Mattea Roach game 2.
Lana Altman — a digital programming manager from Southington, Connecticut
Vernon Ng — an associate professor of English from Tacoma, Washington
Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $6,600 | $12,800 | $28,800 |
$38,800
2-day champion: $70,801 |
$26,600
35 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Vernon | $-1,200 | $-1,800 | $2,200 |
$3
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,200
6 R, 6 W |
| Lana | $600 | $1,400 | $2,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
8 R, 5 W |
| U.S. BODIES OF WATER | IT'S ALL RELATIVE | IN DESCRIBABLE | TOMBSTONES | THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | WESTERNS |
|
$200
[11]
Flying over Utah, you might get a glimpse of this body of water
the Great Salt Lake
Mattea
Vernon
|
$200
[16]
The Abbasid Dynasty that ruled a Muslim caliphate for 500 years bears the name of Al-Abbas, the uncle of this prophet
Muhammad
Mattea
|
$200
[1]
This grain
rice
Mattea
|
$200
[23]
Ludolph van Ceulen, who calculated the value of this to 35 digits, asked for it to be engraved on his tombstone (it is)
pi
Mattea
|
$200
[3]
2 of the 7 hills of this city are Mons Capitolinus & Mons Aventinus
Rome
Mattea
|
$200
[21]
In Italian this Clint Eastwood western was called "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Mattea
|
|
$400
[12]
This "stately" lake connects to Lake Huron via the Straits of Mackinac
Lake Michigan
Mattea
|
$400
[17]
Twin sisters Pauline & Esther Friedman both saw success as these 2 pseudonymous newspaper advice columnists
Ann Landers & Dear Abby (Abigail Van Buren)
Lana
|
$400
[2]
This confusing biblical place
Babel
Vernon
|
$400
[24]
Mel Blanc, long the voice of Porky Pig, has this 3-word catchphrase of Porky's as his epitaph
That's All Folks
Mattea
|
$400
[7]
Mythologically, the "Seven Against" this Greek city usually include Tydeus & Hippomedon
Thebes
Vernon
Lana
|
$400
[22]
In "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid", the duo are being chased by what's called a "super-" this, & they're hot on the trail
a super-posse
|
|
$600
[13]
If you're sittin' on the dock of this 200-mile-long bay, you're either in Maryland or Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Mattea
|
$600
[18]
Last name shared by movie & TV star Taraji P. & her North Pole-exploring ancestor Matthew
Henson
Vernon
Lana
|
$600
[4]
To let a secret out
blab
Mattea
|
$600
[25]
Thisoutlaw was buried under the words "Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"
Jesse James
Lana
|
$600
[8]
Daughters of Atlas, the 7 Sisters became this star cluster
the Pleiades
Mattea
|
$600
[28]
Seen here, he played Rufus Buck, just out of prison & ready to collide with an old rival in the 2021 Western "The Harder They Fall"
Idris Elba
Mattea
|
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Seneca & Cayuga are the largest of the 11 lakes in New York State collectively called these
the Finger Lakes
Mattea
|
$800
[19]
Queen Elizabeth I had an age named for her & lived about twice as long as this mother of hers
Anne Boleyn
Mattea
Lana
|
$800
[5]
This firearm measurement
caliber
|
$800
[26]
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room in heaven" is inscribed on the tombstone of this great boxer who died in 2016
Muhammad Ali
Mattea
|
$800
[9]
This Christian denomination makes Saturday its day of rest & focus of observance
Seventh-day Adventists
Mattea
|
$800
[29]
This 1939 John Ford classic named for a vehicle helped establish John Wayne as a star
Stagecoach
|
|
$1,000
[15]
As indicated by its name, this large lake formed by Denison Dam is shared by Texas & its neighbor to the north
Texoma
Vernon
Lana
|
$1,000
[20]
John Watson Foster, Secretary of State for 8 months in the 1890s, had this grandson who held the same job for longer in the 1950s
John Foster Dulles
Mattea
|
$1,000
[6]
This word meaning a fiasco
debacle
Mattea
|
$1,000
[27]
South Georgia Island off Antarctica is home to the gravestone of this man who explored the region in his ship the Endurance
(Ernest) Shackleton
Mattea
|
$1,000
[10]
To climb the 7 Summits, you need to climb this South American one that begins & ends with the same letter
Aconcagua
Mattea
|
$1,000
[30]
2021's "The Power of the Dog" stars Benedict Cumberbatch & was directed by this Oscar-winning woman from New Zealand
Jane Campion
Mattea
|
| PHYSIOLOGY | LANDMARK LEGISLATION | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | IN YOUR PREFACE | WOMEN IN MUSIC | "ON" THE DOUBLE |
|
$400
[26]
Embryonic & adult are the two main types of these cells; labs are now generating induced pluripotentonesto eventually battle diseases
stem cells
Mattea
|
$400
[21]
In 1911 the Senate approved the 17th Amendment, allowing its own members to be chosen via this
a popular election
Mattea
|
$400
[16]
Corkscrew, nail file, sharp blade, iconic red handle
a Swiss Army knife
Mattea
|
$400
[11]
Wordsworth's "Preface to" these "Lyrical" poems asks the reader to "decide by his own feelings genuinely"
Ballads
Vernon
|
$400
[6]
In 2021 the Country Music Hall of Fame announced its new members-elect, including this mother & daughter duo
The Judds
Lana
|
$400
[1]
Bermuda & Vidalia are considered sweet varieties of these
onions
Vernon
|
|
$800
[27]
Babies have kneecapsthat are not made of bone yet; they're this flexible tissue that will become bone via ossification
cartilage
Mattea
|
$800
[22]
The 1862 act that provided money for land-grant colleges specified that they should teach mechanical arts & this
agriculture
Mattea
Vernon
Lana
|
$800
[17]
Frame, sash, glass
a window
Mattea
|
$800
[12]
This sir wrote his "History of the World" (& its preface) in the early 1600s when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London
Sir Walter Raleigh
|
$800
[7]
In 2020 Billboard named its "Greatest of All Time Latin Artists", with this late "Queen of Tejano" as the Top Female Artist
Selena
Mattea
|
$800
[2]
Absolute, total, categorical; it can precede "surrender"
unconditional
Mattea
|
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
This type ofjoint with a 3-word name allows for the greatest range of motion--forwards, backwards, sideways & rotating
ball-and-socket
Mattea
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate this act, applying the same-named constitutional clause
Commerce
Mattea
Lana
|
$1,200
[18]
Minaret, mihrab, ablutions area
a mosque
Mattea
|
$1,200
[13]
Before his 1543 book begins, this man tells Pope Paul III, "I should, on the contrary, assert that the Earth moves"
Copernicus
Mattea
Vernon
|
$1,200
[8]
Seen here with husband David Foster, she first gained notice on "American Idol" & has been recording & acting ever since
Katharine McPhee
Lana
|
$1,200
[3]
Missed one of these at LAX? Time to head back to the ticket agent to get sorted out
a connection
Lana
|
|
$1,200
[28]
This fight-or-flight hormone causesgoosebumps which back when we were furrier raised hairfolliclestrapping air
adrenaline
Mattea
|
$1,600
[24]
After the secession of the Southern states, Congress in 1862 chose a northern route for this, from Nebraska to California
the Transcontinental Railroad
|
$1,600
[19]
A handheld item:canopy, shaft, springs, handle
an umbrella
Lana
|
$1,600
[14]
In the preface to this collection, Whitman says the "universe has one complete lover and that is the greatest poet"
Leaves of Grass
Vernon
Lana
|
$1,600
[9]
A chip off the old block, this daughter of Pete Escovedo has led her own "Glamorous Life" as a world famous percussionist
Sheila E.
Vernon
|
$1,600
[4]
This "bias" is a psychological term for how pre-existing ideas are supported
confirmation
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The inside of thelungsis called the bronchialtree; the trunk is actually this which branches off & brings oxygen into the lungs
trachea
|
DD
$5,000
[25]
Congress passed the first of these acts in 1866; Congress passed another big one in 1964
the Civil Rights Act
Mattea
|
$2,000
[20]
The tumba, made of a gourd, about 20 parda or frets, a 3-foot-long neck, main & sympathetic strings
a sitar
Vernon
|
$2,000
[15]
This 16th century man's preface to the history of the Reformation in Scotland deems some clergy members "bloody wolves"
(John) Knox
Mattea
|
$2,000
[10]
A major talent gone too soon, she'sbest remembered for writing such hits as "And When I Die" & "Stoney End"
Laura Nyro
|
$2,000
[5]
All the Bronte kids, including brother Branwell, died from this disease now called tuberculosis
consumption
Mattea
|
French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000
Monaco