Amy Schneider game 5.
Matt King — an attorney from Lewisville, Texas
Genesis Whitlock — a diversity and inclusion professional from Brooklyn, New York
Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $155,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $4,400 | $7,800 | $23,800 |
$14,800
5-day champion: $170,400 |
$23,000
27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Genesis | $400 | $2,200 | $6,600 |
$1,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Matt | $3,000 | $1,600 | $-6,400 |
$-6,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-6,400
8 R, 10 W |
| CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY | BLUE | '38 | LEFT MOTION | OMAHA | HUT, HUT |
|
$200
[13]
After a last-second win over Buffalo with this prayerful play in 2020, Kyler Murray said it was the first he had ever tried
a Hail Mary
Genesis
|
$200
[14]
A Mother Goose nursery rhyme says, "Little Boy Blue, come" do this
blow your horn
Genesis
|
$200
[6]
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banned oppressive child labor, set the work week at 44 hours & established this, at 25 cents an hour
minimum wage
Amy
|
$200
[1]
Men, start this double- or triple-talk dance with a step to the left; a pre-fame Bruce Lee was a champion at it in Hong Kong
the cha-cha
Amy
|
$200
[26]
Late publisher of the Omaha World-Herald Henry Doorly gave his name to this, the state's No. 1 attraction
Omaha's Zoo
|
$200
[21]
You need 3 A's to spell this type of hut at beach resorts & pools
a cabana
Amy
|
|
$400
[12]
"Do we have time to run Wasp?" asked this Chiefs QB in Super Bowl 54; he did, & hit Tyreek Hill for a game-changing 44 yards
(Patrick) Mahomes
Amy
|
$400
[15]
Until 1969 Project Blue Book investigated these phenomena; of the 12,618 sightings, only 701 have not been identified
UFOs
Amy
|
$400
[7]
In 1938 DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally discovered this, now used as a coating for nonstick cookware
Teflon
Amy
|
$400
[2]
Aren't you glad you brought a friend along? Now you can swing left into this type of highway lane marked with diamonds
HOV
Amy
|
$400
[27]
Omaha is on the west bank of this river opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa
the Missouri River
Amy
Matt
|
$400
[22]
With a low entry making an enemy stoop awkwardly, the i Qukwane hut is said to have the shape of this insect structure
a beehive
|
|
$600
[11]
Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of a deflected pass from Terry Bradshaw won a 1972 playoff game for this team
the Steelers
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of this colorful river
the Blue Nile
Amy
|
$600
[8]
On October 31, 1938 The New York Times reported, "Radio Listeners in Panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story
The War of the Worlds
Matt
|
$600
[3]
In chess, the one time the king can move 2 squares is doing this; kingside is 2 squares left for the black king
castling
Amy
|
$600
[28]
Omaha is the seat of this county, named for Illinois senator Stephen, who sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Douglas
Amy
|
$600
[23]
Here's Seaman's Hut, used as an emergency shelter in this country's Kosciuszko National Park
Australia
Amy
|
|
$800
[10]
Though the play was designed for Freddie Solomon, the 49ers' Dwight Clark made "The Catch" on Jan. 10, 1982 on a pass by this quarterback
Joe Montana
Matt
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
The Belgian artist known as Peyo created these blue beings
the Smurfs
Genesis
|
$800
[16]
This organization was founded in 1938 to find a cure for infantile paralysis, also called polio
the March of Dimes
Amy
|
$800
[4]
Bugs Bunny's line about wishing he'd toined left at this city may be based on a real turn there that would keep you on Route 66
Albuquerque
Amy
|
$800
[29]
In 1913 this future president was born in Omaha as Leslie King Jr.
Gerald Ford
|
$800
[24]
These nomadic people of Kenya & Tanzania live in a kraal, a grouping of huts
the Maasai
Genesis
|
|
$1,000
[9]
In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State's huddled masses used this 3-word trick play featuring a behind-the-back handoff for the win
the Statue of Liberty
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
Coral reefs are home to the blue fish known bythis4-letter name
a tang
Amy
Genesis
|
$1,000
[17]
German name for the night of Nov. 9, when Jews & their property were attacked across Germany
Kristallnacht
Genesis
|
$1,000
[5]
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, he swung left to crush the Union right, but was mortally wounded by friendly fire
Jackson
Amy
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1917 this priest rented a boarding house in Omaha to care for 5 neglected boys; later, he bought a farm & it became Boys Town
Father Flanagan
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
In the foreground a Mongol horseman, in the back, this4-letter type of hut
a yurt
Amy
|
| BOOK TITLE MATH | BROADWAY IS BACK | IN A PREVIOUS LIFE | BUSINESS HISTORY | THE BODY HUMAN | TESTING YOUR "ESP" |
|
$400
[25]
Joseph Heller hell plus Jules Verne sea distance
20,022
Amy
Genesis
Matt
|
$400
[7]
As Broadway reopened in 2021, hereturned to the role of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Jeff Daniels
Matt
|
$400
[17]
I was pretty happy when I took off that bell hat after a long day amusing the king as a court one of these
a (court) jester
Matt
|
$800
[11]
This cookie company was founded in 1937 by a Connecticut woman & named for her family's country home
Pepperidge Farm
Matt
|
$800
[26]
The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see
the lens
Amy
|
$1,200
[21]
Job of Jen Psaki, seen here
spokesperson
Amy
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Original "Space Odyssey" plus original "Shades of Grey"
2,051
Amy
|
$800
[6]
Kristin Chenoweth welcomed the audience at the reopening of "Wicked" with these 5 words, a line from "The Wizard of Oz"
There's no place like home
Genesis
|
$800
[16]
Around 1680 I was one of the last of this flightless bird; to add insult to injury, Dutch explorers called our meat repulsive
a dodo
Amy
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2020 the Justice Dept. wound up its case against this Sackler Family opioid maker, which agreed to pay $8 billion in penalties
Purdue (Pharma)
Amy
|
$1,200
[22]
When it comes to your heart, MVP stands for this valve prolapse, in which the valve flaps bulge rather than close smoothly
the mitral valve
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
Lending his name to the profession, this ancient Greek is considered the first actor
Thespis
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[18]
Khaled Hosseini's "Splendid Suns" divided by John Reed's "Days That Shook the World"
100
|
$1,200
[5]
The musical "Six" features a modern take on Henry VIII's 6 wives, including this first wife who was born in Spain"If you think for a moment /I'd grant you annulment /Just hold up there's n-n-n-n-n-n-no way..."
Catherine of Aragon
Amy
|
$1,200
[15]
I was one of the iron smithing experts of this biblical people & was really rooting for my compatriot Goliath
the Philistines
Amy
|
$2,000
[8]
In 1667 Londoner Nicholas Barbon set up the first office for this type of insurance
fire insurance
Genesis
Matt
|
$1,600
[2]
The second cervical vertebra is called this because it forms a pivot point, allowing the head to shake "no"
the axis
Matt
|
$2,000
[19]
Owl butterfliesget their name from these large markings on their wings
eyespots
Amy
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
1956's "Dalmatians" minus 2003's "People You Meet in Heaven"
96
Amy
|
$1,600
[4]
"American Utopia" features songs from this man's days in Talking Heads & from his solo career
(David) Byrne
Amy
|
$1,600
[14]
400 million years ago, I was this type of creature named for its breathing organs; here'sa picture of my brother
a lungfish
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
This pair's first computer venture, Traf-O-Data for the Washington Roads Department, helped them launch a bigger company soon after
Bill Gates & Paul Allen
Amy
|
$2,000
[1]
This gland under the brain in a structure called the sella turcica produces luteinizing hormone to regulate the gonads
the pituitary
Matt
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
Harrer's Himalayan hiatus times Hawthorne's house parts
49
Genesis
|
$2,000
[3]
Thismusical brought its razzle-dazzle back to Broadway in 2021, just in time for the 25th anniversary of its revival
Chicago
Matt
|
$2,000
[13]
I was one of these slaves in Sparta; every year, war was officially declared on us so a well-born Spartan could always kill me
helots
Amy
|
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An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city
Ottawa, Canada