Brandon Monsman — a bartender originally from Cleveland, Ohio
Jen Johnson — a communications manager from Timonium, Maryland
Andrew Jones — a graduate student from Queens, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $3,800 | $4,400 | $8,000 |
$6,001
3rd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
23 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jen | $2,000 | $2,800 | $6,000 |
$8,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brandon | $2,000 | $3,600 | $8,400 |
$16,400
New champion: $16,400 |
$8,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| WE ARE REALLY GOING TO STUMP YOU | ON GUARD | KNIVES OUT | PICTURE THE HIT SONG | 2 E OR NOT 2 E | THAT IS THE QUESTION |
|
$200
[28]
The Smithsonian has an odd Civil War relic: the stump of this type of mighty tree, full of bullets from a May 1864 battle
an oak
Jen
|
$200
[4]
The Spars, the World War II women's reserve of this, got their name from its motto, Semper Paratus--"Always Ready"
the Coast Guard
Andrew
|
$200
[25]
In a nursery rhyme, the farmer's wife wields a carving knife while clipping this trio
the Three Blind Mice
Brandon
|
$200
[21]
A Katy Perry No. 1
"Roar"
Andrew
|
$200
[29]
A natural growth you don't want in your lawn /got married
weed & wed
Andrew
|
$200
[7]
In Spanish this series of books asks, "Dónde está Wally?" & in French, "Où est Charlie?"
Where's Waldo?
Jen
|
|
$400
[27]
No tall tale, this state's Kings Canyon National Park features the big sequoia stump of the Mark Twain Tree
California
Andrew
Brandon
|
$400
[26]
These Maoist zealots typically wore green jackets & armbands of their namesake color
the Red Guard
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
The penknife derives its name from its use beginning in the 15th century to carve these writing implements
quills
Brandon
|
$400
[5]
It reigned as Billboard's No. 1 Global Song of the Summer for 2024
"Espresso"
Andrew
|
$400
[30]
A bloodsucking worm /one who exhibits inappropriate lustful behavior
leech & lech
Andrew
|
$400
[8]
It's a people.com feature about the current lives of stars of past TV shows
Where Are They Now?
Jen
|
|
$600
[24]
12 feet in diameter, the Big Stumpis what remains of a large one of these colorfully named trees in Colorado
a redwood
Jen
|
$600
[18]
Guardia Civil Commander José Aranguren, who stayed loyal to this country's government, was executed in 1939
Spain
Brandon
|
$600
[15]
The world's largest of these knives is 20 feet tall & found in a Texas city of the same name
a Bowie knife
Andrew
|
$600
[1]
A little ditty from 1982
"Jack & Diane"
Andrew
|
$600
[6]
Pep squad's chant /French for "darling" or "expensive"
cheer & cher
Jen
|
$600
[9]
urbandictionary.com says this 3-word question was "a Vine sensation that everybody says when somebody's shoe game is weak"
What are those?
Andrew
|
|
$800
[3]
The Old Man of the Lake is a hemlock stump that sits peacefully in this Oregon lake formed violently over 7,000 years ago
Crater Lake
Jen
|
$800
[23]
Britain's monarchs are protected by soldiers called theseof the Guard; their dress unis haven't changed since Tudor times
Yeomen
Brandon
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Referees in this sport carry a knife called a tanto, to symbolize their willingness to commit seppuku if they make a bad call
sumo
Brandon
|
$800
[2]
A pop hit, & more recently, a country hit
"Fast Car"
|
$800
[11]
Hemispherical end of a hammer's head /an animal enclosure
pen & peen
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
In 1851 in Akron, Sojourner Truth delivered a speech called this 4-word rhetorical question
Ain't I a Woman?
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In the 19th century William McDonald set up a post office in the stump of a cedar on this mythic-sounding peninsula of Washington State
the Olympic Peninsula
|
$1,000
[19]
This group was disbanded in 312 after picking the wrong side in an emperor vs. emperor battle for control of Rome
the Praetorian Guard
Andrew
Brandon
|
$1,000
[14]
Unlike the butcher's type, the Chinese version of this tool is a versatile vegetable slicer & all-around chef's knife
a cleaver
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
A 4-word No. 1 hit for Creed
"With Arms Wide Open"
Brandon
|
$1,000
[12]
A ruminant forest-dwelling mammal /a German word meaning the
deer & der
Brandon
|
$1,000
[17]
"'I,' said the sparrow, 'with my bow and arrow"' is the answer to this question
Who killed Cock Robin?
|
| TRICK OR TREATY | AUTHORS' HOMES | JESUS HAD A DAY | FUN AROUND THE U.S. | BIG BOX OFFICE ENERGY | RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[24]
The English/Scottish 1502 Treaty of Perpetual this soon turned out to be the opposite of perpetual
Peace
Andrew
Brandon
|
$400
[27]
You can visit Hill Top, her home in the Lake District, purchased with the proceeds of "Peter Rabbit"
Potter
Andrew
|
$400
[1]
Jesus took just a verse or 2 to heal the feverish mother-in-law of Simon, aka this apostle
Peter
Jen
|
$400
[25]
This innovator's museum in Dearborn, Michigan has all sorts of wheels, including Rosa Parks' bus &, of course, a Model T
Ford
Andrew
|
$400
[28]
This blockbuster co-starring an iceberg was the first film to top $1 billion at the global box office
Titanic
Andrew
|
$400
[26]
A soul patch is sometimes called this because it retains vestiges of meals
a flavor saver
Andrew
|
|
$800
[9]
After WWI this partner of Austria lost 2/3 of its territory after the Treaty of Trianon; totally hoodwinked
Hungary
Jen
|
$800
[10]
In 1930 he bought Rowan Oak, a run-down pre-Civil War house in Oxford, Mississippi
Faulkner
Andrew
|
$800
[21]
The Transfigurationinvolved Jesus' clothing turning white & a chat with Elijah & this other major Old Testament guy
Moses
Jen
|
$800
[22]
While in Connecticut visit this college's Peabody Museum of Natural History & see a mummy or a dinosaur
Yale
Brandon
|
$800
[15]
The top-grossing R-rated film of all time features these title Marvel frenemies F-bombing their way straight to the bank
Deadpool & Wolverine
Andrew
|
$800
[20]
A greatly improved ankle shackle
a better fetter
|
|
$1,200
[4]
In 1843 a tricky-worded treaty gave the U.K. a "most-favoured nation" clause to guarantee privileges in this Asian nation
China
Brandon
|
$1,600
[3]
Built at the height of his career, his Château de Monte-Cristo includes a castle, Château d'If, which he used as a study
Dumas
Brandon
|
$1,200
[29]
On this mount that towers over Jerusalem, Jesus commandeered a colt to ride to the city
the Mount of Olives
Andrew
Jen
|
$1,200
[19]
Learn more about Marie Laveau, a priestess of this, in the New Orleans museum devoted to it
Voodoo
Andrew
|
$1,200
[13]
To lighten the mood a bit, filmmakers cut the Schadenfreude character from this top-grossing film of 2024
Inside Out 2
Andrew
Jen
|
$1,200
[6]
Foolish blathering about the latest war skirmish
battle prattle
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[5]
After this country left the ratification of a 1903 treaty on read, the U.S. went ahead & engineered the secession of Panama
Colombia
|
$2,000
[8]
Calling herself a better landscape artist than a novelist, she said her home The Mount "far surpasses 'The House of Mirth'"
Wharton
Andrew
|
$1,600
[30]
Some in Jerusalem violated the 10 Commandments by bearing this, saying they heard Jesus planning to destroy the temple
false witness
|
$1,600
[17]
Fjords aren't just for Norway! A cruise that visits the Kenai Fjords in this state can prove it to you
Alaska
Brandon
|
$1,600
[12]
20+ years after Ian & Toula first locked eyes at Dancing Zorba's, it's still the top-grossing rom-com in meet-cute history
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Andrew
|
$2,000
[11]
Uproarious noise emanating from a disagreement over how a sentence was constructed
a grammar clamor (grammar yammer)
Jen
|
|
$2,000
[16]
An 1868 treaty named for this Wyoming fort ceded the Black Hills to the Sioux, but then gold was found there
(Fort) Laramie
Brandon
|
DD
$2,400
[2]
Some years after vacating the "Old Manse", he purchased a home from the Alcotts & called it "The Wayside"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jen
|
$2,000
[23]
Note the whips in the foreground of "Christ After..." this harsh event by Velázquez
the Flagellation
|
$2,000
[18]
The name of this famed Delaware beach city is from a Hebrew word meaning "broad spaces"
Rehoboth
Jen
|
$2,000
[14]
One of the 2 top-grossing biopics of all time; both feature an Oscar-winning performance by a lead actor
(1 of) Oppenheimer (or Bohemian Rhapsody )
Andrew
Jen
Brandon
|
DD
$5,600
[7]
A compulsion to sing a song of mourning
a dirge urge
Andrew
|
GPS technology has determined that a popular monument near this capital was built about 800 feet too far to the south
Quito, Ecuador