant predatory fish & family has racked up more than 8 billion views on YouTube
"Baby Shark"
Tim
|
|
$600
[17]
Back in the day, there was some heavy lifting for the guy with this job, also Val Kilmer's nickname in "Top Gun"
iceman
Tim
Alex
|
$600
[28]
Assam's Kaziranga National Park is a reserve for the royal Bengal species of this big predator
a tiger
Tim
|
$600
[3]
Gail Carson Levine reimagined "Cinderella" with the heroine under a curse of obedience in this double-"E" title
Ella Enchanted
|
$600
[13]
Evil King clown tale
It
Tim
|
$600
[23]
...change gears in a manual transmission auto without first disengaging & then re-engaging this
the clutch
Tim
|
$600
[8]
This Oscar-winning tune from "The Little Mermaid" mentions "the trout rockin' out"
"Under The Sea"
Alex
|
|
$800
[16]
You used to be able to get a job as a pinsetter at one of these establishments
a bowling alley
Tim
|
$800
[29]
Sericulture, the farming of these textile-producing creatures is a large part of the economy in Assam
silkworms
Tim
|
$800
[4]
A pistol-wielding panda adorns the cover of this bestseller about the importance of proper punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Tim
|
$800
[11]
22/7, approximately
pi
Alex
|
$800
[21]
...go boating in Owens Lake near the California-Nevada border; it dried up in the 1920s after its water was sent to this city
Los Angeles
Tim
Lauren
Alex
|
$800
[9]
Ann & Nancy Wilson wrote about the sleazy side of the music industry in this fishy song
"Barracuda"
Lauren
|
|
$1,000
[19]
A rector is a university head; one letter different is this person from Latin "to read", who would readto factory workers
a lector
|
$1,000
[30]
These winds whose "season" begins in Assam in June have been known to cause devastation
monsoons
Lauren
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
The title heroine of this 1816 novel wrongly believes herself to be a gifted matchmaker
Emma
Tim
|
$1,000
[12]
The farming equivalent of Big Pharma is not Big Farm but big this
Ag
Alex
|
$1,000
[22]
...visit Swaziland any more; in 2018 it changed its name to this
Eswatini
Lauren
|
$1,000
[10]
"Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea", says a No. 1 hit by this group with a different animal in its name
Three Dog Night
Alex
|
| 2011: 10 YEARS AGO | LET'S GO TO THE BEACH | SUN & MOON | OVER BUDGET | FICTIONAL BOOKS | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS |
|
$400
[26]
In May President Obama announced on live TV that this man had been killed in a U.S. military operation
Osama bin Laden
Alex
|
$400
[1]
Just east of the city bearing its name, this beach is between Biscayne Bay & the Atlantic
Miami Beach
Tim
|
$400
[6]
58 miles in diameter, Copernicus is one of the most prominent of these features on the Moon
a crater
Alex
|
$400
[11]
A 2020 study found that each of these events since 1960 has gone over budget, averaging 172% & led by Montreal's 720%
the Olympics
Tim
|
$400
[16]
The end of this musical sees the creation of "The Book of Arnold"
The Book of Mormon
Tim
|
$400
[21]
First popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, table soccer is also known by this 1-word name
foosball
Tim
|
|
$800
[22]
A British royal wedding captured the world's attention as this pair got hitched in April
Kate Middleton & Prince William
Tim
|
$800
[2]
On June 6, 1944 the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion climbed the cliffs of the beach code-named this
Omaha Beach
Alex
|
$800
[7]
One of Harry Potter's friends at Hogwarts shares her first name with this Roman goddess of the Moon
Luna
Alex
|
$800
[12]
The government of New South Wales held a lottery for 30 years to pay for this building whose budget went from $7 mil. to $102 mil.
the Sydney Opera House
Tim
|
$800
[17]
This Sarah Jessica Parker character wrote the books "Menhattan" & "A Single Life"
Carrie Bradshaw
Lauren
|
$800
[30]
Delicious, here'sa stack of the English type of this
toffee
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This Ohio Republican took over as Speaker of the House of Representatives
John Boehner
Tim
|
$1,200
[3]
Snorkelers at Trunk Bayoff St. John in this U.S. territory can readplaqueson the seafloor for info on what they see
the Virgin Islands
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
A penumbra is the outer, lighter ring of one of these solar freckles
a sunspot
Alex
|
$1,200
[13]
"A Musical Web" was the original subtitle of this Broadway show that went millions over budget
Spider-Man
Lauren
|
$1,200
[18]
"The First Time" & "Love Hurts" were books written by the murderous novelist that Sharon Stone played in this 1992 movie
Basic Instinct
Alex
|
$1,200
[29]
It is said that "For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of" this
happiness
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Israel freed 1,027 prisoners in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit, 5 years a captive of this group that governs Gaza
Hamas
Tim
|
$1,600
[4]
The beach Matthew Arnold was talking about must not have been this sunny spot on Barbados' south coast; it's no darkling plain
Dover Beach
Lauren
|
$2,000
[10]
In 5 billion years, out of hydrogen, the Sun will become this big, colorful type of star & start engulfing planets
a red giant
Alex
|
$1,600
[14]
The 1858 $250,000 budget for the Old New York County Courthouseclimbed to $12 million, much going into the pocket of this man
Tweed
Alex
|
$1,600
[19]
You can't book a room at this title Wes Anderson establishment, nor read the novel of the same title that appears in the film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alex
|
$1,600
[28]
In retirement Sherlock Holmes devotes his time to this hobby
beekeeping
|
|
DD
$10,000
[23]
Zuccotti Park in New York City's Financial District was the birthplace of this movement against economic inequality
Occupy Wall Street
Tim
|
$2,000
[5]
Between Fish Hoek & Cape Point, Boulders Beachgets all kinds of tourists in this country
South Africa
Alex
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
This Greek scholar with an Egyptian dynastic name devised his theory of the Sun revolving around the Earth around 150 A.D.
Ptolemy
Alex
|
$2,000
[15]
Building in brick to replace facades, this network went $30 million over budget on new sets for "Eastenders"
the BBC
Tim
|
$2,000
[20]
This John Irving character wrote "Procrastination" & "Second Wind of the Cuckold"; mother Jenny wrote "A Sexual Suspect"
T.S. Garp
|
$2,000
[27]
Hosteler is an archaic synonym for this person
an innkeeper
Lauren
|
In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action
a mousetrap