Alex DeFrank game 3.
Lily St. Laurent — a student assistant from Bakersfield, California
David DeBacker — an architectural designer originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan
Alex DeFrank — an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $56,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $2,000 | $4,000 | $25,200 |
$19,199
3-day champion: $75,600 |
$20,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| David | $5,000 | $6,200 | $15,600 |
$4,489
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lily | $-1,000 | $600 | $2,200 |
$2
3rd place: $2,000 |
$1,800
7 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| THE ROAD TAKEN | ORGANIZATIONS | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN | PLANTS & TREES | THE DISNEY VILLAIN WHO SAID... | AFTER DARK |
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$200
[26]
You can go from I-80 to U.S. 101 at Showplace Square in this city & head south for Los Angeles
San Francisco
David
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$200
[27]
Founded during the Great Depression by Black mothers, this leadership organization bears the name of 2 kids in a nursery rhyme
Jack and Jill
David
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$200
[21]
Possibly based on the uniforms of an 18th century Milanese militia, the Italian flag is made up of stripes of these 3 colors
white, red & green
David
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$200
[13]
This Nebraska state tree is named for the fluffy white seeds that can often be seen drifting in the wind
a cottonwood
David
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$200
[19]
"That's enough. Off with their heads"
the Queen of Hearts
David
|
$200
[30]
We'll accept either the 4-letter or 9-letter versions of this vehicular instrument panel
dash (the dashboard)
Alex
|
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$400
[25]
You get on I-95 & eventually west on 70 to go from a borough of 1.6 million to this same-named Kansas burg of 54,000
Manhattan
David
|
$400
[23]
The Loyal Order of this deer has roughly 1,600 lodges, including some in Canada, where the creature is an iconic symbol
Moose
Alex
David
Lily
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$400
[20]
On an Italian menu, capelli d'angelo means this type of pasta
angel hair
David
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$400
[15]
Plants of the genus Capsicum are better known as these, for the widely used cooking fruits of several species
peppers
David
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$400
[18]
"All that's left now is to kill Elsa... and bring back summer"
Hans
Lily
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$400
[29]
I hope you're all doing your this superlative, a euphemistic way of saying trying your hardest
darndest
Alex
|
|
$600
[24]
I'm going to this state capital, I'm gonna mess around; hopping on I-55 S. out of Oakland, Mississippi, maybe stopping in Madison
Jackson
Alex
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$600
[22]
A nonprofit that works to restore forests around the world is called this, like a biblical garden
Eden
Alex
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$600
[16]
The top prize at the Venice Film Festival is a winged one of these, which also adorns that city's St. Mark's Basilica
a (Golden) Lion
Lily
|
$600
[14]
There are winter & witch species of the shrubs & small trees with this once again popular female name
hazel
David
|
$800
[7]
"Without the genie, boy, you're nothing"
Jafar
Alex
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$600
[28]
A common piece of advice to writers is to "kill your" these near & dear ones, meaning delete ornate stuff you're proud of
darlings
Alex
|
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$800
[10]
East on I-80 out of Sparks, past Elko & eventually to (ah!) Oasis will take us most of the way across this state
Nevada
David
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$800
[11]
A news organization that covers the criminal justice system is named for this first Black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall
Alex
|
$800
[4]
After about 140 years of using this monetary unit, in 1999 Italy made the euro its official currency
the lira
Alex
|
$800
[12]
Greek for "rose" & "tree" gives us the name of this popular flowering shrub
rhododendron
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
"The daughter of the great sea king is a very precious commodity"
Ursula
Lily
|
$800
[2]
As an adjective, it means showing despicable cowardice or treacherousness, you cartoon villain you!
dastardly
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Thebuildingwith this company's name overlooks the Chicago River from the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue
the Wrigley Building
|
$1,000
[8]
Not to be confused with the Daughters of the American Revolution, these "Daughters" maintain a library in San Antonio
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Alex
Lily
|
$1,000
[3]
Italy's 60th UNESCO World Heritage Site is this road that dates to 312 B.C.
the Appian Way
David
|
$1,000
[5]
Highly poisonousbelladonnais also known by this fatal 2-word name
deadly nightshade
Alex
|
$1,000
[6]
"You poor simple fools, thinking you could defeat me. Me? The mistress of all evil? Well here's your precious princess"
Maleficent
David
|
$1,000
[1]
To apply paint with crude strokes, or to use mud to build a wall or nest, like some wasps
daub
David
|
| THE 18th CENTURY | "A"UTHORS | 7 LETTERS, 1 SYLLABLE | A CHORUS LINE | AT THE BALLET | I HOPE I GET IT |
|
$400
[30]
This city was founded in 1701 by French adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Detroit
Alex
|
$400
[29]
Oprahsaid this woman was her greatest mentor, a mother, sister, friend she could go to no matter what was going on
Angelou
Alex
|
$400
[26]
Sir, if you want to transport a dozen wildebeests on our railroad, you'll have to pay the this, a synonym for cargo
the freight
Lily
|
$400
[27]
In this song's chorus, Lady Gaga sings, "'Cause God makes no mistakes, I'm on the right track, baby"
"Born This Way"
Alex
|
$400
[18]
Nureyev helped the Boston Ballet stage a version of this classic story featuring imaginary dragons in the Spanish countryside
Don Quixote
Lily
|
$400
[28]
An ultimate defender one of these from Brunswick; its strong core lets me knock down them pins even on an oily lane
a bowling ball
David
|
|
$800
[11]
Last name of William, a loyalist governor seized by Yankee patriots on July 4, 1776; he & his famous dad never reconciled
Franklin
|
$800
[24]
Soon after the 1835 publication of "Tales, Told for Children", he began receiving a stipend from the Danish government
Andersen
David
|
$800
[25]
Say goodbye to the starting lineup, slugger! You've been this
benched
Alex
|
$800
[6]
This Auckland-born teen sang in a 2013 hit, "You can call me Queen Bee, & baby, I'll rule (I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule)"
Lorde
David
|
$800
[17]
A ballet using Benjamin Britten's music stars a clown who brings bad luck everywhere--he's this, the work's 4-letter title
Jinx
Alex
|
$800
[22]
A date with this WWI dancer whose name is a synonym for a seductive spy; I just need an OK from my wife--& a time machine
Mata Hari
David
|
|
$1,200
[3]
China outlawed this for non-medicinal use in 1729, but the Portuguese & British kept bringing it in
opium
Lily
|
$1,200
[8]
The fancy encyclopedias say he didn't really exist, but in that case how do I read to my kid from "The Fables of" him, huh?
Aesop
Alex
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$1,200
[23]
You'll find them in a desk or dresser or (we hope) under your pants
drawers
Lily
|
$1,200
[1]
Bowie sang that there was one of these "waiting in the sky, he'd like to come & meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds"
a Starman
Alex
|
$1,200
[16]
The principal female role in the ballet "Ivan the Terrible" is his wife with this name, familiar in Russian history
Anastasia
Alex
Lily
|
$1,200
[21]
A permit to hike this California peak at the edge of Inyo National Forest; it's around 6,000 feet from trailhead to summit
Mount Whitney
Alex
Lily
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Havana's La Cabaña, one of the largest Spanish fortresses in the Americas, was built by Charles III of this house, still reigning in Spain
(the House of) Bourbon
David
Lily
|
$2,000
[2]
This postmodern novelist who died in 2024 & gained fame with "The New York Trilogy" lived & worked specifically in Brooklyn
Paul Auster
|
$2,000
[13]
Sorry if I was this with you, from French & meaning abrupt or rude
brusque
|
$1,600
[4]
Vanessa Carlton said she'd go this distance "if I could just see you"
a thousand miles
David
|
$1,600
[15]
"L'Oiseau de feu" is the French name of this high-flying Stravinsky ballet
The Firebird
Alex
|
$1,600
[20]
A mid-centurylounge chair & ottomandesigned by this married pair, first names Charles & Ray
Eames
David
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Spanish sailors going Mr. Blonde on this British captain led to the scuffle known as the War of his Ear
Jenkins
Alex
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
She worked as a journalist in Chile before she was forced to flee to Venezuela in 1975, her last name being a big problem
(Isabel) Allende
David
|
DD
$6,000
[12]
This cat burglar asset is also an attribute of the B-2 bomber
stealth
Alex
|
$2,000
[5]
This Foo Fighters song warns, "The only thing I'll ever ask of you, you gotta promise not to stop when I say when"
"Everlong"
Alex
|
$2,000
[14]
Scottish ballet's staging of this Russian's tale sometimes had a Princess Charming dancing off with a Cinderfella
Prokofiev
|
$2,000
[19]
A signed copy of "The Power Broker", about this man who was called New York's master builder
Robert Moses
Alex
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Posted over the door of this show's setting was a notice reading, "Maximum room capacity 75 persons"
Cheers