Erin Adams — a historian and educator from Springfield, Tennessee
Zach DeBoer — a graduate student from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dave Bond — a retired grant writer from West Henrietta, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $3,200 | $8,400 | $16,400 |
$26,400
2-day champion: $51,400 |
$13,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Zach | $2,400 | $6,000 | $12,000 |
$10,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Erin | $2,800 | $4,800 | $13,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| PICK YOUR BATTLES | A "BARREL" OF FUN | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES | YOU'RE GOING TO HOUSTON | CASH CONSIDERATIONS | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED |
|
$200
[24]
Though this battle lasted only about 9 hours on June 18, 1815, it changed the course of history
Waterloo
Erin
|
$200
[29]
You're really scraping this when all that's available is something of the lowest or worst quality
the bottom of the barrel
Erin
|
$200
[27]
Perucetus colossus, a fossil one of these recently found in South America, may surpass a descendant as the heaviest animal ever
a whale
Dave
|
$200
[21]
You may land at the former Houston Intercontinental Airport, renamed in 1997 to honor this president & onetime resident
George H.W. Bush
Dave
|
$200
[6]
Seen here is the symbol of this monetary unit adopted in 1871 after the Meiji Restoration
the yen
Dave
|
$200
[1]
In 1995 the Expos drafted this high school catcher in round 18 but he ended up getting chosen as a QB by the Patriots in 2000
Brady
Dave
|
|
$400
[14]
Legend has it that a messenger ran about 26 miles to deliver the news of a Greek victory in this battle & then dropped dead
Marathon
Zach
|
$400
[30]
This chain began in 1969 with a single location on Highway 109 in Lebanon, Tennessee
Cracker Barrel
Zach
|
$400
[28]
A new study says this red supergiant in Orion may be a binary star, so it's OK to say it twice--but please, stop there
Betelgeuse
Zach
|
$400
[22]
The Toyota Center has played host to WWE wrestling & the Latin Grammy Awards & is the home court of this pro sports team
the Rockets
Zach
|
$400
[7]
After sanctions against Russia by the G-7 in 2022, this currency rapidly fell 40% against the U.S. dollar
the ruble
Zach
|
$400
[2]
In 2023, he was FIFA's Men's Player of the Year, like he was in 2022 & six other times
Messi
Dave
|
|
$600
[11]
This January 1991 "Operation" set the stage for Operation Desert Sabre, which crushed Iraqi forces in just 100 hours
Desert Storm
Zach
|
$600
[15]
Type "do a" this into Google & you get an Easter egg that makes your search results spin 360 degrees
barrel roll
Zach
|
$600
[17]
The 1846 discovery of Neptune was made after astronomers found unexplained perturbations in the orbit of this planet
Uranus
Zach
|
$600
[23]
The Natl. Museum of Funeral History has the exhibit "History of" this practice, from Ancient Egypt to Civil War battlefields
embalming
Erin
|
$600
[8]
From the name of a gold mining district, the rand is this nation's currency
South Africa
Dave
|
$600
[3]
On June 12, 1970 Dock Ellis threw one of these, always a notable feat; even more notable? Dock was on LSD, hitting 1 batter & walking 8
a no-hitter
Zach
|
|
$800
[12]
In the 1346 battle of Crécy during this war, Edward III & his longbowmen overwhelmed the larger French force
the Hundred Years' War
Erin
|
$800
[16]
Adapted from a Czech folk tune, this song topped the U.S. hit parade in 1939
"Beer Barrel Polka"
Zach
|
$800
[18]
Donald Johnson found thefossilof a small hominid in 1974 & named her this, from a Beatles song played at the post-discovery party
Lucy
Dave
|
$800
[25]
Since the 1930s Houston has held a huge annual livestock show & this well-attended event; the next one's in March 2025
rodeo
|
$800
[9]
Dating to the 6th century B.C. & also used in modern times, this ancient Greek silver coin was equal to a handful of arrows
a drachma
Dave
|
$800
[4]
Alex Sedrick's last-second sprint down the field for a try, then hitting a kick, won 2024 Olympic bronze for U.S. women in this sport
rugby
Zach
|
|
$1,000
[13]
The largest naval battle of WWI was this one fought between Germany & Britain off the coast of Denmark
the Battle of Jutland
Erin
|
$1,000
[20]
Thistype of ceiling consisting of a series of arches has often been used in church construction
barrel vaults
Erin
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
Identified in the 1970s, these pain relieving proteins in the brain were named to reflect their similarity to morphine
endorphins
Dave
|
$1,000
[26]
If visiting this university in Houston, be sure & say hello to Sammy the Owl, its official mascot
Rice
Zach
|
$1,000
[10]
The Faroe Islands & Greenland use this currency that is subdivided into 100 Øre, similar to our cents
the krone
Zach
Erin
|
$1,000
[5]
No joke but all joker, he completed a career "Golden Slam" by winning Olympic tennis gold in men's singles in 2024
Djokovic
Dave
|
| LITERARY LANDMARKS | IN THE KITCHEN | GENDERED LANGUAGE | "A" FOR ART | LAKES | 2024 DNC STATE ROLL CALL SONGS |
|
$400
[9]
The Church of St. Dunstan is located next to this guy's (fictional) barbershop on London's Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd
Dave
|
$400
[27]
A color is in this adjective for heavily seasoned food like salmon or chicken cooked over high heat
blackened
Dave
|
$400
[11]
An article in the Atlantic from 1900 says the ideal of combining this type of guy "& a scholar" has pretty well passed from sight
a gentleman
Zach
|
$400
[20]
Once a manufacturer named Leonard Bocour got the consistency right, this synthetic paint became a favorite of 1960s artists
acrylic
Dave
|
$400
[30]
Longfellow referred to it as Gitche Gumee, but we call it this, meaning "upper"
Superior
Dave
|
$400
[22]
The Lone Star State chose this 2024 Beyoncé song, & it's not "Get Me Bodied"
"Texas Hold 'Em"
Erin
|
|
$800
[4]
Although this poet lived in Harlem, the first public institution named for him was the Community Library in Queens in 1969
Hughes
Zach
|
$800
[28]
Also known as parboiling, it's this cooking process that boils & shocks veggies
blanching
Erin
|
$800
[14]
It once meant a man who was a fop or dandy, became a term of address for any male & seems to be giving way to "bro"
a dude
|
$800
[7]
3-word title of a Titian in the Prado: she's reaching for the forbidden fruit, he's reaching for her boob
Adam and Eve
Zach
|
$800
[29]
Japan's Lake Biwa has long been famous for producing the Biwako type of cultured these
pearls
Dave
|
$800
[23]
Alabama went with "Sweet Home Alabama" by this '70s band, actually formed in Florida
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Zach
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This San Francisco bookstore home to the Beat generation is still going & you can support it by purchasing a "Howl" onesie
City Lights
Dave
|
$1,200
[10]
This word for applying a sugary coating to a donut or pastry is also Internet slang for cringey adoration
glaze (glazing)
Erin
|
$1,200
[12]
Vegas PBS produced a program about this type of performer, "a Las Vegas icon" in her headdress & feathers
showgirl
Zach
|
$1,200
[5]
This term for a not-always-subtle type of Sovietartcomes from a shortened Russian word plus the first syllable of propaganda
agitprop
Dave
|
$1,200
[8]
Named for a daughter of Queen Victoria, Lake Louise is a lovely spot in this national park in Alberta
Banff
Erin
|
$1,600
[25]
Georgia's own, this rapper blew the roof off with a live performance of "Turn Down For What"
Lil Jon
Zach
|
|
$2,000
[2]
To this "H.H." 19th century poet, add "House" & you'll get a building that's an attraction in Düsseldorf
Heinrich Heine
Zach
|
$1,600
[17]
It's no wonder this crescent-shaped knife used for chopping herbs means "half moon" in Italian
a mezzaluna
Dave
Erin
|
$1,600
[13]
In the movie "Young Frankenstein", Frau Blücher says the line "He vas my" this; in the stage musical, she gets to sing it
boyfriend
Zach
|
$1,600
[6]
Early 20th century critics of Robert Henri derisively labeled his realist style of painting this, after a grotty urban sight
the Ashcan School
|
$1,600
[15]
This alliterative body of water is also called the Lake of the 4 Cantons
Lake Lucerne
Dave
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
"Kiss" & "1999" repped this state
Minnesota
Zach
|
|
DD
$2,200
[1]
In St. Petersburg a monument marks the site where this great poet was killed in an 1837 duel
Pushkin
Erin
|
$2,000
[18]
A season 3 episode of "The Bear" mentions a story behind this religious title for a bird's tail
a pope's nose
|
$2,000
[19]
Antique adjective for a proper woman; per Elizabeth Cady Stanton, some men wished "pioneers in reform" had had a more this "manner"
ladylike
|
$2,000
[16]
French word for an artist'sstudio; in 1870, Frédéric Bazille painted his own with other artists milling around
atelier
Erin
|
$2,000
[21]
Over the last 60 years, this4-letter African lake has shrunk in size from nearly 10,000 square miles to less than 1,000
Lake Chad
Erin
|
$2,000
[26]
This state had good reason to go with "Carry On Wayward Son"
Kansas
Zach
|
On TV in the 1960s & the 2020s, this character has a first name that's partly from Latin for "death"
Morticia Addams