Charly Kuecks — a writer and test prep expert from Salt Lake City, Utah
Matt Petroff — a management consultant from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Nguyen — a high school math teacher from San Jose, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | $4,000 | $6,000 | $18,000 |
$18,000
2-day champion: $25,199 |
$20,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Matt | $3,000 | $2,600 | $200 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$200
7 R, 4 W |
| Charly | $400 | $800 | $7,600 |
$2,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
12 R, 2 W |
| IN THE NATIONAL PARK | THEBILLBOARDMUSIC AWARDS | NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN | BEVERAGES | SUBTITLED NONFICTION | OCCUPATIONAL HOMONYMS |
|
$200
[1]
Great Fountain Geyser
Yellowstone
Matt
Charly
|
$200
[22]
Performing in 2020 just after their family suffered a miscarriage, this piano maestro dedicated "Never Break" to his wife"We will never break /We will never break /Built on a foundation /Strong enough to stay..."
John Legend
Matt
|
$200
[24]
Susan La Flesche, the first Native person to get this kind of degree, had a solo practice covering the vast Omaha reservation
an MD (a medical degree)
Charly
|
$200
[19]
7UP is among the soda brands that have replaced this word on their labels in favor of "zero sugar"
diet
Daniel
|
$200
[14]
"An Oral History of" this cable TV channel's "Golden Age" in the 1980s & '90s is shared in "Slimed!"
Nickelodeon
Charly
|
$200
[13]
A job like a chauffeur, or a part of your PC that needs to be updated occasionally
a driver
Matt
|
|
$600
[6]
Alligator Creek Campsite
Everglades
Matt
|
$400
[21]
"Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley"Straight up now tell me /Do you really want to love me forever (oh, oh, oh) /Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?"
(Paula) Abdul
Daniel
|
$400
[25]
In 1613 the English kidnapped this daughter of Powhatan to use her as a hostage in negotiations
Pocahontas
Daniel
|
$400
[20]
It's the beverage most associated with Dad's & Hires
root beer
Charly
|
$400
[15]
"Over the Edge of the World" charts this 16th century explorer's "Terrifying Circumnavigation of the World"
Magellan
Charly
|
$400
[12]
It can mean highest in rank or value, as well as someone of high rank at your school
principal
Daniel
|
|
$800
[7]
In California, Twenty Mule Team Canyon
Death Valley
|
$600
[23]
We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud & lived up to the chorus of a hit tune"Hey look ma, I made it /Hey look ma, I made it..."
Panic! at the Disco
Daniel
Charly
|
$600
[26]
Sarah Winnemucca was the first Native woman to secure this protection, with 1883's "Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims"
a copyright
Matt
|
$600
[4]
"The original plant-powered drink"; the first half of its ingredients are tomato puree, carrots, celery & beets
V8
Daniel
|
$600
[16]
"Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" is the subtitle; the title completes the proverb "the apple doesn't fall far..."
From the Tree
Daniel
|
$600
[11]
Not just an occupation, it's also a type of fruity pie
a cobbler
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In Arkansas, Bathhouse Row seen here
Hot Springs National Park
|
$800
[29]
Thisgenre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021"Sometimes, all I think about is you /Late nights in the middle of June /Heat waves been fakin' me out /Heat waves been fakin' me out..."
Glass Animals
|
$800
[27]
Making-Out-Road divorced this frontiersman & state capital name source Cheyenne style, leaving his stuff outside her lodge
Kit Carson
|
$800
[3]
In 2020 McDonald's celebrated the 50th anniversary of this minty St. Patrick's Day treat
a Shamrock Shake
Daniel
|
$800
[17]
"Eats, Shoots & Leaves" is subtitled "The Zero Tolerance Approach to" this part of writing
Punctuation
Charly
|
$800
[10]
A certain member of our military forces, or an adjective that refers broadly to the sea
Marine
Daniel
|
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
The McKinley Station Trail
Denali (National Park)
Daniel
|
$1,000
[30]
At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!""So put your best face on everybody /Pretend you know this song /Everybody come hang /Let's go out with a bang /Bang! Bang! Bang!"
AJR
|
$1,000
[28]
A mural in Oklahoma's capitol honors 5 Native American ballerinas, including these 2 sisters, Maria & Marjorie
the Tallchief sisters
|
$1,000
[2]
The name of this popular Chinese tea is less popularly spelled with a W-U at the beginning
oolong
Matt
|
$1,000
[18]
"Tears of Mermaids" reveals "The Secret Story of" these gems
pearls
Daniel
|
$1,000
[9]
Someone who oversees construction work, or a muscle that becomes shorter
contractor
Matt
|
| ALL APOLOGIES | MUSICALS BY LYRICS | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS | THE 1960s | AUNTIE | ESTABLISHMENT |
|
DD
$200
[30]
This English statesman published an "Apology" defending Catholicism in 1533; 2 years later, he was headless
Sir Thomas More
Daniel
|
$400
[1]
"One short day in the Emerald City... full of so much to do"
Wicked
Daniel
Matt
|
$400
[6]
Tories is a nickname for this U.K. political party
Conservative
Daniel
|
$400
[13]
Protests in May 1968 that rocked Paris were kicked off by student occupation & police action at this Latin Quarter school
the Sorbonne
Daniel
|
$400
[21]
In this novel, Jo is ill-suited as a companion to her Aunt March
Little Women
Charly
|
$400
[11]
The Judiciary Act of 1789 created this position in the cabinet, first held by Edmund Randolph
attorney general
Daniel
|
|
$400
[23]
Robert Barclay's 1678 "Apology for the True Christian Divinity" stated the beliefs of this sect also called the Society of Friends
the Quakers
Charly
|
$800
[2]
"Can you feel the love tonight? The peace the evening brings..."
The Lion King
Charly
|
$800
[7]
It's the range of authority that law enforcement holds over a specific area
jurisdiction
Daniel
|
$800
[17]
Broadening his message from civil rights, on March 2, 1965 Martin Luther King made his first public statement against this
the Vietnam War
|
$800
[22]
Jan Handzlik played the young Patrick Dennis, who is taken in by this exuberant auntie, played memorably by Rosalind Russell
Auntie Mame
|
$800
[12]
In 1887 this man systematically created the first U.S. library school, at Columbia
(Melvil) Dewey
Charly
|
|
$800
[24]
The 1531 Apology of the Augsburg Confession was a defense of the doctrines of this branch of Protestantism
Lutheranism
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
"Hey sanna, hosanna, hey, JC, JC, you're alright by me"
Jesus Christ Superstar
Charly
|
$1,200
[8]
This period in English history refers to the return of Charles II to the throne
Restoration
Daniel
|
$1,200
[18]
In the Six-Day War, Israeli forces took East Jerusalem from this country, restoring Jewish access to the Western Wall
Jordan
Daniel
Matt
|
$1,200
[26]
The haughty Lady Catherine de Bourgh does not approve of a match between this nephew of hers & Elizabeth Bennet
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Charly
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1999 Nunavut Territory was established out of the eastern portion of this other Canadian territory
the Northwest Territories
Daniel
|
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2010 John Henry Newman, author of the "Apologia Pro Vita Sua", underwent this process that precedes canonization
beatification
Daniel
|
$1,600
[4]
"Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes, how do you measure, measure a year?"
Rent
Daniel
|
$1,600
[9]
The name of this genus of bacteria honors a veterinarian with a fishy last name
Salmonella
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1964 he was called back to Moscow from a Black Sea holiday & told he was no longer in charge in the USSR
Khrushchev
Daniel
|
$1,600
[27]
Seen here, she plays Aunt Lydia on "The Handmaid's Tale"
Ann Dowd
|
$1,600
[15]
The Ayyubid Dynasty, created by this famed hero, ruled Egypt in the 12th & 13th centuries
Saladin
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This Bishop of Hippo in North Africa published an apology in 388 titled "On the Holiness of the Catholic Church"
Augustine
Charly
|
$2,000
[5]
"In short there's simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here"
Camelot
|
$2,000
[10]
This science studies the universe as a whole, bringing together astronomy & physics
cosmology
Daniel
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
On the medal podium in this city, John Carlos & Tommie Smith raised fists & also wore no shoes to highlight poverty in America
Mexico City
Daniel
|
$2,000
[28]
Her "astonishment was almost unspeakable" upon finding a fence whitewashed (ostensibly) by Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly
|
$2,000
[16]
Initially worried about Axis control of this passage, Britain created a base on Deception Island off Antarctica
Drake's Passage
Daniel
|
Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent
Australia