Omar Khalid — a public health official from New Orleans , Louisiana
Ciara Donegan — an undergraduate student from Towson, Maryland
Tim McCaigue — an app developer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $1,400 | $3,600 | $11,200 |
$21,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
11 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Ciara | $4,400 | $9,200 | $19,600 |
$27,601
New champion: $27,601 |
$17,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Omar | $1,200 | $6,200 | $13,800 |
$24,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
18 R, 0 W |
| MYTHOLOGICAL ENDINGS | CLASSIC CARS | FAST FACT | IF YOU LIKED IT | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... | PUT A "RING" ON IT |
|
$200
[12]
The only mortal Gorgon, she literally lost her head to Perseus
Medusa
Ciara
|
$200
[6]
Wilhelm Karmann used the chassis & engine of this company's utilitarian Bug for its much more stylish Karmann Ghia
Volkswagen
Ciara
|
$200
[8]
These are the first 3 words in the first book of the King James Bible
In the beginning
Ciara
|
$200
[13]
Appropriately for the board, this singer was the People's Choice as the Top Animated Movie Star of 2019 for "The Lion King"
Beyoncé
Ciara
|
$200
[16]
...gone no where near this D.C. complex on June 17, 1972, Virgilio Gonzalez; you could have put your locksmith skills to better use
the Watergate Hotel
Omar
|
$200
[30]
Clocking a phrase to remember twice a year, this precedes "fall back"
spring forward
Tim
|
|
$400
[11]
One myth says Jason was an old man when the prow of this rotting ship fell on him & killed him
the Argo
Ciara
Omar
|
$400
[29]
The "XK" in the name of this British maker's famed XK-E refers to its engine, the 11th in the X series
Jaguar
Omar
|
$400
[9]
It's the sweater seen here
a cardigan
Ciara
|
$400
[14]
2 things changed since this TV show debuted on Sept. 24, 1968; that was a Tuesday, it had no ticking timepiece, but it still airs
60 Minutes
Ciara
|
$400
[17]
...if you're Ford Motors, not sunk $350 million into this brand in the late '50s that became shorthand for a flop
an Edsel
Omar
|
$400
[25]
Like medieval castle-busters, firefighters use this 2-word bar to go through brick walls
battering ram
Tim
|
|
$600
[4]
Fleeing Crete with his father, he plunged to the sea after the wax in his wings melted
Icarus
Ciara
|
$600
[28]
After Peugeot complained it had patented a three-digit model number, Porsche added 10 to get this now classic model
911
Omar
|
$600
[10]
The original tagline of this lodging-assist company was "Travel like a human"
Airbnb
|
$600
[15]
In 2021 Netflix' co-CEO said this would "be our biggest non-English language show"; worst case with us, you finish in the red
Squid Game
Ciara
|
$600
[18]
...just not crimed so much in leading Tammany Hall; you looted between $30 & $200 million, & that's in 1800s dollars!
Boss Tweed
Tim
|
$600
[1]
Do you see a pattern here, specifically this one?
herringbone
Tim
|
|
$800
[5]
This handsome youth pined away & died after falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water
Narcissus
Omar
|
$800
[26]
Road & Track called this Chevy classic "America's sports car"
Corvette
Omar
|
$800
[23]
Montana's state tree is the ponderosa this
pine
Ciara
|
$800
[19]
In the '70s we liked this brother act behind the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, which has sold over 40 million copies
the Bee Gees
Omar
|
$800
[21]
...maybe stuck to the speaking circuit instead of making failed presidential runs in 1896, 1900 & 1908
William Jennings Bryan
Omar
|
$800
[2]
A baseball player makes this type of running "catch" with their glove close to the ground (& their footwear)
shoestring
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[7]
This queen of Thebes hanged herself after realizing that her husband Oedipus was also her son
Jocasta
Ciara
|
$1,000
[27]
The take-off ready tail fins of a 1959 classic from this maker are seen here
Cadillac
Omar
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
U.S. postage stamps bearing this word began going on sale in April 2007
Forever
Ciara
|
$1,000
[20]
This 2013 film, the first in a franchise that gave us Annabelle, scared up $137 million in domestic box office on a $20 mil. budget
The Conjuring
Ciara
|
$1,000
[22]
...been more careful on your way to New York City; maybe not have Benedict Arnold's plans of West Point in your boot
(Major John) André
Tim
|
$1,000
[3]
"Loping" is a synonym for this nine-letter way the animal seenhereis moving
cantering
Ciara
|
| AUSTRIA'S BORDERS | 20th CENTURY FICTION | SCI. & MED. ABBREV. | FEUD ORIGINS | IT'S A RACE | DOUBLE MEANINGS |
|
$400
[26]
This nation shares an official language with Austria & a 497-mile border, the longest for each
Germany
Omar
|
$400
[28]
This dino-bestseller came with a prologue: "The Bite of the Raptor"
Jurassic Park
Ciara
|
$400
[15]
Whether simple or compound, FX is one of these medical owies
a fracture
Ciara
|
$400
[30]
In 1878 a member of this family accused Floyd Hatfield of pig theft & the rest is violent history
the McCoys
Omar
|
$400
[7]
This city's marathon runs past the Aloha Tower before finishing in Kapiolani Park
Honolulu
Tim
|
$400
[17]
To lightly scrape the skin, or to eat small amounts of food throughout the day
graze
Tim
|
|
$800
[22]
The Burgenland wine region forms Austria's eastern border with this nation it was once joined with in an empire
Hungary
Ciara
|
$800
[25]
One-word titles by her include "Sula", "Beloved" & "Paradise"
(Toni) Morrison
Omar
|
$800
[14]
STP can stand for standard these 2 measures (0 Celsius & 760 mm of mercury, respectively)
temperature & pressure
Omar
|
$800
[29]
In the 1880s Ramón y Cajal came up with the neuron theory of this system in contrast to Golgi's reticular one--game on!
the nervous system
Ciara
|
$800
[27]
Competitors run west across San Francisco to the Pacific coast in a race with the alliterative name this "to Breakers"
Bay
Omar
|
$800
[16]
Ingest, or the bird seen here
swallow
Omar
|
|
$1,600
[20]
Austria's border with Italy is high in the Alpine region with this 5-letter name
the Tyrol
|
$1,200
[1]
His final novel, 1962's "Island", was about a different brave New World, a utopian society in the Pacific
(Aldous) Huxley
Tim
Ciara
|
$1,200
[13]
LH for short, it causes the release of eggs from the ovaries
luteinizing hormone
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1905 Johnny Evers took a cab to the ballpark & left this double play partner at the hotel; the 2 barely spoke for the next 30 years
Joe Tinker
|
$1,200
[5]
For almost a century the Fastnet race for these ships has gone from the Isle of Wight to Ireland & back to England
sailboats (yachts)
Ciara
|
$1,200
[8]
A commemorative tablet, or some not-so-nice sticky stuff on your teeth
plaque
Ciara
|
|
$2,000
[21]
One of the fastest-growing cities in Europe, this national capital is just over the Slovak border on the Danube River
Bratislava
Ciara
|
$1,600
[2]
Critics hailed her "My Cousin Rachel" as another "Rebecca"
du Maurier
Tim
|
$2,000
[10]
In trig, S=O/H is deciphered as sine equals this
opposite over hypotenuse
Ciara
|
$1,600
[23]
Her contempt for the urologist husband of Louella Parsons was one reason for the 2 gossip columnists' longtime rivalry
Hedda Hopper
Tim
|
$1,600
[4]
The original horse race known as this takes place at England's Epsom Downs each June; here'sa race from 200 years ago
the Derby Stakes
Ciara
|
$1,600
[11]
Great significance, or to bring in merchandise from another country
import
Omar
|
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
This tiny landlocked constitutional monarchy's border with Austria is a scant 21 miles
Liechtenstein
Tim
|
$2,000
[9]
John Hersey won a 1945 Pulitzer Prize for his tale of Allied-occupied Italy called "A Bell for" this town
Adano
|
DD
$4,000
[3]
The "Z" in Canada's LZT telescope refers to this, so it mostly points straight up
zenith
Tim
|
$2,000
[24]
When critic Jean Lorrain tried to out him, this novelist & creator of the Baron de Charlus fought an 1897 duel with Lorrain
Marcel Proust
|
$2,000
[6]
Drivers vie to see who can go farthest in a single day in the "24 Hours of" this French city
Le Mans
Omar
|
$2,000
[12]
Apt to do something, or sloped, like one of the 6 simple machines
inclined
Ciara
|
In the source material from more than 3 centuries ago, her name was badr al-budur, "full moon of full moons"
(Princess) Jasmine