Fourth game in which reigning champion did not return.
Madeleine McKenna — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Daniel Ciarrocchi — a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
Toni Van Kampen — a retired systems analyst from Mount Prospect, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni | $2,400 | $5,200 | $8,000 |
$7,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Daniel | $2,400 | $3,200 | $8,800 |
$16,001
New champion: $16,001 |
$10,800
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Madeleine | $3,000 | $4,600 | $3,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| TEXAS STATE SYMBOLS | IN THE BOOKSTORE | BODY LANGUAGE | MEASURE FOR MEASURE | NON-BOMB ROM COMS | ENDS IN SILENT "E" |
|
$200
[19]
Cowboys & cowgirls show off their roping & riding skills in this state sport
rodeo
Toni
|
$200
[12]
Chuck Klosterman's meditation on this decade discusses Zima, Ross Perot & the band Nirvana
the '90s
Madeleine
|
$200
[1]
Many people with a herniated intervertebral one of these in their spine don't feel symptoms
a disc
Daniel
|
$200
[6]
One tablespoon =3 of these
a teaspoon
Daniel
|
$200
[25]
In "Bull Durham" this actor tells Susan Sarandon that he believes in the hanging curve ball, high fiber & good scotch
Costner
Toni
|
$200
[30]
Over 2 nights, the first Democratic one in June 2019 had 20 candidates
a debate
Daniel
|
|
$400
[20]
Hot stuff! It was handpicked as the state pepper
jalapeño
Toni
|
$400
[13]
The biography "The Revolutionary" notes this Bostonian who wrote under pseudonyms like Populus & Candidus never went by Sam
(Samuel) Adams
Toni
Daniel
|
$400
[11]
Consisting of one systole & one diastole, this happens about 100,000 times a day in humans
a heartbeat
Toni
|
$400
[15]
43,560 square feet =one of these
an acre
Madeleine
|
$400
[26]
In 2022 Diane Sawyer interviewed Hugh Grant, Laura Linney & much of the cast of this film, "20 Years Later"
Love Actually
Madeleine
|
$400
[29]
Edna from "The Incredibles" is known to advise against wearing one
a cape
Madeleine
|
|
$600
[21]
Cowboys bootsare the state footwear &thisis the state tie
a bolo tie
Daniel
|
$800
[18]
"Mr. B." by former ballerina Jennifer Homans is a biography of this great choreographer
Balanchine
Toni
|
$600
[10]
Buccal is an adjective referring to this part of your face
your cheeks
Madeleine
|
$600
[16]
One second =one billion of these
a nanosecond
Toni
Madeleine
|
$600
[2]
You must remember that in 2008, Jason Segel tried "Forgetting" this Kristen Bell character by heading for Oahu
Sarah Marshall
Madeleine
|
$600
[3]
Seen here is a type of this, used for blood pressure
a gauge
Toni
Madeleine
|
|
$800
[22]
In 2005 Texas chose this Old West food truck as its state vehicle
the chuck wagon
Toni
|
$1,000
[24]
The title of Gabrielle Zevin's novel about young game designers is this repetitive line from "Macbeth" expressing weariness
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Madeleine
|
$800
[8]
This word referring to the sole comes before "fasciitis" in an injury of the foot
plantar
Daniel
|
$800
[7]
1/8 of a circle =this many degrees
45
Daniel
|
$800
[27]
This 1998 rom com starred Ben Stiller & Cameron Diaz, with an appearance by Brett Fav...ruh
There's Something About Mary
Madeleine
|
$800
[4]
This other name for the jack in a deck of cards fits the bill
a knave
Daniel
|
|
$1,000
[23]
The legislature called this alliterative cactus "rugged & beautiful" in naming it the state plant
the prickly pear
Toni
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
This title of Prince Harry's memoir completes a description of Prince William & him, "The Heir & the..."
Spare
Toni
|
$1,000
[9]
The bony socket that surrounds the eye is also called this; sounds space-y
orbital
Madeleine
|
$1,000
[17]
One British thermal unit = about 1,055 of these units of energy named for a British physicist
the joule
|
$1,000
[28]
In a supporting role in "Tootsie", this comic legend correctly observed, "That is one nutty hospital"
Bill Murray
|
$1,000
[5]
An entourage or group of retainers; it also starts with "ret"
a retinue
Toni
|
| THE 12th CENTURY | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | TV BEFORE & AFTER | GODS & MYTHS |
|
$400
[25]
In 1171 England's Henry II landed with a large army in this island country to assert his right of rule there
Ireland
Toni
|
$400
[11]
The Sundarbans is the swampy delta where the Ganges, Meghna & Brahmaputra rivers all flow into this bay
the Bay of Bengal
Daniel
|
$400
[10]
Some use their pencil to do this in textbooks to remind themselves of salient points; it can also mean to strongly assert
underscore (or underline)
Madeleine
|
$400
[4]
Of U.S. Cabinet departments
Agriculture
Madeleine
|
$400
[2]
A Time Lord from Gallifrey might want to phone a friend on the way to winning a huge sum of money
Doctor Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Daniel
|
$400
[16]
The word "money" derives from Moneta, another name for this wife of Jupiter whose temple became a Roman mint
Juno
Toni
|
|
$800
[26]
Uzbekistan's Minaret of Kalyanhas stood since 1127, aided by straw packed into its foundation to protect against these events
earthquakes
Toni
|
$800
[12]
As you can see, the Schwarzwald--this in English--covers a lot of ground, 2,300 square miles in area
the Black Forest
Madeleine
|
$800
[6]
It can mean to think or focus really, really hard, or to rally all forces towards one specific goal
concentrate
Daniel
|
$800
[5]
In a pack of the classic 5-flavor Life Savers
cherry
Daniel
|
$800
[1]
Brenda Walsh & Donna Martin join Dorit, Kyle & the other wealthy women on a Bravo reality show
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, 90210
|
$800
[17]
This top god had an 8-legged horse named Sleipnir
Odin
Toni
|
|
$1,200
[27]
Poets like Chrétien de Troyes turned stories of knights, kings & chivalry into romances of this type of highly idealized "love"
courtly love
Madeleine
|
$1,200
[13]
The Attica region of Greece includes this plain, the site of a pivotal 490 B.C. battle
the Plains of Marathon
Toni
|
$1,200
[7]
To demonstrate the causes & reasons for having done what you did; it can also mean to make righteous in the sight of God
justify
Madeleine
|
$1,200
[20]
Of the New Testament's 4 gospel writers
John
Daniel
|
$1,200
[3]
Harry Hamlin & Susan Dey leave the courtroom to investigate sex crimes in New York with Mariska Hargitay
L.A. Law & Order: SVU
Toni
|
$1,200
[18]
Not just a Fleetwood Mac song, in Welsh mythology she was a goddess unjustly accused of killing her own son
Rhiannon
Madeleine
|
|
$1,600
[28]
King Suryavarman II of this 5-letter empire built the vast temple complex of Angkor Wat
the Khmer Empire
|
$1,600
[14]
The 23 provinces of this South American country include Catamarca & Mendoza, home to the highest peak in the hemisphere
Argentina
Toni
Daniel
Madeleine
|
$1,600
[8]
Pronounced one way it's an adjective describing a close friend; pronounced as a verb, it means to imply indirectly or suggest
intimate
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Of current justices of the Supreme Court, by last name
Samuel Alito
Daniel
|
$1,600
[22]
The Tanners move to Washington, D.C., where they become ruthless & vengeful politicians
Full House of Cards
Daniel
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
Pursued by Apollo, the nymph Daphne was transformed into this tree associated with poets
a laurel tree
Madeleine
|
| — |
$2,000
[15]
The Hudson Strait & the Fury & Hecla Strait are bodies of water between this large island & the Canadian mainland
Baffin Island
Toni
|
$2,000
[9]
Meaning to understand or take into custody; we hope the police don't do it to you
apprehend
Toni
|
$2,000
[24]
Of the chemical elements that begin with "C"
cadmium
Toni
Daniel
|
$2,000
[23]
Annalise Keating & Jessica Fletcher solve crimes or possibly cover them up & then tell about them in books
How to Get Away with Murder, She Wrote
Daniel
|
— |
It says, "The mind is its own place, & in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same"
Paradise Lost