2025 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!final game.
Robin Thede — a comedian and writer originally from Davenport, Iowa
Dave Friedberg — a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-host of theAll-Inpodcast originally from Cape Town, South Africa
W. Kamau Bell — a comedian, author, and filmmaker originally from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Kamau | $800 | $800 | $11,200 | — | — |
| Dave | $1,000 | $2,600 | $6,200 | — | — |
| Robin | $1,100 | $2,200 | $8,000 | — | — |
| THINE BOOK SHALT HAVE A BIBLICAL TITLE | SCIENTIFIC SUFFIXES | CULT FILMS | CIAO, TOSCANA! | 3x5 | YODA ON YOGA |
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$100
[30]
Jerry Pinkney wrote and illustrated this 2002 picture book, named after a big biblical boat with many pairs of passengers
Noah's Ark
Robin
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$100
[17]
Nuclear physicists tack this suffix, meaning "tool" in Greek, onto beta- and cyclo-; kiss cam victims know it as a suffix for "jumbo"
-tron
Dave
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$100
[1]
In "The Princess Bride", it's the line that follows, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father"
Prepare to die.
Dave
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$100
[26]
Not far from the sea, this city's marshy land has produced several tilting towers, although one gets all the attention
Pisa
Robin
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$100
[11]
This frozen food mascot debuted in the 1930s; He didn't start saying "Ho, ho, ho" until the '60s
the Jolly Green Giant
Kamau
Robin
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$100
[19]
Originate over 3,000 years ago in this country, yoga did
India
Kamau
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$200
[29]
Chaim Potok's best-selling novels about Hasidic Judaism include this one from 1975; its title is the Bible's 3 opening words
In the Beginning
Robin
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$200
[16]
An ending to phyto- and proto-, it's a 3-letter suffix meaning "animals"
-zoa
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$200
[6]
Mick Jagger wanted to play Alex DeLarge in this dystopian fable; when Kubrick came aboard, he went with Malcolm McDMcDMcDMcDMcDMcDMcDMcDowell
A Clockwork Orange
Kamau
Dave
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$200
[25]
In this best-selling memoir, American writer Frances Mays has her world turned upside down when she buys a villa in rural Cortona
Under the Tuscan Sun
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$200
[14]
As Borat, he implored moviegoers to, "Please, you come see my film. If it not success, I will be execute"
Sacha Baron Cohen
Dave
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$200
[20]
From the Sanskrit word for "wheel", this word derives; to one of many energy centers in the body, it refers
chakra
Dave
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$300
[28]
Volume 4 of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" has this title, after 2 biblical cities--or should we say, sin cities--of the plain
Sodom and Gomorrah
Robin
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$300
[4]
Part of a condition that appears to affect high school seniors, it's a medical suffix, meaning "inflammation"
-itis
Robin
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$300
[7]
Bette Midler has said that her fave Bette Midler movie is this campy Halloween classic about a trio of bumbling witches
Hocus Pocus
Robin
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$300
[24]
The Ponte Vecchiois the only bridge in this Tuscan capital that wasn't destroyed by the fleeing German army at the close of World War II
Florence
Dave
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$300
[10]
"You're slowly makin' me pay for things" is a lyric in this 1999 song, the first No. 1 hit for Destiny's Child
"Bills, Bills, Bills"
Kamau
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$300
[18]
"I bow to you" this word literally means; though a greeting it is, use it at the end of yoga class in the West we often do
namaste
Kamau
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DD
$500
[15]
This John Steinbeck title refers to the direction traveled by Cain in the book of Genesis after he did you know what to Abel
East of Eden
Dave
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$400
[2]
Affix this suffix to the prefixes cyto-, ecto-, and nucleo- and you have 3 elements of the human cell
-plasm
Dave
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$400
[8]
Running out of money while filming "Eraserhead", this director supported himself by taking on a newspaper route
David Lynch
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$400
[5]
A red blend produced in central Tuscany, this wine is made primarily from Sangiovese grapes; Hannibal Lecter is a fan
Chianti
Kamau
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$400
[12]
In a classic fairy tale, they're the 3 animals that, to a troll's annoyance, clip-clop loudly while crossing over his bridge
the Billy Goats Gruff
Robin
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$400
[21]
Also known by this floral name, the cross-legged Padmasana pose is; a favorite pose for meditation, many consider it
lotus
Kamau
Robin
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$500
[27]
As per Edith Wharton via Ecclesiastes, "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in" this place
The House of Mirth
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$500
[3]
Meaning "foot", it's a suffix many entomologists use in their line of work studying insect species
-pede
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$500
[9]
In this 2001 comedy, Christopher Meloni plays a PTSD-addled camp cook who gets advice from a talking can of mixed vegetables
Wet Hot American Summer
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$500
[23]
Twice a year in its large, shell-shaped Piazza del Campo, the city of Siena hosts the Palio, a centuries-old type of this race
horse
Dave
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$500
[13]
She's the title female "trying to make a devil out of me" in a 1968 song written by Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green
"Black Magic Woman"
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$500
[22]
An inverted balancing pose for very skilled practitioners, Sirsasana is; this common English name, it also has
headstand
Dave
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| BATMAN & ROBIN THEDE | NON-KAMAU BELLS | JUST THE TIPS OF THE FRIEDBERG | IT HAPPENED ON THE IDES OF MARCH | PG VERSIONS OF R-RATED MOVIE SCENES | HITMAKERS OF THE 2020s |
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$200
[8]
A chart-topping Wham! single from 1984 that inspired a mod, low-heeled type of footwear
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" boots
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$200
[1]
Trivia nerds are quick to point out that this name refers to a massive hour-chiming bell in London--not the tower it hangs in
Big Ben
Dave
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$200
[19]
Per official Monopoly game rules, "This is just a 'free' resting place"
Free Parking
Dave
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$200
[9]
Unrest erupted on the streets of Damascus & Aleppo in 2011, sparking a civil war in this country
Syria
Dave
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$200
[15]
After refusing to hire Don Corleone's godson, movie producer Jack Woltz wakes up in bed with an 8-week-old Labradoodle puppy
The Godfather
Robin
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$200
[29]
Olivia Rodrigo broke our hearts with her first No. 1 hit, a ballad named for--of all things--this government-issued form of I.D.
"Drivers License"
Kamau
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$400
[28]
A spectacular Michael Flatley stage show, set in a video arcade, about a boogie-themed rhythm game first released in 1998
Lord of the Dance Dance Revolution
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$400
[4]
Over 400,000 pounds, the Guinness record forworld's heaviest bellgoes to the Tsar Kolokol III, a big-ass bell in this world capital
Moscow
Kamau
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$400
[20]
According to Merriam-Webster, it involves "tongue-to-tongue contact"
French kissing
Robin
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$400
[24]
In 1985, a computer company in Massachusetts registered the first of these dot-com names
domain name
Dave
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$400
[23]
After Meg Ryan sings the Canadian national anthem, a fellow diner informs the waitress, "I'll have what she's having"
When Harry Met Sally
Kamau
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$600
[12]
On a 2023 soundtrack, this red-curled rapper with a rhyming name gave us the lyric, "Yeah, they know who lit, me & Barbie"
Ice Spice
Robin
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$600
[7]
Look for the civil rights leader born in 1925 to Earl & Louise Little who can pinpoint an exact location on a map
Malcolm X marks the spot
Kamau
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$600
[5]
The Emmanuel Bell was the only one of this cathedral's tower bells not melted down for ammo during the French Revolution
Notre Dame
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$600
[3]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge revealed that this show'stitle was her family nickname as far back as she could remember
Fleabag
Kamau
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$600
[11]
Elizabeth Taylor tied the knot with this British actorin 1964; they did it again in 1975, but not on March 15th
Richard Burton
Robin
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$600
[14]
Christian Bale invites a finance colleague to his home & lectures him about Huey Lewis before beating him at Halo
American Psycho
Kamau
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$800
[13]
By 2022, it was tough to recall "Un Verano Sin" this guy; he'd been the most streamed artist on Spotify for 3 straight years
Bad Bunny
Robin
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$800
[27]
Decluttering guru Marie Kondo says it's what an item should do when touched by the most seasoned co-host of "The View"
to spark Joy Behar
Robin
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$800
[6]
In the '80s, this band toured with a 2,000-pound "Hell's Bell" it had commissioned for the album "Back in Black"
AC/DC
Dave
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$800
[2]
It's a unit of distance equal to 220 yards, or 1/12th of the Belmont Stakes
a furlong
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$800
[10]
In 2020, this U.S. central banking authority slashed interest rates to near-zero to boost the economy during the pandemic
the Federal Reserve
Dave
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$1,000
[22]
While being held prisoner overseas, Robert De Niro & Christopher Walken are forced to play a game of Apples to Apples
The Deer Hunter
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$1,000
[16]
This "Say So" artist's stage name derives from a slang term for marijuana & her love of felines
Doja Cat
Dave
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$1,000
[26]
A Steve Carell movie about a pineapple & coconut flavored mocktail that's been sitting in the fridge for four decades
40 Year Old Virgin pina colada
Robin
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$1,000
[18]
the cultural critic & feminist icon gloria jean watkins used this pseudonym; she preferred to spell it with lowercase letters
bell hooks
Kamau
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$1,000
[17]
It's what you're doing if you're giving a long-winded speech to delay a vote in a legislative assembly
filibustering
Kamau
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$1,000
[25]
Nicholas II abdicated the throne in 1917, ending this imperial Russian family's dynasty after more than 300 years of rule
the Romanovs
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DD
$3,000
[21]
Catherine Keener taps her teacup & sends Daniel Kaluuya to the Sunken Place, a finished basement featuring comfy furniture and snacks
Get Out
Robin
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DD
$5,600
[30]
He landed his 4th No. 1 hit in 2024 with "Not Like Us", a diss track aimed at Drake--oh, and he also has a Pulitzer Prize, NBD
Kendrick Lamar
Kamau
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