Lisa DiLeo — a business support analyst from Garwood, New Jersey
Dave Bond — a retired grant writer from West Henrietta, New York
Stevie Ruiz — an assistant front office manager from Montauk, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,987)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevie | $2,000 | $2,000 | $12,000 |
$7,201
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,000
17 R, 3 W |
| Dave | $1,400 | $2,600 | $25,200 |
$25,000
New champion: $25,000 |
$22,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisa | $-800 | $2,000 | $2,400 |
$2,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,600
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| EPONYMS | THE MIDDLE AGES | 4-WORD PHRASES | ON THE MOVIE MAP | PLAY THINGS | ALSO IN THE TOOLBOX |
|
$200
[28]
Cervantes is responsible for this adjective meaning impulsive, rash & extravagantly chivalrous
quixotic
Stevie
|
$200
[27]
Some historians say medieval folks broke this up into 2 segments, with a middle-of-the-night interval for light tasks or intimacy
sleep
Stevie
|
$200
[16]
Cursing someone after inflicting bodily harm is literally piling on this way
adding insult to injury
|
$200
[5]
Actually about Idi Amin:"The Last King of ____"
Scotland
Lisa
|
$200
[10]
Bert Lahr & E.G. Marshall were Estragon & Vladimir when this Beckett play opened on Broadway in 1956
Waiting for Godot
Stevie
|
$200
[3]
Orange juice & vodka, basically
a screwdriver
Dave
|
|
$400
[2]
Thisrubber rainwear was named after a British military hero said at one time to have worn something similar
Wellies (Wellingtons)
Dave
|
$400
[26]
A medieval historian said during the People's Crusade of 1096, a goose inspired people to leave everything & go to this holy city
Jerusalem
Stevie
Lisa
|
$400
[17]
There's a geometric shape & a number in this phrase meaning to start over
back to square one
Dave
|
$400
[6]
A documentary about gun violence:"Bowling for ____"
Columbine
Dave
|
$400
[14]
In 1980 this play was on Broadway with Ian McKellen as Salieri, Jane Seymour as Constanze & Tim Curry in the title role
Amadeus
Stevie
|
$400
[4]
A JPEG or an MP3
a file
Stevie
|
|
$600
[1]
This Protestant movement that followed Lutheranism is named for its founder who died in Switzerland in 1564
Calvinism
Dave
|
$600
[19]
The Ortoo system, also known as the Yam, was a postal system set up by this Central Asian empire
the Mongol Empire
Dave
|
$600
[18]
Once upon a time, if you worked or studied late into the night, you really did do this, because of a type of lamp
burn the midnight oil
Lisa
|
$600
[11]
Where monsters go to get away from it all:"Hotel ____"
Transylvania
Stevie
|
$600
[15]
In 1967 this play based around a classic one debuted on Broadway & pretty much promised the 2 title guys wouldn't make it out alive
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Stevie
|
$600
[7]
For the way he pounded foes, Charles, 8th century ruler of the Franks, was known as Martel, or this
Hammer
Dave
|
|
$800
[29]
In the 1860s, a former Kentucky legislator developed this variety of lettuce on the ground of his old Kentucky home
Bibb
Lisa
|
$800
[24]
An admirer of the ancient Greeks, in his "Summa" he referred to Aristotle as "The Philosopher"
Aquinas
Dave
|
$800
[22]
Do this, improve on an existing invention, "and the world will beat a path to your door"
build a better mousetrap
Dave
|
$800
[12]
A 2006 sequel:"The Fast and the Furious: ____ Drift"
Tokyo
Stevie
Dave
|
$1,000
[21]
Gooper & Brick return for their dad's birthday in this 1955 play that won a Pulitzer, but let's just say the party gets rough
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Dave
|
$800
[8]
As a noun, it's a cutting tool; as a verb, it's a synonym for cheat
to chisel
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Named for the Dutchman who navigated it in 1642, this sea off Australia's southeast coast gets notably stormy
(the) Tasman (Sea)
Lisa
|
$1,000
[25]
This battle in 1485, where Henry Tudor was a victor, is considered the end of the English Middle Ages
Bosworth Field
Lisa
|
$1,000
[23]
The gut-brain connection is one theory on why when you're nervous, you feel this phenomenon in your gut rather than brain
butterflies in the stomach
Lisa
|
$1,000
[13]
What a cast--Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart & Kate Hepburn:"The ____ Story"
Philadelphia
Dave
|
DD
$2,400
[20]
In an interview one of the 2 title characters of this play admits he let Americans down & his political life is over
Frost/Nixon
Dave
|
$1,000
[9]
NFL star Jack Reynolds got this nickname after using one to cut a car in half after a frustrating loss
Hacksaw
Stevie
Dave
Lisa
|
| THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM | SOCIOLOGY | ENTERTAINMENT HYPHENATES | NONFICTION | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" |
|
$400
[26]
By eating crabs, these fluffy critters help keep eelgrass growing, making them a keystone species of estuaries
sea otters
Dave
|
$400
[21]
Stacy Schiff's Salem bestseller "The Witches" had in its subtitle this condition; the "Mass" type is an outbreak of fear
hysteria
Stevie
|
$400
[9]
Before "Seinfeld", she was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" with soon-to-be hubby Brad Hall
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lisa
|
$400
[20]
"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" is a 2024 memoir by this ex-head of the Natl. Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
(Doctor) Fauci
Stevie
|
$400
[19]
Now with an Algonquian-derived name, this national capital was once known as Bytown
Ottawa
Dave
|
$400
[11]
Spiel or speech(7 letters)
oratory (oration)
Stevie
|
|
$800
[27]
The aquarium carts around rescued birds of this type; in the wild, they fly thousands of miles in search of food
albatross
Stevie
Dave
|
$800
[22]
A small group with high status & disproportionate influence; a 1956 book described "The Power" one
elite
Dave
|
$800
[6]
Eerie music & "The Truth Is Out There" were part of the opening credits of this TV series
The X-Files
Lisa
|
$800
[7]
"Like, Comment, Subscribe" tells of the "Chaotic Rise" of this platform
YouTube
Stevie
|
$800
[16]
Formed in the aftermath of World War I, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes was renamed this in 1929
Yugoslavia
Dave
|
$800
[12]
It means family in Hawaiian(5 letters)
ohana
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The 28-footforest exhibitof this large rootless algae that depends on sunlight, is home toleopard sharks& a bass named for it
kelp
Dave
|
$1,200
[23]
Embezzling money is one form of this type of crime often committed within one's own company & named for a clothing article
white collar
Dave
|
$1,200
[1]
There are 4 hyphens in the title of this Beatles song in which we hear Desmond say to Molly, "Girl, I like your face"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Lisa
|
$1,200
[3]
He gave us both "Into Thin Air" &"Into the Wild"
Krakauer
Dave
|
$1,200
[10]
Now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 1971 to 1997 it was known by this one-word name meaning "great river"
Zaire
Dave
|
$1,200
[13]
Like Pollyanna(10 letters)
optimistic
Lisa
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Unlike other jellyfish, comb jellyfishuse these hairlike projections for movement; they also diffractlightat their exhibit
cilia
Dave
|
$1,600
[24]
Prominent in India, this closed system of class stratification is based on hereditary position at birth
caste
Stevie
|
DD
$1,200
[2]
"Global Offensive" is one title in this Valve video game shooter whose name refers to a type of military retaliation
Counter-Strike
Lisa
|
$1,600
[4]
Kevin Fedarko recounts how he & a buddy took "A walk in the Park"--a 750-mile hike traversing this gorge
the Grand Canyon
Stevie
|
$2,000
[18]
The Hawaiian Islands were once called this after a British earl
the Sandwich Islands
Dave
|
$1,600
[14]
Egg-shaped(5 letters)
ovoid
Stevie
|
|
$2,000
[30]
At the Rocky Shore Exhibit, the giant green species of this animal uses stinging cells on its tentacles to neutralize prey
a sea anemone
Stevie
|
$2,000
[25]
This adjective relating to a strong desire applies to the reference group that you want to belong to, like the middle class or NBA
aspirational
Dave
Lisa
|
$2,000
[5]
Paul Thomas Anderson wrote & directedthis2002 movie with Adam Sandler as a lonely guy who finds romance
Punch-Drunk Love
Stevie
|
$2,000
[8]
"Anyone Can Grow Orchids" is a chapter of this book by Susan Orlean
The Orchid Thief
|
DD
$7,000
[17]
After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, it was good night, Saigon & good morning, this new city name
Ho Chi Minh City
Dave
|
$2,000
[15]
Government by the few(9 letters)
oligarchy
Dave
|
They've been described as having the unique scent of "slightly earthy soap with pungent, leather-like clay undertones"
Crayola (Crayons)