Megan Braught — a library assistant from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Jesse Chin — an accounting director from Bayside, New York
Ed Petersen — a planning technician from Orlando, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed | $2,200 | $5,600 | $12,400 |
$14,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
24 R, 7 W |
| Jesse | $1,600 | $2,800 | $14,800 |
$24,801
New champion: $24,801 |
$13,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $600 | $3,000 | $6,200 |
$7,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| COASTAL WATERS | FLAG TERMINOLOGY | UP IN THE AIRLINE | NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES | OUR RETURNING CHAMPION | A DOCTOR FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS |
|
$200
[11]
On Algeria's north:this sea
Mediterranean
Ed
|
$200
[1]
The part of a flag farthest from the pole is the fly; the part closest to it is this, which sounds like what you do to raise one up
hoist
Ed
|
$200
[10]
An airline with direction, it offered a $10 "night fare" between Houston & Dallas in 1971
Southwest
Ed
|
$200
[16]
It's the basic form most taxpayers use to report income & file their return
a 1040
Ed
Megan
|
$200
[23]
After defeating Pompey's army, this leader returned to Rome & became dictator for life in the 40s B.C.
Julius Caesar
Megan
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$200
[30]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In one of my first recurring TV roles, Iplayed the temperamental heart surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on this Windy City medical drama
Chicago Hope
Jesse
|
|
$400
[12]
On Norway's north:this ocean
the Arctic Ocean
Jesse
|
$400
[2]
The type of pennant seenherehas this avian appendage name referring to its deeply forked end
swallow-tailed
Ed
|
$400
[9]
A smiling Inuit man is meant to invoke the "spirit of the last frontier" on this airline's fleet
Alaska Air
Ed
Jesse
|
$400
[17]
This term for a tricky no-win situation comes from the title of a 1961 novel
catch-22
Megan
|
$400
[24]
After the Battle of Trafalgar, this officer was shipped home for a hero's funeral in a cask of hooch
(Horatio) Nelson
Ed
|
$400
[29]
In this film with Harrison Ford as Chicago doctor Richard Kimble, the wife murder was filmed in a Lincoln Park mansion
The Fugitive
Ed
|
|
$600
[15]
On Wisconsin('s northern end):this Great Lake
Superior
Ed
Megan
|
$600
[3]
Also called a St. Andrew's cross, a saltire features a cross with its arms passing this way & extending to the corners
diagonally
Ed
|
$600
[8]
The second word in the name of this airline that moved into the Dublin airport in 1940 means "fleet"
Aer Lingus
Ed
|
$600
[18]
During the disco era in New York City, for the short time it was open from 1977 to 1980, this was the place to be
Studio 54
Ed
|
$600
[25]
After defeating the Spanish at Boyacá in 1819, this man returned to Angostura a champion & helped create Gran Colombia
Bolivar
Megan
|
$600
[28]
(Torrey DeVitto presents the clue.) My TV roles have included Dr. Meredith Fell on "The Vampire Diaries" & ER doctor Natalie Manning for six seasons on this drama from Dick Wolf
Chicago Med
Ed
Megan
|
|
$800
[21]
On Sudan's east:this sea
the Red Sea
Ed
|
$800
[4]
The flag of a large group or army; a party's presidential candidate is sometimes called its "bearer"
standard
Ed
|
$800
[7]
This nation's airways went with Qsuite as the name of its business class
Qatar Airways
Ed
Jesse
|
$800
[19]
On "Get Smart", Don Adams was Agent this; it also means to get rid of someone or something
86
|
$800
[14]
After the Battle of Kadesh, this pharaoh returned home a hero with many scribes writing the play-by-play of his derring-do
Ramses
Ed
|
$800
[27]
2006 brought us Sandra Bullock as a Chicago doctor who lives in this title abode designed by Christopher Plummer
the Lake House
Megan
|
|
$1,000
[22]
On Myanmar's west:this bay
Bay of Bengal
Ed
|
$1,000
[5]
The charge is a flag's main graphic element; on California's flag, that would be this
a bear
Jesse
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1921 Amsterdam was home to the world's first airline ticket office, courtesy of this letter-perfect company
KLM
Ed
|
$1,000
[20]
In Buddhism nirvana is said to be attained by following the noble this path
the Eightfold Path
Ed
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
This man had the astronomical luck of being honored twice with a New York ticker tape parade, in 1962 & 1998
John Glenn
Jesse
|
$1,000
[26]
Heplayed Dr. Mark Greene for many seasons on "ER"
Anthony Edwards
Jesse
|
| GALACTIC VACATIONS | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD | EURO COINS | MUSIC OF THE MONTH | POLITICIANS | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" |
|
$400
[28]
This planet offers the Great Red Spot & its whirling clouds will make you think you're vacationing in a van Gogh painting
Jupiter
Ed
|
$400
[24]
Shakespeare wrote 3 main types of plays: comedies, tragedies & these, like "Henry IV, Part 1"
histories
Megan
|
$400
[22]
A Celtic harp adorns all the euro coins from this nation
Ireland
Ed
|
$400
[7]
"Gloria" & maybe fittingly "I Fall Down" are but 2 of the rock & roll servings on the U2 album named for this month
October
Ed
|
$400
[13]
In 2023 this senior senator from California said she would not be seeking reelection in 2024
(Dianne) Feinstein
Jesse
Megan
|
$400
[3]
Manly man's adjective(6 letters)
virile
Ed
|
|
$800
[29]
Take a pic for the Gram by the supermassive one of these at the core of the M87 galaxy--but don't get too close!
a black hole
Megan
|
$800
[25]
Without the 1623 publication of Shakespeare's plays, today known by this name, half might have been lost forever
First Folio
Ed
|
$800
[23]
This 13th & 14th century poet who gave us hell graces Italy's 2-euro coin
Dante
Jesse
|
$800
[8]
In 2018, this singer along with her band the Machine released the soulful tune "June"
Florence
Ed
|
$800
[14]
In 2014, this future Biden Cabinet member took time off from his mayor job to serve in Afghanistan with the U.S. Navy Reserve
Buttigieg
Megan
|
$800
[2]
Student speechmaker at graduation(13 letters)
valedictorian
Ed
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Strike it rich on 16 Psyche, an M-type this in their main belt; it may be made of precious metals worth quintillions of dollars
an asteroid
Jesse
|
$1,200
[30]
Similar to a monologue, Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech is one of these given by an actor alone
a soliloquy
Megan
|
$1,200
[21]
The image of an owl on this nation's 1-eurocoinwas copied from a 4-drachma coin from the 5th century B.C.
Greece
Jesse
|
$1,200
[9]
Billie Joe Armstrong of this band lamented, "Wake me up when September ends"
Green Day
Ed
|
$1,200
[15]
Before becoming mayor of New York City in 2022, he served as an NYPD officer & as Brooklyn borough president
Adams
Megan
|
$1,200
[1]
Heifetz or Midori(9 letters)
a violinist
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Enjoy views of Saturn from this massive moon & snorkel in deep Ligeia Mare, a me than e sea
Titan
Ed
|
$1,600
[11]
This 3-word nickname for Shakespeare is based in part on his place of birth in 1564
the Bard of Avon
Ed
Megan
|
$1,600
[26]
Luxembourg's euro coins bear the image of Henri, its reigning monarch with this 2-word title
grand duke
|
$1,600
[6]
Fashioned from an Old English nursery rhyme, Simon & Garfunkel's "April Come She Will" was featured in this 1967 film
The Graduate
Ed
|
$1,600
[16]
After serving on the state supreme court, hesucceeded Rick Perry as governor in 2015
Abbott
Jesse
|
$1,600
[4]
Lice or mice(6 letters)
vermin
Jesse
|
|
$2,000
[18]
If being a fitfluencer is your thing, head to Mars & try climbing this largest volcano in the solar system
Mons Olympus
Megan
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
If you were part of this "earthy" group taking in a play at the Globe Theatre, you paid the lowest amount to stand in the pit & watch
the groundlings
Megan
|
$2,000
[27]
Designed by Josef Kaiser, the 1-euro coin seenhereis issued by this nation
Austria
Jesse
Megan
|
$2,000
[10]
Weather report:Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses assured us that "nothing lasts forever, even" this
November rain
Megan
|
DD
$4,000
[17]
He talked about being a Vietnam vet, 5-term senator & Secretary of State in the memoir "Every Day is Extra"
(John) Kerry
Jesse
|
$2,000
[5]
Describing one who bears live young, not from eggs (10 letters)
viviparous
|
Trained as an engineer, premier Li Peng championed this in 1992; it would ultimately displace over a million people
the Three Gorges Dam