Andrew Hayes game 5.
Thomas Wilson — a teacher from Taylors, South Carolina
Dondi DeMarco — an operations executive from New York, New York
Andrew Hayes — a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi (whose 4-day cash winnings total $98,603)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $4,200 | $3,600 | $11,600 |
$19,201
5-day champion: $117,804 |
$12,600
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dondi | $2,800 | $4,400 | $18,400 |
$13,399
2nd place: $3,000 |
$17,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Thomas | $1,400 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| BODIES OF WATER | ALL THE AUGHTS | BONDS OF CRIMINALITY | WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN | OOPS! I ACCIDENTALLY TOOK THE SPANISH CROSSWORD |
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$200
[12]
Denmark & Latvia both border this sea sharing its name with a people who lived on its shores in ancient times
the Baltic
Thomas
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$200
[30]
Byzantine ruler Alexius IV Angelus was installed as emperor in 1203 by the fourth of these military expeditions
the Fourth Crusade
Andrew
|
$200
[29]
Handy with the steel, the Lincoln County regulators included Frank Coe & this outlaw who died at 21 in 1881
Billy the Kid
|
$200
[28]
The familiar 4-image strip produced by one of these structures had 8 images (& took 8 minutes) when it had a vogue in the 1920s
a photo booth
Thomas
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$200
[19]
Ted Tally wrote screenplays based on Thomas Harris' novels "Red Dragon" & this one that became a hit 1991 film
The Silence of the Lambs
Dondi
|
$200
[27]
Apellido de actor Pedro ymatemático Blaise(6 letras)
Pascal
Andrew
|
|
$400
[6]
Barrie Devenport in 1962 was the 1st man known to swim this strait named for an explorer, Cape Terawhiti to the coast of Wellington
Cook Strait
Andrew
|
$400
[26]
The official announcement of the Louisiana Purchase came on this date in 1803, apt for doubling the size of U.S. territory
the 4th of July
|
$400
[25]
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez & Roberto Escobar were members of the cartel named for this Colombian city
Medellín
Andrew
|
$400
[24]
This organization provides cards to help you use its roadside assistance program, which began as 5 motorcyclists in St. Louis
AAA
Thomas
|
$400
[17]
(Margaret Cho presents the clue.) I played Erin, the den mother to a group of queer men in the 2022 rom-com "Fire Island", which was loosely based on this Jane Austen novel
Pride and Prejudice
Andrew
|
$400
[23]
Potable potente, Sauza y Cuervo por ejemplo(7 letras)
tequila
Thomas
|
|
$600
[4]
Myanmar's principal river, the Irrawaddy drains into this bay
the Bay of Bengal
Thomas
|
$600
[13]
In 1506 Julius II merged Bologna into this group, akathe Stati Pontifici
the Papal States
Thomas
|
$600
[22]
Jesse & Frank James ran with Cole, Jim, John & Bob--not the world's deadliest boy band but a gang of brothers with this last name
Younger
Andrew
Dondi
|
$800
[9]
Why do I have one of these bills that even the Bureau of Engraving & Printing says "for most of their history... have been unpopular"
a $2 bill
Andrew
|
$600
[8]
This bestseller set at a fashion magazine spawned a hitmovie& a stagemusical with Vanessa Williams as the terrifying editor
The Devil Wears Prada
Andrew
|
$600
[20]
Dormir un poquito(6 letras)
una siesta
Andrew
|
|
$800
[5]
Lake Turkana, the world's largest alkaline lake, lies in Kenya & this country on its northern border
Ethiopia
Dondi
|
$800
[14]
In 1706 a popular revolt in Astrakhan got an emphatic & cruel nyet from this czar, then in the midst of modernizing Russia
Peter the Great
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
Some of the members of his "Ring" of callous corruption were Richard B. Connolly & A. Oakley Hall, mayor of New York City
Boss Tweed
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
Sept. is the natl. month to get this item; Octavia Butler & David McCullough were among those to reminisce about their first, as kids
library card
Andrew
|
$800
[3]
The "Codename Villanelle" thriller series by Luke Jennings becamethisTV series
Killing Eve
Dondi
|
$800
[2]
En francés es "demain"; en español es esta palabra(6 letras)
mañana
Andrew
Dondi
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In October 1944 the U.S. Navy turned back Japan's last major naval offensive in the battle of this Philippine gulf
Leyte
Dondi
|
$1,000
[15]
This company set forth to New England under the auspices of a charter in 1606
the Plymouth Company
Thomas
|
$1,000
[11]
When Howie Winter went to prison, this criminal took over control of the Winter Hill Gang in Somerville, Mass.
Bulger
Thomas
|
$1,000
[16]
An allergy info card may list this one of the "Big 9", preventing a potentially deadly administration of tahini
sesame
Dondi
|
$1,000
[18]
This graphic novel about a train circling a frozen earth has been made into a film & a TV series
Snowpiercer
Dondi
|
$1,000
[1]
Presidenta de México Claudia(9 letras)
Sheinbaum
Dondi
|
| STARTS WITH "SC" | AUTHORS'REAL HOUSEWIVESTAGLINES | THEWORLD ALMANAC2025 | GOVERNMENT JOBS | SPACEY TALK | FAMOUS LAST LYRICS |
|
$400
[30]
We'll get to the point--it's asword with a curved blade that was mostly used in the Middle East
a scimitar
Dondi
|
$400
[29]
My heroine Jane Eyre is called "an underhand little thing"; I also figure out how to get my way
Charlotte Brontë
Thomas
|
$400
[28]
Not new info for 2025, but nice to have handy: this metric measure for liquid equals 4.2 cups
a liter
Thomas
|
$400
[27]
In the 19th century this job largely of running papers for senators was held by kids as young as 9; today you can still do it at 16
a page
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
The cloud of gas, ice & dust around the nucleus of a comet is called this, also a term for a serious medical condition
the coma
Andrew
|
$400
[9]
1993:"All in all is all we are"
"All Apologies"
Dondi
|
|
$800
[10]
From stinger to pincers, this arachnid glows blue-green under UV light but scientists aren't sure to what purpose
a scorpion
Dondi
|
$800
[26]
I may use a man's name in a man's world, but trust me ... I may be Victorian but I'm no run of "The Mill On The Floss"!
(George) Eliot
Thomas
|
$800
[20]
In "International News of 2024", this man was allowed to return to his native Australia after years on confinement in Britain
Assange
Thomas
|
$800
[21]
The Interior Dept. says people with this job "excel at fostering curiosity" for visitors to places like Arches in Utah
a park ranger
Thomas
|
$800
[14]
An apoapsis is the farthest point in an orbit; an apojove is the farthest orbital point from this planet
Jupiter
Andrew
|
$800
[8]
2021:"You said forever, now I drive alone past your street"
"drivers license"
|
|
$1,200
[2]
A dish of large shrimp cooked Italian style with butter & garlic
scampi
Andrew
|
$1,200
[25]
I worked "Night and Day" on that 1919 novel, so my husband Leonard & my friend E.M. Forster can think what they want
Virginia Woolf
|
$1,200
[19]
You might put some crema on the cob for this 3-word phrase found under "New Words in English"
Mexican street corn
|
$1,600
[17]
He said he "won in overtime" when a 2025 tie-breaking vote made him Secretary of Defense
Hegseth
Andrew
|
$1,600
[12]
A planet that moves west to east relative to the stars is in prograde motion; one going east-west is in this kind
retrograde
Thomas
|
$1,200
[5]
1999:"All that glitters is gold, only shootin' stars break the mold"
"All Star"
Dondi
|
|
$1,600
[3]
This monster was on the shore opposite the whirlpool Charybdis
Scylla
Andrew
|
$1,600
[24]
With novels like "Death Kit" & critical works like "On Photography", I'm an intellectual & anything but a lazy Susan
Sontag
Dondi
|
$1,600
[18]
The farewell pages include this actress best known for her work with her director husband, John Cassavetes
(Gena) Rowlands
Dondi
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1881 William Walter Phelps got the job this assassin wanted as envoy to Austria
Guiteau
Andrew
Thomas
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
2 moons around Saturn's F ring are called these, for the way they tend to the ring's flock of particles
shepherd moons
Dondi
|
$1,600
[6]
2002:"I better have you naked by the end of this song"
"Rock Your Body"
|
|
$2,000
[4]
The name of this mineral with a tendency to split into layers comes from the Greek for "divided"
schist
Dondi
|
$2,000
[23]
My man explored the mean streets with crime mysteries like "The Glass Key"; I prefer Broadway & got there with "The Children's Hour"
Hellman
Thomas
|
$2,000
[16]
The 2024 Tony Awards for Book of a Musical & Original Score went to this show whose title is from women trying to get the vote
Suffs
|
DD
$2,400
[1]
This IRS job from the Latin for "hearing" is more formally a revenue agent or tax compliance officer
an auditor
Thomas
|
$2,000
[13]
From Latin for "almost shadow", it's a partly darkened area at the edge of aneclipse
a penumbra
Dondi
|
$2,000
[7]
1984:"I am human & I need to be loved, just like everybody else does"
"How Soon Is Now?"
Dondi
|
The poet Albius Tibullus called a city this in the late 1st century B.C., some 700 years after its traditional founding
the Eternal City