Will Weiss — a technical program manager from Islip, New York
Mary Catherine French — a writer, editor and research assistant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adam Reiffen — a naval officer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $400 | $3,000 | $6,600 |
$3,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,600
22 R, 7 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Mary Catherine | $1,800 | $5,400 | $4,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
8 R, 3 W |
| Will | $2,800 | $5,000 | $17,000 |
$14,000
New champion: $14,000 |
$17,000
20 R, 0 W |
| 1890s AMERICA | 4 OF THE SAME CONSONANT | HAVE A DAY! | CELEBRITIES WHO READ ALOUD | THE MAFIA | ISLANDS IN THE SEA |
|
$200
[7]
The film seenhereof these workers, a profession becoming out of date, is perhaps the first movie exhibited publicly
blacksmith
Will
|
$200
[15]
If you're having a little laugh, you're doing this
giggling
Adam
Mary Catherine
|
$200
[12]
January 18 honors, celebrates, appreciates, observes National this reference book Day
Thesaurus
Adam
Will
|
$200
[2]
Having starred in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham's "The Hours", sheoffered to narrate his 2023 book "Day"
Julianne Moore
Adam
|
$200
[10]
The most powerful mob boss of his day, Charles Luciano became famous--make that infamous--under this nickname
Lucky (Luciano)
Will
|
$200
[20]
St. Barthélemy &St. George's Cay
the Caribbean
Adam
|
|
$400
[4]
America's schoolchildren first recited it for Columbus Day in 1892
the Pledge of Allegiance
Adam
|
$400
[27]
Whether the "old man" plays it on your thumb or not, it's a name for a trinket or curio
a knickknack
Adam
|
$400
[11]
Since 2002 September 19 has been International this Day, ya scurvy scalawag
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Mary Catherine
|
$400
[1]
Going on a long trip to Ithaca? Then spend 9+ hours with Derek Jacobi reading this epic poem, & say hi to Telemachus for us
the Odyssey
Adam
Will
|
$400
[8]
The "Dapper Don", this Gambino family boss died in prison after getting convicted on 13 counts of extortion, murder & more
John Gotti
Will
|
$400
[18]
Delos, Naxos & Patmos
the Aegean
Adam
|
|
$600
[5]
At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Wrigley's introduced Juicy Fruit gum & the Rueckheim brothers, this ballpark snack
Cracker Jack
Will
|
$600
[28]
Mountain Dew once had a mascot rhymingly known as Willy the this
Hillbilly
Adam
|
$600
[13]
National Tater Tot Day & Day of the Crêpe both fall on this date, but we didn't find Live the Day Over & Over Day
February 2nd (Groundhog Day)
Adam
|
$600
[3]
Almost 40 years after starring in "Heartburn", she read the Nora Ephron novel on audiobook, down to the recipes
Meryl Streep
|
$600
[9]
In the 1980s this previously obscure federal statute was used to send the heads of 3 mafia families to prison for life
RICO
Mary Catherine
|
$600
[19]
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, ravaged by Vikings in the 8th century
the North Sea
Will
|
|
$800
[6]
In 1895 President Cleveland asked citizens to refrain from giving aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain
Cuba
Will
|
$800
[29]
The third Friday in October is the national day for this procedure to help detect breast cancer
a mammogram
Will
|
$800
[16]
People online can yell non-stop on both June 28 & October 22 as they celebrate this keyboard key right under tab
Caps Lock
Mary Catherine
|
$1,000
[24]
This funny guy narrates the afterword of the very serious "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" by his late wife Michelle McNamara
Patton Oswalt
Mary Catherine
|
$800
[25]
In the 1980s an FBI agent infiltrated the Bonanno family under this alias, the title of a 1997 Johnny Depp movie
Donnie Brasco
Will
|
$800
[21]
Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands
the Bering Sea
Mary Catherine
|
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1895 Eugene Debs went to prison for his part in the Pullman Strike, though this man was his attorney
Darrow
Mary Catherine
|
$1,000
[30]
Indiana Jones might now call an arrogant youngster one of these, which begins with his favorite weapon
a whippersnapper
Mary Catherine
|
$1,000
[17]
Celebrating April 11 as this old-timey singing foursome day dates back to 1938 when 26 men gathered for a songfest; wait... not 24 or 28?
a barbershop quartet
Adam
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Patrick Stewart had a Dickens of a time performing this classic as a one-man show & as an audio book
A Christmas Carol
Adam
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1963 Joe Valachi gave televised testimony to Congress, breaking the mafia code of silence known by this Italian word
omertà
Adam
|
$1,000
[22]
Bulgaria's St. Anastasia Island & Turkey's Giresun Island
the Black Sea
Adam
|
| ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | UNCUT JAMS | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | MISHMASH | DR. KEN | WILL "CU" NOW |
|
$400
[28]
The sentinels of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, who keep an eye on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, are known as the "Old" this
Guard
Adam
|
$400
[8]
To ring in the new year in 1979, this band went into a long jam of "Sugar Magnolia" at San Francisco's Winterland venue
the Grateful Dead
Will
|
$400
[12]
Katori Hall's play "The Mountaintop", takes place on the eve of this man's assassination in Memphis
MLK
Adam
|
$400
[21]
The name of this Korean district that became known worldwide for its "Style" means "south of the (Han) River"
Gangnam
Adam
|
$400
[19]
Let's take a look at the X-ray; we've managed to repair this bone, also called the thigh bone
the femur
Will
|
$400
[26]
You get "C-U" times two in this word for the fancy embellishment seen here
curlicues
Adam
|
|
$800
[27]
Section 46 of the Arlington grounds has memorials to the crews of these 2 space shuttles
Columbia & Challenger
Adam
|
$800
[7]
On a 2021 episode of "SNL", Taylor Swift "remembered" a 10-minute version of this song with a mention of an old scarf
"All Too Well"
Mary Catherine
|
$800
[13]
Her play title "A Raisin in the Sun" was inspired by a line in a Langston Hughes poem
Lorraine Hansberry
Will
|
$800
[22]
Wolves like to hunt these North American reindeer in deep snow; the canine's paws are more snowshoey than their preys' hooves
caribou
Adam
|
$800
[16]
Let's examine those wheels; the lateral meniscus is between bones & is a pad of this connective tissue acting as a shock absorber
cartilage
Adam
|
$800
[6]
Realtors suggest maximizing this 2-word feature of your home with plants such as boxwoods
curb appeal
Will
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Erected in 1906, amemorialto this group lists three battles on one of its faces--Las Guasimas, San Juan & Santiago
the Rough Riders
Adam
|
$1,200
[9]
There is a lot more "colorful" & "flowery" guitar in the longer album version of this No. 1 hit by Tommy James & the Shondells
"Crimson And Clover"
Will
|
$1,200
[14]
In 2024 Steve Carell made his Broadway debut in the avuncular title role in a new translation of this Chekhov play
Uncle Vanya
Adam
|
$1,200
[23]
Fittingly, the Venetian resort in Las Vegas offers rides in these boats
gondolas
Will
|
$1,600
[18]
If I remember my MCATs, this 2-word lowest portion of the brainstem has kind of a big job; helping control your heartbeat
the medulla oblongata
Will
|
$1,200
[4]
This word for a Coast Guard vessel used to apply to all USCG ships & until 1915 was part of the service's name, following "Revenue"
cutter
Adam
|
|
$2,000
[3]
A former Secretary of War, he was buried in Arlington in 1928; his father's memorial is on the National Mall
Robert Lincoln
Adam
|
$1,600
[10]
A famous jazz jam at Massey Hall was stacked; Bird, Diz, Roach & Mingus went hard in the paint on "A Night In" this African locale
Tunisia
|
$1,600
[29]
In this Noël Coward comedy, a man is haunted by the ghosts of his dead wives
Blithe Spirit
|
$1,600
[24]
Around 1720 Allan Ramsay published a poem with this first line familiar from New Year's Eve, but going on, "tho' they return with scars"
should old acquaintance be forgot
Adam
|
$2,000
[20]
If you just switch medications, the interstitial type of this inflammatory kidney disease should go away
nephritis
Will
|
$1,600
[5]
In the '70s praise from food authorities like Craig Claiborne helped make this new brand a kitchen must
Cuisinart
Will
|
|
DD
$3,000
[1]
Arlington's Memorial Day & Veterans Day observances always begin at this hour (no minutes)
11:00 a.m.
Adam
|
$2,000
[11]
There is a flute-filled radio edit of "Thick As A Brick" by this band, but the album version is a full album-long song
Jethro Tull
Will
|
$2,000
[30]
Also a poet, painter & photographer, this Swede was best known for writing plays like "Miss Julie"
Strindberg
Mary Catherine
|
$2,000
[25]
Concerned with the wealth of not just nations, on Dec. 20, 1777, he wrote his publisher, "The new edition... does it sell well?"
Adam Smith
Mary Catherine
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
I'll put my imaginary medical degree on there being 56 of these bones in the human body--14 in each hand & foot
the phalanges
Adam
|
$2,000
[15]
The clue I'm reading is this of the category, its highest point we've been waiting for
the culmination
Adam
|
Via a diplomatic conference in 2005, a diamond was added to supplement these 2 symbols, thought by some to have religious meaning
a (red) cross & a (red) crescent