Cherry Ignacio — a software product manager from Maryland Heights, Missouri
Mallory Kass — a children's book editor from Brooklyn, New York
Danielle Maurer — a digital marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle | $1,400 | $1,800 | $13,400 |
$8,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Mallory | $4,500 | $8,300 | $9,100 |
$14,100
New champion: $14,100 |
$8,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Cherry | $-400 | $1,200 | $2,800 |
$700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,800
8 R, 5 W |
| STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS | NUMERIC HOMOPHONES | FROM SHE TO SHINING SHE | JEWISH-AMERICAN TRADITIONS | OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS |
|
$200
[28]
The vault of the secret formula is part of the experience at the World of Coca-Cola in this city
Atlanta
Danielle
|
$200
[29]
Prevailed in a contest
won
Mallory
|
$200
[2]
Warsaw is home to a statue of this scientist, holding what is supposed to be polonium, part of her life's work
(Marie) Curie
Danielle
|
$200
[25]
Justice Kagan said of her whereabouts on Christmas Day, "Like all Jews, I was probably at" this kind of restaurant
a Chinese restaurant
Mallory
|
$200
[30]
You "put out" this sign of hospitality; a funny one at your door might say "hope you brought booze"
a welcome mat
Danielle
|
$200
[19]
The unusual mascot of this school is a conestoga wagon known as the Sooner Schooner
the University of Oklahoma
Mallory
|
|
$400
[4]
Now a museum, Iolani Palace in this capital was once home to royalty
Honolulu
Danielle
|
$400
[24]
Idiomatically, this verb links the cat to the canary & the dog to your homework
ate
Mallory
|
$400
[20]
On Dec. 5, 1955 a Montgomery, Alabama court fined her $10 plus $4 in court costs for violating segregation laws
(Rosa) Parks
Mallory
|
$400
[6]
Every Hanukkah, the great debate is renewed--applesauce or sour cream on these?
latkes
Cherry
|
$400
[13]
Sailors have been known to use these to sleep in, but more familiar are the ones tied between 2 trees in your backyard
hammocks
Danielle
|
$400
[22]
Cal State Northridge's Matty is short for one of these men in the arena; he doesn't have a sword anymore
Matador
|
|
$600
[3]
In Salt Lake City check out a performance by the world-famous choir at this religious edifice & the famous giant organ too
the Mormon Tabernacle
Mallory
|
$600
[1]
A golfer's "look out!"
fore
Mallory
|
$600
[17]
She ended 2019 one Grand Slam singles title short of Margaret Court's record of 24
Serena Williams
Cherry
|
$600
[9]
Many Jewish homes contain a pushke, a little box with a slot in which to drop some coins for tzedakah, this
charity
|
$600
[14]
The USPS asks that you put this container 6-8 inches back from the curb
a mailbox
Danielle
|
$600
[23]
One of the first college mascots in the U.S., Yale University's Handsome Dan is one of these
a bulldog
Mallory
|
|
$800
[5]
The Golden 1 Center, home to this city's NBA team, has a Jeff Koons sculpture & a mural by the Royal Chicano Air Force
Sacramento
Mallory
|
$800
[11]
It can mean furthermore or very
too
Cherry
|
$1,000
[18]
This 3-named woman's novel "Rubyfruit Jungle" is a landmark in gay & lesbian fiction
Rita Mae Brown
|
$800
[26]
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of 12-year-old Judith Kaplan reading from the Torah, credited as the first of these events
a bat mitzvah
Mallory
|
$800
[15]
Like the knights who say "Ni!", I desire this for my yard, perhaps mountain laurel or pink flowering almond
a shrubbery
Danielle
|
$800
[7]
UNLV's teams are the Rebels, but one of these sea creatures has been used as a mascot in honor of a former men's basketball coach
a shark
|
|
$1,000
[12]
A large marble statue of this hero of the Revolution is outside the capital building in Montpelier
Ethan Allen
Danielle
|
$1,000
[21]
Merkel's"No"
nein
Cherry
|
DD
$1,500
[10]
Though indicted by Duterte's govt. in this nation, Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa said, "We are journalists &... will not be intimidated"
the Philippines
Mallory
|
$1,000
[27]
At an Ashkenazi one of these, guests dip a finger in wine for each of the plagues; Sephardim put a bit of wine in a bowl, then dispose of it
a (Passover) seder
Danielle
Mallory
|
$1,000
[16]
Some lawns have access risers leading down to these tanks that treat wastewater
a septic tank
Danielle
|
$1,000
[8]
A live American bison, Ralphie is the mascot of this school at the base of the Rocky Mountains
CU Boulder
Mallory
|
| SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY QUOTE | U.S. GOVERNMENT | JOHN GOODMAN IS HARD TO FIND | JAPANESE HISTORY | "G" WHIZ | THE WWF |
|
$400
[14]
"Something wicked this way comes"
Macbeth
Mallory
|
$400
[26]
Article III of the Constitution says they "shall hold their offices during good behaviour"--basically, for life
Supreme Court Justices
Danielle
|
$400
[17]
On a sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away, John Goodman dropped by this kids' show to extol the virtues of triangles
Sesame Street
Danielle
|
$400
[25]
According to tradition, this religion was introduced to Japan in 552 A.D.
Buddhism
Danielle
Cherry
|
$400
[1]
It's a remark meant to start a conversation, or a chess opening involving a sacrifice
a gambit
|
$400
[6]
The WWF says 25,000 acres of forest are saved by protecting even one of this predator, like the endangered Sunda of Sumatra
a tiger
Danielle
|
|
$800
[13]
"This above all: to thine own self be true"
Hamlet
Mallory
|
$800
[22]
The president and his top advisors manage crises in the White House's John F. Kennedy Conference Room, best known as this
the Situation room
Cherry
|
$800
[23]
There was less of a sheen in the White House when John had a brief run as president as Glenallen Walken on this NBC drama
The West Wing
Cherry
|
$800
[21]
In 946 A.D. Suzaku abdicated in favor of his brother Murakami, who became the 62nd of these
the emperor
Mallory
|
$800
[2]
You don't have to be a math whiz to know that this adjective describes the pattern seenherebased on simple shapes
geometric
Danielle
|
$800
[19]
A WWF initiative to feed the world's malnourished people includes farmed this 6-letter fish; Chile provides 30% of the supply
salmon
Danielle
Cherry
|
|
$1,200
[3]
"I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss"
Othello
Danielle
Mallory
|
$1,200
[7]
It's the "D" in the foreign assistance agency USAID; JFK created it & told its first mission directors, no work is more important
development
|
$1,200
[24]
Yes, that's John voicing a ho-ho-homicidal robot Santa Claus trying to take out Fry & Leela on this animated show
Futurama
Danielle
|
$1,200
[5]
In 1964 Yoshinori Sakai, born the day Hiroshima was bombed, was chosen to carry this in Tokyo's national stadium
the (Olympic) torch
Cherry
|
$1,600
[9]
2 similar words: one means excessively greedy when it comes to food, & the other, sticky or gummy
gluttonous & glutenous
Danielle
Cherry
|
$1,200
[20]
The Beatles donated this fitting song to the album "No One's Gonna Change Our World", a fundraiser for the World Wildlife Fund
"Across The Universe"
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
"The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water"
Antony and Cleopatra
Danielle
|
$1,600
[15]
Formed in 1942, itstruck a balance between the Army & the Navy; Generals Marshall & Arnold & Admirals Leahy & King were members
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cherry
|
— |
$1,600
[11]
Certain World War II fighter planes were produced in the year 2600 of the Japanese empire, leading to this nickname
the Zero
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Add "S" to the end of a word meaning pertaining to old age to get this branch of medicine that focuses on the elderly
geriatrics
Danielle
|
$1,600
[27]
The WWF says adopt--symbolically!--this animal whose name in Latin is Ursus maritimus
a polar bear
Danielle
|
|
$2,000
[12]
"Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe"
Richard III
|
$2,000
[16]
John Kerry & Joe Biden are past chairs of this Senate committee that shapes international policy
the Foreign Relations Committee
Cherry
|
— |
$2,000
[18]
By 1543 traders from this southern European nation had become the first Westerners to reach Japan
Portugal
Danielle
Cherry
|
$2,000
[10]
They gather leftover grain from a field after a harvest like the title women in the Jean-François Millet painting seen here
gleaners
|
— |
These 2 events held 2 1/2 months & 2,500 miles apart in 1999 were the last of one major music happening & the first of another
Woodstock ('99 or 1999) & Coachella