Kristen Moreland — a school administrator from Brooklyn, New York
Paul Clauson — a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan
Stephanie Asalone — a former 401(k) processor originally from St. Marys, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie | $3,200 | $3,600 | $7,600 |
$11
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Paul | $1,600 | $7,800 | $15,600 |
$15,201
New champion: $15,201 |
$13,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kristen | $0 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THIS AMERICAN WIFE | TOOLING UP | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKEFRIENDS | PEOPLE-NAMED HIGHWAYS | POKE AN I OUT | LAST LINES OF BOOKS |
|
$200
[5]
Her, writing hubby John in 1776: "If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the laidies we are determined to foment a rebelion"
Abigail Adams
Paul
|
$200
[10]
A symbol on the flag of the Soviet Union was the "hammer &" this hook-shaped metal blade with a short handle
a sickle
Paul
|
$200
[14]
As conservative lawyer Joe Quincy, the late & very much great Matthew Perry walked & talked with Allison Janney on this drama
The West Wing
Paul
|
$200
[8]
Jimmy Buffett named an album for this state's A1A Highway; in June 2024, the state returned the favor, naming A1A for him
Florida
Stephanie
|
$200
[18]
Poke an I out of a 3-syllable figure of speech & get a grin
a simile & a smile
Paul
|
$200
[30]
"'Thank goodness!' said Bilbo laughing, and handed him the tobacco-jar"
The Hobbit
Paul
|
|
$400
[13]
Glenbach is (well, could be) shorthand for Glennon Doyle & this wife, a retired soccer star
Abby Wambach
Paul
|
$400
[17]
Types of these include coping, miter & bone
saws
Stephanie
|
$400
[26]
In 1996 she played Gale Weathers in "Scream" & we hope she didn't feel like her career was stuck when she played Gale in "Scream" in 2022
Courteney Cox
Kristen
|
$400
[1]
& The beat still goes on for this late pop star & U.S. congressman--a stretch of I-10 near Palm Springs is named for him
(Sonny) Bono
Paul
|
$400
[28]
An I gets lost in a large, flat & grassy area of land & becomes a strategy to get something done
plain & plan
Paul
|
$400
[29]
"And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"
A Christmas Carol
Paul
|
|
$600
[12]
After marrying Elliot in 1938, this inventor had 2 kids, Barbara & Ken, who were not thrilled being mom's inspiration
Ruth Handler
|
$600
[16]
It's a useful tool, but as an idiom, this "simian" hindrance dates back to at least the early 1900s
monkey wrench
Kristen
|
$600
[21]
Jennifer Aniston has a pleasurable experience after her boyfriend Jim Carrey finds God in this film
Bruce Almighty
Paul
|
$600
[9]
In 2001, the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was renamed for this Cowboys coach; each highway sign depicts a fedora
Tom Landry
Stephanie
|
$600
[15]
A Latin word for a decree drops its I & becomes a synonym for plump
fiat & fat
Paul
|
$800
[2]
"He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning"
To Kill a Mockingbird
Paul
|
|
$800
[11]
Married since 1992 & South Dakota's governor since 2019, shewas mentioned as a possible choice for VP, but her past "dogged" her a bit
Kristi Noem
Stephanie
|
$800
[3]
This 3-letter tool makes small holes in wood... get our point?
an awl
|
$800
[4]
David Schwimmer was there for you as this late lawyer, defending O.J. Simpson in "American Crime Story"
Robert Kardashian
Stephanie
|
$800
[7]
The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, one of the longest toll roads in the U.S., winds 570 miles across this state
New York
Stephanie
|
$800
[6]
An exercise program to increase flexibility becomes less flexible when it loses an I & becomes dishes or metal sheets
pilates & plates
Paul
|
$1,000
[24]
A 5-word title: "In that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his bear will always be playing"
The House at Pooh Corner
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[25]
She wed Carl in 1947, published "The Feminine Mystique" 16 years later & died on her 85th birthday in 2006
(Betty) Friedan
Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
The deep throat type of this, named for & shaped like the third letter, has extra-long jaws that let it perform its grasping task
a C-clamp
Kristen
|
$1,000
[19]
We cherished Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, a faded celeb desperately trying to return to the big time on this HBO comedy
The Comeback
|
$1,000
[27]
At least a half dozen West Virginia highways or sections have been named for this one-time Senate Majority Leader
(Robert) Byrd
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[22]
The verb meaning made a god of loses an I (& its exalted status) to become combative as a verb meaning challenged or confronted
deify & defy
Stephanie
Paul
|
DD
$3,400
[23]
"Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger"
Life of Pi
Paul
|
| ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON | SCULPTORS | "M"ISCELLANY | 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[21]
Locals call this sluggish tree-dwelling mammal perezoso, meaning "lazy"
a sloth
Paul
|
$400
[29]
He was born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi in Florence & his works there include "St. Louis of Toulouse"
Donatello
Paul
|
$400
[10]
Add "steen" to the name of this tropical fruit & you get the name of another tropical fruit
mango
Kristen
|
$400
[17]
Sparks, Nevada is located just east of this city
Reno
Paul
|
$400
[5]
"All That Jazz" & "Razzle Dazzle"
Chicago
Paul
|
$400
[8]
In Chinese slang, xue ba is a studious bookworm but with more respectful overtones than this English equivalent out of Dr. Seuss
nerd
|
|
$800
[22]
One of 20 species of this fish found in the Amazon, the red-bellied has razor-sharp teeth & hunts in groups that sometimes exceed 100
piranhas
Paul
|
$800
[13]
In 1993 this Asian-American architect crafted a sculpture celebrating women's co-education at Yale, her alma mater
Maya Lin
|
$800
[9]
The aptly named Samantha Bond played this personal assistant in the films "Golden Eye" & "Die Another Day"
Miss Moneypenny
Kristen
|
$1,200
[2]
This city in Lombardy at the tip of a lake with the same name has a museum dedicated to silk
Como
|
$800
[7]
"Good Morning Baltimore" &"Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now"
Hairspray
Stephanie
|
$800
[16]
In Yiddish a shande is this, also a TV show created by a Shonda, & a shande far di goyim is one in front of the whole world
a scandal
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Thehoatzinis also called the this music genre bird due to its crest resembling a mohawk hairstyle
punk rock
Paul
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
A sculpture Henry Moore did for this Midwestern school & called "Atom Piece" is in the form of a mushroom cloud
University of Chicago
Paul
|
$1,200
[11]
This landlocked country is bordered by Ukraine & Romania
Moldova
Kristen
|
$1,600
[3]
This country's longest border is with the Central African Republic
Chad
Paul
|
$1,200
[6]
"Honey, Honey" & "Money, Money, Money"
Mamma Mia!
Kristen
|
$1,200
[15]
At an office in the Netherlands, be prepared for the pleasant custom of vrijmibo, or group drinks at this point in the week
Friday (afternoon)
Paul
Kristen
|
|
$1,600
[23]
This piglike mammal has a prehensile snout that it uses to grab leaves while foraging & as a snorkel while swimming
tapir
|
$1,600
[28]
Phidias helped with the Parthenon & created a wonderful statue of Zeus for his temple here
Olympia
Kristen
|
$1,600
[12]
The state mushroom of Minnesota & a relative of the truffle, this variety has a smoky, nutty flavor
the morel
Paul
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Mount Huascarán, the highest peak of this country, rises 22,205 feet above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca
Peru
Kristen
|
$1,600
[4]
"Angel Of Music" & "All I Ask Of You"
The Phantom of the Opera
Stephanie
|
$1,600
[20]
In cycling, être en chasse-patate, "to hunt a potato", is to be lost after getting ahead of this group meaning "small ball"
peloton
Stephanie
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The Amazon's largest predator, the black this alligator relative was hunted almost to extinction for its valuable hide
a caiman
Paul
|
$2,000
[30]
This alliterative muse of Auguste Rodin found fame as a sculptor in her own right
Camille Claudel
|
$2,000
[18]
The name of this swift & dangerous current in the Arctic Ocean has come to be used for a large, fatal whirlpool
a maelstrom
|
$2,000
[24]
Beside the North Sea inlet calledthe Wash, 15,000 square miles of reclaimed Englishmarshlandisn't the Bogs, but these
Fens
Paul
|
$2,000
[19]
From a 2022 Best Musical Tony nominee: "Ex-Wives" & "Don't Lose Ur Head"
Six
|
$2,000
[26]
In the early 1700s the fate of Spain was decided by what its people call this word "de Sucesión Española"
Guerra
|
A 1947 article read, its "wings were not clipped by the Senate fishermen & ghost hunters after all"
the Spruce Goose