Caroline Gulick — a realtor from Reno, Nevada
Ryan Clary — a cheesemonger from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Donna Matturri — a librarian from Columbus, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna | $200 | $3,800 | $18,800 |
$22,800
2-day champion: $40,200 |
$19,800
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ryan | $2,200 | $2,800 | $11,600 |
$21,822
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Caroline | $2,600 | $6,200 | $7,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME | HERE COMES THE SUMMER | 7-LETTER WORDS | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES | LOVELY RITA | METER MADE |
|
$200
[16]
Mrs. Obama's chimes
Michelle's bells
Caroline
|
$200
[15]
MLB's All-Star Week includes this "Derby"; Juan Soto belted 53 to win the 2022 event
the Home Run Derby
Caroline
|
$200
[5]
It's a payment given by a feudal vassal to a lord, or a type of band such as Oasish
a tribute
|
$200
[26]
Acting brothers Chris & Liam should love this constituency, about midway between Manchester & Kingston upon Hull
Hemsworth
Ryan
|
$200
[1]
Her road to the EGOT began with winning an Oscar as Anita in "West Side Story"
Rita Moreno
Caroline
|
$200
[12]
In the 1930s, Carl Magee conceived these meters for the streets of Oklahoma city & an oil industry supply company made them
parking meter
Caroline
|
|
$400
[17]
Mrs. Kennedy's military slacks
Jackie's khakis
Caroline
|
$400
[4]
What better time than summer to unleash your inner child on one of these alliterative items
a boogie board
Caroline
|
$400
[6]
Zeno's "arrow" is an example of this philosophical statement, from the Greek for "contrary to expectation"
a paradox
Ryan
|
$400
[27]
You can catch some Grand Slam tennis action as well as election results from this place in the outer boroughs of London
Wimbledon
Donna
|
$400
[2]
She & Tom Hanks co-starred in the 1985 film "Volunteers" & lived out their on-screen romance off-screen, marrying in 1988
Rita Wilson
Donna
|
$400
[13]
Handy for home electrical work, the Klein tools multimeter measures up to 600 of these units
volts
Ryan
|
|
$600
[18]
Mrs. Madison's streetcars
Dolley's trolleys
Caroline
|
$600
[23]
Head to Rockland in this state for the August Lobster Fest & Coronation of the Sea Goddess
Maine
Donna
|
$600
[7]
Czech athlete, Barbora Spotáková holds a world record for throwing this item some 237 feet
a javelin
Donna
Ryan
|
$600
[28]
Know that Orkney & these islands in the northernmost part of Scotland are a district & we may give you a small pony! (But we won't)
Shetland
Ryan
|
$600
[3]
A long-time headliner on the Strip, shewas named Las Vegas' Comedian of the Year 9 years in a row
Rita Rudner
Caroline
|
$600
[14]
The device seenhereis called a pulse one of these & is made to see how well your lungs are working
an oximeter
Donna
|
|
$800
[19]
The second Mrs. Bush's soft felt hats with creased crowns
Laura's fedoras
Donna
|
$800
[24]
Fans by the thousands flock to Chicago's Grant Parkfor this annual summer music festival
Lollapalooza
Ryan
|
$800
[10]
This delicate word is stretched out to 3 syllables by Darren McGavin in "A Christmas Story"
fragile
Donna
|
$800
[29]
Covering all its directional bases, this capital of Northern Ireland has constituencies North, South, East & West
Belfast
Caroline
|
$800
[8]
Margarita Cansino was the real name of this silver screen star of the 1940s & '50s
Rita Hayworth
Ryan
|
$800
[21]
stamps.com says its service is better than using this device that Pitney Bowes has been making for a century
a postage meter
Donna
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Mrs. Truman's locks of hair
Bess's tresses
Donna
|
$1,000
[25]
An Outward Bound summer course lets teenagers get their kicks rock climbing in these "High" California mountains
the Sierra Nevadas
Caroline
|
$1,000
[11]
It's an oxymoronic portmanteau for a good buddy that you also sorta hate
frenemy
Caroline
|
DD
$1,600
[30]
Bordering Dover & Folkestone & Hythe, this district on England's east coast has a few ancient "Tales" to tell
Canterbury
Caroline
|
$1,000
[9]
This lovely Rita honored her heritage by wearing an Albanian folk costume in the video for her 2021 EP "Bang"
Rita Ora
Donna
|
$1,000
[22]
It was a breeze for John Thomas Romney Robinson to make the cup style one of these in the 1800s; a similardesignis still used
anemometer
Ryan
Caroline
|
| NAMES OF THE 1990s | WAR OF THE WORDS | SCIENTISTS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | TV | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" |
|
$400
[23]
Tracey Emin caused a stir with a 1998 artwork consisting of this piece of furniture of hers, unmade, with empty vodka bottles
her bed
Donna
|
$400
[10]
Gore Vidal said he loathed this "In Cold Blood" writer "the way you might loathe... a filthy animal"
Capote
Caroline
|
$400
[28]
In the home seen here, now a museum in Gloucestershire, Edward Jenner came up with a vaccine for this disease
smallpox
Donna
|
$400
[24]
In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first woman at the Met with this job, helping Beverly Sills soar
conductor
Donna
|
$400
[15]
Mel Brooks' 1981 film was really "Part I" after all; a 2023 Hulu series is called this: "Part II"
History of the World
Ryan
|
$400
[21]
Administrative area for a police department(8 letters)
precinct
Caroline
|
|
$800
[22]
Founder Steve Case was the tech tycoon of the moment when this Internet service provider went public in 1992
AOL
Donna
|
$800
[7]
Not the Pickwick but the Garrick Club was the site of conversations that caused a falling out between Thackeray & this author
Dickens
Ryan
|
$800
[27]
In 1847, Maria Mitchell, America's first professional female astronomer, discovered one of these, officially known as C/1847 T1
a comet
Donna
|
$800
[25]
Canadian Glenn Gould is known primarily for his unique stylings on this instrument
the piano
Ryan
|
$800
[11]
Julia Garner's Ruth Langmore did not survive the finale of this crime series
Ozark
Donna
|
$800
[18]
To filch(6 letters)
pilfer
Caroline
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Hewon a 3-way race for party leadership & became prime minister of Great Britain in 1990
John Major
|
$1,200
[4]
Years before "À la Recherche du Temps Perdu", he fought a duel with a critic who had angered him; both shots missed
Proust
Donna
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
When Tycho Brahe died in 1601, his protégé, this astronomer, succeeded him as "imperial mathematician"
Johannes Kepler
Donna
|
$1,600
[2]
Modern composer David Philip Hefti's "Fünf Concertini" honors this Italian known for creating about 500 concertos
Vivaldi
Ryan
|
$1,200
[12]
This Oscar winner came to TV in 2023 as "The Consultant" Regus Patoff
Christoph Waltz
Donna
|
$1,200
[16]
A commoner in ancient Rome(8 letters)
a plebeian
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In August 1990, with this small country under invasion, its emir Sheikh Jaber fled to Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Donna
|
$1,600
[5]
Poet Wallace Stevens' feud with this novelist erupted into punches in a Key West street
Hemingway
Donna
|
$1,200
[26]
Mais oui & merci, this man seenheresheepishly came up with an anthrax vaccine in 1881
Pasteur
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Tan Dun, an Oscar winner for this 2000 Ang Lee film, recently composed an operatic work called "Buddha Passion"
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ryan
|
$1,600
[13]
She played double agent Sydney Bristow on "Alias"
Jennifer Garner
Caroline
|
$1,600
[17]
Stocks' punishment partner(7 letters)
pillory
Donna
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Bill Romanowski went from the 49ers to the Eagles & Broncos; this Ill. politician went from power in the U.S. House to prison
Dan Rostenkowski
Caroline
|
$2,000
[6]
In 1976, Mario Vargas Llosa gave this other 3-named South American Nobelist a literal black eye
Gabriel García Márquez
Donna
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2023 Bob Metcalfe won the Turing Award for inventing this computer networking technology in the 1970s
the ethernet
|
$2,000
[3]
This composer created "A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close"; Chuck painted a portrait of him titled "Phil"
Philip Glass
Ryan
|
$2,000
[14]
This Starz prequel TV show depicts the younger Marquise de Merteuil & Vicomte de Valmont from a novel of romantic intrigue
Dangerous Liaisons
Donna
|
$2,000
[20]
A speaker of many languages(8 letters)
a polyglot
Donna
|
It was immediately reported, "The flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of" this
the Hindenburg