Sarah Cox — a chief of staff from Austin, Texas
Tom Thriveni — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Katie Kornacki — a professor of English from Hartford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $1,400 | $3,600 | $5,600 |
$2,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $-1,800 | $-800 | $4,000 |
$3,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $2,400 | $5,200 | $15,000 |
$15,050
New champion: $15,050 |
$13,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE SPACE BETWEEN US | NOVEL PLOT POINTS | 3-LETTER BODY PARTS? | RARE | MEDIUM | WELL DONE! |
|
$200
[30]
A series of 2-man flights between 1965 & 1966, this program included the first American spacewalk
Gemini
Katie
|
$200
[14]
Huxley AF (that's "After Ford"); ain't no fun being an Epsilon; tough day at the lighthouse
Brave New World
Tom
|
$200
[28]
To equip with weaponry
arm
Katie
|
$200
[26]
A rare occurrence may be described as "once in" this lunar phrase
a blue moon
Sarah
|
$200
[22]
While spirit boards have existed going back to the Song Dynasty, this name is a trademark of Hasbro
Ouija
Tom
|
$200
[17]
In a rave review for this film, Roger Ebert mentions that the title character inspired "The Church of the Latter-day Dude"
The Big Lebowski
Tom
|
|
$400
[29]
Similar orbits were noted when this was spotted in 1531, 1607 & 1682
Halley's Comet
Sarah
|
$400
[13]
Raskolnikov performs the first half of the title; doesn't handle it well; gets the second half of the title
Crime and Punishment
Katie
|
$400
[27]
To tease or make fun of
rib
Katie
|
$400
[25]
Boringly classed in science as an antelope relative, the saola is the Asian this mythic creature partly due to its rarity
a unicorn
Katie
|
$400
[24]
This French loanword associated with spiritualism means "session"
séance
Sarah
|
$400
[21]
The Spectator's Deborah Ross was oddly compelled to watch this film twice, "haunted by Ian McKellen lapping milk"
Cats
Katie
|
|
$600
[5]
Golden phonograph recordson both of these spacecraft launched in 1977 included greetings to everybody spoken in Romanian
Voyager
|
$600
[4]
Opening map quest; Long John Silver doesn't sound good to me; there's the place!
Treasure Island
Sarah
|
$600
[16]
The distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
leg
Katie
|
$600
[6]
The only copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" by this hip-hop group sold at auction in 2015 for $2 million
Wu-Tang Clan
Sarah
|
$600
[7]
To contact the spirit realm, a medium may need to enter this semi-conscious state that's also the name of an EDM genre
trance
Sarah
|
$600
[20]
Spike Lee applauded that this 2025 film directed by Ryan Coogler & starring Michael B. Jordan "tapped into our ancestors"
Sinners
Tom
|
|
$800
[11]
One of the star is Rigel Kentaurus, better known as this triple star system, is but 4.2 light years from our sun
Alpha Centauri
Tom
|
$800
[1]
Clothes don't make the man, a Swiss scientist does; that does not go well at all; a dogsled chase
Frankenstein
Sarah
|
$800
[8]
The seed-bearing part of a cereal plant
ear
|
$800
[9]
Three of the few Gutenberg Biblesleft in existence are held at the library & museum named for this New York financier
(J.P.) Morgan
Tom
|
$800
[15]
Brazilian medium Chico Xavier would perform psychography, also called this kind of writing
automatic
Sarah
|
$800
[19]
This surreal film that topped a BBC poll for the best film of the 21st century stars Naomi Watts as an aspiring actress
Mulholland Drive
Sarah
|
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
A spacecraft sent to study Saturn is named for this Italian-born astronomer who discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
Cassini
Tom
|
$1,000
[3]
The narrator's in big trouble atop a skyscraper; gets in some scraps, which he really can't talk about; space monkey business
Fight Club
Katie
Tom
Sarah
|
$1,000
[2]
A tree of the genus Eucalyptus
gum
|
$1,000
[10]
Discovered in Russia's Ural Mountains & rarer than diamonds, this variety of chrysoberyl is named for a czar
alexandrite
|
$1,000
[23]
Orson Welles narrated 1981's "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" about this 16th century astrologer & seer
Nostradamus
Sarah
|
$1,000
[18]
Quentin Tarantino called "Blow Out", by this director, one of the greatest movies ever made
Brian De Palma
|
| HISTORIC OBJECTS | ALLITERATION | WE'RE BUSSIN' | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES | VIKING LORE |
|
$400
[18]
Denmark's Anointing Thronewas purportedly made from unicorn horn, but in reality came from these cetaceans
the horned narwhal
Tom
Sarah
|
$400
[19]
Something once carried by the family doctor, or in a 2025 movie, the title phrase for secret Intel
black bag
|
$400
[21]
In a series of kids' books, Ms. Frizzle takes kids on enchanted rides on this title conveyance
The Magic School Bus
Tom
|
$400
[27]
New Zealand sits where 2 tectonic plates collide, the Pacific plate & one named for this big neighboring country
Australia
Sarah
|
$400
[5]
Maybe ask your offspring:"(For A White Guy)"
"Pretty Fly"
Sarah
|
$400
[30]
(Gerard Butler presents the clue.) Norse legend says this Allfather discovered runes after hanging himself on Yggdrasil, the world tree, for nine days & nights
Odin
Sarah
|
|
$800
[17]
In the early 19th century, the Jacquard type of this used interchangeable punch cards to make cloth patterns
a loom
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
Mindy Weiss, who has helped the Kardashians with several celebrations, is famous as one of these
a party planner
Sarah
|
$800
[20]
Willie Nelson's tour bus runs on Bio Willie, this fuel made of soybean & vegetable oils
biodiesel
Katie
Sarah
|
$800
[26]
6-letter name for a region of Asia & for the School of Art of Gaganendranath Tagore, nephew of Rabindranath
Bengal
|
$800
[4]
Embrace the C+C Music Factory:"(Everybody Dance Now)"
"Gonna Make You Sweat"
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
(Mason Thames presents the clue.) Exiled from Iceland, Erik the Red went on to explore this land & hoped to colonize it by giving it a name that he hoped would attract colonists
Greenland
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Believed to have been used at the Battle of Sterling Bridge, theswordnamed for him is a national treasure of Scotland
(William) Wallace
Sarah
|
$1,200
[7]
An overtime game-winner in soccer, like by Laurent Blanc in 1998, or hockey, such as Connor McDavid's in 2025
a golden goal
Tom
|
$1,200
[10]
For his 2012 reelection tour, President Obama had a sleek campaign bus named this, one word different than a plane he rode in
Ground Force One
|
$1,600
[22]
The Society Islands are one of 5 groups that make up this Pacific Ocean territory of a European country
French Polynesia
|
$1,200
[1]
The (Blue Öyster) cult classic:"(Don't Fear)"
"The Reaper"
Sarah
|
$1,200
[12]
(Nico Parker presents the clue.) From 885 to 886, the Vikings laidsiegeto this île, the heart of Paris; they were repulsed by hot wax & pitch & paid off to leave
Île de la Cité
Katie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The rocking chair that Lincoln was shot in was claimed by the government but returned to the widow of a man with this last name
Ford
Katie
|
$1,600
[6]
"Supernanny" Jo Frost says the first step for a parent facing one of these meltdowns is to ask why
a temper tantrum
Tom
|
$1,600
[24]
The design of "The Partridge Family"buswas inspired by this Dutch painter
Mondrian
Tom
|
$2,000
[23]
Szczecin has the Polish-est name, but its history is entwined with this capital 90 mi. off; the 1st train to the city came from there
Berlin
|
$1,600
[2]
He's not talking about an old engine:"(Soulja Boy)"
"Crank That"
Sarah
|
$1,600
[11]
(Nico Parker presents the clue.) In one Norse saga, we learn that legendary Viking warrior Björn Ironside is the grandchild of Sigurd & this valkyrie
Brunhilde
|
|
$2,000
[15]
A famous one of these in Vienna called Pummerin was forged from Turkish cannonballs collected after a 1683 siege
bell
|
$2,000
[8]
It's an unscientific term for when declining testosterone causes emotional & physical symptoms for guys in middle age
male menopause
|
$2,000
[25]
This author & his Merry Pranksters painted a school bus in psychedelic colors & set off across America
Ken Kesey
Katie
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
With about 2,070 miles of coastline, this Horn of Africa nation has the most of any nation on the continent
Somalia
Sarah
|
$2,000
[3]
A 1-word history lesson from They Might Be Giants:"(Not Constantinople)"
"Istanbul"
Tom
|
$2,000
[28]
(Gerard Butler presents the clue.)Thesebloodthirsty Viking warriors who gave their name to ferocious rage were much feared in combat; some were said to be part of Harald Fairhair'sguardin Norway
Berserkers
Sarah
|
In 1974 Allison Maher Stern posed horizontally on stools & pretended to swim for a cover of this book
Jaws