Matt Amodio game 5.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Reading is Fundamental.
Jon Waters — a contracts manager and political consultant from Mukilteo, Washington
Barb Fecteau — a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 4-day cash winnings total $122,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $7,800 | $9,200 | $24,400 |
$25,400
5-day champion: $147,800 |
$16,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Barb | $3,800 | $6,000 | $12,400 |
$24,610
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
19 R, 3 W |
| Jon | $600 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$50
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
10 R, 1 W |
| ALPHABETICALLY NEXT GEOGRAPHY | YOU'VE GOT SOME NERVE | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES | LISTEN UP! | HURRICANES | "BY" & "BI" |
|
$200
[8]
Great Lakes:Huron, Michigan...
Ontario
Barb
|
$200
[28]
The hypoglossal nerve controls the muscles of this
tongue
Matt
|
$200
[30]
(I'm Gia Vang.) Showcasing the funky pop rhythms of the Minneapolis sound, this movie released in 1984 was partly filmed in the city & starred our own native son, Prince Rogers Nelson
Purple Rain
Barb
|
$200
[29]
I said no! It's cashew on delivery...! After a failed joke, you are said to hear the noise of this insect
crickets
Barb
|
$200
[17]
When the winds of a tropical storm reach 74 mph, it's classified as this level of hurricane
Category 1
Matt
Barb
Jon
|
$200
[21]
They're things of the past; speaking in a conciliatory sense, sometimes you just let them be them
bygones
Matt
|
|
$400
[24]
California counties:San Benito, San Bernardino...
San Diego
Barb
|
$400
[26]
Facial nerve fibers help control the lachrymal glands, aka these glands
tear
Matt
|
$400
[27]
(I'm Belinda Jensen.)Metropolitan Stadium, home to great moments for the Twins & Vikings, was demolished in 1985 to make way for this world famous shopping center; aplaqueinside does let you know where home plate used to be
Mall of America
Matt
|
$400
[25]
Heard here is this type of whale, Hawaii's state marine mammal
humpback
Matt
|
$400
[18]
In July 1943 Army Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Duckworth was the first to fly his plane into this central part of a hurricane
the eye
Barb
|
$400
[20]
In this type of "notation", the number 22 is represented as 10110
binary
Jon
|
|
$600
[23]
South American nations: Bolivia, Brazil...
Chile
Jon
|
$600
[22]
The name of this nerve that runs down the middle of your arm is from Latin for "middle"
the median
Barb
|
$600
[9]
(I'm Randy Shaver.) Born James Janos in Minneapolis in 1951, this former Navy SEAL & wrestler body-slammed his competition in 1998, winning the election for Minnesota governor
Jesse Ventura
Jon
|
$600
[16]
From the 1970s to the 1990s, you wouldn't hear the sound of this device in homes in New York City, where it was banned
a garbage disposal
Jon
|
$600
[19]
A hurricane "makes" this when its center, not its outer edge, crosses a coastline
land (landfall)
Barb
|
$600
[12]
Letting you know who's who, it's found before many newspaper articles
byline
Matt
|
|
$800
[15]
State capitals:Harrisburg, Hartford...
Helena
|
$1,000
[4]
"V" shall see if you can identify this nerve that runs from your brain to your abdomen & controls many bodily functions
vagus
Matt
|
$800
[10]
(I'm Chris Lundeen.) A global center for healing since 1914, Minnesota's Mayo Clinichas had many medical successes, including in 1969, the first FDA-approved artificial replacement of this ball-&- socket joint
a hip replacement
Barb
|
$800
[5]
This instrument has a pear-shaped body & 20 arched movable frets; listen up!
sitar
Matt
|
$800
[6]
26 days & 7 letters after Katrina, this hurricane devastated Southeast Texas
Hurricane Rita
|
$800
[11]
It refers to a legislature composed of dual houses
bicameral
Barb
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Former Soviet republics: Turkmenistan, Ukraine...
Uzbekistan
Barb
|
DD
$4,400
[13]
The shortest of the cranial nerves, it's responsible for your sense of smell
olfactory
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
(Hi, I'm Rena Sarigianopoulos.) Returning to the city sidewalk in 2017 after two years of street construction, the statue ofthisTV character again reminded residents "You're gonna make it after all"
Mary Richards
Matt
Barb
Jon
|
$1,000
[1]
Known for its use in "Star Wars" films, this"scream" wasn't named for a kaiser but for a 1953 film character who got an arrow in the leg
Wilhelm (the Wilhelm scream)
Matt
|
$1,000
[2]
Especially awful hurricanes have their names replaced; in 2018 Margot became the replacement for this one
Maria
Matt
|
$1,000
[7]
As a verb, it means "to avoid"; as a noun, it's the road you might use to avoid something
bypass
Jon
|
| THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR | SCIENCE FICTION | AT THE BEACH | '80s LADIES | ACTORS SING | WORLD OF JOBS |
|
$400
[26]
To the chagrin of many, the Knights Templar were answerable only to this supreme authority on Earth
the Pope
Barb
|
$400
[28]
In "The Three-Body Problem", the Trisolarans have 3 of these near their world & it's bad for them, so they're coming here
stars (suns)
Matt
|
$400
[29]
Much of the white sand on Hawaii's beaches comes from parrotfish, which excrete these indigestible reef animals as sand
coral
Barb
|
$400
[23]
In 1983 she not only became the first American woman in space, but also the youngest American in space, at age 32
(Sally) Ride
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Helena Bonham Carter sings about "The Worst Pies In London" in this 2007 movie
Sweeney Todd
Barb
|
$800
[27]
In Italian:giudice
judge
Matt
|
|
$800
[25]
A Templarchurchhas been called London's first this type of place; Pilgrims would deposit money there & withdraw it in the Holy Land
a bank
Jon
|
$800
[24]
NASA scientists helped with the sci-fi thriller "Europa Report", about a chilling journey to a moon of this planet
Jupiter
Matt
|
$800
[6]
Since a 1997 mishap, these toy bricks have been regularly washing up on Devon & Cornwall beaches, so be careful walking barefoot
LEGOs
Matt
|
$800
[22]
At the1988Summer Olympics, sheran off with three gold medals & one silver
"Flo-Jo" (Florence Griffith Joyner)
Matt
Barb
|
$800
[2]
He didn't sing in "The Dark Knight" but serenaded Julia Stiles with "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" in "10 Things I Hate About You"
Heath Ledger
Jon
|
$1,600
[17]
In Dutch:boer
farmer
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The head of the Templar order was called this, like an expert chess player
grand master
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
A 1962 Brian Aldiss sci-fi work about a warming Earth isn't called "Greenhouse" but this similar structure
hothouse
Jon
|
$1,200
[14]
Big Major Cayin this multi-island nation near Florida is famous for its beach of swimming pigs
Bahamas
Matt
|
$1,200
[21]
First Lady Nancy Reagan launched a campaign using this phrase "when it comes to drugs and alcohol"
Just say no
Barb
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1971 he sang "Pure Imagination" playing Willy Wonka
Gene Wilder
Barb
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
In Swedish:blomsterhandlare
florist
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Knights of the Templar order wore a distinctive style of dress, a white surcoat emblazoned with this symbol
red cross
Matt
Barb
|
$2,000
[11]
Earth & Mars are factions in "The Expanse", as are Belters, many of whom live on this largest rock in our asteroid belt
Ceres
Matt
|
$1,600
[15]
You can find white sand beaches with clear blue waters in the West Indies islands called Turks & these
Caicos
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
After accepting the nomination for vice president, she&Walter Mondalehit the campaign trail
Geraldine Ferraro
Barb
|
$1,600
[4]
Before donning the Captain Marvel garb, she fronted the band Clash at Demonhead in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"
Brie Larson
Barb
|
$2,000
[18]
In Polish:hydraulik
a plumber
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Accusing the Templars of heresy, Philip IV of this country suppressed & destroyed the group beginning in 1307
France
|
DD
$8,400
[8]
Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with" this isn't about a Hindu god but rather a spooky craft that's entered our galaxy
Rama
Matt
|
$2,000
[16]
Beaches near this large eastern Russian city on the Sea of Japan are covered insea glass from discardedbottles
Vladivostok
Matt
|
$2,000
[19]
Coming over from England, in 1984 Tina Brown took over as editor of this magazine & turned it into a success
Vanity Fair
Barb
|
$2,000
[5]
Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon did an upbeat version of Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" for an excited crowd in this 2005 film
Walk the Line
Jon
|
— |
After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god
the phoenix