Mike Dawson game 4.Andrew Hayes game 1.
Andrew Hayes — a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi
Courtney Martin — a public defender originally from Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Mike Dawson — a technology manager from Portland, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $57,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $0 | $2,000 | $2,400 |
$2
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Courtney | $2,200 | $2,600 | $4,200 |
$4,801
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,200
7 R, 1 W |
| Andrew | $2,400 | $5,800 | $25,200 |
$25,200
New champion: $25,200 |
$26,200
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE FACTS | A 2000-ERA MALL RAT | BIBLICAL ART | IN THE 3 "G" NETWORK | SPECIFIC POTPOURRI | CLICKBAIT GOES TO THE MOVIES |
|
$200
[29]
It's home to the 10 highest mountains in the United States
Alaska
Andrew
|
$200
[28]
Kids nowadays don't know the pain of rewinding a VHS tape before returning it to this store--unless they live in Bend, Oregon
Blockbuster
Mike
|
$200
[30]
Here's Pieter Bruegel the Elder's depiction of this structure built in Genesis 11
the Tower of Babel
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
Flavored with grated nutmeg, this Christmas fave can also have rum, which keeps it a Christmas fave
eggnog
Andrew
|
$200
[27]
Appropriately, the height of New York City's Freedom Tower is this many feet
1,776
Mike
|
$200
[25]
"See what happens when Brad unboxes a gift from John Doe!"
Se7en
Mike
|
|
$400
[22]
Instead of counties, Louisiana has these
parishes
Andrew
|
$400
[21]
Indonesia has lost 25% of old-growth this type of area since 1990 & in 2025 we are down to just 23 of the same-named "Cafe" worldwide
a rainforest
Mike
|
$400
[23]
Gerard David's "The Marriage at Cana" depicts this, Jesus' first miracle
the transformation of water into wine
Andrew
|
$400
[19]
It's what's going on here... come on, spit it out!
gurgling (gargling)
Andrew
|
$400
[20]
In 1959 Clark Kent was out in the cold when 22 California college students crammed into one of these in a Life magazine picture
a phone booth
Mike
|
$400
[24]
"ABBA daddas? Find out the crazy reason why Amanda Seyfried has 3 fathers!"
Mamma Mia!
Courtney
|
|
$600
[13]
Nebraska is the birthplace of this tree-planting holiday & celebrates it on the last Friday in April
Arbor Day
Courtney
|
$600
[3]
I spent all allowance at Payless on a BOGO half off deal, BOGO being short for this
buy one, get one
Courtney
|
$600
[14]
William Blake did a series of engravings of the book of this man, his family & his misfortunes
Job
Andrew
|
$600
[17]
It means given with reluctance, like a type of admission or admiration
begrudging (grudging)
Andrew
|
$600
[18]
When the Celtics won their 18th NBA title in 2024, they broke a tie with this team at 17
the Lakers
Mike
|
$600
[4]
"Fan outraged that Paul Sheldon killed off this character from famed romance series"
Misery
|
|
$800
[11]
In 1916 it elected the first woman to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin from Missoula
Montana
Mike
|
$800
[1]
Maybe dad will finally say, "I love you son" after I buy him a talking meat thermometer from this picture-perfect store
Sharper Image
Mike
|
$800
[15]
Solomon welcomes her in the painting seen here
the Queen of Sheba
Andrew
|
$800
[9]
Officer, can you help me? I was just the victim of this, a street robbery
a mugging
Andrew
|
$800
[7]
When Hosni Mubarak stepped down on Feb. 11, 2011, it was exactly 32 years after this other regional world leader did the same
the Shah of Iran
Andrew
|
$800
[5]
"'They grow up so fast!' Dad filmed daughter Lorelei Linklater & Ellar Coltraneevery year for 12 years"
Boyhood
Mike
|
|
DD
$4,400
[12]
During the Civil War more battles were fought in these 2 neighboring states than in any other
Virginia & Tennessee
Mike
|
$1,000
[2]
Waldenbooks was a subsidiary of this bookstore that went the way of the dodo in 2011
Borders
Courtney
|
$1,000
[16]
One of Marc Chagall's "illustrations for the Bible" is of this concubine of Abraham "in the Desert"
Hagar
Andrew
|
$1,000
[10]
Taken as a whole, as in "The soccer teams each won a game but the one with the most goals in" this "got to advance"
aggregate
Mike
|
$1,000
[8]
This 3-letter airline began traveling about the Earth in 1930 but left the planet 71 years later
TWA
Mike
|
$1,000
[6]
"You'll never believe what Robert Redford said to Woody Harrelson about his wife!"
Indecent Proposal
Andrew
|
| AUTHORS' APPEARANCES | LONG SONG TITLES | OUR GREEN PLANET | 11-LETTER WORDS | PAST, THE DUCHY | ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE |
|
$400
[30]
James Joyce wore the round style of these called "Windsor", like his slightly older contemporary Mahatma Gandhi
glasses
|
$400
[27]
This Pete Wentz band came back from a 3-year hiatus with the 2013 hit "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)"
Fall Out Boy
Mike
|
$400
[28]
In the 1800s the Tasmanian blue gum species of this tree was brought from Down Under to California & used as a windbreak
eucalyptus
|
$400
[26]
If your bank account has 10 figures, you're in the 3-comma club as this
a billionaire
Mike
|
$400
[29]
Adalemode of Limoges was duchess of this area centered on Bordeaux that Eleanor would later be in charge of
Aquitaine
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
Ciselier is known for left-handed these, with reversed finger grips & reversed blade connection
scissors
Courtney
|
|
$800
[21]
A 1927 newspaper said Edna St. Vincent Millay has been called the greatest poetess since Sappho & noted this coif color
a redhead
|
$800
[20]
The Bellamy Brothers topped the country charts with the T-shirt ready title "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You" do this
"Hold It Against Me"
Andrew
|
$800
[19]
About 30 minutes from Columbia, Congaree National Park in this state is an intact example of oldgrowth forestin the South
South Carolina
Andrew
|
$800
[22]
A tonometer & a retinoscope are tools that this kind of professional might use
optometrist
|
$800
[23]
Both a ham & a cheese come from & are named for this Italian place once combined in a duchy with Piacenza
Parma
Mike
|
$800
[24]
On April 1, 1998 Burger King had an ad for its new "left-handed" one of these burgers, with condiments rotated 180 degrees
the Whopper
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[18]
"I fit easily into airplane seats" says this five-foot five humorist who does lots of traveling as a popular performer of his own work
Sedaris
Andrew
|
$1,200
[16]
This alt-rock classic by R.E.M. gets even longer with the subtitle "(And I Feel Fine)"
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It"
Mike
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
With stumps 10 feet across, these trees were "the redwoods of the East" until a fungus nearly eradicated them in the 1900s
(American) chestnuts
Andrew
|
$1,200
[15]
Abandonment, paired with "of duty" in American military law
dereliction
Mike
|
$1,200
[17]
At just 6 years old in 1337, Edward the Black Prince became the first duke of this duchy in southwestern England
Cornwall
Andrew
|
$1,200
[8]
The USPA, the association for players of this sport, insists for safety that lefties carry mallets in their right hands
polo
Courtney
|
|
$1,600
[4]
On his 2014 centenary, this Welsh poet's grand-daughter wrote she sees him in her own rebellious curly hair
Dylan Thomas
Andrew
|
$1,600
[1]
A couple-wrecking, ennui-plagued Ariana Grande made this title command/declaration in a 2019 smash
"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
Courtney
Andrew
|
$1,200
[7]
The title of a Michelle Pfeiffer movie, this toxic plant belonging to the genus Nerium is native to the Mediterranean region
white oleander
Mike
|
$1,600
[14]
This adjective meaning discouraged or dispirited alludes to a gamecock with a drooping head
crestfallen
Andrew
|
$1,600
[13]
The founding of this duchy in a region of northern France goes back to a 10th century Viking named Rollo
Normandy
Andrew
|
$1,600
[9]
A tip to alleviate RSIs, short for these injuries: use a right-handed mouse at work during the day & a left-handed mouse at home
a repetitive stress injury
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[3]
This elfin Southern novelist whose books include "The Little Friend" says she's "the same size as Lolita" (5 feet even)
Donna Tartt
|
$2,000
[2]
"Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" samples this bluesman's line "I've been downhearted, baby"
B.B. King
|
$1,600
[6]
It's thought that this tree also called a maidenhair tree was first cultivated in China 1,000 years ago
a ginkgo
Courtney
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
A term for Nicaraguan rebels led Stephen Fried to coin this word for a couture designer or a supermodel superfan
a fashionista
Andrew
|
$2,000
[12]
The Baltic duchy of Estonia was sold to this order of German knights by the king of Denmark in 1346 for 19,000 marks
the Teutonic Order (the Teutonic Knights)
Andrew
|
$2,000
[10]
Hernovel, "The Left Hand of Darkness", is set in fictional Gethen, a land whose populace is gender-neutral, most of the time
Le Guin
Andrew
|
An online article about this landmark said, "The stones themselves look like they are crying" & mentioned "tears of ... pain, hope & joy"
the Wailing Wall (the Western Wall)