2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 1.
Jen Feldman — a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York
Paul Clauson — a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan
Will Yancey — a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $1,400 | $2,600 | $9,800 |
$13,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$9,800
14 R, 2 W |
| Paul | $0 | $4,600 | $4,000 |
$8,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,200
26 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jen | $1,800 | $2,800 | $10,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,200
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| 2015: 10 YEARS AGO | LATINAS | OTHER USES OF TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS | TV THIS CENTURY | SCIENCE | THAT PHRASE IS MONEY |
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$200
[27]
Al Gore visited Paris for thetalksthat resulted in a 195-nation accord aimed at reducing this & its worst effects
global warming (climate change)
Jen
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$200
[28]
Astronaut Ellen Ochoahas logged nearly 1,000 hours in space & in 2013, becamedirectorof Johnson Space Center in this city
Houston
Paul
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$200
[29]
LOL, without JK:This company that grew by selling butter in sticks
Land O'Lakes
Paul
|
$200
[24]
In 2014 "The Tonight Show" turned 60 & got this new host who turned 40
Fallon
Paul
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$200
[30]
Newton's third law of motion states that "for every action there is" one of these
an equal & opposite reaction
Paul
|
$200
[13]
If you come from a wealthy family, you're said to have been born with this alliterative item "in your mouth"
a silver spoon
Paul
|
|
$400
[22]
This Afghan group announced the death of its leader Mullah Omar, which had happened sometime around 2013
the Taliban
Paul
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$400
[19]
An advocate for more Latinas in the arts, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Barbie"
(America) Ferrera
Jen
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$400
[26]
IRL:What an NFL player goes on if he severely hurts his elbow, knee or--very painful--undisclosed
injured reserve list
Paul
|
$400
[23]
This Kristen Bell show is set in a a spot where people couldn't use curse words & ended up saying "shirt" & "fork" instead
The Good Place
Jen
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$400
[25]
The Nicobar pigeonof Southeast Asia is the closest living relative to this animal that had gone extinct by 1681
the dodo
Paul
|
$400
[12]
Cent & sensibility; this phrase involves a curiosity about what's going on in a pal's mind after they've been silent for a while
a penny for your thoughts
Will
|
|
$600
[1]
Leaving many stunned, in August these 2 Muppets announced the end of their romantic relationship on Twitter
Kermit the Frog & Miss Piggy
Will
|
$600
[18]
The first Hispanic person on the Supreme Court, she says her law career was partly inspired by "Perry Mason"
Sotomayor
Will
|
$600
[17]
BTW:Drivers' ed talk for actually taking control
behind the wheel
Will
|
$600
[10]
As Valery Legasov, Jared Harris starred in this 2019 miniseries about the aftermath of a real-life deadly accident
Chernobyl
Will
|
$600
[21]
Giving a clue to their age, galaxiescome in three basic shapes--elliptical, irregular & this one like M74 in Pisces seen here
spiral
Paul
|
$600
[11]
A 2014 TV movie had this title that describes both tardiness & having not quite enough cash to cover a cost
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Will
|
|
$800
[2]
This former gov. was an early front-runner for the GOP nomination after announcing his presidential run at Miami Dade College
Jeb Bush
Will
Paul
|
$800
[7]
Sandra Cisneros is known for her depiction of Mexican-American life in Chicago, as in this 1983 novel
The House on Mango Street
Jen
|
$800
[6]
ETA: Formal name for someone in a white jumpsuit who says, "Thank you, thank you very much" & sings "Love Me Tender"
an Elvis tribute artist
Paul
|
$800
[3]
Vhagar, Seasmoke & Arrax are among the airborne creatures on this show
House of the Dragon
Paul
|
$800
[4]
Though An & Ay were available, this element used in alloys has the chemical symbol Sb, from its Latin name stibium
antimony
|
$800
[5]
A word of advice from Shakespeare... actually, let's make it 2 words: "Neither a" this word "nor a" this 2nd word "be"
borrower & lender
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In March, NASA's Dawn probe began orbiting this dwarf planet found between Mars & Jupiter
Ceres
Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
The first Latina inducted into the National Women's HOF, Dolores Huerta helped Cesar Chavez start this labor organization
the United Farm Workers
Paul
|
$1,000
[16]
IMO:ThisUN agency responsible for secure shipping
the International Maritime Organization
Paul
|
$1,000
[9]
"Slough" must be a U.K. punchline--it's the town of "The Office" & Slough House is for failed spies on this Apple TV+ show
Slow Horses
Jen
|
DD
$3,800
[15]
The recoil of a gun is an example of conservation of this, mass times velocity
momentum
Paul
|
$1,000
[14]
A 1906 telegram from a mom to her boxer son told him to do this "meaty" 4-word phrase, provide money for the family
bring home the bacon
Paul
|
| ARE YOU SURREAL? | ANATOMICAL SONG TITLES | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK | MacARTHUR FELLOWS | THERE IN THE WORLD IS THAT | ENDS IN "UE" |
|
$400
[30]
This artist described his own mustache as "very gay, very pointed, very aggressive"
Dalí
Paul
|
$400
[21]
This song was part of the Weeknd's set list at the Super Bowl in 2021
"Can't Feel My Face"
Paul
|
$400
[26]
Fresh-out-of-prison Tom, strong & loving Ma, apostate preacher Casy
The Grapes of Wrath
Jen
|
$400
[29]
Jason Reynoldswrote the YA Marvel novel titled "Miles Morales:" this superhero
Spider-Man
Paul
|
$400
[7]
You can round up pals in Calgary, party in Keg River & visit your friend Ron in Sexsmith in this Canadian province
Alberta
Will
Paul
|
$400
[28]
Mark your calendar--August 15 is the day to celebrate this type of lemon pie
meringue
Paul
|
|
$800
[23]
Black surrealist Ted Joans named his 1958 painting "Bird Lives!" honoring this saxophonist who had died a few years before
Charlie Parker
Paul
|
$800
[11]
Not inspiring us to dance but to continue on after hard times, Gloria Estefan encouraged us to "Get on" these
"Your Feet"
Paul
|
$800
[25]
Private dicks Sam & Miles; sexy, deceitful client Miss Wonderly; acquisitive Caspar Gutman
The Maltese Falcon
Jen
|
$800
[24]
Fellow Emily Wilson is the first woman to publish an English translation of this Homer epic about a voyage
the Odyssey
Paul
|
$800
[6]
About an hour from Wilkes-Barre, the Centralia mine fire in the Buck Mountain coal bed in this state has been ablaze since 1962
Pennsylvania
Will
|
$800
[27]
Claudio Monteverdi was the first great composer of opera & an early master of this musical style that began in the 1600s
Baroque
Will
|
|
$1,600
[15]
In this Belgian's painting "The Son of Man", a man in a bowler hat has his face obscured by a green apple
Magritte
Jen
|
$1,200
[8]
"I like big butts & I cannot lie", to quote Sir Mix-a-Lot in this hip-hop song in praise of fuller bottoms
"Baby Got Back"
Will
|
$1,200
[17]
Con men the Duke & the Dauphin; the civilizing-bent Widow Douglas
Huckleberry Finn
Paul
|
$1,200
[20]
Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro delivered a Google lecture about cloning this Pleistocene pachyderm
a mammoth
Will
|
$1,200
[1]
Boasting 1,500 miles of southern coastline for its 6.5 million residents, it's the Aussie state highlighted here
Victoria
Will
Paul
|
$1,200
[12]
In estate planning this word refers to a person's lineal descendants
your issue
|
|
$2,000
[18]
Erik Satie & Jean Cocteau collabbed on a Surrealist ballet for this "national" company founded by Sergei Diaghilev
the Ballets Russes
Paul
Jen
|
$1,600
[9]
According to Hall & Oates, they're "watching you, they see your every move"
"Private Eyes"
Will
|
$2,000
[16]
From 2009:Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey
Wolf Hall
Jen
|
$1,600
[14]
Anna Deavere Smith's play "Twilight: Los Angeles" chronicles the aftermath of the 1992 trial of the cops who arrested this man
(Rodney) King
Paul
|
$1,600
[2]
The name of this Russian city just a 2-hour flight from Tokyo means "control the east"
Vladivostok
Paul
|
$1,600
[3]
In antiquity, a slave escorting kids to school was called this, from Greek for "child" & "lead"; now it means a dogmatic teacher
a pedagogue
Jen
|
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Leonora Carrington's crocodile sculpture in Mexico City was inspired by a poem a little girl recites in an 1865 novel by this man
Lewis Carroll
Jen
|
$2,000
[10]
Demi Lovato sang, "The day I first met you, you told me you'd never fall in love"; now she wants to do this
"Give Your Heart A Break"
|
DD
$3,400
[13]
Paralyzed Clifford, amorous Constance, manly Oliver
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Paul
|
$2,000
[22]
This "Finding Your Roots" host became a jolly good fellow in part for investigating "Language Use in the Black Vernacular"
Gates
Jen
|
$2,000
[5]
Rutherford B. Hayes' 1878 arbitration in a dispute between Argentina & this landlocked nation gave it 60% of its present territory
Paraguay
Will
Paul
|
$2,000
[4]
Remove an "R" from a word meaning to squabble to get this old term for malaria & the feverish symptoms that accompany it
ague
Will
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Henry VII minted the first pound coin in 1489, which was called this, also a term for what Henry was
a sovereign (coin)