Amy Hummel game 6.Weckiai Rannila game 1.
Nils Cousin — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Weckiai Rannila — an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Amy Hummel — an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (whose 5-day cash winnings total $100,994)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $2,600 | $3,000 | $3,600 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
14 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Weckiai | $5,400 | $5,400 | $11,400 |
$9,999
New champion: $9,999 |
$11,400
21 R, 5 W |
| Nils | $200 | $6,000 | $6,400 |
$2,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| 16th CENTURY STUFF | IN THE BLACK | CITY PARKS | "ALL" THE WAY | YACHTS | BATMAN'S ALTER EGOS |
|
$200
[29]
Nanak, the first of these spiritual teachers of the Sikhs, got the ball rolling for them in Punjab
guru
Weckiai
|
$200
[22]
The usher of the Black Rod acts as a sergeant at arms for this part of Britain's Parliament
the House of Lords
Weckiai
|
$200
[30]
The Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio has their 1905 Flyer III on display
the Wright brothers
Weckiai
|
$200
[11]
This 4-word phrase that orders everyone available to help with a problem is nautical in origin
all hands on deck
Nils
|
$200
[27]
The Water Club of the Harbour of Cork, the world's first yacht club, was founded on this island in 1720
Ireland
Nils
|
$200
[26]
Edward Cullen
(Robert) Pattinson
Amy
Nils
|
|
$400
[23]
The O-"G", this name I Vasa, founded Sweden's Vasa ruling line & reigned from 1523 until his 1560 death
Gustav
Weckiai
|
$400
[21]
These 2 words can precede cake (meaning chocolate with cherries) or ham (originally produced in that German region)
Black Forest
Nils
|
$400
[28]
Among the attractions of this California city's Balboa Park are an air & space museum & its world famous zoo
San Diego
Nils
|
$400
[12]
In "The Shining" Jack Nicholson's writer's block doesn't seem to apply to this 10-word phrase, repeatedly typed
all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Weckiai
|
$400
[19]
Called the "sailing capital of the U.S.". this Rhode Island city hosts its annual classic yacht regatta over Labor Day weekend
Newport
Weckiai
Nils
|
$400
[25]
"American Psycho"
Christian Bale
Weckiai
|
|
$600
[3]
An epidemic of this disease, variola major, helped Cortes & company conquer a thickly populated Tenochtitlan
smallpox
Weckiai
|
$600
[6]
The black species of this tree provides nuts forsquirrels& prized black wood forfurniture
black walnut
Amy
|
$600
[7]
Chicago's largestpark, it was once known as Cemetery Park, but got its current name in 1865
Lincoln Park
Amy
Weckiai
|
$600
[13]
A lyric from "Chicago" goes, "Oh, she's gonna shimmy till her garters break, and" this phrase meaning et cetera
and all that jazz
Amy
|
$600
[16]
Katharine Hepburn was a guest aboard the Southern Cross, a yacht owned by this aviator/movie producer
Howard Hughes
Amy
|
$600
[9]
"Mr. Mom"
Michael Keaton
Weckiai
|
|
$800
[1]
This French doctor began looking into the future in 1547 & published the 1555 book "Prophecies"
Nostradamus
Weckiai
|
$800
[5]
Muslim tradition says this, set in a wall of the Kaaba, was white but grew dark from the sins of the pilgrims who've touched it
the Black Stone of Mecca
|
$800
[10]
The building in Forest Park that houses this Midwest city's art museum dates back to the 1904 World's Fair
St. Louis
Weckiai
|
$800
[14]
It comes after "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
all men are created equal
Weckiai
|
$800
[17]
In 1987 Dennis Conner skippered Stars & Stripes to victory winning this trophy that's affectionately called the Auld Mug
the America's Cup
Nils
|
$800
[8]
"The Accountant"
Ben Affleck
Weckiai
|
|
$1,000
[4]
A 1526 defeat of the Sultan of Delhi at Panipat saw the rise of this empire in India
the Mughal Empire
Amy
|
DD
$2,400
[20]
In 1974 this physicist proposed a theory on how black holes die--a type of radiation now named for him
Hawking
Nils
|
$1,000
[24]
The Minnehaha Regional Parkin Minneapolis features a replica of this author's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Longfellow
Weckiai
|
$1,000
[15]
Translation of the quotation seen here, originally on "The Gates of Hell" in Dante"Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate!"
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
Amy
|
$1,000
[18]
Thishead honcho of Oracle used a few of his millions on the 453-footyacht"Rising Sun"; later it was David Geffen's pandemic refuge
Larry Ellison
Nils
|
$1,000
[2]
Fred Friendly
George Clooney
|
| BRITSPEAK | KISS & TELL | COMPLIMENTS TO THE WRITER | -OLOGIES | REPETITION | REDONE-DANCY |
|
$400
[27]
A pea-souper is a thick one of these weather conditions
fog
Nils
|
$400
[16]
This duo had a No. 1 hit singing, "your kiss is on my list"
Hall & Oates
|
$400
[28]
"I greet you at the beginning of a great career" from this Mass. man was a "Leaves of Grass" blurb; so much for self-reliance, Walt
Emerson
Nils
|
$400
[24]
Petrology deals with the study of these, including origin & classification
rocks
Amy
|
$400
[29]
In Latin, "in" this means "as a whole" & has nothing to do with Dorothy's pet
in toto
Amy
|
$400
[30]
This speedy superhero came to TV in 1990, then more successfully 20+ years later on the CW
The Flash
Amy
|
|
$800
[26]
Often tea & a biscuit (buns & cocoa for Paddington), this "numeric" pre-lunch snack is always right on time
elevenses
Amy
|
$800
[17]
Both chimps &these, aka pygmy chimpanzees, kiss on the lips
bonobos
Amy
|
$800
[19]
The N.Y. Times said "The Secret History" by this woman was "remarkably powerful" & "ferociously well-paced "
Donna Tartt
Amy
|
$1,200
[7]
Otology is the science that deals with the ear & this is the field that deals with hearing
audiology
Weckiai
|
$800
[21]
10005's city & state, or a casino in 89109
New York, New York
|
$800
[25]
In 2023 Lana Del Rey ended a U.S. tour in this state & put out a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which mentions it
West Virginia
Weckiai
|
|
$1,200
[9]
I bought the armoire on hire purchase, what we Yanks call this 2-word term; a year from May, it's all mine
installment plan
Weckiai
Nils
|
$1,600
[22]
In the 1880s this French sculptor depicted a pair of lovers from "The Divine Comedy" in a work called "The Kiss"
Rodin
Amy
|
$1,200
[3]
"You are the best author in human history"--in a kid's fan letter for "Watchmen"--became a blurb for his novel "Jerusalem"
Alan Moore
Weckiai
|
$1,600
[5]
At Brown Jessaca Leinaweaver, the chair of this department aims to study "humanity, past & present"
anthropology
Weckiai
|
$1,200
[10]
Similar to a truffle (the confectionery kind), it's a molded chocolate often with a fruit center
bon bon
Weckiai
|
$1,200
[13]
There was some real redone-Dancy when Hugh Dancy came to TV as an ADA in this Dick Wolf series restarted after a 10-year hiatus
Law & Order
Weckiai
|
|
$1,600
[1]
One theory on the origin of this 3-word phrase involves P.M. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil giving his nephew cabinet jobs
Bob's your uncle
|
$2,000
[23]
This second Roman emperor tried to ban kissing at state functions, perhaps to control an outbreak of cold sores (ugh, sorry)
Tiberius
Weckiai
|
$1,600
[2]
For "In Our Time", Ford Madox Ford called him "the best writer in America at this moment (though ... he happens to be in Paris)"
Hemingway
Nils
|
$2,000
[6]
William James' 1890 "The Principles of" this is considered a classic in the field
Psychology
Amy
|
$1,600
[11]
Limb weakness & impairment of the heart & nerves are symptoms of this disorder caused by a deficiency in vitamin B1
beriberi
Amy
|
$1,600
[14]
"The Bridge", about Swedish & Danish cops on the same case, was remade as this show in which the cops are British & French
The Tunnel
|
|
$2,000
[8]
There's a primate in this British expression that refers to freezing weather; the Beastie Boys song is about booze
brass monkey
Weckiai
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father's dagger
Madama Butterfly
Amy
|
$2,000
[4]
This famously publicity-averse "Vineland" novelist complimented George Saunders' work as "astoundingly tuned"
Thomas Pynchon
Weckiai
|
DD
$4,200
[20]
Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures
metrology
Amy
|
$2,000
[12]
Kirk's, the largest variety of this African antelope, can be just 14 inches tall & weigh but 8 pounds
a dik-dik
Weckiai
|
$2,000
[15]
In 2003 No Doubt charted with "It's My Life", first a 1984 hit for this group that could be in the REPETITION category
Talk Talk
|
On Nov. 15, 1961 JFK suspended the 8-hour workday at this agency, saying its work needed to proceed "with all possible speed"
NASA