Andrew Hayes game 2.
Kat Donahoe — a chemist from Modesto, California
Dave Widmayer — a trivia host and chemist from Portland, Oregon
Andrew Hayes — a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $1,200 | $2,400 | $13,000 |
$20,201
2-day champion: $45,401 |
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Dave | $3,600 | $4,800 | $20,200 |
$14,399
2nd place: $3,000 |
$17,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Kat | $400 | $2,200 | $5,400 |
$2
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
11 R, 5 W |
| CALIFORNIA HISTORY | MY SPORT IS MY NICKNAME | MYSTERY LOVES COMPANY | RHYME TIME | GAMES | GOING TO PIECES |
|
$200
[27]
In summer 1963, a religious crusade led by Reverend Graham atthisL.A. venue drew nearly one million attendees
the Coliseum
Andrew
Kat
|
$200
[30]
Towering over foes of 1950 at 6'10", George Mikan was Mr. this sport
Basketball
Andrew
|
$200
[29]
A passage from this Gillian Flynn novel, living up to its title: "'Amy, you home?' I ran straight upstairs. no Amy"
Gone Girl
Andrew
|
$200
[23]
A traditional woman's cloth hat worn to recite a 14-line poem
a sonnet bonnet
Dave
|
$200
[11]
Run in & bust your pals out of jail; dash back into your territory with your enemy's symbolic property to win this outdoor game
Capture the Flag
Andrew
|
$200
[28]
Cut pieces are assembled in a pattern to create this type of art
stained glass
Andrew
|
|
$400
[26]
In the early 20th c. the state got more than half its revenue from these, later to be limited by the 1978 yes vote on Proposition 13
property taxes
Dave
Kat
|
$400
[15]
Netflix' "Untold" anthology includes an episode about Johnny Manziel, titled "Johnny" this
Football
Dave
|
$400
[21]
In "Black Betty" it's not so easy for this Walter Mosley detective when his friend mouse shows up after getting out of the slammer
"Easy" Rawlins
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
A less risky thin cracker
a safer wafer
Dave
|
$400
[25]
Released in 1996, the "64" version of this video game series gave its star new abilities like backflips & triple jumps
Super Mario Bros. ( Super Mario accepted)
Dave
|
$400
[24]
Take stock as pieces of paper rain down from buildings in New York during this type of parade
a ticker-tape parade
Andrew
|
|
$600
[14]
Known as Roosevelt Highway when it opened in 1929, it's now both State Route 1 & this "oceanic" road
the Pacific Coast Highway
Dave
|
$600
[16]
In 2024 the sports world was shocked by the death of the Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau, aka Johnny this
Hockey
Dave
|
$600
[9]
"Poodle Springs", an unfinished Philip Marlowe novel by this author, was completed 30 years later by Robert B. Parker
Chandler
Kat
|
$600
[19]
A sturdy nightstand
a stable table
Kat
|
$600
[10]
The name of this game comes from Chinese for "sparrows" or "little birds", which you may see on some of the tiles
mahjong
Dave
|
$600
[20]
"All The King's Men" are not up to the task of reassembling him from his pieces
Humpty Dumpty
Kat
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Midwest transplants included Robert Stroud, known as this--inaccurately, as he couldn't bring his canaries from Leavenworth
the Birdman of Alcatraz
Dave
|
$800
[8]
A recipient of a CBE & the Order of the Rising Sun, George Kerr is "Mr." this martial art of throws & pins
Judo
Dave
|
$800
[17]
In a 2005 book a woman who's been missing for 40 years is tracked by another sporting this title piece of body art
the dragon tattoo
Kat
|
$800
[18]
An edible crustacean gangster
a lobster mobster
Kat
|
$800
[5]
In 1982 an Oregon man was acquitted of gambling charges when a judge ruled this stones & dice game was one of skill, not chance
backgammon
Dave
|
$800
[13]
Reese's Pieces got a big boost in sales after appearing in this film; the script had specified M&Ms, Spielberg's favorite candy
E.T.
Kat
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Streng then ing Spain's control of California, this Franciscan monk founded his first mission in San Diego in 1769
Junipero Serra
Andrew
|
$1,000
[1]
Ken Watson skipped his rink to 3 Brier titles & was on 32 major bonspiel winners, so you know he was "Mr." this
Curling
Kat
|
$1,000
[2]
8 paragraphs in on "The Thin Man", he narrates, "My glass was empty. I asked ... what she (wanted) to drink, she said scotch and soda"
Nick Charles
Andrew
|
$1,000
[3]
A slothful Shasta
lazy daisy
Dave
|
$1,000
[4]
Like square pizza, a popular system of chess defense gets its name from this Mediterranean island
Sicily
Dave
|
$1,000
[12]
Going 18,000 mph, defunct satellites, missile fragments & parts of rockets are among the space junk termed this, O.D. for short
orbital debris
Andrew
Dave
|
| THERE'S NO A IN COUNTRY | A BRIEF MEDICAL TALK | THE SINGLE LIFE | LATIN CLASS | ECONOMICS | "WITH" OR "WITHOUT" |
|
$400
[26]
Part of its eastern coast is on the Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Dave
|
$400
[24]
Before -globin or -philia, it means "blood"
hemo
Kat
|
$400
[30]
Despite a parade of suitors both foreign & domestic, she was the only English queen upon whom a ring was never put
Elizabeth I
Andrew
|
$400
[23]
"Pax et Amor", part of the motto of Miles College, means this, which Ringo Starr can get behind
peace & love (love & peace)
Dave
|
$400
[29]
The total market value of all goods & services that a country produces is this overall measure of annual economic output
GNP (GDP)
Dave
|
$400
[18]
Social media star Charli D'Amelio put her moves to the test to win Season 31 of this competition
Dancing with the Stars
Andrew
|
|
$800
[25]
Luzon & Mindoro are 2 of the more than 7,000 islands & islets in this republic
the Philippines
Kat
|
$800
[9]
4 letters long, it can refer to a child or a foot
pedo (pedi)
Dave
|
$800
[27]
This 5th century author of "Confessions" chose the unmarried life of a priest, though not before fathering an illegitimate son
St. Augustine
Andrew
|
$800
[22]
A bumpy ride in an airplane might have you grateful to be back on this, solid ground
terra firma
Dave
|
$800
[28]
Countries like Panama have established FTZs, these "zones" that are exempt from certain tariffs & customs duties
free trade zones
Dave
Kat
|
$800
[17]
It was Peg & Al Bundy's title status
married with children
Kat
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Its embassy in Washington, D.C. notes that this principality is roughly the geographic size of Washington, D.C.
Liechtenstein
Dave
Kat
|
$1,200
[1]
Coming before -protein & -suction, it means "fat"
lipo
Andrew
|
$1,200
[21]
Life imitated art for this never-married screen icon, famous for insisting, "I want to be alone"
Garbo
Kat
|
$1,600
[7]
Some philosophers think there's no such thing as this Latin-named type of knowledge that's independent of experience
a priori knowledge
|
$1,200
[11]
Alfred E. Kahn wrote a classic work on the economics of this, government rule-making that Elon Musk & Neil Gorsuch don't like
regulation
Andrew
Dave
|
$1,200
[16]
It's what Justin Timberlake & Mila Kunisare in a 2011 film
friends with benefits
Dave
|
|
$2,000
[2]
Benin is the only country without an a that borders this 5-letter nation; Mali, Chad & 4 others fail the test
Niger
Andrew
|
$1,600
[4]
Let's not gloss over the fact that gloss-pertains to this body part
the tongue
Dave
|
$1,600
[20]
The decline & fall of this historian's engagement to Suzanne Curchod came at the urging of his father; he never did marry
Edward Gibbon
Andrew
|
$2,000
[8]
It sounds like 12 guilt-deciders, but it means "by legal right"
de jure
Kat
|
$1,600
[12]
Central banks set this "policy" using interest rates; in 2024 fed head Powell said "our restrictive" one eased inflation
monetary policy
Andrew
|
$1,600
[15]
For seven seasons, Anthony LaPaglia & Poppy Montgomeryplayed FBI agents seeking those who had vanished this title way
without a trace
Dave
|
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
North of the Arctic Circle, Mount Kebne rises nearly 7,000 feet as the tallest peak in this nation
Sweden
Andrew
|
$2,000
[5]
Before -sis, these 7 letters refer to a blood clot
T-H-R-O-M-B-O (thrombo)
Dave
|
$2,000
[19]
After ending his engagement to Regine Olsen, this Danish thinker never married; in his will, he left her everything
Kierkegaard
Dave
|
DD
$4,200
[6]
On Daniel Day-Lewis' Latin filmography: "Novem" ("Nine"),"Pes Sinister Meus" ("My Left Foot") &"In Nomine Patris" (this)
In the Name of the Father
Dave
|
$2,000
[13]
Unemployment figures omit people no longer job-hunting, called not dejected or disheartened but these workers
discouraged workers
Andrew
|
$2,000
[14]
Sadly, all 3 stars who played the leads in this film--Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood & James Dean--would meet tragic ends
Rebel Without a Cause
Andrew
|
Located on Cromwell Road & home to more than 2.8 million objects, it bears in part the name of a cousin of a British queen
the Victoria and Albert Museum (the V & A)