Ben Ganger game 6.
Keegan Olson — a consultant from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sarah Gillis — a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, New Jersey
Ben Ganger — a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 5-day cash winnings total $105,915)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $2,200 | $2,800 | $3,600 |
$5,601
2nd place: $3,000 |
$3,600
16 R, 5 W |
| Sarah | $2,400 | $3,400 | $7,400 |
$7,300
New champion: $7,300 |
$6,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Keegan | $2,800 | $4,600 | $2,800 |
$5,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$17,000
20 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| MY CUP RUNNETH OVER | OSCAR HOSTS | METAPHORS BE WITH YOU | HOWDY, NEIGHBOR! | JUST MOVED IN? | WE'RE THE CARP FAMILY |
|
$200
[3]
Names on this piece of hardware that dates to 1892 include Brian Leetch, Sidney Crosby & Alex Ovechkin
the Stanley Cup
Ben
|
$200
[25]
2016:This stand-up comedian who had a much worse moment on stage a few years later
Chris Rock
Keegan
|
$200
[29]
If someone has nothing to hide, they're one of these unfastened tomes
an open book
Ben
|
$200
[9]
Between Calabria, Italy's toe, & Puglia, the heel, sits Basilicata, this part that we hope never becomes fallen
the arch
Sarah
|
$200
[26]
Hope you updated your subscription & don't miss a great history article in this magazine whose profits support a D.C. institution
the Smithsonian
Ben
|
$200
[30]
Chub will eat almost anything & one popular bait is a paste made with this, such as Stilton
cheese
Keegan
|
|
$400
[2]
A cnn.com article on this object included pictures of Jesus, Indiana Jones & the knights of the Round Table
the Holy Grail
Sarah
|
$400
[18]
2013:This voice behind Stewie Griffin
Seth MacFarlane
Ben
|
$400
[24]
I'm just teasing you a little, this move of tugging an extremity
pulling your leg
Ben
Keegan
|
$400
[14]
This historic county of England with a famous cat to its name has Wales as a western neighbor
Cheshire
Ben
|
$400
[23]
Make your new home homey with these; Diptyque's classic ones include sandalwood, orange tree & wood fire
candles
Ben
|
$400
[28]
This 3-letter substance, the eggs of female barbels, is poison to humans, as noted as far back as Nostradamus
roe
Keegan
|
|
$600
[5]
This brand offers its classic 18-ounce red plastic party cup as well as a not-as-classic clear but at least "eco-forward" one
a Solo cup
Ben
Keegan
|
$600
[17]
Starting in 1990:This man, called the best ever at it by 2025 host Conan O'Brien
Billy Crystal
Keegan
|
$600
[12]
You're too late for the opportunity; you've done this, failed to catch the Boston Whaler 405 Conquest
missed the boat
Keegan
|
$600
[13]
Peaks poke above 14,000 feet in Arapaho & Roosevelt national Forests, a neighbor of the national park named for these mountains
Rocky Mountain
Sarah
|
$600
[22]
You wouldn't be the first to move all your stuff & only then find the time to fill up a box for this organization founded in 1902
Goodwill
Sarah
|
$600
[27]
One of our most "precious" members is this popular pet, like Geppetto's Cleo in "Pinocchio"
a goldfish
Sarah
|
|
$800
[1]
Our coup de mariage is one form of this two-handled cup often made of silver which we simply adore
a loving cup
Sarah
|
$800
[16]
1978:This comic & "Road"-traveling movie star, for his 19th & final time
Bob Hope
|
$800
[8]
To pay too much attention to trivial details could be described as taking this action, dividing follicular growths lengthwise
splitting hairs
Keegan
|
$1,000
[11]
The southwestern neighbor of Mexico's state of Puebla is this one with a name meaning "warrior"
Guerrero
Keegan
|
$800
[21]
Our home will be comfortable all the time as its temperature is regulated by HVAC, which stands for these 3 things
heating, ventilation & air conditioning
Sarah
|
$800
[20]
Carp species include this type named for the quality of its scaleless skin; Heather the this was Britain's most famous fish
leather
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Tea served in this brand of China cup named for 1760s maker Josiah would be lovely
Wedgwood
Keegan
|
$1,000
[6]
1934:Thishomespun comedian, sadly back in the news in 2025 when the Palisades fire destroyed his ranch house
Will Rogers
|
$1,000
[7]
A frustrating or difficult task is said to be this, gathering together Bombays or Bengals
herding cats
Ben
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
China borders the province of Sükhbaatar in this neighboring country
Mongolia
Sarah
|
$1,000
[15]
For Internet access, you can set up this device combining a modem & a router, once the name of a computer retailer from cow country
a gateway
Sarah
|
$1,000
[19]
The asp is one of the few in our family that eats others in it, so not carnivorous but this word with a changed first syllable
piscivorous
Ben
Sarah
|
| COLD WAR TIMES | IT'S A FACT | RHYMING SONG TITLES | NOVELS & NOVELISTS | STARTS & ENDS WITH "D" | FLAGS |
|
$400
[18]
13 was a heavy number in this 1962 event: it lasted 13 days & a missile could have reached D.C. in 13 minutes
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ben
|
$400
[29]
The Dartmouth was one of the ships that had their cargo dumped in this 1773 event
the Boston Tea Party
Sarah
|
$400
[30]
A Little Richard song is called "Good Golly Miss" her
Molly
Keegan
|
$400
[14]
A real manor called Ivinghoe gave this author the name of a title hero
(Walter) Scott
Keegan
|
$400
[28]
Bunk Johnson was a popular figure in the 1940s revival of this style of jazz associated with New Orleans
Dixieland
Sarah
|
$400
[5]
Its flag, the Taegukki, was outlawed under Japanese rule & restored under General MacArthur
South Korea
Keegan
|
|
$800
[16]
What is today called St. Petersburg was renamed this in 1924 & would bear that name until 1991 & the cold war's end
Leningrad
Ben
|
$800
[27]
John Singer Sargent painted the official portrait of this president, who posed for JSS in a White House stairway in 1903
Teddy Roosevelt
Ben
|
$800
[26]
Paul McCartney said this Beatles tune was named for a children's playground slide; that's crazy!
"Helter Skelter"
Ben
|
$800
[9]
Many thrillers have this playing-both-sides type of spy; an early depiction is Razumov in Joseph Conrad's "Under Western Eyes"
a double agent
Ben
|
$800
[23]
A common sailor whose duties are performed topside
a deckhand
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
You can see this temple complex in Cambodia as well as on Cambodia's flag
Angkor Wat
Keegan
|
|
$1,600
[11]
N.A.M. stood for this international "Movement" made up of countries not part of the 2 major power blocs
the Non-Aligned Movement
Keegan
|
$1,200
[22]
The "white" type of this large mammal isn't white; its name is said to be from Afrikaans for "wide", the shape of its muzzle
a rhinoceros
Ben
|
$1,200
[25]
This AC/DC song has lyrics like "Yes, I'm let loose from the noose that's kept me hangin' about"
"Back In Black"
Ben
|
$1,200
[8]
He never minded using a name to tell you about a character, like teacher Mr. M'choakumchild in "Hard Times"
Dickens
Sarah
|
$1,200
[20]
Upper bodymusclethat raises the arm laterally
deltoid
Ben
|
$1,200
[3]
The black, yellow & redflagof this country carries the color of the Duchy of Brabant
Belgium
Keegan
|
|
$2,000
[10]
U.S. diplomat George Kennan was the father of this policy of limiting & blocking Soviet expansion
containment
Keegan
|
$1,600
[21]
Ellen Gates Starr was a co-founder of this social settlement, but didn't get a share of the Nobel Prize Jane Addams won
Hull House
Sarah
|
$1,600
[24]
Cypress Hill went a bit loco, lamenting in this song, "Cops come & try to snatch my crops, these pigs wanna blow my house down"
"Insane In The Brain"
Sarah
Keegan
|
$1,600
[7]
The "Times" of this city said "The Day of the Locust" is "the best-achieved piece of fiction the city has inspired"
Los Angeles
Keegan
|
$1,600
[17]
From the Latvian "combu"... actually no, around 1850 someone made up this 15-letter word meaning confused & upset
discombobulated
Keegan
|
$2,000
[1]
Theshipdepicted on theflagof this British overseas territory commemorates a 1609 shipwreck on its shoals
Bermuda
Keegan
|
|
DD
$10,200
[12]
Countering atheistic communism, in 1954 this 2-word phrase was added to the Pledge of Allegiance
under God
Keegan
|
$2,000
[15]
St. Peter's Basilica was begun in 1506, under the second pope of this name
Julius II
Ben
|
$2,000
[19]
In this classic from "London Calling", The Clash sing about someone who most definitely did not "Stand By Me"
"Train In Vain"
Ben
|
$2,000
[6]
Thisnovelist wrote several books about Nathan Zuckerman, who, like himself, wrote a satirical novel that angered some fellow Jews
Philip Roth
Sarah
|
$2,000
[13]
This tax was levied in England in the 10th & 11th centuries as protection against invasion by Vikings
the Danegeld
Keegan
|
DD
$4,000
[2]
Covering a lot of ground, Mozambique's flag features an open book, a hoe & this weapon invented in the 1940s
an AK-47
Keegan
|
Fittingly, this adjective describing a hit-you-in-the-gut kind of feeling goes back to a Latin word for internal organs
visceral