Greg Harris — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Kiley Campbell — a teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah
Micah Fritz — a teacher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah | $3,600 | $5,800 | $15,800 |
$10,800
2nd place: $3,000 |
$15,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kiley | $1,000 | $7,800 | $14,200 |
$24,201
New champion: $24,201 |
$12,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 8 W |
| Greg | $-800 | $-200 | $6,200 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| A DOG OF A STORY | ON THE MAP | ALL ALONE | THIS IS NOT A DRILL | I LOVE YOU, MAN | FIGURES OF SPEECH |
|
$200
[30]
A classic book ends with "'And here is"' this dog "'too. and oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"'
Toto
Kiley
Greg
|
$200
[28]
The only tropical rainforest in the U.S. national forest system is El Yunqueon this island
Puerto Rico
Greg
|
$200
[23]
The name of this brand of disposable cups means unaccompanied
Solo
Kiley
|
$200
[5]
It's a handy 2.-word tool like a Wusthöf classic 9-inch hollow edge one, but please, leave those poor 3 blind mice alone
a carving knife
Kiley
|
$200
[26]
3 MVP awards,50 homers & 50 steals in a season... Oh, & you pitch too? No wonder you're the idol of 2 continents!
Shohei Ohtani
Greg
|
$200
[14]
It's what Ferris Bueller "breaks" when he asks the camera, "How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?"
the fourth wall
Kiley
|
|
$400
[29]
"'But they're mongrels--all white, no spots at all!"' this character cried--"'You must drown them at once"'
Cruella de Vil
Kiley
|
$400
[27]
This Down Under city boasts the world's largest natural harbor, covering 11 miles from North Head to the mouth of the Parramatta River
Sydney
Micah
|
$400
[6]
A doomed FedEx flight delivers Chuck Noland (oh, Noland, I get it!) to a deserted island for 4 years in this movie
Cast Away
Micah
|
$400
[1]
A tool with an angled blade to get unwanted plants out at the root is called a Cape Cod type of this
a weeder
Micah
|
$400
[25]
Royals, secret agents, Elizabeth's Darcy, Bridget's Darcy--Is there anything you can't do?
Colin Firth
Kiley
|
$400
[12]
This term for intensive questioning derives from freemasonry; it refers to the level attained by a master Mason
the third degree
Kiley
|
|
$600
[17]
In a Stephen King novel, a sick bat takes a bite out of this nice ol' St. Bernard who becomes a not-so-nice ol' St. Bernard
Cujo
Kiley
|
$600
[11]
Melilla & Ceuta in Morocco are exclaves, small territories controlled by this European nation
Spain
Kiley
|
$600
[7]
At a certain point, you have to announce the title of this card game in a timely fashion or you will have to draw more cards
UNO
Micah
|
$600
[2]
Let's see how you deal with this type of saw seen here, used to make precise, intricate wood cuts
a coping saw
Micah
|
$600
[15]
"Goldfinger","Highlander", the chest hair, the Scots brogue... och, man!
Sean Connery
Micah
|
$600
[9]
This term for, say, a Triple Red Hot 7s or Mega Moolah machine doesn't always apply, the way Vegas casinos look today
one-armed bandits
Kiley
|
|
$800
[18]
India Opal Buloni gets a lot more from the supermarket than expected, but that's "Because of" meeting this dog
Winn-Dixie
Micah
|
$1,000
[20]
Legend says the city of Petra, today in this kingdom, is where Moses brought forth water from the rock
Jordan
Kiley
|
$800
[8]
In 2024 the Supreme Court voted 8-1 that domestic abusers can be temporarily disarmed--this justice appointed in 1991 was the 1
Thomas
Greg
|
$800
[3]
All a board! Time to adjust the throat plate on a block this, used to smooth surfaces
a plane
Micah
Greg
|
$800
[16]
Jefferson Smith, Glenn Miller, George Bailey... what's not to love
Jimmy Stewart
Kiley
|
$800
[10]
2/5 of a ton appears in this phrase for a company powerful enough to dominate an industry; meeting one in Africa is no picnic either
an 800-pound gorilla
Kiley
Greg
|
|
$1,000
[19]
In "Oliver Twist", Bull's-eye has "faults of temper in common with his owner", this evil man
(Bill) Sikes
Kiley
|
DD
$2,400
[21]
Geologically a microcontinent, this island separated from Africa about 160 million years ago
Madagascar
Kiley
|
$1,000
[22]
This writer got some serious me-time while living "Life in the Woods" from 1845 to 1847
Thoreau
Kiley
|
$1,000
[4]
A curved blade on a handle used for shaping wood, it can be written ending in "Z" or "ZE"
an adze
Micah
|
$1,000
[24]
"What's going on","Let's Get It On","Sexual Healing"...How sweet it is!
Marvin Gaye
Micah
|
$1,000
[13]
"Custody presumes ownership" is a rough translation of this fractional idiom, though it's bad legal advice any way you say it
possession is nine-tenths of the law
Kiley
|
| MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY WITH JOHNNY GILBERT | WELCOME TO YOUR MICROBIOME | 3-LETTER RESPONSES | BIG IN FEUDAL JAPAN | WORLD LEADERS | Xs & Os |
|
$400
[3]
"I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep & find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap"
"New York, New York"
Kiley
Greg
|
$400
[1]
Even the medicos use this simple 3-letter word for your digestive tract when talking about microbes residing there
a gut
Kiley
|
$400
[28]
Since 1970, this government agency has worked to reduce pollutants & to ensure that we have clean air, land & water
the EPA
Greg
|
$400
[27]
It didn't get bigger than the Shogun, though technically he was under the control of this figurehead
the emperor
Micah
|
$400
[26]
During World War II the "Big Three" Allied leaders were FDR, Churchill & him
Stalin
Kiley
|
$400
[30]
Called the Peacemaker, the colt .45 was one of these numerical firearms in the Old West
a six-shooter
Kiley
|
|
$800
[11]
"Century Boulevard (We love it), Victory Boulevard (We love it), Santa Monica Boulevard(We love it)"
"I Love L.A."
Kiley
|
$800
[4]
They're the microorganisms that comprise your mycobiome--dozens of them at the very yeast
fungi
Greg
|
$800
[2]
A flavor enhancer "generally recognized as safe", or a New York City sports & concert venue for short
MSG
Micah
|
$800
[18]
In the 12th century, Dogen & Eisai started the Soto & Rinzai schools of this type of Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
Kiley
|
$800
[15]
His IMDb credits include playing d'Artagnan in the 2005 TV movie "Tri Mushketyora"
Zelenskyy
Kiley
|
$800
[29]
A former member of the State Cattle Sanitary Board, William C. McDonald became the first governor of this state in 1912
New Mexico
Kiley
Greg
|
|
$1,200
[12]
"Oh, there's blackjack & poker & the roulette wheel, a fortune won & lost on every deal"
"Viva Las Vegas"
Kiley
|
$1,600
[6]
Not all viruses are bad: bacteria-eating ones, known as these, can do everything from fight infection to aid digestion
phages (bacteriophages)
Kiley
Greg
|
$1,200
[8]
In states including California & Texas, it's a 3-letter name for carpool lanes (as opposed to express lanes)
HOV
Kiley
|
$1,200
[19]
Sen No Rikyu is credited with elevating this ritual to an art form; to this day, it is a symbol of Japanese culture
the tea ceremony
Micah
|
$1,200
[16]
This dictator's full name ended with al-Tikriti, Tikrit being the city near where he was born in 1937
Saddam Hussein
|
$1,200
[17]
This verb means to place 2 objects or images side by side, often for contrast
juxtapose
Kiley
|
|
$1,600
[13]
"He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na"
"Havana"
Micah
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Looking to up your helpful bacteria? Pucker up, buttercup & have some kefir, sauerkraut or kimchi, which undergo this process
fermentation
Greg
|
$1,600
[9]
Among other things, this plastics material is used to make pipes & flooring
PVC
Kiley
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Samurai are associated with the katana or sword, but also had to master the yumi, this weapon, even on horseback
the bow (& arrow)
Micah
|
$1,600
[24]
Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of this country, was later sent to prison for corruption & embezzlement
Bangladesh
|
$1,600
[25]
Lacrimal & salivary are examples of these glands that produce secretions released through a duct
exocrine
|
|
$2,000
[14]
"He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent, lately he's been overheard in Mayfair"
"Werewolves Of London"
|
$2,000
[7]
Microbes break down nutrients your body can't, like this fiber from the cell walls of plants; that salad you're eating is full of it
cellulose
Micah
|
$2,000
[10]
It's the postal abbreviation for Australia's most populous state
NSW
Micah
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1274 & 1281 typhoons called kamikaze, meaning divine wind, turned away the fleets of this Mongol leader, a famous grandkid
Kublai Khan
Greg
|
$2,000
[23]
In 1923 the man born Mustafa Kemal became a world leader under this name
Atatürk
Kiley
|
$2,000
[22]
This soldier & historian's works like "Anabasis" & "Hellenica" remain major sources of ancient Greek history
Xenophon
|
One of the first chatbots was named for this language-learning character from a 1913 play & 1956 musical
Eliza Doolittle