Grant DeYoung game 5.
Chris D'Amico — a verifications specialist from Lakewood, Ohio
Sam Spar — a CPA originally from Burlington, Vermont
Grant DeYoung — a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (whose 4-day cash winnings total $81,203)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $200 | $3,800 | $12,400 |
$12,799
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sam | $400 | $600 | $3,400 |
$5,399
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,400
5 R, 0 W |
| Chris | $2,200 | $3,400 | $12,600 |
$25,100
New champion: $25,100 |
$12,600
17 R, 4 W |
| HERE COMES THE SON | THE NEW YORK TIMES | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH | EXPENSIVE GRADUATION GIFTS | PERFECTLY UNBALANCED | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES |
|
$200
[27]
...But not so fast, said Australia, which said no to putting this royal on the $5 bill after he got a big promotion in 2023
King Charles
Chris
|
$200
[28]
Due to a "great" this, Nov. 9, 1965, the Times had to use the presses of the Newark Evening News to get its paper out the next morning
a power outage (the great blackout)
Chris
|
$200
[29]
Phantom Ranch, the only lodging below the rim of this natural wonder, can be reached on foot, by mule or raft on the Colorado River
the Grand Canyon
Chris
|
$200
[30]
First class tickets to this capital of India? Wow! Check out the 340-room Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace
New Delhi
Grant
|
$200
[15]
As a noun it refers to a property put up for sale; as an adjective, it describes an unsteady ship
listing
|
$200
[21]
A spunky New York City street urchin gets adopted by a wealthy man
Annie
Sam
|
|
$400
[26]
Though dad only got to live in the White House for less than 5 months, he got a full stay 24 years later
John Quincy Adams
Grant
|
$400
[25]
In 2017 Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey broke the story of the sexual harassment that would bring this film producer down
Weinstein
Grant
|
$400
[24]
In 1954 Steve & Gayle Henson bought the Sweetwater Ranch near Santa Barbara, renamed it this & began making their salad dressing
Hidden Valley
Chris
|
$400
[22]
You got 5 "A"s, so courtesy of Aunt Janie, enjoy an A5 coupe from this German luxury brand
Audi
Grant
Chris
|
$400
[14]
These 2 words that combine to form a playground device both imply unsteadiness
teeter-totter
Grant
Sam
Chris
|
$400
[16]
A milkman in the village of Anatevka faces modern challenges to his traditional ways
Fiddler on the Roof
Grant
|
|
$600
[10]
Genghis' kid Ögödei was chosen over other sons to lead this empire, which would later expand across all Persia & China
Mongol
Grant
|
$600
[7]
It's been the 7-word motto of The New York Times since 1896
"All the News That's Fit to Print"
Grant
|
$600
[5]
John Parker began his ranching dynasty in Hawaii in 1816 when he was given 2 acres on the slopes of this, the state's highest peak
Mauna Kea
Grant
Chris
|
$600
[23]
Aren't you one of the Cry Babies, fans of this alliterative female artist? She'll be taking a break from tour to play you some songs
Melanie Martinez
Grant
|
$600
[13]
Nothing to do with Scottish fashion, being "off-" this 6-letter word means uneven
kilter
Chris
|
$600
[18]
Albus Potter teams up with Scorpius Malfoy in a spellbinding journey through time & space
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Grant
|
|
$800
[11]
Britannica says this man "Fils possessed a good measure of his father's literary fecundity", but their work was very different
Dumas
Grant
|
$800
[8]
Working for the Times, Sydney Schanberg & Dith Pran's collaboration in Cambodia led to a Pulitzer Prize & this 1984 film
The Killing Fields
Grant
Chris
|
$800
[6]
This movie cowboy & his wife Dale raised Palomino Tennessee Walkers on his Double R Bar Ranch near Victorville, California
Roy Rogers
Chris
|
$800
[3]
Grammy & Grampy bought you this California co., the first to hit the $3 trillion valuation mark in 2023... how thoughtful
Apple
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Industrial workers of the world, give us this unsteady word for a member of that group
a wobbly (the Wobblies)
Grant
|
$800
[19]
Cinderella, Jack, of beanstalk fame, & others all learn to be careful what they wish for
Into the Woods
Grant
|
|
$1,000
[12]
They're the 3 first names (or initials, fine) of J.S. Bach's most famous son, whose workbridges his father's time & Mozart's
CPE Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel)
Grant
|
$1,000
[9]
In 1972 the Times won a Pulitzer Prize for the publication of this top secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam
the Pentagon Papers
Chris
|
$1,000
[17]
The only home D.H. Lawrence & his wife ever owned was their ranch near this New Mexico town known as an artists' colony
Taos
Grant
|
$1,000
[4]
For your wall, we shelled out 8 figures for 1962's "L'Arc de Triomphe" by this artist who lived mostly in Brussels, not Paris
René Magritte
|
$1,000
[2]
Compared to theleft circle, the right shapeis this, also an adjective for warfare, pitting outnumbered insurgents against armies
asymmetric warfare
|
$1,000
[20]
A princess has bedding-based sleeping trouble
Once Upon a Mattress
Chris
|
| BAND BOOKS | 5-LETTER CHEMISTRY | AN ORGANIZATION WITH ALLITERATION | TV | 19th CENTURY BRITAIN | "I" IS THE ONLY VOWEL |
|
$400
[28]
In "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love", 2 Cuban brothers end up playing their song with this sitcom bandleader in 1956
Ricky Ricardo
Chris
|
$400
[21]
Join the band & name this alloy of copper & zinc
brass
Grant
Chris
|
$400
[29]
"Advertise honestly" & "be transparent" are 2 standards an enterprise must meet to earn accreditation from this group
the Better Business Bureau
Chris
|
$400
[26]
"Bartlet's Third State of the Union" was a Season 2 episode of this series
The West Wing
Sam
|
$400
[30]
Designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, the Tower Clock usually known as this began keeping time May 31, 1859
Big Ben
Chris
|
$400
[27]
Deviled eggs, pasta salad & fried chicken are popular foods for this type of outdoor outing
a picnic
Grant
|
|
$1,200
[6]
This "numeric" Emily St. John Mandel book finds the "Traveling Symphony" playing tunes in a post-apocalyptic America
Station Eleven
|
$800
[20]
Oct. 16, 1846 marked the first public demonstration of a patient inhaling this anesthetic during surgery
ether
Chris
|
$800
[24]
Girls with Game 50 is a celebration of this organization's 1974 decision to let girls play with boys; 22 have played in its World Series
Little League
Grant
Sam
|
$800
[25]
Angus Cloud's character Fezco on this HBO drama about troubled teens was slated for one or 2 episodes but became a fan favorite
Euphoria
|
$800
[22]
Activist William Wilberforce was cheered in Parliament as an act abolishing this trade became law in 1807
slave
Grant
|
$800
[1]
This 8-letter adjective describes the timid little kitten seen here
skittish
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Members of the title band in this Taylor Jenkins Reid bestseller include Karen Karen on keyboards & Pete Loving on bass
Daisy Jones and The Six
|
$1,200
[3]
It describes a substance that turns red litmus paper blue & is slippery to the touch
basic
Grant
|
$1,200
[13]
The U.S. Marine Corps directs this organization that collects & distributes gifts for kids at Christmas time
Toys for Tots
Grant
|
$1,200
[12]
In 1998, sheplayed the title role on "Moesha" & had a No. 1 hit with the song "Have You Ever"
Brandy
Grant
|
$1,200
[9]
Dramatically improving sanitation, engineer Joseph Bazalgette designed & built a network of these under London
sewers
Chris
|
$1,200
[2]
It took a spark of ingenuity to fashion the prehistoric arrowhead seen here from this hard rock
flint
Grant
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Bennie was in a punk band long ago, but now is a record producer in her book "A Visit from the Goon Squad"
Jennifer Egan
|
$1,600
[4]
It's another name for the chemically inactive noble gases
inert
Grant
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1924 Robert La Follette ran for U.S. president representing it
the Progressive Party
|
$1,600
[15]
The gang on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hangs out at this pub
Paddy's Pub
Sam
|
$1,600
[10]
Artist John Tenniel was famous for his book illustrations & his political cartoons in this humor magazine first published in 1841
Punch
Chris
|
$1,600
[17]
In philosophy it's the belief that everything is meaningless & nothing really matters
nihilism
Grant
|
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" merges rock & roll with the myth of this lyre-playing hero
Orpheus
Grant
|
$2,000
[5]
A type of compound formed when an alcohol reacts with an acid; it may get "poly"
ester
Grant
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
The 7 women who founded this breastfeeding advocacy group in 1956 chose a name that combines English & Spanish
La Leche League
Grant
|
$2,000
[16]
HisTV career includes voicing Sonic the Hedgehog in the '90s as well as playing a certain TV neighbor
Jaleel White
Chris
|
$2,000
[11]
This best-dressed man of early 19th century England called his tailor John Weston "irreproachable for... button-holes"
Beau Brummell
Chris
|
$2,000
[18]
It's a bend in the shoreline that forms an open bay, like the Great Australian one
bight
Grant
|
Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, "We're naturally spooky!"
The Shining