Matt Amodio game 28.Matt breaks the $1 million mark.
Rebecca Fox — an administrative assistant from Pasadena, California
Troy Pozirekides — a written communications specialist from Santa Monica, California
Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 27-day cash winnings total $955,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,800 | $6,600 | $31,800 |
$48,800
28-day champion: $1,004,001 |
$30,800
38 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Troy | $4,000 | $5,600 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
12 R, 1 W |
| Rebecca | $0 | $400 | $-4,000 |
$-4,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,000
2 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| ROYALTY AROUND US | THE MIDDLE AGES | GET-TOGETHERS | "AND" SO FORTH | CHANNEL | NO. 5 |
|
$200
[27]
The longest venomous snake is the king type of this
a cobra
Troy
|
$200
[26]
Jerusalem was captured during the first of these campaigns in the 1090s
Crusade
Matt
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$200
[29]
Before a football game, fans gather for this type of party seen here
tailgate
Matt
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$200
[19]
A home run with 3 players on base
grand slam
Matt
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$200
[28]
"Chopped" & "Girl Meets Farm" are served up here on your dial
Food Network
Matt
|
$200
[30]
Here'sa Fifth served up by this musician & completed in 1808
Beethoven
Matt
|
|
$400
[22]
This Canadian province is completely surrounded by water
Prince Edward Island
Matt
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$400
[21]
By the 13th century Visby in Sweden had become one of the richest cities in Europe & an important member of this league
Hanseatic
Matt
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$400
[25]
A trip to Hawaii might include this traditional feast with music, hula dancing & food like poi & kalua pig
luau
Matt
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$400
[18]
This stretchy polyurethane fabric was introduced in the late 1950s
spandex
Rebecca
|
$400
[23]
Where Whitesnake & ZZ Top once ruled, this channel now has "Revenge Prank" & "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation"
MTV
Troy
|
$400
[24]
One end of Interstate 5 is in the former salmon canning center of Blaine in this state
Washington
Troy
|
|
$600
[16]
In 1959 AT&T targeted women with this product that came in pastel colors
the Princess phone
|
$600
[15]
Before she married the soon-to-be English King Henry II, this woman of Aquitaine had been married to King Louis VII of France
Eleanor
Matt
|
$600
[14]
As seen here, these parties were once all the rage
Tupperware parties
Troy
|
$600
[12]
It's another word for a candlemaker
chandler
Matt
|
$600
[17]
Also a fan of using an exclamation point like we do, this network started keeping up with "The Bradshaw Bunch" in 2020
E!
Troy
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$600
[20]
In "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", this character tries to toss the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch by counting, "One, two, five!"
(King) Arthur
Matt
|
|
$800
[10]
This novelist switched to his paternal ancestors in the book "Queen", with his enslaved grandma the title character
(Alex) Haley
Matt
|
$800
[4]
Thomism is theology & philosophy based on the works of this medieval scholar, seen here
Thomas Aquinas
Matt
|
$800
[9]
At this Latin American celebration the 15-year-old honoree gets her last doll, a symbol of the transition to adulthood
quinceañera
Matt
|
$800
[8]
An example from Merriam-Webster: "She decided with reckless" this "to quit her job & move to Tahiti"
abandon
Troy
|
$800
[11]
"Black Sails" & "American Gods" are originals from this heavenly sounding channel
Starz
Troy
|
$800
[13]
In 2008 this German carmaker rolled out its 5 millionth 5 Series, a black sedan
BMW
Troy
|
|
$1,000
[2]
A 1938 performance by this "King of Swing" with his band marked one of the first-ever major integrated concerts
(Benny) Goodman
Matt
|
$1,000
[1]
In 1329 David II became the Scottish king, but at age 5, struck less fear into foes than this predecessor, his father
Robert the Bruce
Matt
|
DD
$3,800
[5]
Similar to a seminar, this small conference derives its name from Greek words meaning "to drink together"
symposium
Matt
|
$1,000
[7]
A soldier's over-the-shoulder broad belt with small loops to hold cartridges
a bandolier
Troy
|
$1,000
[3]
"Bargain Mansions" & "Fixer to Fabulous" are listed on this channel
HGTV
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
Shakespeare liked to write in this, from the Greek for "5" & "measure"
pentameter
Matt
|
| ITALY | NOVELS BY QUOTE | FURRY ROAD | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS | SIGNATURE SONGS | TOUGH VOCABULARY |
|
$400
[26]
Naples has survived eruptions of this nearby volcano, most recently in 1944
Vesuvius
Matt
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$400
[24]
"Phileas Fogg had, without suspecting it, gained one day on his journey, and this merely because he had traveled constantly eastward"
Around the World in Eighty Days
Matt
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$400
[29]
With claws retracted, the paw of this furry animal, Panthera leo, doesn't look so scary
a lion
Troy
|
$400
[30]
Taiwan-born Jerry Yang co-created Jerry & David's Guide to the World Wide Web, which became this Internet giant!
Yahoo!
Matt
|
$400
[28]
Wayne Newton says, "Thank you very much" for making this German title a signature tune
"Danke Schoen"
Matt
|
$400
[27]
Refringent means relating to this bending of light & sound waves that pass from one medium to another
refraction
Matt
|
|
$800
[20]
This northwestern seaport where Columbus was likely born is at the center of the Italian riviera
Genoa
Matt
|
$800
[11]
"No one believes more firmly than comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal"
Animal Farm
Matt
|
$800
[23]
Ya dirty polecat! This animal can accurately target its noxious spray 6 feet away
a skunk
Troy
|
$800
[21]
Honored on a 2021 stamp, Chien-Shiung Wuwas best known for her work on this secret program to build the first atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
Matt
|
$800
[25]
It's a drum, it's a dance, it's Miami Sound Machine's signature song
"Conga"
|
$800
[22]
The Latin root of "journey" also gave us this word for a temporary visit
sojourn
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Home to many fine palaces & churches, this city hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics
Turin
Matt
|
$1,200
[10]
"We would not talk of Manderley, I would not tell my dream. For Manderley was ours no longer"
Rebecca
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[2]
This wild dog also known as the prairie wolf can speed along at 43 miles per hour
coyote
Matt
|
$1,600
[3]
She won Olympic gold in 1992 & in 1998 was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Kristi Yamaguchi
Troy
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[19]
Charlie Daniels spun the tale of a confident fiddle player in this tune he called his signature song
"The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
In Japan a standard way to indicate room size is with the number of these woven straw mats; 6 is medium size
tatami
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Catherine de Medici was queen of France & the mother of 3 French kings, but was born in this Tuscan city
Florence
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought"
Frankenstein
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[17]
A kangaroo family member, the alliterative whiptail this likes to get its water from vegetation rather than drinking
wallaby
Matt
|
$2,000
[7]
Steven Chu, who shared a 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, served as secretary of this cabinet department from 2009 to 2013
(Department of) Energy
Matt
|
$1,600
[13]
A bio of John Fogerty says this CCR signature song shifts "Northern Californian experiences to a southern setting"
"Born On The Bayou"
Matt
|
$1,600
[16]
The adjective form of a word for an expert craftsman, it tells you that cheese was lovingly handmade
artisanal
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[6]
5 provinces make up this historic peninsular region known as the toe of Italy's boot
Calabria
|
$2,000
[9]
"I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel"
War of the Worlds
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[12]
Varieties of this semi-aquatic cutie are the sea, small-clawed & the 6-foot-long giant types in South America
otters
Troy
|
DD
$6,000
[8]
Not a fan of rock music, he initially turned down the job of designing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
(I.M.) Pei
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
Vince Neil has called this tune about a drug dealer Mötley Crüe's signature song
"Dr. Feelgood"
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
A hillside cable railway; in the novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh", it's one of a character's favorite words
funicular
Matt
|
Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship's last captain in 1915
the Lusitania