Mattea Roach game 20.
Becky Benninghoff — a church organist from Woodbridge, Virginia
Adam Ilgin — a ferryboat deckhand from Lewes, Delaware
Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 19-day cash winnings total $460,184)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $1,600 | $5,800 | $16,200 |
$16,801
20-day champion: $476,985 |
$15,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Adam | $1,200 | $3,600 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 1 W |
| Becky | $1,800 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
$2,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,200
10 R, 3 W |
| MIAMI NEWS CLUES | YOU GOT NEXT | REPTILES | FROM BOOK TO MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY | "A.T." |
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$200
[21]
(I'm Nicole Perez.) 17-0 was Super Bowlterrific in 1973, & all Miami was cheering as the Dolphins became the first & only NFL team in history to have a perfect winning season, led by this coach who has the most NFL wins all time
Don Shula
Becky
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$200
[16]
In Bible books:Mark, Luke...
John
Adam
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$200
[23]
Any reptile with a bony shell encasing its body is one of these
a turtle (tortoise)
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$200
[1]
Before it was "Schindler's List" on film, the book was "Schindler's" this (meaning the one of the covenant)
Ark
Mattea
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$200
[6]
Hail! to the victors valiant--Charles Woodson, Desmond Howard & Tom Harmon, Heisman winners from this Big Ten school
the University of Michigan
Becky
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$200
[11]
Something not initially liked & that takes a while to appreciate is one of these
an acquired taste
Adam
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$400
[22]
(I'm Louis Aguirre.) The 1980s TV show "Miami Vice" changed the reputation of the city to one ofchicness & glitz& made Florida a more desired film & TV location; these two actors, playing Crockett & Tubbs, added to the scenery
Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas
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$400
[17]
In federal holidays: Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day...
Labor Day
Becky
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$400
[24]
This family of constricting snakes gave its name to a type of coiled neckwear
a boa
Adam
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$400
[2]
About a CIA analyst on the run, "Six Days of the Condor" was reduced to this many days in the movie version
Three
Adam
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$400
[7]
In 2019 this Clemson QB became the second true freshman to win a national title as a starter
Trevor Lawrence
Becky
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$400
[12]
Designed for harsh climates, the Hagglunds Bandvagn is an ATV, one of these vehicles
all-terrain
Becky
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$600
[28]
(I'm Jenise Fernandez.) Hitting South Florida in 1992 with 165-mile-per-hour winds, destroying around 25,000 homes, taking 44 lives, & causing more than $25 billion indamage, it made news as the then most expensive Atlantic hurricane in history
Hurricane Andrew
Becky
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$600
[18]
As Apple CEO:Michael Spindler, Gil Amelio...
Steve Jobs
Mattea
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$600
[25]
Sharp-toothed but with a long & narrow snout, the gavial, part of this reptile order, lives in the Ganges & attacks fish, not people
crocodiles
Mattea
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$600
[3]
Ben Mezrich's "The Accidental Billionaires" became this movie about the startup of Facebook
The Social Network
Mattea
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$600
[8]
The 1951 Army football team that lost to Navy 42-7 had been decimated by cadet expulsions for this
cheating on exams
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$600
[13]
It's a system of gear shifting in a car
an automatic transmission
Adam
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$800
[29]
(I'm Calvin Hughes.) In 1990 deposed Central American dictator Manuel Noriegawas brought to Miami to face a host ofchargesincluding racketeering, money laundering & drug trafficking while running this nation
Panama
Adam
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$1,000
[20]
As vice president:Alben Barkley, Richard Nixon...
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adam
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$800
[26]
The 3-horned type is one of these lizards with pigment-containing cells that react to temperature & lizard emotions
chameleons
Mattea
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$800
[4]
Houston, we have a new title: "Lost Moon" by this astronaut was the basis for "Apollo 13"
Jim Lovell
Mattea
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$800
[9]
From 2002 to 2008, this coach seenhereled USC to seven straight BCS bowls & two title games
Pete Carroll
Becky
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$800
[14]
It runs from the heel to the calf muscles
the Achilles tendon
Becky
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$1,000
[30]
(I'm Kristi Krueger.) A Miami custody battle became national news in 2000 with a struggle to keep this young boy in America; a raid by federal agents settled the issue by taking the boy & returning him to his Cubanfather
Elián González
Becky
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DD
$2,200
[19]
As state capital:Cahaba, Tuscaloosa...
Montgomery
Mattea
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$1,000
[27]
Venomous lizards of North America include the Mexican beaded & this one seen here
a Gila monster
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$1,000
[5]
"The Midwich Cuckoos" inspired this "Damned" 1960 film about children with frightening powers in a small town
Village of the Damned
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$1,000
[10]
This Notre Dame hero who died at age 25 in 1920 helped pay his school expenses as a pool shark
George "The Gipper" Gipp
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$1,000
[15]
In legend the village of St. Calais, France was once saved from hunger by these pastries, basically flour & fruit
apple turnovers
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| CONGRESS IN THE 19th CENTURY | AROUND THE WORLD | TEA TIME | FAMOUS NAMES | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES | A VOW OF NO VOWELS |
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$400
[3]
A 24-7 Senate vote on Oct. 20, 1803 okayed ratification of a treaty that doubled the size of the nation by adding this territory
Louisiana
Adam
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$400
[10]
Built in what's now this country in the 300s B.C. & still in use today, thetheaterat Epidaurus seats about 13,000
Greece
Mattea
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$400
[15]
The sinensis in the Latin name of the tea plant Camellia sinensis means "from" this country
China
Mattea
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$400
[20]
Oliver Tambowas instrumental in the fight against apartheid as president of South Africa's ANC, short for this
African National Congress
Adam
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$400
[1]
Billy Ray Cyrus lamented the good old days in his tongue-in-cheek song entitled "I Want My" this hairstyle "Back"
Mullet
Mattea
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$400
[2]
One in a national park has grown 275 feet tall: SQ
a sequoia
Adam
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$800
[4]
In 1820 the North & South came to a compromise that enabled this to become our 24th state
Missouri
Mattea
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$800
[11]
Named for a European queen, Charlotte Amalie is the capital city of this U.S. possession east of Puerto Rico
the U.S. Virgin Islands
Mattea
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$1,200
[17]
A 19th century British prime minister gave his name & rank to this tea flavored with oil of bergamot
Earl Grey
Adam
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$800
[21]
After leaving Moscow as a lad, he studied computer science at Stanford where he met Larry Page & it was search engines, go!
Sergey Brin
Mattea
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$800
[6]
Women mentioned in this George Strait hit include sweet Eileen in Abilene & Allison in Galveston
"All My Ex's Live In Texas"
Becky
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$800
[25]
Newly developed...that's riche!NV
nouveau
Becky
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$1,200
[5]
This Illinois debate master was elected to the Senate in 1846 & served until he died in 1861
Douglas
Becky
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$1,200
[12]
It's about a 2-hour ferry ride from this island to Dar es Salaam
Zanzibar
Mattea
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$1,600
[18]
Grades of tea leaf quality include S for souchong & P for this
pekoe
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$1,200
[22]
Seen here, Anne of Austria, mother to the Sun King, was married to this ruler
Louis XIII
Mattea
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$1,200
[7]
In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization
the "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Mattea
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$1,600
[27]
An impossibly perfect spot:TP
a utopia
Adam
Becky
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$1,600
[8]
In 1864 Congress repealed these acts from 1793 & 1850 providing for the seizure & return of those who ran away from bondage
the Fugitive Slave Acts
Mattea
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$2,000
[14]
The nation's leading financial center, this northern Italian city is the capital of the Lombardy region
Milan
Adam
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$2,000
[19]
Not the British but the Dutch this company brought the first shipment of tea to Europe in the early 1600s
East India Company
Adam
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$1,600
[23]
Relating to Chinese/ Russian relations, 1923's Sun-Joffe Manifesto was presented by Adolf Joffe & this man
Sun Yat-sen
Mattea
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$2,000
[26]
Watery, & we hope you see the humor:QS
aqueous
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$2,000
[9]
Latin for "force of the county", these 2 words titled an 1878 act that prevented the use of the army to enforce law in the South
posse comitatus
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DD
$3,000
[13]
More than 20,000 acres & with at least 100 artesian springs, Al-Ahsa Oasis is this nation's largest natural oasis
Saudi Arabia
Mattea
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DD
$3,000
[16]
The Beaver, the Dartmouth & the Eleanor were the ships involved in this Dec. 16, 1773 incident
the Boston Tea Party
Mattea
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$2,000
[24]
Thisformer state department official & accused spy leaves court in 1949 during one of his perjury trials, a big Cold War story
Alger Hiss
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In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play
Julius Caesar