Steve Clarke — a lawyer from Chesapeake, Virginia
Aleithia Stephens — a course developer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Robert Won — a math professor from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | $2,800 | $5,800 | $23,000 |
$18,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aleithia | $1,600 | $2,200 | $7,400 |
$14,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
11 R, 1 W |
| Steve | $400 | $6,600 | $13,800 |
$18,401
New champion: $18,401 |
$13,800
20 R, 3 W |
| GLACIERS | HEARING RED | THE RAVEN-POURRI | LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS | GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1700s | CHEERY-"O" |
|
$200
[13]
Iceland's vast Vatna Glacier is dotted with these; their heat can periodically cause melting & flooding
volcanoes
Steve
|
$200
[24]
In 1984 Nena floated to No. 2 on the charts, singing, "Scramble in the summer sky, 99" of these "go by"
red balloons
Steve
|
$200
[20]
"Ah, distinctly I remember it", this conflict of legend ignited by Paris & Helen, & in the room that I now dwell in, "Quoth the raven..."
the Trojan War
Steve
|
$200
[1]
"The Volunteer State"
Tennessee
Robert
|
$200
[11]
1721 saw Robert Walpole become the first person to hold what would be called this high political office
prime minister
Robert
|
$200
[6]
Kahlil Gibran wrote this cheery sort of person "sees the rose and not its thorns"
an optimist
Robert
|
|
$400
[14]
Tasman Lakein this country is one of the few lakes in the world where you can see icebergs
New Zealand
Aleithia
Steve
|
$400
[25]
Toddlers worldwide know this group sang, "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" on their TV show
The Wiggles
Steve
|
$400
[21]
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at" this alliterative item seen here; what for? "Only this and nothing more"
a Dutch door
Robert
Steve
|
$600
[3]
Not a state,"Isla Del Encanto"
Puerto Rico
Robert
|
$400
[15]
After 9 years' work, in 1755 Samuel Johnson published this pioneering reference work
the dictionary
Robert
Aleithia
|
$400
[7]
A "standing" one of these after your powerful monologue is sure to bring you a smile
an ovation
Steve
|
|
$600
[17]
99% of the world's glacial ice is located on Antarctica & this big island well to the north
Greenland
Steve
|
$600
[26]
For Peter Gabriel, this unusual title precipitation "is coming down... pouring down all over me"
"Red Rain"
Aleithia
|
$600
[8]
"Presently my soul grew stronger", & I'd wait no longer! This "small" French cake I'd make, I swore! "Quoth the raven..."
petit four
Robert
|
$800
[4]
"Heart of Dixie"
Alabama
Robert
Steve
|
$600
[16]
Jacobite supporter Lord Lovat was the last person publicly executed this way in Great Britain--he was spared hanging, drawing & quartering
beheading
Steve
|
$600
[9]
Cheers to the NCAA Final Four, where the MVP is called the "M.O.P.", with the "O" short for this
outstanding
Robert
|
|
$800
[18]
Thisglacier in Alaska is named for naturalist John, who visited it in 1879; it has since receded & thinned
Muir (Muir Glacier)
Robert
|
$800
[29]
In 1988 UB40 drank up attention singing this title, "Stay close to me, don't let me be alone"
"Red Red Wine"
Steve
|
$800
[22]
"All my soul within me burning", we see here this singer of 1999s "Candy" returning with such name as?
Mandy Moore
Robert
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
"Great Faces, Great Places"
South Dakota
Robert
|
$800
[27]
In March 1743 this sacred oratorio received its London premiere conducted by Handel himself
the Messiah
Robert
|
$800
[10]
Shakespeare wrote, "Why, then the world's" my this "which I with sword will open"; hopeful indeed!
oyster
Aleithia
|
|
$1,000
[19]
When glaciers retreated in Norway, seawater filled the floor of the resulting trough, creating these, like the Sogne
fjords
Robert
|
$1,000
[30]
This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top"
Tim McGraw
Steve
|
$1,000
[23]
"Other friends have flown before", to this northeastern Canadian region, bounded by its self-named sea & more, "Quoth the raven..."
Labrador
Steve
|
$1,000
[5]
The Midwest's"Birthplace of Aviation"
Ohio
Robert
|
$1,000
[28]
Not as famous as James Watt, around 1712 Thomas Newcomen invented an initial version of this machine
a steam engine
Steve
|
$1,000
[12]
Greeks of good cheer will exclaim this 3-letter word, perhaps after breaking a plate
opa
Steve
|
| WRITER, WRONGER | CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE | TRIAL & ERA | WOOD | GEOGRAPHY FROM MACAU TO OGDEN | FAMILIAL PHRASES |
|
$400
[30]
Terrible with money, this Mo. humorist invested in James Paige's multi-ton typesetter; he later fantasized about Paige's slow death
Mark Twain
Steve
|
$400
[1]
The first in a series had Morpheus, Trinity & Agent Smith
The Matrix
Aleithia
|
$400
[14]
A Synodus Horrenda of 897 saw Pope Formosus guilty; 3 fingers were lopped off, but he felt nothing as he was in this state
he was dead
|
$400
[20]
The eastern red type of this wood has a distinct aroma & insect-repelling quality that make it popular for closets & chests
cedar
Aleithia
|
$400
[9]
This country surrounded by China & India joined the United Nations in 1955
Nepal
Aleithia
|
$400
[4]
A big vein in the mining biz, or a valuable source of anything
the mother lode
Robert
|
|
$800
[25]
The State Dept. issued guidelines to handle the drinking habits of this Mississippi writer on his official trips abroad
Faulkner
Steve
|
$800
[2]
Ernesto de la Cruz & Miguel got animated in the land of the dead
Coco
Robert
|
$800
[15]
At the center of 2013's U.S. v. Manning was this website that made sensitive secret information public
WikiLeaks
Steve
|
$800
[21]
Boards sold as "knotty" this might be from the Scotch or Monterey types
pine
Aleithia
|
$800
[10]
Kings up through Alfonso XIII lived in the Royal Palacein this world capital
Madrid
Robert
|
$800
[5]
If things are going swimmingly for you in the U.K., you might exclaim "Bob's your" this
uncle
Robert
|
|
$1,200
[26]
This poet & lord is said to have had an affair with his half-sister Augusta in 1813, the year he wrote "The Bride of Abydos"
(Lord) Byron
Aleithia
|
$1,200
[3]
Sharon Tate, Bruce Lee & Jay Sebring came to town
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
|
$1,200
[16]
Peter Heywood, a crew member of this ship, won "his majesty's royal mercy" in 1792; others would later hang from a yardarm
the (HMS) Bounty
Steve
|
$1,200
[22]
The black & sweet types of these fruit trees provide tight-grained woods prized by craftspeople
cherry
Robert
Aleithia
|
$1,600
[12]
25 miles east of Vegas, this man-made lake was just 37% full in 2021, sparking energy concerns for the American Southwest
Lake Mead
Aleithia
|
$1,200
[6]
This rhyming phrase suggests women should prioritize sibling-like relationships with other women over those with men
sisters before misters
Robert
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Known for his wildly graphic writing, kidnapping & other horrific excesses, he was transferred to the Bastille in February 1784
the Marquis de Sade
|
$1,600
[19]
Annie Savoy &Nuke LaLoosh were good sports
Bull Durham
Steve
|
$1,600
[17]
1895 saw this writer initially suing for libel, but the tables turned & he was soon on the hook for "gross indecency"
Oscar Wilde
Aleithia
|
$1,600
[23]
This strong, durable 3-letter conifer is commonly used for building walls, floors & ceilings
fir
Steve
|
$2,000
[13]
It's a county in Michigan, a borough in Jersey & a city in Northern California's Alameda County
Oakland
Steve
|
$2,000
[8]
This phrase from Shakespeare's "Henry V" now refers to any close-knit group, not just a military unit
band of brothers
Robert
|
|
$2,000
[28]
This author of "Naked Lunch" shot & killed his second wife in a drunken accident
William S. Burroughs
|
$2,000
[29]
Captain Miller, Sergeant Horvath & Corporal Henderson in a '90s epic
Saving Private Ryan
|
$2,000
[18]
This lawyer & statesman used his trademark rhetoric to convict corrupt Sicilian magistrate Gaius Verres in 70 B.C.
Cicero
|
$2,000
[24]
This soft, lightweight red wood is named for a man born in what is now Tennessee around 1775
sequoia
|
DD
$5,000
[11]
This city of more than 4 million people is home to the Jamia Mosque & Kenyatta University
Nairobi
Robert
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
As a verb, it means exempt from new legislation
grandfather
Robert
|
It's one of the most revived shows in Broadway history & in 2001 it was designated the state opera of South Carolina
Porgy and Bess