Bryce Wargin game 5.Mike Dawson game 1.
Mike Dawson — a technology manager from Portland, Oregon
Guy Branum — a writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California
Bryce Wargin — a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 4-day cash winnings total $70,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce | $1,400 | $3,400 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Guy! | $2,400 | $6,800 | $10,800 |
$15,001
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mike | $5,000 | $5,800 | $15,000 |
$21,601
New champion: $21,601 |
$15,000
18 R, 2 W |
| AVIATION HISTORY | MOVIE & TV ROLES | POTPOURRI | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES | ANNUAL EVENTS | THIS MEANS "WAR" |
|
$200
[27]
In 1996 this aircraft set the commercial record flying time from New York to London in about 2 hours, 52 minutes
the Concorde
Guy!
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$200
[28]
Stevens (Anthony Hopkins in "The Remains of the Day") & Carson (Jim Carter on "Downton Abbey") had this household job title
a butler
Guy!
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$200
[29]
The "Star Trek" gesture called the Vulcan saluteis accompanied by this four-word phrase
Live long and prosper
Guy!
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$200
[24]
Home to one of the USA's oldest universities, it also hosts Southern Connecticut State
New Haven
Bryce
|
$200
[30]
The highlight of the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, which celebrates Bedouin life & culture, is a beauty pageant of these animals
camels
Guy!
|
$200
[20]
A typical auto one is 3 years/36,000 miles
a warranty
Guy!
|
|
$400
[26]
She received FCC approval in 1934 to install a 2-way radio in her Lockheed Vega, the first in a civilian aircraft
Earhart
Bryce
|
$400
[22]
Lee Majors was this title stuntman in the TV version; Ryan Goslingstepped into the dangerous role in a 2024 movie
the Fall Guy
Bryce
Guy!
|
$400
[21]
Thismogul acquired the British newspaper, "The Sun", in 1969
Rupert Murdoch
Mike
|
$400
[23]
Located on the shores of Tampa Bay, it was named for a railroad builder's home city in Russia
St. Petersburg
Bryce
|
$400
[25]
On Groundhog Day this furry guy who has more than 25,000 Instagram followers comes out of hiding to make his annual prediction
Punxsutawney Phil
Mike
|
$400
[19]
This "mistress" is an old term for the person in a theater company who keeps Hamlet's doublet pressed
(the wardrobe) mistress
Bryce
|
|
$600
[14]
At the 1955 Rose Bowl, one of these dirigibles was the first to provide live aerial coverage of a major sporting event
a Goodyear blimp
Bryce
|
$600
[5]
After a career in film, he got his first TV starring role in "Tulsa King", as a 75-year-old gangster just out of prison
Stallone
|
$600
[10]
Responsible for facial hair & deepening the voice, this sex hormone was first isolated in 1935
testosterone
Mike
|
$600
[7]
Established by French soldiers around 1719, this "colorful" city is located about 80 miles northwest of New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Bryce
|
$800
[2]
World Book & Copyright Day, April 23, commemorates the 1616 deaths of Shakespeare in England & this other guy in Spain
Cervantes
Guy!
|
$600
[18]
A male sorcerer
a warlock
Guy!
|
|
$800
[6]
Named for this strong guy, theC-130transport has had mission-specific variants like aski-equippedone
(the C-130) Hercules
Mike
|
$800
[3]
Her career includes starring in films like "Fatal Attraction" & TV shows like "Damages"
Glenn Close
Mike
|
$800
[4]
Basically just almond paste, egg whites & sugar go into this confection used to make candies & decorate cakes
marzipan
Bryce
Guy!
|
$800
[8]
In 1849 it began as a military outpost to defend against Native Americans & was named for a commander of U.S. troops in Texas
Fort Worth
Mike
|
$1,000
[17]
Throwing colored powder is part of the celebration of this spring Hindu festival with a name that sounds sacred
Holi
Bryce
|
$800
[15]
The blackcap & the whitethroat are varieties of these singing birds
warblers
Guy!
|
|
$1,000
[13]
In 1933 this "Wiley" guy became the first aviator to fly solo around the world; it took him about 8 days
Wiley Post
|
$1,000
[12]
Mike Brady & Ted Mosby are TV characters with this profession; same for Tom Hanks, sleeplessly in Seattle
an architect
Bryce
|
$1,000
[11]
Pioneers in a covered wagon & Chimney Rock are on the reverse of this Midwest state'squarter
Nebraska
|
$1,000
[9]
A popular tourist destination drawing millions each year, this seat of Clark County was settled by Mormon missionaries in 1855
Las Vegas
Mike
|
DD
$2,400
[16]
In 2024 this 3-week competition began in Florence & for the first time in its history, ended in Nice, due to the Olympics
the Tour de France
Guy!
|
$1,000
[1]
This anticoagulant medication is used in the treatment of embolisms
warfarin
Mike
|
| SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY | LITERATURE | VAN'S THE MAN | ALBUMS | SKILL SET | YOUR VERB FORM IS MOST IRREGULAR |
|
$400
[30]
Voortrekkers were these migrating South Africans whose name means "farmer" in Dutch
Boers
Guy!
|
$400
[29]
"The Strike" was Ayn Rand's original title for this novel, her longest at over 1,000 pages
Atlas Shrugged
Guy!
|
$400
[28]
He was the first New York governor to be elected president
Van Buren
Bryce
|
$400
[22]
In 2025 this record earned Beyoncé her first Grammy for Album of the Year & also the trophy for Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter
Mike
|
$400
[27]
Cooking schools teach you to julienne & brunoise with classes in these "skills"; speed contests, you may want to avoid
knife skills
Mike
|
$400
[26]
This past participle is a noun meaning a basic condition; you must phrase your response as a question--that's one of these
a given
Bryce
Mike
|
|
$800
[12]
The airport of this South African city is named for Oliver Tambo, the president of the ANC from 1967 to 1991
Johannesburg
Bryce
Guy!
Mike
|
$800
[4]
In "Bring Up the Bodies", Hilary Mantel wrote about Thomas Cromwell's role in this woman's downfall
Anne Boleyn
Guy!
|
$800
[23]
In 1824 he made his last appearance on the concert stage for the premiere of his 9th symphony
Beethoven
Mike
|
$800
[21]
Their greatest hits album, with "Wheel In The Sky" & "Don't Stop Believin"', has spent more than 800 weeks on the Billboard 200
Journey
Mike
|
$800
[24]
It's the skill of playing a piece of music you're seeing for the first time
sight reading
Mike
|
$800
[25]
This hyphenated adjective meaning "prized & hard to find" contains the past form of "seek"
sought-after
Bryce
|
|
$1,200
[5]
In 1967 at South Africa's Groote Schuur Hospital, Dr. Christiaan Barnardperformed the first of these surgeries
a heart transplant
Mike
|
$1,600
[2]
Professor Pierre Aronnax is the narrator of this 1870 novel of nautical adventure
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Bryce
|
$1,200
[9]
Chris Van Allsburg wrote & illustrated this now-classic children's book about a Christmas train
The Polar Express
Bryce
|
$1,200
[8]
We swear this album by Kendrick Lamar earned him a Pulitzer Prize
DAMN
Mike
|
$1,200
[20]
The computer skills section of a resumé may include programming languages like this one once called C with Classes
C++
Bryce
Mike
|
$1,200
[19]
In a famous Brent Musburger call, it's the past participle that follows "Flutie flushed... throws it down..."
caught
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
A flanking "bullhorn" military technique helped give this leader dominance of his Zulu empire
Shaka (Zulu)
Bryce
|
$2,000
[3]
The prologue of this Colson Whitehead novel mentions a secret graveyard on the north side of the campus
The Nickel Boys
Bryce
|
$1,600
[17]
This 15th century Flemish painter wrote his name in Latin in the wall of his Arnolfini portrait
van Eyck
Guy!
|
$1,600
[6]
"Back to Broadway" & "Back to Brooklyn" are albums by her
Streisand
Guy!
|
$1,600
[15]
Horizontal mattress, using a pattern similar to one used for bedding, is a type of this medical skill
suturing
Guy!
|
$1,600
[16]
Past participles that are the same as the present tenses of the verb include this one done by snakes up to 12 times a year
shed
Guy!
Mike
|
|
$2,000
[11]
South African freedom fighters Makhanda Nxele & Indres Naidoo were imprisoned on this island in Table Bay
Robben
Bryce
|
DD
$3,400
[1]
"A Simple Habana Melody" by Oscar Hijuelos focuses on the rumba, but this other 5-letter dance is in the title of his best-known novel
mambo
Bryce
|
$2,000
[18]
This physicist discovered 2 radiation belts that surround the Earth & got his name on them
Van Allen
Bryce
|
$2,000
[7]
In 2006 U2 won Grammys for Best Rock Album & Album of the Year for this "How to" record
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Mike
|
$2,000
[14]
To get that "Fast & the Furious" drift, stunt drivers master this "excessive" move where the rear wheels go way out to the side
oversteering
|
$2,000
[13]
This past participle is a homophone of a narrow road
lain
|
Only one man & one woman have won Nobel Prizes in 2 different categories, with this category in common
Chemistry