2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament semifinal game 3.
Ray Lalonde — a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Raymond Goslow — a library technology consultant from Marietta, Georgia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | $2,000 | $5,200 | $21,000 |
$13,199
2nd place: $10,000 |
$20,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Juveria | $3,600 | $5,200 | $14,400 |
$14,400
Finalist |
$18,400
22 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ray | $600 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$8,400
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,200
7 R, 2 W |
| WORLD HISTORY | OLD MAN (OR WOMAN) RIVER | SIZING UP SIZES | APPS & WEBSITES | THE HERO'S JOURNEY | STARTS WITH A BODY PART |
|
$200
[25]
In this 1900 rebellion, members of the Righteous & Harmonious Fists put up their dukes against Westerners & Chinese Christians
the Boxer Rebellion
Juveria
|
$200
[26]
In 1925 the Netul River of northwest Oregon was renamed to honor these 2 men who'd passed by 120 years earlier
Lewis & Clark
Raymond
|
$200
[29]
Upright, spinet, ballroom grand
piano
Raymond
|
$200
[27]
A dating app named for this profession seeks out "rural singles, cowboys, cowgirls, ranchers... & country folk"
farmers
Raymond
|
$200
[28]
Or the antihero's! Before "Breaking Bad", Walter White was a high school teacher of this subject, which did come in handy
chemistry
Juveria
|
$200
[30]
This Nissan SUV sounds like a fleet of warships
Armada
Raymond
|
|
$400
[16]
A soldier & Crusader, he spent only a handful of months in England during his reign from 1189 to 1199
Richard the Lionheart
Juveria
|
$400
[22]
Named for the wife of its first governor, the Diamantina River rises in this Aussie state also named for a woman
Queensland
Raymond
|
$400
[24]
CR2, D, AAA
batteries
Raymond
|
$400
[21]
Lilyis the name of the character you can try to impress on this language-learning app
Duolingo
Juveria
|
$400
[20]
Mahershala Ali hit the road to play some classical music in the 1960s South in this film
Green Book
Raymond
|
$400
[23]
A trendy fellow, perhaps listening to indie music & devoted to pour-over coffee
a hipster
Juveria
|
|
$600
[3]
Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, one of his nicknames was the "Lawgiver"
Suleiman (the Magnificent)
Juveria
|
$600
[18]
It rises from Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondacks & winds 315 miles to a harbor on the Atlantic
the Hudson River
Raymond
|
$600
[8]
Octavo, quarto, folio
pages (book sizes)
Raymond
|
$600
[19]
Thissocial media app that began as an internal Twitter project by then CEO Jack Dorsey hit 30 million users in January 2025
Bluesky
Raymond
|
$600
[15]
...took this cop & family man for a spin(off), from "The Walking Dead" to "The Ones Who Live"
Rick Grimes
|
$600
[14]
If your parents went to a fraternity or sorority & you want to go to the same one, you're considered one of these
a legacy
Ray
|
|
$800
[2]
Fought in spring & summer of 1953, one of the final actions of the Korean War was the pair of battles for this "meaty" hill
Pork Chop Hill
Juveria
Ray
|
$1,000
[10]
Named for the site where the Cree & Beaver settled a dispute, the Peace River is a branch of this largest Canadian river
the Mackenzie
Raymond
|
$800
[7]
Corona, Panatela, Presidente
cigars
Juveria
Ray
|
$800
[5]
In 2023 this video-editing company released by TikTok's developer obtained 200 million monthly active users
CapCut
Raymond
|
$800
[4]
Jobs of this character included deputy director of Pawnee's Parks & Rec Dept., governor of Indiana & (maybe?) the presidency
Leslie Knope
Raymond
|
$800
[17]
It's the extremely pleasant name for that itty bitty bouquet offlowers
a nosegay
Ray
|
|
$1,000
[1]
This son of an Irish-born father was Chile's chief liberator & its first leader after independence
(Bernardo) O'Higgins
Juveria
|
DD
$3,200
[9]
Quinobequin to the natives, it was called the Massachusetts by explorers, then renamed in 1614 for a then-prince
the Charles River
Raymond
|
$1,000
[13]
Stellar, intermediate, supermassive
black hole
Raymond
|
$1,000
[6]
This "Project" that offers more than 70,000 ebooks is named for a 15th century German
Gutenberg
Raymond
|
$1,000
[11]
IMDb, on this film:A "journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel... for a series of psychedelic escapades"
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Juveria
|
$1,000
[12]
An old-timey adjective referring to bawdy, vulgar speech
ribald
Juveria
|
| POETICA BOTANICA | IN THE PINK | SCULPTURE | ON TOUR | 5-LETTER ANTONYMS | DOOM SCROLLIN' |
|
$400
[25]
Asked if these title seasonal objects were for sale, Robert Frost doubted he'd "sell them off their feet to go in cars"
Christmas trees
|
$400
[26]
Many kids' first 401(k) is putting part of their allowance in this traditionally pink item, perhaps with parental matching
a piggy bank
Ray
|
$400
[27]
One of the largest pieces of Egyptian sculpture at the British Museum is abustof this great pharaoh
Ramses
Juveria
|
$400
[28]
"What you gonna do with your life"? Maybe go seeher2024 to 2025 "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Farewell Tour
Cyndi Lauper
Juveria
|
$400
[29]
Secondary:Travis Kelce is one
chief
Juveria
|
$400
[30]
Due to a German astrologer's dire prediction for 1524, Count von Iggleheim built a 3-story this, like a son of Lamech did
an ark
Raymond
Juveria
|
|
$800
[9]
Robert Burns compared his love to "a red, red" this "that's newly sprung in June"
rose
Raymond
|
$800
[22]
PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning as a color for this for attics or walls
insulation
Raymond
|
$800
[13]
He spent 40 years on & off sculpting atombfor Pope Julius II
Michelangelo
Raymond
Juveria
|
$800
[24]
This onetime Black Sabbath frontman really did bite the head off a bat at a 1982 show; he thought it was a rubber toy
Ozzy Osbourne
Juveria
|
$800
[23]
Cacophonous:It comes before "American" in a Graham Greene title
quiet
Raymond
|
$800
[17]
The Great Cycle of the Long Count calendar named for this civilization ended in 2012; many thought the world would end, but nope
Mayan
Raymond
|
|
$1,200
[7]
A couplet from this poet goes, "A tree that may in summer wear / A nest of robins in her hair"
Joyce Kilmer
Ray
|
$1,200
[12]
Pink is a classic color for this fabric from the Persian "taftan", as worn to a premiere by Zoe Kazan
taffeta
Juveria
|
$1,200
[3]
Discovered in 1974, as many as 8,000 soldiers make up this clay army created for the tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor
Terracotta
Juveria
|
$1,600
[10]
This 15-time Latin Grammy winner's 2025 world tour includes 5 shows in her native Colombia
Shakira
Raymond
|
$1,200
[18]
Pointy:Surname of James & Emily
blunt
Raymond
|
$1,200
[11]
At Ragnarök, this goddess of death supports Loki with an army of rotting corpses
Hel
Raymond
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This Welshman wrote "Fern Hill" & name-dropped daisies in a 1933 poem
Dylan Thomas
Raymond
|
$1,600
[19]
A group of Minnesota ladies got a pink lady's-this named as the state flower, brushing aside a guy who suggested the dandelion
slipper
Juveria
Ray
|
$1,600
[1]
This Swiss-born sculptor's work has been described as "towering granite... somehow weightless, soaring to jagged splintered summits"
Giacometti
Ray
|
$2,000
[15]
This band's 2024 tour came to a sudden end after singer Perry Farrell threw a mid-show punch at guitarist Dave Navarro
Jane's Addiction
Juveria
Ray
|
$1,600
[5]
Divest:To support with a one-time grant or award, as one might do for a college
endow
Raymond
|
$1,600
[6]
This Frenchman prone to predicting doom said the year 1999 would bring "a great king of terror" from the sky
Nostradamus
Juveria
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Poetically "Under" this tree, Shakespeare wrote, "Come hither, come hither"; Thomas Hardy liked it in a novel title
"the Greenwood Tree"
Juveria
|
$2,000
[20]
Raise a cocktail to this "little orchestra" celebrating 30 years of playing its postmodern pop & jazz
Pink Martini
Juveria
|
$2,000
[2]
Busted! Robert Fulton & Voltaire were among the many notables who sat for this Frenchman
Houdon
Juveria
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
This 16-year-old's diary entry for Oct. 18, 2006: "Oh my God I am on the Rascal Flatts tour... I'm opening up for the last nine dates"
Taylor Swift
Raymond
|
DD
$4,000
[21]
Harmless:Relating to a trio of destiny-based goddesses?
fatal
Juveria
|
$2,000
[16]
This fiery Florentine martyr warned "The sword of the Lord" was coming "quickly & soon"; so, Florence, shape up!
Savonarola
Juveria
|
A pair of discoveries by him in 1787 are named for stage characters, a new practice in his field
(William) Herschel