2025 Champions Wildcard final game 2.
Mehal Shah — a software engineer from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of $27,200)
Drew Goins — a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii (subtotal of $17,600)
Will Yancey — a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas (subtotal of $5,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $-1,000 | $1,200 | $3,600 | $0 |
$3,600
14 R, 4 W |
| Drew | $5,800 | $9,200 | $10,200 | $0 |
$13,600
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mehal | $3,600 | $5,400 | $19,000 | $19,000 |
$16,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| PLACES TO VISIT | IN THE EARTH | THINK PINK | THERE WILL BE MOVIE VENGEANCE | TIME FOR A MEAL BREAK | EDUCATIONAL ANAGRAMS |
|
$200
[5]
A giant Ferris wheelwas erected in this European capital in 1897 to honor Emperor Franz Joseph; you can still ride it
Vienna
Will
|
$200
[16]
One of the 2 metals that make up most of the center core of the Earth
iron (or nickel)
Mehal
|
$200
[17]
Conjunctivitis is the formal name for the condition also called this
pink eye
Drew
|
$200
[30]
Turns out Jeremy Irons wasn't pleased how things ended for Alan Rickman in this first film, so a sequel returned "with a Vengeance"
Die Hard
Will
|
$200
[26]
From 7 to 10, the Grand Lobby at the Hotel Giraffe in NYC has the light meal called this; fruit, muffins, juice & coffee are available
continental breakfast
Will
|
$200
[29]
A college student who has yet to receive a degree:GUARDED NATURE
undergraduate
Drew
|
|
$400
[4]
Even The Beatlesmade it to Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga & a holy city on this sacred river in India
the Ganges
Drew
|
$400
[15]
The 14-pound Fricot Nugget is the largest intact mass of this in crystalline form from 19th century California
gold
Mehal
|
$400
[18]
Pakistan is the source of most of the pink seasoning known as Himalayan this
salt
Mehal
|
$400
[27]
Chloë Grace Moretz has blood on her hands--& pretty much her entire body--at the prom in this 2013 remake
Carrie
Drew
|
$400
[25]
More substantive fare is served at this 2-word British meal that bridges lunch & dinner; the "afternoon" one is lighter & fancier
high tea
Mehal
|
$400
[12]
Type of training in a specific skill to be pursued as a job:TACO IN OVAL
vocational
Drew
|
|
$600
[1]
Prepare for more than 600 turns & dozens of one-lane bridges if you drive the scenic Road to Hana, on this Hawaiian isle
Maui
Mehal
|
$600
[6]
It's the shale-cracking, fluid-maxing, gas-extracting method
fracking
Mehal
|
$600
[19]
6 films in the "Pink Panther" series had this man as Inspector Clouseau
(Peter) Sellers
Drew
|
$600
[22]
In his quest for vengeance against Francis, this hero learns a laundry lesson--"seltzer water & lemon for blood... or wear red"
Deadpool
|
$600
[10]
It's the colorful term meaning to bring your own liquor to a restaurant or your own food from home for lunch
brown bag
Will
|
$600
[11]
UCLA's league for this type of sports includes cornhole:MARITAL URN
intramural
Drew
|
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
This river has been called the "Lifeline of the Southwest"; you can see where it meets the Green River in Canyonlands National Park
the Colorado
Mehal
|
$800
[7]
A Nevada mine for this element used in electric car batteries hires a hazer to scare birds away from evaporation ponds
lithium
Drew
|
$800
[20]
To raise hope & awareness, a pink ribbon is the symbol of this disease
breast cancer
Mehal
|
$800
[23]
If Judge Turpin stole my family & had me convicted like this barber, I'd be upset too, but aiding cannibalism? I dunno
Sweeney Todd
Will
|
$800
[8]
When Swanson sold its first of these in the early 1950s, the meal consisted of turkey, dressing, peas & sweet potatoes
a TV dinner
Drew
|
$800
[13]
The process of enrolling at a college or university:UNTIL AROMATIC
matriculation
Will
Drew
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Learn about the Thunder Dragon on theflag when you head to this nation
Bhutan
Mehal
|
$1,000
[14]
AKA lodestone, this "attractive" gray-black mineral can have distinct north & south poles
magnetite
Will
Drew
|
$1,000
[21]
The pink family of flowers is also known as this family of flowers, & they go great with white sport coats
carnations
Will
|
$1,000
[24]
In "Promising Young Woman", sheplayed Cassie, who can't get over what happened to her friend, Nina, in med school
(Carey) Mulligan
Drew
|
$1,000
[9]
This French phrase refers to a meal of several courses at a set cost; Comice in Paris offers 4 courses for 120 euros
prix fixe
Drew
|
$1,000
[28]
Approval that an institution has met official requirements:RAINCOAT EDICT
accreditation
Drew
|
| HISTORIC STATES & TERRITORIES | '90s NO. 1 HITS | CHANGE THE MIDDLE LETTER | FAMOUS NAMES | RUNNING | LIKE THE DICKENS |
|
$400
[12]
The north of what's now this country was once the kingdom of Fez
Morocco
Will
|
$400
[27]
In 1990, this trio had back-to-back No. 1s with their first two singles, "Hold On" & "Release Me"
Wilson Phillips
Will
|
$400
[14]
You can sit on one in a park, change the middle letter & boom, you're at a new location laying out & catching rays
bench & beach
Mehal
|
$400
[21]
In 1960 Israeli agents captured this Holocaust architect in Argentina & took him to Jerusalem for trial
Eichmann
Drew
|
$400
[30]
This 3,000-meter track event at the 2024 Olympics included 28 barriers (sort of like hurdles) & 7 water jumps
the steeplechase
Mehal
|
$400
[29]
In "Miss Marley" Clara & Jacob Marley are orphans whose fates turn once the latter partners with this man
Ebenezer Scrooge
Will
|
|
$800
[13]
From 1569 to 1795 Lithuania was part of a commonwealth with this big neighbor to the southwest
Poland
Mehal
|
$800
[26]
Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by him
Prince
Will
|
$800
[15]
A rodent eats up the only vowel & becomes a word of decomposition
rat & rot
Mehal
|
$800
[20]
After accidentally absorbing some of this, creator Albert Hofmann "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures"
LSD
Mehal
|
$800
[24]
Track & field at the University of Oregon began back in 1895, helping this city earn the nickname of "Tracktown U.S.A."
Eugene
Will
|
$800
[28]
In "Jack Dawkins" the character known by this nickname returns to London after being sent to Australia on a prison ship
the Artful Dodger
Will
|
|
$1,200
[1]
In 1966 this new South American country dropped "British" from its name & swapped its "I" for a "Y"
Guyana
Drew
|
$1,200
[5]
This Savage Garden hit is sometimes called "TMD" for short
"Truly Madly Deeply"
|
$1,600
[9]
The underlying subject of a literary work isn't love or guilt but a seasoning great for pasta & roasts
theme & thyme
Mehal
|
$1,200
[7]
Born in Athens, shetook a degree at Cambridge before coming to America, getting into politics & founding a famous "Post"
Huffington
Mehal
|
$1,200
[4]
Gunder "The Wonder" Hägg held the record in running the fastest mile until 1954, when this man ran a sub-4-minute mile
Bannister
Will
|
$1,200
[17]
"The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep" finds the title villain "summoned" from the pages of this Dickens tale by young Charley
David Copperfield
Drew
|
|
$2,000
[3]
The "Reconquista" ended with the 1492 Spanish capture of this last Moorish kingdom in Iberia
Granada
Drew
Mehal
|
$1,600
[6]
"The things you say, your purple prose just give you away, the things you say, you're" this title from EMF
"Unbelievable"
Will
|
$2,000
[16]
A description of one bearing a message (or worse, a disease) gets fancy as a French luxury brand name
carrier & Cartier
Drew
|
$1,600
[8]
"My Fair Lady" was one of the hit collaborations between composer Frederick Loewe & this lyricist
Lerner
Drew
|
$1,600
[10]
Not one but 2 reality series have focused on Jakob Ingebrigtsen & his brothers, elite runners from this Nordic country
Norway
Mehal
|
$1,600
[18]
In "The Great Fire of London", a film of this book is planned, & Audrey has spectral contact with the title imprisoned lass
Little Dorrit
|
|
DD
$3,400
[2]
Until 1949 islands including Sumatra & Java made up a territory known by this 3-word name
Dutch East Indies
Drew
|
$2,000
[25]
Sharing its title with an earlier, more upbeat Huey Lewis hit, it was No. 1 for Céline Dion in 1994
"The Power Of Love"
|
DD
$4,000
[11]
Heroic bravery in battle becomes a visible exhalation of steam
valor & vapor
Mehal
|
$2,000
[19]
In a 1906 lecture, this German described "an unusual disease of the cerebral cortex" afflicting a patient in her 50s
Dr. Alzheimer
Will
|
$2,000
[23]
You will "Race Across the Sky" in the LT100, a 100-mile trail run into the Rockies, starting & ending in this Colorado city
Leadville
Will
|
$2,000
[22]
Inspired by this Dickens masterwork, "Tom-All-Alone's" catches up with Inspector Bucket & wily solicitor Tulkinghorn
Bleak House
|
"Troll Hill" is the name of his country home, the grounds of which include a concert hall & a lakeside cabin where he worked
Edvard Grieg