Liam Starnes game 7.
Steve Icsman — a retired teacher originally from Sandusky, Ohio
Erin Morin — a digital pre-press specialist from Aldie, Virginia
Liam Starnes — an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (whose 6-day cash winnings total $123,584)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam | $5,000 | $6,400 | $25,400 |
$21,199
2nd place: $3,000 |
$20,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $2,200 | $5,600 | $14,800 |
$29,600
New champion: $29,600 |
$13,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Steve | $-200 | $600 | $5,400 |
$5,400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
9 R, 5 W |
| QUOTABLE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | HOLDING SPACE | THE "CO" CO. | TELEVISION | WONDERS | NEVER CEASE |
|
$200
[5]
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant... an elephant's faithful one hundred per cent!" declares this Seussian creation
Horton
Liam
|
$200
[26]
It's the traditional enclosure (cage seems a bit harsh, but also applicable) to pen your pet rabbit
a hutch
Erin
Steve
|
$200
[28]
This car care chain is known for the "beep beep" heard in its brand signature
AAMCO
Liam
Erin
|
$200
[16]
Revisiting material cut from the script of "The American President" inspired Aaron Sorkin to create this series
The West Wing
Steve
|
$200
[17]
The Colossus of this city was a huge statue that stood near its harbor until an earthquake knocked it down
Rhodes
Liam
|
$200
[23]
Dried beans & canned goods are deemed "non-" this, as they stick around on the shelf for a while & don't spoil
nonperishable
Steve
|
|
$600
[11]
"Your native language is the language of Shakespeare & Milton & the Bible", scolds this professor of phonetics
Henry Higgins
Erin
Steve
|
$400
[27]
This accessory has many names--waist bag, hip sack & OK, chaos pouch is pretty cool--but we prefer this other "body part" one
a fanny pack
Liam
|
$400
[29]
Science was unaware that salty & buttery could coexist until the geniuses here introduced Ritz crackers in 1934
Nabisco
Liam
|
$400
[15]
In 2024 this "Queen of Country" music opened up a new bar--"Happy's Place"
Reba (McEntire)
Erin
|
$400
[8]
This one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World was probably built around 600 B.C. near today's city of Al Hillah
the Hanging Gardens (of Babylon)
Liam
Steve
|
$400
[25]
From the Latin meaning can't be destroyed, this 4-syllable word found before "ink" refers to permanence
indelible
Liam
Erin
|
|
$800
[10]
This Kafka guy asks himself, "Should I now show them I learned nothing from facing trial for a year?"
Josef K.
Liam
|
$600
[6]
Very specific contracting details from the client are given in Genesis for this: make it 300 by 50 by 30 (in cubits)
Noah's Ark
Liam
|
$600
[19]
Many of its 1,500 locations offer services like a dog wash along with crates, treats, etc.
Petco
Steve
|
$600
[12]
After toiling for a decade in the ER on "ER", Noah Wyle returned to a different ER on this series that debuted in 2025
The Pitt
Erin
|
$600
[3]
The Lighthouse of Alexandria is sometimes called the this "of Alexandria" for an island in the city's harbor
Pharos
Liam
|
$600
[9]
Adjective for a Wonka Gobstopper or the magical Tuck family of literature
Everlasting
Liam
|
|
$1,000
[22]
"We might have made the tour of the world in only 78 days", says this valet to his employer
Passepartout
|
$800
[4]
A common type of wine barrel, a barrique holds about 60 gallons & originated in this wine region of southwest France
Bordeaux
Erin
|
$800
[18]
The As-Seen-on-TV catchphrase has helped sell products like the Pocket Fishermanfrom this five-letter company of Mr. Popeil
Ronco
|
$800
[13]
Alan Ball created the shows "True Blood" & this one set at a family funeral home
Six Feet Under
Erin
|
$800
[2]
The Temple of Artemis stood near this now-Turkish city; the New Testament contains a letter to its residents
Ephesus
Liam
|
$800
[7]
This long-lived word precedes jellyfish in the name of ahydrozoanthat evades death by cycling between polyp & medusa forms
immortal
Steve
|
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
"Just think lovely wonderful thoughts... and they lift you up in the air", explains this eternal youth
Peter Pan
Erin
|
$1,000
[20]
If you & 14 friends need to get somewhere, this Mercedes passenger van with a "racy" name may be the choice
a Sprinter
Erin
|
$1,000
[30]
A food distributor on the NYSE & a tech company on the NASDAQ, they have homophonic names; know which one you're investing in
Sysco/Cisco
|
$1,000
[14]
In 2024, Aldis Hodge got into criminal minds--but not on "Criminal Minds"--as this detective forensic psychologist
Alex Cross
Erin
|
$1,000
[1]
The statue of Zeus at Olympia was a masterpiece from this Greek sculptor whom Pericles chose to improve Athens
Phidias
Liam
|
$1,000
[24]
Also meaning "unvarying", it's math talk for a variable that can assume only one value
a constant
Liam
|
| THE 1970s | AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS | SCIENCE & NATURE | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN | DRINKING SONGS | "MB", EH? |
|
$400
[16]
Embracing a new energy trend, Jimmy Carteradded these to the roof of the White House; Reagan took them down
solar collectors (panels)
Steve
|
$400
[8]
On its 2,300-mile course from its source in Minnesota, this river flows through or borders 10 states
the Mississippi
Erin
|
$400
[29]
The isolation of this hormone in the 1920s led to the first effective treatment for diabetes
insulin
Liam
|
$400
[23]
In Virginia in November 1921, the first burial took place at what was then called this
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Erin
Steve
|
$400
[25]
Jimmy Buffett's signature song, it had him forever searching for his lost shaker of salt
"Margaritaville"
Erin
|
$400
[12]
The stump from this cord usually falls off a newborn in 5 to 15 days
an umbilical cord
Erin
|
|
$800
[17]
In 1978 this process, IVF for short, produced the baby Louise Brown
in vitro fertilization
Erin
|
$800
[26]
Named for the color of its sediment, it forms much of the border between Oklahoma & Texas
the Red River
Steve
|
$800
[28]
Kalium is the old name for this element
potassium
Liam
|
$800
[9]
You don't want a diagnosis of CUP, this of unknown primary; fortunately, it's rare
cancer
Erin
|
$800
[24]
Little Big Town sings, "Don't wanna wait 'til the sun's sinking... why don't we do a little" this
day drinking
Liam
|
$800
[13]
It's a buzzy dating app founded in 2014 where "women make the first move"
Bumble
Erin
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Founded in 1971 in British Columbia, this organization aimed to stop nuclear testing on nearby Amchitka Island
Greenpeace
Erin
|
$1,600
[3]
Restored as a museum, historic Fort Ticonderogais on the shores of this lake that's named for an explorer
Lake Champlain
Liam
|
$1,600
[5]
As well as a unit of work, this 3-letter word is also a large area of desert covered by wind-blown sand
an erg
Liam
|
$1,200
[10]
To conceal their identities, members of this hacktivist collective wore Guy Fawkes masks like the ones in the film "V for Vendetta"
Anonymous
Erin
|
$1,200
[22]
Oasis sang, "I'm feeling supersonic, give me" this cocktail
gin & tonic
Erin
|
$1,200
[14]
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America includes a replica of these underground places in Rome
catacombs
Erin
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Students protesting compulsory Afrikaans in this township now part of Johannesburg led to a broader uprising in 1976
Soweto
Liam
|
$2,000
[7]
It flows nearly 2,000 miles from British Columbia & through Alaska before emptying into the Bering Sea
the Yukon
Liam
|
$2,000
[27]
Bats use this method of detecting objects by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off them
echolocation
Erin
Steve
|
$1,600
[11]
Errol Morris' 2013 documentary "The Unknown Known" focused on this man
Donald Rumsfeld
|
$1,600
[20]
In 2004, he & Alison Krausswon CMA Awards for their heartbreaking "Whiskey Lullaby"
Brad Paisley
Erin
|
$1,600
[15]
In the "Iliad", Athena gives "distilled nectar &" this food to a hero before battle
ambrosia
Liam
|
|
$2,000
[1]
After leading a bloody coup, hetook power as Chile's president in 1974
Pinochet
Steve
|
DD
$9,600
[4]
This river that flows through a valley of the same name is the main tributary of the Potomac
the Shenandoah
Liam
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
This hard, dark-colored volcanic rock is the most common type found in the Earth's crust
basalt
Liam
|
$2,000
[30]
Truly one of his lesser-known novels is 1933's "To a God Unknown", set in California & informed by the Bible
Steinbeck
Steve
|
$2,000
[19]
This '90s hit mentions drinking whiskey, vodka, lager & a cider drink; no wonder "I get knocked down, but I get up again"
"Tubthumping"
Liam
|
$2,000
[18]
Georgia's state historical song, its first known recording featured H. Wylie singing "Come By Here" in a Gullah accent
"Kumbaya"
Steve
|
At the start of his writing career, his wife told him, if it didn't work out, at 6'4", he could be a reacher in a supermarket
Lee Child