Amy Schneider game 26.
Chantal Nguyen — a biophysicist from Boulder, Colorado
Mike Parks — a software engineer from Golden Valley, Minnesota
Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 25-day cash winnings total $918,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $4,000 | $11,000 | $31,000 |
$32,000
26-day champion: $950,000 |
$28,600
30 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Mike | $1,600 | $2,400 | $14,399 |
$14,379
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Chantal | $1,000 | $2,600 | $5,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? | HAND-Y RESPONSES | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW | MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED | RAIN | YOUR PARADE |
|
$200
[10]
The Federal Railroad Administration
Transportation
Mike
|
$200
[14]
Alliterative term for easily handled eats like cut vegetables & cheese
finger foods
Amy
|
$200
[30]
On Sept. 23, 2001 Drew Bledsoe of the Patriots was injured & this man became first-string QB; Drew's playing time then decreased a bit
Tom Brady
Chantal
|
$200
[1]
This violet-eyed "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" actress left the single life in 1950, & 1952, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1975, 1976 & 1991
(Elizabeth) Taylor
Mike
|
$200
[19]
A 1979 tropical storm set the lower 48 record for rainfall, dumping 42 inches in 24 hours near Galveston Bay in this state
Texas
Amy
|
$200
[28]
Savannah has the South's biggest of these March parades with lots of folks dressed in green
St. Patrick's Day
Mike
|
|
$400
[29]
The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Agriculture
Amy
|
$400
[15]
Entwining of digits to seal a deal, often by kids
a pinky promise
Chantal
|
$400
[7]
This14-time All-Star & one-time highest-paid Major Leaguer joined the ESPN broadcast team in 2018
Alex Rodriguez
Chantal
|
$400
[3]
Perhaps a toast was not made when this woman married David Nation in 1874 & her single was back on the charts after a 1901 divorce
Carrie Nation
Mike
|
$400
[20]
For acid rain, the EPA says this measure is about 4.3
pH
Amy
|
$400
[27]
In August 1929 this city's Defender newspaper began its Bud Billiken Parade, the largest African-American parade in the United States
Chicago
Amy
|
|
$600
[11]
The Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau
the Treasury Department
Amy
Chantal
|
$600
[16]
As seen here, this unpredictable pitch is actually gripped with the fingertips
a knuckleball
Mike
|
$600
[2]
Oi! Oi! Oi! Robert Flower of Melbourne could be my wingman anytime with 315 goals in a hall of fame career in this rough sport
Australian rules football
Amy
Mike
|
$600
[6]
1895 was a big year for this man; he defended his thesis on magnetism & was drawn to wed Marie Sklodowska, also a towering intellect
Curie
Mike
|
$600
[21]
In Arizona, the months of June to September are referred to as this season with heavy rain, high winds & flash flooding
monsoon season
Chantal
|
$800
[25]
Lightedvesselscruise the Columbia & Willamette Rivers for this Northwest city's annual Christmas Ships Parade
Portland
Chantal
|
|
$800
[12]
The Mine Safety & Health Administration
Labor
Mike
|
$800
[17]
The European fan type is one of the few of these trees native to that continent
a palm tree
Amy
|
$800
[4]
In March 2021 she testified on gender discrimination to a House committee; in April, she scored on a penalty kick for the U.S. vs. Sweden
Megan Rapinoe
Chantal
|
$800
[8]
This pair, a novelist & a poet, ran off together in July 1814 but didn't marry until December 30, 1816
Mary Shelley & Percy Shelley
Amy
|
$800
[22]
Heavy rains made a dam collapse, causing this 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania
the Johnstown Flood
Amy
|
$1,000
[26]
This Philadelphia New Year's parade is named for its costumed entertainers, a tradition dating to Ancient Egypt
the Mummers Parade
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Energy
Amy
|
$1,000
[18]
An investment fund with a portfolio that tracks a group of stocks such as the S&P 500 companies
an index fund
|
$1,000
[5]
One of his incredible NHL seasons was 1983-84, with 87 goals & 118 assists for Edmonton
Gretzky
Amy
|
$1,000
[9]
Portugal's King Afonso V was a possible husband for this woman but she coupled up with the future king of Aragon in 1469
Isabella
Amy
|
$1,000
[23]
For big raindrops, this fatal-sounding top speed reached at equilibrium between gravity & air resistance can approach 25 mph
terminal velocity
Amy
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
FTD has been affiliated with this annual parade for more than 60 years
the Rose Parade
Amy
|
| LIT IN THE FUTURE TENSE | ISLANDS | REAL PEOPLE ON FILM | LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS | ECONOMY SIZE | "A"NTONYMS |
|
$400
[27]
In 2014's "Station Eleven" most of Earth has been wiped out by a strain of this infectious disease
flu
Amy
|
$400
[26]
One year before Napoleon's birth, this island was transferred from Italian to French ownership
Corsica
Mike
Chantal
|
$400
[25]
The film named for this type of early 20th century feminist featured Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst
suffragette
Amy
|
$400
[30]
Cecilia Bartoli unearths arias by obscure composers Vinci & Steffani on her 2020 album "Queen of" this 17th c. musical era
Baroque
Mike
|
$400
[29]
Simon Kuznets' work laid the foundation for this measure, the total market value of a country's annual output
GDP (GNP)
Amy
|
$400
[28]
Of present & accounted for
absent
Amy
|
|
$800
[20]
"1984" is set in the pretend country Oceania & in the made-up province Airstrip One, but in this actual city
London
Mike
|
$800
[7]
Only about 3 miles divide Little & Big Diomede, but this line runs between, hence the nicknames Yesterday Island & Tomorrow Island
the International Date Line
Chantal
|
$800
[24]
Joseph Fiennes played the bard as a young playwright struggling to establish himself in this 1998 film
Shakespeare in Love
Chantal
|
$800
[23]
Jan Sweelinck put his best foot forward as the first composer to write independent parts for these features of the organ
the pedals
Amy
|
$1,200
[3]
As head of this body from 2011 to 2019, Christine Lagarde called on countries to have more flexible exchange rates
the IMF
Mike
|
$800
[22]
In math, of obtuse
acute
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Nexus-6 is a type of artificial human in "Do Androids Dream of" these
Electric Sheep
Mike
|
$1,200
[4]
Carnival in this 5-letter Mediterranean island nation is celebrated with a sword dance called the parata
Malta
Amy
|
$1,200
[9]
In this film Gary Oldman played the punk rock bassist for the Sex Pistols, who lived fast & died young
Sid and Nancy
Amy
|
$1,200
[17]
Florence Pricebased her "Fantasy Negre No. 1" on "Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass", this type of folk hymn
a spiritual
|
$1,600
[1]
This much, much longer follow-up to "The Communist Manifesto" was subtitled "A Critique of Political Economy"
Das Kapital
Mike
|
$1,600
[12]
Of clear, having only one possible meaning
ambiguous (ambivalent)
Amy
Mike
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Set in 2021, this P.D. James novel centers on an outbreak of mass infertility in a world descending into chaos
Children of Men
Chantal
|
$1,600
[5]
Scattered over 300,000 square miles, theCSI, this colorful sea's islands, have a land area of less than 2 square miles
the Coral Sea
Amy
|
$1,600
[8]
This actor played Wladyslaw Szpilman in "The Pianist", a film about a Jewish musician struggling to survive in the Warsaw ghetto
(Adrien) Brody
Amy
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1844, before this brass woodwind was even patented, Jean-Georges Kastner used it in his opera "The Last King of Judah"
the saxophone
Amy
|
$2,000
[2]
To discuss commerce, development & other issues, the World Economic Forum holds its annual winter meetings in this Swiss town
Davos
Amy
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
Of take the throne
to abdicate
Chantal
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In her novella "Anthem", humanity has entered a dark age of collectivism where using the word "I" is punishable by death
(Ayn) Rand
Amy
|
$2,000
[6]
The 15-mile-long King Faud Causewaylinks this island to Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Amy
|
$2,000
[10]
Leo DiCaprio took to the skies as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator" with this actress playing Katharine Hepburn
Cate Blanchett
Chantal
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1968 Georgy Sviridov succeeded his mentor, this other "S" composer, in the top job in the Soviet musical bureaucracy
Shostakovich
Mike
|
DD
$6,799
[21]
This "imperceptible" term is used for unseen forces within a market economy that balance self-interest with the benefit of the whole
the invisible hand
Mike
|
$2,000
[16]
In musical chords, of diminished
augmented
Amy
|
The first TV debate between presidential candidates of the same party involved him & future running mate Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson