Jonathan Fisher game 12.
Mandela Namaste — a writer from Williamsville, New York
Nancy Donehower — a retired college admissions counselor from Portland, Oregon
Jonathan Fisher — an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 11-day cash winnings total $246,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $2,600 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$18,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
21 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nancy | $2,200 | $5,200 | $10,400 |
$19,400
New champion: $19,400 |
$12,400
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mandela | $1,000 | $3,400 | $6,000 |
$11,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE U.K. SINCE 1945 | SONGS TO JINGLES | CAR PARTS APART FROM CARS | TV SHOW OPENING CREDITS | LITERARY JOURNALISM | FILL OUT YOUR "W"2 |
|
$200
[23]
It took until 1954 for this practice that began with wartime shortages to end; here'sone woman celebrating
rationing
Mandela
|
$200
[27]
"All You Need Is Luvs" in a commercial for these
diapers
Nancy
|
$200
[6]
3-letter edge of a glass
rim
Jonathan
|
$200
[5]
A silhouetted businessman free falls past giant ads & lands in a chair, cigarette in hand
Mad Men
Nancy
|
$200
[14]
Norman Mailer won a Pulitzer for "The Armies of the Night", about the 1967 march on this Defense Department building
the Pentagon
Jonathan
|
$200
[30]
It's the "W" in WPA, an act protecting federal employees who disclose information about abuse of authority or mismanagement
whistleblower
Mandela
|
|
$400
[11]
In a June 2016 referendum, 52% voted for the policy soon universally known by this one word
Brexit
Jonathan
|
$400
[28]
The Billy "Crash" Craddock song "Rub It In" became "Plug It In" for this home scent brand
Glade
Jonathan
|
$400
[20]
As a verb, it means to grip tightly; as a noun, it's a woman's small purse
clutch
Mandela
|
$400
[4]
A drive down the scenic New Jersey Turnpike passes Satriale's & Pizzaland before ending at a suburban home
The Sopranos
Jonathan
|
$400
[12]
In Ted Conover's "Rolling Nowhere", about life on the rails, we learn that the Sally is the Salvation Army & the Willy is this store
Goodwill
Mandela
|
$400
[21]
Clumsy & ungainly are synonyms for this word that can be an adjective or an adverb
awkward
|
|
$600
[10]
Ending a 77-year drought for a U.K. male, in 2013thistennis player won the Wimbledon Men's Singles
Andy Murray
Nancy
|
$600
[19]
This band re-recorded a version of its song "Whip It" for a Swiffer ad
Devo
Jonathan
|
$600
[24]
Isiah Thomas & Bill Laimbeer were "Bad Boys" for this team
the (Detroit) Pistons
Mandela
|
$600
[3]
The 8 titular characters stare at one another, then at their housekeeper in the center
The Brady Bunch
Jonathan
|
$600
[9]
This newswoman chronicled her 1889-1890 adventures in the book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days"
Nellie Bly
Mandela
|
$600
[13]
A boxer who can be no more than 147 pounds
a welterweight
Nancy
|
|
$800
[26]
In 1951 the Conservative Party won a majority in Parliament & this man returned to the job of PM at the age of 76
Winston Churchill
Nancy
|
$800
[18]
Kraft rewrote an EMF song as this new mash-up title to promote its Cheese Crumbles
"It's Crumbelievable"
|
$800
[29]
It's another word for a wool scarf
muffler
Jonathan
|
$800
[2]
The heroine strolls Manhattan in a tutu, gets splashed by a passing car, sees her own picture on a bus
Sex and the City
Nancy
|
$800
[7]
He interviewed Chicago slaughterhouse workers to research "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[16]
The old job on theleftgave us this last name of the man on theright
Wainwright
Mandela
|
|
$1,000
[22]
A few years after the worst of mad cow, a 2001 epidemic of this disease led to the culling of millions of animals
hoof-and-mouth disease (foot-and-mouth disease)
Nancy
|
$1,000
[17]
This song from "South Pacific" was used by Clairol, only "man" is replaced with "gray"
"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
Nancy
|
$1,000
[25]
An unlawful beating of a person
battery
|
$1,000
[1]
Beautiful people frolic around L.A.; Heather Locklear is somehow a "Special Guest Star" for 6 1/2 of 7 seasons
Melrose Place
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[8]
This Jon Krakauer book says the "unreliability of the human mind at high altitude made the research problematic"
Into Thin Air
Jonathan
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
A lawyer in court using this 2-syllable word is basically saying, "Forget what I just said"
withdrawn
Jonathan
|
| FEDERAL AGENCIES | BOREDOM | WHEN BAY IS ON THE MAP | FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS | BIBLE NUMBERS | THE END OF THE WORLD |
|
$400
[16]
In 1992 the EPA established a program that puts this symbol on efficient appliances
the Energy Star
Jonathan
Mandela
|
$400
[13]
A 2010 computer analysis said the most boring 20th c. day was a Sunday in the middle of this, known as a decade of dull conformity
the 1950s
Jonathan
|
$400
[4]
Baltimore is shipshape as the chief port on the northern portion of this bay
Chesapeake
Jonathan
|
$400
[8]
"Parasite"(2019)
Korean
Jonathan
|
$400
[25]
God spent this many days creating the heavens & the earth
6
Mandela
|
$400
[12]
8 fluid ounces
a cup
Nancy
|
|
$800
[17]
Part of the National Defense University, the CIC is the "College of Information and" this virtual area
Cyberspace
Jonathan
|
$800
[14]
This 2-word computer task that begins with a Latin plural is often very repetitive & boring
data entry
Jonathan
|
$800
[6]
This Philippine bay that shares its name with the capital is almost completely landlocked
Manila
Mandela
|
$800
[5]
"Roma"(2018)
Spanish
Nancy
|
$800
[26]
David selected 5 smooth stones out of a stream before his encounter with this person
Goliath
Mandela
|
$800
[11]
For squash players it's about 32 feet long & 21 wide
a court
Jonathan
|
|
$1,200
[21]
The Justice Department has a division named for this type of practice that breaks up monopolies
antitrust
Mandela
|
$1,200
[15]
The Boredom Lab is part of the psychology department at York University in this Canadian city
Toronto
Nancy
Mandela
|
$1,200
[19]
Hey, tiger, with a maximum depth of more than 15,000 feet, it's the bay seen here
Bengal
Mandela
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Tin Drum"(1979)
German
Jonathan
Nancy
|
$1,200
[27]
After fasting for this many days & nights, Jesus wastemptedby Satan who challenged him to turn stones into bread
40
Mandela
|
$1,200
[10]
In French this word precedes "communion" in a rite for Catholic kids
première
Jonathan
|
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1800 Congress hired a lone building watchman named John Golding, leading to the creation of the force known as this
the Capitol Police
Jonathan
Nancy
|
$1,600
[18]
Madame Bovary is a famously bored literary character; in the original, her look "full of boredom" is full of this French word
ennui
Mandela
|
$1,600
[22]
This inlet of the Atlantic stretches from Île d'Ouessant to Cape Ortegal in Spain & even rhymes with bay, helping it sound really cool
Biscay
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[2]
"The Bicycle Thief"(1948)
Italian
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[28]
Jacob ended up serving this many years to win the hand of Rachel
14
|
$1,600
[7]
An airplane's turn while dipping one wing
bank
Jonathan
|
|
$2,000
[29]
A 1978 act of Congress created the council of the IGs, these officials, "on Integrity & Efficiency"
Inspectors General
Nancy
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
A state of boredom, or an equatorial region where the trade winds cancel each other out, leaving sailors becalmed & bored
the doldrums
Mandela
|
$2,000
[24]
Oh, to live on Sugarloaf Mountain, overlooking the entrance of this Brazilian bay
Guanabara Bay
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[1]
"Wild Strawberries"(1957)
Swedish
Jonathan
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
As depicted in Genesis, there were this many people on Noah's Ark
8
Nancy
|
$2,000
[9]
In math it's the set of sums of a sequence; for 2, 4, 6, 8...it's 2, 6, 12, 20...
a series
|
These 2 men who both died in Boston in the mid-20th century each won 4 Pulitzers, one man for Poetry & the other for Drama
(Robert) Frost & (Eugene) O'Neill