Laura Faddah game 6.
Brad Grusnick — a voice actor from Aurora, Illinois
Carole Portas Keane — an education researcher originally from Jersey City, New Jersey
Laura Faddah — a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 5-day cash winnings total $58,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $2,000 | $4,000 | $20,400 |
$21,000
6-day champion: $79,400 |
$20,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Carole | $1,200 | $3,400 | $6,400 |
$9,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brad | $800 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$9,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| BODIES OF WATER | DESTINY'S OTHER CHILDREN | THE 18-SCHOOL BIG TEN | CLEANING UP | THESIMPSONSCHARACTER WHO SAID... | FROM J TO K |
|
$200
[10]
This stately river is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny & the Monongahela Rivers
the Ohio
Laura
Carole
|
$200
[1]
Hardeen, whose exploits are advertised here, had this more famous brother in the same line of work
Houdini
Brad
|
$200
[5]
Once classically Big Eight, this Big Ten U. boasts Warren Buffett, Willa Cather & John J. Pershing as alums
Nebraska
Laura
|
$200
[24]
You got tipsy & stained the carpet; blot the area, then pour the Grey Goose--this liquor in your cocktail--onto the blot
vodka
Brad
|
$200
[18]
"They did their best, shoddily iddily iddily diddily...! Gotta be nice!"
Ned Flanders
Brad
|
$200
[4]
Your signature, or a president of the Continental Congress
John Hancock
Carole
|
|
$400
[11]
Designated the fifth ocean, it surrounds Antarctica
the Southern Ocean
Laura
|
$400
[15]
Last name of Katharine, seen here; an educator & suffragist, she became a celebrity like her two brothers
Wright
Brad
|
$400
[6]
The Steven Spielberg Building is at the School of Cinematic Arts at this Pac-12... I mean, of course, Big Ten college
USC
Brad
|
$400
[23]
After your morning Joe, dry out these 2-word remnants that contain nitrogen, then put 'em in a bowl to deodorize the fridge
coffee grounds
Carole
|
$400
[16]
"I could pull a better cartoon outta my a... Hey! Whoa! Wasn't that great, kids?!"
Krusty the Clown
Brad
|
$400
[25]
It can mean to remove built-in limitations from an electronic device as well as an escape from the slammer
jailbreak
Brad
|
|
$600
[12]
This large lake formed by the building of Hoover Dam is at the center of a national recreation area
Lake Mead
Carole
|
$800
[29]
Last name of Ed, a Western lawman with his brother Bat; Ed was killed by a drunken cowboy at age 25
Masterson
Brad
|
$600
[7]
The Phil & Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is at this Pac-12... I mean, of course, Big Ten college
Oregon
Brad
|
$600
[20]
foodandwine.com is among the resources chiming in on cleaning your cutting board with half of one of these
a lemon
Laura
|
$600
[2]
"Well, for once, the rich white man is in control!"
Mr. Burns
Laura
|
$600
[26]
Idiomatic moment at which a creative endeavor like a TV show starts to decline in quality
jumping the shark
Laura
|
|
$800
[13]
The Gulf of Corinth separates this peninsula from central Greece
the Peloponnesus
Carole
|
$1,000
[30]
The career of this actor was going great guns until April 14, 1865, when his brother took center stage; he'd retire temporarily
Edwin Booth
Brad
|
$800
[8]
One theory says this once-independent U.'s "Happy Valley" got its name in the Depression, when the school's stability kept hard times away
Penn State
Carole
|
$800
[21]
A tip from Whirlpool on cleaning one of its dishwashers starts with putting a glass of this in the lower rack
vinegar
Laura
|
$800
[3]
"Brothers & sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen & Scots! Or Welshmen & Scots!... or Scots & other Scots!"
Groundskeeper Willie
Carole
Brad
|
$800
[27]
Moveable lever to control your efforts in "God of War"
a joystick
Carole
|
|
$1,000
[14]
This bay noted for its high tides separates Nova Scotia & New Brunswick
the Bay of Fundy
Laura
|
DD
$2,400
[19]
There's a reason you don't hear much about the 5th century ruler Bleda; this meaner brother & co-ruler offed him in 445
Attila the Hun
Brad
|
$1,000
[9]
This school that said goodbye to the ACC is part of a state system that includes Bowie State & Towson Universities
Maryland
Carole
|
$1,000
[22]
It's okay to scour a cast iron skillet, but afterward you may have to restore this protective layer of oil, not of thyme & bay leaf
season
Carole
|
$1,000
[17]
"Oh come on, Edna! We both know these children have no future...! (nervous laugh) Prove me wrong, kids! Prove me wrong"
Principal Skinner
Brad
|
$1,000
[28]
Down Under word for a sheep, mate
a jumbuck
|
| THE GADSDEN PURCHASE | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY | SCIENCE NEWS | DIFFERING BY A LETTER | IT'S A NICE DAY FOR... | A "WHITE" WEDDING |
|
$400
[26]
One reason for the purchase was to provide a route for this across the southern U.S.; it wasn't completed until 1881
the Transcontinental Railroad
Carole
|
$400
[5]
You can almost smell Ignatius Reilly's hot dogs wafting over this "boozy" Big Easy Street in "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Bourbon Street
Laura
|
$400
[20]
These eye parts shrink up to .4 millimeters per decade, helping explain why it gets harder to see in dim light as you age
the pupils
Carole
|
$400
[30]
Terra firma reached after a voyage & where trash ends up
landfall & landfill
|
$400
[11]
Visiting one of these 3-letter dry gardens also called karesansui; you can feel your state of mind relaxing
zen
Carole
|
$400
[6]
In a Brothers Grimm tale, we learn that her eventual wedding "was planned with great splendor & majesty"
Snow White
Laura
|
|
$800
[25]
In Spanish, the purchase is "Venta de La Mesilla" after atownnow in this state, a few miles from Las Cruces
New Mexico
Brad
|
$800
[1]
Barbara Kingsolver sets "Demon Copperhead" in the southern part of these mountains
the Appalachians
Laura
|
$800
[21]
A 2024 study found that a massive earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly shifted the course of this river near the Bay of Bengal
the Ganges
Laura
|
$800
[16]
To scatter, like flowers, & one of the simple machines that has threads
strew & screw
Laura
|
$800
[12]
Snowboarding, maybe in Jackson Holein this state where the views are awesome
Wyoming
Laura
|
$800
[7]
She & game show host Allen Ludden tied the knot in 1963; she was Allen's "Golden Girl" for 18 years of wedded bliss
Betty White
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[28]
Settlers who were now Americans rather than Mexicans wondered, would the deal reduce raids by these people, Cochise & co.
the Apaches
Laura
|
$1,200
[2]
In "The Sun Also Rises" Jake & co. visit this Spanish city for the Running of the Bulls
Pamplona
Brad
|
$1,200
[22]
UVA says outdoor gait training may help treadmill users who suffer from these pains in the lower legs caused by repetitive stress
shin splints
Brad
|
DD
$1,600
[17]
Treat with pharmaceuticals & engage in a practice to achieve calmness & enlightenment
medicate & meditate
Laura
|
$1,200
[13]
Playing this game that you can enjoy on the lawn; it evolved from a French one called paille-maille
croquet
Carole
|
$1,200
[8]
This rocker married model Karen Elsonsoon after she was in his 2005 video "Blue Orchid"
Jack White
Laura
|
|
$2,000
[29]
The Gadsden Purchase covered almost 30,000 square miles, much of it in this desert straddling Mexico & the USA
the Sonoran Desert
Laura
|
$1,600
[3]
One of his "Leatherstocking Tales", "The Prairie" is set on the Great Plains
Cooper
Laura
|
$1,600
[23]
Genetic analysis of Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy from the Alps, shows he had dark skin & MPB, this form of hair loss
male pattern baldness
Brad
|
$1,600
[18]
Faced with courage & cried like a donkey
braved & brayed
|
$1,600
[14]
Seeing a NASCAR race; we're gonna head out to this Alabama superspeedway & hope for a little shake & bake
Talladega
Laura
|
$1,600
[9]
Promising he was never, never gonna give her up, he wed fellow singer Glodean James in 1974
Barry White
Laura
Carole
|
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
James Gadsden negotiated with this Mexican pres. whom Texans had met in battle; the purchase helped get him ousted from office
Santa Anna
Carole
|
$2,000
[4]
"Hotel Pastis: A Novel of" this French region is by Peter Mayle, who also wrote "A Year in" it
Provence
|
$2,000
[24]
A species ofdesert mossmay help to colonize Mars, as it can survive extreme temps & the deadly rays known by this Greek letter
gamma
Brad
|
$2,000
[19]
Widespread & a defensive wall around a castle
rampant & rampart
Laura
|
$2,000
[15]
A picnic in Rome, perhaps at this villa named for an Italian family that boasted Pope Paul V as a member
the Villa Borghese
|
$2,000
[10]
A whiz on the gridiron & with the books, he married Marion Stearns in 1946 before putting on Supreme Court robes in 1962
Justice Byron White
|
"Catch It" was a tagline for this 1970s film whose iconic soundtrack became one of the bestselling albums of all time
Saturday Night Fever