Scott Riccardi game 4.
Elise Canup — an advertising producer from Richmond, Virginia
Dan Puma — a salesperson from Chicago, Illinois
Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $96,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $5,200 | $7,600 | $23,200 |
$36,401
4-day champion: $132,402 |
$23,200
24 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $2,000 | $3,400 | $18,200 |
$23,201
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W |
| Elise | $3,600 | $4,200 | $2,200 |
$4,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$800
6 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| NOTABLE NAMES | HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN | THAT'S HONORIFIC! | DAYS IN TECH HISTORY | THOSE ARE THE LYRICS?! | MULTIPLE MEANINGS |
|
$200
[26]
First name of West German chancellor Schmidt & German chancellor Kohl; put one on, boys, you're going in
Helmut
Scott
|
$200
[28]
A 2022 report said many Kuwait City residents were deficient in this vitamin, as extreme heat kept them indoors
D
Scott
|
$200
[27]
It's the real honorific for non-real characters like Moriarty, Langdon &X
Professor
Dan
Elise
|
$200
[30]
On Jan. 12, 2009 the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto made the first transaction of this currency to a software developer
Bitcoin
Dan
|
$200
[24]
A taste of their "Boom Boom Pow": "Beats so big I'm steppin' on leprechauns"
the Black Eyed Peas
Dan
|
$200
[29]
Oh, deer, it also means to be have in a sycophantic way over someone
fawn
Dan
|
|
$400
[25]
Hebecame a symbol of excellence beyond baseball, particularly for an incredible mid-May to mid-July of the 1941 season
DiMaggio
Dan
|
$600
[11]
2024 was brutal in Bangkok, as the oceanic pattern known by this childish name helped induce deadly heat levels
El Niño
Scott
|
$400
[10]
In Canada, his or her worship is for people with this government job, like Scott Gillingham of Winnipeg & Surrey, B.C.'s Brenda Locke
a mayor
Scott
Dan
|
$400
[23]
Presented in 1994, "Archie-Like Indexing" for the Web, or ALIWEB, was one of the web's first of these, the "SE" in SEO
a search engine
Elise
|
$400
[22]
Justin Bieber on "Boyfriend": "Swag swag swag on you / Chillin' by the fire while we eating" this melty dish
fondue
Scott
Dan
|
$400
[17]
It's capital, it's most important, it's a school administrator
principal
Elise
|
|
$600
[1]
This Danish navigator who died in 1741 was buried on an island near the Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering
Scott
|
$800
[7]
As part of a heat-reduction plan, Athens is employing one of these built by the Romans to irrigate a "cool corridor"
an aqueduct
Scott
|
$600
[5]
From 2018 to 2025 Sony employees got updates from CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, often containing this gender-neutral Japanese honorific
san
Dan
|
$600
[21]
On March 2, 1969 this supersonic transport jet took its first successful flight
the Concorde
Dan
|
$600
[20]
Putting the "dark" in Katy Perry's "Dark Horse", "karma" (sort of) rhymes with "she eat your heart out like" this serial killer
(Jeffrey) Dahmer
Scott
|
$600
[8]
One can hang as a wall decoration or worse, some can hang out on the wall of a blood vessel
(a) plaque
|
|
$800
[2]
This German scientist wrote his dissertation about earwax, but his name is known today for his later work on dementia
(Alois) Alzheimer
Scott
|
$1,000
[13]
Dating to Roman times & host of a World's Fair 2 millennia later, it's been called "the Iberian oven"
Seville (Sevilla), Spain
|
$800
[6]
A 12th century Muslim Arab word from "commander" became this now-naval honorific
Admiral
Dan
|
$800
[4]
His first patent for improvements in boats by steam was obtained February 11, 1809 (but was lost in a fire)
Fulton
Scott
|
$800
[19]
Hozier's "Too Sweet" says, "You treat your mouth as if it's heaven's gate / The rest of you like you're" this 3-letter agency
the TSA
|
$800
[9]
A supplementary structure separate from a main one, or to incorporate territory into a sovereign nation
annex
Elise
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Winston Churchill said this leader who preceded him was "cheated by a wicked man"
Chamberlain
Dan
|
DD
$1,800
[16]
This city's History Museum displays a nearly 7-ton metal blob of nails & other hardware melted in a store basement in 1871
Chicago
Elise
|
$1,000
[15]
Historically an honorific for English gentry ranked between a gentleman & a knight, it now denotes a lawyer
Esquire
Elise
|
$1,000
[14]
On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell called this assistant on his newfangled dingus
Watson
Scott
|
$1,000
[18]
On "Whenever, Wherever", she confides, "lucky that my breasts are small & humble so you don't confuse them with mountains"
Shakira
Scott
|
$1,000
[12]
To vex or worry, perhaps about your fingers moving about that part of a musical instrument
fret
Scott
|
| BEST-SELF-ERS | STATE ODDITY | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE | "X" | MARX | THE SPOT |
|
$400
[18]
The title of this Supreme Court justice's memoir "Lovely One" is the translation of her given name from an African dialect
Brown Jackson
Dan
|
$400
[21]
Minnesota has a statephotograph, taken in the city of Bovey in 1918 & titled this, what the man is saying
Grace
Scott
Dan
Elise
|
$400
[30]
She's the actress seen here with mom Melanie Griffith & grandmother Tippi Hedren
Dakota Johnson
Scott
|
$400
[25]
In 1966 Fortune called this co.'s 914 copier the "most profitable product ever manufactured" in the United States
Xerox
Scott
|
$400
[29]
Born in modern day Germany, Karl Marx passed away in this city in 1883
London
Dan
|
$400
[28]
Also the name of a Dickensian orphan, it's the term for a spot on a domino or a die
pip
Elise
|
|
$800
[17]
This author pulled off a posthumous publicity stunt: making fans wait for his memoir until 2010, the centennial of his death
Mark Twain
Dan
|
$800
[20]
travelnevada.com says the state has more of these, often fun to visit, than places that are actually populated
ghost towns
Dan
|
$800
[23]
He said being a "big 6'5 Hawaiian" gave him an advantage when trying out for roles like Khal Drogo & Conan the Barbarian
(Jason) Momoa
Scott
|
$800
[24]
Coleridge began "Kubla Khan" in a dream state; a visitor on business yanked him out of this place & kept him from finishing
Xanadu
Dan
|
$800
[26]
This Marx collaborator called "Das Kapital" the "Bible of the working class"
Engels
Scott
|
$800
[27]
Currants & raisins are responsible for giving this British dessert part of its fame
spotted dick
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[16]
"Going Rogue", the title of her 2009 memoir, comes from a phrase used by an aide of John McCain to describe her going off-message
Palin
Dan
|
$1,200
[19]
Only 5 states allow this capital punishment method & in 2025, South Carolina carried out the first such U.S. execution since 2010
firing squad
Dan
|
$1,200
[22]
For his role as Chris Kyle in "American Sniper", this actor received rifle training from a Navy SEAL sniper who served with Kyle
Cooper
Dan
|
$1,200
[9]
This Persian emperor tried to take on the Greeks; after his failures, he withdrew to Susa & Persepolis
Xerxes
Scott
|
$1,200
[2]
According to Marx, the proletariat is exploited by this class of property owners
the bourgeoisie
Dan
|
$1,600
[12]
From the Sanskrit for particle, it's the name for thedot-like adornmentworn on the forehead of Hindu & Jain women
bindi
Scott
|
|
$1,600
[15]
This opposition leader's 2024 memoir "Patriot" was published after his death in a Russian prison
Navalny
Dan
|
$2,000
[8]
Not a Western state but New York has the largest publicly protected area in the lower 48, the park named for these mountains
Adirondacks
Scott
Dan
|
$1,600
[7]
Heco-wrote the screenplay for "Stuart Little", but he's better known for making films like "Split" & "Unbreakable"
Shyamalan
Scott
|
$1,600
[10]
This food thickening agent is made when sugar is fermented by a specific bacteria
xanthan gum
Scott
Dan
|
$1,600
[3]
Karl Marx was heavily influenced by this German philosopher & his concept of the dialectic
Hegel
Scott
Dan
|
$2,000
[13]
Spots on leopards are also known by this floral name
rosettes
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[14]
In a 1983 memoir she wrote, "I have made my home among the mountain gorillas"
(Dian) Fossey
Scott
Elise
|
DD
$3,400
[1]
Most of Arizona used this 20th century innovation from 1918 to 1968, but scorns it now
daylight savings time
Dan
|
$2,000
[6]
Thisearly animation device inspired the name of Francis Ford Coppola's movie studio & his San Francisco cafe
zoetrope
Dan
|
$2,000
[11]
This South African language that utilizes both clicks & tones is spoken by over 8 million people
Xhosa
Dan
|
$2,000
[4]
Marx threw his support behind this "dictatorship of the proletariat" that lasted just 2 months in spring 1871
the Paris Commune
Dan
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Back in 1878 American astronomer Carr Pritchett noted the color of this storm, the largest in our solar system
the Great Red Spot
Dan
|
At the start of this tale, the title character is reminded he went turtling off the Mosquito Coast
The Old Man and the Sea