2025 Champions Wildcard semifinal game 2.
Will Yancey — a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas
Jay Fisher — a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois
Evan Dorey — a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan | $4,200 | $7,800 | $32,400 |
$12,400
2nd place: $10,000 |
$20,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jay | $-1,000 | $-400 | $2,800 |
$2,800
3rd place: $10,000 |
$2,800
5 R, 1 W |
| Will | $3,000 | $5,200 | $26,000 |
$52,000
Finalist |
$17,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| AUTHORS | STATE ANIMALS | FOUND ON TEMU | WILD CARD WINNERS | THE SHAPE OF THINGS | FROM THE DUTCH |
|
$200
[15]
This author with the given names Elwyn Brooks said he never liked Elwyn but he was a sixth child & his mom ran out of names
E.B. White
Will
|
$200
[13]
Developed in the Great Lakes region, the American water breed of this is Wisconsin's state dog
a spaniel
Will
|
$200
[28]
Perfect for your small fry, you can buy a plush one of these; McDonald's uses white meat for their edible ones
a chicken McNugget (a nugget)
Will
|
$200
[26]
In 2001 Goran Ivanisevic needed a wild card entry to qualify for this tournament but went on to win the gentlemen's singles
Wimbledon
Will
|
$200
[30]
Your classic one of these has a square base & 4 triangular faces
a pyramid
Jay
|
$200
[22]
Santa Claus derives his name from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a legendary figure based on this saint
Saint Nicholas
Will
|
|
$400
[14]
A lifelong Baltimorean, this "Red Storm Rising" author was a part-owner of baseball's Orioles
(Tom) Clancy
Will
|
$400
[11]
Featured on the reverse of the state flag, it's the state animal of Oregon
the beaver
Evan
|
$400
[27]
How about a sticker for your toilet that makes it look like this rodent, maybe a red or eastern gray one, is popping out to say hi
a squirrel
Evan
Will
|
$400
[25]
No wild card team has ever won this trophy, but in 2017 the Nashville Predators became the first to make it to the finals
the Stanley Cup
Evan
|
$400
[29]
It's the shape & style of the pendant seen here, but don't let it get you down
a teardrop
Jay
|
$400
[21]
The Dutch may not have invented this distilled spirit, but they did give it its name from words meaning "burnt wine"
brandy
Will
|
|
$600
[5]
In 1990 she put her vampires on hold for "The Witching Hour"
Rice
Evan
|
$800
[9]
The name of this pretty kitty includes the state where it's an official symbol
the Maine Coon
Evan
|
$600
[16]
A blanket with the words "Hey Baby Girl" over the huge beautiful nose of this green ogre? Enchanting!
Shrek
Evan
|
$600
[8]
2023 saw an all-wild card World Series, with the Texas Rangers rounding up these snakes
the Arizona Diamondbacks
Will
|
$600
[12]
Used to describe noses, aquiline means shaped like the curved beak of this bird
an eagle
Will
|
$600
[1]
This word from Dutch means to join 2 pieces of something together, like film or fragments of DNA
to splice
Evan
|
|
$800
[6]
Thisauthor who has set several of his novels in New Hampshire was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942
John Irving
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
It's the state animal of Montana & California, but the California one is extinct
the grizzly bear
Will
|
$800
[23]
Why go to Houston when you can buy these teeth fronts over on Temu? One place sells them as "hip hop braces"
grills
Will
|
$800
[18]
The 1997 Denver Broncos won a wild card game, 2 more playoff games & then Super Bowl 32 behind this Hall of Fame QB
Elway
Will
|
$800
[17]
Named for its shape, itcan be pretty harmless, unless it hits the ground
a funnel cloud
Will
|
$800
[2]
You can have the whole kit & this, or just the whole this, from Dutch for all one's possessions
the caboodle
Evan
|
|
$1,000
[7]
All hail this Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Demon Copperhead" & "The Poisonwood Bible"
Kingsolver
Evan
|
$1,000
[10]
It's South Carolina's official game bird, not its state bourbon
wild turkey
Jay
Will
|
$1,000
[24]
Get a 2025 calendar of the "World's Greatest" types of this hairstyle that's business in the front & a party in the back
a mullet
Evan
|
$1,000
[19]
North Korea's Kye Sun-hui used a wild card entry to the 1996 Atlanta Games & some nifty trips & throws to win gold in this sport
judo
Evan
|
$1,000
[20]
Dentiform means shaped like a tooth; dendriform means shaped like one of these
a tree
Evan
|
$1,000
[3]
Once part of New Netherland, Coney Island is believed to have been named from the Dutch word for these animals found in the area
rabbits
Will
|
| 1925 | BEFORE & AFTER | THE BIBLE | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS | SOME WEAR... | "B" ON THE SEA |
|
$400
[18]
Called "Il Duce", he made a speech in January & became dictator of his country
Mussolini
Evan
|
$400
[25]
Traditional spiced holiday cookie shaped like a person that's a musical about Don Quixote
a gingerbread Man of La Mancha
Jay
|
$400
[9]
The book of Hebrews tells us the Ark of the Covenant contained Aaron's rod, the 10 Commandments & a jar of this special food
manna
Will
|
$400
[28]
The "T" in TARDIS stands for this, something the Doctor is good at manipulating
time
Will
|
$400
[30]
Sneakers for a casual look; others opt for these shoes whose name starts with a portion of bread
loafers
Evan
|
$400
[27]
This country's 40-mile coastline on the North Sea includes the city of Ostend
Belgium
Evan
|
|
$800
[17]
In March millions tuned in on their radios to hear this president get sworn in for a new term
Coolidge
Will
|
$800
[24]
The name of a Florida NBA team flows into a fantastical literary style employed by José Saramago
Orlando Magical Realism
Evan
|
$1,200
[5]
Name changes in Genesis include Sarai to Sarah, Abram to Abraham & this guy's name changed to Israel
Jacob
Will
|
$800
[23]
This A.I. from a 1968 film gets its name from its 2 processes of intelligence, the first being Heuristic
HAL
Jay
|
$800
[29]
Cravats when dressing fancy, or perhaps this variation named for its popularity at a British racetrack
an ascot
Evan
|
$800
[26]
This city on the Mediterranean Sea hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992
Barcelona
Evan
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Elected to succeed her husband, Nellie Tayloe Ross of this "Equality State" became the first woman governor in the United States
Wyoming
Will
|
$1,200
[14]
"White Lines" pioneer hip-hop DJ who appears as a sudden overflowing of water after a heavy rain
Grandmaster Flash flood
|
$1,600
[6]
Matthew 26 recounts Judas Iscariot making his deal to identify & betray Jesus for this amount of money
30 pieces of silver
Will
|
$1,200
[2]
FTL in "Battlestar Galactica" is short for this type of travel that moves you very quickly
faster than light
Evan
|
$1,200
[20]
Apple's smart watch but some prefer the Google watch with this itty-bitty name
the (Google) Pixel
|
$1,200
[1]
Bridgetown is the capital of this island country of the Caribbean Sea
Barbados
Evan
Will
|
|
$1,600
[11]
This 1925 silent film classic by Sergei Eisenstein commemorated a mutiny from 20 years earlier by Russian sailors
the Battleship Potemkin
Evan
|
$1,600
[15]
University city southwest of Toledo, Ohio featuring Sam-I-Am & his edible offering
Bowling Green eggs & ham
Will
|
$2,000
[7]
When the 39 books of the Old Testament in the King James Bible are listed alphabetically, they run from Amos to this prophet
Zephaniah
Will
|
$1,600
[3]
In a 2023 flick Allison Williams vies with M3GAN, whose name refers to a Model 3 Generative this as per the last 2 letters
an Android
Evan
|
$1,600
[21]
Skinny jeans & some women wear these wide-legged pants with an Italian name referring to a luxurious residence
palazzo pants
|
$2,000
[13]
This 4-letter world capital is the largest city on the Caspian Sea--so what if the Caspian Sea isn't actually a sea? Who cares?
Baku
Evan
|
|
$2,000
[16]
She traveled to American Samoa, where she would spend 9 months observing & interviewing female adolescents
Margaret Mead
Jay
|
$2,000
[19]
16th century comedy drama with Costard the Clown & the interplanetary Robinson family
Love's Labour's Lost in Space
|
DD
$10,800
[8]
In the NT we learn Peter's brother Andrew, who also became an apostle, had previously been a disciple of this religious figure
John the Baptist
Will
|
$2,000
[4]
The beloved sitcom characterALFhad a name that stood for this, which described what he was
Alien Life Form
Will
|
$2,000
[22]
Fedoras; others don this similar-looking hat that shares a name with a George du Maurier novel
trilby
|
DD
$13,400
[12]
The name of this small Middle Eastern kingdom means "the 2 seas" in Arabic
Bahrain
Evan
|
Some myths say the treasure of the Nibelung was hidden under a promontory called this, on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen
Lorelei