Dan Moren — a writer and podcaster from Somerville, Massachusetts
Michelle Tsai — a tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii
Sarah Gillis — a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $800 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,600
10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $3,400 | $3,200 | $13,600 |
$8,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$18,200
22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dan | $4,200 | $3,800 | $17,200 |
$17,200
New champion: $17,200 |
$15,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| DOCTORED TELEVISION | EVENTS OF 2005 | THE INSTRUMENT OF MY FAME | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME | THEY ALMOST TORE IT DOWN | IYKYK |
|
$200
[26]
In "Doc", Molly Parkerhas lost eight years to this condition, long a reliable plot device in soap operas
amnesia
Michelle
|
$200
[27]
In July New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for refusing to reveal one of these
a source
Michelle
|
$200
[28]
Anne-Sophie Mutter & then there's Hilary Hahn, stringing you along
violin
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
A circuitous route used temporarily instead of the main road & to consume ravenously
detour & devour
Michelle
|
$200
[29]
In 1947 L.A.'s Recreation & Parks Commission advocated tearing down this, which had lost its H in a windstorm
the Hollywood Sign
Sarah
|
$200
[30]
This Big Ten university in a city some call "Madtown" once had a mascot who was "too vicious to control"
the University of Wisconsin
Dan
|
|
$400
[8]
"I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer" is a classic line by this medical man of the 23rd century
Dr. McCoy
Dan
|
$400
[23]
As a result of the Cedar Revolution, Syria removed the last of its troops from this nation after a 29-year occupation
Lebanon
Michelle
|
$400
[24]
Benny Goodman, who could swing, & Pete Fountain, who could flow
the clarinet
Dan
|
$400
[25]
A wire mesh utensil for straining & to mourn the deceased
sieve & grieve
Sarah
|
$400
[20]
Classical musician Isaac Stern led a 1960 campaign to save this iconic New York City venue from a threatened demolition
Carnegie Hall
Sarah
Michelle
|
$400
[16]
IYKYK, & ify=5, you know thatx equals thisin 2x + 4y = 26
3
Michelle
|
|
$600
[5]
On "Brilliant Minds" this actor plays neurologist Oliver Wolf, inspired by Oliver Sacks, whose middle name was Wolf
Zachary Quinto
Sarah
|
$600
[14]
The world's fastest & tallest roller coaster at that time, Kingda Ka was opened at this N.J. Six Flags theme park
Six Flags Great Adventure
Michelle
|
$600
[9]
Jaco Pastorius & Tina Weymouth laid it down
the bass
Michelle
|
$600
[12]
To knead tired muscles & the enactment into law of a legislative bill
massage & passage
Michelle
|
$800
[17]
Built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo in this city, the Palace of Fine Artsnearly met the wrecking ball in the 1950s
San Francisco
Michelle
|
$600
[11]
A king whose story is told by Plutarch gave us this word for a victory achieved at too great a cost
Pyrrhic
Michelle
Dan
|
|
$800
[6]
Pop music idol Rick Springfield played Dr. Noah Drake on this medical drama that has aired more than 15,000 episodes
General Hospital
Dan
|
$800
[15]
As a divorced woman marrying a divorced man, she had a civil rather than a religious ceremony in Windsor
Camilla Parker Bowles
Dan
|
$800
[3]
Tina Guo (who did the "Wonder Woman" movie theme) & Pablo Casals
the cello
Sarah
|
$800
[2]
Relating to an unborn child & copper, for example
fetal & metal
Michelle
|
$1,000
[19]
If the 1960s plan to replace this Seattle market with high-rises had succeeded, there might be no Starbucks today
Pike Place
Dan
|
$800
[13]
It's no myth--& yet it also is--"The Power of Myth" is a 1988 set of conversations between Bill Moyers & this man
Campbell
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[7]
After the Civil War, this character moved from Boston to Colorado Springs, facing some Old West misogyny
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Sarah
|
$1,000
[21]
Germans starting new jobs included Angela Merkel &this man who became Pope Benedict XVI
Ratzinger
Michelle
|
$1,000
[4]
Wynton Marsalis & Cynthia Robinson of Sly & the Family Stone
a trumpet
Dan
|
$1,000
[10]
Constantly seeking closeness or emotional support & shabbily dirty
clingy & dingy
Dan
|
DD
$4,600
[18]
In 1944 a G.I. almost ordered artillery to destroy this Tuscan landmark suspected of being an observation post
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Michelle
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1866, this American artist conducted, or rather painted, a "Symphony in Grey and Green: The Ocean"
Whistler
Michelle
|
| CITIES AROUND THE WORLD | STAGE NAMES | HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SCIENCE? | COUP LA LA | 21st CENTURY FICTION | ALL THE WAY FROM L TO M |
|
$400
[12]
Today it's around 10 million strong & known as Ho Chi Minh City, but before 1975 the city was known by this name
Saigon
Dan
|
$400
[28]
A comedic cushion helped inspire this stage name of Caryn Elaine Johnson
Whoopi Goldberg
|
$400
[22]
This is by far the weakest of the 4 fundamental forces; odd, as another one is actually called the weak force
gravity
Michelle
|
$400
[27]
If an NFL game begins at 2 PM, that's this "time"; the equivalent in a French soccer match is the heure du coup d'envoi
kickoff time
Dan
|
$400
[30]
Salman Rushdie's 2023 novel "Victory City" is set long ago in what's now this country where the author was born
India
Sarah
|
$400
[29]
For those in the backseat, the Volvo S90 boasts 40.4 inches of this
legroom
Sarah
|
|
$800
[1]
You'll find the first Lego flagship store in this city
Copenhagen
Dan
|
$800
[3]
The name of her TV series was accurate: she really "is Nora (Lum) from Queens"
Awkwafina
Sarah
|
$800
[21]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) The protons, electrons & other particles we know make up only about 5% of the universe; there's about six times as much of this mysterious shadowy stuff out there & we'redoing our bestto understand it
dark matter
Michelle
|
$800
[24]
For decades you could avoid a coup de this, meaning a sunburn, by using bain de this, classy tanning lotion
a soleil
Dan
|
$800
[18]
In her debut novel Sue Monk Kidd tells of Lily Owens, taken in by 3 sisters, who learns about "The Secret Life of" these creatures
bees
Michelle
|
$1,200
[14]
An isthmus, a valley or a mountain is each an example of this to a topographer
a landform
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[6]
This pilgrimage city about 250 miles from Mecca was once known as Yathrib
Medina
Michelle
|
$1,200
[2]
The 1930 film "The Big Trail" was the first time Marion Morrisonused this stage name
John Wayne
Dan
|
$1,200
[9]
Dynamo theory says that movement of liquid iron in this part of the Earth creates the planet's magnetic field
the core
Sarah
|
$1,200
[23]
Hope for a coup de chance or stroke of luck in this game; in the book "Casino Royale", James Bond plays it & wins a 32-million-franc bet
baccarat
Dan
|
$1,200
[17]
Alma Katsu's "The Hunger" retells the tale of this group of settlers who set out for the West in 1846
Donner Party
|
$1,600
[15]
17th century Scotsman John Napier is credited with inventing this mathematical concept to aid in rapid calculations
a logarithm
Dan
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Dating from 1522, the oldest house still standing in Cuba is in this city "de Cuba", the country's 2nd largest
Santiago de Cuba
Sarah
|
$1,600
[4]
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant sang as Lizzy Grant before taking on this name inspired by the Spanish language & a '40s actress
Lana Del Rey
Sarah
|
$1,600
[7]
The atoms in your body are billions of years old; the hydrogen & this lightest metal may date to the Big Bang
lithium
Michelle
|
$1,600
[25]
A coup de main is a bold, sudden attack, like this "Mad" general's 1779 assault on British forces over the Hudson
"Mad Anthony" Wayne
Sarah
|
$1,600
[19]
This cyberpunk master's 2020 novel "Agency" imagines a 2017 where Brexit never happened
Gibson
Michelle
|
$2,000
[16]
A 19th century "wonder drug", this concoction was a tincture of opium & alcohol & resulted in many addicted users
laudanum
Dan
|
|
DD
$2,400
[11]
Malaysia's oldest city, it shares its name with a nearby strait
Malacca
Sarah
|
$2,000
[5]
Fitting stage name of Gertrude Pridgett, "The Mother of the Blues"
Ma Rainey
|
$2,000
[8]
Latin for "broken" gives us the name of these infinitely repeating patterns of shapes that look the same under any magnification
fractals
Michelle
|
$2,000
[26]
In medieval times a misericord was a dagger used to put a defeated foe out of his misery with this finishing stroke
a coup de grâce
Dan
|
$2,000
[20]
This repetitively titled Gabrielle Zevin book follows the lives of Sam & Sadie, whose video game Ichigo becomes a big hit
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Michelle
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
In 1894, one of these impasses on the Mississippi River stretched for nearly 7 miles & took 150 lumberjacks to break up
a logjam
Dan
|
Best New Artist at the 7th annual Grammys, this band would be nominated the next 6 years but not again until the 39th & 67th events
The Beatles