Nikhil Joshi — a veterinarian originally from Montville, New Jersey
Sarah Fuller — a special education teacher from Athens, Ohio
Joey Quismorio — a product manager originally from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey | $1,200 | $1,600 | $7,400 |
$3,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Sarah | $1,400 | $1,000 | $1,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nikhil | $3,000 | $4,200 | $5,400 |
$5,400
New champion: $5,400 |
$5,400
14 R, 2 W |
| AMERICAN AUTHORS | RHYMING EXPRESSIONS IN OTHER WORDS | DEEP-SEA DIVING | SEVENS | THE WINNING SHOT | ONIONS |
|
$200
[22]
Ray Bradbury used a pay typewriter at UCLA to write a novella, "The Fireman", which he later expanded into this novel
Fahrenheit 451
Joey
|
$200
[4]
Creatures of the family Formicidae within one's trousers
ants in the pants
Nikhil
|
$200
[29]
This 15th century geniussketcheda face mask, cane tubes & cork float to enable soldiers to attack enemy ships from below
Leonardo da Vinci
Joey
|
$200
[30]
An alphabetical list of a rainbow's 7 traditional colors would begin with this one
blue
Sarah
|
$200
[19]
No Bull (yet), as a freshman on a team with James Worthy at N.C., he hit the NCAA title-winning shot to beat Georgetown in 1982
Michael Jordan
Nikhil
|
$200
[27]
Dating back at least to an 1802 recipe calling for frying in plenty of lard, today they're a side at DQ & BK
onion rings
Nikhil
|
|
$400
[16]
Thisauthor was sometimes called the Mark Twain of our time
Kurt Vonnegut
|
$400
[13]
All-out purchasing of goods on a spree before falling down exhausted
shop 'til you drop
Joey
|
$400
[28]
Many divers breathe a helium-oxygen mix, as under pressure, this element that makes up nearly 80% of air induces a dangerous euphoria
nitrogen
Nikhil
|
$400
[1]
At about 5.4 million square miles, this ocean is the smallest of the "7 Seas"
the Arctic Ocean
Sarah
Nikhil
|
$400
[18]
A true Warrior, he hit a 38-foot game winner vs. OKC in 2016 & sealed a win vs. France with a "Golden Dagger" at the 2024 Olympics
Steph Curry
Sarah
|
$400
[17]
The melodic name of fegato alla veneziana, a traditional dish of this organ meat & onions, may fail to lure your 9-year-old
liver
Nikhil
|
|
$800
[23]
Veronica Roth wrote this first book in her famous dystopian trilogy while on winter break from Northwestern University
Divergent
|
$600
[12]
Enormous with total authority
to be large and in charge
Sarah
Nikhil
|
$600
[9]
In 1935, diver Jim Jarrett used a newly inventedsuitto explore this ocean liner, whose sinking helped propel the U.S. into World War I
the Lusitania
Nikhil
|
$600
[14]
Of Disney's Seven Dwarfs, these are the two whose names don't end in "Y"
Doc & Bashful
Sarah
|
$600
[6]
Hail! to the victors valiant! In 1989 Rumeal Robinson hit 2 free throws to win an NCAA title for this Big Ten school
Michigan
Joey
|
$600
[7]
Making it the state vegetable, the Lone Star legislature saluted the Texas sweet onion for inhibiting this food prep event
tears
Joey
Nikhil
|
|
$1,000
[24]
This Pulitzer Prize winner who served up "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" has been called our greatest chronicler of family life
Anne Tyler
|
$800
[11]
Your focused vision concentrated toward a great reward
eyes on the prize
Sarah
|
$800
[8]
Some divers live for weeks in pressurized chambers to minimize the need for this process of clearing gas from the body when surfacing
decompression
|
$800
[15]
This collective term is used for what were historically the female counterparts to the Ivy League schools
the Seven Sisters
Joey
|
$800
[5]
Kawhi Leonard hit "The Shot" to 86 the 76ers in Game 7 of the 2019 Eastern Semis for this north-of-the-border team
the Toronto Raptors
Nikhil
|
$800
[25]
It can take an hour in the pan for your onions to get to this sweet, golden-brown state often used in focaccia
caramelized
Sarah
|
|
DD
$2,800
[21]
This novelist died in 1851 & is buried about a quarter-mile walk from the Baseball Hall of Fame
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Sarah
|
$1,000
[10]
A trio of daily meals with a modest bed included
three hots & a cot
Nikhil
|
$1,000
[2]
Comet discoverer Edmond Halley designed an early version of the airtightdiving chamberknown by this musical name
a diving bell
|
$1,000
[20]
This Italian septet includes the Viminal & the Quirinal
the Seven Hills of Rome
Sarah
|
$1,000
[3]
Thisstar of Romanian heritage hit from near the center court logo to put the New York Libertyup a game in the 2024 WNBA Finals
Sabrina Ionescu
Sarah
|
$1,000
[26]
Anthony Bourdain's les halles recipe for French onion soup calls for this cheese from the French-speaking part of Switzerland
Gruyère
|
| SPIRED UP | SMOOTH SINGERS | WOMEN ON STAMPS | WEIRD SCIENCE | FRENCH HISTORY | MEET ME IN THE "A.M." |
|
$400
[11]
Adding a spire helped this building win New York City's race to the sky in 1929; for a hot second, it was the world's tallest structure
the Chrysler Building
Joey
|
$400
[5]
A 1990s "SNL" sketch called "Coffee Talk" praised this singer for having a voice "like buttah"
Barbra Streisand
|
$400
[4]
Thank you for being a friend--in March 2025 this beloved TV entertainer was honored on a stamp
Betty White
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
When Wilhelm Roentgen discovered "a new kind of invisible light", he used this letter to indicate the rays were unknown
X
Nikhil
|
$400
[2]
A proposal to develop a theme park at Montereau, site of an 1814 battle in these wars, seems to be languishing
the Napoleonic Wars
Nikhil
|
$400
[1]
Following 9/11, many more of these undercover law enforcement professionals were added to commercial flights
air marshals
Joey
|
|
$800
[10]
The spire of Wat Arun, the Buddhist Temple of Dawn seen here, is part of this Asian capital's skyline
Bangkok
Joey
|
$800
[12]
Herecorded "The Christmas Song" several times, starting in 1946; his 1961 version is still the classic
(Nat King) Cole
Nikhil
|
$800
[17]
In 2018 the Postal Service launched a stamp honoring this trailblazing astronaut
Sally Ride
Joey
|
$800
[15]
A protein involved in embryonic development is named for this video game speedster because of its spiky look
Sonic
Nikhil
|
$800
[18]
Before the Franks lent their name to the country, France was known by this 4-letter name & predominantly a Celtic land
Gaul
Joey
|
$800
[19]
A traditional Catholic prayer in Latin, it's also a beloved Schubert composition from 1825
Ave Maria
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Thistwin-spired cathedral is Germany's largest Gothic church, which is nothing to sniff at
Cologne
Joey
|
$1,200
[23]
"Lose Control" was a 2024 No. 1 hit for this guy whose stage name sounds like a short sentence but actually includes an acronym
Teddy Swims
Sarah
|
$1,200
[16]
The image on her 2024stampwas taken from her official 1977 White House portrait
Betty Ford
Joey
Nikhil
|
$1,200
[14]
The opposite of sublimation, this "-tion" word means goes directly from a gas to a solid state & is also a legal testimony in writing
deposition
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
On the French Revolutionary calendar, it's the month the Reign of Terror ended (in 1794) & its leader's goose was cooked
Thermidor
Joey
|
$1,200
[20]
Making up most of Turkey, it's the peninsula between the Black & Mediterranean Seas
Asia Minor
Sarah
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Inthiscity with no love for famous Englishmen, Nelson's Pillarwas destroyed by a bomb & replaced by An Túr Solais, a 400-foot spire
Dublin
|
$1,600
[27]
Louis Armstrong's rasp contrasted beautifully with her sweet honey sound, dueting on songs like "Cheek To Cheek"
Ella Fitzgerald
|
$1,600
[25]
"Their Eyes Were Watching" this author when she appeared on a stamp as part of the Literary Arts Series
Zora Neale Hurston
Joey
|
$1,600
[13]
He said, "Nobody understands quantum mechanics" but his 1965 Nobel Prize for quantum electrodynamics says otherwise
Richard Feynman
|
$1,200
[22]
General Christian de Castries emerged a hero after the defeat of French forces at this Indochinese site in 1954
Dien Bien Phu
|
$1,600
[21]
For an orbiting body it's the product of mass, velocity & distance from the center of rotation
angular momentum
Joey
|
|
$2,000
[7]
This Wiltshire cathedral with the tallest spire in England has a copy of the Magna Carta inside
Salisbury Cathedral
Joey
|
$2,000
[28]
This woman with a smooth voice had the aptly titled hit "Smooth Operator" as well as "No Ordinary Love"
Sade
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
One of 2 women honored in the American Choreographers Series of 2004
(1 of) Martha Graham or Agnes de Mille
Joey
|
$2,000
[3]
With a name from a Dr. Seuss title, this non-Newtonian fluid has weird properties but you can make it from water & cornstarch
oobleck
Joey
|
$2,000
[30]
Crowned king of the Franks in 987, he began a direct line of 15 kings that ruled France until 1328
Hugh Capet
|
$2,000
[24]
Don't hush & keep it down now! You don't have 'til Tuesday to remember this woman sang "Voices Carry"!
Aimee Mann
|
Founded in 1972, this company got its name from a term meaning "hit the target" in the board game Go
Atari