Andrew Hayes game 6.
Brenden Monroe — a senior game producer from Seattle, Washington
Denise LeBlanc-Bock — an architect from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Andrew Hayes — a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi (whose 5-day cash winnings total $117,804)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $4,000 | $5,600 | $28,800 |
$20,000
6-day champion: $137,804 |
$29,800
33 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Denise | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$3,799
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,200
8 R, 1 W |
| Brenden | $-400 | $2,200 | $6,600 |
$2,799
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
12 R, 3 W |
| THE BOOK OF THE DECADE | BITE ME | BASEBALL | BIRD WORDS | ODE ON A GRECIAN | EARN |
|
$200
[30]
"On the Road" keeps the beat
the 1950s
Andrew
|
$200
[28]
If you are ungrateful to one who has been kind to you, you do this, something that a pup can do to its owner at mealtime
bite the hand that feeds you
Brenden
|
$200
[9]
In 2024, thejerseyhe wore for his called-shot home run in the 1932 World Series sold for $24 million
Babe Ruth
Andrew
|
$200
[27]
A domesticated fowl, or in bowling, 3 strikes in a row
a turkey
Brenden
|
$200
[4]
For he oft waxed philosophical / But not much in making serum / Ionia-born, 'tis he we mourn! / For he gave us his big theorem
Pythagoras
Denise
|
$200
[29]
A lot of people needed a lift in fiscal 2023, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi of this company got enough stars to make $24 million
Uber
Brenden
|
|
$400
[18]
"The Bridges of Madison County" romances readers
the 1990s
Andrew
|
$400
[26]
Pass the ammunition with this alliterative phrase that refers to getting on with an unpleasant task
bite the bullet
Andrew
|
$400
[10]
This team went a memorably bad 41-121 in 2024 though unlike in 1919, they did try their best
the Chicago White Sox
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
A bird of the genus Corvus, or to exult or brag
crow
Andrew
|
$400
[21]
She walks in beauty / Praised Aphrodite / Ancient lit's sweet siren / To sing this poetess' praise / We had to steal from Byron
Sappho
Denise
|
$400
[24]
Yahoo Finance reported this delivery man made nearly $8 million in 2023...hold on, my bad, I meant $8 million per hour
(Jeff) Bezos
Andrew
|
|
$600
[3]
"Red Storm Rising" rises on the bestseller list
the '80s
Brenden
|
$600
[14]
The website of this fictional pooch advises on how to "Take a bite out of crime"
McGruff the Crime Dog
Andrew
|
$600
[19]
"The Catch" refers to a September 29, 1954 play made by this center fielder who passed away in June 2024
Willie Mays
Denise
|
$600
[20]
A mainly ground-dwelling bird, or to complain, perhaps if served a tough one for dinner
grouse
Brenden
|
$600
[22]
The master who was Sophocles / Left us lovely plays / Like him "the king" / A wondrous thing / But that family? Yeesh, better days
Oedipus
Brenden
|
$600
[23]
Moderna's board pulled the ripcord on this proverbial 2-word item for Stéphane Bancel--a $926 million one at the end of 2021
a golden parachute
Andrew
|
|
$800
[1]
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" flies high
the 1970s
|
$800
[13]
Ben Stiller's first feature as a director, this1994 film also starred Ethan Hawke & Winona Ryder
Reality Bites
Denise
|
$800
[17]
An alien named Orbitis the mascot of this AL team
the Astros
Andrew
Brenden
|
$1,000
[8]
A bird with a mute type, or to wander "about" or "around" a place
a swan
Andrew
|
$800
[5]
"A line is a length without breadth" / Truly a statement worthwhile! / with axioms & postulates / His "Elements" had style
Euclid
Andrew
|
$800
[11]
$199 mil was the 2023 CEO pay of Jon Winkelried at TPG, a big player in this 2-word space of investing in non-public companies
private equity
Andrew
Brenden
|
|
$1,000
[2]
"The Bell Jar" rings
the 1960s
Denise
Brenden
|
$1,000
[15]
It's a biting insect, or a person who annoys & challenges those in authority
a gadfly
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
The carousel at Comerica Park features not horses but these animals
Tigers
|
DD
$1,800
[7]
A small American game bird, or to cower in fear
to quail
Andrew
|
$1,000
[6]
Reason desires truth / "The Republic", ne'er forgot / A tome that stands the test of time / That this author, sadly, could not
Plato
Andrew
|
$1,000
[12]
Down from 2021's $246 mil., in 2023 David Zaslav made $50 mil. guarding the legacy of these movie men--Jack, Harry, Albert & Sam
the Warner Brothers
Denise
|
| IRISH FIRST NAMES | DUAL ROLES | GEOVERLAPS | BOOKS & WAR | SAME VOWEL PAIR TWICE | PIMP MY ACTINIDE |
|
$400
[26]
It doesn't get more Irish than this name that means Ireland & precedes "go Bragh" in a famous phrase
Erin
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
Yeah, baby! He's played Austin Powers & Dr. Evil on more than one occasion
Mike Myers
Brenden
|
$400
[23]
Please capital-ize: For the Netherlands+for Syria
Amsterdamascus
Andrew
|
$400
[30]
Howard Fast's Revolutionary War novels include this month "Morning", about a 15-year-old in the battle of Lexington
April
Andrew
|
$400
[28]
What a stethoscope is typically used to hear
a heartbeat
Andrew
|
$400
[29]
Only a few actinides occur naturally; the others are typically created in this artificial way, from Greek for "put together"
synthesis (synthetic)
Andrew
|
|
$800
[25]
The author of "All the Pretty Horses" had the given name Charles but used this name instead
Cormac
Denise
|
$800
[24]
On Netflix, shestars as Wednesday & as a distant ancestor named Goody Addams
(Jenna) Ortega
Andrew
|
$800
[22]
Nobel's homeland+a U.S. city with a mint
Swedenver
Denise
|
$800
[10]
"The Charterhouse of Parma" begins as this general enters Milan in 1796: "Caesar & Alexander had found a successor at last"
Napoleon
Andrew
Brenden
|
$800
[21]
A wandering minstrel of the Middle Ages
a troubadour
Brenden
|
$800
[20]
Actinium, the first metal element of the actinide series, was discovered in 1899 by André Debierne, a friend of this science couple
the (Pierre & Marie) Curies
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[14]
It's the real first name of Elvis Costello, who is of Irish ancestry
Declan
Andrew
|
$1,200
[1]
On "Friends" Lisa Kudrow not only played Phoebe but also this twin sister
Ursula
Andrew
|
$1,200
[2]
The world's largest island+a 4,300-mile South American mountain range
Greenlandes
Andrew
|
$1,200
[9]
The "this & that" title format of the great Russian novels continued with Vasily Grossman's "Life & Fate", about this 1942-43 battle
Stalingrad
Brenden
|
$1,200
[11]
Strategic & scheming like a particular Florentine writer
Machiavellian
Brenden
|
$1,200
[18]
Small quantities of these 2 elements named for planets are found in ore deposits of uranium
plutonium & neptunium
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Meaning "wealthy protector", it was the first name of the three-time Irish prime minister who ledhisduring World War II
Éamon
Andrew
|
$1,600
[5]
In his talkie "The Great Dictator", he played 2 roles: a Jewish barber & the dictator of Tomania
Chaplin
Andrew
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
A nation on Afghanistan's eastern border+a big port city in northern Morocco
Pakistangier
Andrew
|
$1,600
[8]
In a 2008 novel a "Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society" is born as a made-up alibi during the German occupation of this island
Guernsey
Denise
|
$1,600
[12]
The outlook or spirit of a particular time period or generation
zeitgeist
Brenden
|
$1,600
[17]
The discovery of "element 95", later given this patriotic name, was announced on a 1945 radio episode of "Quiz Kids"
americium
Andrew
|
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
It can be spelled with a "K", or with a "C" as in the name of the Best Actor Oscar winner for 2023
Cillian
Andrew
|
$2,000
[6]
Including the title role, he actually played 3 roles in 1964's "Dr. Strangelove"
Sellers
Andrew
|
$2,000
[4]
Newfoundland's partner+a German harbor city in the Ruhr Valley
Labradortmund
|
$2,000
[7]
30 years after "Ragtime", this author tackled grimmer American history, depicting General Sherman in "The March"
Doctorow
Andrew
|
$2,000
[13]
Process by which atoms may become electrically charged
ionization
Andrew
|
$2,000
[16]
This Nobel Prize winner who enunciated the organizing principles for actinides has an element named for him--symbol Sg
Seaborg
Andrew
|
It's the building where the Stax Records classic "Knock On Wood" was written but it's remembered for other reasons
the Lorraine Motel