Jennifer Kronenberger — a social worker from Metarie, Louisiana
Lawrence Long — a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina
Emma Saltzberg — a consultant from Brooklyn, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $54,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | $2,400 | $3,200 | $11,600 |
$9,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,600
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lawrence | $1,800 | $1,600 | $14,800 |
$23,201
New champion: $23,201 |
$14,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $0 | $1,200 | $5,600 |
$600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 2 W |
| THE WRATH OF KHAN | AIR | MIXED BAGS | THE WORD SERIES | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" |
|
$200
[16]
"X" marks this spot where the Great Khan held a debate between Daoists & Buddhists, forcing the former to convert
Xanadu
|
$200
[18]
Title VI of the Clean Air Act is "stratospheric" this layer "protection"
ozone
Jennifer
|
$200
[4]
This capacious canvas item symbolizes commitment to your local NPR station
a tote bag
Emma
|
$200
[22]
A proverb says, "A nod is as good as" one of these "to a blind horse"
a wink
Lawrence
|
$200
[8]
Have a g'day at this city's Taronga Zoo, opened in 1884, then have a g'night at the opera house
Sydney
Emma
|
$200
[1]
2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961
West Side Story
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[17]
The Tangut people, related to those of this "roof of the world" region, had a nice little kingdom in NW China until Genghis came along
Tibet
Lawrence
|
$400
[19]
Among other things, TLC stands for this; 6 liters of air is a healthy measurement
total lung capacity
Lawrence
|
$400
[5]
One of these from the Scottish Highlands has 2 tenor drones & a single bass one
bagpipes
Emma
|
$400
[23]
The presidential oath of office: "preserve, protect and" this verb "the Constitution of the United States"
defend
Emma
|
$400
[10]
Enjoy the 360-degree views in the Atomiumbuilt for Expo 58 in this Belgian Capital & then the music in its De Munt National Opera House
Brussels
Lawrence
|
$400
[2]
Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series
Westworld
|
|
$600
[29]
A shah paid the ultimate price after going back on his word to allow Genghis to trade on this legendary route
the Silk Road
Emma
|
$600
[20]
To reduce head injuries in kids, keep the air pressure of these items low, maybe below the 14 psi max for U.S. pros
soccer balls
Lawrence
|
$600
[6]
As a noun, it's an object used to fortify structures; as a verb, it means to deceive by masking one's skill in a contest
sandbag
Emma
|
$600
[24]
This word follows "legal" on the obverse of a dollar bill
tender
Emma
|
$600
[11]
Get your rodeo on during the 10 days of its stampede & also mosey over to the Mamdani Opera Centre
Calgary
Jennifer
|
$600
[3]
In a 2018 summer tune, "She used to meet me" here, "in the city where the sun don't set"
Eastside
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Batu Khan, while leading this legendary troop of the Mongol Empire, sacked & burned Kiev in 1240
the Golden Horde
Jennifer
|
$800
[21]
Up high, it's a downdraft that affects flight; underwater, it's a breathable zone where some have survived for days
an air pocket
|
$800
[7]
A bouquet garni used by chefs is usually made from this fabric with a dairy product in its name
cheesecloth
Lawrence
|
$800
[25]
Henry Traute of the Diamond Match Co. came up with this 4-word phrase that begins with "close cover", printed billions of times
before striking
Emma
Lawrence
|
$800
[12]
Meet up in Yitzhak Rabin Square & enjoy the Israeli opera at the performing arts centre in this 2-word city
Tel Aviv
Lawrence
|
$800
[14]
The Trask at hand is knowing James Dean starred in this 1955 film
East of Eden
Lawrence
Jennifer
|
| — |
$1,000
[27]
The dew point is reached when this 2-word measurement for the air reaches 100%
relative humidity
|
$1,000
[9]
These bags, such as the model 1859 McClellan ones, were issued to U.S. Army Cavalry
saddlebags
Emma
|
$1,000
[26]
Hamlet ponders taking up "arms against a sea of" these
troubles
Lawrence
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This Po River city's Santa Sindone Chapel houses a famous linen; there's great opera at its Teatro Regio
Turin
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[15]
Danny McBride was ex-Major Leaguer Kenny Powers on this HBO series
Eastbound & Down
Lawrence
|
| ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS | PHOTOGRAPHERS | INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES | WORDS WITH NUMBERS IN THEM | PROSE | CANNES |
|
$400
[19]
The name of this motorcycle club founded in 1948 had been used during World War II by bomber crews
Hells Angels
Emma
|
$400
[26]
Margaret Bourke-White's pic of Fort Peck Dam was the first cover of this Henry Luce magazine that covered, well... everything
Life
Lawrence
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
Aer Lingus has a hub & its headquarters in this capital city
Dublin
Lawrence
|
$400
[16]
Ponderous or heavy
weighty
|
$400
[11]
Louis Chu's novel of Manhattan's Chinatown is titled "Eat a Bowl of" this beverage
tea
|
$400
[7]
Holly Hunter won Best Actress for a film titled for this instrument, & Isabelle Huppert won for a film in which she taught it
a piano
Emma
|
|
$800
[20]
Your agent assures you that even though this company's name isn't on Seattle's ballpark anymore, your policy is as secure as it sounds
Safeco
|
$800
[27]
In Depression-era America, Dorothea Lange took the alliterative "Migrant" this seen here
Mother
Lawrence
|
$800
[2]
This German airline began flying in April 1955
Lufthansa
Lawrence
|
$800
[17]
7-letter adjective describing a weak grasp of a situation or a thin lead in a game
tenuous
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[13]
James McBride's "The Good Lord Bird" finds the young enslaved Henry joining this abolitionist at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Emma
|
$800
[3]
It won top prize in 1949 & a 2015 restoration also played Cannes in the centenary year of Orson Welles, who played Harry Lime
The Third Man
Lawrence
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Taking a break from Nine Inch Nails, he formed How to Destroy Angels & married a bandmate
(Trent) Reznor
Lawrence
|
$1,200
[28]
Walter Iooss took a classic shot of reporters including Brent Musburger around this Jets QB lounging poolside before Super Bowl 3
(Joe) Namath
Lawrence
|
$1,200
[8]
Dozens of flight attendants stripped off their uniforms in a Rome square to protest this airline's October 2021 demise
Alitalia
Emma
|
$1,200
[18]
They're the delicious little cakes seen here
petit fours
Emma
|
$1,600
[14]
This "sanguine" novel by Cormac McCarthy describes the villainous Judge Holden as "a great shambling mutant"
Blood Meridian
Lawrence
|
$1,600
[5]
A winner at Cannes was the 1998 film called "La vita è bella", directed by this Italian, who also starred
(Roberto) Benigni
Lawrence
|
|
$1,600
[22]
The agent explains whole life insurance costs more than this 4-letter kind with benefits that expire after you survive 10, 20 or 30 years
term
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[29]
Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. looked a little different in May 1865 in aphotocredited to this man
Brady
Lawrence
|
$1,600
[9]
The name of this Russian airline comes from words meaning "air fleet"
Aeroflot
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[24]
As an adjective, it means "former"; as a sports verb, it's to shoot when a pass reaches you without pausing
one-time
|
$2,000
[15]
She's the 18th century author of "Mary, A Fiction" & "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Wollstonecraft
Emma
|
$2,000
[6]
This 2007 Jury Prize winner was an animated feature based on Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about an Iranian girl
Persepolis
Emma
|
|
$2,000
[23]
A demon in early English folklore, it became the name of a character in a Shakespeare comedy
Puck
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1935 this photographer from San Francisco used his own pics to create a guide called "Making a Photograph"
Ansel Adams
Emma
|
$2,000
[10]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai wanted to start an airline & this name was chosen for it in 1984
Emirates
Emma
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[25]
Derived from seeds of the Nux vomica tree, this poison is often used in rodent control
strychnine
Jennifer
|
DD
$4,000
[12]
Milan Kundera wrote "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" in this language, but later started writing novels in French
Czech
Emma
|
DD
$3,600
[4]
Trees like those seenhereon the Promenade de la Croisette inspired this name of Cannes' top prize, first awarded in 1955
the Palme d'Or
Lawrence
|
Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it"
Trivial Pursuit