Sam Nguyen — a tax accountant from Hyattsville, Maryland
Molly LeBlanc — an administrative assistant from New Orleans, Louisiana
Bill McKinney — a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $2,600 | $5,400 | $14,800 |
$18,800
3-day champion: $46,800 |
$15,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Molly | $-200 | $3,600 | $2,000 |
$4,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$2,000
15 R, 8 W |
| Sam | $1,000 | $1,200 | $3,200 |
$4,001
2nd place: $3,000 |
$3,200
5 R, 0 W |
| POLITICAL OOPSIES | ON THE ROPES | RHYMING LAST NAMES | TV SHOW TAGLINES | TRIPLE "T"s ME | TRUE TALES OF TRANSPORTATION |
|
$200
[19]
Hunting in Texas, this vice president shot his pal in the face with birdshot, but somehow the pal ended up apologizing
Cheney
Sam
|
$200
[12]
From 1900 to 1920 this contest using a rope was an event in the Olympics, with a British team taking the final gold
tug of war
Sam
|
$200
[17]
Legendary actress Liz &NBA great Elgin
Taylor & Baylor
Bill
|
$200
[23]
To win on this show, you must "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast"
Survivor
Bill
|
$200
[6]
It can mean a new colony, or a business agreement negotiated to resolve a dispute
a settlement
Bill
Molly
|
$200
[18]
"The Boys in the Boat" is the saga of a U.S. rowing team winning gold at the 1936 Olympics in this city
Berlin
Molly
|
|
$400
[20]
A tough way to bat .400 for governors of this state; 4 of its 10 past leaders went to prison, so better keep yer nose clean, J.B. Pritzker
Illinois
Molly
|
$400
[13]
Before the 1850s, these mostly hoisted freight as the ropes used could break; an Elisha Otis invention made them safe for passengers
an elevator
Molly
|
$400
[16]
Quarterback Eli &actress Stockard
Manning & Channing
Bill
|
$400
[22]
This police sitcom warned us, "Same shift. Different day"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Molly
|
$400
[7]
For decades consumers have complained about this persistence in the diet soda drinking experience
an aftertaste
Molly
|
$400
[24]
A riveting minute-by-minute account, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" reignited interest in this disaster
the sinking of the Titanic
Molly
|
|
$600
[4]
Ex-rep. William Jefferson got this 2-word alliterative nickname that summed up the $90,000 found in the man's freezer by the FBI
"Cold Cash"
|
$600
[28]
From the French for "recall", it's the controlled descent of a steep slope by moving down an anchored rope
rappel(ing)
Bill
|
$600
[3]
Author Erik &frontiersman Kit
Larson & Carson
Molly
|
$600
[21]
For brothers Lincoln & Michael on this Fox drama that debuted in 2005, "Escape is just the beginning"
Prison Break
Bill
|
$600
[9]
Oscar Wilde quipped that he could resist anything but this
temptation
Bill
Molly
|
$600
[25]
Thor Heyerdahl wrote of sailing the Kon-Tiki across the Pacific & a small craft named for this Egyptian sun god across the Atlantic
Ra
Molly
|
|
$800
[5]
In 2024 this N.J. sen. was looking at a lot longer than a 6-year term after being found guilty on 16 counts, including bribery
Menendez
Sam
|
$800
[29]
Varieties of this plant include the sisal type, whose fiber is used to make rope, & the blue, whose sugar is used to make tequila
agave
Bill
|
$800
[1]
1980s CIA director William &pianist Count
Casey & Basie
|
$800
[15]
"Science makes sense, family doesn't" is a truth shared by this animated comedy
Rick and Morty
Molly
|
$800
[10]
A woman's undergarment often trimmed with ruffles or lace
a petticoat
|
$800
[26]
Piers Paul Read's "Alive" is the true story of a plane crash & its survivors' fight for life in these mountains
the Andes
Molly
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In the 1920s a petroleum exec gave the Sec. of the Interior 100K in a "loan" (wink wink) & it was a tempest in this scandal
Teapot Dome
Bill
|
$1,000
[30]
Thisovine knot used to shorten or strengthen a rope, uses a double knot in the middle & a half hitch at each end
a sheepshank
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
American playwright Arthur &German playwright Friedrich
Miller & Schiller
Bill
|
$1,000
[14]
For psychic Melinda Gordon on this series the dead are talking & she is listening
the Ghost Whisperer
Bill
|
$1,000
[11]
The author of the text of an opera
the librettist
|
$1,000
[27]
Jessica Bruder traveled the U.S. in a van named "Halen", writing the book called this "land" that inspired an Oscar-winning film
Nomadland
Molly
|
| HISTORIC OBJECTS | ASIAN AMERICANS | "X"-RATED MUSIC | TOUGH 4-LETTER WORDS | U.S. PLACE NAMES | THE OLD TESTAMENT |
|
$400
[28]
Hisdeath maskwas made from two sheets of gold inlaid with semi-precious stones
Tutankhamun
Bill
|
$400
[1]
With a father of Filipino heritage, this "Drivers License" singer says she's "proud to be a part of the Filipino community"
(Olivia) Rodrigo
Bill
|
$400
[27]
This British star had a big U.S. hit with "Boom Clap" & inspired the Brat Summer of 2024
Charli XCX
Molly
|
$400
[26]
Meaning tosharpen with a whetstone, it also refers to perfecting any craft
hone
Bill
|
$800
[22]
A Penn. town sounds like it's named for a country singer, but "Glen" is the Glenwood Coal Co. & this last name was a superintendent there
Campbell
|
$800
[21]
In an 18th centuryartwork, he's not conducting a band but bringing water from a rock by striking it, disobeying God
Moses
Molly
|
|
$800
[7]
A military museum in Vienna has thecarin which this archduke & his wife were assassinated in 1914
Franz Ferdinand
Molly
|
$800
[13]
Margaret Chung, the 1st known Chinese-American woman to become a physician, opened a clinic in the 1920s in this city's Chinatown
San Francisco
Sam
|
$800
[23]
Elle King hit the Top 10 with this tune that's about former lovers
"Ex's & Oh's"
Bill
|
$800
[25]
Found in front of many a restaurant's name, it means "at the house of" in French
chez
Bill
|
$1,200
[8]
The town of Volcano lies on the slopes of this active volcano on the island of Hawaii
Kilauea
Bill
Molly
|
$1,200
[2]
PTL for short, this 3-word phrase in the last verse of the last Psalm gave an evangelical club its name
praise the Lord
Molly
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The ancient board game seenherewas discovered during excavations of this 2-letter Sumerian city in the 1920s
Ur
Bill
|
$1,200
[12]
She is the first Hmong-American to compete in the Olympics; & in 2024, this gymnast added three more medals to her collection
(Suni) Lee
Sam
|
$1,200
[18]
This Aussie band known for hits like "New Sensation" has a 4-letter name that sounds like a phrase meaning "too much"
INXS
Bill
|
$1,200
[10]
From Latin, it's a beginner or novice in learning something
a tyro
|
$1,600
[15]
Electric City, Washington began as a community to house personnel working on the construction of this huge project
the Grand Coulee Dam
|
$1,600
[6]
Mosaics found in the Galilee in 2022 have the earliest known depictions of Jael & Deborah, heroines from this book of the Old Testament
Judges
Molly
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1932 a road crew near Clovis in this western state uncovered artifacts from ice age hunters dubbed the Clovis culture
New Mexico
Molly
|
$1,600
[14]
Born in Thailand, this Iraq War veteran has represented Illinois in both the House & the Senate
Tammy Duckworth
Molly
|
$1,600
[19]
This British band known for hits like "Senses Working Overtime" had a 3-letter name that sounds like a word for "great delight"
XTC
|
$1,600
[11]
Alphabetically between pier & slip is this synonym, perhaps at a port
a quay
Molly
|
$2,000
[16]
This barrier island off Texas was once named Wild Horse for the wild horses that roamed there
Mustang Island
Bill
Molly
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
It's twins for Rebekah: "the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name" this
Esau
Bill
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Dating from the 13th century, here's one of these instruments used by early astronomers & navigators
an astrolabe
Bill
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
The cake for his 100th birthday celebration was in the shape of one of his last buildings, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha
I.M. Pei
Bill
|
$2,000
[20]
After getting shot, Bob Marley left Jamaica for London, where he recorded this song about "movement of jah people"
"Exodus"
|
$2,000
[17]
This synonym of joke begins & ends with the same letters as joke
jape
Bill
|
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nobelprize.org says some papers of this scientist "are stored in lead boxes", a "legacy that is literally untouchable"
Marie Curie