Mike Ross — a teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
Evan Jones — a software designer from Seattle, Washington
Susan Beachy — a news researcher from Queens, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $0 | $1,000 | $5,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Evan | $4,400 | $6,000 | $21,800 |
$17,199
New champion: $17,199 |
$19,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mike | $800 | $3,400 | $13,200 |
$10,100
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| AROUND THE CARIBBEAN | CHEERS TO BEERS! | THAT CHAPTER'S NAMED FOR ME! | SPORTS STAR RECORDS | ANAGRAMMED OCCUPATIONS | FLORIDA WOMAN |
|
$200
[26]
The Trench Town neighborhood of Kingston is considered the birthplace of this music genre
reggae
Mike
|
$200
[23]
After being honored at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, this brand added "Blue Ribbon" to its name
Pabst
Susan
|
$200
[21]
This kid who deals with Olympians is the "I" in chapter 1: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher"
Percy Jackson
Evan
|
$200
[24]
From his 1963 spoken-word album: "The fistic world was dull & weary/ With a champ like Liston things had to be dreary"
Muhammad Ali
Evan
|
$200
[8]
Edifice planner:TIRE CATCH
architect
Evan
|
$200
[13]
Florida naturally produces its share of astronauts, like Nicole Stott, who took the last flight home from the ISS aboard one of these
the space shuttle
Evan
|
|
$400
[25]
At over 10,000 feet Pico Duarte in this nation on Hispaniola is the highest mountain in the Caribbean
the Dominican Republic
Mike
|
$400
[10]
The 4 main ingredients in beer are water, hops, yeast & this germinated barley grain, beer's main source of sugar
the malt
|
$400
[16]
"Live and Let Die", chapter 2, is an "Interview with" this letter-perfect head honcho
M
Evan
|
$400
[27]
Now a Colorado footballcoach, back in 1994, hedropped the rap album "Prime Time"
Deion Sanders
Mike
|
$400
[4]
Problem solver: THEMATIC MANIA
mathematician
Evan
|
$400
[12]
This body-shaping brand began when former Disney World employee Sara Blakely had the idea to cut the feet off her pantyhose
Spanx
Susan
|
|
$600
[14]
Andros Island in the Bahamas sits alongside one of the world's largest of these, over 120 miles long & a scuba divers' paradise
a (coral) reef
Mike
|
$800
[2]
Pilsner originated in this European republic that some consider the most beer-drinking nation on Earth
the Czech Republic
Mike
|
$600
[9]
Chapter 10 of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is an "Extract from the Diary of" this man
Watson
Susan
Evan
|
$600
[28]
Hisrecords include best men's single season win-loss rate in the Open era & a cover of "Rock & Roll" with the Full Metal Rackets
McEnroe
Mike
|
$600
[5]
Rock critic:GIGOLO SET
geologist
Evan
|
$600
[11]
Shewas born in the Florida panhandle & at school in Gainesville was named "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"
Faye Dunaway
Mike
|
|
$800
[15]
In 2016 President Obama traveled to this Caribbean nation, the first visit by a sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years
Cuba
Evan
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
The name of this bodybuilding title was inspired by a beer, of all things
Mr. Olympia
Susan
|
$800
[17]
A charming Chapter 4 is entitled "In Which" this animal "Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One"
Eeyore
Susan
|
$800
[29]
In 2022 this former Laker aka DJ Diesel joined Steve Aoki on the electronic song "Welcome To The Playhouse"
Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq)
|
$800
[6]
Java Man:AIR TABS
barista
Evan
|
$800
[18]
Betty Mae Jumper from Indiantown was the first female head of this tribe of Florida
the Seminoles
Evan
|
|
$1,000
[3]
The small town of Kralendijk is the capital of this Caribbean island, the "B" of the ABC territories of the Netherlands
Bonaire
Evan
|
$1,000
[22]
Thispopular 400-year-old Dutch brand of beer is known for its distinctive green bottle with a swing-top cap
Grolsch
Susan
|
$1,000
[19]
Chapter 6 of "The Wind in the Willows" is named for this character, who gets hustled away from taking a wild ride in a car
Mr. Toad
Susan
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2011 this boxer & Philippines politician released a cover of "Sometimes When We Touch"
(Manny) Pacquiao
Mike
|
$1,000
[7]
Beast mounter:TIMID EXTRAS
taxidermist
Evan
|
$1,000
[20]
Feminist activist Roxcy O'Neal Bolton of Coral Gables was the driving force behind making August 26 this annual day
Women's Equality Day
|
| THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY | FIELDS | AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION | GEOGRAPHIC MOVIE TITLES | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM | ADD VERBS |
|
$400
[27]
The title of this Mozart opera promises a wedding & includes the name of the groom
The Marriage of Figaro
Evan
|
$400
[12]
Someone who excels in multiple fields might be called a modern-day this man or woman, throwing it back to 15th c. multi-hyphenates
a Renaissance man
Mike
|
$400
[30]
New Hampshire got its own governor in 1741 after being a part of this colony for several decades
Massachusetts
Evan
|
$400
[24]
Chris Rock is the voice of Marty the Zebrawho goes from the Central Park Zoo to this title place
Madagascar
Susan
|
$400
[28]
Dwarf planet Haumea & its moons, Hi'iaka & Namaka, are named for the goddess of fertility & her 2 daughters in this language
Hawaiian
Evan
|
$400
[29]
Pardon me while I ____ on & on, also a noun for a stingless male bee
drone
Evan
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" was the basis for the opera called her "di Lammermoor" (& yes, she gets married)
Lucia
Susan
|
$800
[6]
Nearly 300 acres of rollingfieldsof farmland in Sullivan County, New York provided the venue for this event in August 1969
Woodstock
Susan
|
$800
[22]
Jean-Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville founded this city in 1718 as a port to handle trade from the Upper Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Evan
|
$800
[1]
Kurt Russell & Val Kilmer got top billing in this movie; Stephen Lang was Ike Clanton
Tombstone
|
$800
[8]
The most recently discovered moon of Pluto, it was named for a mythological river of the underworld
Styx
Evan
|
$800
[23]
In a traditional alliterative wedding vow, "I take you to be my husband (or wife)" to ____ & to ____ "from this day forward"
to have & to hold
Mike
|
|
$1,600
[17]
The traditional "Here Comes The Bride" used at weddings is from his opera "Lohengrin", where Elsa marries the title character
Wagner
Evan
|
$1,200
[7]
In Greek & Roman myth, the good, the pious & the virtuous retire to these fields in the afterlife
the Elysian Fields
Evan
|
$1,600
[14]
On October 19, 1752 Benjamin Franklin published results of his kite/electricity experiment in this newspaper he bought 23 years earlier
the Pennsylvania Gazette
|
$1,200
[2]
Rex Reed called this 1974 mechanized gorefest "the most horrifying motion picture I have ever seen"
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Evan
|
$1,200
[5]
In 2024 it was announced that the "sand" dunes on this planet's moon Titan may be crushed remains of smaller moons
Saturn
Mike
|
$1,200
[15]
I wish my darn phone wouldn't ____, reflexively "fix" words it thinks I've Mississippi... misspelled
autocorrect
Evan
|
|
$2,000
[18]
One of Smetana's best-knownpiecesis his overture to this opera leading up to a wedding
The Bartered Bride
|
$1,600
[9]
Faraday viewed one of these fields as a series of lines of induction, then created a law
(electro)magnetic fields
Evan
|
$2,000
[21]
Wampanoag chief Metacom, aka this "King", was killed at the 1676 Battle of Mount Hope in the war named for him
King Philip
Mike
|
$1,600
[25]
Daniel Day-Lewis is the very bad Bill the Butcher in this Scorsese film
Gangs of New York
Susan
|
$1,600
[3]
This largest moon of Mars orbits only 3,700 miles from the surface, the closest to a planet of any moon in the solar system
Phobos
Evan
|
$1,600
[16]
Hey, cowboy, it's time to ____ that horse, also the word for the gear you'll use to hitch it to the wagon
harness
Mike
|
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
The Verdi opera named for this Shakespeare character ends with a double wedding & apparently an early same sex one!
Falstaff
Evan
|
$2,000
[10]
Named for the 2nd president of the Tuskegee Institute, this field in Alabama was used to train Black pilots during World War II
Moton Field
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
In 1653 he established the first municipal government of New Amsterdam, modeling it after cities in Holland
Stuyvesant
Mike
|
$2,000
[26]
Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy" from the soundtrack of this music-centric movie won a 1975 Oscar for Best Song
Nashville
|
$2,000
[4]
Voyager 2 discovered in 1989 that this largest moon of Neptune is one of the coldest objects in the solar system at -391 degrees F.
Triton
Evan
|
$2,000
[20]
In the fall new students ____, a Latin-derived synonym for enroll or register
matriculate
Mike
|
In an 1842 poem, it is said of this legendary character that his "quaint attire" is much admired
the Pied Piper (of Hamelin)