2025 Champions Wildcard final game 1.
Mehal Shah — a software engineer from Seattle, Washington
Drew Goins — a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii
Will Yancey — a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $2,000 | $4,800 | $11,600 | $5,600 |
$13,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Drew | $2,000 | $2,800 | $10,800 | $17,600 |
$10,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Mehal | $1,600 | $5,200 | $15,200 | $27,200 |
$15,200
21 R, 1 W |
| OUR COLORFUL WORLD | FOR THE "GRAM" | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN | THE NIGHT SKY | CURLS | JUST WANNA HAVE FUN |
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$200
[5]
A North Carolina river is named this, something brave kayakers encounter on it
Whitewater
Mehal
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$200
[6]
A 180-pound person weighs 81.6 of these, which somehow seems lighter, but y'know, isn't
a kilogram
Will
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$200
[28]
David Lynch wrote & directed the 1984 adaptation of this Frank Herbert novel; Denis Villeneuve directed & co-wrote the 2020s version
Dune
Mehal
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$200
[22]
A new moon is immediately followed by this waxing lunar phase; a waning one precedes the next new moon
crescent
Will
Mehal
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$200
[26]
This fast food chain gets good marks for its seasoned curly fries; order 'em with the Double Jack Burger
Jack in the Box
Drew
Mehal
|
$200
[21]
Trivia is just 1/4 the fun of playing this Hasbro game named for part of the skull
Cranium
Mehal
|
|
$400
[4]
This range extends about 250 miles north to south in Vermont
Green Mountains
Will
|
$400
[10]
Two overlapping equilateraltrianglesform this figure
a hexagram
|
$400
[29]
Tom Hanks first played Robert Langdon in this film, based on a 2003 page turner
The Da Vinci Code
Mehal
|
$400
[23]
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, one of these, passed about 44 million miles from Earth to delight night sky watchers in 2024
a comet
Drew
|
$400
[25]
The name of this paper-thin French pancake comes from the Latin for "curled"
a crêpe
Mehal
|
$400
[18]
Fun is definitely had with this, which tends to have slower speeds than its more adventurous sibling, hang gliding
paragliding
Mehal
|
|
$600
[1]
It rises in the Tibetan plateau on its way to the similarly named sea
the Yellow River
Mehal
|
$600
[7]
Prince called this technology "demonic", so if you ever see one of him, know the man would not approve
holograms
Will
Drew
|
$600
[14]
One of the 5 Oscars that went to this 1975 film was for its screenplay, adapted from Ken Kesey's novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Will
|
$600
[19]
The Orionids & the Ursids are 2 of these annual spectacles
meteor showers
Drew
|
$600
[11]
This lass with golden curls starred as an orphan with golden curls in the 1935 film "Curly Top"
Shirley Temple
Will
|
$600
[15]
If your jam is EDM, short for this, check out the legends at the Lost Lands Festival in Legend Valley, Ohio
electronic dance music
Drew
|
|
$800
[2]
This city is directly across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico
Brownsville, Texas
Will
|
$800
[8]
Thisdevice was patented by Emile Berliner in 1887, & I can't resist:"Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me"
a gramophone
Drew
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$800
[13]
This beloved middle school novel became a 2024filmwith Lupita Nyong'o as the voice of Roz, the title automaton
The Wild Robot
|
$800
[20]
The ancient Greeks thought this constellation looked like a venomous arachnid
Scorpio (Scorpius)
Will
|
$800
[12]
Part of a neuro exam is stroking the sole of a foot; if your toes curl, great! If your big toe extends it's a Babinski this & a sign of an issue
a reflex
Mehal
|
$800
[16]
Chargers & Rams fans can both have fun at this new stadium in L.A. that has all the bells & whistles
SoFi
Will
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. got its name from a stream lined with sparkling flecks of mica
Silver Spring
Will
|
$1,000
[9]
Abbreviated EKG, it's a graphic record of heart muscle activity
electrocardiogram
Will
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jason Reitman presents the clue.) We didn't get much resistance from tobacco, alcohol or firearms companies, but can you believe the Park Service said no to a reflecting pool scene, adapted from a Christopher Buckley novel for this film? "Forrest Gump" had no such problems
Thank You for Smoking
Will
Mehal
|
$1,000
[24]
This very bright planet has no moons, but it does have a recently discovered asteroid companion named Zoozve
Venus
Will
|
$1,000
[27]
The name of the American Curl cat breed does not refer to the fur but to the shape of these
ears
Mehal
|
$1,000
[17]
Try out this sport, very popular of late, that uses a paddle rather than a racquet & has a zone known as "the kitchen"
pickleball
Will
|
| HISTORY OF BRITAIN | ALLITERATIVE LIT | 9-LETTER WORDS | JANUARY BABIES | NEWS PERSONALITIES | THIS ONE TIME, AT ORCHESTRA CAMP |
|
$400
[10]
Signed by Alexander II & Henry III, 1237's Treaty of York set the border between these 2 kingdoms
England & Scotland
Will
Mehal
|
$400
[20]
In a Washington Irving tale, this figure tethered his steed "nightly among the graves in the churchyard"
the Headless Horseman
Will
|
$400
[27]
If you jump on this transport, you might be a musician or maybe just a supporter of a trendy cause
a bandwagon
Mehal
|
$400
[29]
Born January 17, 1942 to a Baptist & a Methodist, this athlete announced he converted to Islam in 1964
Muhammad Ali
Drew
|
$400
[30]
Marking an 80th anniversary in 2024, David Muir traveled with veterans to this French region
Normandy
Will
|
$400
[5]
...the conducting instructor said to sound like a pro, you refer to an orchestra as "the band" & to this as "the stick"
the baton
Mehal
|
|
$800
[8]
Britain finally began using this on September 14, 1752, resulting in a time jump of almost 2 weeks to catch up with other nations
the Gregorian calendar
Mehal
|
$800
[14]
"Stop!" he tells Violet, "The gum isn't ready yet! It's not right!"
Willy Wonka
Mehal
|
$800
[17]
It can be a finishing touch on an outfit, like a scarf or necklace, or a secondary contributor to a crime
accessory
Drew
|
$800
[23]
In January 2014 Dennis Rodman sang "Happy Birthday" to this world leader before an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un
Drew
|
$800
[25]
A Rhodes Scholar, thisMSNBC commentator did her dissertation on HIV-AIDS & healthcare reform in U.S. & British prisons
Rachel Maddow
Will
|
$800
[4]
...I performed a Beethoven sonata on this"national" instrument; an early work, as one reviewer asked, "Who is this Beethover"?
a French horn
Drew
|
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1743 against the French, the second king of this name was the last British monarch to lead troops on a battlefield
George
Mehal
|
$1,200
[11]
In a Melville tale he's the title foretopman
Billy Budd
Will
|
$1,200
[16]
A synonym for untrue begins this synonym for a lie or an untruth
a falsehood
Mehal
|
$1,600
[19]
Born January 1936, this historian was a founder of the institution that would become the National WWII Museum
(Stephen) Ambrose
Will
|
$1,200
[24]
This long-running NBC news show has been moderated over the years by Martha Rountree, Marvin Kalb & Tim Russert
Meet the Press
Mehal
|
$1,200
[3]
...we played Haydn's Symphony No. 94, called this for the shockingly loud chord in the 2nd movement, & the camp dog howled
the "Surprise Symphony"
Drew
|
|
$1,600
[6]
Triggered by an unpopular tax & led by Wat Tyler, the "Great Uprising" of 1381 is better known by this "low class" name
the Peasants' Revolt
Will
|
$1,600
[12]
Psychic investigator Dr. Montague delves into this Shirley Jackson structure
Hill House
Will
|
$1,600
[15]
Your car's alternator is one type of this energy-creating device
a generator
Mehal
|
$2,000
[22]
This author of "The Woman in White" & "The Moonstone" was born in London on January 8, 1824
Wilkie Collins
|
$1,600
[18]
A graduate of Harvard, she's worked as a White House correspondent & presidential debate moderator
Abby Phillip
Drew
|
$1,600
[1]
...I played opera music from "Tarare" by this Italian, but I kept feeling I was only 2nd-best to a kid performing some Mozart nearby
Salieri
Drew
|
|
$2,000
[9]
In the colonial era Brits picked up a few Hindi words, like this short one for their 1858-1947 rule over India
raj
Will
|
DD
$3,800
[13]
Feeling familiar, Henry V says, "We few, we happy few, we" this group
band of brothers
Will
|
$2,000
[28]
To gallant, meaning to court a woman, got 2 letters inserted & became this verb meaning to wander around pointlessly
gallivant
Drew
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
In 1929 at age 21 she finished second behind Jean-Paul Sartre in an advanced philosophy exam
Madame (Simone) de Beauvoir
Will
|
$2,000
[26]
The awards named for this legendary broadcaster honor digital & broadcast journalists
(Edward R.) Murrow
Mehal
|
$2,000
[2]
...anyone who wanted joined in on "4'33"" by this man, for any instrument or combo, & we really rocked not playing for 4 minutes & 33 seconds
John Cage
Drew
|
In the Orenburg Oblast, a bridge over this 1,500-mile river has monuments labeled "Asia" & "Europe"
the Ural River