Chris Spencer — a medical writer from Washington, D.C.
Joey DeSena — a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina
Rachel Marcus — a writer and consultant from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | $1,800 | $2,600 | $9,400 |
$1
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,400
10 R, 2 W |
| Joey | $6,800 | $9,200 | $18,200 |
$17,497
New champion: $17,497 |
$14,600
23 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Chris | $600 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
13 R, 4 W |
| TIMEMAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR | ALL A BOARD! | SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT | LAWN & GARDEN | SPORTS NICKNAMES | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES |
|
$200
[28]
1977:This Egyptian president, who traveled to Israel to seek peace negotiations
Anwar Sadat
Rachel
|
$200
[27]
It's the delicious advertising item in use here
a sandwich board
Joey
|
$200
[17]
This company proudly states that its Falcon Heavyrocket canlift64 metric tons into orbit via 5 million pounds of thrust
SpaceX
Joey
|
$200
[30]
It sounds like a grassy roof covering, but this rooty lawn layer should be kept relatively thin
thatch
Rachel
Chris
|
$200
[29]
As you might guess, hall of fame goalie Martin Brodeur, known as "Satan's Wallpaper", played 21 years with this NHL team
the Devils
Joey
|
$200
[22]
When a job is not a chore but a passion, it's a this of this, like hosting "Jeopardy!"
a labor of love
Rachel
|
|
$400
[2]
1981:This electrician & union leader
Wałęsa
Chris
|
$400
[26]
Death Star II is one of the 2 dark blue properties in the "Return of the Jedi" version of this board game & will cost, yes, 400
Monopoly
Joey
|
$400
[16]
In 2003, using its Long March 2F rocket, it became the third nation to launch a man into Earth's orbit
China
Joey
|
$400
[24]
A fairy ring is a naturally occurring circle of these fungi on a lawn
mushrooms
Joey
|
$400
[15]
This late Lakers superstar gave himself the nickname "Black Mamba", the code name of an assassin in the film "Kill Bill"
(Kobe) Bryant
Joey
|
$400
[21]
To achieve the ultimate triumph after failure is to have this
the last laugh
Joey
|
|
$600
[1]
1986:This Filipina
Corazon Aquino
Rachel
|
$600
[9]
This Ivy League school dates its founding to 1740 with Ben Franklin being an early member of its board of trustees
the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel
|
$600
[5]
Not the V but the IB version of this "planetary" rocket carried crews to Skylab
the Saturn IB
Joey
Chris
|
$600
[7]
Miracle-Gro suggests surrounding your plants with 2 to 3 inches of this 5-letter weed-inhibiting substance
mulch
Joey
|
$600
[12]
This Yankee shortstop hit the game-winning homer in Game 4 of the 2001 World Series on November 1st, earning the nickname "Mr. November"
Jeter
Joey
|
$600
[18]
This person who is not fun at parties was popularized by a Rachel Dratch "SNL" character
a Debbie Downer
Rachel
Chris
|
|
$800
[3]
1936:This twice-divorced American woman
Wallis Simpson
Rachel
|
$800
[10]
In building a sanctuary in Exodus, "the length of a board was ten" of these common biblical units
cubits
Joey
|
$800
[6]
Titan series rockets like the ones that launched Viking & Voyager were originally conceived as ICBMs, short for these
intercontinental ballistic missile
Chris
|
$800
[23]
This alliterative type of vegetation is named for how it protects & fortifies soil when your garden would otherwise be bare
a cover crop
|
$1,000
[14]
As a young tennis player, this Spanish phenom was nicknamed "El Niño"
Rafael Nadal
Rachel
|
$800
[19]
This 2-word phrase derives from a Latin way of saying "the position being reversed"
vice versa
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[4]
1968:The astronauts of this Apollo mission, the first manned one to orbit the Moon
Apollo 8
Joey
|
$1,000
[11]
A 1954 Supreme Court case that banned racial segregation in public schools involved the Board of Education of this city
Topeka, Kansas
|
$1,000
[8]
Charles Lindbergh & Harry Guggenheim aided this professor'searly rocketry experiments at Roswell
Goddard
Joey
|
$1,000
[25]
Ladybugs are beneficial garden insects; they can consume dozens per day of these, also known as plant lice
aphids
Joey
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
A world record-holding sprinter recently trademarked this famous victory pose, also his nickname
Lightning Bolt
Joey
|
$1,000
[20]
On a road trip in my big old whip, we had to stop for fuel every couple of hours--the car is definitely one of these
a gas guzzler
Chris
|
| MEXICAN STATE CAPITALS | A NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT YEAR | 3-LETTER RESPONSES | IN THE ARCHIVES | BEASTIE BOYS | ETYMOLOGY |
|
$400
[26]
Like the "J" in its capital Guadalajara, this state's first letter "J" is also pronounced like an "H"
Jalisco
Chris
|
$400
[27]
1969, fiction:No one could refuse this Mario Puzo novel
The Godfather
Chris
|
$400
[25]
The figure seen in silhouette on its logo was modeled after Jerry West
the NBA
Joey
|
$400
[28]
In 2024-25, D.C.'s National Archives is exhibiting hundreds of its 1940s photos by Russell Lee of communities based on this activity
coal mining
|
$400
[29]
In "Hotel Transylvania 4", Dennis is part this type of creature; his granddad who runs the place is simply batty
a vampire
Joey
|
$400
[30]
Helpful in cooking, this word derived from the Latin for "take" originally referred to how much medicine one should mix together
a recipe
|
|
$800
[20]
The beautiful city of Villahermosa is the capital of this saucy state down south
Tabasco
|
$800
[23]
2019, fiction:This story of "Marsh Girl" had everyone humming along
Where the Crawdads Sing
|
$800
[24]
The RAV4 or the Rogue
SUV
Rachel
|
$800
[11]
Disappointed because "I failed to die", Kiichi Kawano created an archive of fellow pilots in this type of World War II unit
kamikaze
Joey
|
$800
[6]
With uncontrollable cravings in his past, this friend of Elmo & Abby teaches kids about healthy eats with his foodie truck
the Cookie Monster
Chris
|
$800
[2]
Hebrew for "lampstand" is the source of this, regularly seen at the end of the year
a menorah
|
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Mérida is the capital of this southeastern peninsular state
Yucatán
Joey
|
$1,200
[15]
1989, nonfiction: "My Turn: The Memoirs of" this ex-first lady turned heads & pages
Nancy Reagan
Joey
|
$1,200
[12]
Lou Gehrig's disease is also known by this initialism
ALS
Chris
|
$1,200
[7]
The Vatican Apostolic (formerly "Secret") Archives has the Jan. 3, 1521 document excommunicating this German
Martin Luther
Joey
|
$1,200
[3]
With just 3 eyes between them, these 2 beasties in "Monsters, Inc." were voiced by Billy Crystal & John Goodman
Mike & Sulley
Chris
|
$1,200
[1]
The name for this sort of place you might visit for fun & knowledge comes to us from a group of sister goddesses
a museum
Joey
|
|
$1,600
[18]
Capital of the same-named state but sometimes followed by "de Zaragoza", it's the site of the 1862 battle on Cinco de Mayo
Puebla
|
$2,000
[22]
1973, nonfiction:This book by Alex Comfort was in the bedrooms of many curious couples
The Joy of Sex
Rachel
|
$1,600
[13]
Tuition is half off for Latter-Day Saints at this 3-letter school
BYU
Joey
|
$1,600
[8]
Russia's archives hold discoveries like proof Stalin ordered the Katyn massacre of 20,000 officers & men in this country's army
Poland
Joey
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
This post-apocalyptic Netflix series follows Gus, who is part deer, part human & a big fan of candy
Sweet Tooth
|
$1,600
[10]
A centuries-old fair held outside a Dublin suburb gave its name to this type of free-for-all melee
a donnybrook
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Mexicali is the capital of this northwestern peninsular state
Baja California
Rachel
|
DD
$3,200
[16]
1974, fiction:This book about espionage with 4 professions in the title worked its way to No. 1
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Joey
|
$2,000
[14]
Allen Dulles & President Eisenhower laid the cornerstonefor its original headquarters building in 1959
the CIA
Joey
Chris
|
$2,000
[9]
France's Archives nationales hasdocumentsway back to the 8th century, like one with this ruler's "K-R-L-S"signature
Charlemagne
Rachel
|
$2,000
[5]
Plucked from the Amazon, the amphibian man in this Guillermo del Toro flick falls for mute Elisa
The Shape of Water
Chris
|
$2,000
[21]
You need 2 U's to spell this, with a Chinese name meaning "gold citrus fruit"
kumquat
Chris
|
It caused rich amusement that the name of this president, whose wife didn't allow dancing, was similar to that of a dance
James K. Polk