Mattea Roach game 12.Single-player Final Jeopardy!
Sean Wong — an IT support student from Wayzata, Minnesota
Loni Lewis — a teacher librarian from Charleston, South Carolina
Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 11-day cash winnings total $244,882)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $4,800 | $11,000 | $21,400 |
$26,400
12-day champion: $271,282 |
$19,200
31 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Loni | $600 | $1,000 | $-600 |
$-600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$-600
6 R, 4 W |
| Sean | $200 | $1,200 | $-1,600 |
$-1,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE LEAGUE LEADER | BEACH, BAY "B" | ACTORS, INITIALLY | THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS | WE ARE SWOLEMATES | THE HUNGER NAMES |
|
$200
[5]
Article 7 of the 1919 covenant of this organization said its seat "is established at Geneva"
the League of Nations
Mattea
|
$200
[1]
Myanmar & the Malay Peninsula are on the eastern edge of this bay
the Bay of Bengal
Mattea
|
$200
[13]
J.L.C., back for more in "Halloween Kills"
Jamie Lee Curtis
Loni
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$200
[22]
In 2021, Shakespeare in the Park was back in this park with"Merry Wives", changing the Bard's setting to South Harlem
Central Park
Mattea
|
$200
[30]
Time for some twisting dumbbell curls & underhanded seated rowing to help develop these upper arm muscles with 2 heads
biceps
Mattea
|
$200
[18]
This type of breakfast got its name from the idea that other Europeans ate lighter in the morning than Brits did
continental breakfast
Mattea
|
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$400
[6]
6 months before the 19th Amendment was ratified, the Natl. American Woman Suffrage Association got reorganized under this name
the League of Women Voters
Mattea
|
$400
[2]
Neil Simon wrote some "Memoirs" about this beach neighborhood next door to Coney Island
Brighton Beach
Loni
Sean
|
$400
[14]
N.P.H., suiting up for "How I Met Your Mother"
Neil Patrick Harris
Mattea
|
$400
[23]
"Into the Woods" finds Rapunzel trampled & a giant plummeting to its death from one of these
a beanstalk
Mattea
|
$400
[21]
The chest this machine, seen here, works your pecs just like the bench type, & it's easier to watch the gym TV sitting up
a press
Mattea
|
$400
[19]
Taco Bell branded this ordinal repast that they said was "between dinner and breakfast"
the Fourth Meal
Loni
|
|
$600
[7]
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, & Blitzcrank & Dr. Mundo as well, fighting champions in this online video game
the League of Legends
Mattea
|
$600
[3]
A legendarysurfing spot, 'Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore is known as this pipeline, a Japanese cheer
Banzai
Sean
|
$600
[15]
W.J.H., making some (after)life changes in "The Good Place"
William Jackson Harper
Mattea
|
$600
[24]
Kenneth Lay & Jeffrey Skilling are characters in Lucy Prebble's drama about this disgraced company
Enron
Mattea
|
$600
[10]
The external obliques toward the sides are the outer layer of these core muscles
the abdominals
Mattea
|
$600
[20]
Unappetizing term for the chicken proverbially served at a banquet or testimonial dinner
the rubber chicken dinner
|
|
$800
[8]
The Ivy League includes this school that was chartered in 1865 & has a lovely view of a Finger Lake
Cornell University
Sean
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$800
[11]
Add 2 letters to a big European bay to get this big Floridian one
Biscayne
Mattea
Loni
Sean
|
$800
[16]
V.A.F., dealing with "The Wrong Mr. Right" & "The Wrong Fiance"
Vivica A. Fox
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$800
[25]
Puppets like Princeton & Trekkie Monster pull the strings in this Tony-winning play named for a street
Avenue Q
Mattea
|
$800
[9]
It's leg day! The adductor muscles are inner muscles in this body part, so let's squeeze the 2 together & use them! & again!
thighs
Loni
|
$800
[27]
MRE is officially short for this, though soldiers have referred to them as "meals rejected by everyone"
Meals-Ready-to-Eat
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Peaking in Europe in the 14th century, this German trading league began to fade & held its last diet in 1669
the Hanseatic League
Mattea
|
$1,000
[12]
The name of this Cape Cod area bay may have come from misidentification of ospreys as vulture relatives
Buzzards Bay
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$1,000
[17]
J.L.M., a cop on "Law & Order" & "The Flash"
Jesse L. Martin
|
DD
$2,400
[26]
The sound of an ax tearing into a grove can be heard near the end of this 1904 Russian play
The Cherry Orchard
Mattea
|
$1,000
[29]
Let's blast these triangular shoulder muscles with some lateral raises with kettlebells, & don't just use momentum; we'll do traps next
deltoids
Sean
|
$1,000
[28]
Paddington enjoyed this "timely" pre-noon meal
elevenses
Mattea
|
| EUROPEAN LITERATURE | THE SCIENTIST WHO... | THE SINGER'S COUNTRY OF BIRTH | NOT TOO "SEX"Y FOR YOU | CAPTAIN AMERICA | I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY |
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$400
[7]
Also known for his detective fiction, French author Gaston Leroux wrote this 1910 "operatic" work
The Phantom of the Opera
Mattea
|
$400
[23]
...teamed with James Watson & wrote "Of Molecules & Men"
Francis Crick
Mattea
|
$400
[3]
Sting
the U.K.
Sean
|
$400
[18]
This word for a discriminating person (in a bad way) was popularized in 1965 by Pauline Leet of Franklin & Marshall College
a sexist
Mattea
|
$400
[1]
It was during this war against the British that Captain James Lawrence said, "Don't give up the ship"
the War of 1812
Sean
|
$400
[29]
With unending flicks of my wrist, I can do multiple tricks with this, like the elevator & around the corner
yo-yo
Sean
|
|
$800
[8]
This Camus novel was inspired by a run-in his friend had with 2 Arab men on a beach
The Stranger
Sean
|
$800
[24]
...first prevented contamination in wine by heating it up to 140 degrees
Pasteur
Sean
|
$800
[5]
Iggy Azalea
Australia
Mattea
|
$800
[19]
By measuring the altitude of celestial objects, it helps calculate a ship's position
a sextant
Loni
|
$800
[12]
The first of 2 names in exploring, he went from ensign to captain in 5 years before becoming Jefferson's aide-de-camp
Meriwether Lewis
Sean
|
$800
[26]
I love driving the open road & keeping track of how many miles I've traveled via this dashboard instrument
the odometer
Mattea
|
|
$1,200
[15]
The author of "My Brilliant Friend" uses this Italian pseudonym & will stop publishing if her identity is revealed
Elena Ferrante
Mattea
|
$1,600
[28]
...as the Hayden Planetarium's director, grouped Pluto with the Kuiper belt objects & not as a planet
Neil deGrasse Tyson
|
$1,200
[2]
Bryan Adams
Canada
Mattea
|
$1,200
[20]
This noun refers to someone between the ages of 60 & 69
a sexagenarian
Mattea
Loni
|
$1,200
[9]
Joy Bright Hancock, one of the first women with a naval commission, became a captain while in this WWII volunteer reserve unit
the Women Accepted for Volunteer (the WAVES)
Mattea
Loni
|
$1,200
[14]
I never tire of this hobby of sculpting a figure by cutting or carving small shavings from a piece of wood with a knife
whittling
Mattea
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Percy Shelley wrote the poem "Adonais" in honor of this other poet & friend
Keats
Mattea
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
...was born into slavery but got his bachelor's in agricultural science in 1894
George Washington Carver
Mattea
|
$1,600
[4]
Celia Cruz
Cuba
Loni
|
$1,600
[21]
Lots of smart people in this Massachusetts county, home to M.I.T. & Tufts
Middlesex County
Mattea
Loni
Sean
|
$2,000
[10]
The USNA parade field is named for John Worden, who captained this ironclad that fought a famous battle March 9, 1862
the Monitor
Sean
|
$1,600
[13]
I get out my toy soldiers & just like in TV's "Outlander", re-enact this 1746 battle that dashed the hopes of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Culloden
|
|
$2,000
[17]
In addition to a devilish masterwork, this German wrote "The Sorrows of Young Werther"
Goethe
Mattea
|
$2,000
[30]
...has his own principle of pressure & has a computer language named for him
Blaise Pascal
Mattea
|
$2,000
[6]
Wyclef Jean
Haiti
Mattea
|
$2,000
[22]
The hotel now called the J.W. Marriott this House has welcomed guests in Midtown Manhattan since 1931
Essex
|
DD
$4,800
[11]
Dean Acheson's memoir is dedicated to this former boss, "The Captain with the Mighty Heart"
Harry Truman
Sean
|
$2,000
[25]
I can't stop marveling at my aquarium; I love these kissing fish that have a croaking cousin
kissing gourami
Sean
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