Last regular-play game of 2021 hosted by Mayim Bialik.
Jeff Smith — a music educator from San Diego, California
Kate Kohn — a communications manager from Washington, D.C.
Sri Kompella — a corporate strategy professional from Frisco, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri | $400 | $800 | $8,800 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kate | $3,200 | $5,000 | $14,200 |
$20,000
New champion: $20,000 |
$14,200
19 R, 1 W |
| Jeff | $3,000 | $6,200 | $17,200 |
$5,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$23,200
25 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| PLAYING "CARD"s | KINGS & QUEENS | CLUBS | JOKERS | 3 OF A KIND | I GOT A STRAIT |
|
$200
[21]
Once upon a time it was proper etiquette to present one of these alliterative items during a social visit
a calling card
Kate
|
$200
[30]
In 1566 she gave birth to the boy who would be king--James VI of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Jeff
|
$200
[3]
AAA in the states & the R.A.C. in England helped promote safety regarding these, the "a" in the middle of their names
automobile
Sri
|
$200
[29]
Her, as Liz Lemon: "I took one of those 'Which Gossip Girl Are You?' quizzes, & it said I was the dad's guitar"
(Tina) Fey
Jeff
|
$200
[22]
Sorry!, Operation, Battleship
board games
Kate
|
$200
[12]
Some ancestors of Native Americans are believed to have crossed from Asia over what's now this about 13,000 years ago
the Bering Strait
Sri
|
|
$400
[28]
In the U.S., the permanent resident card is more commonly called this
a green card
Kate
|
$400
[23]
Kings Fahd, Khalid & Faisal all ruled over this country
Saudi Arabia
Sri
|
$400
[15]
Part of this youth club's pledge reads, "My hands to larger service, and my health to better living"
the 4-H Club
Jeff
|
$400
[13]
Ali Wong learned "In order to be a" this "wife, you have to be a" this. "I am more of a commemorative plaque"
a trophy
Kate
|
$400
[26]
Affenpinscher, Basenji, German Spitz
dogs
Jeff
|
$600
[1]
The Channel Tunnel travels under this strait for more than 20 miles
Strait of Dover
Sri
|
|
$600
[6]
Joel McHale hosts the reboot of this classic game show
Card Sharks
|
$600
[4]
Nearly 10 feet tall & standing on a 3 1/2 foot base, the largeststatuein the Statuary Hall Collection is of this king
Kamehameha
Sri
|
$600
[9]
Fittingly, this organization was founded in 1892 for outings in "mountain regions of the Pacific coast"
the Sierra Club
Kate
|
$600
[25]
Mitch Hedberg: this snack brand's "initial intention was to make tennis balls but... a big truck of potatoes arrived"
Pringles
Jeff
|
$600
[10]
Boater, ushanka, top
hats
Kate
|
$800
[2]
The 1905 Battle of Tsushima Strait near Korea was a decisive victory for Japan over this nation
Russia
Kate
|
|
$800
[5]
Women used to keep a list of prospective partners at a ball, hence this expression for a crammed schedule
a full dance card
Jeff
|
$800
[7]
Hadassah was another name for this queen of the Old Testament
(Queen) Esther
Kate
|
$800
[8]
In the early 1930s this Harlem nightclub made Cab Calloway the leader of its house orchestra
the Cotton Club
Kate
Jeff
|
$800
[11]
"I would like to give these kids a good home; in fact, there's a good one a few miles away" was one ofhislines as a grumpy TV foster dad
Bernie Mac
Kate
|
$800
[16]
Baku, N'Djamena, Phnom Penh
world capitals
Jeff
|
$1,000
[18]
The Sunda Strait connects the Indian Ocean with this sea that shares its name with an island
the Java Sea
Jeff
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Crawdad ends with a parent, as does this spice, a ginger family member that's big in Scandinavia
cardamom
Kate
|
$1,000
[14]
In 2014 Felipe VI succeeded this man, his father, as king of Spain
Juan Carlos
Jeff
|
$1,000
[19]
A creative club in this nation, Mbari Mbayo gets its name partially from the Igbo language
Nigeria
Jeff
|
$1,000
[24]
In a 1984 film Rob Reiner said they "earned a distinguished place in rock history as one of England's loudest bands"
Spinal Tap
Jeff
|
$1,000
[17]
Greek, ambrosia, larb
salads
Jeff
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
Bearing the name of an 8th century Berber conqueror, this strait separates 2 continents
the Strait of Gibraltar
Jeff
|
| FLORIST'S READING LIST | I HELPED IN THE 17th CENTURY | STATES & SYMBOLS | COMPUTER HISTORY | CLASSIC ALBUMS | DOUBLE MEANINGS |
|
$400
[19]
A book called this flower "Fever" is set in 1630s Amsterdam & based on a historical frenzy over bulbs
tulip
Jeff
|
$400
[30]
Shivaji, who founded the Maratha kingdom in this country, valued religious toleration
India
Sri
|
$400
[25]
Nicknames for New Jersey include the Clam State, the Mosquito State & this one added to its license plates in 1954
the Garden State
Kate
|
$400
[24]
In December 1998 the U.N. convened a conference on this alphanumeric computer "bug" that ended up getting squashed
a Y2K (the Y2K bug)
Kate
|
$400
[21]
Genre of music that completes the title of Isaac Hayes' 1969 album "Hot Buttered..."
Soul
Jeff
|
$400
[23]
To delay, or a compartment in a stable for a horse
stall
Jeff
|
|
$800
[20]
"Petals on the Wind" & "If There Be Thorns" are sequels to this V.C. Andrews novel
Flowers in the Attic
Kate
|
$800
[4]
Descartes invented the analytic type of this math
coordinate geometry
Sri
|
$800
[22]
A monument to William McKinley adorns the Capitol Square of this state where 7 U.S. presidents were born
Ohio
Kate
|
$800
[8]
How punk--considered the first computer, Charles Babbage's 19th century Analytical Enginewas designed to be powered by this
steam
Kate
|
$800
[10]
It won Best Rock Album & Album of the Year Grammys in 1996 & featured the Best Rock Song "You Oughta Know"
Jagged Little Pill
Jeff
|
$1,200
[13]
A hot dog, or candid & direct
frank
Kate
|
|
$1,200
[7]
A single mother commits murder using poison from this white flower mentioned in the title of Janet Fitch's novel
oleander
Jeff
|
$1,200
[26]
John Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" was seminal to this "illuminating" period
Enlightenment
Sri
|
$1,200
[11]
Terrebonne & Acadia are 2 of the 64 of these administrative units in Louisiana
a parish
Jeff
|
$1,200
[2]
Brothers John & Thomas Knoll created this image-editing program in the '80s & sold it to Adobe in 1995
Photoshop
Jeff
|
$1,200
[9]
That's Paul Simonon destroying his bass on the cover of this classic Clash album
London Calling
Kate
|
$1,600
[15]
Betrothed, or busy at the moment
engaged
Sri
|
|
$1,600
[5]
"Charly" was a film based on this book about a man who temporarily becomes a genius
Flowers for Algernon
Kate
|
$1,600
[27]
Microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek scoped out this type of organism whose name means "first animal"
protozoa
Jeff
|
$2,000
[29]
Jesse Quinn Thornton came to this western state via trail & devised its motto, "She flies with her own wings"
Oregon
Jeff
|
$1,600
[1]
In 1965 this American engineer first enunciated his famed "Law", predicting computing power would double every year
(Gordon) Moore
Jeff
|
$1,600
[12]
We wonder if Carole King felt "the Earth move" in 2021 when this album of hers turned 50
Tapestry
Jeff
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Tidy up a place, or an evergreen tree
spruce
Sri
|
|
$2,000
[6]
One of William Faulkner's most popular stories is "A Rose for" her
Emily
|
$2,000
[28]
Around 1644 Evangelista Torricelli used mercury & a glass tube to create this device
a barometer
Sri
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
Its flag displays the Roman numerals for 1820, the year of a deal that brought it into the Union
Missouri
Jeff
|
$2,000
[17]
Thesesealed glass predecessors of the transistor were vital components in early computers
vacuum tubes
Jeff
|
$2,000
[18]
U2 turned to the desert for this classic 1987 album
The Joshua Tree
Kate
|
$2,000
[14]
Secure a boat, or uncultivated land in Britain covered with grass & heather
moor
Jeff
|
Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer"
G.I. Joe