Jackie Yang — a resident physician from New York, New York
Tyler Griffith — a criminal forensic scientist originally from Sturgis, Michigan
Judith Friedman — a software engineer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith | $1,800 | $3,200 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
13 R, 3 W |
| Tyler | $2,400 | $3,600 | $11,200 |
$799
New champion: $799 |
$7,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Jackie | $600 | $3,400 | $10,800 |
$300
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SOMETIME IN THE LAST 300 YEARS | BONSAI | FACTS & THE CITY | YOU CAN GO WITH THIS, YOU CAN GO WITH THAT | GOLF OF AMERICA | THERE'S NO I, BUT THERE'S "M-E" |
|
$200
[26]
In the 1930s, "Black blizzards" of soil blocked the Sun in this section of the Great Plains, also a bad name for a New Year's football game
the Dust Bowl
Judith
|
$200
[27]
Before taking hold in Japan, the art of growing miniature trees & landscapes began as "penjing" in this country
China
Tyler
|
$200
[28]
The red light district has Rembrandt house &... other stuff in this city, which also boasts about 1,300 bridges to cross
Amsterdam
Judith
|
$200
[29]
You can go with this sunglasses company's Clubmaster, or you can go with its classic Aviators
Ray-Ban
Jackie
|
$200
[30]
This invitation-only event conceived by Bobby Jones has been played in Georgia since 1934
the Masters
Tyler
Jackie
|
$200
[23]
It's the nickname for DACA recipients
the Dreamers
Jackie
|
|
$400
[6]
The Sons of Liberty formed in 1765 to oppose this British Parliament attempt at direct taxation on paper documents in the colonies
the Stamp Act
Judith
|
$400
[25]
Pinching & this other "P" verb help keep the tree's shape & curb growth on the outer branches
pruning
Jackie
|
$400
[24]
Sydney may have an opera house, but this big city on the South Coast enjoyed Puccini in the Park at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 2024
Melbourne
Tyler
|
$400
[16]
You can go to Northeastern in Boston, or you can go to this directional school in Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern
Jackie
|
$400
[2]
At TPC Sawgrass in 1994, this Stanford freshman birdied 17 during his 1st U.S. amateur win & showed off his trademark fist pump
Tiger Woods
Tyler
|
$400
[21]
A flat-topped & Spanish-named rock formation, like the Hunts one in Monument Valley
a mesa
Jackie
|
|
$600
[13]
Hetold 30,000 at a be-in at Golden Gate Park in 1967 to turn on, tune in, drop out
(Timothy) Leary
Judith
|
$600
[7]
In "The Karate Kid" this character helps Daniel LaRusso mold a bonsai tree by telling him "Nothing exists... only the tree"
Mr. Miyagi
Tyler
|
$600
[8]
We'll gamble that you know that Baltic Ave. runs parallel to Mediterranean Ave. in this city, but Bally's hotel is on Pacific
Atlantic City
Tyler
|
$600
[3]
You can go see Luka & King James at crypto.com Arena, or you can cross town to see this other NBA team at Intuit Dome
the Clippers
Tyler
|
$600
[4]
A charity event, the Sony Open is held each January at the Waialae Country Club on this island; where's my invitation?
Oahu
Judith
Tyler
|
$600
[10]
This civilian adaptation of a military vehicle guzzled gas in the '90s but is back as a GMC electric
a Hummer
Jackie
|
|
$800
[12]
Full executive power return to Japan's emperor following the 1867 ascension of Mutsuhito, better known by this name
Meiji
Judith
|
$800
[15]
Thistree of the cypress family, whose berries give a spirit its flavor, is a common bonsai tree due to its foliage & branch flexibility
juniper
Judith
|
$1,000
[11]
This Canadian provincial capital had fewer than 100,000 people in the 1880s but today is 3 million strong
Toronto
Tyler
|
$800
[1]
Go to Lombardi's for a N.Y. style pizza, or drive northeast one state to Pepe's to try this "New" city's thin-crusted style
New Haven
Judith
|
$800
[9]
The road to Monterey was packed in 1947 as the pro-am named for this silver screen crooner first came to Pebble Beach
Bing Crosby
|
$800
[22]
Scanty or insufficient
meager
Tyler
|
|
$1,000
[14]
From 2008 to 2012 he was president of Russia, because Putin sure wasn't still running things, no sir, it was this guy, 100%
Medvedev
Judith
Tyler
|
$1,000
[19]
The tree flows over the pot like a verdant cataract in this bonsai style with a name like a Western U.S. mountain range
cascade
Tyler
|
DD
$1,600
[5]
You can likely find a good coffee in this South American capital at the base of 2 mountains, Guadalupe & Monserrate
Bogotá
Tyler
|
$1,000
[17]
You can climb Mount Rainier, which you can see from Seattle, or you can climb this 11,000-footer you can see from Portland
Mount Hood
Jackie
|
$1,000
[20]
This golfing legend designed the course at Muirfield Village; here's a statue of him teaching a youngster how to play
Nicklaus
Judith
|
$1,000
[18]
It's a support at either end of a bridge; don't drive into it
the abutment
Tyler
|
| HISTORIC ALASKA | LITERARY HODGEPODGE | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 SOLO ALBUM | MOTIVATION | WHAT THE 20th CENTURY KIDS WERE SAYIN' | YOU GO, SISTER! |
|
$400
[14]
In 1906 Alaska's capital was moved from Sitka to this southeastern city that can only be reached by aircraft or boat
Juneau
Tyler
|
$400
[22]
Chapter XIV of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is named for these winged creatures that serve the Wicked Witch
flying (winged) monkeys
Jackie
|
$400
[27]
2002:"Justified"
Justin Timberlake
Judith
|
$400
[30]
This is the major motivator for the Count of Monte Cristo, who says after 14 years cursing in prison, he must have it
revenge
Tyler
|
$400
[28]
That dame's the head honcho, the top dog, the large Gouda, the immense Camembert, this similar dairy phrase
the big cheese
Judith
|
$400
[29]
Uncredited for years, 4 nuns at the Vatican Observatory are now known to have mapped half a million of these in the early 1900s
stars
Tyler
|
|
$800
[13]
1980 brought the establishment of then ational parkcalled the Gates of this region that starts more than halfway up Alaska
the Arctic
Tyler
|
$800
[21]
This children's author & creator of Ramona & Beezus lived to the age of 104
(Beverly) Cleary
Jackie
|
$800
[26]
1998, no more Menudo for him:"Vuelve"
Ricky Martin
Tyler
|
$800
[19]
"A" is for this kind of therapy that associates unwanted behavior with misery, like when Cartman gets a shock each time he swears
aversion therapy
|
$800
[20]
This 2-word "edible" term that includes a body part is quite a punch in the mouth; thing is, nobody ever wants to eat one
a knuckle sandwich
Jackie
|
$800
[2]
When she died at 118 Sister Andre of France, then the world's oldest known person, had survived both COVID-19 & this 1918-19 pandemic
the Spanish flu
Jackie
|
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1784, fur trader Grigory Shelikhov strengthened Russian claims to Alaska when he established an outpost on this beastly island
Kodiak
Tyler
|
$1,600
[3]
Hecovered crime for the "Los Angeles Times" before putting his detective Harry Bosch on the beat in L.A.
Michael Connelly
|
$1,200
[25]
2006:"The Dutchess"
Fergie
|
$1,200
[7]
Putdowns by the opposition that motivate sports teams or players are called this "material" for where they're posted
bulletin board material
|
$1,200
[9]
This word was big in 1966: Carole Bayer Sager & Toni Wine heard Simon & Garfunkel use it & came up with the same "Kind Of Love"
Groovy
|
$1,200
[1]
California's Sisters of the Valley, aka the "Weed Nuns", make products from this active but not psychoactive ingredient
CBD
Judith
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Just as in the 1880s, when the Ancon & the Idaho made the first trips, the 500-mile stretch of Alaska called thisis a cruise ship favorite
the Inside Passage
Tyler
|
$2,000
[4]
Title governesses by the Brontës include Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" & this heroine created by Anne
Agnes Grey
Jackie
|
$1,600
[23]
1998:"The Miseducation of" her
Lauryn Hill
Jackie
|
$1,600
[6]
This verb meaning to get someone to act by making them feel bad otherwise can also have "trip" after it
guilt
Judith
|
$1,600
[8]
In the '20s the acme of excellence was this 2-word rhyming phrase with an insect & its limbs
the bee's knees
Judith
|
$1,600
[18]
Mother Frances Cabrini lent her name to the Cabrini homesin this city, later part of the Cabrini-Green complex
Chicago
Tyler
|
|
DD
$4,800
[11]
Linking Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez, this controversial project was completed in 1977 at a cost of $8 billion
the Alaska Pipeline
Tyler
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
A painting by Dutch artist Carel Fabritius is at the heart of this 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction
The Goldfinch
Jackie
|
$2,000
[24]
1985:"The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
Sting
Judith
|
$2,000
[15]
Big motivators include the physiological needs like this pair that are in the lyrics to "People" (who need people)
hunger & thirst
|
$2,000
[16]
This 7-letter word first meant $10 in the 19th century & moved on to describe a 10-year prison sentence in the 20th
sawbuck
Jackie
|
$2,000
[17]
Crossing paths with the likes of Billy the Kid & often having to defend herself, Sister Blandina Segale got this punny nickname
"The Fastest Nun in the West"
|
In 1847, a decade before making national news, he was the plaintiff in a Missouri case against Irene Emerson
Dred Scott