Igor Petrovich — an attorney from Ashburn, Virginia
Anjali Salvador — a lawyer from Houston, Texas
Emma Hill Kepron — a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | $0 | $600 | $12,100 |
$14,600
2-day champion: $26,000 |
$12,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Anjali | $5,400 | $4,600 | $9,400 |
$11,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Igor | $1,200 | $4,800 | $12,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| BASKETBALL GREATS | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s | RHYME TIME | YOU DRIVE | A HARD BARGAIN |
|
$200
[9]
(I'm Candace Parker.) 2008 was a good year; Iwon my second Final Four MVP for leading Tennessee to the NCAA title & was recognized as the top women's college player with the trophy named for this inventor of the sport
Naismith
Emma
|
$200
[26]
The first of the missions was built by 18th century padres in what is today this big Southern California city
San Diego
Igor
|
$200
[25]
"Don't be creepy" is one of the top rules when sliding into someone's DMs, DM standing for this
a direct message
Anjali
|
$200
[1]
A thick seafood & vegetable soup in dry, pulverized form
powder chowder
Emma
|
$200
[11]
In this job for the wealthy Kelly family, Godfrey Ford drove young Grace around & became a friend to her
a chauffeur
Emma
|
$200
[20]
In 1867 the U.S. agreed to give the czar $7.2 million in gold; the cost to him? This territory
Alaska
Anjali
Igor
|
|
$400
[16]
Tim Hardaway was a master of the "crossover" this, switching the ball from one hand to the other to confuse defenders
the dribble
Igor
|
$400
[27]
Founded in 1791, the mission in this central coast U.C. city is the only one named not for a saint, but for the cross
Santa Cruz
|
$600
[7]
First name Klaus, the namesake of this boot brand was a physician in the German army
Doc Martens
Emma
Igor
|
$400
[2]
An ancient Roman garment for practicing asanas
toga yoga
Anjali
|
$400
[12]
In 2021 this biggest rideshare provider recognized a union for the first time, of drivers who sit on the right in Britain
Uber
Anjali
|
$400
[21]
The harsh terms imposed on Germany by the 1919 treaty of this are often cited as a cause of World War II
Versailles
Emma
Igor
|
|
$600
[17]
The winner of 11 NBA titles as aplayer, & the first Black coach in the NBA, this legend passed away in 2022
(Bill) Russell
Igor
|
$600
[28]
Not far from Los Angeles, Mission San Fernando was a popular stopping-off point for travelers on this royal road
the Camino Real
|
$800
[8]
The two celebrities seen here, one was a member of the Brat Pack & the other the Rat Pack
Demi Moore & Dean Martin
Igor
|
$600
[3]
"Texas" lawman trouble
Ranger danger
Anjali
|
$600
[13]
In "Cold Pursuit", based on a Norwegian film, Liam Neeson gets revenge on bad guys using his job driving this big winter vehicle
a snowplow
Anjali
|
$600
[22]
It took 2 months, 133 ballots & a lot of negotiating for Massachusetts Rep. Nathaniel Banks to land this job in 1856
Speaker of the House
|
|
$800
[18]
The 1940s defensive dominance of 6'10" George Mikan led to this rule that prohibits touching a ball on its downward flight to the basket
goaltending
Igor
|
$800
[29]
A mission could include a pueblo, a town & one of these, a fort for protection; San Francisco has one
the Presidio
Anjali
|
$1,000
[10]
In writing, examples of these include the breve & macron
diacritical marks
|
$800
[4]
An arbiter of a soft chocolate confection
judge fudge
Anjali
|
$800
[14]
A big heist needs someone to drive this--for the 1950 Boston Brink's job, it was Joseph Banfield
a getaway car
Anjali
|
$800
[23]
China ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842 as one of many concessions to end the first of these wars
the Opium Wars
|
|
$1,000
[19]
(I'm Jalen Rose.) In 1992 & '93 Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson & I played in back-to-back NCAA title games as the University of Michigan startingsquad, known by this alliterative nickname
the Fab Five
Igor
|
$1,000
[30]
Native Americans who converted to Christianity at the missions were called these, from Greek for "newly planted"
neophytes
|
DD
$1,800
[6]
The dome on thecapitol buildingof this Midwest city is gilded with 23-karat gold leaf
Des Moines
Anjali
|
$1,000
[5]
To pigeonhole a dozen
shelve twelve
|
$1,000
[15]
At NASCAR races the driver of this car leads the field to the start & also keeps the cars at the right speed on pit road
the pace car
Igor
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1962 the Berlin Hilton bar was a headquarters for James B. Donovan in tough negotiations to get this American pilot released
Gary Powers
Emma
|
| SPEAK OF THE DICKENS | GO JUMP IN A LAKE | SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS | FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTIES | "F"IVE LETTER WORDS | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES |
|
$400
[10]
Dickens had a pet bird of this variety that he featured in "Barnaby Rudge" & that, in turn, may have inspired a Poe poem
a raven
Igor
|
$400
[18]
A "Windy City" dip into this lake might prove challenging during winter, but we have faith in you
Lake Michigan
Anjali
|
$400
[26]
The atomic numbers of hydrogen & helium add up to this number
3
Igor
|
$400
[3]
Comedian Beppe Grillo created this country's populist Five Star Movement, one of dozens in the country
Italy
Igor
|
$400
[22]
Food groups often left off nutritional guidelines include nougat, meringue &this sweet stuff seen with bread
fluff
Emma
Igor
|
$400
[1]
Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon"
The Princess Bride
Emma
|
|
$800
[16]
Dora Spenlow was this title character's first wife; Agnes Wickfield was his second
David Copperfield
Igor
|
$800
[19]
You could jump in Lake Tanganyika from the shore of this country that starts with the same first 3 letters
Tanzania
Anjali
|
$800
[27]
Zero is the lowest on the standard pH scale; this number is the highest
14
Emma
Igor
|
$800
[4]
In 2021 this party known as Die Grünen in Germany took almost 15% of that country's votes in federal elections
the Green Party
Emma
Igor
|
$800
[6]
An aspect or phase of something, it's also any of the small, polished sides on a cut diamond
a facet
Anjali
|
$800
[2]
Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would"
Casablanca
Emma
Igor
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Dickens wrote several holiday books besides "A Christmas Carol", including the tale of this insect "on the Hearth"
a cricket
|
$1,200
[20]
Plunge into this crescent-shaped lake on the border between France & Switzerland, the largest European Alpine lake
Lake Geneva
Igor
|
$1,200
[28]
Rounded to 1.618, an irrational number mentioned by Euclid is known as this divine proportion
the golden ratio
|
$1,200
[11]
In 1995 the Parti Québécois held a referendum seeking this; it lost by a slim margin
independence
Igor
|
$1,200
[7]
Proverbially, this type of "heart" "never won fair lady"
faint
Emma
|
$1,200
[5]
From a '90s animated film: "You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat & only your fleas will mourn you!"
Aladdin
Anjali
|
|
$1,600
[23]
Dickens collaborated on several stories with a dear friend, this author of "The Moonstone"
Wilkie Collins
Emma
|
$1,600
[21]
While in New Orleans be sure to be careful on the steps as you quickly descend into this vast lake
Lake Pontchartrain
Anjali
|
$1,600
[29]
Sure, you all know pi approximated to 3.14, but it's also approximated by this fraction
22/7
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
Banned from 1960 to 1990 by the South African government, this party led the fight to destroy apartheid
the ANC (the African National Congress)
Igor
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
In its simplest form it's a sheet of paper folded in half to make 2 leaves or 4 pages; Shakespeare's had a lot more
a folio
Emma
|
$1,600
[14]
Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline: "To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people"
A Fish Called Wanda
Emma
|
|
$2,000
[24]
"The Life and Adventures of" this alliterative character inspired an 8 1/2 hour long drama that premiered on Broadway in 1981
Nicholas Nickleby
|
$2,000
[25]
When you dip into this big lake in the Northwest Territories, beware of the ursines for which it was named
Great Bear Lake
Emma
|
$2,000
[30]
The speed of light clocks in at 186,282 of this unit of speed
miles per second
Anjali
|
$2,000
[13]
This world chess champ drew the ire of Putin by creating the United Civil Front in 2005
Kasparov
Igor
|
$2,000
[9]
Pachelbel composed this type of composition "in D minor" & also "in F major"
a fugue
Anjali
|
$2,000
[15]
Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger"
The Favourite
Emma
|
Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force
the Praetorian Guard