James Corson — a nuclear engineer from Frederick, Maryland
Emily Johnson — a teacher from Savannah, Georgia
Harvey Silikovitz — an attorney and worldwide karaoke singer originally from West Orange, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | $2,400 | $3,600 | $6,800 |
$13,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Emily | $2,800 | $5,600 | $20,800 |
$24,800
2nd place: $3,000 |
$18,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| James | $5,800 | $7,400 | $29,000 |
$42,000
New champion: $42,000 |
$20,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| CHILL BEATS | FOREVER STAMPS | IT'S HYPHENATED | 3-NAMED PEOPLE | RIPPED | FROM THE HEADLINES |
|
$200
[25]
Vance Joy wrote a chill song named this, what NOAA says a rip current is "sometimes incorrectly called"
"Riptide"
James
|
$200
[30]
Feel free to ring in if you know that this object was featured on the first Forever stamps, issued in 2007
the Liberty Bell
Harvey
|
$200
[29]
This word can refer to a detective who's tough & unsentimental or an egg cooked until the yolk is solid
hard-boiled
Harvey
|
$200
[27]
Her "An Old-Fashioned Girl" wasn't quite as popular as her "Little Women"
Alcott
James
|
$200
[28]
Men's Journal says, "if you want big arms", do these, bending the elbow with a weight (not a drink) in your hand
curls
Emily
|
$200
[26]
October 25, 1929, Buffalo Evening News:"Curious Throng" this street "as Crash Wipes Out Fortunes"
Wall Street
Harvey
|
|
$400
[22]
Thissinger born in Hawaii sang about making banana pancakes on a rainy day
(Jack) Johnson
Emily
|
$400
[24]
Batter up for this baseball legend featured on a 2024 stamp as a member of the Atlanta Braves
(Hank) Aaron
James
|
$400
[21]
It describes a statue of Julius Randle that's 6'8" tall
life-size
James
|
$400
[20]
Legend has it when a British captain asked him to surrender in 1779, he replied, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
(John Paul) Jones
Emily
|
$400
[23]
Incorrect efforts to get ripped these muscles can lead to diastasis recti, often but not always a postpartum condition
your abs
|
$400
[17]
May 1915, The Taunton Courier:This ship "torpedoed without warning... what will America do?"
the Lusitania
James
|
|
$600
[5]
A chill song by the band Magic! about a dad not liking his daughter's suitor asked, "Why you gotta be so" this title word?
rude
James
|
$800
[4]
This Pennsylvania-born man known for his graffiti art was honored in 2025 with Love stamps featuring his work
Keith Haring
James
|
$600
[9]
In many pageants, the person finishing third is designated the second this
runner-up
Harvey
|
$600
[16]
The canonization of Joan of Arc in 1920 renewed his interest in writing a play about her, which he did a few years later
Shaw
Harvey
|
$600
[8]
This is said to be the most common question in the gym; if your answer is twice your body weight, you must have some major pecs
How much do you bench
James
|
$600
[7]
July 23, 1934, the Chicago Daily Tribune:"Kill" this man "Here"--"2 women wounded as outlaw falls on Lincoln Ave."
Dillinger
James
|
|
$800
[13]
"End Of Beginning" is a chill song by this musician & actor, you know, Stevewith the hair on "Stranger Things"
Joe Keery
|
$1,000
[3]
A Forever stamp from 2022 honoring this author featured an illustration from his "The Giving Tree"
Silverstein
Emily
|
$800
[15]
This adjective means as deeply dark as tar or asphalt
pitch-black
Emily
|
$800
[2]
He's the man seen here with his proposed design for a 528-story office building
Frank Lloyd Wright
Harvey
|
$800
[18]
Hannibal Lanham, aka Hannibal For King, popularized these, using your body weight & from Greek for "beautiful" & "strength"
calisthenics
Emily
|
$800
[12]
December 28, 1989, The Statesman Journal:"Troops attack" this Central American leader "with rock music"
Noriega
James
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Their self-titled 1996 album included chill tracks like "Doin' Time" & "What I Got"
Sublime
James
|
DD
$1,400
[6]
A stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of this observance went on sale in April 2020
Earth Day
James
|
$1,000
[11]
Hyphenated term meaning a frantic final effort made to avoid disaster, not a final long, narrow excavation
last-ditch
James
|
$1,000
[1]
In the first issue of his newspaper the Liberator, he called for the immediate emancipation of all slaves
(William Lloyd) Garrison
Emily
|
$1,000
[19]
Fun for no one, these take you from squat to plank to squat ad nauseam; add weights & they're known as man makers
burpees
Emily
|
$1,000
[10]
1954, The Rutland Herald:"U.S. airlifting paratroops from France to" this Colonial region
Indochina
Harvey
James
|
| STATE CAPITOLS | ALLITERATIVE BOOKS | THE BUSINESS OF SHOW | LIGHT HEADED | YIKES, YOU GOT A "V" IN MATH | FORWARDS & BACKWARDS |
|
$400
[26]
In 2003, abrass capwas inserted into the 13th step of this city's capitol building, marking 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver
Emily
|
$400
[25]
Walter Scott printed more than the legend when he gave the novel treatment to this highland outlaw
Rob Roy
Emily
|
$400
[28]
In 2024 this service signed podcast king Joe Rogan to a reported $250 million deal
Spotify
James
|
$400
[27]
In service since 1764, the oldest of these navigational aids still operating in the U.S. is the one at Sandy Hook, New Jersey
a lighthouse
James
|
$400
[29]
In algebra, it's a letter or symbol that stands in for an unknown value
a variable
Emily
|
$400
[30]
The bottom of a boat&an onion relative
keel & leek
Harvey
|
|
$800
[17]
Frankfort's capitol features 4 dome murals, one of which depicts distillery warehouses & a man rolling a barrel of this
bourbon
James
|
$800
[16]
The car in the title is involved in a mass runover at the start of this Stephen King novel
Mr. Mercedes
Harvey
|
$800
[23]
Founded in 1915, King Features controls beloved characters like this one, played by the late Shelley Duvall
Olive Oyl
Harvey
|
$800
[15]
After the Sun, the closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri, at a mere 25 trillion miles away, or 4.2 of these units
light years
Emily
|
$800
[18]
For a sphere, this measure is (4/3) pi r3
the volume
Harvey
|
$800
[22]
French mineral water brand&inexperienced
Evian & naive
James
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Massachusetts' state house sits atop this Boston Hill on land that once served as John Hancock's cow pasture
Beacon Hill
Harvey
|
$1,200
[1]
This Thomas Mann novel tells the story of Swiss sanatorium patients
The Magic Mountain
Emily
|
$1,200
[12]
In 2024 nepo billionaire David Ellison made a deal to acquire control of this studio that made 2 "Top Gun"s & "Double Indemnity"
Paramount
|
$1,200
[10]
As Angela Bower, Judith Light was the sitcom mom on this TV show
Who's the Boss?
Harvey
|
$1,200
[5]
A number that can be made by multiplying digits within it, like 1,260=21 x 60, is this monstrous type; 21 & 60 are the "fangs"
a vampire (number)
Emily
|
$1,200
[21]
End-of-meal treats like cupcakes, brownies & pies&a word preceding "out" when feeling tense or anxious
desserts & stressed
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The two legislativechambersof this city's capitol building are cone-shaped to resemble volcanoes
Honolulu
Emily
James
|
$1,600
[2]
In this Kipling tale young Harvey is rescued from the sea & gets life lessons helping on a fishing boat
Captains Courageous
Harvey
|
$1,600
[11]
Turns out refereeing videotaped binding arbitration on TV is profitable, as Forbes pegged her 2024 net worth at $560 million
Judge Judy
James
|
$1,600
[13]
From the Italian for bright & dark, it's the artistic technique El Greco usedhereto represent light & shadow in paintings
chiaroscuro
Emily
|
$1,600
[6]
As they share a common vertex, angles A & B are said to be this type; note that A is directly on top of B
vertical
Emily
|
$2,000
[19]
Boast&clothing
brag & garb
Emily
|
|
$2,000
[8]
The only circular capitol in the U.S., this city's Roundhouseresembles the Zia sun symbol
Santa Fe
Harvey
James
|
DD
$10,000
[9]
"That illustrious man mounted into the Windsor chair... and addressed the club" is a line from this Dickens work
The Pickwick Papers
James
|
$2,000
[24]
Vanilla Ice recalls meeting this record mogul on a balcony but says he was never held by his feet & dangled off said balcony
Suge Knight
James
|
$2,000
[14]
Physics describes light as 2 things at once: a subatomic one of these & one of these disturbances
a particle & a wave
James
|
$2,000
[7]
Velocity is this type of quantity that has both magnitude & direction
a vector
Emily
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
Slightly open&an Indian noble
ajar & raja
Emily
|
Traveling in 1811 to an elevation of about 12,000 feet, Thomas Manning was the first Englishman to meet this figure
the Dalai Lama