Amy Schneider game 28.Amy breaks the $1 million mark.
Sean Sweeney — a speech language pathologist from Dorchester, Massachusetts
Patsy Lester — a social studies teacher from Patchogue, New York
Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 27-day cash winnings total $977,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $8,000 | $14,800 | $32,400 |
$42,200
28-day champion: $1,019,600 |
$31,000
37 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Patsy | $-600 | $1,400 | $1,000 |
$500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,000
7 R, 5 W |
| Sean | $800 | $1,000 | $2,790 |
$290
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
6 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| OPENING LINES IN DR. SEUSS | METAPHORS | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN | MOVE IT! | DOUBLE TIME |
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$200
[16]
"1 fish, 2 fishred fishblue fish.Black fishblue fish"this fish"new fish"
old fish
Amy
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$200
[21]
A problem individual in an organization ruins things for everyone, as in the old saying this "spoils the barrel"
one bad apple (a bad apple)
Amy
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$200
[1]
"California Girls" in 1985, the year he left Van Halen
David Lee Roth
Amy
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$200
[3]
After she beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 20, 1973, Riggs admitted, "I underestimated you"
Billie Jean King
Amy
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$200
[26]
Called the "move of the millennium", in 1999 one of these massive beacons was moved inland about 1,000 yards on Cape Hatteras
a lighthouse
Sean
|
$200
[11]
In this alliterative playground activity, 2 ropes are turned simultaneously in opposite directions
Double Dutch
Patsy
|
|
$400
[17]
"I am Sam Sam I am...do you like"this offering?
green eggs and ham
Patsy
|
$400
[22]
Literally, it's to exit with a gesture of lowering the head; it's often followed by "gracefully"
to bow out
Amy
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$400
[2]
"Cry Me A River", by a former boy bander
Justin Timberlake
Patsy
|
$400
[7]
In 1973 he was minority leader of the House of Representatives but got 2 big job promotions by the end of the next year
Ford
Amy
|
$400
[28]
Historic London Bridge was taken apart beginning in 1968 & reassembled in this U.S. state as a tourist attraction
Arizona
Amy
|
$400
[12]
Worth twice as much as a pistole, this Spanish gold coin was once widely used in the Americas
a doubloon
Amy
Patsy
|
|
$600
[18]
"...but the Grinch who lived just north of" this place "did not!" (like Christmas a lot, that is)
Whoville
Amy
|
$600
[23]
Stan Lee addressed Marvel Comics readers directly in the column "Stan's" this, once an actual crate that speakers would stand on
Soapbox
Patsy
|
$600
[4]
"Pillowtalk" in 2016, by a former boy bander
Zayn (Malik)
Amy
|
$600
[8]
On May 1, 1971 this service had its 1st run from N.Y. to Philly, just after midnight; really, at that time, it should have been to Georgia
Amtrak
Amy
|
$600
[27]
This first treasury secretary's former New York City home, the Grange, was jacked up & rolled to a new location nearby in 2008
Hamilton
Amy
|
$800
[14]
This double reed woodwind is played using a neck sling & separates into 6 parts, including the bass & boot joints
a bassoon
Amy
Patsy
|
|
$800
[19]
"On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool" this guy "heard a small noise"
Horton
Amy
|
$800
[24]
Meaning achieving great success, grabbing this was originally a way to get a free ride on a merry-go-round
the brass ring
Amy
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$800
[5]
"Cruisin'", in 1980 by this Motown legend
Smokey Robinson
Sean
|
$800
[9]
Paul Gann & Howard Jarvisled a revolt against these taxes that upset many Californians with big jumps every October
property taxes
Amy
|
$800
[29]
In the 1930s the 4th century Obelisk of Axum was taken to Italy, but in 2005 returned to this African nation & rebuilt there
Ethiopia
Amy
|
$1,000
[15]
This American Nobel Prize winner penned the book "The Double Helix"
Watson
Amy
|
|
$1,000
[20]
"Now, the star-belly" these "had bellies with stars. The plain-belly" these "had none upon thars"
Sneetches
Amy
|
$1,000
[25]
President Eisenhower saw Stalin's death as a chance "to crack" this barrier & thaw out the Cold War
the Iron Curtain
Amy
|
$1,000
[6]
Turning back time, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", in 1966
Cher
|
$1,000
[10]
On July 2, 1979 the U.S. Mint elected to release a coin honoring this woman; nearly 758 million were made that year
Susan B. Anthony
Amy
|
$1,000
[30]
The Ara Pacis, an altar built to honor this Roman emperor c. 9 B.C., was long forgotten, rescued in the 1930s & moved to a new home
Augustus
Patsy
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The 1946 article that coined this term for a brooding drama cited "Double Indemnity", starring Barbara Stanwyck, as an example
film noir
Amy
|
| 4-LETTER BIRDS | AWARDS & HONORS | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON | POP CULTURE MONIKERS | THAT'S BORDER LINE | WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS |
|
$400
[16]
On a chessboard, this European black bird would be worth about 5 pawns
a rook
Amy
|
$400
[21]
The Nobel prizes are awarded in 6 categories, including this one for which Louise Gluck won in 2020
literature
|
$400
[26]
In 2019, 96-year-old Rachel Robinsonattended ceremonies at this stadium in her husband's centennial year
Dodger Stadium
Amy
Patsy
|
$400
[6]
This "Avengers" actor was nicknamed "Hammer" before he played Thor
Chris Hemsworth
Sean
|
$400
[27]
Put it all on black in this principality that's surrounded by France & also just 5 miles from the Italian border
Monaco
Amy
|
$1,200
[13]
An ejection or an eviction
an ouster
Amy
|
|
$800
[17]
The canyon species of this bird is small, brown & chubby & a sweet whistler
wren
Patsy
|
$800
[22]
Marvin Minsky built the first neural network simulator & won the Turing Award in 1969 for helping create this 2-word field
artificial intelligence
Amy
|
DD
$590
[7]
This former first lady died in Austin in 2007, having outlived her husband by 34 years
Lady Bird Johnson
Sean
|
$800
[2]
Maggie Smith gave the man seen here this flower-part nickname, an anagram of his last name
Petal
Amy
|
$800
[28]
Bordering Alaska & British Columbia, this territory has a population of 42,000, around 4,000 more than Fenway Park's capacity
the Yukon Territory
Amy
|
$1,600
[14]
This Japanese martial art aims to turn an attacker's strength & momentum against him
aikido
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[18]
You can tell the "mourning" species of this by its characteristic call & long, pointed tail
dove
Amy
|
$1,200
[23]
Hisfirst two Tonys honored his work in lighter fare; in 2018, his third was for his performance in "Angels in America"
Nathan Lane
Patsy
|
$1,200
[8]
Ruth Ziolkowski kept working on a monument to this Native American warrior long after her sculptor husband died in 1982
Crazy Horse
Amy
|
$1,600
[3]
The main character on this HBO comedy was called "Grizzly Madam" & "The Wicked Witch of the West Wing"
Veep
Amy
|
$1,200
[5]
Home to Brisbane, this "royal" Australian state is bounded to the west by, of course, the Northern Territory
Queensland
Sean
|
$2,000
[15]
The joker was invented for this card game & the 2 words may be related
Euchre
Amy
|
|
$1,600
[19]
A bufflehead, teal or merganser, for example
a duck
Amy
|
$1,600
[24]
John B. Glen began in veterinary science but won a 2018 Lasker Award for developing propofol, one of these for humans
an anesthetic
Sean
|
$1,600
[9]
Laura, shown with Timothy Leary, died in 2007; this husband who wrote "The Doors of Perception" back in 1963
(Aldous) Huxley
Amy
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Born on the South Side of Chicago, he originally had "Sense" behind his name in his early rap years
Common
Sean
|
$1,600
[11]
A hundreds-of-miles-long eastern border with Vietnam is part of what makes this nation landlocked
Laos
Patsy
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
A "true" this is a member of the swift, predatory genus Accipiter
hawk
|
$2,000
[25]
In 2021, this longtime PBS anchor won a Peabody Award for her journalistic integrity
Judy Woodruff
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1994, nearly 60 years after his death, his wife Anna passed away still proclaiming his innocence in the Lindbergh case
Bruno Hauptmann
|
$2,000
[4]
The Victims is the fitting name for superfans of this hard-rocking Vegas band
The Killers
Amy
|
$2,000
[12]
You have a couple of choices if you're heading directly across the eastern border of Wyoming--these 2 states
South Dakota & Nebraska
Patsy
|
— |
"Norwegian Independence Day" & "a vast blue sea" are mentioned in Chapter 1 of a 1948 book by this man
(Thor) Heyerdahl