Jonathan Fisher game 4.
Ray Kimball — a retired Army officer from West Point, New York
Aline Dolinh — a MFA candidate from Allston, Massachusetts
Jonathan Fisher — an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $70,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $4,800 | $7,800 | $23,100 |
$24,000
4-day champion: $94,000 |
$21,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Aline | $-400 | $200 | $3,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ray | $1,800 | $4,200 | $10,200 |
$20,395
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE 16th CENTURY | VOTING USA | MY FIRST NAME IS A TV SHOW TITLE | CONTAINERS | OLD SLANG | THIS IS NPR |
|
$200
[27]
Neither this Portuguese explorer nor his flagship the Trinidad completed his circumnavigation of the globe
Magellan
Ray
|
$200
[30]
A bit under half the states offer SDR, short for same-day this, often Election Day
registration
Ray
|
$200
[5]
Dr. Crane, on the radio
Frasier
Jonathan
|
$200
[15]
As one word, it's a small, flat trunk found in barracks; as 2, it's a shoe retailer
footlocker (Foot Locker)
|
$200
[20]
A young man living alone was "batching", from this noun
a bachelor
Aline
|
$200
[6]
NPR teamed up with "Frontline" to report on how this industry failed to protect workers from black lung & "deadly dust"
the coal industry
Ray
|
|
$400
[26]
Seen here, he became Aztecemperorin 1502
Montezuma (II)
Jonathan
|
$400
[29]
Oklahoma is among states to explicitly allow posting a photo of how you voted, commonly known as a "ballot" this
selfie
Jonathan
|
$400
[4]
Mr. Payne, played by the funny Mr. Lawrence
Martin
Jonathan
|
$400
[16]
The history of this jar dates to a patent filed on Nov. 30, 1858 for "improvement in screw-neck bottles"
a Mason jar
Ray
|
$400
[24]
Barnacles & blinkers were these vision aids
glasses
Aline
|
$400
[7]
Audie Cornish & Ailsa Chang are among the hosts of this afternoon news program
All Things Considered
Ray
|
|
$600
[25]
Pope Sixtus V promised Philip II one million golden ducats to support this fleet
the Spanish Armada
Jonathan
|
$600
[28]
(Here is Dr.Kate Rubins who has spent a total of 300 days in space.) Astronauts are able to vote from theISS, including me in the 2016 election; my ballot was encrypted & transmitted to a county clerk in this city, where Mission Control is
Houston
Jonathan
|
$600
[1]
Mr. Berkman, a hit man who becomes Mr. Block, an actor
Barry
Jonathan
|
$600
[17]
In chemistry, types of these containers include Florence, Schlenk & Erlenmeyer
flasks
Jonathan
|
$600
[23]
If someone said you had beetle-crushers, it meant big these body parts
feet
Jonathan
|
$600
[8]
NPR's Planet Money reported $875 buys 2.5 million of these automated annoyances, maybe to sell you on renewing an auto warranty
robocalls
Aline
Ray
|
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
In the 1540s he wrote, "Finally, we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe"
Copernicus
Ray
|
$800
[13]
Bringing Sunday churchgoers to cast their votes after services is rhymingly called these "to the polls"
souls
Ray
|
$800
[3]
Mr. Read, an 8-year-old aardvark
Arthur
Jonathan
|
$800
[18]
In 1954 neuroscientist John C. Lilly designed this tank to explore results of cutting off all external stimuli
a sensory deprivation tank
Ray
|
$800
[22]
A heavy drinker with a red nose was this naval bigwig "of the red"
an admiral
Ray
|
$800
[10]
Hold on, hold on... no, we won't reveal the name of this NPR weekly quiz show that debuted in 1998 with Carl Kasell as its judge
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Jonathan
|
|
$1,000
[9]
The day that Henry VIII married Catherine Howard, July 28, 1540, this chief advisor to the king was executed
(Thomas) Cromwell
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[14]
Saying it was no longer needed, in 2013 the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of this law & its federal oversight
the Voting Rights Act
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[2]
Ms. Findlay, Edith Bunker's cousin
Maude
Aline
Ray
|
$1,000
[19]
The OED says this is a 2-word "box in which a young woman... collects articles... in the event of her marriage"
a hope chest
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[21]
From a character in popular entertainment, a Peck's this was a man who didn't obey social norms
Peck's Bad Boy
|
$1,000
[11]
In April 2021 NPR's Fresh Air remembered this Apollo 11 hero who had just passed; he had called his solo Moon orbit "completely serene"
Collins
Ray
|
| TWISTER! | MURDER, HE WROTE | VERBS | SONG OF MYSELF | GEO TRIOS | THIS IS N-P-R |
|
$400
[28]
Disaster on top of disaster: when one of these hit South Texas in 1967, its thunderstorms spun off more than 100 tornadoes
a hurricane
Ray
|
$400
[3]
"The Case of the Lazy Lover" by Erle Stanley Gardner finds this defense lawyer dealing with a missing witness, forgery... & murder!
Perry Mason
Jonathan
|
$400
[30]
When followed by "down", this clothing accessory means "to eat quickly"
scarf
Jonathan
|
$400
[21]
The answer is... in 2018 this K-pop band learned the "Answer: Love Myself"
BTS
Aline
|
$400
[25]
Part of the Soviet Union until 1991, it's the largest of the 3 Baltic nations
Lithuania
Ray
|
$400
[8]
Let's catch a regatta at this Rhode Island city by Narragansett Bay
Newport
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[27]
The long, narrow strip of the central U.S. plain seenhereis known by this 2-word name
Tornado Alley
Ray
|
$1,200
[5]
A real unsolved & brutal killing in 1947 Los Angeles haunts this "colorful" James Ellroy novel
The Black Dahlia
Ray
|
$800
[29]
Railway job meaning to skillfully make sure of a certain outcome
to engineer
Aline
|
$800
[20]
A trip to a Japanese disco inspired this Billy Idol hit about "the floors of Tokyo"
"Dancing With Myself"
Jonathan
|
$800
[24]
North Carolina's Research Triangle consists of 3 university cities: Durham, Chapel Hill & this home of NC State
Raleigh
|
$800
[9]
It can mean "one who bites or pinches", as well as "a small boy"
a nipper
Aline
|
|
$1,200
[26]
Tornadoes destroy wind speed instruments, so meteorologists use mobile radar named for this Austrian to get the same effect
Doppler
Ray
|
$1,600
[6]
A body is found on a bridge in 1896 New York in this Caleb Carr novel whose title is an old term for a psychiatrist
The Alienist
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[23]
Disappears, like "The Lady" does in a Hitchcock film title
Vanishes
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[15]
Seen here, she had a 2016 hit with "Hands To Myself"
Selena Gomez
Aline
|
$1,600
[13]
Qutang, Wu & Xiling are the trio of submerged valleys that gave this name to a dam completed in 2006
Three Gorges
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[14]
The Recording Industry Association of America got this file-sharing service shut down in 2001
Napster
Jonathan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the alliterative 2-word term for the type of demonic little twister seen here
a dust devil
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[7]
When it comes to hard-boiled murder & Frank Chambers icing a dame's husband, this 1934 James M. Cain novel always delivers
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[18]
This 6-letter verb means "to shun", though it sounds like it means to chomp on something
eschew
|
$1,600
[2]
She & the Blackhearts had a top 10 hit with "I Hate Myself For Loving You"
Joan Jett
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[12]
Of South Africa's 3 capital cities, this administrative one is part of the municipality of Tshwane
Pretoria
Ray
|
$1,600
[11]
It means not affiliated with a political party
non partisan
Aline
|
|
$2,000
[17]
April 3, 1974 saw 7 tornadoes from Alabama to Indiana max out at F5 on this scale of storm intensity
the Fujita Scale
Jonathan
|
DD
$2,500
[4]
In 1902 this novelist killed Sir Charles Baskerville in book form
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[16]
As a verb, this piece of furniture means "to express indirectly", as with a threat
couch
|
$2,000
[1]
This 1997 Celine Dion hit was a cover of an Eric Carmen song
"All By Myself"
Aline
|
DD
$2,200
[22]
Brunei, Malaysia & this nation all have territory on the island of Borneo
Indonesia
Aline
|
$2,000
[10]
A DuPont scientist developed this synthetic rubber product in 1930
neoprene
Jonathan
|
On Sept. 30, 1788 William Maclay & Robert Morris, both of Pennsylvania, were chosen as the first 2 these
(U.S.) senators