Mattea Roach game 13.
Meghan Bowman — an IT analyst from Mount Prospect, Illinois
Alex Lemberg — an attorney and activist from San Francisco, California
Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 12-day cash winnings total $271,282)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $2,000 | $5,400 | $20,000 |
$14,799
13-day champion: $286,081 |
$18,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Alex | $1,200 | $6,000 | $12,600 |
$4,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$17,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Meghan | $-400 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
$7,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
7 R, 1 W |
| CALIFORNIA | BOOK TITLE GEOGRAPHY | THINK "BIG" | THAT'S NOT CANNON | A GOLF COURSE | ALSO FOUND IN THE KITCHEN |
|
$200
[14]
Today home to Disneyland, this Orange County city was founded by German immigrants in 1857
Anaheim
Alex
|
$200
[1]
The Marabar Caves are on the itineraryin "A Passage to____"
India
Mattea
|
$200
[7]
This nickname was first used in connection with New York City in the 1920s
the Big Apple
Meghan
|
$200
[12]
Filipino-American martial arts master Dan Inosanto introduced Bruce Lee to this weapon, 2 rods connected by a chain
nunchucks
Mattea
|
$200
[26]
Keep your eye on this, one under par on a hole
a birdie
Alex
|
$200
[3]
If you reach one of these in the road, you have to make a decision on which path to take
a fork
Alex
|
|
$400
[15]
In Oceanside, you can visit San Luis Rey, the largest of these California settlements begun by the Spanish more than 250 years ago
the missions
Alex
|
$400
[2]
Betty Smith cultivated"A Tree Grows in____"
Brooklyn
Meghan
|
$400
[8]
Type of music & ensemble associated with Duke Ellington & Tommy Dorsey
big band
Mattea
|
$400
[13]
This can be used to fight in 2 very different forms--as a heavy, spiked club or as a brand of pepper spray
a mace
Alex
|
$400
[27]
Those drives are going everywhere but the fairway--time to improve them by teeing it up at this practice area
the driving range
Mattea
|
$400
[19]
The name of this utensil also means "to nestle while lying & facing another's back"
spoon
Mattea
|
|
$800
[17]
Perched on Mount Hollywood, this facility offers astronomical exhibits & a great view of the city below
the Griffith Observatory
Alex
|
$600
[4]
Julia Child cooked up"My Life in ____"
France
Mattea
|
$600
[9]
This national park in Texas has more land area than the state of Rhode Island
Big Bend
Mattea
|
$600
[20]
Is that this weapon which I see before me? Indeed it is, specifically a Hindu katar one
a dagger
Alex
|
$600
[28]
It's the 3-letter word for the spot where a golfer's ball has come to rest
a lie
Meghan
|
$600
[21]
This 4-letter verb can mean to descend or drop in value
sink
|
|
$1,000
[18]
This city about midway between L.A. & Sin City is mentioned in the first sentence of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
Barstow
Alex
|
$800
[5]
The sequel to "Lonesome Dove":"Streets of ____"
Laredo
|
$800
[10]
The British call this grouping the Plough
the Big Dipper
|
$800
[24]
Labeled "not to be used on Christians" by the Lateran council, this Middle Ages weapon uses a trigger to release its bolts
a crossbow
Mattea
|
$800
[29]
From an old Scots word, it means both a piece of turf dug out by a club on a swing & the resulting hole
a divot
Meghan
|
$800
[22]
Before "away", it means to sweep someone off on a jaunty holiday
whisk
Mattea
|
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
This city located northwest of San Jose has a name that means "tall tree"
Palo Alto
Alex
|
$1,000
[6]
John le Carre, man of international intrigue:"The ____ House"
The Russia House
|
$1,000
[11]
Roger Miller wrote the music & lyrics for this musical based on "Huckleberry Finn"
Big River
Meghan
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1588 Hideyoshi's Katanagari, or this weapon "hunt", was an attempt to disarm the peasants
a sword
Mattea
|
$1,000
[30]
A righ than der's shot that moves slightly from left to right is called this, a synonym for "gradually disappear"
fade
Meghan
|
$1,000
[23]
His Roman equivalent was Faunus
Pan
Alex
|
| THE 1720s | WORLD CAPITALS | ANAGRAMMED UNGULATES | BIBLICAL DEVOTIONS | SIMPLY STELLAR | LET FREEDOM SING |
|
$400
[5]
In 1721 he was proclaimed the czar of the Russian empire
Peter the Great
Mattea
|
$400
[10]
Its thriving movie industry was once dubbed "Hollywood on the Nile"
Cairo
Mattea
|
$400
[15]
It has 2 pairs of curved tusks:GO WRATH
warthog
Mattea
|
$400
[20]
After this woman says Samson doesn't love her, he tells her "All his heart"; mistake!
Delilah
Mattea
|
$400
[25]
Louis Armstrong wore one of these on a necklace for much of his life to honor a Jewish family who helped him as a child
a star of David
Alex
|
$400
[1]
"Freedom" on her 2016 album "Lemonade" features Kendrick Lamar rapping, "Open our mind as we cast away oppression"
Beyoncé
Meghan
|
|
$800
[6]
The colonies' first divinity professor was Edward Wigglesworth, at this college
Harvard
Mattea
|
$800
[11]
Leveled during World War II, it was replaced as capital for nearly 30 years by Quezon City
Manila
Alex
|
$800
[16]
Both males & females have antlers:A BIO CUR
caribou
Mattea
|
$800
[21]
When Sarah dies at the age of 127, this man weeps for her & buries her in the Cave of Machpelah
Abraham
Mattea
|
$800
[26]
Discovered in a Sri Lankan mine in 2015, the Star of Adam, one of these blue gems, is worth an estimated $100 million
a sapphire
Mattea
|
$800
[2]
In the folk classic "If I Had A Hammer", the hammer represents justice; one of these, freedom
a bell
|
|
$1,600
[8]
This German composer became a British subject in 1727 & composed new King George II's coronation anthems that same year
Handel
Mattea
|
$1,200
[12]
Your plane has touched down at Jose Marti International Airport--welcome to this world capital
Havana
Alex
|
$1,200
[17]
This desert pack animal also provides milk & wool: ROAMED DRY
dromedary
Alex
|
$1,200
[22]
Devoted wife Michal warns this husband that her dad Saul is about to kill him
David
Alex
|
$1,200
[27]
You can still get the 3-pointed star hood ornament if you buy this brand's S-Class Sedan
Mercedes-Benz
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
"Let Freedom Ring" is a song by the Nightwatchman, the acoustic alter ego of this Rage Against the Machine guitarist
Tom Morello
Alex
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Setting off from Kamchatka, this explorer sailed north through the strait that today bears his name
Bering
Alex
|
$1,600
[13]
When spelled as one word, this capital of Mongolia has 2 sets of double As
Ulaanbaatar
Mattea
|
$1,600
[18]
Its most distinctive feature is composed of keratin: HIS CROONER
a rhinoceros
Meghan
|
$1,600
[23]
Jacob has to work for 14 years to marry this second wife, his true love
Rachel
Alex
|
$1,600
[28]
Moving up in the U.S. Army, it goes brigadier general, major general, this 3-star guy
lieutenant general
|
$1,600
[4]
"Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" he asked in "Redemption Song", the last song on his last non-posthumous album
Bob Marley
Mattea
|
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
On Sunday, April 5, Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen landed on what is now called this island, 2,200 miles west of Chile
Easter Island
Mattea
|
$2,000
[14]
Kigali is home to the university of this country
Rwanda
Alex
|
$2,000
[19]
Despite being semiaquatic, it doesn't swim, but trots on the bottom:SHAMPOO TIP UP
hippopotamus
Mattea
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it" is from the 8th chapter of this biblical book
the Song of Solomon
Alex
|
$2,000
[29]
Starry newspapers include this city's Star-Ledger, where Tony Soprano got his news
Newark
Alex
|
$2,000
[30]
The opening act at the first Woodstock, hewas asked to keep going while other acts were delayed, & improvised his classic "Freedom"
Richie Havens
|
The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn
Sleeping Beauty