P.J. Brennan — a physics teacher from Bayonne, New Jersey
Robbi Ramirez — a writer from Orlando, Florida
Rachel Clark — a director of client strategy from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | $2,800 | $6,200 | $10,200 |
$11,401
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Robbi | $1,800 | $4,400 | $22,400 |
$23,800
New champion: $23,800 |
$19,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| P.J. | $3,000 | $4,200 | $11,400 |
$22,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| RECENT EVENTS | MOOSE-ELLANEOUS | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE | THE NATION IN QUESTION | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS | "SELF-E"s |
|
$200
[6]
In January 2023, thousands of Brazilians came to see this sporting hero lying in state in a stadium in Santos
Pelé
P.J.
|
$200
[17]
Scientists have estimated that these bony body parts improve a moose's hearing by nearly 20%
antlers
P.J.
|
$200
[26]
"À la reine", meaning in this monarch's style, with puff pastry involved
queen
Rachel
Robbi
|
$200
[5]
Berbers, the first to carpet the place; discovery of oil near the Algerian border in the late '50s a big plus; care for a sirte?
Libya
Rachel
|
$200
[21]
Smells like Teen ____In The Sky
Spirit
P.J.
|
$200
[14]
High regard for one's own worth
self-esteem
Robbi
|
|
$400
[7]
For the first time since 1984, Kilauea & this even bigger big island volcano erupted side by side
Mauna Loa
|
$400
[16]
Morty was the moose who strolled through the opening credits of this 1990s TV show set in Cicely, Alaska
Northern Exposure
Robbi
|
$400
[27]
"À la Florentine", in the style of Florence, garnished with this vegetable
spinach
Robbi
|
$400
[2]
The Sasanian Dynasty has a 400-year run; Reza Khan... Reza Khan, let me rock you, Reza Khan; ah ah, Ahmadinejad
Iran
P.J.
|
$400
[22]
Three Times A ____Marmalade
Lady
Robbi
|
$400
[13]
The owner of a business is this
self-employed
P.J.
|
|
$600
[8]
Late 2022 brought protests in China by those weary of the lockdowns of this public health policy promoted by Premier XI
Zero-COVID
P.J.
|
$600
[15]
Maine's flag has a moose at the foot of this kind of tree that's in the state's nickname
pine
|
$600
[28]
"À la Hongroise", in the Hungarian style, with this spice & a cream sauce
paprika
Rachel
|
$600
[1]
Long, narrow & on its own since 1818; neutral in World War I & part of II; valuing Valparaiso
Chile
P.J.
|
$600
[23]
Empire State Of ____Games
Mind
Robbi
|
$600
[3]
The act of giving vent to one's inmost ideas, maybe artistically
self-expression
Robbi
|
|
$800
[9]
SBF, Sam Bankman-Fried, was the onetime wunderkind founder of this now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange
FTX
Rachel
|
$800
[18]
In addition to Dudley Do-Right & George of the Jungle, Bill Scott voiced this moose, middle initial J.
Bullwinkle
P.J.
|
$800
[29]
"À la boulangère", in the style of this man's wife & implying the use of an oven
the baker
Rachel
|
$800
[11]
Established some boundaries in 1926; established a republic in 1967; you know what Amin?
Uganda
P.J.
|
$800
[24]
Save Your ____In Heaven
Tears
Rachel
|
$800
[4]
breastcancer.org advises women to perform one of these every month
a self-examination
Rachel
|
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
Jeff Bezos' 400-foot yacht had big problems getting out of this Dutch city with a shipping & shipbuilding tradition
Rotterdam
Rachel
|
$1,000
[19]
The biggest moose subspecies, 1,500 pounds or more, is named for Alaska & this adjacent Canadian territory
Yukon
Robbi
|
$1,000
[30]
"À la nantua", in the style of nantua, made with these crustaceans that look like tiny lobsters
crayfish (crawdads)
Robbi
|
$1,000
[20]
30 years now free of rule from Prague; the ninth letter of the alphabet is DZ; ski the Tatras
Slovakia
Rachel
|
$1,000
[25]
Drink Country: Tennessee ____Lullaby
Whiskey
Robbi
|
$1,000
[12]
Obvious & easy to understand
self-explanatory
Robbi
|
| THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE | AIR TRAVEL | NOVELS BY QUOTE | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT | QUANTUM SCIENCE |
|
$400
[19]
Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth
Cleopatra
P.J.
|
$400
[6]
"The Untouchables"; remember, "That's the" this city "way"!
Chicago
Robbi
|
$400
[25]
American Airlines recently announced it was phasing out first class on international flights but expanding this class
business class
P.J.
|
$400
[15]
"... It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"
A Tale of Two Cities
Robbi
|
$400
[30]
Adjective for sports played between students at the same school
intramural (Ural)
Rachel
|
$400
[11]
(Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) As a consultant working with Marvel I coined this term for a world of things so tiny that Ant-Manhas to shrink way down to enter it; Dr. Strange pays a visit too
the Quantum Realm
P.J.
|
|
$800
[16]
Elis, an ancient Greek polis, or this hyphenated type of community, won a struggle for control of the Olympic games
city-state
Robbi
|
$800
[3]
"Anchorman", & we won't say what Ron Burgundy thought the name meant when translated
San Diego
Robbi
|
$800
[24]
You can't take off until this part of the plane, the MCD for short, is secured
main cabin door
Rachel
|
$1,200
[12]
"So Tyler and I are on top of the Parker-Morris Building with the gun stuck in my mouth, and we hear glass breaking"
Fight Club
Robbi
|
$800
[27]
Someone who writes computer programs
a coder (Oder)
P.J.
|
$800
[7]
(Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) World Quantum Day is April 14th because Planck's constant, which is in constant use, rounds to 4.14 eV, short for electron this unit; it takes about 625 quintillion eV per second to light a100-watt bulb
volt
P.J.
|
|
$1,200
[17]
This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here
the Bronze Age
Robbi
|
$1,200
[1]
2016's"Moonlight"
Miami
Rachel
|
$1,200
[2]
The Hindenburg disaster in 1937 marked an end to regular passenger service aboard this type of rigid airship
a zeppelin
P.J.
|
$1,600
[14]
"Mr. Trask is from New England. He plans to settle here. He's been West before though"
East of Eden
|
$1,200
[26]
It's misleading to put this word before "dementia" because dementia is not a necessary part of getting old
senile (Nile)
|
$1,200
[8]
(Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) In 2022, the White House announcement of the first World Quantum Day cited contributions like these super-accurate timekeepers found on every GPS satellite
atomic clocks
P.J.
|
|
$1,600
[18]
Mental Floss summed up the difference: "Neanderthals are more primitive but stronger"; these prehistoric humans "are us"
Cro-Magnons
|
$1,600
[4]
2019's"El Camino"
Albuquerque
Robbi
|
$1,600
[22]
Southwest Airlines' entire fleet of planes is made up of the Boeing this number, including the MAX
737
Rachel
|
$2,000
[20]
"His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes"
Slaughterhouse-Five
Robbi
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Domesticated fowl, collectively
poultry (Po)
P.J.
|
$1,600
[9]
(Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) In computing, either1 or 0, on or off, can be represented by this unit, with "Q-U" for quantum before it, & it can be inboth states at once, allowing more simultaneous operations
a bit
Robbi
|
|
$2,000
[21]
In the 1300s B.C. the empire of this Indo-European people established itself in Syria, making the Egyptians see them as a rival
the Hittites
|
$2,000
[5]
"Robo Cop", original & remake
Detroit
Robbi
|
$2,000
[23]
Air China owns about 30% of this other carrier whose name reflects old China
Cathay Pacific
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
"What you see there are not giants, but windmills"
Don Quixote
Robbi
|
$2,000
[29]
Any business activity, or manufacturing in general
industry (Indus)
|
$2,000
[10]
(Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) Classical mechanics says that all physical quantities can be known at the same time; this principle, from Werner Heisenberg, sets quantum science apart by saying that the more sure you are of a particle's position, the less sure you are of its momentum
the uncertainty principle
Robbi
|
In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida
Walt Disney