2025 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!semifinal game 3.
Dave Friedberg — a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-host of theAll-Inpodcast originally from Cape Town, South Africa
Sean Gunn — an actor originally from Manchester, Missouri
Mina Kimes — a NFL analyst on ESPN originally from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mina | $2,400 | $3,700 | $11,400 |
$16,000
2nd place: $50,000 to SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition |
$15,900
33 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Sean | $1,300 | $2,800 | $4,800 |
$9,999
3rd place: $50,000 to Women for Women International |
$17,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Dave | $-500 | $800 | $2,400 |
$17,397
Winner: finalist |
$9,700
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| RUN IT UP THE STATE FLAGPOLE | REVISIONIST HISTORY | MUSICALS BY THE NUMBERS | MIXED-UP SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS | SCIENCE MAGAZINES | YOU'RE GIVING ME THE "ICK" |
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$100
[16]
We could say it's not the animal appearing most frequently on U.S. state flags... but that would be a bald-faced lie
the eagle
Dave
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$100
[29]
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with 3 ships: the Niña, the Pinta & Boaty McBoatface
the Santa María
Mina
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$100
[7]
1,000 years: It's how long the hills have been alive with songs they have sung, whatever that means, in this musical
The Sound of Music
Dave
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$100
[25]
These 2 crazy kids from Verona were the O.G. star-crossed lovers:UNREAD TILE MOJO
Romeo and Juliet
Mina
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$100
[30]
A popular field of study, it's also the name of a science magazine that runs a feature called "Digs & Discoveries"
Archaeology
Mina
Dave
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$100
[24]
Fans of the movie "Grease" can tell you that getting one of these "love bites" from Kenickie is like a Hallmark card
a hickey
Sean
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$200
[1]
Utah'srevamped state flagfeatures a beehive, once favored by Brigham Young as an emblem of this religion
Mormonism
Dave
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$200
[14]
In 1773, American colonists protested taxation by filling Boston Harbor with chests full of non-GMO oat milk caramel lattes
tea
Mina
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$200
[6]
76: It's the number of these instruments that once led a big parade, according to "Music Man" Harold Hill
trombones
Sean
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$200
[23]
The ides of march were extremely unlucky for this salad namesake:CASUAL JURIES
Julius Caesar
Mina
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$200
[22]
In the '90s, Nat Geo's logo was updated to feature National Geographic's iconic border of this color
yellow
Sean
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$200
[12]
A severe allergy to red meat, alpha-gal syndrome can develop after a bite from the lone star species of this critter
a tick
Dave
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$300
[15]
Theflagof this Southern state features a pelican feeding its young; no word on whether it's feeding them jambalaya
Louisiana
Mina
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$300
[28]
Thousands "rush"ed to California after the 1848 discovery of a precious resource: parking spaces!
gold
Sean
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$300
[3]
24601: It's the former prison ID number of a guy who stole some bread--presumably French bread--in this blockbuster
Les Misérables
Sean
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$300
[21]
This queen of Egypt was permanently dethroned by poisonous snakes hidden in a fig basket:TACO PEARL
Cleopatra
Dave
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$300
[8]
For its may 2024 issue, Scientific American ran the story "Life in the Pyrocene"; the cover depicted a man blowing this
fire
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$400
[11]
This Canadian alt-rock quartet still packs arenas over 20 years after releasing "How You Remind Me"
Nickelback
Mina
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$400
[26]
The home & lifestyle empire of Chip & Joanna Gaines shares its name with this flower, which appears on the state flag of Mississippi
magnolia
Mina
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$400
[18]
According to legend, soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill were told not to fire "until you see the whites of their boxer-briefs"
whites of their eyes
Sean
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$400
[4]
525,600: According to "Rent"--& to basic mathematics, for that matter--it's the number of these that comprise "a year in the life"
minutes
Sean
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$400
[20]
Hamlet is her ex-boyfriend & the other men in her life are no picnic either:PEA HI LO
Ophelia
Mina
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$400
[2]
In its obit for Oliver Sacks, Nature magazine mentioned this 1973 work that inspired a 1990 Robert De Niro-Robin Williams film
Awakenings
Sean
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DD
$500
[10]
"Wow! This baked potato looks exactly like Paul Rudd" is an example of these attractive Internet headlines that drive users to sites
clickbait
Mina
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$500
[27]
"C" is for both "Continental Divide" & the name of this state with a red "C" on its flag, home to part of the Continental Divide
Colorado
Dave
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$500
[17]
To attack Rome, Hannibal famously crossed the Alps with thousands of troops, thousands of horses & 37 chihuahuas
elephants
Dave
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$500
[5]
96,000: It's the number of dollars the locals dream of winning in a song from this show, set in upper Manhattan
In the Heights
Dave
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$500
[19]
"Out, damned spot" sounds like a laundry detergent ad but it's actually this Scotswoman losing her marbles:CYMBAL DEATH
Lady Macbeth
Sean
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$500
[9]
In its "Top 10 Space Stories of 2023", Astronomy magazine noted this country's Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun
India
Mina
Dave
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$500
[13]
In one of his bios for "A Series of Unfortunate Events", this children's author lists nervous apprehension as a hobby
Lemony Snicket
Mina
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| PATENTS | ADD "IT" IN | TWEETS & GEEKS | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE | IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE! | FARTHEST AWAY FROM WHERE I'M STANDING |
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$200
[30]
This Founding Father received zero patents, content to freely give the world the lightning rod, a variety of stove & bifocals
Ben Franklin
Mina
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$200
[28]
Add "it" in the Spanish word for donkey & you'll cook up this Mexican food
a burrito (from burro)
Sean
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$200
[25]
His Twitter bio is simply "astrophysicist"; he's actually the host of "The Tonight Show"
Jimmy Fallon
Sean
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$200
[10]
I've been crushing arm day at the gym--now I can rock this loose, 4-letter garment often worn by ancient Romans
a toga
Mina
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$200
[23]
Let's watch these quel to that Pixar moviethat's set in the mind of a little girl... The title always escapes me
Inside Out
Mina
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$200
[29]
Golden Gate Bridge; Space Needle; Gateway Arch
the Gateway Arch
Mina
Sean
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$400
[15]
A boy in Maine sold "Greenwood's champion ear protectors" after patenting this type of winter headgear in 1877
earmuffs
Mina
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$400
[26]
Add "it" in another word for the brim of a baseball cap & you'll see this person who pops by for a bit
visitor (from visor)
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$400
[24]
With a bio that reads "persnickety dude", @NYTTypos is the handle of a guy who reports the typos he finds in this newspaper
The New York Times
Mina
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$400
[27]
While floating in my pool, I imagine I'm coasting across this sea the Romans called "Mare Nostrum" or "our sea"
the Mediterranean
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$400
[22]
Have you seenthat Netflix show? Uh, the one about a bartender who has a stalker... It won an Emmy...
Baby Reindeer
Mina
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$400
[18]
Stonehenge; Rock of Gibraltar; Great Sphinx of Giza
the Great Sphinx
Mina
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$600
[6]
Nearly 50 years after the metal can was invented, Ezra Warner patented the first one of these kitchen gadgets (finally!)
a can opener
Mina
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$600
[20]
Add "it" in a thing Olympic athletes use to "vault" & create this adjective describing a courteous person, pretty please
polite (from pole)
Mina
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$600
[16]
A tweet from this kids' TV character: "Three thousand nine hundred nineteen! Ah ah ah!" (They're all like this)
the Count (from Sesame Street )
Sean
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DD
$700
[21]
Okay, so I burnt our lasagna--at least I'm not this fifth Roman emperor who legend says fiddled while Rome burned
Nero
Mina
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$600
[19]
Did you see that Broadway show about the history of women fighting for the right to vote? I can't remember its name!
Suffs
Sean
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$600
[17]
Joshua Tree National Park; Yosemite National Park; Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Sean
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$800
[5]
Originally marketed under the name "Chemgrass", it was patented in 1967 & pro athletes have been playing on it ever since
AstroTurf
Dave
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$800
[3]
Add "it" in a light shade of brown & you'll discover this moon of Saturn, or an NFL player from Tennessee
titan (from tan)
Mina
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$800
[4]
It has over 750k Twitter followers & it's what the last 2 D's stand for in @Wizards_DND
Dungeons & Dragons
Dave
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$800
[11]
How shall I display my bowling trophies for all of time? Maybe in replica of this building, with a name from the Greek for "all gods"
the pantheon
Mina
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$800
[7]
We were just talking about her! Uh, thepop singer from Missouri who sings, "H-O-T-T-O-G-O, you can take me hot to go"
Chappell Roan
Mina
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$800
[9]
Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee
Miami, Florida
Sean
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DD
$1,000
[1]
In 1989, AMC theatres patented a design that combined a chair's armrest with this amenity
a cupholder
Dave
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$1,000
[2]
Add "it" in a show that takes place under the big top & you get these complete paths that electricity flows through
circuits (from circus)
Mina
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$1,000
[13]
Including "physician" & "engineer", her Twitter bio also reads "1st woman of color in space"
Mae Jemison
Mina
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$1,000
[12]
It took me 14 hours to build an IKEA bookcase, so how'd it take the Romans just over six years to build this barrier across Britain?
Hadrian's Wall
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$1,000
[8]
Did you see that gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik in the Olympics? He only does one exercise... I can't remember what it's called
pommel horse
Mina
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$1,000
[14]
Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; London, England
Rio de Janeiro
Dave
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Called the premier movie industry event for the Balkans, this festival began 30 years ago while the city was under siege
the Sarajevo Film Festival