Matt Amodio game 16.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to KidSmart.
Max Wagner — a musician originally from Chicago, Illinois
Brianna Weck — a community engagement manager from Arlington, Virginia
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 15-day cash winnings total $475,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $12,000 | $15,600 | $31,600 |
$29,600
16-day champion: $505,200 |
$24,800
36 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| Brianna | $2,800 | $4,000 | $8,800 |
$6,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
10 R, 1 W |
| Max | $1,800 | $3,000 | $5,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
10 R, 1 W |
| LOCK TALK | AN AUGUST CATEGORY | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS | COME OUT TO THE COAST | WE'LL GET TOGETHER | HAVE A FEW LAUGHS |
|
$200
[29]
To open a safe, rotate the lock dial to this sequence of numbers
the combination
Max
|
$200
[4]
August 1934: known as "The Rock", it opens & Frank Bolt gets prisoner number 1
Alcatraz
Matt
|
$200
[22]
Sometimes combined with "guess", it means to calculate approximately the amount of something
estimate
Matt
|
$200
[30]
It's the gulf in Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
(the) Gulf of Mexico
Matt
|
$200
[28]
In 2001 Time Warner was acquired by this Internet company for $111 billion; that did not work out so well
AOL
Matt
|
$200
[11]
Mike Tyson, who wanted his tiger back, favored us with his rendition of "In The Air Tonight" in this 2009 comedy
The Hangover
Max
|
|
$400
[24]
This type of car key named for a parking pro operates the doors & ignition but not the storage compartment locks
valet
Matt
|
$400
[26]
August 1935: Note thegrinning66-year-old as this act providing a system of benefits becomeslaw
Social Security
Matt
|
$400
[17]
From Greek for "existing at the same time", it's to match one's actions to the timing of another's
synchronize
Matt
|
$400
[7]
Bordering Central America, this South American country has a coastline on both the Atlantic & the Pacific
Colombia
Matt
|
$400
[25]
This women's college formally merged with Harvard in 1999
Radcliffe
Matt
|
$400
[27]
This late comic, handing out compliments in "Caddyshack": "Hey, baby... you must have been something before electricity"
Rodney Dangerfield
Matt
Max
|
|
$600
[18]
The part of a key that enters a lock cylinder is called this, like the part of a sword that enters a foe
a blade
Brianna
|
$600
[23]
August 1875: Matthew Webb makes the first unaided swim from this British town to Calais
Dover
Matt
|
$600
[16]
Lyft says "45% of Americans have a gig on the side to" do this to their income
supplement
Max
|
$600
[20]
The southern shores of Bangladesh welcome the waters of this 800,000-square-mile bay known for its monsoons
(Bay of) Bengal
Matt
|
$600
[19]
With many players serving in World War II, NFL teams from these 2 cities in the same state merged to form the Steagles
Pittsburgh & Philadelphia
Matt
|
$600
[21]
We'll have a side of Beef Tobin, a single dad in Alaska voiced by Nick Offerman in this Fox cartoon
The Great North
Brianna
|
|
$800
[8]
Pins & levers are types of these moving parts that must be properly aligned before a lock will open
tumblers
Matt
|
$1,000
[3]
August 1977, Arktikathis appropriate type of vessel is the first surfaceshipat the North Pole
an icebreaker
Brianna
|
$800
[15]
In psychology, to contribute to a loved one's pathological behavior
enable
Max
|
$800
[9]
Named for its 2 distinct regions, this Canadian province on the Atlantic is the most easterly part of North America
Newfoundland and Labrador
Matt
|
$800
[10]
This hybrid breed is the result of having a poodle & a cocker spaniel as parents
a cockapoo (cockadoodle)
Matt
Brianna
|
$800
[12]
In 2021 Randy Watson, the lead singer of Sexual Chocolate, hit Amazon Prime in this sequel to a 1988 film
Coming 2 America
Max
|
|
$1,000
[2]
The U-shaped part of a padlock that fits around an item to be locked is called this, also a word for a manacle or leg iron
shackle
Matt
|
DD
$6,000
[14]
August 1990: Sue Hendrickson discovers a 40-foot-long skeleton of this
T. rex
Matt
|
$1,000
[13]
An alternate term for a crossroads takes its name in part from this verb meaning what happens when 2 lines cross each other
intersect
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
The name of its capital translates to "Freetown" in this coastal nation highlighted here, independent from France since 1960
Gabon
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
Get C, H & O together in the right proportions & you've got this gasoline additive also called ethyl alcohol
ethanol
Matt
Brianna
|
$1,000
[5]
A vampire named Laszlo became "regular human bartender Jackie Daytona" on this FX mockumentary
What We Do in the Shadows
Matt
|
| CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION | NAME THAT SHAKESPEARE PLAY | MATH | DEEPER CUTS ON THEIR ALBUMS | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | "ISH" LIST |
|
$400
[28]
Mao's attempts to reform this party resulted in an estimated 1.5 million deaths during the Revolution
Communist Party
Matt
|
$400
[5]
A literal fairy tale that gets to the bottom of things with a triple wedding
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Brianna
|
$400
[27]
To find the area of a sector of a circle, the formula is seen here, but fill in this missing number
360 (degrees)
Matt
|
$400
[24]
Appropriately, the last track of her "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" is "Goodbye"
Billie Eilish
Max
|
$800
[22]
Related to peaches & nectarines, this smaller relative that's a good source of vitamin A can be pronounced with a long or a short "A"
the apricot
|
$800
[25]
Traditionally, the headdress seenhereis worn by this person
bishop
Matt
|
|
$800
[26]
Mao started the Revolution partly over fears he would be deposed after Brezhnev replaced this Soviet leader in 1964
Khrushchev
Matt
|
$800
[6]
Laertes gets the short end of the (poisoned) stick
Hamlet
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
Homotopy is when one shape can be continuously deformed into another; a circle is homotopic to this oval closed curve
ellipse
Matt
|
$800
[23]
"Stepdad" was part of this Michigan man's "Music to Be Murdered By"
Eminem
Max
|
$1,200
[4]
Widely grown worldwide, this protein-rich vegetable is seen here
an edamame bean (soybean)
Brianna
|
$1,200
[19]
3 red diamonds make up the logo of this automaker
Mitsubishi
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1966 Chairman Mao swam across this "long river" at Wuhan to prove his strength
Yangtze
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Mercutio says, "If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark"
Romeo and Juliet
Matt
|
$1,600
[11]
When the NBA's Steph Curry puts up a 3-point shot, this point, the apex of a parabola, is about 16 feet above the floor
the vertex
Matt
Max
|
$1,200
[18]
"Sweet Virginia" & "Loving Cup" were on their 1972 classic "Exile on Main Street"
Rolling Stones
Matt
|
$1,600
[2]
A national emblem of Wales is this vegetable related to the onion
a leek
Brianna
|
$1,600
[14]
The word assassin goes back to a Muslim sect during the Crusades whose members were thought to be ritual users of this drug
hashish
Matt
Max
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Also called "Quotations from Chairman Mao", this colorful book was carried by the Revolution's most zealous adherents
Little Red Book
Matt
|
$1,600
[7]
Tragically, not giving a guy a promotion at work ends up inflaming a non-affair to remember
Othello
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
It's a statement of a relationship such as greater than or less than; it's also a socioeconomic issue
inequality
Matt
|
$1,600
[16]
The 2000 album "Return of Saturn" by this ska-pop band found "Magic's In The Makeup"
No Doubt
Matt
Brianna
|
$2,000
[3]
Langoustine is a shellfish; this similar word is a tropical fruit
a mangosteen
Brianna
|
$2,000
[1]
Made from resins & oils, this liquid is used on wood to protect it & make it shiny
varnish
Brianna
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Stripped of his post during the Revolution, hecame back to lead China starting in the late 1970s
(Deng) Xiaoping
Matt
|
$2,000
[9]
Demetrius is among the many, many casualties by the end & oh yeah... there's cannibalism!
Titus Andronicus
Matt
|
$2,000
[12]
In calculus this is defined as the instantaneous rate of change of a function, so for a constant function (no change) it's 0
derivative
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
On the "Invisible Touch" album in 1986, this trio tipped a "Domino", a nearly 11-minute song
Genesis
Max
|
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The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent's oldest independent country
Ethiopia