Lisa Mueller — an anthropologist from Rochester, Minnesota
James Thajudeen — a librarian from San Jose, California
Curtis Bogetti — a Ph.D. candidate from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis | $1,800 | $3,400 | $6,800 |
$6,001
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,200
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| James | $1,000 | $3,000 | $7,600 |
$3,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisa | $4,800 | $6,800 | $17,600 |
$17,600
New champion: $17,600 |
$17,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| IT HAPPENED IN PHILLY | AN ARTIST'S LIFE | ABOUT A BOY | YOUR HOUSE IS SMART | HOMOPHONES | ENTER-TRAIN-MENT |
|
$200
[30]
In Feb. 1846 a crack in this was repaired with rivets but later that month, it cracked again & that was it forever for functionality
the Liberty Bell
Lisa
|
$200
[20]
Thisguy who failed three times trying to get into the École des Beaux-Arts & sculpted "Man with the Broken Nose"? Hmm, that's a "Thinker"
Rodin
Curtis
|
$200
[29]
Named for a 16th century theologian, this 6-year-old boy of comic strip fame has a best friend who's a tiger
Calvin
Lisa
|
$200
[26]
i Robot launchedthisO.G. robovac in 2002; today's models can mop floors & even empty their own dustbins
a Roomba
Lisa
|
$200
[17]
Body area just above the hips, & milieu of a trash collector
the waist/waste
James
|
$200
[28]
Gotta love the Brits! The series named for this tank engine has a railway manager named Sir Topham Hatt
Thomas
Lisa
|
|
$400
[22]
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil said of this brand-new invention, "My God, it talks!"
the telephone
Curtis
|
$400
[19]
On August 8, 1949, "Life" magazine asked, "Ishethe greatest living painter in the United States?"; but his drinking was always the problem
Jackson Pollock
Lisa
|
$400
[24]
The original logo of this paint brand was based on an Irish-American kid, not a boy from the Netherlands
Dutch Boy
Lisa
|
$400
[25]
This Amazon-owned brand of doorbell cameras is perfect for watching Amazon carriers deliver your Amazon packages
Ring
Curtis
|
$400
[14]
Get water out of a boat, & make bundles of hay
bail/bale
James
|
$400
[27]
Tom Cruise boards a moving train by parachuting through a window in the "Dead Reckoning" installment of this film series
Mission: Impossible
Lisa
|
|
$600
[21]
In 1792, $4,266.57 bought two lots at 7th & Arch Streets to construct this government building; but wait, where'd that four grand get made?
the United States Mint
James
|
$600
[2]
At almost 80 in 1824 this Spanish court painter left his homeland & lived out his life in Bordeaux
Goya
James
|
$600
[23]
Raised by wolves, a "man's cub" named Mowgli learns wisdom from wild animals in this Rudyard Kipling story collection
The Jungle Book
James
|
$600
[15]
Once connected, the smart devices in your home become part of a system known as the IoT, short for this
Internet of Things
Lisa
|
$600
[7]
It describes something spoken or something you let happen
aloud/allowed
|
$600
[16]
Bong Joon Ho directed this film that tackled warring class systems aboard a train trundling through a frozen landscape
Snowpiercer
Curtis
|
|
$800
[10]
In 1969 Wistar Institute scientists developed the still-standard vaccine against this, also called German measles
rubella
Lisa
|
$800
[1]
Born in Brooklyn in 1960 of Puerto Rican & Haitian descent, he had his first New York solo exhibition at age 21
Basquiat
Lisa
|
$800
[8]
In a Christmas carol, he's the title musician with whom "the ox & lamb kept time"
the Little Drummer Boy
Lisa
|
$800
[4]
For powering up this, like a Prologue or Ioniq, a smart charger can wait until power is cheapest
electric vehicles (EVs)
|
$800
[5]
Those waiting for treatment in a hospital, & what they might need to endure the wait
patients/patience
Lisa
|
$800
[13]
To take the Hogwarts Express, you must dash through a brick wall at London's King's Cross Station to reach this platform
9 3/4
Curtis
|
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft these, which would get adopted on Nov. 15, 1777
the Articles of Confederation
Lisa
|
$1,000
[3]
This 1-named Italian lost his father to plague & gave us "Judith Beheading Holofernes" c. 1599 but really did kill a guy a bit later
Caravaggio
Curtis
|
$1,000
[9]
Thomas Gainsborough cemented his rep as an artist with this c. 1770 painting originally titled "A Portrait of a Young Gentleman"
The Blue Boy
Curtis
|
$1,000
[18]
How do robot mowers know where to stop mowing? Some can 3D-map your lawn using this laser-based technology
LiDAR
James
|
$1,000
[6]
A Big Mac, & a citizen of a European town of yore
a burger/burgher
Curtis
James
|
$1,000
[12]
This Wes Anderson film finds brothers Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody & Jason Schwartzman taking a train trip through India
The Darjeeling Limited
James
|
| WORLD HERITAGE SITES | OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL NEVER GO! | 2010 IN POP CULTURE | THE PATIENCE OF JOB | THAT ANIMAL'S GOT A NAME | I NEED SOME "AIR" |
|
$400
[25]
Jamaica makes the list with 2 biodiverse mountain ranges: the John Crow & this colorful one
the Blue Mountains
Lisa
|
$400
[30]
In this work by Thomas More, Raphael Hythloday tells of voyaging with Amerigo Vespucci before exploring the title island
Utopia
Curtis
|
$400
[24]
The clock didn't run out for this Ke$ha hit, the first Billboard No. 1 of the 2010s, until it had topped the chart for 9 weeks
"Tik Tok"
Lisa
|
$400
[14]
Studies suggest for little kids this daily or twice daily "time" is key in regulating cortisol & the patience of daycare providers
nap time
James
|
$400
[29]
Weighing 1,000 pounds or more, North America's largestelkis named for this president who helped preserve its habitat
Theodore Roosevelt
Lisa
|
$400
[9]
Drive carefully--Norway's Trollstigen mountain pass, seen here, features 11 of these harrowing turns
a hairpin turn
Curtis
|
|
$800
[17]
The Frontiers of the Roman Empire site includes this British structure begun in the year 122
Hadrian's Wall
Curtis
|
$800
[26]
Iram is a lost city mentioned in the Koran & in this collection that's been translated by Sir Richard Burton
The Arabian Nights ( The Thousand and One Nights )
Curtis
|
$800
[15]
This movie comedy premised on a malfunction at a ski resort includes the name of a device that could apply to the entire category
Hot Tub Time Machine
James
|
$800
[12]
Rebecca Cliffe has spent a good part of her life as a tracker of these animals & founded an organization for their conservation
a sloth
Curtis
|
$800
[28]
Named for a Mexican-American War general, Scott's this ranges across the arid Southwest & is yellower than its Maryland cousins
an oriole
Lisa
|
$800
[7]
For skiers, it's a fast way up the mountain; for nervous skiers, it's also an appealing way down
a chairlift
Curtis
|
|
$1,200
[16]
A stretch of the château-rich valley of this French river was added to the World Heritage list in 2000
the Loire
Lisa
|
$1,200
[22]
James Hilton told The New York Times he found "Tibetan material" at the British Museum to help create this mythical place
Shangri-La
Curtis
|
$1,200
[13]
Known to sing a bit themselves, the cast of this hit TV show presented a trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards
Glee
James
|
$1,200
[11]
A CSR, short for this, needs patience to deal with folks who've lost theirs while on hold & shouting "human!" into the phone
a customer service representative
Lisa
|
$1,200
[27]
Once nearly extinct in the wild, Przewalski's this is mostly found in Mongolia & China
a horse
James
|
$1,200
[6]
In Glasgow, your obstetrician might congratulate you on delivering a "wee" one of these
a bairn
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[2]
The Nativity Façade & Crypt of la Sagrada Família are part of a site dedicated to the works of this architect
Gaudi
Curtis
|
$1,600
[20]
This land that Arthur was carried to after his final battle was called the "Isle of Apples" by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Avalon
Curtis
|
$1,600
[18]
This rap single by Far East Movement, the first No. 1 hit by an Asian-American group, has a title that refers to a private jet
"Like A G6"
|
$2,000
[10]
Even starchitects like Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuronneed patience; their Elbphilharmoniein this Elbe River port took seven extra years
Hamburg
James
|
$1,600
[8]
Dall's this, the biggest member of its family, is also fast, hitting speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour
a porpoise
Lisa
|
$1,600
[5]
You don't need ESP to know there's no "E", "S" or "P" in this French-derived word for someone with ESP
a clairvoyant
Lisa
|
|
DD
$3,000
[1]
Renowned for its biodiversity, the Socotra Archipelago is aka this other World Heritage Site "of the Indian Ocean"
the Galápagos
James
|
$2,000
[21]
A 2021 novel by Anthony Doerr shares its name with this mythical land in the sky conjured up by Aristophanes
Cloud Cuckoo Land
James
|
$2,000
[19]
HBO debuted this drama series set in & named for one of New Orleans' oldest neighborhoods in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Treme
James
|
DD
$5,400
[3]
Profession of Carleton Watkins, using a ton of gear carried by a dozen mules; his work in the 1860s helped get Yosemite protected
a photographer
Curtis
|
$2,000
[23]
Well, had a name--the enormous sea cow named for this man who described it in 1741 was extinct less than 30 years later
Steller
James
|
$2,000
[4]
English surgeon Edward Jenner had a keen interest--udderly professional of course--in women with this pre-industrial job
dairymaids
Lisa
|
As they lived below the surface of daily life, Jews who hid in Berlin in WWII were called human these, a German-derived word
U-boats