Matt Amodio game 26.
Christopher Stucky — a communications specialist from Bloomington, Illinois
Paula Scheider — a ROI trainer from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 25-day cash winnings total $893,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $8,000 | $3,200 | $33,200 |
$36,200
26-day champion: $929,401 |
$29,600
32 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Paula | $-400 | $600 | $3,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 2 W |
| Christopher | $1,600 | $3,400 | $13,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
17 R, 1 W |
| WHAT A WEEK! | ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS | NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES | AIR TRAVEL | MOVIE TIME | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES |
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$200
[29]
The 31st of this month is the last day of Bat Week (of course)
October
Matt
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$200
[28]
I am so sorry that I didn't RSVP to your party, RSVP meaning respondez, this polite phrase
s'il vous plaît
Christopher
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$200
[27]
Killarney National Park
Ireland
Christopher
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$200
[30]
This airline launched its frequent-flyer AAdvantage program in 1981
American Airlines
Christopher
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$200
[26]
This company made special volleyballs with its name on only one side for "Cast Away" so a face could be painted on it
Wilson
Matt
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$200
[11]
(Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenbergersaved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side
Hudson
Matt
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$400
[22]
National Aviation Week takes place the week of August 19, the birthday of this younger & first airborne brother
Orville Wright
Matt
|
$400
[23]
Your best time in a race is your PR, short for this
personal record
Matt
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$400
[15]
Masada National Park
Israel
Matt
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$400
[24]
This happens to you figuratively when you lose your seat on an overbooked plane or literally when the drink cart hits your elbow
bumped
Paula
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$400
[25]
1966's "The Silencers" was the first movie with a scene after these, a teaser for the next Matt Helm spy adventure
the credits
Christopher
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$400
[21]
(Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg.) Literally stepping up to home plate after a grim medical diagnosis, on July 4, 1939, this Yankee said thefollowing--"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”
(Lou) Gehrig
Matt
|
|
$600
[14]
Once National Secretaries Week, the last full week in April is now called these "Professionals Week"
Administrative
Matt
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$600
[17]
The CFPB, this Financial Protection Bureau, makes sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders & financial companies
Consumer
Matt
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$600
[12]
Lake District National Park
United Kingdom
Matt
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$600
[13]
For years a sign painted on a roof in this Wisconsin city said "Welcome to Cleveland" to prank airline passengers
Milwaukee
Matt
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$600
[10]
Marge Champion, the model for this title character of a 1937 Disney film, was briefly married to the animator who developed Goofy
Snow White
Paula
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$600
[20]
(Hi, I'm Sade Baderinwa.) As part of a New York City tradition that began in 1962, many movie stars, including James Earl Jonesas Othello, &Meryl Streepin "Henry V", have interpreted the Bard as part of this project
Shakespeare in the Park
Paula
|
|
$800
[9]
One sponsor of Banned Books Week, which opposes censorship & celebrates the right to read, is the ALA, short for this
the American Library Association
Christopher
|
$1,000
[4]
When talking about dates, B.C.E. stands for this
Before Common Era
Christopher
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$800
[6]
Tikal National Park
Guatemala
Matt
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$800
[7]
In 2019, the biggest new terminal opening in the U.S. in a decade was celebrated at this city'sairport with a second line parade
New Orleans
Christopher
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$800
[8]
In this film, Morgan Freeman says the prison library should file "The Count of Monte Cristo" with the educational books
The Shawshank Redemption
Matt
|
$800
[19]
(Hi, I'm Ryan Field.)Extendingfrom Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tapeparades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019
soccer
Christopher
|
|
$1,000
[2]
Late June brings Awareness Week for the big ants named for this occupation; they damage homes by removing wood for their nests
carpenter
Matt
|
DD
$8,000
[16]
The cosmetics brand e.l.f. is an acronym for these 3 areas where its products are used
eyes, lips, face
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
Matt
Paula
|
$1,000
[3]
Only the "B" in the middle of this airline's colorful name is capitalized in its logo
jetBlue
Matt
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$1,000
[5]
This legendary Italian composer was 87 when he finally won his first competitive Oscar for "The Hateful Eight"
(Ennio) Morricone
Matt
Christopher
|
$1,000
[18]
(Hi, I'm Liz Cho.) In 1879, critics wondered if New Yorkers would go all the way up Fifth Avenue to the near wilderness of 50th Street after the May 25 formal opening of this Catholic church; turns out, New Yorkers would
St. Patrick's
Matt
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| WORLD HISTORY | INSPIRED CHARACTERS | THE FACT OF THE MATTER | ART & DESIGN | COMEDY ON TV | __R__M |
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$400
[28]
In 1582 the Gregorian one of these began to replace the Julian one
calendar
Paula
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$400
[25]
Sailor Alexander Selkirk was likely one of several inspirations for this 1719 shipwrecked character
Robinson Crusoe
Christopher
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$400
[30]
Strong atomic bonds & rigid shapes are characteristics of this phase of matter
solid
Matt
|
$400
[29]
In the 1930s Isamu Noguchi designed an early one of these for parents; the receiver was called "radio nurse"
a baby monitor
Paula
|
$400
[26]
The parents of Stan & Kyle on this show are named after the parents of their creators, Trey & Matt
South Park
Paula
|
$400
[27]
Study all night for a test the next morning
cram
Matt
|
|
$800
[9]
Twice in the 1800s China & Britain went to war over this drug
opium
Christopher
|
$800
[21]
Buck Mulligan, who routinely chides Stephen Dedalus in this novel, was based on James Joyce's pal Oliver St. John Gogarty
Ulysses
Matt
Christopher
|
$800
[24]
Leptons & quarks are these basic particles that don't seem to be made up of smaller units of matter--it's...
elementary particles
|
$800
[23]
In 1894 this American known for his Art Nouveau lamps created an iridescent glass he called Favril
Tiffany
Matt
|
$800
[18]
This host of "Full Frontal" was once part of an all-female sketch comedy troupe called the Atomic Fireballs
Samantha Bee
Christopher
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$800
[22]
In an idiom it precedes "and proper"
prim
Paula
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Between the Franco-Prussian War & WWI France went through a period of peace & prosperity called this, French for "beautiful era"
La Belle Époque
Christopher
|
$1,200
[15]
Neal Cassady was called the "Adonis of Denver" by Allen Ginsberg & was the model for Dean Moriarty in this novel
On the Road
Paula
Christopher
|
$1,200
[12]
In 1905 this first version of the theory of relativity postulated that matter & energy can be converted into each other
special
Matt
|
$1,200
[7]
The National Company made theinstrumentshe sings about in "Graceland"--"The Mississippi Delta was shining like National guitar"
(Paul) Simon
Matt
|
$1,200
[10]
Betty White & Estelle Getty received Emmy nominations all 7 seasons this show was on the air
The Golden Girls
Christopher
|
$1,200
[19]
It's what a British nanny pushes the baby in
pram
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[3]
On November 9, 1918, Philipp Scheidemannproclaimedthis new German republic; helater became its first chancellor
(the) Weimar (Republic)
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
Samuel Clemens' own sweetheart Laura Hawkins was the inspiration for this "Tom Sawyer" character
(Becky) Thatcher
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
Found in 2012, it's been called the "God particle" because its discovery was thought to be key to understanding the structure of matter
Higgs boson
Matt
|
$1,600
[6]
The opening sequence for "Mystery!" on PBS was based on the work of this American illustrator of the appalling fates of children
(Edward) Gorey
Matt
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$1,600
[1]
This '70s show was inspired by a New York Magazine article about workers on the night shift at a cab company
Taxi
Matt
|
$1,600
[17]
It can be a small amount of alcohol, or 1/8 of a fluid ounce
a dram
Paula
|
|
$2,000
[4]
As a result of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule, a state of emergency was called in this country in 1952
Kenya
Matt
|
DD
$4,800
[2]
Leon Rom, a leader of King Leopold's Congo death squad, is thought by some to have inspired this 1902 Joseph Conrad character
Kurtz
Matt
|
DD
$10,000
[13]
All matter shares this physical property that keeps it from responding instantly to any attempt to change its state of motion
inertia
Matt
|
$2,000
[8]
Two-word phrase for the color & the resinous material seen here; both words contain the same 3-letter sequence
black lacquer
|
$2,000
[11]
This comedian made a huge Emmy debut in 2017, with acting, writing & directing nominations for "Atlanta"
Donald Glover
Christopher
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$2,000
[16]
This city north of Provo was named for the president of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad
Orem
Christopher
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96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon
the Berlin Wall