Geoff Barnes — an analyst from Washington, D.C.
Anne LaGatta — a college professor originally from Moorestown, New Jersey
Thomas Sweeney — a survey technician from Morrow, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | $400 | $3,000 | $4,800 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Anne | $2,000 | $4,000 | $9,600 |
$1
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,600
17 R, 2 W |
| Geoff | $7,200 | $8,400 | $23,000 |
$24,000
New champion: $24,000 |
$18,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| MORTAL MATTERS | FRUIT | WORDS FOUND INJUICYBY BIGGIE | GHOSTING | THE GREAT SQUALL | OF CHINA |
|
$200
[29]
The rhyme "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" tells you the fate of his wives
Henry VIII
Anne
|
$200
[26]
Add some fun to your fruit plate with thecarambola, also known as this fruit, for obvious reasons
the starfruit
Anne
|
$200
[28]
Last name of wine merchant Claude; his family later went into business with the Chandons
Moët
|
$200
[27]
In this 2023 horror comedy from Disney, Jared Leto voiced the Hatbox Ghost
Haunted Mansion
|
$200
[30]
In this author's story "A Descent into the Maelström", a character's hair goes from "raven-black" to white after a storm
Edgar Allan Poe
|
$200
[24]
The "blast" type of this got hot & heavy in China as early as 200 B.C.
a furnace
Geoff
|
|
$400
[11]
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, who identified the 5 stages of grief, also spent many years studying these, NDEs for short
near-death experiences
Geoff
|
$400
[5]
Grown Down Under, it's also known as the Chinese gooseberry
a kiwi fruit
|
$400
[15]
A person in a tree-mendous field of work, or his red & black shirt
a lumberjack
Anne
|
$400
[23]
In a 1995 film we learn that this "friendly" fellow's last name is McFadden
Casper
Anne
|
$400
[25]
In this novel, the title character praises God when lightning strikes near his boat; poor kitty Richard Parker cowers in fear
Life of Pi
Anne
|
$400
[18]
This vital ingredient to modern warfare is said to have been invented in China by a Tang dynasty alchemist around 850 A.D.
gunpowder
Thomas
|
|
$600
[22]
This pop artist survived a gunshot wound in 1968 but died in 1987 of cardiac arrest following gall bladder surgery
Warhol
Thomas
|
$600
[2]
You may be on a first-name basis with this fruit that's related to figs & mulberries & used as a meat substitute
a jackfruit
Geoff
|
$600
[8]
Langston Hughes wondered if one of these might "stink" or "crust" or just "explode" over time
a dream
Thomas
|
$600
[6]
In a 1990 film Rick Aviles shoots this actor & turns him into a "Ghost"
Patrick Swayze
Anne
|
$600
[19]
His 1850 book "White-Jacket" tells "all ye naval aspirants" to "prepare for white squalls, living gales & typhoons"
Melville
Thomas
|
$800
[10]
You need 3 O's & only 3 O's as vowels in this type of tea that dates back at least 1,000 years
oolong
Geoff
|
|
$800
[16]
In the Bible, after he is killed with a single stone to the forehead, his head is cut off with his own sword
Goliath
Anne
|
$800
[13]
Treats flavored by this fruit are popular Valentine's gifts, though it's actually named for what Jesus endured
passion fruit
Anne
|
$800
[7]
In ancient times one of these units of measurement equaled the weight of a seed from a carob tree
carats
Anne
|
$800
[3]
Haley Joel Osment said that this line from a 1999 film "was the first time that my character shared his secret"
I see dead people
Geoff
|
$800
[4]
This murder mystery play first performed in London in 1952 is set in Monkswell Manor during a snowstorm
The Mousetrap
|
$1,000
[1]
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Zhang Heng made an early type of this device; adorned with dragon heads, it registered when the ground shook
a seismograph (a seismometer)
Geoff
|
|
$1,000
[20]
After years of declining health, this poet died in the arms of her beloved Robert in 1861
Elizabeth Browning
Thomas
|
$1,000
[14]
Despite the name, this versatile staple of Polynesian cooking is often said to taste like artichoke or potato
a breadfruit
Anne
|
$1,000
[17]
Small fishies whose name is related to an Italian island
sardines
Geoff
|
$1,000
[9]
Deceased couple Adam & Barbara(Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis) are told, "Never trust the living" in this film
Beetlejuice
Thomas
|
$1,000
[21]
In a Shakespearean storm, King Lear is joined by his fool & by this character disguised as poor Tom
Edgar
|
DD
$3,600
[12]
Acupuncture's origins lie in correcting the disharmony between these 2 cosmic principles
yin & yang
Geoff
|
| LEADING FROM THE FRONT | ON THE MAP | RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES | BLENDED WORDS | CELEBRITY WOMEN | UH OH, HERE COMES "A.I." |
|
$400
[25]
On the 1942 raid that bears his name, James Doolittle himself made the first risky takeoff of a big bomber from one of these
an aircraft carrier
Geoff
|
$400
[26]
Kefalonia & Corfu are the 2 largest of this country's Ionian Islands
Greece
Anne
|
$400
[27]
The first Temple in Jerusalem consisted of just 3 rooms; one called Devir, or "Holy of Holies", held this sacred container
the Ark of the Covenant
Anne
|
$400
[29]
Malware is a blend of these 2 words
malicious software
Thomas
|
$400
[22]
Accepting a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award at 87, shesaid she's "had a really weird career, and I'm not done"
Jane Fonda
Anne
|
$400
[30]
You had 12 plates of coconut shrimp, 9 reef lobsters & 24 Cadillac margaritas in one weekend?! Good thing the resort is this!
all-included (all-inclusive)
Thomas
|
|
$800
[24]
Though later derided as "Dugout Doug", in World War I he earned 7 Silver Stars as a daring field commander
Douglas MacArthur
Geoff
|
$800
[16]
Rossini's opera "The Italian Girl in" this North African capital opens at the palace of Mustafa--of course it does
Algiers
Thomas
|
$800
[4]
The cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens & Reims are the 3 great examples of the French version of this architectural style
Gothic
Geoff
|
$800
[17]
I do love getting back to nature doing this; check out my luxury tent
glamping
Geoff
|
$800
[21]
In between being named Miss Israel & becoming a movie superhero, she served in the Israel Defense Forces
Gal Gadot
Anne
|
$800
[18]
"The Answer" is this superstar 76ers guard who joined the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016
Allen Iverson
Anne
|
|
$1,200
[12]
Omar Bradley said the bravest thing he ever saw was this general, the son of a president, leading men under fire at Utah Beach
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Thomas
|
$1,200
[3]
Strategically important to shipping, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait separates this peninsula from Africa
the Arabian Peninsula
Geoff
|
$1,200
[6]
A Baptist church with this biblical name opened in London in 1861, a few years before another faith opened one in Utah
a tabernacle
|
$1,200
[8]
Alternating between winter & summer every 2 years, it's the largest global sporting event for athletes with disabilities
Paralympics
Anne
|
$1,200
[15]
She wrote an op-ed piece about how her role in the "Charlie's Angels" films normalized Asian identity for a mainstream audience
Lucy Liu
Geoff
|
$1,200
[5]
Here's some business jargon: this piece of A.I. is a specific task created in a meeting for someone to follow up with
an action item
Geoff
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Escorted by only a handful of Marines, Abraham Lincoln visited this still-smoldering city on April 4, 1865
Richmond
Geoff
|
$1,600
[2]
These 2 "M" cities about 800 miles apart are 2 of the most populous cities on the Mississippi River
Minneapolis & Memphis
Anne
|
$1,600
[7]
The Orthodox Churchof this sect in Alexandria is Egypt's principal Christian building
Coptic
Geoff
|
$1,600
[13]
They're the folks at Disney who come up with all the cool rides & attractions
Imagineers
Geoff
|
$1,600
[19]
In 2021 she was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame for a second time--by Angela Bassett, who played her on film
Tina Turner
|
$2,000
[28]
A classic work by Richard Hofstadter is titled this hostility-to-eggheads -ism "in American Life"
Anti-Intellectualism
Geoff
|
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Military genius Gustavus Adolphus made Sweden a power in this war but died leading a charge at the 1632 Battle of Lützen
the Thirty Years' War
Thomas
|
$2,000
[1]
North of Australia, the second-largest island in the world is split politically between these 2 nations
Indonesia & Papua New Guinea
Thomas
Anne
|
$2,000
[9]
In a 1984 attack on occupying Sikh separatists, the Indian army damaged the Golden Templeof this city
Amritsar
Thomas
|
$2,000
[23]
A bionic human, a cyborg derives its name from these 2 words
cybernetic & organism
Geoff
|
$2,000
[20]
A 2025 documentary focuses on the life & career of this iconic British model & actress who began her rise in the 1960s
Twiggy
Anne
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
For Zyrtec, it's cetirizine hydrochloride
active ingredient
Geoff
|
An 1845 article called "Annexation" was the first appearance of this 2-word phrase implying inevitability
manifest destiny