James Cantres — a historian and professor from Brooklyn, New York
Michelle Bemis — a high school history teacher from Allen Park, Michigan
Lawrence Long — a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,591)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | $1,800 | $5,200 | $18,000 |
$31,201
3-day champion: $74,792 |
$12,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Michelle | $1,200 | $4,400 | $13,200 |
$17,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| James | $2,600 | $4,000 | $8,800 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
13 R, 1 W |
| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS | THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION | SPORTY LINGO | ISLE "B" | THE JUDGE OF THAT |
|
$200
[19]
Of the days of the week
Friday
Michelle
James
|
$200
[12]
This story of a fawn is subtitled "A Life in the Woods"
Bambi
James
|
$200
[26]
Fans of "The Office" could buy Dunder Mifflin 20-pound branded this that had slogans like "Our motto is, 'quabity first' "
paper
Michelle
|
$200
[1]
The best pitcher on a baseball team is known as this playing card
the ace
Lawrence
|
$200
[7]
When the British settled these islands between Florida & Haiti, they were deserted
the Bahamas
Lawrence
|
$200
[11]
Judges belonging to courts of these hear those cases, reviewing procedures & decisions of trial courts
appeals
Michelle
|
|
$400
[20]
Of chess pieces
bishop
Michelle
|
$400
[15]
First published in 1931, "The Story of" this elephant includes his escape to the city where he becomes cultured & educated
Babar
Michelle
|
$400
[27]
Think back, & remember a time when Don Draper made a beautiful & poignant pitch about Kodak's Carousel on this drama
Mad Men
Michelle
|
$400
[2]
A practice opponent who makes you better, like Harvey Cody Jones for Muhammad Ali
a sparring partner
Lawrence
|
$400
[6]
Captain William Bligh discovered a group of South Pacific islands in 1788 & named them for this ship
the Bounty
James
|
$400
[13]
District court judges conduct trials & manage the selection & instruction of these
juries
James
|
|
$600
[21]
Of the 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Donatello
James
|
$600
[16]
In this Frances Hodgson Burnett book, Mary Lennox is determined to find the title place, locked off for years
The Secret Garden
Lawrence
|
$600
[28]
On "The Simpsons" varieties of this beer brand include Raspberry this, Lady this & Tartar-Control this
Duff
James
|
$600
[3]
There's a cozy word in this term for a player or a person who sits around waiting to go in
a benchwarmer
James
|
$800
[9]
About 4.6 million people every year take the 35-minute ferry ride from Seattle to this island in Puget Sound
Bainbridge Island
|
$600
[14]
An experienced attorney may act as a temporary judge in this type of court that hears cases involving limited dollar amounts
small claims court
Michelle
|
|
$800
[22]
Of the New England states
Connecticut
Lawrence
|
$800
[17]
In 2004 Kate DiCamillo won a Newbery Medal for "The Tale of" this inquisitive mouse
Despereaux
Michelle
|
$800
[29]
Now boarding Oceanic Air Flight 815 for this drama; objects may shift through time & don't expect a happy landing
Lost
Michelle
|
$800
[4]
In 2021 the U.S. Secretary of State used this tennis expression to say it's North Korea's turn to make a move on nuclear talks
the ball is in their court
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Recent surveys have found that the soil on this atoll has plutonium concentrations vastly higher than Chernobyl's
the Bikini Atoll
Lawrence
|
$800
[24]
Federal magistrate judges consider pretrial these, such as for summary judgment
motions
Michelle
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Of U.S. first ladies' first names
Abigail
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[18]
In "From the Mixed Up Files of" this woman, a girl named Claudia & her brother run away from home & hide out at the Met Museum
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
|
$1,000
[30]
Los Pollos Hermanos is run by this "Better Call Saul" man played by Giancarlo Esposito, but he has another job, too
Gus Fring
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[5]
Sporty term for the actionherethat's deliberately, perhaps sarcastically, restrained
a golf clap
James
|
$1,000
[10]
Drop an "A" from a colorfulplantto get this Frenchman who also gave his name to anislandin the Solomon Sea
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
|
$1,000
[25]
Makes sense that Texas leads the nation with more than 100 judges assigned to its 11 courts of this; California is second
immigration courts
|
| VICE PRESIDENTS | MISMATCHED PAIRS | 3-LETTER ANIMALS | 20th CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES | IN AUTHORS' FOOTSTEPS | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD |
|
$400
[7]
In 1832 he missed Senate confirmation to be minister to the U.K. by one vote but he'd soon get Jackson's MVB vote as veep
Martin Van Buren
Michelle
|
$400
[26]
Evangelist with a Tulsa university & current Supreme supreme
Oral Roberts & John Roberts
Lawrence
|
$400
[13]
58 million years ago, a thankfully extinct relative of this constrictor could reach 2,500 pounds & 40 feet in length
boa
Michelle
|
$400
[1]
"Charlie Wilson's War" is about a Texas congressman's covert dealings to arm anti-soviet rebels fighting in this country
Afghanistan
James
|
$400
[12]
Ray Bradbury's favorite place in his boyhood home of Waukegan, Illinois was this building at 1 Sheridan Road
the library
Michelle
|
$400
[21]
This period of time is a homophone for a word meaning lacking strength
week
Michelle
|
|
$800
[8]
Before Biden he was the last veep to later ascend to the presidency
George H.W. Bush
Michelle
|
$800
[27]
"Beantown" rotisserie restaurant chain & unregulated economic system in which business is lightly taxed
Boston Market & free market
Michelle
|
$800
[11]
This species of deer crossed into North America about 12,000 years ago using the Bering land bridge
elk
Michelle
|
$800
[2]
A monarch working to overcome his stammer is central to the plot of this Oscar winner
The King's Speech
Michelle
|
$800
[15]
This author of fantasy novels & of "Mere Christianity" worshiped at Holy Trinity Church in Oxford & you can too
(C.S.) Lewis
Lawrence
Michelle
|
$800
[22]
Pronounced one way, it's a unit of time; another, a very small amount
minute
Michelle
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Failing to report nearly $30,000 on his income tax return led to the resignation of this vice president
Spiro Agnew
James
|
$1,200
[28]
360 guy on CNN & "Leatherstocking Tales" teller
Anderson Cooper & James Fenimore Cooper
Lawrence
|
$1,200
[14]
Related to sharks, this cartilaginous fish has more than 500 species, including the blue-spotted ribbontail
a ray
Lawrence
|
$1,200
[3]
The title characters of this 2020 film set in the 1960s are an FBI informant & Black Panther leader Fred Hampton
Judas and the Black Messiah
James
|
$1,600
[17]
Seen as a dangerous atheist, Voltaire bought achateaunear the border of these two countries so he could hop over the border as needed
France & Switzerland
|
$1,200
[23]
In parliamentary procedure, to endorse a nomination another person has just made
to second
Lawrence
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
33 days after taking the oath to be the veep, he took another one to not be the veep
Tyler
Michelle
|
$1,600
[29]
Sophocles play about a Theban king & a real king of the dinosaurs
Oedipus Rex & Tyrannosaurus rex
Lawrence
|
$1,600
[19]
As a source of food & as a pack animal, this bovine has long been essential to the people of the Tibetan Plateau
a yak
James
|
$1,600
[4]
Peter O'Toole played "the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey" in this epic film set in the Mideast
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence
|
$2,000
[18]
Pay your respects to the bronze Gerald & Lawrence Durrell on this Greek island where they spent much of their youth
Corfu
|
$1,600
[24]
It's not a special pet accessory, it's naval duty from 4 to 6 or 6 to 8
dogwatch
|
|
$2,000
[6]
This alliterative Lincoln vice president was a heavy smoker, but his grandson said he took it up on doctor's orders
Hannibal Hamlin
Michelle
|
$2,000
[30]
Tall Emirati building & "See You Again" rapper
the Burj Khalifa & Wiz Khalifa
James
|
$2,000
[20]
Native to the southern U.S., the "alligator" this can grow 10' long, making it one of the largest freshwater fish
a gar
|
$2,000
[5]
Andrew Garfield played pacifist & Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss in this movie set in part at the Battle of Okinawa
Hacksaw Ridge
Lawrence
|
DD
$6,800
[16]
The Globe Inn, with a vast selection of single malt scotches, was a hangout of this 18th century poet & can be yours
(Robert) Burns
Lawrence
|
$2,000
[25]
"Back in a" this 5-letter word! here's a flash--it's how long light takes to go 1 femtometer, a millionth of a millionth of a mm
a jiffy
James
|
Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube's first video featured a man saying, "They have really, really, really long trunks"
San Diego