Nick Marino — a mechanical engineer from San Francisco, California
Neeraj Borle — an investment firm managing director from New York, New York
Brandon Monsman — a bartender originally from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | $3,000 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$7,200
2-day champion: $23,600 |
$7,200
12 R, 3 W |
| Neeraj | $2,600 | $3,600 | $12,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Nick | $3,000 | $5,600 | $14,200 |
$3,599
3rd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| FIRST LINES OF HIT SONGS | BESTSELLING NONFICTION | THE EARLY 21st CENTURY | A BARREL OF MONKEYS | "AMP"ED UP | YOU PUT ME ON THE SUPREME COURT |
|
$200
[25]
"There's a fire starting in my heart, reaching a fever pitch it's bringing me out the dark"
"Rolling In The Deep"
Neeraj
|
$200
[26]
Mindy Pelz has books called "Eat Like a Girl" & its opposite, do this (maybe intermittently) "Like a Girl"
Fast
Nick
|
$200
[15]
In 2004 Merriam-Webster's word of the year was this, meaning "a web site that contains an online personal journal"
a blog
Nick
|
$200
[29]
Tod Sloan popularized the monkey crouch used in this sport of kings
horse racing
Brandon
|
$200
[21]
Performing on this piece of equipment has been part of Olympic gymnastics since 2000
trampoline
Nick
|
$200
[30]
Making Ketanji Brown Jackson the first Black woman on the court
Joe Biden
Neeraj
|
|
$400
[8]
"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of Colitas rising up through the air"
"Hotel California"
Nick
|
$400
[14]
"The Memoir, Part One" is the subtitle of a recent book by this pop culture icon & singer of "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"
Cher
|
$400
[22]
In 2008 in Mexico City, a fight broke out between punks, goths & members of this group known for jagged eye-covering hair
emos
Neeraj
|
$400
[23]
The song "Brass Monkey" by this trio informed us "I got a castle in Brooklyn, that's where I dwell"
the Beastie Boys
Nick
|
$400
[20]
It's the group of towns & villages at the eastern end of Long Island where many of the rich & famous have summer homes
the Hamptons
Neeraj
|
$400
[17]
Breaking new ground (at last) with Sandra Day O'Connor
Reagan
Brandon
|
|
$600
[2]
"Well, it's one for the money, 2 for the show, 3 to get ready, now go cat go"
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Brandon
|
$600
[27]
About a decade ago this late Nobel Prize winner reflected on his experiences from age 90 in "A Full Life"
Jimmy Carter
|
$600
[9]
Before Bird & Lime, this brand ofscootersrolled into America's hearts & even made an appearance at the X Games
Razor
Nick
|
$600
[5]
As stowaways aboard a transatlantic ship, this foursome gets into no end of trouble in the film "Monkey Business"
the Marx Brothers
Brandon
Nick
|
$600
[1]
Yeehaw! The Calgary this has been designated a national historic event
the Calgary Stampede
Nick
|
$800
[19]
Replacing Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas
George H.W. Bush
Brandon
Nick
|
|
$800
[3]
"Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River"
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Nick
|
$800
[18]
One mom in "The Anxious Generation", about the damage tech does, gave her daughter this kind of "phone & she returned" to normal
a dumb phone (a flip phone)
Neeraj
|
$800
[10]
BFs & BFFs & BFF4Ls were known when this social media platform introduced its Top 8 Friends list
MySpace
Neeraj
|
$800
[12]
His efforts to teach evolution in Tennessee resulted in 1925's "Monkey Trial"
Scopes
Neeraj
|
$800
[7]
Though far from Italy, UC Berkeley has its own one of these bell towers, one of the tallest in the world
The Campanile
Brandon
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Hot dogging it & appointing Felix Frankfurter; he wanted to add 6 more all at once, but it didn't happen
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Nick
|
|
$1,000
[4]
"I've never seen a diamond in the flesh, I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies"
"Royals"
Neeraj
|
$1,000
[28]
The idea of a double self informs this memoir by Naomi Klein, a "Trip into the Mirror World" of being confused with Naomi Wolf
Doppelganger
|
$1,000
[11]
This artist designed the iconic Obama "Hope" poster for the 2008 election
Shepard Fairey
Nick
|
$1,000
[13]
Aka the Chilean pine, an evergreen of South America is known as this for its sharp, scaly foliage that makes it hard to climb
a monkey puzzle tree
|
$1,000
[6]
Saint Fermín is the patron saint of this Spanish city; a famous event there honors him
Pamplona
Brandon
|
$1,000
[24]
Choosing who would be a future Chief Justice in William Rehnquist
Nixon
Neeraj
|
| THE DESERT MENU | A CATEGORY GOOD | ROYAL ROLES | THE NAME ON THE DISEASE | "L.O." | SAILOR |
|
$400
[24]
One movement of 1931's "Grand Canyon suite" is named for this famously colorful area that stretches east from the Grand Canyon
the Painted Desert
Neeraj
|
$400
[25]
In other words, poodle-weary
dog-tired
Neeraj
|
$400
[26]
Lesley Manville played this royal sister in the later seasons of "The Crown"
Princess Margaret
Brandon
Neeraj
|
$400
[29]
In 1817 this British physician first described what came to be known as his disease in his "Essay on the Shaking Palsy"
Parkinson
Neeraj
|
$400
[28]
A pink flamingo or a cute little garden gnome, for example
lawn ornament
Brandon
|
$400
[30]
This popular Gilbert & Sullivan operetta named for a ship is subtitled "The Lass that Loved a Sailor"
H.M.S. Pinafore
Brandon
|
|
$800
[12]
In this 700-mile-long desert in northern Chile, summer temperatures average in only the mid-60s
the Atacama
Neeraj
|
$800
[8]
In hospitals this pair of 4-letter words is standard to indicate cardiac arrest or another big problem
code blue
Brandon
|
$800
[5]
Andrew Gower made "Mark me" a catchphrase as this Bonnie prince on "Outlander"
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Neeraj
|
$1,200
[15]
Those most prone to develop this gastrointestinal disease are people in their 20s, not old witchy women
Crohn's
Brandon
|
$800
[7]
During the War of 1812, ships like Hamilton & Scourge sank here, near the Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Nick
|
$800
[27]
"Home is the sailor, home from the sea", from this Scottish writer's "Requiem", is on his grave in Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
|
$1,200
[3]
When Chinese talk about where the Gobi Desert is located, they use the words nei & wai, these opposite adjectives
inner & outer
|
$1,200
[10]
This less-common feminized term was used by Hawaii's king in 1878 about Liliuokalani as next in line for the throne
the heiress apparent
|
$1,200
[6]
In "Braveheart", Sophie Marceauplays Isabella of France, one of the tenacious women of history called La Louve, female this animal
a (she-)wolf
Neeraj
|
$1,600
[16]
At a hospital in Norway in 1873, this doctor discovered the leprosy bacillus in a patient's tissue sample
Hansen
|
$1,200
[1]
Not a request, you should follow one of these, legally issued by a police officer, or you may risk jail time
a lawful order
Brandon
|
$1,200
[18]
The title guy of this Joseph Conrad novel rises through the naval ranks & becomes chief mate
Lord Jim
Brandon
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Analysis of satellite data showed that in 2019thisdesert shared by Arizona, California & Mexico hit 177.4 degrees
the Sonoran desert
Neeraj
|
$1,600
[9]
Noun then adjective, it's the correct heraldic way to refer to the creature here
a lion rampant
Neeraj
|
$1,600
[14]
This 1987 movie with John Lone in the title role was the first feature from the West filmed in Beijing's Forbidden City
The Last Emperor
Nick
|
$2,000
[21]
Named for Robert from Dublin, this disease causes hyperthyroidism & patients can experience vision loss
Graves' disease
|
$1,600
[2]
In 1984 the NBA Championship Trophy was renamed for this sports executive who managed JFK's presidential run
Larry O'Brien
Nick
|
$1,600
[19]
Here's a piece from this celebrated American artist, known for capturing all sorts of seaworthy scenes
(Winslow) Homer
Brandon
|
|
$2,000
[13]
About 450 miles east to west, it's the royal desert highlighted here, & don't forget the adjective that begins its name
the Great Victoria Desert
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
In French, it's normal for the noun to come first, as in this 2-word term for a spy who incites others to engage in illegal acts
an agent provocateur
Neeraj
|
$2,000
[22]
Ridley Scott made a 3-hour+ director's cut of this Crusades epic with Orlando Bloom as Balian & Edward Norton as a masked king
Kingdom of Heaven
Nick
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
It's the singular last name of Thomas, a doctor whose name is on the malignant disease of lymph tissue he described in 1832
Hodgkin
Nick
|
$2,000
[17]
The Southern U.S. is dotted with these evergreens used for shade & shelter
live oaks
|
$2,000
[20]
Billy Budd is impressed into service as one of these, meaning he's stationed way up on a mast
foretopman
|
Regarding the idea of "women first", she queried, "Women demand equal rights on land--why not on sea?"
Molly Brown