Alison Betts game 2.
Brian Phillips — an IT technician originally from Spring Valley, New York
Sarah Avery — an assistant reporter of judicial decisions from Ellington, Connecticut
Alison Betts — a writer and creative executive originally from San Jose, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $2,200 | $4,600 | $25,600 |
$33,100
2-day champion: $61,700 |
$19,200
23 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Sarah | $4,400 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$3,599
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
17 R, 2 W |
| Brian! | $-600 | $200 | $6,600 |
$8,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$6,600
7 R, 1 W |
| STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS | NEW YORK GOVERNORS | FADS | KIDDY LIT | THAT'S SO CRINGE |
|
$200
[15]
A NASDAQ stock, this company produces tens of billions of non-edible chips every year
Texas Instruments
Sarah
|
$200
[6]
Tim McGraw hit the Hot 100 wanting to "live a life so when I die, there's" this crowd situation, SRO for short
standing room only
Sarah
|
$200
[16]
Elected governor in 1868, John T. Hoffman was the last to go from this job to higher office; Rudy, Bloomberg & de Blasio all tried
mayor of New York
Sarah
|
$200
[22]
Thisgroovy type of shirt was especially popular around the time of Woodstock
tie-dye
Alison
|
$200
[7]
The title boy makes a fishtail from curtains in "Julián is" this creature
a mermaid
Sarah
|
$200
[27]
It can mean to lack dexterity but it doesn't lack for Ws, with 2; well, this is...
awkward
Alison
|
|
$400
[14]
In 1908, it was the result of consolidating many transportation companies
General Motors
Sarah
|
$400
[21]
With a Bananarama-riffic title, this Taylor Swift song dominated the fall in 2023, staying at No. 1 for weeks
"Cruel Summer"
Alison
|
$400
[17]
On June 29, 1795 this first chief justice resigned from the Supreme Court to become New York's second governor
(John) Jay
Alison
|
$400
[24]
At the height of this craze, a man dashed across the stage during the Oscars "showing his shortcomings", as David Niven put it
streaking
Sarah
|
$400
[5]
In 1987 illustrator Martin Handford began challenging readers to find a guy in a striped shirt & cap in this series of books
Where's Waldo?
Brian!
|
$400
[20]
If you're sensitive to a certain touch, you'll giggle, but this adjective also describes a tricky situation that needs a sensitive touch
(a) ticklish (situation)
|
|
$600
[11]
This company expected healthy 2023 sales of around $84 billion, you know, give or take
Johnson & Johnson
Alison
|
$600
[28]
"Now & then, I miss you, oh, now & then, I want you to be there for me", sang this band in a 2023 song written in the '70s
The Beatles
Alison
|
$600
[18]
Known as the "Father of the Erie Canal", he served 2 terms as governor of New York
DeWitt Clinton
Sarah
|
$600
[23]
Here's our version of this big fad of the 1970s; googly eyes optional
a Pet Rock
Alison
|
$600
[4]
Courage & perseverance are lessons taught by this Watty Piper classic with the mantra "I think I can, I think I can"
The Little Engine That Could
Sarah
|
$600
[8]
From the Latin for "death", it can indeed mean to render necrotic but it's more associated as a word meaning to embarrass
mortify
Alison
|
|
$800
[12]
In 2022, this brand had a price point initiative that was $0.25 above what you'd think, its first price change in over 36 years
Dollar Tree
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
This woman knew how to "Paint The Town Red" purrfectly in 2023
Doja Cat
Alison
|
$800
[25]
George Pataki's governorship 1995-2007 included environmental protection for this body of water, shared with Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Sarah
|
$800
[19]
Focus now, a few years back, these gizmos were all the rage
a fidget spinner
Brian!
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
This beloved book about a stuffed animal is subtitled "Or, How Toys Become Real"
The Velveteen Rabbit
Alison
|
$800
[9]
Spelled differently, one of the Moon's is waxing crescent, but for category purposes, it means to dismay or confuse
to faze
|
|
$1,000
[13]
This company's stock started trading with its IPO on September 22, 1981
Home Depot
|
$1,000
[30]
People were "lovin on me"... well, not me, but him when he took that tune to No. 1
Jack Harlow
|
$1,000
[26]
This governor resigned from politics 2 months after losing the 1876 presidential election to Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
|
$1,000
[2]
One of the more worthy fads, the Ice Bucket Challenge launched in 2014 raised $115 million to fight this disease
ALS
Sarah
|
$1,000
[3]
In Chapter 1 of her first adventure, this character "Moves into Villa Villekulla"
Pippi Longstocking
Sarah
Brian!
|
$1,000
[10]
Anxious? Uncomfortable? You're this 3-word phrase that sounds like a sick military command
ill at ease
|
| AMERICAN BIRDS | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? | DROP IN... | ANYTIME |
|
$400
[17]
Warily circling as hunters freeze & swear, the pintail type of this water bird is one of the most difficult to lure with a decoy
a duck
Sarah
|
$400
[15]
Forgotten by his family, young Kevin watches the film "Angels with Filthy Souls" on VHS in this movie
Home Alone
Alison
|
$400
[27]
In response to this Black nationalist's death in 1965, Amiri Baraka wrote "Black Art", an early poem of the Black Arts Movement
Malcolm X
Alison
Sarah
|
$400
[13]
Cabrillo National Monumenton this city's bay marks the spot where in 1542, the first European landed on America's West Coast
San Diego
Brian!
|
$400
[29]
From a word for a bug to get this often small but enthusiastic type of religious group
sect
Alison
|
$400
[30]
These spies aren't tired; they function ordinarily in a population until activated for vital reasons at any time
sleepers (sleeper agents)
Alison
|
|
$800
[18]
If you're birding west of the Rockies, you're likely to catch sight of the California scrub type of this bird
jay
|
$800
[1]
This actor is the star of "Last Action Hero" & plays Jack Slater in "Jack Slater IV", the movie within it
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Brian!
|
$800
[28]
A poem by Askia M. Touré refers to this"Giant Steps" saxophonist as a "Black priest prophet"
Coltrane
Sarah
|
$800
[12]
It's home to North Dakota State University
Fargo
Sarah
|
$800
[19]
From a word meaning certainly to get this legal contract "of trust" or "of sale"
a deed
Alison
|
$800
[5]
Southwest Airlines has put this query in front of certain fares that let you fly on a whim
Wanna get away?
Alison
|
|
$1,200
[22]
The Cooper's type of this bird of prey is soon to be the TBD type as American birds will no longer have people in their common names
hawk
Alison
Sarah
|
$1,200
[2]
Gene Kelly dances up a storm in this musical about folks working on the film "The Dueling Cavalier" in the new talking pictures era
Singin' in the Rain
Alison
|
$1,200
[11]
After a famous memoir, this poet found success with her collection "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie"
Maya Angelou
Sarah
|
$1,200
[3]
Just off its east coast is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first undersea park
Key Largo
Alison
|
$1,600
[8]
From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone
solvent
Sarah
|
$1,200
[6]
This synonym for anytime is in the title of Shakira's first U.S. Top 40 hit
whenever
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[23]
Thelong-billed curlewis nicknamed this bird & its Bay Area habitat is said to have lent that name to a point & a ballpark
candlestick
Alison
|
$1,600
[16]
A woman on death row is the focus of "Habeas Corpus", a project within this film about a movie exec played by Tim Robbins
The Player
Brian!
|
$1,600
[14]
This Back to Africa promoter was an icon depicted on Chicago's now destroyed Wall of Respect, designed by BAM artists
(Marcus) Garvey
Brian!
|
$2,000
[10]
William Butler Yeats spent holidays with his grandparents in this town in western Ireland & was eventually buried there
Sligo
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
From a word involving respiration to get this word meaning healthy
hale
Alison
|
$1,600
[20]
85% of Alaska is underlain by this type of soil that remains frozen year-round
permafrost
Alison
|
|
$2,000
[24]
John Cassin, from a Quaker family in Delaware County, became a famed ornithologist in this city & named avireoafter it
the Philadelphia vireo
|
$2,000
[26]
Fake previews for "Werewolf Women of the SS" & "Hobo with a Shotgun" are within this Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature
Grindhouse
Brian!
|
$2,000
[25]
The star of a 2023 HBO doc, this poet & her work "Black Judgment" helped take the Black Arts Movement to national prominence
Nikki Giovanni
|
DD
$7,000
[4]
A city in Colorado was named for this Mexican state that borders Chihuahua
Durango
Alison
|
$2,000
[9]
From a legal word compelling one to cease activities to get this word where choo-choos meet
junction
Alison
|
$2,000
[21]
Most employment in the U.S. is this hyphenated type of agreement, meaning you can quit or be fired at any time
at-will
Alison
|
After his death his son Michel reworked & published manuscripts like one about a meteor made of gold heading for Earth
Jules Verne