Adriana Harmeyer game 9.
Josh Fry — a software developer originally from Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Aaron Lemos — a high school video production teacher from Northridge, California
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (whose 8-day cash winnings total $183,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana | $3,800 | $3,000 | $12,100 |
$21,600
9-day champion: $204,700 |
$11,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Aaron | $2,000 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$1,600
12 R, 7 W |
| Josh | $2,800 | $1,600 | $10,700 |
$9,299
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| CAPITALS & THEIR AIRPORTS | BUNNY LIT | WELL, THAT HAPPENED | TIME FOR SOME DRUGS | DUETS WITH DADS | FIND "OUT" |
|
$200
[11]
It's about 25 miles from Sphinx International
Cairo
Adriana
|
$200
[5]
In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", this bunny's first words were "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!"
the White Rabbit
Adriana
|
$200
[12]
Hey, dummy! Brea, Cal. PD had 2 words for the man who used the carpool lane with one of these in the passenger seat--"nice try"
a mannequin
Adriana
Josh
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$200
[21]
Carbonate of this element is the active ingredient in Tums, which can be used to treat a deficiency of it
calcium
Adriana
Aaron
|
$200
[28]
For a compilation album in 2018, Lisa Marie recorded an emotional reimagined duet, "Where No One Stands Alone", with him
Elvis Presley
Adriana
|
$200
[6]
A lopsided sports loss, or a flat tire
a blowout
Aaron
|
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$400
[19]
It's served by Incheon International
Seoul
Aaron
|
$400
[1]
When this character gets stuck in a rabbit hole, Rabbit says, "I shall go and fetch Christopher Robin"
Winnie-the-Pooh
Adriana
|
$400
[24]
A fossil of a 4-legged whale that fed like a raptor--a walking whale raptor?! Yipes--was dug up in this North African desert
the Sahara
Josh
|
$400
[22]
Drugs like Claritin work by reducing the effects of this natural chemical in the body
histamine
Aaron
|
$400
[20]
He's not only duetted with wife Faith Hill, but with daughter Gracie as well
Tim McGraw
Aaron
|
$400
[7]
This military command means to turn clockwise 180 degrees
about face
Josh
|
|
$600
[18]
Ninoy Aquino International is nearby
Manila
Josh
|
$600
[2]
In a 1917 story by Thornton Burgess, Peter Rabbit decides to change his name to this, also the name of the bunny in an Easter song
Peter Cottontail
Adriana
|
$600
[26]
"Groove Is In The Heart" sampled Eva Gabor singing "I" (before "get allergic smelling hay") from the theme of this '60s sitcom
Green Acres
Josh
|
$600
[23]
Before penicillin, bacterial infections were treated with these 5-letter drugs that are still used for eye infections & acne
sulfa drugs
|
$600
[15]
In the "Hannah Montana" movie, they sang "Butterfly Fly Away"
Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
Josh
|
$600
[8]
The unpleasant effects after something bad has happened, hopefully not after a nuclear explosion
fallout
Josh
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Its main airport is fittingly called El Alto & breathing may be hard upon landing
La Paz, Bolivia
Adriana
Aaron
Josh
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$800
[3]
While writing this 1972 novel, Richard Adams consulted R.M. Lockley's natural history study "The Private Life of the Rabbit"
Watership Down
Adriana
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$800
[25]
France was furieuse as Australia killed a $66 bil. deal for conventional these & turned to the U.S. & U.K. for nuclear ones
a submarine
Aaron
|
$800
[30]
The tranquilizer Diazepam began being sold under this name in 1963; a few years later, it was "mother's little helper"
Valium
Adriana
Aaron
|
$800
[13]
Here's this Italian tenor & his son Matteowith whom he recorded the duet called "Fall On Me"
Bocelli
Adriana
|
$800
[9]
Adjective for someone very enthusiastic in support, or very religious
devout
Aaron
|
|
DD
$2,800
[16]
King Khalid International is its gateway
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Josh
|
$1,000
[4]
This vampire rabbit created by James Howe & his wife Deborah has fangs & sucks the juice out of vegetables
Bunnicula
Adriana
|
$1,000
[27]
Prince Harry & Meghan named their daughter this, Harry's granny's family nickname
Lilibet
Adriana
Aaron
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$1,000
[29]
It's the active ingredient in the "pens" used to treat anaphylaxis
epinephrine
Aaron
Josh
|
$1,000
[14]
25 years after his death, Nat King Cole duetted with daughter Natalie on this Grammy-winning hit, remember?
"Unforgettable"
Josh
|
$1,000
[10]
Type of vessel seen here with a distinctive feature for extra stability
outrigger
Aaron
|
| SENATE HISTORY | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS | THERE'S GOLD IN YOUR FUTURE | THEY DIRECTED THEMSELVES | EMOTIONS |
|
$400
[29]
The only one of these to have been chosen by the Senate under the 12th Amendment was Richard M. Johnson, in 1837
a vice president
Josh
|
$400
[30]
Named for an Aztec god, the axolotl is found in the wild only in this world capital
Mexico City
Josh
|
$400
[16]
Known simply as the Monument, a 200-foot London landmark was built in the 1670s, the decade after this event it commemorates
the Great Fire of London
Josh
|
$400
[26]
From Canada to your supermarket, the Yukon Gold is a variety of this with smooth skin & yellow flesh
a potato
Josh
|
$400
[1]
In "Maestro"
Bradley Cooper
Josh
|
$400
[6]
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) You know something good is coming from that "E-U" prefix as in the sweet sound of theeuphoniumor this blissed-out feeling
euphoria
Aaron
|
|
$800
[28]
In 1935 Charles Watkins became the first official one of these experts who advise the Senate on its rules & procedures
parliamentarian
Adriana
|
$800
[27]
The name of thewallaroosounds like it's a mash-up of these two marsupials, but it's not
a wallaby & a kangaroo
Josh
|
$800
[12]
Begun in 1885 & inaugurated in 1911, the Victor Emmanuel II monument commemorates the unification of this country
Italy
|
$800
[20]
On January 7, 2024 Emma Stone won one of these awards for her performance in "Poor Things"
a Golden Globe
Adriana
Josh
|
$800
[4]
In "Yentl"
Barbra Streisand
Aaron
|
$800
[7]
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) Some of the meanings of this word are a hit song by New Order, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1915 & the agonizing misery of bad decisions in your past
regret
Adriana
|
|
$1,200
[25]
In 1834 the Senate censured President Jackson for pulling all federal money out of this
the Bank of the United States
Adriana
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$1,200
[11]
The Santa Cruz Mountains are home to this yellow mollusk, the mascot for UC Santa Cruz
the banana slug
Adriana
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
The Washington, D.C. area memorial to this service branch depicts a flag-raising on Mount Suribachi
the Marines (the Marine Corps)
Adriana
|
$1,200
[19]
The 2024 Gold Wing motorcycle from this Japanese manufacturer features an 1833cc liquid-cooled engine
a Honda
Aaron
Josh
|
$1,200
[3]
In "Fences", for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination
Denzel Washington
Adriana
|
$1,200
[8]
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) It's not exactly fear; it's kind of pre-fear--it covers a group of psychological disorders & in the '40s, W.H. Audenwrote his longest poem called "The Age of" it
Anxiety
|
|
$1,600
[21]
On Nov.15, 1919, after 2 months debating the Treaty of Versailles, a fed-up Senate applied this rule for the first time
cloture
Aaron
|
DD
$1,500
[22]
Rats must gnaw constantly because these teeth whose name means "cutter" grow their whole lives, around 4-5 inches per year
incisors
Josh
|
$1,600
[15]
A field of 168empty chairsrepresents each of the victims in the bombing of a federal building in this city, April 19, 1995
Oklahoma City
Aaron
|
$1,600
[17]
A poem by Carol Ann Duffy about "the woman who married the fool who wished for gold" is titled "Mrs." this mythic king
Midas
Josh
|
$1,600
[2]
In "Tropic Thunder"
Ben Stiller
Josh
|
$1,600
[9]
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) The personified ancient Greek spirits of fear & dread share their names with these two moons of Mars
Phobos & Deimos
Adriana
|
|
$2,000
[24]
On October 25, 2001 the Senate approved this act by a vote of 98-1, with Wisconsin's Russ Feingold as the lone dissenter
the Patriot Act
Adriana
|
$2,000
[23]
The black-tailed deer is the type of deer named for this other 4-legged animal--no relation, just that it has long ears
a mule deer
|
$2,000
[14]
Amemorialto the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was dedicated in 2023 on Washington Place in the heart of this New York City area
Greenwich Village
Aaron
|
$2,000
[18]
Today in atempleof this capital city on the Chao Praya River, the Golden Buddhacontains 5 1/2 tons of pure gold
Bangkok
Aaron
|
$2,000
[5]
In "The Monuments Men"
George Clooney
Adriana
|
$2,000
[10]
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) At the start of Act III, Opheliadespairs over Hamlet acting crazy & uses this 3-word phrase that starts with a 3-letter emotion to describe her pain
Woe is me
Josh
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In 1958 a review of this book now considered a classic called it repulsive, disgusting & "highbrow pornography"
Lolita