Camron Conners — a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Sarah Cahalan — a news assistant from Logansport, Indiana
Nell Klugman — a museum educator from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nell | $1,200 | $2,200 | $1,200 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
12 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $3,400 | $5,400 | $9,000 |
$13,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
12 R, 0 W |
| Camron | $1,400 | $8,200 | $24,600 |
$24,200
New champion: $24,200 |
$19,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP | ALL'S "VEL" THAT ENDS "VEL" | BOOK PARTS, REIMAGINED | EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN | THE HIT OF THE DECADE | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
|
$200
[6]
From 1963 to 1973 Florida's Cape Canaveral was known as this
Cape Kennedy
|
$200
[1]
Trying to be fair is looking for this kind of "playing field"
level
Camron
|
$200
[15]
Time to give you the forefinger, also called this finger
the index
Nell
|
$200
[8]
Though typically red, hereare the golden variety of these, fresh on the vine
raspberries
Camron
|
$200
[10]
"Hound Dog"; Thank you. Thank you very much
the 1950s
Sarah
|
$200
[26]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Ben's French wasn't great, so at diplomaticdinnershe needed to watch Parisians' lips move & also be able to look down at the food; his problem-solving nature led to these, one of his best-known inventions
bifocals
Nell
|
|
$400
[7]
Fort Christina became this, now Delaware's most populous city
Wilmington
Nell
Camron
|
$400
[2]
Gazing at it means being foolishly self-absorbed
your navel
Camron
|
$400
[16]
A knight in training, or a young person who is basically the caboose of a train at a wedding
a page
Camron
|
$400
[9]
Premiering in 2010 the opera "The Golden Ticket" is an adaptation of this beloved novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sarah
|
$400
[11]
"Boogie Child","Boogie Down","Boogie Oogie Oogie", to name a few
the 1970s
Sarah
|
$400
[27]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In Franklin's day almanacs outsold all books except Bibles, and this one of Ben's was especially popular; to weather & cropinfo, he added maxims like"God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees"
Poor Richard's Almanack
Nell
Camron
|
|
$800
[22]
As part of a radio show promotion in 1950, the city of Hot Springs in this state renamed itself Truth or Consequences
New Mexico
Nell
|
$600
[3]
To hold or win this means to chair a congressional committee
a gavel
Nell
|
$600
[17]
This tube is attached to the cecum & is basically useless but can still pose a serious health risk
the appendix
Camron
|
$600
[20]
Step back in time to 1869 at the Golden Spike National Historical Park in this state
Utah
Camron
|
$600
[12]
"Rock Me Amadeus" (made sense at the time)
the 1980s
Sarah
|
$600
[28]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Rich enough to retire from day-to-day business, in his 40s, Franklin began pioneering research intoelectricity; for a group of charged glasscontainers, he coined this word, from its meaning "of an array of cannons"
battery
Nell
|
|
$1,000
[23]
To honor a society of Revolutionary War vets & a Roman citizen-soldier, Losantiville, Ohio was given this new name in 1790
Cincinnati
Camron
|
$800
[4]
It's said that this "broadens the mind"
travel
Nell
|
$800
[18]
Kyphosis is also known as hunchback & lordosis, swayback; both are a curvature of this
a spine
Camron
|
$800
[24]
Seen here, it's the state flower of both Nebraska & Kentucky
goldenrod
Nell
|
$800
[13]
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "lyrics to make you shake your pants"
the 1990s
Sarah
|
$800
[30]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Starting with hisstove, which fit inside a hearth to warm a whole room, Franklin insisted that his inventions were for public good & refused this type of protection that was given by the colonies before the first U.S. Congress did so
a patent
Camron
|
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
The coastal town of Manchester, Massachusetts had these 3 words added to its name in 1989
by-the-Sea
Camron
|
$1,000
[5]
A brickmaker in Dickens' "Bleak House" lives in a wretched one
a hovel
Camron
|
$1,000
[19]
At the March on Washington, A. Philip Randolph gave this for Martin Luther King
the introduction
Sarah
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1581 he was knighted aboard his ship the Golden Hind
(Sir Francis) Drake
Nell
Sarah
|
$1,000
[14]
Let's browse in the chart-topping"Thrift Shop"
the 2010s
Sarah
|
$1,000
[29]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Many Europeansvisited Franklin in France, asking for a chance to fight with the Americans; General Washington had to ask him not to send more losers, but Ben did also recommend great contributors, like this Frenchman who became like a son to George
Lafayette
Camron
|
| ASIAN MONARCHS | PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY | BRANDS | CITY FOLK | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME | BIRTH OF A WRITER |
|
$400
[11]
Emperor Ashoka the Great ruled much of India in the 200s B.C. & converted to this faith after witnessing the destruction of war
Buddhism
Sarah
|
$400
[5]
It's an identifiable fracture in the Earth's crust showing evidence of previous (& potential) displacement
a fault
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
Julius is the mustachioed mascot on cans of these chips
Pringles
Camron
|
$400
[14]
For a fee, shewill speak or perform at your next event
Paris Hilton
Camron
|
$400
[21]
A wine bottle topper & the curse of the drinking classes, according to Wilde
cork & work
Nell
Camron
|
$1,200
[2]
Starting out life in India, he would later dedicate "Fury" to his soon-to-be wife, Padma Lakshmi
(Salman) Rushdie
Nell
|
|
$800
[12]
"From Emperor to Citizen" was the autobiography of Pu Yi, forced to abdicate in 1912 as the last monarch of this nation
China
Nell
|
$800
[7]
These 2 continents are completely in the Northern Hemisphere
North America & Europe
Camron
|
$800
[18]
This brand's natural oatmeal bath treatment was developed in conjunction with the Mayo Clinic
Aveeno
Camron
|
$1,200
[13]
In 2020 he & Katy Perry welcomed a daughter named Daisy Dove
Orlando Bloom
Sarah
|
$800
[22]
A pier where ships are tied & a muffler
wharf & scarf
|
$2,000
[4]
Born in 1856 in Virginia, this educator went on to write "Up from Slavery" at the turn of the 20th century
(Booker T.) Washington
Nell
Camron
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Darius the Great led this empire at its peak around 500 B.C. & tried to conquer Greece several times
Persia
Camron
|
$1,200
[8]
Veld is the Afrikaans name for this tropical & subtropical grassland of Africa
savanna
Camron
|
$1,200
[19]
This synonym for "cowboy" is a brand of jeans as well as a make of Jeep
wrangler
Nell
|
$1,600
[26]
This actress & daughter of director Ron was named for a Utah national park & a U.S. city
Bryce Dallas Howard
Nell
|
$1,200
[1]
Early '70s B-B-B-Bowie hit & a 1,560-mile river of Asia
"Changes" & Ganges
|
DD
$3,400
[3]
Georgia was the birthplace of this 1980s Pulitzer Prize winner, the 8th child of African-American sharecroppers
Alice Walker
Nell
|
|
$2,000
[17]
This grandson of Genghis ruled a Mongol Empire that covered one-fifth of the known world
Kublai Khan
Camron
|
$1,600
[9]
The XI, Bei, Dong & Pearl rivers form China's incredibly fertile Pearl River this low-lying area
a delta (valley)
Camron
|
$1,600
[24]
This "headache expert" brand offers the first over-the-counter medicine approved by the FDA to treat migraine symptoms
Excedrin
Sarah
|
$2,000
[27]
After making a pint-sized cameo in "The Godfather", she played Michael's daughter in "The Godfather Part III"
Sofia Coppola
Nell
|
$1,600
[20]
An uncultivated, wild tract of land & an inhalation
heath & breath
|
— |
|
DD
$5,200
[16]
For his reputation as a lawgiver, this king of ancient Babylon has his portrait in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Reps.
Hammurabi
Camron
|
$2,000
[10]
A series of massive volcanic eruptions 27 million years ago left a string of these crater-like depressions, like Colorado's Creede
calderas
Camron
|
$2,000
[25]
"You never actually own" this Swiss luxury watch, says its slogan, "you merely look after it for the next generation"
a Patek Philippe
Nell
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
The last trace of something & a high level of importance for a person
vestige & prestige
|
— |
Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for "king"
Succession