Lisa O'Donnell — an ESL teacher from Vienna, Virginia
Bill McKinney — a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts
Dave Bond — a retired grant writer from West Henrietta, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $2,400 | $2,600 | $10,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,600
18 R, 5 W |
| Bill | $3,000 | $7,000 | $22,000 |
$22,000
New champion: $22,000 |
$16,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Lisa | $3,000 | $4,600 | $6,800 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| GEOGRAPHY | MORTAL MATTERS | BIG WORDS | MISCELLANY | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | THOSE ETRUSCAN DARNERS |
|
$200
[27]
In this strait, American & Russian islands are separated by about 2 1/2 miles
the Bering Strait
Lisa
|
$200
[26]
Onlookers claimed that after this royal was beheaded in 1536, her lips continued to move as if trying to say something
Anne Boleyn
Bill
Lisa
|
$200
[19]
This 4-letter word said with a New York accent is a standard element of a Donald Trump impression
huge
Dave
|
$200
[30]
Rich in this stimulant, the kola nut is mainly used in soft drinks & medicine
caffeine
Bill
|
$200
[28]
The Vegas Golden Knights
the NHL
Bill
|
$200
[29]
Most Etruscan clothes were made from a thick, heavy form of this animal fiber
wool
Dave
|
|
$400
[6]
Lake Bonneville was a gigantic prehistoric lake & this body of water is the largest remnant of it
Great Salt Lake
Bill
|
$600
[8]
You can pay your respects to such notables as Molière, Jim Morrison & Edith Piaf at this cemetery
Pére Lachaise
Lisa
|
$400
[18]
P.T. Barnum's pachyderm
Jumbo
Dave
Lisa
|
$400
[22]
"Where the West Begins" is a slogan of this city just a bit west of Dallas
Fort Worth
Dave
Bill
|
$400
[24]
The New York Liberty
the WNBA
Dave
Bill
|
$400
[13]
Etruscan weavers were using this checkered pattern in the 7th century B.C., long before those darn Scots & their tartans
plaid
Bill
|
|
$600
[3]
This country on the Horn of Africa is the most populous landlocked country in the world
Ethiopia
Dave
|
$800
[7]
According to tradition, Harold II was killed in this battle when an arrow struck him in the eye
the Battle of Hastings
Bill
|
$600
[1]
From the Latin for "not measurable", it says the same in 7 letters
immense
|
$600
[21]
Similar to an aubade, a mattinata is a piece of music meant to be played during this time period
the morning
Lisa
|
$600
[10]
The New England Revolution
the MLS
Bill
|
$600
[2]
This cloth made from flax fiber was used for Etruscan finery
linen
Lisa
|
|
$800
[4]
Thisseries of cataracts on the border of Argentina & Brazil has a name meaning "great water" in Guarani
Iguazú Falls
Bill
|
$1,000
[5]
According to Plato, his last words were "Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?"
Socrates
Lisa
|
$800
[17]
The maincanalof Venice stretching in an "S" shape about 2 miles with one end at St. Mark's Basilica
the Grand Canal
Dave
|
$800
[14]
In the non-jungle world, by right of inheriting his father's title, Tarzan of literature was also this lord
(Lord) Greystoke
Dave
|
$800
[20]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders
the CFL (Canadian Football League)
Dave
Bill
|
$800
[12]
A 7th century B.C. bronzependantshow Etruscan women warping & weaving cloth on a double-storied one of these
a loom
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Located in both Italy & Slovenia, this section of the Alps is named for a Roman leader
the Julian Alps
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
His body preserved, this leader still looks pretty much like he did at his death on January 21, 1924
Lenin
Bill
|
$1,000
[11]
Rabelais gave us this synonym for "very big"
gargantuan
Dave
|
$1,000
[15]
Abbreviated FSM, this airborne creature began as a deity of the parody religion the Pastafarians
the Flying Spaghetti Monster
|
$1,000
[23]
The Wolverhampton Wanderers
the English Premier League
Dave
|
$1,000
[16]
The Etruscan tebenna was this type of loose garment that sounds like a fireplace shelf
a mantle
Lisa
|
| THAT'S ALL HISTORY | A FLOCK OF DOVES | ALLITERATIVE MOVIE TITLES | WHAT THE "LL"? | MAIN CHARACTER | ENERGY |
|
$400
[26]
The auto-da-fé, or act of faith, was the ceremony in which the sentences of this were pronounced & carried out
the Inquisition
Lisa
|
$400
[25]
This Bob Dylan classic asks, "How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand"
"Blowin' In The Wind"
Lisa
|
$400
[17]
"Ride or Die" was the subtitle of the 2024 entry in this film series, featuring Martin Lawrence & Will Smith
Bad Boys
Bill
|
$400
[30]
Beware this woman who's extremely controlling & demanding in the planning of her wedding
a bridezilla
Bill
|
$400
[29]
In "The Master and Margarita", the main character is Woland, actually this evil entity in disguise
the devil (satan)
Dave
|
$400
[28]
The actinides, which possess this energy-emitting quality, are at the bottom of the periodic table
radioactivity
Dave
|
|
$800
[20]
In business around 1070, Hereward the Wake was an Anglo-Saxon hero who rebelled against this other "the" guy
William the Conqueror
Bill
|
$800
[24]
Thisformer "Liv & Maddie" actress was named New Artist of the Year at the 2022 New American Music Awards
Dove Cameron
|
$800
[11]
Jessica Lange got cozy with the title big guy in this 1976 film; in 2005 it was Naomi Watts' turn
King Kong
Bill
|
$800
[19]
Found in some hotter regions of the U.S., this shrubby vine grows in many different colors
Bougainvillea
Lisa
|
$800
[18]
In "Killing Floor" this Lee Child character says he has "no middle name, no address"
(Jack) Reacher
Dave
|
$800
[27]
Most houses in Iceland are heated with this type of energy whose name comes partly from the Greek for "earth"
geothermal
Dave
|
|
$1,200
[8]
French army officer Hippolyte Charles, this woman's lover after her 1796 marriage, somehow lived until 1837
Josephine
Dave
|
$1,200
[22]
This jazz singer renamed herself Billie around 1930 for silent screen actress Billie Dove
Billie Holiday
Dave
|
$1,200
[7]
In this 2012 comedy auditioners like Stacie & Fat Amy showed off their pipes to the tune of "Since U Been Gone"
Pitch Perfect
Bill
|
$1,200
[14]
In music, itis a quick, lively tempo
allegro
Dave
|
$1,200
[10]
Same name as his pops, this analyst survives a helicopter crash in the Tom Clancy series entry "Shadow State"
Jack Ryan (Jr.)
Bill
|
$1,200
[1]
The law of conservation of energy is considered the first of the 3 laws of this 14-letter science
thermodynamics
Bill
|
|
$1,600
[2]
The ruins of the Iron Agecitycalled "Great" this lie south of Harare in the country of the same name
Zimbabwe
Dave
|
$1,600
[21]
A dove takes its place at the head of the boat & leads the title character to the castle of the Holy Grail as this Wagner opera ends
Lohengrin
Dave
|
$2,000
[6]
This Kurosawa film centers on a desperate town that's assaulted by marauders
Seven Samurai
Bill
|
$1,600
[15]
This type of care is designed to relieve suffering & to provide comfort to those going through a serious illness
palliative care
Bill
Lisa
|
$1,600
[12]
Junot Díaz wrote "The Brief Wondrous Life of" this bookish young Dominican kid, a lover of sci-fi & fantasy
Oscar Wao
|
$1,600
[3]
Pylonsbring energy from the power grid to you, but the voltage is too high, so these devices make voltage usable
a transformer
Bill
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Pushed out of Dacia by the Huns in 376, they moved in to Roman land, did some attacking of their own & went on west
the Visigoths
Bill
|
$2,000
[23]
In this 1902 Henry James novel, Kate Croy asks her fiancé" to marry a rich dying woman so they can eventually inherit her money
Wings of the Dove
Dave
Lisa
|
DD
$5,000
[5]
David Fincher directed this 2014 thriller that finds Ben Affleck framed for murder
Gone Girl
Bill
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
How sweet the sound of this word meaning "sweet sounding"; it comes from Latin for "flowing with honey"
mellifluous
Lisa
|
$2,000
[13]
This man with a mythical name is central to both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" & "Ulysses"
Stephen Dedalus
Dave
|
$2,000
[9]
TJ for short, this unit of measurement for energy consumption is based on a million million
a terajoule
Dave
|
In February 1793 the French were repulsed in an attack on this island from one just north that they controlled
Sardinia