Matt Amodio game 10.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to the Robin Hood Foundation.
Harry Hannigan — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Christina Leone — an operations assistant from East Hartford, Connecticut
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 9-day cash winnings total $310,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $5,600 | $8,600 | $36,000 |
$52,000
10-day champion: $362,400 |
$24,200
31 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Christina | $7,400 | $8,400 | $9,600 |
$19,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Harry | $1,000 | $2,000 | $7,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES | TYPICAL JASON | RELIGION | YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY | INVESTING TERMS | GENIUS: ARETHA |
|
$200
[26]
Its state parks include Little Manatee River & Lake Kissimmee
Florida
Christina
|
$200
[27]
Like more than half the world's people, & like all the world's people until 10,000 years ago, Jason has this color eyes
brown
Christina
|
$200
[19]
The Christ child replaced St. Nicholas as the bringer of gifts as part of this movement led by Martin Luther
Reformation
Matt
|
$200
[28]
They're the 5 words that "makes Jack a dull boy"
all work and no play
Matt
Christina
|
$200
[29]
Watery term for the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly
liquidity
Christina
Harry
|
$200
[30]
(Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) At the end of a 1960s concert in Chicago, deejays Rodney Jones & Pervis Spann came onstage to literally crown Aretha with this famous nickname
the Queen of Soul
Matt
|
|
$400
[20]
Its license plates have said "America's Dairyland" since 1940
Wisconsin
Matt
|
$400
[21]
Jason is this, like 90% of the people in the world & 66 of the 83 pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame
right-handed
Matt
|
$400
[18]
Mahayana & Theravada are 2 divisions of this Eastern religion
Buddhism
Harry
|
$400
[22]
Completes Andy Warhol's line "In the future everybody will be world famous..."
for 15 minutes
Matt
|
$400
[23]
It's the trashy name given to high-risk, high-yield bonds with a credit rating of BB or less
junk bonds
Harry
|
$400
[25]
(Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Aretha was a passionate supporter of this man, a longtime family friend; in February 1968, he gave her a special award on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & two months later, she sang at his memorial service
MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.)
Matt
|
|
$600
[11]
Its highest elevation is fittingly known as Hawkeye Point
Iowa
Matt
|
$600
[15]
Jason was born in the 1970s when Jason was a wildly popular baby name, also given to Momoa, Mraz, &this actor
(Jason) Sudeikis
Matt
|
$800
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Great Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.) The largest in Europe, the Great Synagogue of Budapest can seat 3,000 people; traditionally, the men sit downstairs while the women are in the balcony, a universal practice in this branch of Judaism
Orthodox
Christina
|
$600
[16]
"El amor es ciego" is Spanish for this phrase & not even glasses will help
love is blind
Matt
|
$600
[17]
They're chunks of a company's profits paid to shareholders, typically quarterly
dividends
Matt
|
$600
[24]
(Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Aretha literally went to church to record the Grammy-winning 1972 album titled after this hymn--"How sweet the sound"
"Amazing Grace"
Christina
|
|
$800
[3]
Fort Leavenworth in this state is home to the Frontier Army Museum
Kansas
Matt
|
$800
[13]
Jason lives in this kind of 5-letter area, like 5% of Americans in the 1790 census but 75% in the 1990 census
urban
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
The Beachy church of this American group allows automobiles but no TV
Amish
Matt
|
$800
[5]
Speak up or no one will help you because this "gets the grease"
the squeaky wheel
Christina
|
$800
[14]
It's the commission or sales fee you pay when buying shares; some mutual funds are "no"-it
load
Christina
|
$800
[8]
(Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Recording artists in their own rights, Aretha's sisters Carolyn & Erma provided backing vocals on many of her hits, including this classic that says, "Every chain has got a weak link"
"Chain Of Fools"
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[2]
The second state to join the Union, it borders the first & third, Delaware & New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Christina
|
$1,000
[12]
Pass Jason the cream--like most Americans, he is considered this sugar tolerant
lactose
Christina
|
DD
$3,600
[10]
The Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca can happen almost any time of the year, unlike this one that must happen in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah
the Hajj
Christina
|
$1,000
[4]
In Proverbs 1:7, "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge "; in Proverbs 9:10, it's the beginning of this
wisdom
Harry
|
$1,000
[7]
Latin for "distant view", it's a document outlining an investment offering's risks & objectives
prospectus
Christina
|
$1,000
[6]
(Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Aretha hit superstardom after teaming with legendary producer Jerry Wexler to record such classics as "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" for this record label with an oceanic name
Atlantic (Records)
Matt
|
| DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES | MED. ABBREV. | TALK SHOWS | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS | AFTER ALL |
|
$400
[28]
A government too full of advice or laws is said to be this household worker's "state"
nanny
Matt
|
$400
[29]
According to the initials, an E.N.T. is a doctor who specializes in treating these body parts
ear, nose & throat
Christina
|
$400
[17]
As "Tonight Show" host, Jay Leno used to test this opening segment at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach
a monologue
Matt
|
$400
[27]
In the 1890s this was discovered in Western Australia; what a rush!
gold
Matt
|
$400
[26]
This evil necromancer is "The Lord of the Rings"
Sauron
Matt
|
$400
[30]
Bronze & copper-nickel, for example
an alloy
Christina
|
|
$800
[4]
States of it include plasma & the Bose-Einstein condensate
matter
Matt
|
$800
[25]
On a prescription, B.I.D. means a medication should be taken this often
twice daily
Matt
|
$800
[16]
This"Saturday Night Live" alum has Lorne Michaels as his show's executive producer & Fred Armisen leading the house band
Seth Meyers
Christina
|
$800
[23]
The largest attack on Australia during World War II was a 1942 bombing of this port city named for a British naturalist
Darwin
Harry
|
$800
[22]
Chingachgook & his son Uncas are this James Fenimore Cooper book title
The Last of the Mohicans
Matt
|
$800
[24]
The edible seed of Prunus dulcis
almond
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[1]
As in the title of a Russell Crowe film, "State of" this refers to "the current situation"
State of Play
Harry
|
$1,200
[18]
With most HMOs, you start by choosing a PCP, this doctor
primary care physician
Matt
|
$1,200
[11]
In this segment that began with Tom Hanks on James Corden's first "Late Late Show", an actor does a fast sequence of parts he's played
"Role Call"
|
$1,600
[8]
In an attempt to quell unrest in 2006, Aussie commandos headed to Dili, capital of this island nation
East Timor
Matt
|
$1,600
[5]
Killing her rival & her own kids is how this Euripides title character takes her revenge
Medea
Harry
|
$1,200
[21]
A story that uses symbolism to convey hidden meaning
allegory
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[2]
The third book Bob Woodward wrote about the Bush administration's Iraq War failings is called "State of" this
Denial
|
$1,600
[13]
A traumatic brain injury may damage LTM, short for this
long-term memory
Matt
|
$1,600
[15]
There are A-list stars, but the audience makes "The Big Red Chair" segment from this host, seen on BBC America
Graham Norton
Christina
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1927 the future King George VI came to this city of 6,000 people to inaugurate the new federal parliament
Canberra
Matt
|
$2,000
[7]
Patrick Bateman is the charming title killer in this novel
American Psycho
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
To calm someone's fears
alleviate (allay)
Harry
|
|
$2,000
[3]
In the Catholic church, one free from mortal sin is said to be in a "state of" this
grace
Christina
|
$2,000
[12]
Since 2000 the vaccine given in the U.S. for this is the IPV or inactivated one
polio
Matt
Christina
|
$2,000
[14]
50 years on, episodes of his ABC talk show, like Janis Joplin's last TV appearance, have a new life on YouTube
Dick Cavett
Harry
|
DD
$13,000
[9]
Australia became its own nation January 1, 1901 as the this of Australia, a word implying union for everyone's good
Commonwealth
Matt
|
DD
$2,400
[6]
In this novel inspired by a painting, Griet is the title 17th century portrait sitter
the Girl with a Pearl Earring
Harry
|
$2,000
[19]
An alternative form of a gene occurring at a particular locus on a chromosome
an allele
Matt
Christina
Harry
|
This country became independent in 1946; in 1964 it officially switched its independence day from July 4 to June 12
the Philippines