Matthew Marcus game 2.
Ricky A. Rivera II — an employee stock ownership plans analyst from Chicago, Illinois
Andrew Bembenek — a construction project manager from Los Angeles, California
Matthew Marcus — a software developer from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $42,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $5,800 | $8,600 | $28,800 |
$23,800
2-day champion: $66,000 |
$26,000
26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Andrew | $4,800 | $4,600 | $11,800 |
$23,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
15 R, 3 W |
| Ricky | $-600 | $3,400 | $11,200 |
$22,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| 19th CENTURY NAMES | SECOND CITIES | JUICE BAR | THAT'S A CRIME! | ROMAN NUMERAL SPELLING | MICHAEL, BOLTIN' |
|
$200
[28]
This circus showman called himself the "Prince of Humbugs"
P.T. Barnum
Ricky
|
$200
[26]
In 1880 the British defeated indigenous forces in the Battle of Kandahar, now the second-largest city in this country
Afghanistan
Andrew
Ricky
|
$200
[30]
Snapple says strawberry & this, "the fruit, not the bird!", make a "just-right juice that goes together"
kiwi
Matthew
|
$200
[22]
Well, it used to be, anyway! As of 2023, if you could cross the street safely in California, this was no longer a ticketable offense
jaywalking
Ricky
|
$200
[1]
Let's drop the proverbial one: 1,000, 1, 100
a mic
Matthew
|
$200
[24]
In 2004 & 2008 this U.S. swimmer won Olympic gold in the 100- & 200-meter butterfly & the 200- & 400-meter individual medleys
Michael Phelps
Matthew
|
|
$400
[27]
Here's Walt Whitman as captured by this 19th century photographer
Mathew Brady
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
Open a bottle to toast this second city of Ireland, with a name meaning "marsh"
Cork
Matthew
|
$400
[29]
In 1869 a dentist with this last name began selling "unfermented wine", better known as grape juice
Welch
Andrew
|
$400
[12]
It's knowingly lying after taking the oath to tell the truth in court, but it also applies to lying on a driver's license application
perjury
Matthew
|
$400
[5]
Take it easy:1,001, 50, 500
mild
Andrew
Ricky
|
$400
[8]
The combo of Drew Brees & speedy Michael Thomas of this team toasted NFL defenses beginning in 2016
the New Orleans Saints
Ricky
|
|
$600
[16]
In 1844 he wrote, "Religion... is the opium of the people"
Karl Marx
Ricky
|
$600
[6]
Founded by King Olaf III Haraldsson, Bergen is the second-largest city in this country
Norway
Matthew
|
$600
[13]
Head to New England for this classic 2-ingredient cocktail made with vodka & cranberry juice
a Cape Codder
Andrew
Ricky
|
$600
[11]
Those Allstate ads with Dean Winters in this role are funny, but it's also the crime of maliciously injuring a person's body
Mayhem
Andrew
|
$600
[2]
To combine:1,000, 9
mix
Andrew
|
$600
[23]
Thissuperstar who roamed center field for the Angels is known as the "Millville Meteor"
Mike Trout
Ricky
|
|
$800
[17]
During the Civil War he recruited for the all-Black Massachusetts 54th Infantry, in which 2 of his sons served
Frederick Douglass
Ricky
|
$800
[19]
Mombasa on the Indian Ocean is this country's main port
Kenya
Ricky
|
$800
[14]
You say tomato, I say this juice brand with a touch of seafood broth that's been around since the '60s
Clamato
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
Using a baseball bat or brass knuckles to inflict injury can lead to a charge of ADW, short for this
assault with a deadly weapon
Andrew
|
$800
[3]
Do your duty:101, 5, 1, 100
civic
Matthew
|
$800
[15]
This speedy German graduated from go-karts to grown-up racing, tallying 91 F1 Grand Prix victories in his day
Michael Schumacher
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century
Brahms
Matthew
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Bulawayo in this nation is home to State House, built by Cecil Rhodes
Zimbabwe
Matthew
|
$1,000
[20]
Theberries & juiceof this Central & South American palm are touted as a superfood
açaí
Ricky
|
$1,000
[9]
It's time to document this signature crime; it's also called false making & in Montana, can earn a 10-year stretch
forgery
Andrew
|
$1,000
[4]
Stay sharp!6, 5, 1, 500
vivid
Matthew
|
$1,000
[21]
Theman with the golden shoes, he crushed the world record in the 200 meters at the Atlanta Olympics
Michael Johnson
Matthew
|
| THE PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ARE THE THING | A LITTLE ASTRONOMY | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM | WATER MUSIC | FIRST OFF, HOW DARE YOU | NOW, WE DUEL |
|
$400
[29]
Just after his death in 2005, the Virginia Theatre on New York's 52nd Street was renamed for this man who wrote "Fences"
August Wilson
Ricky
|
$400
[27]
Caused by Jupiter's gravity, the Kirkwood gaps are nearly empty areas in the solar system's belt of these
the asteroid belt
Matthew
|
$400
[28]
Canaveral National Seashore protects 24 miles of undeveloped coastline in this state
Florida
Ricky
|
$400
[30]
Ike & Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song
"Proud Mary"
Andrew
|
$400
[19]
Urban Dictionary calls this bit of precipitation "a very sensitive person"; I'm aghast you think that of me
a snowflake
Ricky
|
$400
[26]
Seen here, film director Willy Rozier fought a duel over the negative words of François Chalais, who was this type of writer
a movie critic
Matthew
|
|
$800
[17]
He played the extremely long game with "Mourning Becomes Electra", a trilogy of plays with a total of 13 acts
Eugene O'Neill
Ricky
|
$800
[22]
Like Earth, Saturngets this kind of spectacular polar light show, a Latin word for "dawn"
an aurora
Ricky
|
$800
[12]
As seen here, parts of trees that have become fossilized are features of this national park in Arizona
the Petrified Forest
Andrew
|
$800
[5]
Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith & Harrison Ford
Working Girl
Ricky
|
$800
[6]
Why was I given this type of hyphenated dismissal that sounds like one is removing dandruff from clothing?
a brush-off
Andrew
|
$800
[25]
In 1791 he built a coalition against Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law to win a Senate seat; blood came after
Aaron Burr
Matthew
|
|
$1,200
[16]
After taking Rosencrantz & his pal to unexpected places in the '60s, this playwright visited "The Coast of Utopia" in 2002
Tom Stoppard
Matthew
|
$1,600
[21]
Out at the edge of the solar system, the heliopause is where this stream of plasma from the sun meets interstellar space
the solar wind
Matthew
|
$1,200
[13]
An Alabama historic site invites you to journey back to the 1940s & learn about this group of Black military aviators
the Tuskegee Airmen (or Red Tails)
Andrew
Ricky
|
$1,200
[4]
This composer's "Water Music" from 1717 is heard here
Handel
Matthew
Andrew
|
$1,200
[7]
Are you "casting" these 10-letter slanderous remarks in my direction? I thought we were friends!
aspersions
Matthew
|
$1,200
[9]
Known as one of these "masterless" warriors, Miyamoto Musashi engaged in the Kyoto duels
a ronin
Matthew
|
|
$1,600
[2]
The "son" never actually existed in this Albee play before dad commits a virtual "filicide"
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Matthew
|
$2,000
[20]
Nothing from inside, not even light, can escape past this, the 2-word term for the boundary around a black hole
an event horizon
Andrew
|
$1,600
[14]
A national memorial near Shanksville, Penn. commemorates the passengers & crew of this flight who perished on 9/11
United 93
Andrew
|
$1,600
[24]
Linda Ronstadt sang of "going back someday" to this colorful body of water
"Blue Bayou"
Andrew
|
$1,600
[8]
I'm hurt & now slighted by your actions; you've done this idiomatically, which involves a mathematical function
added insult to injury
Matthew
|
$1,600
[10]
It came to shove in 1837 with a duel featuring Georges d'Anthès & this poetic but unfortunate Russian
Pushkin
Ricky
|
|
DD
$3,400
[1]
We need your initial reaction to this 1988 David Henry Hwang play about a singer in the Beijing Opera with many secrets
M. Butterfly
Ricky
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
This type of astronomy sprang into being thanks to a 1930s investigation into interference with telephone calls
radio astronomy
Matthew
|
$2,000
[15]
A national monument in California's San Joaquin Valley honors this founder of a union
Cesar Chavez
Ricky
|
$2,000
[23]
This watery Henry Mancini composition was a huge hit for Andy Williams
"Moon River"
Matthew
|
$2,000
[18]
You've dubbed me a milksop; I'm peeved, as I prefer this other word that's etymologically similar & a tad longer
a milquetoast
Matthew
|
$2,000
[11]
Here's a depiction of King Turnus, clearly on the wrong side of a beef with this hero, about whom Virgil wrote an epic
Aeneas
Matthew
|
Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers
Schindler's List