Megan Wachspress game 5.
Tory Leviton — a musician and teacher from Englewood, Colorado
Ketty Pan — a head of new product development from Henderson, Nevada
Megan Wachspress — an attorney from Berkeley, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | $600 | $4,400 | $10,000 |
$401
5-day champion: $52,002 |
$10,000
17 R, 4 W |
| Ketty | $3,400 | $3,000 | $200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Tory | $3,400 | $4,200 | $10,200 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
16 R, 1 W |
| WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE | AIR TRAVEL | ONE SMALL STEP FOR HAM | HORSE IDIOMS | CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS, COMMONLY | MASHED UP TV SHOWS |
|
$200
[1]
After John Roberts flubbed this 35-word recitation at the inauguration in 2009, he & the president got it right the next day
the Oath of Office
Ketty
|
$200
[4]
When it comes to flight connections, a stopover is longer than one of these that typically lasts less than 4 hours
a layover
Tory
|
$200
[22]
In 2022 France passed a law that reduces nitrites, the chemicals that make cured ham this color inside instead of gray
pink
Tory
|
$200
[27]
Information directly from the person involved comes "straight from" here
the horse's mouth
Megan
|
$200
[11]
Sodium chloride, which you know better as "table" this
salt
Ketty
|
$200
[16]
"Better Call Nine-Nine"
Better Call Saul & Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Megan
|
|
$400
[2]
A 2006 survey of presidential historians gave the No. 1 all-time blunder to this 15th prez for failing to avert the Civil War
Buchanan
Ketty
|
$400
[3]
Though often used to mean the front of a terminal where planes remain in a delay, it's actually a paving material
the tarmac
Megan
|
$400
[23]
Italian for "ham", this meat precedes cotto when cooked
prosciutto
Tory
|
$400
[28]
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't" do this
make him (them) drink
Megan
Ketty
|
$400
[12]
Don't chuckle--nitrous oxide also goes by this name
laughing gas
Megan
|
$400
[17]
"Touched by Improvement"
Touched by an Angel & Home Improvement
Megan
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1798 the laws regarding pro-French immigrants & anti-presidential rhetoric known as these acts did not go over well
the Alien and Sedition Acts
Megan
Tory
|
$600
[5]
Named for the wall in front of them, these have less storage space but nobody to recline in your face
the bulkhead
Ketty
|
$600
[24]
A children's story tells us despite severe reservations, this colorful breakfast item goes very well with ham
green eggs
Megan
|
$600
[10]
Someone super ready & eager is said to be exhibiting this bridle-based activity
chomping at the bit
Megan
|
$600
[13]
Chimney sweeps may find this 4-letter form of amorphous carbon coating their workplace
soot
Tory
|
$600
[18]
"I Dream of Anarchy"
I Dream of Jeannie & Sons of Anarchy
Ketty
Tory
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Oops! One of the burglars caught at the Watergate in 1972 was security chief of this committee, CREEP for short
Committee to Re-elect the President
Megan
|
$800
[7]
O'Hare Airport in Chicago is about a 25-mile drive from this other international airport that's closer to downtown
Midway
Ketty
|
$800
[25]
Harry J. Hoenselaarpatented thespiral ham slicer& later built this sweet-sounding company into a household name
Honey Baked
Megan
Ketty
Tory
|
$800
[29]
It's too late; you've done this "after the horse is gone"
close the barn door
Megan
Ketty
|
$800
[14]
Sodium bicarbonate, used in ovens & refrigerators alike, is known by this common 2-word name
baking soda
Tory
|
$800
[19]
"What We Do in the Building"
What We Do in the Shadows & Only Murders in the Building
Ketty
|
|
DD
$1,200
[6]
In 1922 the Interior Secretary gave an oil company exclusive rights in this Wyoming reserve & got a $200,000 payoff
Teapot Dome
Ketty
|
$1,000
[8]
When a change of pressure causes airplane ear, try swallowing to open this tube that connects the middle ear to the pharynx
the eustachian tube
|
$1,000
[26]
One country-cured ham is this brand that comes from the same-named Virginia town; hickory-smoke 'em if you got 'em!
Smithfield
|
$1,000
[30]
Oops, we've done this--arranging our 2 necessities, but in the wrong sequence
put the cart before the horse
Megan
|
$1,000
[15]
"G" is for this, hydrated calcium sulfate, used in drywall
gypsum
Tory
|
$1,000
[20]
"Emily in Blinders"
Emily in Paris & Peaky Blinders
Ketty
|
| BELGIANS | GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP | SADJECTIVES | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | THE ZODIAC SIGN... |
|
$400
[6]
National hero Eddy Merckx won this foremost multi-stage cycling event 5 times
Tour de France
Tory
|
$400
[21]
He & co-writer Amy Wadge shared a Grammy in 2016 for "Thinking Out Loud"
Ed Sheeran
Tory
|
$400
[5]
This Central European country only existed in the 20th century
Czechoslovakia
Megan
|
$400
[13]
P.G. Wodehouse wrote, "I am all alone here and rather" this color traditionally used to describe sadness
blue
Megan
|
$400
[29]
The 2012 Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to this Arthur Miller classic
Death of a Salesman
Megan
Ketty
|
$400
[30]
Mentioned in the title of a No. 1 hit from 1969
Aquarius
Tory
|
|
$800
[11]
In the 1920s, priest & physicist Georges Lemaîtreformulated the modern version of this sudden expansion model of the universe
the big bang (theory)
Ketty
|
$800
[19]
In 2008 the Grammys said yes, yes, yes to this Amy Winehouse song
"Rehab"
Ketty
Tory
|
$800
[4]
It was once known as the Zaire, but now it's this & it still carries more water than any river except the Amazon
Congo
Tory
|
$800
[14]
Word for one whose cardiac organ got busted, metaphorically
heartbroken
Tory
|
$800
[17]
Courting controversy, this Norwegian's 1881 play "Ghosts" dealt openly with venereal disease & incest
Ibsen
Ketty
|
$800
[24]
Whose animal representation has the most legs
Cancer
Ketty
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Brussels-born, she created her wrap dress in the '70s, when she was married to a prince; she later wed Barry Diller
von Furstenberg
Ketty
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1995 "Streets Of" this won Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Male Rock Vocal & Best Song Written Specifically for Movies or TV
Philadelphia
Ketty
|
$1,200
[1]
Once a mighty kingdom, it was abolished by the Allies after WWII during the reorganization of Germany
Prussia
Tory
|
$1,200
[26]
"M" is for mood, & a gloomy one at that; "Come to me" in a 1912 song, "My" this "Baby"
melancholy
|
$1,200
[12]
Harold Pinter's adultery drama "Betrayal" is notable for unfolding in this unusual way
in reverse or antichronological (backwards)
Megan
|
$1,200
[22]
That sounds like a god of war
Aries
Tory
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Using this new type of microscope in the 1940s, scientist Albert Claude helped create the modern map of the cell
the electron microscope
Megan
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1989 Bobby McFerrin took home a Song of the Year Grammy for this, & he probably didn't, & was
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Ketty
|
$1,600
[2]
At one time the capital of Upper Canada, this city was once named York, in honor of a duke of York
Toronto
Megan
|
$1,600
[27]
U is the only vowel in this 4-letter adjective that means dull or sullen
glum
Ketty
|
$1,600
[16]
This Christopher Hampton play about immoral 18th century French seducers was based on a Pierre Laclos novel
Les Liaisons dangereuses
|
$1,600
[23]
With its name in a November meteor shower emanating from comet Tempel-Tuttle
Leo
Ketty
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Victor Horta's 1890s Hôtel Tassel in Brussels has been called the first major building in this French-named style
Art Nouveau
Megan
|
$2,000
[20]
Writers Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams shared a 2019 award for this Childish Gambino smash
"This Is America"
Megan
|
$2,000
[3]
Yugoslaviaceased to be in 2003, becoming the Union of Serbia and this
Montenegro
Ketty
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Insert an M into a word meaning abstinent from alcohol & you have this adjective meaning grave in mood
somber
Ketty
|
$2,000
[18]
Thisactor/playwright won a Tony for "August: Osage County" & has been seen in "Homeland" & "Ford v Ferrari"
Tracy Letts
|
DD
$8,800
[25]
Represented by a creature that Zeus turned into to abduct Europa
Taurus (the bull)
Ketty
|
From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous"
the monarchy