2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 4.
Eamonn Campbell — a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont
Mehal Shah — a software engineer from Seattle, Washington
Joey DeSena — a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey | $3,000 | $6,200 | $24,000 |
$24,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$13,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Mehal | $3,400 | $6,600 | $19,600 |
$19,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Eamonn | $2,600 | $2,800 | $9,600 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,600
11 R, 1 W |
| DAMS | 10-LETTER VOCAB | WHERE'S THE BEEF? | HISTORY | LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH | EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH |
|
$200
[12]
Hatcheries funded by the Grand Coulee Dam help restock the populations of steelhead trout & the Chinook type of this
salmon
Joey
|
$200
[27]
A work based on something previously published, or any alteration a species makes to survive
an adaptation
Eamonn
|
$200
[25]
In 2023 this fast food chain tweaked its famous slogan, introducing "Square's the Beef"
Wendy's
Joey
|
$200
[6]
In 1724 he traveled from America to London for the first time to purchase printing equipment
Ben Franklin
Eamonn
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$200
[29]
Take me down to the Vatican City where the grass is green &this basilica is pretty
St. Peter's
Mehal
|
$200
[30]
Awkwafina, in this film: "They came to Singapore... & they built all of this... these people are so posh & snobby, they're snoshy"
Crazy Rich Asians
Joey
|
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$400
[11]
Once the tallest of its kind in the world, Grande Dixence Damis in this country's Valais canton
Switzerland
Mehal
|
$400
[26]
It's a compound word for something like acetaminophen that slays that headache
a painkiller
Mehal
|
$400
[24]
Thishuge steak that includes a ribeye is named after a Native American weapon
a tomahawk
Mehal
|
$400
[5]
France's Minister of War between 1929 & 1932 advocated for this defensive barrier that would later bear his name
the Maginot Line
Mehal
|
$400
[17]
In 1938, a species of this became Mississippi's state tree; it can be very shady but in a positive way
a magnolia
Mehal
|
$400
[18]
Ty Burrell as him on "Modern Family": "I'm the cool dad... I text... omg, oh my god, wtf, why the face?"
(Phil) Dunphy
Mehal
|
|
$600
[9]
17 giant turbines create more than 2,000 megawatts of this kind of power inside Hoover Dam
hydroelectric
Joey
|
$600
[8]
It's to pull a Mr. Fantastic & really swivel your noggin to look at a car accident
rubberneck
Joey
|
$600
[23]
Actually, there's no beef at all in the beefsteak variety of this (& no boy in the big boy)
a tomato
Mehal
|
$800
[2]
The War of the Pacific grew out of a disagreement between Chile & Bolivia over a portion of this desert
the Atacama
Mehal
|
$600
[13]
The National Museumis a highlight of Um Al Quwain, one of the seven entities of this federation, but not one of the two you hear much about
the UAE
Eamonn
|
$600
[15]
Belushi & Aykroyd wonder about the usual music in a bar in this film & learn, "Oh, we got both kinds--we got country & Western"
The Blues Brothers
Joey
|
|
$800
[3]
A website about the Gordon Dam, a marvel of this island, proudly notes it holds back more water than is in Sydney Harbour
Tasmania
Joey
|
$800
[7]
Uncontrollable sleepiness
narcolepsy
Joey
Eamonn
|
$800
[22]
Wrapped in pastry, itmakes an elegant dish at Christmas
beef Wellington
Mehal
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Before a papal tribunal in 1633, he stated, "I abjure, curse & detest the aforesaid errors"
Galileo
Joey
|
$800
[14]
Vienna-born filmmaker Fritz Langsported this aid to vision even after he came to Hollywood
a monocle
Mehal
|
$800
[19]
Det. Rosa Diaz talks in her sleep on this sitcom: "I'm gonna rip your head off. I'm gonna rip your damn head off, grandma"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Joey
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Syria's Tabqa Dam is on this, the longest river in the country
the Euphrates
Mehal
|
$1,000
[28]
Rhyming verb meaning to speak showily to impress onlookers, as a politician might
grandstand
|
$1,000
[21]
Including the Spanish word for meat in its 2-word name, it's spicy marinated strips of steak served with rice & beans
carne asada
Joey
|
$1,000
[4]
Haters of Constantine V of this empire called him "the dung-named", due to an alleged accident at his baptism
the Byzantine
Eamonn
|
$1,000
[16]
She's the older woman on the right in the 1897 photo seen here
(Annie) Sullivan
Joey
|
$1,000
[20]
"Cruel Shoes" by this comedian & book writer includes stories like "Women Without Bones" & "How to Fold Soup"
Steve Martin
|
| SHORT STORIES | COMMON BANDS | TRAVEL USA | THE JETÉ SET | MAKE MINE MATH | "MORE" OR "LESS" |
|
$400
[25]
The Manor of Canterville Chase is where the ghost of Sir Simon lives in a short story by this Irish-born wit
Wilde
Joey
|
$400
[24]
He was a drummer for Nirvana & plays guitar & sings as a Fighter of Foo
Dave Grohl
Mehal
|
$400
[23]
In Florida, your kiddos will squeal with delight at the theme pork, er, park, based on this British cartoon
Peppa Pig
Eamonn
|
$400
[26]
In a 1960sproduction, the New York City Ballet's Edward Villella is the Nutcracker Prince & Melissa Hayden is this fairy
the Sugar Plum Fairy
Mehal
|
$400
[27]
The perimeter of a circle is equal to 2 pi r or to pi d, with d standing for this
diameter
Joey
|
$400
[28]
Britney Spears assured fans that this line didn't mean physically but give me a sign
hit me baby one more time
Joey
|
|
$800
[15]
In this classic horror tale from W.W. Jacobs, the title simian appendage is rumored to grant 3 wishes
"The Monkey's Paw"
Mehal
|
$800
[12]
Damon Albarn co-created Blur & this band known for "Feel Good Inc."
the Gorillaz
Joey
Eamonn
|
$800
[21]
You won't actually set sail but you can book a suite or stateroom aboard this historic ocean liner in Long Beach, California
the Queen Mary
Joey
|
$800
[29]
Eugene Loring was the Great American Goofin the 1940 inaugural production of this company with no "American" in its name yet
the Ballet Theatre
|
$800
[16]
2 angles that add to 90 degrees are this appreciative-sounding type
complementary
Mehal
|
$1,200
[7]
A 2006 to 2009sitcomset at a grocery store was called this, another name for the express checkout lane
10 Items or Less
Joey
|
|
$1,200
[4]
This O. Henry classic tells the story of a young, poor couple who try to get the perfect Christmas presents for each other
"The Gift of the Magi"
Mehal
|
$1,200
[8]
He brought us to our knees as a guitarist for Cream, The Yardbirds & Derek & the Dominos
Clapton
Joey
|
$1,200
[1]
Open to visitors, the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island is one of the lavish former homes of this family
the Vanderbilts
Mehal
|
$1,200
[19]
Not Olga Tchikaboumskaya but Olga Lepeshinskaya danced in "The Red Poppy", a Soviet ballet about this country's revolution
China
Mehal
Eamonn
|
$1,200
[5]
It's the type of conic section seen here
an ellipse
Joey
|
$1,600
[13]
This Bret Easton Ellis novel is named for an Elvis Costello song
Less Than Zero
Eamonn
|
|
$1,600
[3]
In a story by Herman Melville, 12-year-old Ginger Nut works in the office with this reluctant title guy
Bartleby
Mehal
|
$1,600
[9]
He was "frontin'" The Neptunes & N.E.R.D.
Pharrell
Eamonn
|
$2,000
[6]
With its aquarium & museum, this quaint seaport village is one of Connecticut's top places to visit
Mystic, Connecticut
Mehal
|
$1,600
[20]
Around 1960, a Riga choreography school had 2 future dance stars & film actors: Alexander "Sasha" Godunov & him, young Misha
Mikhail Baryshnikov
|
$1,600
[11]
A fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator is this out-of-line type
improper
Eamonn
|
$2,000
[14]
In Shakespeare, Brutus' answer: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I" did this
loved Rome more
Eamonn
|
|
$2,000
[18]
Faulkner penned a tale called "A Rose for" this reclusive Southern belle
Emily
|
$2,000
[10]
He's raged on guitar in Prophets of Rage & Rage Against the Machine
(Tom) Morello
Mehal
|
DD
$7,800
[2]
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city displays one of the world's largest collections of space memorabilia
Huntsville
Mehal
|
$2,000
[30]
Margot Fonteyn famously danced this title water nymph who loves a mortal
Ondine
|
$2,000
[17]
In coordinate geometry, m represents this measure of a line's inclination
slope
Joey
|
DD
$11,000
[22]
The pope endorsed neither candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election but said voters should choose this
the lesser evil (the lesser of two evils)
Joey
|
Order Arecales, this tree gets its name from Roman times; a leaf from one was placed in a victor's hands after a contest was won
a palm tree