Matthew Marcus game 3.
Jesse Lampert — a sales executive from Los Angeles, California
Tanya Parrott — a librarian from Gainesville, Virginia
Matthew Marcus — a software developer from Portland, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $66,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $1,400 | $3,800 | $13,400 |
$21,400
3-day champion: $87,400 |
$15,400
21 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tanya | $1,000 | $4,200 | $10,600 |
$10,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jesse | $1,600 | $3,400 | $4,600 |
$9,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
11 R, 1 W |
| MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB | WINE TASTING 101 | U.S. MUSEUMS | ADD A LETTER AT THE START | DOCTOR WHO | PARTS & LABOR |
|
$200
[26]
February 1946:After losing a vote for General Assembly president, Trygve Lie becomes the first man in this United Nations job
Secretary-General
Tanya
|
$200
[9]
Sauvignon blanc tends to be "sec", a synonym of this word meaning with no perceptible sugary taste
dry
Jesse
|
$200
[22]
You'll find replicas of the Oval Office & the White House Cabinet Room at his center in Little Rock
Bill Clinton
Jesse
|
$200
[3]
Of a word meaning healthy to get this cetacean
whale (from hale)
Matthew
|
$200
[4]
Before he was named WHO's director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge fought to control this lung disease aka consumption
tuberculosis
Tanya
|
$200
[8]
Jake Peralta, Harry Callahan
a policeman (police detective)
Matthew
|
|
$400
[14]
February 1990:In South Africa, the 30-year ban on this political party is lifted by president F.W. de Klerk
the ANC
Matthew
|
$400
[10]
Thedropletsthat form on the side of a glass & slowly move down after a wine is swirled are known as these body parts
legs
Jesse
|
$400
[21]
& here's to you, this Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer, whose NYC museum honoring his legacy opened in 2022
(Jackie) Robinson
Tanya
|
$400
[2]
Of a word meaning to vote into office to get this verb meaning to choose
select (from elect)
Tanya
|
$400
[5]
In 1974 WHO Director-General Halfdan Mahler predicted the eradication of this disease; by 1980 it was gone
smallpox
Jesse
|
$400
[7]
Kim Wexler, Vincent Gambini
lawyer
Tanya
|
|
$800
[25]
February 1945:Allied forces under this commander return to retake Manila
MacArthur
Tanya
|
$600
[11]
High alcohol content leads to the big mouthfeel called "full-" this, used of wines such as Montepulciano
body
Matthew
|
$600
[1]
One of the most famous paintings at LA's Getty Center Museum is this artist's"Irises"
Vincent van Gogh
Matthew
|
$600
[12]
Of a word meaning something done to get this word meaning a splinter group
faction
Jesse
|
$600
[6]
In Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti led a WHO initiative to bring antiretroviral therapy to people living with this virus
HIV
Matthew
|
$600
[16]
Fox Mulder, Clarice Starling
FBI agent
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Feb. 1848:A huge Paris "banquet" (since protests were forbidden) leads to the downfall of the king & the start of the Second this
the Second Republic
Matthew
|
$800
[13]
Musical term for subtle flavors or aromas; a Stag's Leap Cab is said to have them of tobacco & mulberries, with hints of pencil lead
notes
Matthew
|
$800
[23]
You can light candles in memory of those who perished at the hands of the Nazis at the end of your visit to this museum in Washington
the Holocaust Memorial
Jesse
|
$800
[28]
Of a synonym for a conclusion to get this word meaning awaiting conclusion
pending
Matthew
|
$800
[19]
In Ukraine Dr. Jarno Habicht works to vaccinate people against this childhood disease of rash & cough that's making a resurgence
measles
Jesse
|
$800
[17]
Gabe Kotter, Mr. Hand
teachers
Tanya
|
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
February 1989:Rev. Barbara Harris becomes the first woman bishop in this U.S. church & in the Anglican Communion
the Episcopal Church
Matthew
|
$1,000
[20]
These compounds in wine that leave that puckery feeling in the mouth mostly come from grape skins
tannins
Matthew
|
$1,000
[24]
The highlight of the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut is this first nuclear sub, launched in 1954
USS Nautilus
|
$1,000
[29]
Of a word meaning ready to eat to get this word meaning to complain
gripe
Matthew
|
$1,000
[30]
WHO South-East Asia Director Poonam Khetrapal Singh aims to eradicate NTDs, neglected these diseases of warm latitudes
tropical diseases
|
$1,000
[18]
Francis Mulcahy, Brendan Flynn
(Catholic) priests
Tanya
|
| TRAIN ROUTES | HOT TUNES | PRISONERS OF WAR | S-SS-ING THE SITUATION | THEILIAD& THEODYSSEY | YOU CAN CALL ME HOMER |
|
$400
[25]
Moving at a glacial pace, this country's Glacier Express from Zermatt to St. Moritz is called the world's slowest express
Switzerland
Tanya
|
$400
[13]
This 1985 Top 10 hit by The Power Station shares its name with a 1959 Marilyn Monroe film
"Some Like It Hot"
Matthew
|
$400
[21]
Shown on TV in a North Vietnamese prison camp in 1966, Jeremiah Denton repeatedly blinked to spell "torture" in this system
Morse code
Matthew
|
$400
[16]
It's the "B" in Elvis' classic TCB, mama; thank you, thank you very much
taking care of business
|
$400
[11]
She says she wishes she had died instead of running off with Paris, leading to the Trojan War
Helen of Troy
Jesse
|
$400
[7]
Homer Davenport, once a top cartoonist, depicted this president amid the now forgotten 1899 Embalmed Beef Scandal
William McKinley
|
|
$800
[26]
For decades this famous Paris-Istanbul train route passed though the Simplon Tunnel in the Alps
the Orient Express
Tanya
|
$800
[14]
He noted, "It's getting hot in herre" & followed with the helpful "so take off all your clothes"
Nelly
Jesse
|
$800
[29]
Andrew Jackson was 14 when he & his brother were taken as prisoners during this war
the American Revolution
Matthew
|
$800
[17]
It precedes "& light" in a phrase meaning extreme pleasantness
sweetness
Tanya
|
$800
[24]
This faithful wife of Odysseus fends off multiple suitors while waiting nearly 20 years for her husband's return
Penelope
Jesse
|
$800
[6]
As this chief U.S. law enforcement officer, Homer Cummings announced an arrest in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
the Attorney General
Tanya
|
|
$1,200
[27]
The Rocky Mountaineer offers routes from Vancouver, B.C. to Jasper or Banff in this neighboring province
Alberta
Jesse
|
$1,200
[1]
In 2022 this Glass Animals song spent a record 91st week on the aptly named Hot 100
"Heat Waves"
Matthew
|
$1,200
[2]
Heinrich Harrer's "Seven Years in" this locale began with his escape from a British prisoner of war camp in India
Tibet
Matthew
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
Unjustifiable, or lacking crucial elements on the field at Dodger Stadium
baseless
Tanya
|
$1,200
[4]
These 2, a god & a goddess with 6-letter "A" names, take the form of vultures to watch Hector challenge the Greeks
Apollo & Athene
Matthew
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Last name of Homer, a filmmaker himself as well as father of a creative son; in 2015 there was a retrospective of his work in Portland
Groening
Tanya
|
|
$2,000
[28]
The Trans-Siberian Railroad takes about a week to get from Moscow to this large city on Russia's Pacific coast
Vladivostok
Matthew
|
$1,600
[12]
This Billy Joel song /history lesson references the Rosenbergs, Dien Bien Phu, the Edsel & of course, "Wheel of Fortune"
"We Didn't Start The Fire"
Tanya
|
$1,600
[3]
A P.O.W. in Japan, James Clavell wrote the screenplay to this Steve McQueen film set in a German P.O.W. camp
The Great Escape
Matthew
|
$1,600
[19]
In singular form, for a change, this word comes before "tailed" in the name of Oklahoma's statebird
scissor-tailed
|
$1,600
[5]
She's the loveliest daughter of the king of Troy; the tale of the curse of having her prophecies doubted is post-Homeric
Cassandra
Matthew
|
$1,200
[8]
A gold mine promoter named Homer Pennock gave his first name to a city in this state
Alaska
Matthew
|
| — |
$2,000
[15]
Moving forward using all my breath, Modern English sang, "I'll stop the world &" do this
melt with you
Tanya
|
$2,000
[22]
This Frenchman who wrote "Being and Nothingness" was a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1941
Jean-Paul Sartre
Matthew
|
$2,000
[20]
This 10-letter type of below-market "property" is more than just a fixer-upper, it could be in foreclosure
distressed
Matthew
Jesse
|
$2,000
[23]
This Cyclops traps Odysseus & his men in a cave to eat them, but is blinded when they make their escape
Polyphemus
Matthew
|
$2,000
[10]
Now honored by a plaque in a station in Roxbury, Horatio J. Homer was this city's first Black police officer, for 40 years from 1878
Boston
|
1917's "Elements of Trench Warfare" said this Old West item was "difficult to destroy" & "difficult to get through"
barbed wire