Grant DeYoung game 3.
Rachel Shelton — an attorney from Lexington, Kentucky
Nick Coombs — an auctioneer from Chicago, Illinois
Grant DeYoung — a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $1,800 | $8,000 | $19,800 |
$20,801
3-day champion: $67,202 |
$13,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Nick | $1,600 | $3,600 | $10,400 |
$999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,400
13 R, 3 W |
| Rachel | $2,600 | $3,800 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| I'M A FUN GUY | PASSPORTS | WORDS FROM FILM | BASEBALL'S 25-GAME WINNERS | ENTER THE LITERARY CHARACTER | FRANKLIN |
|
$200
[26]
I sunk the island & was able to take 2 of my opponent's cups in this 2-word game played with buds & suds in college dorms
beer pong
Nick
|
$200
[30]
Countries like Vietnam & Mongolia require your U.S. passport to be valid this many months past your intended travel
6 months
Nick
|
$200
[15]
The title of a 2010 documentary gave us this word meaning to deceive with a fake online persona
catfish
Rachel
|
$200
[12]
Bob Welch's 27 wins in 1990 are the all-time record for the A's franchise in this city & sadly, may always be
Oakland
Grant
|
$200
[29]
"His hand was still messy with the fairy dust" as this character asked, "Tink, where are you?"
Peter Pan
Grant
|
$200
[28]
(Michael Douglas presents the clue.) Edward Bancroft, Secretary to the U.S. Commission in Paris was this type of two-timing spy, the British revealed a century later
a double agent
Grant
|
|
$400
[25]
There's nothing more fun than getting all sudsy & going down this "original backyard water slide" from Wham-O
a Slip 'N Slide
Rachel
|
$400
[21]
The U.S. State Department refers to "regular" passports as this type, a word for a person traveling for leisure
tourist passports
|
$400
[9]
In "Ghostbusters" Bill Murray gave an old word a new meaning, saying a "chick is" this breakfast item, meaning finito
toast
Nick
|
$400
[11]
In 1961 this team's Whitey Ford won 25 games in the regular season & 2 more as the World Series MVP
the New York Yankees
Nick
|
$400
[6]
We meet her "seated with Stuart and Brent Tarleton in the cool shade of the porch of Tara, her father's plantation "
Scarlett O'Hara
Grant
|
$400
[27]
(Michael Douglas presents the clue.) The Count of Vergennes, France's foreign minister, schemes to help Ben to get revenge on Britain for this war that ended in 1763
French & Indian (the Seven Years' War)
Grant
|
|
$600
[20]
A 1928 article says "the life of the party" should don one of these on his head & tell a joke "not meant for mixed company"
a lampshade
Nick
|
$600
[18]
Japanese airports have used passport stickers that have your travel info on this 2-letter type of code invented in Japan
QR
Grant
|
$600
[8]
A 2007 pic popularized this term for a catalog of stuff to do before you die
a bucket list
Rachel
|
$600
[3]
Seen here with Pedro Martinez, 3-timer 25er Juan Marichal was the first baseball Hall of Famer from this country
the Dominican Republic
Grant
|
$600
[1]
After meeting this man, we learn his "ivory leg had at sea been fashioned from the... bone of the sperm whale's jaw"
Captain Ahab
Nick
|
$600
[2]
(Michael Douglas presents the clue.) It's not unusual that when Ben is presented to her, this woman is doing a little gambling; it was a big pastime of hers
(Marie) Antoinette
Grant
|
|
$800
[24]
Many fun guys own a VHS copy of this 1993 film about 4 Jamaican athletes in the Winter Olympics
Cool Runnings
Grant
|
$800
[17]
Under UV light, Norwegian passport pages do a luminous dance, mimicking this sky glow seen on winter nights
the northern lights
Rachel
|
$800
[13]
Though it had long meant someone who ducks work, thanks to a 1991 movie title, it came to mean someone apathetic or aimless
slacker
|
$800
[4]
In 1972 this lefty was a Phillie phanatic on the mound; he led the NL in wins (27), ERA (1.97) & strikeouts (310)
Steve Carlton
Nick
|
$800
[5]
Scout Finch: After "a timid smile, our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. 'Hey,"' this character, "I said"
Boo Radley
Rachel
|
$800
[16]
(Michael Douglas presents the clue.) Things were not harmonious when this man from Massachusetts came to join Ben in the new nation's diplomatic corps
John Adams
Grant
|
|
$1,000
[22]
In 2025 fun guys can go to the 70th annual F.U.N. convention, very F.U.N. for "Florida United" these coin collectors
numismatists
Grant
|
DD
$3,200
[19]
A white cross & writing in 5 languages are on the cover of this European country's passport
Switzerland
Grant
|
$1,000
[14]
A 1944 film title gave us this word meaning to make someone doubt his or her sanity
gaslight
Rachel
|
$1,000
[10]
Hewon 25 games with the Miracle Mets in 1969 & surpassed 20 wins four times in the 1970s
Seaver
Nick
|
$1,000
[7]
Holden Caulfield, who doesn't like many people, tells us about this sister of his, "You never saw a little kid so pretty & smart"
Phoebe
|
$1,000
[23]
(Michael Douglas presents the clue.) Two men who could get away without wearing wigs met in 1778 when Franklin was presented to this king at Versailles
Louis XVI
Grant
Nick
|
| STATE NAME STUFF | CAST MEMBERS IN THE REBOOT | "GN"OWLEDGE | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS | CHAPTERS IN BIOGRAPHIES | WE ARE FUNGI |
|
$400
[25]
The one state named for a person born in America
Washington State
Grant
|
$400
[26]
No Lone Star on this show: Jordana Brewster as Elena & Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing III
Dallas
Grant
|
$400
[27]
In "Where the Wild Things Are", Maurice Sendak used this past tense verb for what the wild things did with "their terrible teeth"
gnashed
Grant
Nick
|
$400
[28]
This alchemical potion could supposedly turn base metals into gold
elixir
Grant
|
$400
[29]
In a 2009 bio of this star: "Norma Jeane is Born", "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Monroe
Grant
|
$400
[30]
Hounds & hogs have been trained to hunt for these underground fungi, like the Périgord or the Burgundy
truffles
Grant
|
|
$800
[20]
It's the newest state with "New" in its name
New Mexico
Grant
|
$800
[22]
From a Norman Lear sitcom: Isabella Gomez & Rita Moreno
One Day at a Time
|
$800
[23]
These Italian dumplings often made with potato benefit from a sage & butter sauce
gnocchi
Grant
|
$800
[24]
Found in the name of a Washington State dam, it's a deep ravine or valley
a coulee
Nick
|
$1,200
[12]
In "The Mayor of Castro Street" about this man: "Gay Main Street", "Media Star"
(Harvey) Milk
Grant
|
$800
[18]
Some fungi release these reproduction units like a catapult; one species can shoot them 6 feet in the air
spores
Rachel
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Territorial governor James Duane Doty favored spelling this Midwest state's name with the 4th letter "K" instead of "C"
Wisconsin
|
$1,200
[10]
A princely reboot: Jabari Banks as Will & Cassandra Freeman as Aunt Viv
Bel-Air
Grant
|
$1,200
[8]
In Matthew 23 Jesus scolds "blind guides, which strain at" this pest "and swallow a camel"
a gnat
Nick
|
$1,600
[1]
It can refer to territory governed by another, a set of values in math or a group of linked computers on a network
a domain
|
$1,600
[11]
"The Life and Times" of this author--"The South Side of Chicago", "Grappling with Bigger"
Richard Wright
|
$1,200
[16]
This mushroom that grows on fallen timber has a Japanese name whose first part refers to a type of oak
shiitake
Nick
|
|
$1,600
[7]
They're the 2 states whose names contain the exact name of another state
West Virginia & Arkansas
Grant
Rachel
|
$1,600
[5]
Chisme on the Upper East Side: Whitney Peak & Savannah Lee Smith
Gossip Girl
|
$1,600
[4]
In Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock", a mischievous one of these is named Umbriel
a gnome
Nick
|
$2,000
[2]
"D" is for this crown-like adornment, sometimes a cloth headband affixed with jewels
a diadem
Nick
|
$2,000
[13]
From a bio of this female biochemist: "Seine v. Strand", "The Acid Next Door"
(Rosalind) Franklin
Grant
|
$1,600
[15]
Thistype of edible mushroom with a French name is also called a Girolle
Chanterelle
Grant
|
|
$2,000
[6]
One of the 2 states that end with the postal abbreviation of the "Peace Garden State"
Maryland or Rhode Island
|
$2,000
[9]
Set in L.A. during the Great Depression: Chris Chalk as Paul Drake & Matthew Rhys as the title lawyer
Perry Mason
Rachel
|
$2,000
[3]
The Encyclopedia Britannica reports that this type of rock displays "a poorly developed schistosity & cleavage"
gneiss
Nick
|
DD
$5,000
[21]
Veal is etymologically related to this word for calfskin used for writing
vellum
Grant
|
DD
$7,000
[19]
In "Prairie Fires" about this author: "Pioneer Girl", "As a Farm Woman Thinks"
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rachel
|
$2,000
[17]
If you follow stars of "my"cology like Suzanne Simard & Merlin Sheldrake, you know this name of the network of fungal threads
mycelium
Rachel
|
The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett
Mystic River