Matt Amodio game 12.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to the Robin Hood Foundation.
James Weldon — an emerging markets investor from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ashley Rayner — a librarian from Chicago, Illinois
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 11-day cash winnings total $368,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $4,400 | $6,600 | $23,000 |
$26,000
12-day champion: $394,600 |
$24,600
28 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ashley | $3,000 | $4,200 | $9,000 |
$5,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 1 W |
| James | $1,200 | $2,400 | $6,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
12 R, 3 W |
| ETYMOLOGY | WORLD WAR II | RECENT POP CULTURE | COOKING VERBS | THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE |
|
$200
[27]
Washington made one of the first uses of this verb form of "reconnaissance" in English & ended it with an "re" like the British do
reconnoiter
James
|
$200
[26]
In 1940 Spain's Franco declined to join this group, Germany, Italy & Japan's alliance during the war
the Axis
James
|
$200
[25]
There was destruction in 2021 as King Kong tangled with this title kaiju favorite
Godzilla
Matt
|
$200
[28]
Similar to mince, it means to chop food into small cubes
dice
James
|
$200
[29]
The Interior Dept.'s National Park Service features this 1,900-sq.-mile Arizona park, much deeper in some parts than others
the Grand Canyon National Park
Ashley
|
$200
[30]
It's the end-of-the-alphabet activity seen here
zipline
Matt
|
|
$400
[22]
Possibly shortened from "godfather", it first meant an elderly man of wisdom or skill; it's now a movie head electrician
gaffer
Matt
James
|
$400
[21]
Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker on the last day of this 1945 month; 9 days later, the war was over in Europe
April
Matt
|
$400
[24]
"I Can't" do this by H.E.R. won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2021
"I Can't Breathe"
Ashley
|
$400
[11]
Culinary words for adding a last bit of color or flavor (mmm... parsley) include finish & this -ish verb
garnish
James
|
$400
[20]
Around 1950 Interior assumed jurisdiction over American Samoa & this U.S. territory, said to be "Where America's Day Begins"
Guam
Matt
|
$400
[23]
This term for a pleasant way to take a meal is from the Italian for "in the cool air"
al fresco
James
|
|
$600
[17]
The original definition of this 6-letter word was a criminal stripped of legal protection--anyone could kill them
an outlaw
James
|
$600
[15]
The 5-month battle of this city on the Volga halted the Nazi advance into Russia & turned the war's tide in the east
Stalingrad
Ashley
|
$600
[16]
A 2021 miniseries had the Falcon team up with this seasonal guy
the Winter Soldier
James
|
$600
[10]
To pané a food is to coat it in these
bread crumbs
Ashley
|
$600
[19]
The San Joaquin kit type of this canine was in the department's "Class of 1967", the original endangered species list
a fox
Ashley
James
|
$600
[18]
Black's Law Dictionary says this 6-letter verb means "to hang about & (do) nothing in a public place"
loiter
Matt
|
|
$800
[8]
This word is an abbreviation of "stammlager", meaning main camp
stalag
|
$800
[7]
Thisbattleship that participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima was the site of Japan's surrender
the Missouri
James
|
$800
[12]
Unafraid of shows with initials in the title, CBS has this drama; its spinoff was "Most Wanted" & "International" was planned for 2021
FBI
Matt
|
$800
[9]
To soak meat for several hours in a mix of oil, acid & flavorings--in the fridge, never at room temp
marinate
Ashley
|
$800
[13]
The U.S. Grazing Service was one of the precursor agencies to this bureau that controls 245 million acres
Land Management
Matt
|
$800
[14]
We can go to the Safari Park of this California zoo & see the only platypuses in the United States
San Diego
Matt
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This term for your setting or environment is French for "middle place"
milieu
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
Charged with defending Normandy, this former Afrika Korps commander was home in Germany on D-Day celebrating his wife's birthday
(Erwin) Rommel
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
A doctor at 221B Baker Street puts this title group of youths to work in a recent Netflix show
the Baker Street Irregulars
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
To cook or stew gently just below the boiling point
simmer
Ashley
|
$1,000
[2]
Though her last name sounds like a European country, this Interior Secretary is the first Native American to head a cabinet department
Deb Haaland
|
$1,000
[4]
This mountaineering apparel company began in 1966 in San Francisco's North Beach
The North Face
Matt
|
| I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY | EXTINCT ANIMALS | AROUND THE WORLD | NAME THE MOVIE KING | A POET LAUREATE | STAND "PAT" |
|
$400
[22]
This character was introduced in a classic 1876 novel & got his own book 8 years later
Huckleberry Finn
Matt
|
$400
[27]
The last known tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, a wild Russian type of this, died in 1909
a horse
Ashley
|
$400
[28]
The university of this city is the largest in Serbia
Belgrade
Matt
|
$400
[10]
"The Other Boleyn Girl"
Henry VIII
James
|
$400
[29]
Hyphenated last name of Cecil, actor Daniel's dad, who could rock a rhyme or 2 & had the British gig from 1968 to 1972
Day-Lewis
Matt
|
$400
[30]
Attracted to the blue agave plant, a bee is the logo of this tequila brand
Patrón
Matt
|
|
$800
[21]
IMDb's summary of the 1958 to 1962 Hanna-Barbera show about this canine--"The adventures of a blue dog with a Southern accent"
Huckleberry Hound
Ashley
|
$800
[26]
Poaching due to its horn led to the extinction of the West African black this by 2011
the black rhino
Ashley
|
$800
[12]
Canada's southernmost point lies on Middle Island in this Great Lake
(Lake) Erie
Matt
|
$800
[9]
"First Knight"
King Arthur
|
$800
[25]
Dear lord! His "In Memoriam" was memorable enough to help him become Britain's laureate in 1850
(Alfred, Lord) Tennyson
Matt
Ashley
|
$800
[24]
Hereare some of the goodies inside this type of French-named shop
patisserie
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[20]
If picking huckleberries in Montana, be safe--it's estimated that in summer they make up half the diet of these animals
grizzly bears
Ashley
|
$1,200
[17]
With feathers once favored in women's hats, the Carolina variety of this bird was widespread in the eastern U.S. until around 1920
the Carolina parakeet
Matt
|
$1,200
[11]
The spectacular Dynjandi waterfallis a highlight of the West Fjords Peninsula in this island nation
Iceland
James
|
$1,200
[8]
Patrick Stewart in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
King Richard the Lion-Hearted
Matt
Ashley
|
$1,600
[2]
Named the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S. in 2017, she put in a Super Bowl appearance 4 years later
Amanda Gorman
|
$1,200
[23]
This classic touch-&-feel book that Dorothy Kunhardt created for her daughter turned 80 in 2020
Pat the Bunny
Ashley
|
|
$1,600
[15]
As Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", this actor says, "I'm your Huckleberry" to Johnny Ringo
(Val) Kilmer
Matt
|
$1,600
[16]
The Tecopa pupfish native to this California desert became extinct due to human development in the area
the Mojave
James
|
$2,000
[5]
Cotopaxi, meaning "shining peak", is an active volcano in this South American nation
Ecuador
Matt
|
$1,600
[7]
"The Man in the Iron Mask"
Louis XIV
Matt
James
|
$2,000
[1]
In 1986 this 3-named man who also wrote novels like "All The King's Men" became the first poet laureate consultant in poetry
(Robert Penn) Warren
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the greenish film that sometimes forms on copper & bronze exposed to the elements
patina
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[14]
Jailed in 1846 for not paying a poll tax, this writer got out, ran an errand, picked huckleberries & was on the road to "Civil Disobedience"
(Henry David) Thoreau
James
|
$2,000
[13]
Seen here is a fossil of one of these prehistoric fish lizards
Ichthyosaurus
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[4]
This African capital due south of Sicily got its name from a region with 3 ancient Phoenician cities
Tripoli
Matt
|
$2,000
[6]
"Braveheart":the bad guy
Edward I
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[3]
The poet laureate of this state, like Marie Howe, receives the Walt Whitman Citation; Walt was from that state
New York
Matt
|
$2,000
[18]
It's a name derived from one's father, like Johnson from John
patronym
Matt
|
Unpopular at the time, the man for whom it is named wasn't invited to the September 30, 1935 dedication of this landmark
Hoover Dam