Matthew Marcus game 1.
Matthew Marcus — a software developer from Portland, Oregon
Anita Perala — a product management consultant from Jersey City, New Jersey
Patti Palmer — a bookseller and retired teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patti | $400 | $2,200 | $9,400 |
$18,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Anita | $2,800 | $4,000 | $10,800 |
$18,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Matthew | $3,600 | $6,600 | $32,200 |
$42,200
New champion: $42,200 |
$25,000
31 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| DWIGHT EISENHOWER | ART-POURRI | SEVEN HEAVEN | "B" + 3 | TOUCAN | PLAY THAT GAME |
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$200
[18]
Too old at 20 for the Naval Academy, Ike graduated from this academy, class of 1915, at 24
West Point
Patti
|
$200
[17]
The Munch Museum says this painting's motif was probably inspired by a stroll the artist took in 1891 as the sun set over Oslo Fjord
The Scream
Matthew
|
$200
[27]
Mickey Mantle's No. 7 jersey was retired in an emotional ceremony at this venue in 1969
Yankee Stadium
Matthew
|
$200
[5]
A light on a radar screen
a blip
Anita
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$200
[30]
Toucan Sam urges you to follow your nose in selecting this breakfast cereal
Froot Loops
Matthew
|
$200
[6]
It's gotta be hard to catch 'em all when new video games keep coming out, but in 2022 folks gave it a shot with this "Legends: Arceus"
Pokémon
Matthew
|
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$400
[29]
Eisenhower renamed this presidential retreat formerly known as Shangri-La for his grandson
Camp David
Patti
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$400
[28]
In 1930 she did a series of 6 paintings of an oversized jack-in-the-pulpit flower
O'Keeffe
Anita
|
$400
[26]
This rite is the first of the Catholic Church's list of 7 sacraments
baptism
Patti
|
$400
[3]
A prison on a ship
brig
Matthew
|
$400
[14]
Señor Tucán showed up on this girl explorer's TV show & helped a little bit with learning Spanish
Dora
Anita
|
$400
[7]
A card in this game offers "a ride on the Reading", with a possibility of even getting paid to do so!
Monopoly
Patti
|
|
$600
[19]
In 1950, after retiring from active duty, Eisenhower was tapped to be supreme commander of this new military alliance
NATO
Matthew
|
$600
[8]
This 5-letter word follows "wood" in the printingtechniqueused by Japanese masters like Hiroshige
block
Anita
|
$600
[11]
By around 700 A.D. this hyphenated people had formed 7 separate kingdoms in Britain, known as the Heptarchy
the Anglo-Saxons
Anita
|
$600
[2]
To cheat out of money
bilk
Matthew
|
$600
[13]
This 2021 Disney film set in mountainous Colombia saw Alan Tudyk chittering away as the voice of the toucan
Encanto
Matthew
|
$600
[15]
This casino game with numbers on a ticket from 1 to 80 is of Chinese origin & dates back at least 2,000 years
keno
Matthew
|
|
$800
[24]
In retirement, Ike enjoyed painting, golf & spending time with Mamie at their farm adjoining this military park & battlefield
Gettysburg
Patti
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
In 1786 this artist was appointed court painter to Spain's King Charles III
Goya
Anita
|
$800
[12]
An offshoot of the 19th century Millerites, this religious group observes the Sabbath on Saturdays
Seventh-day Adventists
Matthew
|
$800
[1]
To stay or wait
bide
Matthew
|
$800
[20]
When this actor played George of the Jungle way back in 1997, he was joined on screen by Tookie
Brendan Fraser
Anita
|
$800
[23]
If the 5 dice you roll show the same number, well, that's the name of this Hasbro game, & the first one is 50 points
Yahtzee
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Opened in 2020, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is the first public work in Washington, D.C. by this renowned American architect
Frank Gehry
|
$1,000
[10]
For a sculpture called"La France", he used the features of Camille Claudel, a sculptor who was also his assistant & lover
Rodin
Matthew
|
$1,000
[16]
The craft Freedom 7 took this American into space for a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961
Alan Shepard
Patti
|
$1,000
[4]
A coffin stand
a bier
Matthew
|
$1,000
[21]
A macaw named Blu heads to Brazil & meets a toucan named Rafael in the animated movie with this 3-letter title
Rio
Patti
|
$1,000
[22]
This 5-letter card game of English origin helped construct some bridges--auction bridge & contract bridge
Whist
Matthew
|
| BIG RIVER | THE BOOK'S SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTISTS | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS | POP MUSIC | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END |
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$400
[28]
In the "Odyssey", it's called the Aegyptus
the Nile
Matthew
|
$400
[17]
Retty Priddle & incredibly helpful for the category Alec d'Urberville
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Matthew
|
$400
[29]
In 1986 3 physics winners were honored for designing the electron & scanning tunneling types of these
a microscope
Matthew
|
$400
[11]
This "porcine" term derived from the way bags were carried on shoulders
piggyback
Matthew
|
$400
[21]
Taylor Swift said she was up very late writing the songs that make up this 2022 album, hence its title
Midnights
Matthew
|
$400
[26]
It tells NFL coaches the game or half is getting near the end & the rules will slightly alter
the 2-minute warning
Patti
Anita
|
|
$1,200
[22]
The Yenisei River, one of Russia's biggest, is home to the Siberian species of this big fish
sturgeon
Matthew
|
$800
[16]
Sydney & Amelia Amberson, married second cousins in a Pulitzer winner
The Magnificent Ambersons
Anita
|
$800
[19]
Max Theiler's 1951 prize was for discoveries that helped combat this "colorful" mosquito-borne tropical disease
yellow fever
Matthew
|
$800
[6]
Nothing to do with a gospel writer, this word meaning "tepid" comes from Old English
lukewarm
Matthew
|
$800
[20]
On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts
Joan Jett
Matthew
|
$800
[12]
Put 7 letters before "ultimate" to get this word meaning the one before the next to last
antepenultimate
Anita
|
|
$1,600
[23]
Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries
the Congo
Matthew
|
$1,200
[3]
Charles Cheswick, a patient who aids a rebellion at a mental ward, & Miss Pilbow
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Matthew
|
$1,200
[4]
Aptly, 3 scientists shared the 1995 chemistry prize for work on this atmospheric gas made of 3 oxygen atoms
ozone
Matthew
|
$1,200
[5]
This term for a dashing swordsman comes from his practice of striking his own shield with his sword during combat
a swashbuckler
Matthew
|
$1,200
[9]
On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this NFL team
the Minnesota Vikings
Anita
|
$1,200
[13]
To do this "up" is to gather, as your strength; if you do it "out", you're leaving the military--like the WWI-erapersonnel
muster
Matthew
|
|
$2,000
[8]
The name of this great river comes from words meaning "place to paddle" in the language of the Warao of Venezuela
the Orinoco
Matthew
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Dr. Brodsky & Dim, a Droog until he's very much not a Droog
A Clockwork Orange
Patti
|
$1,600
[18]
James Peebles' work was in the physical type of this -ology, checking off little items like the origin & structure of the universe
cosmology
Anita
|
$1,600
[7]
A cow's cud-chewing ways gave us this word meaning to slowly think something over
ruminate
Patti
|
$1,600
[27]
In 2022 she was free to duet with Elton John on the song "Hold Me Closer"
Britney Spears
|
$1,600
[14]
The play has had its climax, the characters are wrapping things up in this French-named segment--it's almost time to go home
the dénouement
Matthew
|
|
DD
$8,000
[24]
No respect! Though more than 2,300 miles long, this North American river is still just a tributary
the Missouri
Matthew
|
$2,000
[2]
Weena, an Eloi, & Morlocks, as the main guy really gets around
The Time Machine
Patti
|
$2,000
[25]
Gerhard Herzberg's 1971 chemistry prize citation noted his work on these highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons
free radicals
Matthew
|
$2,000
[10]
The belief that members of the highest social ranks are duty-bound to help the poor is the crux of this 2-word French phrase
noblesse oblige
Anita
|
$2,000
[30]
An outlier ballad from this British metal band was "Changes" in 1972; it was rarely performed live
Black Sabbath
|
$2,000
[15]
When you see this notation in music, you've hit the final part of the movement
the coda
Patti
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Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object
the Golden Fleece