Greg Jolin game 3.
Brian Frey — a journeyman originally from Syosset, New York
Lindsey Simmons — an attorney originally from Marshall, Missouri
Greg Jolin — a system specialist and accountant from Raymond, New Hampshire (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $4,000 | $7,800 | $19,000 |
$25,000
3-day champion: $75,002 |
$19,000
25 R, 0 W |
| Lindsey | $-400 | $400 | $5,600 |
$3,399
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
5 R, 1 W |
| Brian | $1,800 | $2,600 | $3,800 |
$7,599
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| DEAD LIKE ME | A VERY VANILLA CATEGORY | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT | ALL SAINTS | THE QUOTABLE OSCAR WILDE | 5, 5 |
|
$200
[25]
Shortly after her husband fell on his sword in 30 B.C., this royal got snakebit & was buried with her beloved
Cleopatra
Brian
|
$200
[26]
The difference between regular vanilla ice cream & French vanilla is the addition of these, which also makes it yellower
egg yolks
Brian
|
$200
[27]
2006:"Hips Don't Lie"
Shakira
Greg
|
$200
[29]
Its state's second-most populous city, this capital is built on bluffs along a curve in the Mississippi River
St. Paul
Greg
Brian
|
$200
[30]
In "Lady Windermere's Fan", Wilde wrote, "I can resist everything except" this
temptation
Greg
|
$200
[28]
Like slaphappy, this adjective originally referred to a boxer who was dazed from taking too many blows to the head
punch drunk
Brian
|
|
$400
[11]
Like many others on that 79 A.D. day, Pliny got no elder after succumbing to fumes from this volcano above the Bay of Naples
Vesuvius
Greg
Lindsey
|
$400
[12]
Dolly Parton's mom's recipe for this dessert, a southern specialty, of course includes a box of vanilla wafers
banana pudding
|
$400
[1]
2008:"I Kissed A Girl" (& she liked it)
Katy Perry
Greg
|
$400
[13]
Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' last major work was hismonumenthonoring this Civil War hero on the march
Sherman
Brian
|
$400
[20]
In this novel Lord Henry says, "I like men who have a future and women who have a past"
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Greg
|
$400
[16]
About 230 of the Shakespeare collections called this still exist; a good-quality one can fetch over $5 million
First Folio
Greg
|
|
$600
[5]
On Feb. 24, 1836 William B. Travis wrote the "Victory or Death" memo from this landmark, but Travis & his men did not find victory
the Alamo
Brian
|
$600
[14]
Vanilla comes from the beans or pods of certain varieties of this flowering plant
an orchid
Brian
|
$600
[2]
1985:"Saving All My Love For You"
Whitney Houston
Greg
|
$600
[22]
In the early 1800s Barry, a dog of this breed, reportedly saved over 40 people in the Alps
St. Bernard
Brian
|
$600
[8]
Wilde called this British activity with a pack of hounds "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"
fox hunting
Brian
|
$600
[17]
An Egyptian style of this is called raqs sharqi & is now performed by both men & women, often as wedding entertainment
a belly dance
Greg
|
|
$800
[10]
On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel & 8 others were executed in this city
Nuremberg
Brian
|
$800
[6]
Vanilla is one of the scented essential oils that are the basis of this practice to help you feel calmer & boost your mood
aromatherapy
Brian
|
$800
[3]
1989:"Straight Up"
Paula Abdul
Greg
|
$800
[7]
St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Egypt is situated at the foot of this mount found on a peninsula
Sinai
Greg
|
$1,000
[21]
A character in "A Woman of No Importance" claims, "Moderation is a fatal thing... nothing succeeds like" this
excess
|
$800
[18]
It's the only U.S. state capital that fits the category
Baton Rouge (or Boise, Idaho)
Greg
Lindsey
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[15]
She & 3 Lincoln conspirators would be hanged in 1865 but 2 years later, only the jury was hung in her son's trial
(Mary) Surratt
Greg
|
$1,000
[24]
This conquistador gets the credit for bringing vanilla back to Europe from Mexico, to be used as a flavoring
Cortés
Brian
|
$1,000
[4]
1989:"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Bette Midler
Brian
|
$1,000
[23]
1919's Treaty of Saint-Germain recognized the independence of several countries & the end of this family's empire
the Habsburgs
Greg
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
This watery site "must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life"
Niagara Falls
Brian
|
$1,000
[19]
This 10-limbed invertebrate lives up to its name, with eyes the size of dinner plates
the giant squid
|
| WORLD FLAGS | DON'T DO THE MATH | HEALTH & MEDICINE | EPICS | THE ODYSSEY | THE "NE" ADD |
|
$400
[14]
Emblems representing the Islamic Revolution were part of the new flag this country adopted on July 29, 1980
Iran
Greg
|
$400
[4]
If a car can go from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds, be careful, that's pretty fast, & also the car is anSF90 Spiderfrom this company
a Ferrari
Brian
|
$400
[8]
If siblings are monozygous, it means they are these
identical twins
Brian
|
$400
[27]
This FX epic's 18 Emmy awards in 2024 included one for Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga
Shōgun
Greg
|
$400
[1]
In 2012 he became the first person to reach Challenger Deep solo
James Cameron
Greg
|
$400
[21]
Put "NE" before a word for a buddy & climb up to this mountainous Asian country
Nepal (from Ne pal )
Brian
|
|
$800
[15]
The royal standard of Willem-Alexander, king of this country, has a blue Nassau cross on an orange background
the Netherlands
Greg
|
$800
[9]
If horse 1 is 8 inches tall, that's equal to 2 of these units of length, & enjoy your stay in Lilliput
hands
Greg
|
$800
[3]
As many as 10% of U.S. pregnancies may be affected by the gestational type of this condition
diabetes
Lindsey
|
$800
[2]
In a 1985 epic Edward Woodward plays Saul & Richard Gere is this title king
David
Greg
|
$800
[12]
Plutarch describes this conqueror meeting the naked gymnosophists during his attempt to conquer India
Alexander the Great
Brian
|
$800
[10]
Add an "NE" to the end of a genre of music & give us the last name of this Notre Dame football coach
Rockne (from Rock ne)
Greg
|
|
$1,600
[16]
The lines across the sun on theflag Kyrgyzstan represent the top of this traditional nomadic dwelling
a yurt
Brian
|
$1,200
[18]
If Pete eats 7/8 of this state's classic "mud pie" with a pecan, Graham cracker & melted butter crust, Pete better hit the gym
Mississippi
Brian
|
$1,200
[20]
(Maria Menounos presents the clue.) Research on early detection of pancreatic cancer is vital; most patients are still diagnosed at this numerical stage that's also called advanced or metastatic
stage 4
Lindsey
|
$1,200
[7]
Morfydd Clark is Galadriel & Sauron is the usual Sauron in this epic prequel series set in J.R.R. Tolkien's world
Rings of Power
Lindsey
|
$1,200
[6]
A blurb on the back of his 1999 memoir says he "jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky"
Sir Edmund Hillary
Brian
|
$1,200
[11]
Take an adjective for sinewy & insert "NE" to get this business that might make a pinot noir
winery (from wi ne ry )
|
|
$2,000
[17]
The 4 small stars on China's flag were originally said to represent workers, peasants, capitalists & petty these
bourgeoisie
|
$1,600
[19]
It's 1883; if train A leaves Paris at 9 A.M. & train B exits Bucharest at 20 mph, this line with those stops is in its 1st year of operation
the Orient Express
Greg
|
$1,600
[23]
A disease of great concern earlier in 2022 saw a drop in U.S. cases late in the year & also got this new 4-letter animal-free name
mpox
Greg
|
$2,000
[24]
With Mark Hamill, "Knightfall" on the History Channel focused on these knights whose red crosses didn't mean first aid
the Knights Templar
Greg
|
$1,600
[26]
Guided by his buddy Kit Carson, this "Pathfinder" explored & mapped the Oregon Trail in the 1840s
John Frémont
Brian
|
$1,600
[28]
A Russian mountain range gets more cerebral when you put "NE" at the start & make this word
neural (from ne ural )
Greg
|
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
The four stars on Tokelau'sflagrepresent this constellation & the role of Christianity in the country's culture
the Southern Cross
Brian
|
$2,000
[22]
If Mary earns 85% of what John earns for the same job, the Fair Pay Act named for this woman was the first law Barack Obama signed
(Lilly) Ledbetter
Lindsey
|
$2,000
[25]
The name of this painful mosquito-borne fever may come from Swahili for "cramp", but there's definitely a vaccine for it
dengue
Brian
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
No one-trick pony, Finder, who starred in "Seabiscuit", also played Joey in this World War I epic
War Horse
Brian
|
$2,000
[30]
The 1609 shipwreck of the Sea Venture & the adventures of its castaways are said to have inspired this play
The Tempest
|
$2,000
[29]
Give "NE" help you can as you insert those 2 letters in a word that precedes "off course" & get this word for a facade
veneer (from veer)
|
All introduced in the same chapter of a novel, Grimaud, Mousqueton & Bazin are the servants of these men
the Three Musketeers (Porthos, Athos & Aramis)