Mattea Roach game 15.
Michael Graff — a mascot from Eastvale, California
Jessie Francis — a mental health therapist from Marietta, Georgia
Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 14-day cash winnings total $320,081)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $3,200 | $6,400 | $27,200 |
$32,700
15-day champion: $352,781 |
$22,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Jessie | $4,600 | $7,000 | $10,200 |
$10,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Michael | $600 | $600 | $5,000 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
9 R, 3 W |
| PICTURE THE SONG | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER | THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR | OUT IN THE OCEAN | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE |
|
$200
[1]
It ranks as one of the greatest rock songs of all time
"Stairway To Heaven"
Mattea
|
$200
[18]
To enroll in a school to attend classes
register
Mattea
Jessie
|
$200
[11]
This author was jailed in Concord in 1846 for refusing to pay taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War
Thoreau
Jessie
|
$200
[16]
Sailors gave the name "Roaring Forties" not to a decade but to a windy region between 40 & 50 degrees south this
latitude
Jessie
|
$200
[3]
The cello is the bass member of the family named for this instrument
the violin
Mattea
|
$200
[22]
I eyed the bartender. This potent potable, I said. "Jim Beam black extra-aged" this. "& don't be stingy on the pour"
bourbon
Mattea
Jessie
|
|
$400
[2]
By Joni Mitchell
"Big Yellow Taxi"
Jessie
|
$400
[19]
Adjective for see-through material or an excuse that has no chance of being believed
transparent
Mattea
|
$400
[12]
The U.S. Army didn't have goons, but did have these--cavalrymen armed with both swords & firearms
dragoons
|
$400
[17]
The language of the Maldives gives us this word for a ring-shapedreef
an atoll
Mattea
|
$600
[6]
In 1963 session musician Boots Randolph had a Top 40 hit with "Yakety" this
Sax
Jessie
|
$400
[23]
I knew she was trouble the minute she walked in; after all, she was this WWI dancer & spy whose name means "eye of the day"
Mata Hari
Mattea
|
|
$600
[4]
A familiar spiritual that was a No. 1 hit in the 1950s
"He's Got The Whole World In His Hands"
Jessie
|
$600
[20]
As recounted in the movie "Moana", Maui was this type of being
a demigod
Michael
|
$600
[13]
Several future U.S. presidents served in the war; this man was president during it
Polk
Michael
|
$600
[27]
Examples of this type of steep-sided depression in the sea floor include the Aleutian, Sunda & Mariana
trench
Mattea
|
$800
[7]
Head to the end of the alphabet for this stringed instrument that has a fretted fingerboard
a zither
Jessie
|
$600
[24]
The dame had gams for days, from here to this planet visited by the Galileo orbiter & probe in December 1995
Jupiter
Mattea
Michael
|
|
$800
[9]
Grammy-winning Song of the Year in 2014
"Royals"
|
$800
[21]
The place where you arrive on shore after a long journey on a ship
landfall
Jessie
|
$800
[14]
Shortly after the war, this 5-law deal "of 1850" tried to sort out the fate of slavery in the territories the U.S. gained
the Compromise of 1850
Mattea
|
$800
[29]
Thesedeep-sea vents, named for the magma-heated water they emit, areislandsof life in the ocean floor
hydrothermal vents
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Seen here, it's often considered the national instrument of Russia
the balalaika
Jessie
|
$800
[25]
It was 1994. This Munch painting was gone. Vamoosed. The thieves even left a note saying thanks for the bad security
The Scream
Mattea
|
|
$1,000
[10]
A posthumous hit for Jim Croce
"Time In A Bottle"
Mattea
|
$1,000
[28]
Also called wild marjoram, this aromatic herb of the mint family is used widely in Mediterranean cooking
oregano
Jessie
|
$1,000
[15]
This treaty named for a Mexico City neighborhood ended the war Feb. 2, 1848
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jessie
|
$1,000
[30]
From Latin for "pool", it's a shallow, relatively calm body of water separated from the open ocean by a reef or barrier island
a lagoon
Jessie
|
$1,000
[8]
This set of big drums gets its name from the Italian for "kettledrums"
timpani
Mattea
|
$1,000
[26]
The man lived in Caddo Parish, in this Louisiana "port" city. Well... had lived. Turns out some guys don't mix well with threshers
Shreveport
Jessie
|
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | WHO PLAYED 'EM? | MULTIPLE HYPHENS | MANE-SPLAINING | I'LL FOLLOW YOU | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH |
|
$400
[3]
Though written first, Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" takes place 20 years after the events of this novel
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mattea
|
$400
[9]
Annalise Keating, who helped folks get away with murder
Viola Davis
Mattea
|
$400
[12]
It's all relative with this folksy term for a small-scale, owner-operated business
mom-and-pop shop
Michael
|
$400
[26]
The brown this dog-like mammal of the African savannah ain't laughin' when its mane is erect--it's frightened
a hyena
Michael
|
$400
[21]
To put this animal body part on someone means to have him followed
tail
Michael
|
$400
[2]
Kjøttkaker are this country's beloved meatballs, & don't say they're like Swedish ones
Norway
Jessie
Michael
|
|
$800
[17]
This Stephen King novel says, "I, Georgie, am Mr. Bob Gray, also known as Pennywise the dancing clown"
It
Mattea
|
$800
[1]
Alien nemesis Ellen Ripley
Sigourney Weaver
Mattea
|
$800
[13]
Meaning "reckless", this 3-word phrase begins with a denizen of hell
devil-may-care
Mattea
Michael
|
$800
[27]
Also found in South Australia, the fur seal named for this nation has a thick mane of long guard hairs
New Zealand
|
$800
[22]
There's a tradition of watching these birds follow their mother through school buildings in Reading, Mass. & Hopkins, Minn.
ducklings
Michael
|
$800
[4]
A reconstruction law for this Japanese city went into effect August 9, 1949
Nagasaki
Mattea
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Marlow & Kurtz are characters in this Joseph Conrad novella
Heart of Darkness
Michael
|
$1,200
[6]
Ezekiel-quoting hitman Jules Winnfield
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael
|
$1,200
[14]
Put your heads together & come up with this French term for a private conversation
tête-à-tête
Mattea
|
$1,200
[28]
A full, darker mane on a lion signals a strong presence of this male hormone, which is, dare we say, catnip to the ladies
testosterone
Mattea
|
$1,200
[23]
Andy Jassy says before taking over as Amazon CEO he was Jeff Bezos' this, following him closely & watching every move
shadow
Mattea
|
$1,200
[5]
As well as another nickname for the Big Easy, it's the town in Italy where emperor Augustus died
Nola
Jessie
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Kya Clark is known as "The Marsh Girl" in this Delia Owens novel that spent over 2 years on the bestsellers list
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mattea
|
$1,600
[7]
Felix Unger, half of a 1970s TV Odd Couple
Tony Randall
|
$2,000
[16]
There are multiple hyphens in up-to-the-minute & this similar term that sounds fancy enough to be in a museum
state-of-the-art
|
$1,600
[29]
With easily confused hair features & 4-letter names, the ibex is a bearded goat & this is a maned antelope, such as the gemsbok
an oryx
|
$1,600
[24]
At 94, this British naturalist reached 1 million followers in 5 hours when he joined Instagram in 2020
David Attenborough
Mattea
|
$2,000
[11]
Oktoberfest is a big event in this country of southern Africa, which had German overlords from 1884 to 1915
Namibia
Jessie
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Angie Thomas was still in college when she wrote a story that became this novel about a police shooting
The Hate U Give
Mattea
|
$2,000
[8]
Bada Bing owner Silvio Dante
Little Steven Van Zandt
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
This 4-word phrase can mean a fabric colored before weaving, or unchanging in opinion
dyed-in-the-wool
Mattea
|
$2,000
[30]
Remember them ane, seenhereis this horse breed that originated in a province of the Netherlands
a Friesian horse
|
$2,000
[25]
William Blake depicted the biblical Naomitelling her widowed daughters-in-law she's leaving, this one will follow her
Ruth
Jessie
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
3 of Canada's 4 Atlantic provinces start with "N": Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, this one
New Brunswick
Mattea
|
Capable of freighting about 180 tons of cargo, in 1624 it was in disrepair & appraised at a total value of 128 pounds
the Mayflower