Matt Amodio game 19.First game of Season 38.After contestant introductions, game prefaced with announcement of the renaming of Sony Pictures Studios Stage 10 as "The Alex Trebek Stage" in a ceremony earlier the same day of taping, attended by Jean, Matthew, Emily, and Nicky Trebek, and emceed by Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tony Vinciquerra.Mike Richards announced as "the host ofJeopardy!"New opening graphics and theme music.Minor modifications to the set.
Gabbie Kim — a mother of two and a doula from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Amdé Mengistu — a legal recruiter from Brooklyn, New York
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 18-day cash winnings total $574,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $14,200 | $14,800 | $42,800 |
$67,800
19-day champion: $642,601 |
$31,200
30 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Amdé | $0 | $1,400 | $5,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
10 R, 2 W |
| Gabbie | $1,600 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$8,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
15 R, 5 W |
| SOUNDS LIKE TENNIS | THAT'S CANADIAN ENTERTAINMENT | TASTY BUSINESS | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT | NO MAN | IS AN ISLAND |
|
$200
[21]
Ambrose Bierce defined it as "a temporary insanity curable by marriage"
love
Matt
|
$200
[27]
This hip-hopper's love for Toronto is well known, & a 2018 report said about 5% of the city's annual tourism income was due to him
Drake
Gabbie
|
$200
[24]
Developer Jef Raskin loved this type of apple so much he named an Apple computer after one
a McIntosh
Amdé
|
$200
[28]
Melvina Young wrote the greeting card titled "The Sisterhood" for this company's "Uplifted & Empowered" collection
Hallmark
Gabbie
|
$200
[29]
This Babylonian, not messing around with his "code": "if a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off"
Hammurabi
Gabbie
|
$200
[30]
The Kanmon Undersea Tunnel connects Kyushu with this largest of the 4 main islands of Japan
Honshu
Gabbie
|
|
$400
[26]
Spot for a potential earthquake
a fault
Amdé
|
$400
[25]
"You Oughta Know" this Ottawa-born singer imported Flea & Dave Navarro to play on that song
Alanis Morissette
Amdé
|
$400
[23]
BB is the stock symbol of this company that today is more into cybersecurity than devices
BlackBerry
Gabbie
|
$400
[19]
Raymond K. Price Jr. wrote the first & last words of the Nixon presidency, his first inaugural address & this last public speech
his resignation
Matt
|
$400
[22]
Andrew Volstead gave a big "no" with the National this act, which enforced the 18th Amendment
Prohibition
Gabbie
|
$400
[20]
Take in the beauty of Hanauma Bayon this island, also known for the totally awe some waveson its North Shore
Oahu
Amdé
|
|
$600
[18]
The money you net from an investment
a return
|
$600
[16]
This Vancouver native lent his voice to the city's public transit in 2018; here'sa sample:"Get those feet off the seat; my mom might be sitting there one day, come on"
Seth Rogen
|
$600
[17]
Makes sense: BR Standard is a fashion line from this store
Banana Republic
|
$600
[9]
"How Great" is this beloved hymn that began as a Swedish poem by Carl Boberg & has been recorded by Carrie Underwood & Elvis
"How Great Thou Art"
Gabbie
|
$600
[15]
On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian & crew said no to this captain's tough love, sending him off in a boat
(Captain) Bligh
Matt
|
$800
[8]
Brunei & the 13,500-foot Mount Kinabalu are on this large island that lies on the equator
Borneo
Matt
Gabbie
|
|
$800
[14]
In blackjack it can have one of 2 different values
ace
Matt
|
$800
[10]
Canadians starring on this sketch show included Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara & John Candy
SCTV ( Second City TV )
Matt
|
$800
[5]
Named for a green sushi condiment, this company calls itself "the world's hottest cloud storage"
Wasabi
Gabbie
|
$800
[6]
Lynell George wrote the album notes for "Otis Redding Live at" this club on the Sunset Strip & won a Grammy for the effort
the Whisky a Go Go
|
$800
[7]
In this 1944 battle named for the shape of opposing lines, U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe replied "Nuts!" to a demand for surrender
Battle of the Bulge
Matt
|
$1,000
[3]
Once called Mount Victoria, Tomanivi on Viti Levu is the highest point in this nation
Fiji
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[4]
The operating expenses of running a business
overhead
Gabbie
|
$1,000
[13]
Eve on "Killing Eve", she considered studying journalism but went to Montreal's National Theatre School instead
(Sandra) Oh
Matt
|
$1,000
[12]
This restaurant chain says the only ingredient it uses that's hard to pronounce is the pepper in its name
Chipotle
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
Newspaper editor Francis Pharcellus Church wrote the 1897 reply to young Virginia O'Hanlon that's known by these 7 words
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Matt
|
$1,000
[2]
Dear Diary, in 1662 he was not a fan of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again"
(Samuel) Pepys
Matt
|
DD
$5,400
[11]
One third of Earth's lava flow since 1500 is said to have come from volcanoes in this Atlantic island nation
Iceland
Matt
|
| FIRST DAY ON THE JOB | FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS | QUOTH THE MAVEN | AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING | & THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR GOES TO... | 7-SYLLABLE WORDS |
|
$400
[28]
Getting used to the binoculars & keeping an eye out for rip currents are first-day tasks at this summer job
a lifeguard
Amdé
|
$400
[27]
The right or bowhead this gets tangled in fishing nets, which can stunt growth, causing the species to be shorter than its typical 52 feet
a whale
Amdé
|
$400
[29]
Agnes de Mille said, "The truest expression of a people is in its" these & "music... bodies never lie"
dance
Gabbie
|
$400
[30]
After being a train-riding teen hobo, Jack London went to Cal-Berkeley but soon dropped out to search for this in the Klondike
gold
Matt
|
$400
[23]
Tommy Lee Jones, for doing the pursuing in this movie
The Fugitive
Matt
|
$400
[1]
It's not being too shy to have one's picture taken; it's the quality of being responsive to light
photosensitivity
Matt
Amdé
Gabbie
|
|
$800
[20]
One-word title of the job seen here: on your first day, don't be nervous, remember your glissando & fingering technique
flautist
Matt
|
$800
[26]
The 2-toed one of these can live up to 20 years, most of it upside down in the canopy of the rainforest
a sloth
Gabbie
|
$800
[25]
Dave Thomas, founder of this fast food chain, said, "Know your product... know your customer & have a burning desire to succeed"
Wendy's
Matt
Gabbie
|
$800
[24]
Ordained in 1695, Jonathan Swift spent 30 years as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in this city
Dublin
Gabbie
|
$800
[16]
Jared Leto, as Rayon in this 2013 film
Dallas Buyers Club
Matt
|
$800
[3]
A gross this is a misrepresentation of an event as less complex than it really is
oversimplification
Matt
Amdé
|
|
$1,200
[19]
New at this gig, Neil Gorsuch embraced life on the cafeteria committee & having to open the door when someone knocks
a Supreme Court justice
Amdé
|
$1,600
[5]
Thekestrelis also known as this type of hawk, after the nice little bird it's looking around for here
(the) sparrow (hawk)
Matt
|
$1,200
[10]
A smart guy himself, this Greek wrote in "Protagoras", "Knowledge is the food of the soul"
Plato
Gabbie
|
$1,200
[7]
During World War II this American was with the 4th Infantry Division in Europe before going home to Cuba
Hemingway
Gabbie
|
$1,200
[11]
This man, as Juan in "Moonlight"
(Mahershala) Ali
Matt
|
$1,200
[4]
Type of church not affiliated with Baptists or Presbyterians, for example; it includes many megachurches
nondenominational
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[8]
You've just got this gig assisting the mixologists; lots of lifting, so don't hurt the body part in the job's name
barback
Amdé
|
$2,000
[14]
Sweden's only wild feline is this short-tailed cat that's able to bring down much larger animals, like reindeer & roe deer
lynx
Matt
Gabbie
|
$1,600
[2]
In 1850 this lawyer & future president wrote, "Discourage litigation... there will still be business enough"
Abe Lincoln
Amdé
|
$1,600
[6]
As a student at Stanford in 1959, he was part of an army experiment on mind-altering drugs & later, worked in a hospital psych ward
(Ken) Kesey
Matt
Amdé
|
$1,600
[18]
Jason Robards, as this newspaper editor in "All the President's Men"
Bradlee
Matt
|
$1,600
[22]
If you fear the number 13, you suffer from this
triskaidekaphobia
Gabbie
|
|
$2,000
[9]
You're the new court reporter, dazzle them with your fingers while you operate this intimidating machine
stenography machine
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
When faced with danger, certain ducks, snakes & mammals do this, also called than atosis
play dead
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
In an essay, this Brit seenherewrote, "Literature is doomed if liberty of thought perishes"
(George) Orwell
Gabbie
|
DD
$6,000
[12]
She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins before moving to Paris in 1903 & drove an ambulance for the French in World War I
(Gertrude) Stein
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
Martin Landau, as this real-life actor in "Ed Wood"
(Bela) Lugosi
Matt
|
$2,000
[21]
Richard Waterman, who studied the songs of the Yolngu people, helped popularize this field of study
ethnomusicology
Matt
|
Founded by an advocate of religious freedom, it was the site of America's first Baptist church & oldest synagogue
Rhode Island