Jackie Rogoff — a writer and library student from Santa Cruz, California
Ted Nyman — a startup founder from San Francisco, California
Nikhil Joshi — a veterinarian originally from Montville, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikhil | $2,600 | $4,800 | $10,400 |
$9,799
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
17 R, 1 W |
| Ted | $1,000 | $2,200 | $11,000 |
$21,500
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,000
12 R, 3 W |
| Jackie | $4,000 | $7,000 | $23,600 |
$22,001
New champion: $22,001 |
$21,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | LOGO-A-GO-GO | QUASI-STUPID ANSWERS | "IN-" & "-OUT" | BIRD SONG | LET'S TALK ABOUT POLLUTION |
|
$200
[9]
In 1778 the revolutionaries formed an alliance with this country, leading to decisive support & reinforcements
France
Jackie
|
$200
[27]
Some players have been on this MLB team for quite some time before noticing that its ball & glovelogoforms the letters "MB"
the Milwaukee Brewers
Ted
|
$200
[14]
Decibel, a unit of sound intensity, comes in part from the name of this man who did a lot with sound
(Alexander Graham) Bell
Nikhil
Ted
|
$200
[30]
This way to end a boxing match also refers to a super-attractive person
a knockout
Nikhil
|
$200
[28]
In "Edge Of Seventeen", Stevie Nicks says she sings "just like the white-winged" this bird
a dove
Jackie
|
$200
[29]
Light pollution causes hatchlings of these, like the hawksbill, to turn inland to danger rather than out to sea & safety
(sea) turtles
Nikhil
|
|
$400
[8]
After losing the Battle of Long Island, this man asked for permission to burn down NYC so that the British couldn't take it
George Washington
|
$400
[26]
Money spent on merchandise featuring this organization's panda logo goes towards conservation work & saving the animals
the WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
Nikhil
|
$400
[13]
The Mashco Piro Indigenous Reserve is in the east of this country not far from the Brazilian border
Peru
Ted
|
$400
[22]
This adjective describing poor weather comes from the Latin for "unmerciful"
inclement
|
$400
[24]
Daniel Alomía Robles adapted a folk song of these mountains as "El Cóndor Pasa", later used by Paul Simon
the Andes
Nikhil
|
$400
[25]
Not all pollution is manmade; Hawaii's Big Island is often afflicted with vog, a noxious mix of gases released by one of these
a volcano
Nikhil
|
|
$800
[5]
Joseph Brant, a chief of this Iroquoian people allied with the British, made life tough on patriots in much of New York
the Mohawk
Ted
|
$600
[15]
Cheers to you if you know that this musical instrument is in the logo of Guinness beer
the (Gaelic) harp
Nikhil
|
$600
[7]
This saint's day is celebrated in Tbilisi, Georgia every May 6 & November 23
St. George
Ted
|
$600
[18]
Synonyms for one include scout, watchman & sentinel
a lookout
Nikhil
|
$600
[23]
Paul McCartney said this cover on "Cowboy Carter" "reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song"
"Blackbird"
Jackie
|
$600
[19]
The sometimes deadly "pea soup" fogs of this city, like a 1952 one that killed 12,000, were largely caused by the burning of coal
London
Jackie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
When a mob of colonials pelted British soldiers with snowballs, they opened fire, killing 5 in an act dubbed this bloodletting
the Boston Massacre
Jackie
|
$800
[1]
Thoseare three sound waves on the logo of this service
Spotify
Nikhil
|
$800
[10]
The Artemesium was another name for this ancient wonder
the Temple of Artemis
Nikhil
Jackie
|
$800
[12]
An introductory prayer, as at a wedding or graduation ceremony, often asking for God's favor
an invocation
Nikhil
|
$800
[16]
Hozier's single this bird "upon Leda" references sexual violence in mythology but is about oppression of women today
swan
Jackie
|
$800
[20]
In April 2014 this Michigan city began getting its drinking water from the same-named river, & legions of health issues ensued
Flint
Jackie
|
|
$1,000
[4]
An effort to unite the colonies against actions of the British Parliament, the first of these met in September 1774
Continental Congress
Jackie
|
$1,000
[2]
While itslogois three diamonds, the name actually means "three water chestnuts"
Mitsubishi
Nikhil
|
$1,000
[11]
Haiti's national anthem, "La Dessalinienne", honors this first ruler of independent Haiti
Dessalines
Jackie
|
$1,000
[17]
This compound word refers to an unskilled laborer working at the circus or on the wharfs
roustabout
|
$1,000
[3]
"Song To A Seagull" is the title track of her 1968 debut album, produced by fellow Laurel Canyoneer David Crosby
Joni Mitchell
Ted
|
$1,000
[21]
This heroically named program created to clean up sites like Love Canal is paid for by taxes on polluting industries
Superfund
Ted
|
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | SCIENTIFIC RHYME TIME | THE RENAISSANCE | THAT FOOD IS PEOPLE! | GRAMMYS FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD | SAY GOODBYE TO A GOOD BOOK |
|
$400
[20]
The coastal region of Cuba known as the Bahía de Cochinos entered U.S. history in 1961 under this English name
the Bay of Pigs
Nikhil
|
$400
[27]
A mania for one of 8 repeating lunar states
a phase craze
Jackie
|
$400
[28]
Architecture saw the revival of columns, arches & these rounded shapes, like Brunelleschi's famed one for a cathedral
domes
|
$400
[29]
Let's have a roast with this last name of "She's Come Undone" author Wally
Lamb
Jackie
|
$400
[30]
The force was with her when she posthumously won in 2018 for her "Princess Diarist"
Carrie Fisher
Jackie
|
$400
[19]
Pre-World War II Germany is the setting for Christopher Isherwood's "Goodbye to" this city
Berlin
Nikhil
|
|
$800
[4]
You get a beach, a pine forest & a great view of Mt. Fuji at a spot called Miho no Matsubaraon this island
Honshu
Nikhil
|
$1,200
[5]
Perverted behavior by a force of attraction
gravity depravity
|
$800
[26]
Published in 1543, the Copernican model of the solar system eventually displaced the one named for this ancient astronomer
Ptolemy
Jackie
|
$800
[17]
One of his most iconic film roles was the delectable Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Tim Curry
Jackie
|
$800
[25]
His 28 Grammys included one for "Q", his autobiography
Quincy Jones
Ted
|
$800
[12]
This Hemingway novel is partly set on the Italian front during World War I
A Farewell to Arms
Nikhil
|
|
$1,200
[2]
An over 500-mile river of Argentina shares this name with a 1,450-mile river of N. America that flows into the Gulf of California
the Colorado
Ted
|
$1,600
[13]
The study of the religious faith of the science of Earth
geology theology
Jackie
|
$1,200
[15]
While Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel, this man was upstairs in a Vatican apartment working on "The School of Athens"
Raphael
Ted
|
$1,200
[6]
Shenegotiated with North Korea about dismantling their nuclear weapons
(Condoleezza) Rice
Nikhil
|
$1,200
[24]
This late night TV host got a trophy in 2014 for "America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't"
Colbert
Jackie
|
$1,200
[10]
This title of a "Hitchhiker's Guide" book was the last message given to humans by dolphins before leaving Earth
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Jackie
|
|
$1,600
[1]
Porto-Novo is a capital of this West African country that was known as Dahomey until 1975
Benin
Jackie
|
$2,000
[16]
A Copenhagen-born physicist's duty to take out the trash or empty the dishwasher
Bohr chore (Bohr's chores)
Ted
Jackie
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Francis Bacon wrote, "We are much beholden to" this Italian "and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do"
Machiavelli
Jackie
|
$1,600
[7]
Kyra Sedgwick told Redbook magazine that after years of marriage she's still learning new sides of him
Kevin Bacon
Jackie
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1997 the Grammy voters came together to honor Hillary Clinton for her audio version of this bestseller
It Takes a Village
Ted
|
$1,600
[9]
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston told of her Japanese-American family's internment during WWII in her memoir "Farewell to" this place
Manzanar
Jackie
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Located on the Ganges River, this holy city of India hosts over 1 million pilgrims a year & is home to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Varanasi
Ted
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
A naked runner carrying a wide-mouthed lab vessel
streaker beaker (a beaker streaker)
Jackie
|
$2,000
[23]
The 1453 fall of this city sent many of its scholars fleeing west to Italy, helping to fuel the incipient Renaissance
Constantinople
Ted
|
$2,000
[14]
(Court) order up! We'll have this Supreme Court justice, Earl Warren's successor as chief in 1969, & a side of fries
(Warren) Burger
Nikhil
|
$2,000
[22]
Ben Kingsley won an Oscar for portraying this man & a Grammy for speaking "The Words of" him
Gandhi
Ted
|
$2,000
[11]
Raymond Chandler wrote "The Long Goodbye" as well as this novel that was adapted into the movie "Murder, My Sweet"
Farewell, My Lovely
|
This title of a Hollywood blockbuster is a national symbol of Gabon
Black Panther