Vivek Upadhyay — a physician from Princeton, New Jersey
Bevin Blaber — a writer originally from Schenectady, New York
Jacob Hale — a nonprofit finance director from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob | $1,200 | $3,200 | $13,600 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
14 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Bevin | $1,400 | $4,000 | $13,600 |
$600
New champion: $600 |
$13,600
18 R, 3 W |
| Vivek | $2,000 | $4,400 | $12,000 |
$2
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,000
15 R, 1 W |
| AT THE KEYBOARD | FOOD | DOUBLE LETTERS | BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS | CROWN HEIGHTS | LET'S GO TO CONEY ISLAND |
|
$200
[2]
This is typically the largest key on the keyboard; it's designed that way for easy access since it's used so frequently
the space bar
Vivek
|
$200
[14]
Carolina Gold barbecue sauce is so named because its base is made from this & vinegar
mustard
Jacob
|
$200
[24]
A seat to raise a small child, or an enthusiastic supporter who promotes a sports team
a booster
Bevin
|
$200
[28]
Cobble Hill got its name from cobblestones but is better known for this type of "stone" found in 19th C. apartment buildings
brownstone
Jacob
|
$200
[30]
While she looms large with the second-longest reign of a British monarch, she was one of the shortest at 4 foot 11
Victoria
Bevin
Vivek
|
$200
[29]
Coney Island's iconic boardwalk & Williams Candy Shop were featured in this 2024 film that won the Oscar for Best Picture
Anora
Bevin
|
|
$400
[3]
For some users, this combo of keys is known as the TFS, or 3-finger salute; in the early days of Windows, it forced a system reboot
Control-Alt-Delete
Vivek
|
$400
[5]
In Britain oatmeal is called this
porridge
Jacob
|
$400
[22]
A cone-shaped utensil with a hole in the bottom of it
a funnel
Vivek
|
$400
[27]
Brooklyn Heights' lovely promenade was a concession by Robert Moses to the area for the annoyance of the BQE, short for this
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Bevin
|
$400
[26]
Towering at almost 7 feet tall, this great czar was likened to the biblical Samson
Peter the Great
|
$600
[1]
She played an Irish immigrant in the 2015film"Brooklyn", which of course featured a date at Coney Island
Saoirse Ronan
Vivek
|
|
$600
[4]
Say goodbye to "claw hand":From the Greek for "work", this type of keyboard is designed to optimize comfort & ease hand strain
ergonomic
Jacob
|
$600
[19]
Often made with crawfish, this Cajun stew gets its name from French for "smothered"
étouffée
Jacob
|
$600
[10]
To walk unsteadily, or to arrange items in an overlapping pattern
stagger
|
$600
[7]
It's said no other Brooklyn 'hood is as rooted in hip-hop as this hyphenated one, home to Lil' Kim & Big Daddy Kane
Bed-Stuy (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Bevin
|
$600
[20]
Called the tallest man of his time (the 1300s), Dusan the Mighty was king of this country, native land of 7'1" NBA star Vlade Divac
Serbia
|
$800
[15]
An abandoned Coney Island arcade was the headquarters of the F Society hackers on this TV series
Mr. Robot
|
|
$800
[13]
When gaming on a standard computer keyboard, these 4 letter keys are commonly used for directional character movement
W, A, S & D
Bevin
|
$800
[17]
Created in Hollywood, this classic salad includes chicken or turkey, Bacon, avocado & blue cheese
a Cobb salad
Vivek
|
$800
[6]
Scouse or a brogue, for example
an accent
Bevin
|
$800
[8]
As the last syllable suggests, this neighborhood is the original home of the open-air food court Smorgasburg
Williamsburg
Bevin
|
$800
[12]
5-foot-nothing Victor Emmanuel III was the last king of Italy & from 1936 to 1941, had the title emperor of this East African nation
Ethiopia
Vivek
|
$1,000
[25]
"Here I go, here I go, here I go again" to Coney Island, where the video for this Salt-N-Pepa song was shot
"Shoop"
Bevin
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In the 1980s this company's "Model M" keyboard with numeric keypad became an industry standard & a user favorite
IBM
Vivek
|
$1,000
[18]
Described as soft yet firm & squeaky, this Indian cheese that doesn't melt is often cut into cubes & used in curry
paneer
Bevin
|
$1,000
[11]
When migrating in swarms, the short-horned variety of this insect is called a locust
grasshopper
|
$1,000
[9]
Duke Snider called his memoir "The Duke of" this area, but lived on Marine Ave. in Bay Ridge during baseball season
Flatbush
|
$1,000
[16]
Edward I was known as the Hammer of the Scots & at 6'2", earned this other sobriquet of the time
Edward Longshanks
|
DD
$1,200
[21]
In the 1978 film "The Wiz", Dorothy finds the Tin Man under this iconic (& aptly named) Coney Island roller coaster
The Cyclone
Jacob
|
| LESSER-KNOWN BLACK AMERICANS | SUBTITLES IN THE BOOKSTORE | SLOW SONGS | 6-SYLLABLE MEDICAL WORDS | WORLDWIDE PARTY TIPS | PARDON MY FRENCH |
|
$400
[30]
Alexander Augusta, the USA's first Black professor of medicine, was a founding faculty member atthisD.C. university's med school in 1868
Howard
Vivek
|
$400
[29]
"Last Call" is a fitting title for Daniel Okrent's nonfiction work subtitled "The Rise & Fall of" this period of temperance
Prohibition
Jacob
|
$400
[28]
His song "Luther", which reminds us to "do it real slow", replaced his diss track "Not Like Us" at the top spot of the charts in 2025
Kendrick Lamar
Bevin
|
$400
[22]
Part of the digestive system, it's what the G-I stands for in GI tract
gastrointestinal
Vivek
|
$400
[27]
No matter which side of the Liffey you're partying on in this capital on St. Patrick's Day, comfortable green shoes go a long way
Dublin
Bevin
|
$400
[24]
In 2025 French Sen. Claude Malhuret called Trump's foreign policy "un drame pour le monde libre", "a tragedy for" this
the free world
Vivek
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Often cast by director Oscar Micheaux, Bee Freemanwas the sepia this other 1930s queen of sex appeal & innuendo
Mae West
Bevin
|
$800
[16]
"Mad About the Boy" is the subtitle of book No. 3 in the exploits of this irrepressible Helen Fielding diarist
Bridget Jones
Jacob
|
$800
[19]
A Spotify playlist of these grooves, also a Kanye/Foxx song spelled with a "Z" at the end, has "U Got It Bad" & "Touch My Body"
slow jams
Bevin
|
$800
[15]
This adjective means pertaining to the heart & blood vessels
cardiovascular
Jacob
Vivek
|
$1,200
[1]
Visiting family in Mexico City for Day of the Dead festivities? Fit in by displaying one of these flowers, aka cempasúchil
a marigold
Bevin
|
$800
[25]
It means, more or less, a "good liver", who may or may not have a good liver
a bon vivant
Bevin
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Henry Baker, who had this 2-word job of judging inventions for the government, compiled a list of hundreds of Black inventors
a patent clerk (examiner)
Jacob
|
$1,200
[9]
We curseher Oxford comma subtitles "Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" & "Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy"
Sandberg
Vivek
|
$1,200
[2]
In a No. 2 hit The Pointer Sisters wanted a man with one of these, also a nickname for Eric Clapton
a slow hand
Jacob
|
$1,200
[5]
Slowing bone loss, Boniva is one of the drugs used to treat or prevent this condition
osteoporosis
Bevin
|
$1,600
[11]
When spelling these New Orleans Mardi Gras parade organizations in the names of Rex or Zulu, use a "K" to start
krewes
Bevin
|
$1,200
[4]
A beautiful film of the '90s is titled "The Last Days of" here, meaning "our place"
Chez Nous
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Last name of Automotive Hall of Fame member Alma, who with her husband Victor put out a guide for Black travelers
Green
Jacob
|
$1,600
[3]
20th century writer Joseph Roth gave a novel this title, like a biblical sufferer, & the subtitle "The Story of a Simple Man"
Job
Jacob
|
$1,600
[6]
"Slower" was a 2021 single by this Canadian singer of "Sports Car" (which is most definitely not about taking things slow)
Tate McRae
|
$1,600
[10]
Sometimes called the "kissing disease", it's typically caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
mononucleosis
Bevin
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Wiesn is another name for this celebration held during autumn; check the online barometer to see when it's not so crazy to visit
Oktoberfest
Jacob
|
$1,600
[12]
Something finished & irreversible is this, French for "fact" & "done"
a fait accompli
Bevin
|
|
$2,000
[23]
The 1st Black James Beard Award "Best Chef", Patrick Clark was executive chef at this D.C. hotel with a presidential family in its name
the Hay-Adams
|
$2,000
[13]
"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice & Redemption " is by this lawyer who founded the Equal Justice Initiative
(Bryan) Stevenson
Vivek
|
$2,000
[20]
"Slow down, you move too fast", begins this duo's "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
Simon & Garfunkel
Bevin
|
$2,000
[14]
This painful condition involving the growth of uterine-type tissue outside the uterus is a leading cause of infertility
endometriosis
Vivek
|
$2,000
[21]
Holiis a big party in South Asia & revelers are big fans of this eighth avatar of Vishnu, but watch out for thebonfires
Krishna
Vivek
|
$2,000
[26]
Don't confuse au jus, a way to serve a roast, with this phrase for the exact right word
le mot juste
|
Much of this 73-square-mile National Park is located beneath the Chihuahuan Desert
Carlsbad Caverns