Matt Amodio game 8.Last game with LeVar Burton as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Reading is Fundamental.
Andrew Kleinschmidt — a Ph.D. student from La Jolla, California
Rachel McMullen — an assistant to the dean from Denton, Texas
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 7-day cash winnings total $268,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $6,000 | $9,000 | $27,400 |
$22,400
8-day champion: $291,200 |
$31,000
33 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rachel | $1,400 | $2,600 | $1,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
6 R, 1 W |
| Andrew! | $1,400 | $600 | $9,000 |
$4,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH | OLDE MUSIC | BOOKS & AUTHORS | FOWL BALLS | LEGAL | "TENDER" |
|
$200
[29]
Mother Goose Day, as well as Mother's Day
May
Matt
Andrew!
|
$200
[28]
Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" & 17 Polish songs
(Frédéric) Chopin
Andrew!
|
$200
[12]
Rachel Chu heads to Singapore with her ultra-wealthy boyfriend in this 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians
Matt
|
$200
[24]
On Dec. 15, 1968 there was no "Brotherly Love" as this NFL home team's fans booed Santa & pelted him with snowballs
(Philadelphia) Eagles
Matt
|
$200
[30]
Businesses & professors are among those who give the court information to help one party in an amicus curiae brief, Latin for this
friend of the court
Andrew!
|
$200
[17]
Mixologist is a glorified term for this
a bartender
Rachel
|
|
$400
[26]
Black History Month
February
Matt
|
$400
[25]
"Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death
The Magic Flute
Andrew!
|
$400
[15]
This "miserable" guy says, "I was a convict. I have spent nineteen years in prison"
Jean Valjean
Matt
Andrew!
|
$400
[23]
This NFC South team blew a 25-point lead & lost Super Bowl LI in 2017
the Atlanta Falcons
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
In many states, a borrower who couldn't pay the mortgage has the right of redemption, to stop this process until auction time
foreclosure
Matt
|
$400
[18]
Filet mignon is cut from this
the tenderloin
Andrew!
|
|
$600
[22]
Pi Day, on the 14th
March
Matt
|
$600
[21]
Compositions by Bach include "Toccata &" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this
Fugue
Matt
|
$600
[16]
The Richardson family's house is a victim of arson in this bestseller by Celeste Ng, adapted as a Hulu miniseries
Little Fires Everywhere
Rachel
|
$600
[20]
Vince Coleman of this Midwest National League team fell victim to a mechanical tarp & was out of the 1985 playoffs
Cardinals
Matt
|
$800
[10]
It was this 3-named junior on the Supreme Court who gave the "Clear & Present Danger" restraint on free speech
(Oliver Wendell) Holmes
Matt
|
$600
[14]
One must "demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch" to achieve this scouting rank
Tenderfoot
Rachel
|
|
$800
[11]
National Humor Month & in New England, Patriots' Day
April
Rachel
Andrew!
|
$800
[8]
Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display
Fireworks
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" is modeled on this author's "Howards End"
Forster
Matt
|
$800
[9]
This Earl Weaver-managed American League team lost the 1969 World Series to the Amazin' Mets
(Baltimore) Orioles
Matt
|
$1,000
[3]
If a judge has ruled against a case & said another lawsuit can't be filed on the same grounds, it's been "dismissed with" this
prejudice
Matt
|
$800
[13]
Bonnie Prince Charlie, who claimed he was England's rightful king, was known as the "Young" one
Pretender
Andrew!
|
|
$1,000
[5]
National Native American Heritage Month & in England, Guy Fawkes Day
November
Matt
|
$1,000
[4]
One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is hispavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city
Padua
Andrew!
|
$1,000
[1]
Christopher Isherwood is known for stories based on life in this European city in the 1930s; here'show he looked in that decade
Berlin
Matt
|
$1,000
[2]
Long after Dominique Wilkins, this NBA team flew through a rough 2004-05 season, going 13-69
the Atlanta Hawks
|
DD
$1,800
[19]
Let's get inventive & file one of these; the 3 types are utility, plant & design
patent
Andrew!
|
$1,000
[6]
If you've been "left to" someone's this 2-word idiom, you have no protection from whatever they wish to do with you
tender mercies
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | THE CDC SAYS SO | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS | WHAT'S IN THE ENVELOPE? | POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES | COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" |
|
$400
[29]
This historic American document was addressed to King George III of Great Britain
the Declaration of Independence
Matt
|
$400
[30]
If your BMI is between 25 & 30, it falls within the overweight range; if it's higher than 30, it's considered this
obese
Matt
|
$400
[28]
Idiomatically, it"is believing"
seeing
Matt
|
$400
[27]
It's your new driver's license with a star in the upper corner indicating it's this "ID", acceptable for air travel
a Real ID
Andrew!
|
$400
[24]
This actor reads "The Song of Hiawatha" in a laundromat in 2004's "Spider-Man 2"
(Tobey) Maguire
Matt
|
$400
[26]
It's the country whose flag is seen here
Sweden
Andrew!
|
|
$800
[19]
Dits & dahs were the keys to this system devised in the 1830s that revolutionized communication
Morse Code
Matt
|
$800
[23]
In 2020 the CDC reported there had been nearly 3,000 cases including many deaths due to EVALI, a lung injury caused by this activity
vaping
Rachel
|
$800
[22]
Someone who is not quite a friend, but more than a stranger
acquaintance
Matt
|
$800
[21]
Congratulations! You've been accepted to this oldest college in Virginia
William & Mary
Andrew!
|
$800
[18]
In "The Outsiders" C. Thomas Howell recites this poet's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Frost
Matt
|
$800
[25]
Until 2004 the guilder was the currency of this South American country
Suriname
Andrew!
|
|
$1,200
[10]
FDR's first inaugural address introduced this policy of treating Latin American nations with respect
the Good Neighbor Policy
Matt
|
$1,200
[15]
"The best defense against Lyme disease" is "reducing exposure to" these bloodsuckers
ticks
Andrew!
|
$1,600
[14]
This adjective means emitting ionizing particles, perhaps as part of decay
radioactive
Matt
|
$1,200
[17]
Finally, Nana's recipe for these cookies--you can't help but laugh when you say their name
snickerdoodle
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
Edward Lear's nonsense poem "The Jumblies" is perhaps fitting amid the chaos of World War I in this Sam Mendes film
1917
Matt
|
$1,200
[2]
It's the location of Saladin's mausoleum & tomb
Syria
Andrew!
|
|
$1,600
[4]
John Winthrop led many followers to this colony in 1630 & gave us the image of the "city upon a hill"
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Matt
|
$1,600
[5]
This hereditary disorder in which the blood does not clot properly is more common in males than females
hemophilia
Andrew!
|
$2,000
[13]
Meaning "made up", it also refers in legal terms to any business name that's not the official incorporated one
fictitious
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
They're seed packets from this Pennsylvania-based company whose name is the same as an exercise move; time to get planting!
Burpee
Matt
|
$1,600
[7]
In the film of the same title, Lee Remick quotes to Jack Lemmon Ernest Dowson's lines about "The Days of" this pair
Wine and Roses
Matt
Rachel
|
$1,600
[1]
Your plane just touched down at Bandaranaike International Airport--welcome to this country!
Sri Lanka
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Established to help 4 million African Americans transition out of slavery, this bureau lasted from 1865 to 1872
the Freedmen's Bureau
Matt
|
$2,000
[6]
Pink eye is an inflammation of this clear membrane lining the inside of the eyelid & the white part of the eyeball
the conjunctiva
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
He's the Old Testament prophet most quoted in the New Testament
Isaiah
Matt
|
$2,000
[16]
It's a gift card to REI, which stands for this type of Equipment, Inc.
Recreational
Andrew!
|
$2,000
[12]
This South American poet is a character in "Il Postino" & his poems like "Ode to the Sea" are featured in it
Neruda
Matt
|
$2,000
[3]
Its official name includes "Most Serene Republic"
San Marino
Matt
|
These are the 2 of a reporter's 5 W's that are not on the baseball team in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?"
Where & When