Nick Pietrowicz — a diplomatic security service special agent from Arlington, Virginia
Susan Beachy — a news researcher from Queens, New York
Laurel Day — a project manager originally from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | $600 | $1,800 | $3,800 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
13 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susan | $-600 | $1,400 | $11,800 |
$9,300
New champion: $9,300 |
$11,800
16 R, 4 W |
| Nick | $6,000 | $6,900 | $10,800 |
$7,799
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| "LAND" HO! | BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS | ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES | CAUGHT SNACKING | THEBILLBOARDHOT 100: APRIL 9, 1983 | 8-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[11]
The Red Cross was founded there in 1863 & its international headquarters is there today
Switzerland
Susan
Nick
|
$200
[10]
As Carolyn Keene, Mildred Benson wrote "The Hidden Staircase" & "The Bungalow Mystery" featuring this teen detective
Nancy Drew
Laurel
|
$200
[19]
If a purported rare 1943 copper one of these sticks to a magnet, it's likely a fake made from the common zinc-steel version
pennies
Nick
|
$200
[23]
You stole my last vintage bag of "Finz!" from the U.K.! Here in the States it's this cracker brand from Pepperidge Farm
Goldfish crackers
Laurel
|
$200
[22]
The No. 1 song was this Michael Jackson ode to denying biological parentage
"Billie Jean"
Laurel
|
$200
[27]
If you've cemented your plans & they are set in stone, they may also be described as this, a hard building material
concrete
Laurel
Nick
|
|
$400
[6]
One-third of its territory lies within the Arctic Circle
Finland
Laurel
Susan
Nick
|
$400
[24]
Harry Potter's snowy white owl has this name
Hedwig
Laurel
|
$400
[18]
The records played at this rpm, the standard format from the early 1900s into the 1950s, were mostly made of shellac, not vinyl
78
Laurel
Susan
Nick
|
$400
[20]
I caught you eating a Vidalia one of these vegetables like it was an apple--or was it a Bermuda one?
an onion
Susan
|
$400
[4]
"We've Got Tonight", & we've got this country "Gambler" teaming with Sheena Easton
Kenny Rogers
Susan
|
$400
[26]
Hard container of albumen & yolk
eggshell
Susan
|
|
$600
[3]
In its Waikato region, you can tour the Hobbiton movie set
New Zealand
Susan
|
$600
[25]
In a kids' book title, this Mrs. is paired with "the Rats of NIMH"
(Mrs.) Frisby
Susan
|
$600
[15]
Gwen Stacy dies in issue 121 of this superhero's comic, & if you want to read an original, prepare to pay
Spider-Man
Laurel
|
$600
[8]
NGL, I was impressed when I saw you finish all of my party-sized Cool Ranch & Nacho Cheese bags of this brand of chip
Doritos
Nick
|
$600
[5]
They they were "Hungry Like The Wolf" to be No. 1, but fell fell 2 spots short
Duran Duran
Nick
|
DD
$500
[17]
Latinate noun for the world of teachers & educators
academia (pedagogy)
Nick
|
|
$800
[2]
It's named for a Slavic tribe whose name means "people of the fields" & who began living there more than 1,000 years ago
Poland
Laurel
|
$800
[29]
A kid encounters a bear in the classic picture book called these fruits "for Sal"
blueberries
|
$800
[13]
Some U.S. airmail stamps of the 1930s depicted these transatlantic craft & were for use only on the mail they carried
zeppelin
Nick
|
$800
[7]
I understand putting this spread of mashed chickpeas on celery, but I saw you dip your whole fist in it a la Winnie-the-Pooh
hummus
Nick
|
$800
[16]
Welcome Dexys Midnight Runners to the stage! They're charting with this song, & may we add, "too rah loo rah too rah loo rye ay"
"Come On Eileen"
Nick
|
$600
[14]
It pairs with "hunter" to describe a person who forages for food
gatherer
Nick
|
|
$1,000
[1]
On its nationalflag, red represents the people, white is for religion & blue stands for the monarchy
Thailand
Nick
|
$1,000
[28]
In a Dr. Seuss book, this faithful elephant "Hatches the Egg"
Horton
Susan
|
$1,000
[12]
We're not asking you to dance & strip, just to name the furniture style of this 1700s English cabinetmaker--OK, now dance & strip!
Chippendale
Susan
Nick
|
$1,000
[9]
You swallowed my 5-pack of this Japanese probiotic drink that's said to improve gut health
Yakult
Laurel
|
$1,000
[21]
"My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM" in this song that included some lyrics in Japanese, No. 5 for Styx
"Mr. Roboto"
Laurel
|
$1,000
[30]
On a big sailing ship, it's the principal spar located between the fore & mizzen ones
the mainmast
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THEM | SUCH A "FOX"! | SHEIK | RATTLE | ROLE |
|
$400
[25]
On April 9, 1865 this general told his men, "The war is over--the Rebels are our countrymen again"
Grant
Nick
|
$400
[28]
Chicago Bull, from 1993 to 1998; USA Men's National Teamhead coachin Paris
Steve Kerr
Susan
|
$400
[27]
Done in 4/4 time, it may have begun as part of a Ziegfeld Follies performer's act around 1914
the foxtrot
Susan
|
$400
[29]
An amateur wrestler in Iran, Hossein Ali Vazirientertained WWE fans under this alias
the Iron Sheik
Laurel
|
$400
[14]
Reinforced concrete & a device called a tuned mass damper protect the tower called this capital of Taiwan 101 from serious rattles
Taipei
Nick
|
$400
[5]
Kenneth Branagh came aboard sporting an impressive 'stache as this detective in "Murder on the Orient Express"
Poirot
Susan
|
|
$800
[15]
On March 20, 2003 U.S. troops invaded this country, eventually toppling the Ba'athist regime
Iraq
Susan
|
$800
[7]
Bald billionaire; built a business at 10704 NE 28th Street in Bellevue, Washington
Bezos
Laurel
Nick
|
$800
[6]
Thistype of bat gets its name from its muzzle & pointed ears
a flying fox
Nick
|
$800
[18]
This collection of stories featuring Sinbad & Aladdin also has one in which sheiks are rudely strapped to camels
One Thousand and One Nights
Laurel
|
$800
[23]
Bath's law says the largest of these tremors after the main rattle will typically be 1.2 magnitude units smaller
aftershocks
Nick
|
$800
[1]
Many said yes, chef, to this 3-named actor as tortured culinary genius Carmy Berzatto in "The Bear"
Jeremy Allen White
Susan
|
|
DD
$1,200
[10]
The first third party movement in the U.S., it was formed in 1826 to oppose a certain secret order
the Anti-Masonic Party
Laurel
|
$1,200
[11]
Elected mayor of South Bend in 2011; married Chasten Glezman in 2018
Buttigieg
Susan
|
$1,200
[16]
Version 1.0 was released in 2004 & in less than a year, downloaded more than 100 million times
Firefox
Susan
|
$1,200
[21]
In 2009 pirates became a major issue for Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of this East African country
Somalia
Nick
|
DD
$1,100
[13]
Also called the Circum-Pacific Belt, it's home to about 90% of the world's earthquakes
the Ring of Fire
Nick
|
$1,200
[2]
Director Antoine Fuqua introduced Denzel Washington & Ethan Hawke to cops & drug dealers to prep them for their roles in this film
Training Day
Laurel
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1625 it became the first royal colony, with Sir Francis Wyatt the first crown-appointed governor
Virginia
Laurel
|
$1,600
[12]
Joinedthe Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in 2018; joined Biden's Cabinet in 2021
Yellen
Nick
|
$1,600
[17]
Nickname & album title of country music legend Charlie Rich
"The Silver Fox"
Susan
|
$1,600
[20]
"Midnight's Children" by this author finds Sheikh Mujib leading a Bangladeshi independence movement
Rushdie
Laurel
|
$1,600
[22]
The shifting plates that cause earthquakes make up this "sphere" that "rocks" over the weak & ductile as then osphere
the lithosphere
|
$1,600
[4]
This Scot played the dual roles of brothers Emmit & Ray Stussy on the third season of "Fargo"
Ewan McGregor
Susan
|
|
$2,000
[8]
On April 19, 1775 patriots turned back the advancing British at this bridge spanning the Concord River
the Old North Bridge
|
$2,000
[30]
spelled her name in lower case; wrote the 1981 book "Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism"
bell hooks
Susan
|
$2,000
[24]
As part of a speech for a 1954 American Legion program, President Eisenhower remarked "There's no atheists" here
foxholes
Nick
|
$2,000
[19]
A Sports Illustrated article from 2021 titled "The Derby, the Sheikh & the Missing Princess" focused on this emirate's ruler
Dubai
Laurel
Nick
|
$2,000
[26]
In the U.S. earthquakes are now measured using a scale of seismic intensity named for this Italian
Mercalli
|
$2,000
[3]
"Hack" comedian Deborah Vance turns out to be the role she was born to play
Jean Smart
Laurel
|
This city's international airport opened in 1942, just in time to be the destination of a flight at the end of a movie
Lisbon