Matt Amodio game 6.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Reading is Fundamental.
Saya Signs — a barista and gardening assistant from Brooklyn, New York
Amanda Michel — a middle school teacher from Dublin, California
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 5-day cash winnings total $147,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $13,600 | $15,400 | $29,000 |
$47,000
6-day champion: $194,800 |
$25,000
35 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amanda | $400 | $2,600 | $600 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$600
11 R, 5 W |
| Saya | $800 | $2,400 | $5,200 |
$1,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
8 R, 1 W |
| FICTION | TURTLE POWER | IDIOMS MADE FANCY | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK | SITCOM EXITS | DO YOU REMEMBER? |
|
$200
[27]
A bestseller by Terry McMillan tells "How Stella", on vacation in Jamaica, "Got" this "Back"
Her Groove
Matt
|
$200
[25]
This turtle, also the symbol of the University of Maryland, is at home both in water & on land
a terrapin
Amanda
|
$200
[30]
All those things that enhance the buoyancy of your vessel
whatever floats your boat
Matt
Amanda
|
$200
[13]
If you're in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent
shish kebab
Matt
|
$200
[23]
After 12 years, this actor said no to a reported $50 million to continue on "The Big Bang Theory", which then decided to implode
(Jim) Parsons
Matt
|
$200
[29]
The type of memory loss called hysterical this can be effectively treated with hypnosis
amnesia
Amanda
|
|
$400
[26]
His "Licks of Love" short story collection also includes the novella "Rabbit Remembered"
(John) Updike
Matt
|
$400
[21]
The species seenhereis named for its red these, although turtles don't have those organs like you & I do
ears
Matt
|
$400
[28]
Present another with the very blouse one has on
give them the shirt off your back
Matt
|
$400
[24]
The name of this Caribbean liqueur is from the Spanish for "aunt Mary"
Tia Maria
Saya
|
$400
[22]
Sam wished Diane well, saying, "Have a good life" when Shelley Long exited this sitcom
Cheers
Amanda
|
$400
[19]
Like other awards shows, the Emmys pays respects to the recently deceased in a segment with this 2-word Latin name
in memoriam
Matt
|
|
$600
[15]
"The Amber Spyglass" is the concluding novel in this Philip Pullman trilogy
His Dark Materials
Matt
|
$600
[20]
To stop turtles from being bycatch, L.E.D. lights visible to turtles but not to fish have been put on these
nets
Saya
|
$600
[17]
Illumination bulbs are electrified, yet the house remains empty
the lights are on but nobody's home
Amanda
|
$600
[14]
Similar to a latte is a galao, a coffee drink that originated in this country
Portugal
Amanda
|
$600
[16]
Seen here, Jean Smart's Charlene left Atlanta's Sugarbaker & Associates, & this show, in 1991
Designing Women
Amanda
|
$600
[18]
Dali's "Persistence of Memory" features several of these items that appear to be melting
watches
Saya
|
|
$800
[2]
This 2009 bestseller from Stephen King comes with a map of the isolated Chester's Mill
Under the Dome
Matt
|
$800
[12]
These skin features of reptiles can be used to tell sea turtles apart; the green turtle has 2 prefrontal ones between its eyes
scales
Matt
Saya
|
$800
[8]
Propel by oar one's personal dugout
paddle your own canoe
Matt
|
$800
[9]
Aromatics, like garlic & fennel, are key to this Middle Eastern rice dish with a 5-letter name
pilaf
Matt
|
$800
[11]
In 2020, season 8 still had "Mom" but Christy Plunkett, portrayed by her, was off to Georgetown Law
(Anna) Faris
Matt
|
$1,000
[4]
In this Frenchman's famous novel, tea & a madeleine cake bring on a flood of memories from his childhood
(Marcel) Proust
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[1]
In 2021 her "Firefly Lane", about a lifelong friendship, became a Netflix series
Kristin Hannah
Amanda
|
$1,000
[7]
The carapace of this sea turtle is softer than others, allowing it to dive deeper than 4,000 feet
leatherback
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
Satan provides employment on behalf of the indolent
idle hands are a devil's plaything
Matt
Amanda
|
$1,000
[3]
Bot chien is fried dough & egg served with papaya & a popular street food in this city once known as Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
After 5 years & 100 episodes of playing Amy on "Superstore", she departed, with the thanks (& name) of a grateful nation
America Ferrera
Amanda
|
DD
$6,400
[10]
It became a battle cry after it appeared in a cartoon caption in the Washington Post April 3, 1898
Remember the Maine
Matt
|
| BURGESSES IN THE HOUSE! | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS | GEOGRAPHIC AKAs | HERE'S JOHN | CHILDREN IN THE BIBLE | JARGON |
|
$400
[30]
A Burgess was another name for a delegate to Va.'s Assembly & the House was like this lower house of Parliament
Commons
Matt
|
$400
[26]
"The Wizard of Oz"
home
Matt
|
$400
[22]
Though the name Holland is frequently used for this country, technically, it applies to just one part of it
Netherlands
Matt
|
$400
[18]
The website of this Monty Python man describes him as "writer, actor & tall person"
(John) Cleese
Matt
|
$400
[29]
Chapter 22 of this book of wisdom says that if you start children off on the right path, even when old, they will not stray from it
Proverbs
Matt
|
$400
[1]
"DD" stands for "due" this, something you should spend time on when investing in a stock
dilligence
Amanda
|
|
$800
[23]
In 1759, exactly 30 years before he became president, this man was in the House of Burgesses
(George) Washington
Matt
|
$800
[25]
"Gone with the Wind"
day
Matt
Amanda
|
$800
[27]
Jerusalem is sometimes referred to as the "City of" this king
David
Matt
|
$800
[28]
He'sgotten very bad reviews for his role in history
John Wilkes Booth
Saya
|
$800
[24]
Ham was his son
Noah
Matt
|
$800
[13]
In music, players of these may do a paradiddle, a pattern alternating hands:R-L-R-R, L-R-L-L
drums
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The Burgesses first convened in 1619 & their first law set a minimum price for "the best" this crop, which grew well in Virginia
tobacco
Matt
|
$1,200
[14]
"Casablanca"
friendship
Matt
|
$1,600
[7]
In German this country is Lettland
Latvia
Matt
|
$1,200
[21]
6'4" Nick Brimble played this role in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
Little John
Saya
|
$1,200
[12]
2 mothers, 1 baby & this king must decide who gets it
Solomon
Amanda
Saya
|
$1,200
[15]
Named for an earl, a Yarborough in this game is a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than 9
bridge
|
|
$1,600
[5]
In 1765 Patrick Henry & fellow Burgesses adopted "Resolves" fighting the legality of this act's Colonial taxation
the Stamp Act
Matt
|
$1,600
[3]
"King Kong", from 1933
beast
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Monte Cervino is what the Italians call this mountain that they share with the Swiss
the Matterhorn
Matt
|
$1,600
[17]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents the clue.) As a lifelong fan of jazz, I titled my autobiography "Giant Steps" after a classic 1960 album of the same name by this master saxophonist
John Coltrane
Saya
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
Later to lend his name to a free Bible donation society, this judge & hero had 70 sons
Gideon
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
It's from Latin for "disease"; put "co" before it to get medical speak for 2 or more diseases afflicting a patient
morbidity
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[8]
A speaker for the House, John Robinson got in trouble for using wartime currency from this 1750s war to help friends later
the French and Indian War
Amanda
|
$2,000
[2]
"Apocalypse Now"
Horror
Matt
Saya
|
$2,000
[4]
Named for a Russian navigator, this Alaskan island group in the Bering Sea is also known as the Fur Seal Islands
Pribilof
Matt
Amanda
|
$2,000
[16]
This soldier fought the Spanish & Pancho Villa before taking charge of U.S. forces in Europe in 1917
Pershing
Matt
|
$2,000
[11]
St. Paul's epistle to the people of this ancient Greek city now in Turkey advises, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord"
Ephesus
Matt
Amanda
|
$2,000
[19]
A legal metaphor warns against the "fruit of" this kind of tree, as it deals with evidence illegally obtained
poison
Matt
|
"Let's all sink with the king" is a line from the opening scene of this play
The Tempest