Last game of Season 40.
Rachel Bradley — an ESL instructor from Greenbelt, Maryland
Steve Babish — a marketing content strategist from San Jose, California
Davey Morrison — an actor and screenwriter from Provo, Utah (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,012)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey! | $2,400 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$999
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Steve | $400 | $2,400 | $11,500 |
$10,100
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rachel | $600 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$23,597
New champion: $23,597 |
$11,800
16 R, 3 W |
| A DATE IN HISTORY | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR | ALSO A FISHING TERM | A THING FOR FEATS | WE CRACK OURSELVES UP |
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$200
[4]
After this couple's first date in 1894, she went home to Poland while he wrote her letters about his "dream for science"
Marie Curie & Pierre Curie
Rachel
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$200
[26]
In a sporty idiom, to make expectations higher is to do this, from field events like the pole vault
raise the bar
Steve
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$200
[27]
When I ask if you have this kind of pain, I mean is it sharp or sudden, not from an angle of less than 90 degrees
acute
Rachel
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$200
[13]
Just scoop ice cream on root beer for this type of beverage
float
Steve
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$200
[29]
It took Russ Cook 352 days to run the length of this continent, from Cape Agulhas to the Mediterranean
Africa
Rachel
|
$200
[30]
Tom Felton said Rupert Grint was fined 2,500 pounds (going to charity) over the 1st 2 films in this series for laughing mid-scene
Harry Potter
Davey!
|
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$400
[18]
In Tarsus in 41 B.C. Cleopatra wooed this beefy Roman by arriving to a date dressed as Venus
Marc Antony
Davey!
Rachel
|
$400
[12]
Someone of unappealing visage is said to have "a face for" this medium; Fred Allen said it of himself
radio
Davey!
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$400
[10]
I'm afraid you've broken a brachial bone, brachial meaning a part of this body part
your arm
Davey!
|
$400
[9]
Serling or Steiger
Rod
Steve
|
$400
[5]
In 2024 Anouk Garnier beat a record by rope climbing 361 feet to the second floor of this French landmark
the Eiffel Tower
Rachel
|
$400
[7]
You can see Matt LeBlanc try to hide real laughter as Joey ducks behind a panicked Ross, in search of a ring on this sitcom
Friends
Steve
|
|
$800
[24]
On one of this duo's early dates in 1930, he crashed on her couch & in the morning, the Dallas police arrested him
Bonnie & Clyde
Rachel
|
$600
[2]
Completing "give him his...". it means to free him, but completing "hand him his...". it means to beat him
hand (give) him his head
Steve
Rachel
|
$600
[19]
I've got one of these forecasts for you, from Greek for "prediction"
prognosis
Rachel
|
$600
[14]
Per the OED, "a well-known conjecture is that" this friendly word "was a familiar abbreviation of chamber-fellow"
chum
|
$600
[8]
In 2007 Alain Robert climbed an 88-story building with only his hands & feet while wearing this superhero costume, naturally
Spider-Man
Rachel
|
$600
[6]
On "SNL", Heidi Gardner could not take Mikey Day's makeup when he & Ryan Gosling played this animated MTV duo
Beavis & Butt-head
Davey!
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
In the summer of 1989, this not-yet-famous couple went on a movie date in Chicago & saw a Spike Lee film
the Obamas
Davey!
|
$800
[1]
You'll find the French word for "beautiful" in this phrase for the most attractive person in a given setting
belle of the ball
Davey!
|
$800
[20]
When I say this is "thready", I mean it's barely perceptible & feels kind of like a thin fiber moving under my finger
a pulse
|
$800
[16]
This baseball pitch gets batters to hit a lot of ground balls
a sinker
Steve
|
$800
[21]
In 1955 Tex Johnston did this "roll"-ing aerial maneuver in a big Boeing plane & later wrote, "The airplane never knows it's inverted"
a barrel roll
Davey!
|
$800
[15]
After Tim Conway's ad-lib story about Siamese elephants, Vicki Lawrence broke this show's cast w/ "Sure that little (bleep) is through?"
The Carol Burnett Show
|
|
$1,000
[25]
A tale of a medieval hookup: this pair met in Paris around 1115, had a son, but lived on separated as monk & nun
Abelard & Héloïse
Rachel
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$1,000
[11]
This 2-part phrase meaning "completely settled" has a variation that's been used as a hair salon name
cut and dried
|
$1,000
[23]
I need to examine your ear--hold on while I grab this doohickey with a handle & a light that lets me look inside
an otoscope
|
$1,000
[17]
In computing, it's an acronym for a transfer of data to a temporary storage area
a spool(ing)
|
$1,000
[28]
Jeanne Baret in the 1700s is credited with being the first woman to do this; she had to transfer ships to accomplish it
circumnavigate the globe
Davey!
|
$1,000
[22]
Jack Nicholson, who may or may not have been under the influence, cracks up while talking about Venusians to Dennis Hopper in this film
Easy Rider
Steve
|
| CANALS | "I" + 4 | TOO MUCH OF SOMETHING | TICK TOCK | FACE BOOKS | INSTA-GRAHAM |
|
$400
[26]
Arriving at New York City Nov. 4, 1825, the Seneca Chief became the first boat to travel the length of this canal
the Erie Canal
Steve
|
$400
[27]
Typically found at the end of a book, it's an alphabetical listing of items in the book, with page numbers
index
Steve
|
$400
[28]
Oxfam thinks Taylor Swift has too much money, as "every" one of these people "is a policy failure"
a billionaire
Steve
|
$400
[29]
A major monument of Rouen, France is a Renaissance clockthat has fabulous decorations & machinery, but only one of these
a hand
Davey!
Rachel
|
$400
[30]
He published both "The Eye Book" & "The Tooth Book" as Theo. LeSieg, the last name being an anagram of Geisel
Dr. Seuss
Davey!
|
$400
[24]
It wasn't until March 17, 2024 that she joined Instagram, posting a picture from "Gilmore Girls"
Lauren Graham
Steve
|
|
$800
[21]
Scotland's Caledonian Canal runs through lakes, including this largest by volume in Britain that's also otherwise famous
Loch Ness
Steve
|
$800
[2]
This Texas-based company has been making its iconic plastic ice chests since the 1960s
Igloo
Steve
|
$800
[17]
You're feeling wired, your heart is racing--you're this 15-letter word & probably should have skipped that third espresso
overcaffeinated
Steve
|
$800
[20]
The mysteriously named Ohio Clockhas stood in the U.S. Senate for two centuries; here, it's adjusted for this for the first time in 1918
daylight saving
Steve
|
$800
[11]
Hawthorne's story "The Great Stone Face" refers to a natural landmark that was in the White Mountains of this state
New Hampshire
Steve
|
$800
[22]
Shedescribes herself on Instagram as an actress, filmmaker & big nerd
Heather Graham
Davey!
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Although very short at 748 feet, this city's picturesque Winter Canalis crossed by three bridges, including the Hermitage Bridge
St. Petersburg
Steve
|
$1,200
[1]
Last name of Max, son of a famous actor father & famous actress mother, Sinéad Cusack
Irons
|
$1,200
[4]
Hi, I'm shame. Do you know my cousin, this? He has a complex named after him, when one is awash with feelings of having done wrong
guilt
Rachel
|
$1,200
[5]
An iconic tower in this capital city has displayed a clock made by local company Seiko since 1966
Tokyo
Davey!
Steve
Rachel
|
$1,200
[12]
He deciphered the power (& plot) of hero myths in his 1949 work "The Hero with a Thousand Faces"
Campbell
Davey!
|
$1,200
[16]
Honey Maid Graham crackers posted a hack for making these treats: put the chocolate inside the marshmallow, then roast
s'mores
Rachel
|
|
$1,600
[9]
When the Elbe Lateral Canal opened in 1977, it allowed ships traveling to this port to avoid passing through East Germany
Hamburg
|
$1,600
[8]
William Butler Yeats got nationalistic as he urged these "Poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made"
Irish
Davey!
Steve
|
$1,600
[7]
Hyperlipidemia, too much fat in the blood, is caused by an excess of this substance provided by your own liver plus pork & donuts
cholesterol
Rachel
|
DD
$1,500
[6]
A victim of sexist obscurity, this kind of timepiece stands between 5 & 6' tall, like one appraised on "Antiques Roadshow" in 2012
a grandmother clock
Steve
|
$1,600
[13]
Tea Cake is Janie Crawford's third husband in this classic by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Davey!
|
$1,600
[15]
The official account of her dance company posted a video of her dancing in "Appalachian Spring" in 1947
Martha Graham
Davey!
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This Asian capital has been called the "Venice of the East", though most of the smaller khlongs or canals have been filled in
Bangkok
Rachel
|
$2,000
[19]
In "Doctor Faustus" Christopher Marlowe uses this name for Troy
Ilium
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
To us this Greek word means excess pride; to Aristotle, it meant shaming others for one's own pleasure (perhaps out of pride)
hubris
Steve
|
$2,000
[10]
In the early '60s this Greek-letter brand was a big deal with JFK's Slimline & Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra's Speedmaster
Omega
Rachel
|
$2,000
[14]
Cultural appropriation is at the heart of this novel by R.F. Kuang; a white woman steals a manuscript written by her Asian friend
Yellowface
Rachel
|
$2,000
[23]
He often posts about his BBC chat show & his GN wine
Graham Norton
Rachel
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The first fossils of these creatures with an elongated 4th digit were described in 1784 by naturalist Cosimo Collini
pterodactyls