Ryan Long game 9.
Noura Dabbouseh — a physician from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Kris Olson — a high school music teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
Ryan Long — a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 8-day cash winnings total $160,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $4,200 | $10,000 | $12,800 |
$12,900
9-day champion: $173,301 |
$12,800
28 R, 5 W |
| Kris | $200 | $600 | $6,300 |
$12,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Noura | $1,400 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
8 R, 3 W |
| LET'S GET HISTORICAL | MOVIE SUPERVILLAINS | FUN WITH U.S. CITY FLAGS | '80s & '90s NONFICTION | 5-LETTER "W"s | BOND APPETIT! |
|
$200
[21]
The U.S. officially adopted this standard in 1900 & officially abandoned it in 1976
the gold standard
Ryan
|
$200
[26]
It's no spoiler to say Killmonger lives up to his name in this 2018 film
Black Panther
Ryan
|
$200
[30]
On San Antonio's flag, this structure is found in the middle of a white lone star
the Alamo
Ryan
|
$200
[15]
Reaching the half century mark, this singer-songwriter published a memoir, "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
Jimmy Buffett
Kris
|
$200
[2]
The name of this dance is from German for "revolve"
the waltz
Ryan
|
$200
[10]
In "From Russia with Love", 007 enjoys toast with honey, strawberry jam & this spread made from oranges
marmalade
Ryan
|
|
$400
[20]
In ancient Rome, the retiarius, or "net man", & the dimachaerus, or "2-knife man", were types of these
gladiators
Noura
|
$400
[24]
Really, this Alfred Molina character only had 4 tentacles, but having "Quadro-" as part of his name wouldn't work
Doctor Octopus
Ryan
Noura
|
$400
[18]
The wavy blue lines on Cincinnati's flag represent this river that the city lies on
the Ohio
Kris
|
$400
[11]
Begun nearly 20 years earlier, Nelson Mandela's autobiography was finally published in 1994 under the title "Long Walk to" this
Freedom
Ryan
|
$400
[1]
To twist a wet towel to extract all the moisture
wring
Noura
|
$400
[6]
In "Casino Royale" Bond says to Vesper, "The trouble" with this pricey dish is "how to get enough toast with it"
caviar
Ryan
|
|
$600
[19]
The Sepoy Rebellion swept through the north of this country in the late 1850s
India
|
$600
[23]
"Kneel before" this general! In a 1980 film, he finally gets his wish that Superman does so, but things go south real fast
(General) Zod
Ryan
|
$600
[27]
After a less-than-stellar review of its previous flag, Rapid City, South Dakota put this landmark front & center
Mount Rushmore
Ryan
|
$600
[12]
Randy Shilts' critically acclaimed bestseller "And the Band Played On" exposed how this was allowed to spread during the 1980s
AIDS
Ryan
|
$600
[3]
An edible grass in the genus Triticum
wheat
Ryan
|
$600
[7]
Also the surname of a Bond film-producing family, this green is on the menu in "Live and Let Die"
broccoli
Ryan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
This 1,700-pound chunk of rock called granodiorite was found in Egypt in 1799
the Rosetta Stone
Kris
|
$800
[22]
Gruagach the bipedal boar is an antagonist of this hero in the 2019 movie with David Harbour taking over for Ron Perlman
Hellboy
Ryan
|
$800
[28]
This North Carolina city is one of the few to have a double-sided flag; the reverse has the motto of the English sir it's named for
Raleigh
Ryan
|
$800
[13]
Sadly, this funny lady passed away in 1989 shortly before her memoir "It's Always Something" came out
Gilda Radner
Ryan
Noura
|
$800
[4]
I can see it in your eyes when you do this, to flinch in pain
wince
Noura
|
$800
[8]
A breakfast of eggs & sausage in "Diamonds Are Forever" is washed down with this Miller beer, also what James lives
the High Life
|
|
$1,000
[17]
At Homestead, Penn. in 1892, striking steelworkers fought a gun battle with hired guards of this detective agency
the Pinkertons (the Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
Ryan
|
$1,000
[25]
Tony Stark creates this title A.I. as part of a peacekeeping program; this title A.I. does not keep the peace
Ultron
Ryan
|
$1,000
[29]
The unofficial flag of this very south Florida city bears the words "Conch Republic", a nation/state of mind set up in the area in 1982
Key West
Kris
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1992 John Gray published this out-of-this-world guide to understanding the opposite sex
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Noura
|
$1,000
[5]
Roger, I heard your radio message & I'll use this combination of 2 words to indicate I'll do what you asked
wilco
Ryan
|
$1,000
[9]
In "Goldfinger" Bond engages in a debate on the merits of Alaskan & stone these, but the stone variety wins out
crab
Ryan
|
| ROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS | THE ONE BEFORE THE FAMOUS ONE | MY NAME IS STEPHEN | LENDING TV SUPPORT | IT'S THE JURASSIC PERIOD | HERE COMES A BRONTE THESAURUS |
|
$400
[1]
The ball game version of this song doesn't include "Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution"
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Noura
|
$400
[2]
Composed in 1806, it doesn't have a famousopeninglike the next one does, but it's fun anyway
Beethoven's Fourth Symphony
Kris
|
$400
[15]
A university in Nacogdoches as well as a state capital bear the name of this Texan
(Stephen F.) Austin
Kris
|
$400
[14]
John Slattery sold his performance as Roger Sterling in the room
Mad Men
Ryan
|
$400
[25]
Jurassic volcanic activity may have spiked temperatures, causing this colorful "effect" that would lead to extinctions
a greenhouse effect
Ryan
|
$800
[26]
Instead of "cuss words", Charlotte Bronte describes some rude watermen as using these, also heard in courtrooms
oaths
Ryan
|
|
$800
[7]
Belt it out from its states of Sonora to Campeche! "War, war! Let the national banners be soaked in waves of blood"
Mexico
Ryan
|
$800
[3]
This Psalm that comes before the "Lord is my shepherd" one begins, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
Psalm 22
Kris
|
$800
[9]
This physicist guest starred as himself in the form of a hologram on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Hawking
Ryan
|
$800
[13]
Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan, also called "The Pointless Giant", "The 60-Foot Virgin" & so many other things we can't say
Veep
|
$800
[21]
From Jurassic times, the Smackover Formation takes its name from an Arkansas town that had a 1920s boom due to this resource
oil
Noura
|
$1,200
[27]
Heathcliff is called "flaysome", a dialect word meaning scary or this word that also ends in "some"
fearsome
Noura
|
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
"Scipio's helmet" sounds cool but is only sung once in the anthem of this country; "We are ready to die" makes it in 4 times
Italy
Kris
|
$1,600
[5]
No one's written a musical about this Manhattan street, but the century-old Nederlander Theatre is on it
41st Street
Kris
Noura
|
$1,200
[10]
This Washington Nationals pitcher was the MVP of the 2019 World Series
Strasburg
|
$1,200
[18]
Román Zaragoza, as the not-so-late Sasappis on CBS
Ghosts
Ryan
|
$1,200
[22]
Jurassic National Monument, southeast of Provo in this state, is the site of a noted dinosaur quarry, home to over 12,000fossils
Utah
Ryan
|
$1,600
[28]
Charlotte's "Shirley" uses this word not to mean "shook with cold" but "broken in pieces"
shivered
Ryan
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The French paint a picture! "They come right into our arms to cut the throats of our sons, our comrades" in this tune
"The Marseillaise"
Ryan
|
DD
$1,700
[4]
This king got married just once, to Elizabeth of York in 1486
Henry VII
Kris
|
$1,600
[11]
This Toronto-born economist served from 2006 to 2015 as prime minister of Canada
Harper
Kris
|
$1,600
[19]
Fiona Shaw murders it as Carolyn Martens, who has headed the MI6 Russia desk
Killing Eve
|
$1,600
[23]
Plates lined with blood vessels likely helped cool this Jurassic herbivore; beware the spiky tail, too
Stegosaurus
Kris
|
— |
|
$2,000
[17]
This nation sings of a nearby rival: "King Christian... his sword was hammering so hard... the Swedes' helmets & brains cracked"
Denmark
Ryan
|
$2,000
[6]
Upper or Lower, you don't hear that much about this ward of New Orleans, home to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
the 8th Ward
Ryan
|
$2,000
[12]
Born a pagan, Stephen I, the first king of this Central European country, brought Christianity to the masses & was canonized in 1083
Hungary
Ryan
Noura
|
$2,000
[20]
Hisham Tawfiq knows if you've been naughty or nice--probably naughty--as Dembe Zuma
The Blacklist
|
$2,000
[24]
Gee, this supercontinent broke apart in the Jurassic, & began to drift
Gondwana
Ryan
Kris
|
— |
In a draft of FDR's speech of December 8, 1941, the words "world history" were changed to this one word
infamy