Nell Klugman — a museum educator from Brooklyn, New York
Yian Chen — an anesthesiologist from Menlo Park, California
Evan Roberts — a chemistry teacher from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan | $4,200 | $5,800 | $12,200 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
15 R, 1 W |
| Yian | $600 | $2,400 | $1,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
7 R, 3 W |
| Nell | $2,800 | $3,600 | $24,000 |
$24,401
New champion: $24,401 |
$26,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
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$200
[1]
Blind & low-vision people connect with sighted volunteers for visual aid using a free app called Be My these
Eyes
Nell
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$200
[11]
In 1922 the Bolsheviks let reporters try on this, made with 5,000 diamonds & a 400-carat spinel for Catherine the Great
a crown (the Russian Imperial Crown)
Nell
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$200
[28]
August's flowers are the gladiolus & this one that can be used in remembrance of those killed in war
a poppy
Nell
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$200
[19]
The Gulf of Finland causes a 50-mile gap between Tallinn & this capital of Finland
Helsinki
Evan
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$200
[2]
"Don't cry for me, Argentina, the truth is I never left you"
Evita
Evan
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$200
[12]
This portmanteau word describes someone who is irritable because they need to eat
hangry
Nell
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$400
[7]
Why yes, we watched this "Knight Rider" sing "Hooked On A Feeling" while he flew with a flock of birds & 2 kids dressed as angels
David Hasselhoff
Evan
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$400
[15]
A recent theory about this stone circle in England: it was part of a great raised altar with long-gone wooden ramps
Stonehenge
Nell
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$400
[27]
Greek words for "gold" & "flower" give us the name of this flower for November that's also associated with Japan's royal family
a chrysanthemum
Yian
Nell
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$400
[20]
It's about a 50-mile jaunt from Damascus, Syria to this Lebanese capital
Beirut
Yian
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$400
[3]
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain"
My Fair Lady
Evan
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$400
[13]
I'm really this; add a letter to the end & I become an aromatic sprinkled in cocktails
bitter
Nell
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$600
[8]
Shout-out to the man who told a barista at this business his name was Marc with a "C" & posted a pic of his cup... for "Cark"
Starbucks
Evan
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$600
[18]
In 1963, JFK, the first Catholic president, purposefullyshook hands with the pope in place of doing this
kissing the ring
Evan
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$600
[26]
There are thousands of varieties of this April birth flower, including the Shasta & the Gerbera
daisy
Nell
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$600
[21]
It's a mere 2 miles from Kinshasa to Brazzaville, but there is no bridge joining them across this river--yet
the Congo
Nell
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$600
[4]
"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life"
Mamma Mia!
Nell
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$600
[14]
If you're "ill-" this, you're mad at something, not a poorly made sword
tempered
Yian
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$800
[9]
Videos of people taking this "Challenge" in 2014 raised $115 million for the association fighting A.L.S.
the Ice Bucket Challenge
Evan
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$1,000
[23]
Paiute prophets saying the dead would return were part of this 19th c. Native American movement named for a circle dance
Ghost Dance
Nell
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$800
[25]
What's the story, flower for September? It's this climbing vine that can have flowers 6 inches across
morning glory
Nell
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$800
[29]
A ferry service runs between Buenos Aires & this nearby capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
Evan
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$800
[5]
"When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you!"
Chicago
Evan
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$800
[16]
In another sense, this angry adjective is a symbol of Christianity
cross
Nell
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$1,000
[10]
60,000 free ebooks await your perusal at the project named for this 15th century German
Gutenberg
Evan
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DD
$4,000
[22]
In 1989, Poland's regime & this union-based opposition movement heldroundtable talksthat led to the transition to democracy
Solidarity
Nell
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$1,000
[24]
Even if you live on a mountain, this multi-word flower is yours if you were born in May
lily of the valley
Nell
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$1,000
[30]
It's about 140 miles from Rome to the capital of this serene republic that is surrounded by Italy
San Marino
Yian
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$1,000
[6]
"Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger"
South Pacific
|
$1,000
[17]
Named for one of the 4 humors, it means you're irascible
choleric
Nell
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| HOOD ORNAMENTS | BOOKS & AUTHORS | HISTORIC NAMES | SETTING THE PERIODIC TABLE | ACTING PRESIDENTS | STATELY OVERLAPS |
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$400
[30]
Thehood ornamentson some vintage Fords were also the cap of this & let the driver know if the car was overheating
radiator
Yian
Nell
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$400
[5]
In "The Story of" this man, his friends include Too-Too, an owl, Chee-Chee, a monkey, & Dab-Dab, a duck
Doctor Dolittle
|
$400
[8]
Mount Vernon displays the 1-pound, 3-ounce key to this prison, a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette
the Bastille
Yian
|
$400
[6]
This metallic element's name comes from Latin for the island of Cyprus, where it was mined
copper
|
$400
[7]
In an Oliver Stone biopic, Toby Jones was Karl Rove & Josh Brolin was this man
George W. Bush
Nell
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$400
[13]
A registered brand in Little Rock
a trademarkansas
Nell
|
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$1,200
[17]
This GM line with the name of a Native American chief had appropriate hood ornaments as here on a model called the Chieftain
Pontiac
Evan
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$800
[4]
In the title of Anita Loos' Jazz Age tale, "Gentlemen Prefer" these
Blondes
Evan
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$800
[20]
The opulent Sarasotamansionof circus man John Ringling is covered with stucco & this baked earth material
terracotta
Nell
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$800
[18]
It's the only elemental metal that's liquid at room temperature, which it can be used to measure
mercury
Nell
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$800
[12]
In the 2-part TV movie "Rough Riders", Tom Berenger rode in as him
Teddy Roosevelt
Nell
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$800
[14]
A Centrum chewable from the "Gopher State"
vitaminnesota
Evan
Yian
Nell
|
|
$1,600
[15]
This word preceded 88 in a line of early muscle cars from Oldsmobile, &here'sone on the hood
a rocket
|
$1,200
[2]
In "The Overstory", many of these are essentially characters, including a centuries-old one named Mimas
trees
Nell
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$1,200
[21]
Its wealthy newspaperman owner called this estate La Cuesta Encantada, "The Enchanted Hill"
Hearst Castle
Yian
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$1,200
[23]
This coinage metal, atomic number 28, was identified by a Swedish chemist in 1751
nickel
Yian
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$1,200
[11]
Frank Langella played this president to Michael Sheen's David Frost
Nixon
Nell
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$1,200
[19]
A trip to see animals in Africa that includes a side visit to Tucson
safarizona
Nell
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Many believe London-born Eleanor Thorntonwas the model for Spirit of Ecstasy, seen on the bonnet of this luxury car
Rolls Royce
Nell
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$1,600
[1]
In "Treasure Island ", this character signs on as the ship's cook, but his signature dish is piracy
Long John Silver
Nell
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$1,600
[27]
Now a museum, the Denverhouseof this famous survivor is built of very sinkable stone
Molly Brown
Nell
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$1,600
[24]
Its mass 1 isotope is also called protium
hydrogen
Evan
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$1,600
[10]
On FX in 2021 you could see Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones opposite Clive Owen as him
Bill Clinton
Nell
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$1,600
[22]
Eucalyptus-eating marsupial of the state that's home to Huntsville & Mobile
koalabama
Evan
|
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$2,000
[16]
The company named for George Pierce made this, once the auto of choice for many movie stars
the Pierce-Arrow
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$2,000
[3]
This19th century American's first novel, "Fanshawe", is set at Harley College based on his alma mater, Bowdoin College
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Nell
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DD
$2,000
[28]
This Rhode Island mansion was named for the waves that crash into the cliffs below it
the Breakers
Nell
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$2,000
[25]
Y? Y ask about this element with the symbol Y? Because it's used in structural ceramics, fluorescent lamps & simulated diamonds
yttrium
Evan
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$2,000
[9]
Charlton Heston portrayed him wooing Rachel in "The President's Lady" & during his War of 1812 days in "The Buccaneer"
Andrew Jackson
Nell
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$2,000
[26]
An oboe or a bassoon for the "Hoosier State"
woodwindiana
Yian
Nell
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Some of this country's indigenous people want its name officially changed from its Dutch-based name to Aotearoa
New Zealand