Chelsea Watt — a communications manager from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
David Bederman — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Daniel Moore — a contract compliance analyst from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | $4,800 | $4,600 | $14,200 |
$28,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
19 R, 3 W |
| David | $5,000 | $8,600 | $17,800 |
$28,401
New champion: $28,401 |
$16,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Chelsea | $2,400 | $3,800 | $5,800 |
$10,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
13 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW | PREFIXES & SUFFIXES | STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG | SHARK! |
|
$200
[11]
"& Juliet" imagines the Shakespeare story had the heroine lived & here she is performing this song, Britney Spears' first hit"I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now..."
"...Baby One More Time"
Daniel
|
$200
[25]
b.p.:For water it's 212 degrees Fahrenheit
boiling point
Chelsea
|
$200
[28]
In 1968 tuition was free for state residents at the U. of Cal., including this Bay Area flagship campus; it was $14,000 in 2023
Berkeley
Daniel
|
$200
[26]
Appropriately, this prefix comes before-diluvian &-cedent
ante
David
|
$200
[30]
The 12 stars on Uzbekistan's flag represent this group of 12, a reminder of the nation's history as a center of astrology
the zodiac
Chelsea
|
$200
[2]
Most sharks have 5 of these openings on either side of their heads, but some species have 7
gills
David
|
|
$400
[10]
Juliet stops the show with"Roar", a 2013 hit from this artist"I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter /Dancing through the fire /'Cause I am a..."
Katy Perry
Daniel
|
$400
[24]
SHDC:In order of rank at the bridge table
spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs
|
$400
[22]
It may get your Irish up to know in 1977 this Indiana private U. cost about $3,000 but tuition & fees now go for 62 grand
Notre Dame
David
|
$400
[27]
This prefix that leads into -adroit means bad
mal
Chelsea
|
$400
[29]
In 1903 this Central Amer. country signed a treaty giving the U.S. control of a zone; it adopted a red, white & blue starry flag in 1904
Panama
David
|
$400
[4]
Thisshark with a citrus fruit in its name often has a yellowish tinge
a lemon shark
Daniel
|
|
$600
[9]
Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathawayperforms"That's The Way It Is", a Top 10 hit for this chanteuse in 2000"Don't give up on your faith /Love comes to those who believe it"
Celine Dion
Chelsea
|
$600
[23]
SATB:They're the 4 main voices in a choir
soprano, alto, tenor & bass
David
Chelsea
|
$600
[17]
1985 tuition was a bit over $7,000 at this Durham, North Carolina university; in 2024, the cost will be north of $63,000
Duke
David
|
$600
[16]
French gives us this 4-letter suffix that makes everything smaller
ette
Daniel
David
|
$600
[19]
In the center of the flag of Dominica are 10 lime green stars surrounding one of these raucous tropical avians native to that isle
parrots
Daniel
Chelsea
|
$600
[20]
Whitetip & blacktip are species of these sharks named for the shallow-water structures where they live & hunt
reefs
Chelsea
|
|
$800
[3]
The first musical number in "& Juliet" has William Shakespeare performing this Backstreet Boys song"All you people can't you see, can't you see /How your love's affecting our reality"
"Larger Than Life"
Chelsea
|
$1,000
[12]
EPOS:It's computer hardware used in retail
electronic point of sale
David
|
$800
[7]
Tuition at this private univ. in Houston from its opening in 1912 to 1965? Deliciously free! Today... a bit more, at $57,000
Rice
David
|
$800
[14]
Meaning pain, this suffix follows fibromy- in a very painful disease
algia
Daniel
|
$800
[18]
Like several of its neighbors, Papua New Guinea's flag has stars in the shape of this constellation
the Southern Cross
David
|
$800
[21]
In Australia, this dangerous shark with a 4-letter name has been called a "blue pointer"
mako
Daniel
|
|
$1,000
[8]
The finale of "& Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit"Come on /All those things I shouldn't do /But you dance, dance, dance /And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'"
"Can't Stop The Feeling!"
Daniel
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
FAANG:Coined in 2017 by Jim Cramer to denote 5 top tech companies at the time
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google
David
|
$1,000
[6]
This Big Ten school kept things steady for in-state Indiana residents; general service tuition was $9,992 in 2012 & in '23
Purdue
Daniel
|
$1,000
[15]
From the Latin for "around", this prefix hangs around "-flex" as a mark used in French words
circum
David
|
$1,000
[1]
China's flag's 4 small stars stood for peasants, the petty bourgeoisie, patriotic capitalists & this manual labor class
the proletariat
Chelsea
|
$1,000
[5]
Shark skeletons are made not of bone but of this more flexible substance
cartilage
Daniel
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | AUTHORS' FIRST MAJOR WORKS | AFRICAN FILMS | 3-WORD RESPONSES | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES | 4 LETTERS, ENDS IN "Y" |
|
$400
[9]
Founded in 1908, this agency battled less glamorous issues like copyright violations until the gangsters came along
the FBI
David
|
$400
[29]
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" was the first of more than 60 mysteries from her
Christie
Daniel
|
$400
[27]
The 1981 film "Lion of the Desert", about a war between Libya & Italy, was funded in part by this world leader
Gaddafi
David
|
$400
[28]
Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Daniel
|
$400
[30]
The start of the Obama administration brought a doubling of U.S. girls named this Hawaiian form of Mary
Malia
Daniel
|
$400
[25]
It's the birthstone for July
ruby
Chelsea
|
|
$800
[5]
A British Crown proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of these mountains
the Appalachians
David
|
$800
[1]
Seen here as a boy with his dog, he hit the shelves with 1900's "The Son of the Wolf"
Jack London
David
|
$800
[26]
Called the first major film of South Africa after apartheid, "Cry, the Beloved Country" stars this American actor seen here
James Earl Jones
Daniel
|
$800
[12]
In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event
St. Patrick's Day
Daniel
|
$800
[22]
For the last several years, this name of a Dickens hero has been the most popular boys' name in New South Wales
Oliver
Chelsea
|
$800
[24]
Intrusively inquisitive
nosy
David
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Sally Ride rocketed into orbit aboard this Space Shuttle that shared its name with a 19th century research vessel
Challenger
Daniel
|
$1,200
[14]
A synonym for a drug addict, it was the title of William S. Burroughs' semi-autobiographical first published work
Junkie
Daniel
|
$1,200
[6]
This 2009 sci-fi film features aliens nicknamed "Prawns" living in an area of South Africa
District 9
David
|
$1,200
[10]
This 2018 film had a wealth of talent that included Awkwafina, Gemma Chan & Lisa Lu
Crazy Rich Asians
David
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2022 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee her parents gave her an African name meaning "lovely one"
Ketanji (Onyika) Jackson
Daniel
|
$1,200
[20]
The word for this type of small flat-bottomed vessel with high sides & a sharp prow can also refer to a variety of fish
dory
Chelsea
|
|
$1,600
[3]
The daughter of an Italian immigrant, she had been a U.S. representative for 3 terms when tapped in 1984 to be a vice presidential nominee
Ferraro
Daniel
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Her 1936 effort "We the Living" is a romantic tragedy set against the perils of Soviet-style totalitarianism
Ayn Rand
Chelsea
|
$1,600
[7]
"Sankofa" features an American transported back in time at Cape Coast Castle near Accra in this West African country
Ghana
Daniel
|
$1,600
[11]
The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.'s family of these includes 50th percentile adult male & 6-year-old weighted child
crash test dummy
Chelsea
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Take a first name meaning "gift of God", change the "th" sound to an "f" & you have this Russian name that means the same
Fyodor
Chelsea
|
$1,600
[19]
To see or predict the future by gazing at a crystal ball
scry
David
|
|
$2,000
[4]
In 1886 a riot in this city's Haymarket Square led to the deaths of several police officers & demonstrators
Chicago
Daniel
|
$2,000
[15]
Subtitled "A Peep at Polynesian Life", this novel was Herman Melville's first peep at novel writing
Typee
|
$2,000
[8]
In "Night of the Kings", a prisoner in Abidjan acts as one of these West African storytellers & spins a tale to stay alive
a griot
|
$2,000
[13]
This Elizabeth Gilbert title/set of commands spent 57 weeks as a No. 1 on the N.Y. Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list
Eat Pray Love
Chelsea
|
$2,000
[16]
"Wave" goodbye to this boys' name & hairstyling term; it hasn't been a popular name in France since the 1920s
Marcel
|
$2,000
[18]
This ancient scholar wrote a 142-volume history of Rome that includes accounts of the battles against Hannibal
Livy
David
|
Around since 1998, it's now roughly the length of a football field & travels at about 5 miles per second
the International Space Station (the ISS)