Scott Riccardi game 8.
Paul Swain — a tutor from Vancouver, Washington
Amanda Hopkins — an analytics manager originally from New Providence, New Jersey
Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 7-day cash winnings total $182,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $5,800 | $9,000 | $34,200 |
$18,400
8-day champion: $201,301 |
$30,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Amanda | $1,600 | $3,000 | $-200 |
$-200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$-200
7 R, 2 W |
| Paul | $2,200 | $2,200 | $3,600 |
$0
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,400
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER | WORDS OF WEATHER | A STICKY SITUATION | "M"EDICAL | DOUGH | RAY, ME |
|
$200
[30]
Before Raúl Castro, this guy 5 years older than Raúl
Fidel Castro
Scott
|
$200
[26]
To those hoping to harvest, literally &/or figuratively: it's when you should make hay, according to a proverb
while the sun shines
Paul
|
$200
[27]
Add vinegar to sticky shari rice & spread on a sheet of nori to make this Japanese staple
sushi
Amanda
|
$200
[25]
Epidemic parotitis isn't parrot fever, it's this disease that causes swelling of the neck, usually in childhood
mumps
Amanda
|
$200
[28]
$1 U.S. will get you about 500 in the currency of Costa Rica that bears an explorer's name--not the Cristóbal but this
colón
Scott
|
$200
[29]
The 2016 film "The Founder" starred Michael Keatonas this man, who made McDonald's a global phenomenon
Ray Kroc
Paul
|
|
$400
[23]
Hu Jintao preceded him as president of China
Xi (Jinping)
Scott
|
$400
[22]
Don't "spout" off about trivial things; you might be accused of brewing one of these mini-squalls
a tempest in a teapot
Scott
|
$400
[21]
Amazon Prime Video's comedy "The Sticky" is about a Canadian farmer who plots to steal millions of dollars of this sticky sweet product
maple syrup
Amanda
Paul
|
$400
[20]
A German pharmacist derived this drug from opium circa 1804, delighting doctors who thought it safe
morphine
Scott
|
$400
[19]
Grab the check for your dinner of méchoui & harira in this largest African nation in area & you'll be paying in dinars
Algeria
Scott
|
$400
[24]
He & his younger brother Dave both picked up the guitar & formed the band The Kinks
Davies
Scott
|
|
$600
[1]
Before Monegasque ruler prince Albert II
Rainier
Scott
|
$600
[4]
Get engaged at someone else's engagement party & you've committed this larceny
stealing thunder
Paul
|
$600
[6]
Sticky bumps is a So Cal company that makes & sells this adhesive to keep you onboard your board
surf wax
Paul
|
$600
[18]
In the 1950s a culture from an 11-year-old boy led to the first vaccine against this, a vax back in the news in 2025
measles
Amanda
Paul
|
$600
[9]
Prince Mieszko I, who ruled in the 10th century, is on Poland's note worth 10 of these currency units
zloty
Amanda
|
$600
[17]
After his sitcom on which everybody loved him, he was one of the "Men of a Certain Age", along with Scott Bakula & Andre Braugher
Ray Romano
Paul
|
|
$800
[2]
Hehanded the reins to Justin Trudeau
Stephen Harper
|
$1,000
[14]
It's what you've captured if you achieve unlikely success; very loosely speaking, Ben Franklin caught some in a Leyden jar
lightning in a bottle
Paul
|
$800
[5]
Sticky toffee pudding, a classic British dessert, is a dark sponge cake made with chopped these, perhaps the Medjool kind
dates
Paul
|
$800
[7]
It's an adjective meaning relating to the lower jaw
mandibular
Scott
|
$800
[10]
20 E.U. member countries use the euro, including this former Yugoslav republic, the newest one to adopt the currency
Croatia
Paul
|
$800
[16]
One ofhisless intense roles was as Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams"
(Ray) Liotta
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Preceding Nelson Mandela, he became second deputy president in the new government
F.W. de Klerk
|
DD
$2,400
[13]
Don't look for this hyphenated companion when dark clouds roll in
a fair-weather friend
Scott
|
$1,000
[12]
Hoplodactylus pacificus is the scientific name for a sticky-toed species of this lizard of New Zealand
a gecko
|
$1,000
[8]
The bacterial type of this inflammation of the membranes covering the brain can be deadly & requires immediate medical attention
meningitis
Amanda
|
$1,000
[11]
Ask someone to share a few bob in Kenya or Uganda & you might get the currency called this, like an old British coin
a shilling
Scott
|
$1,000
[15]
He had a No. 1 hit with the title song from "Ghostbusters"
(Ray) Parker (Jr.)
Scott
|
| IN THE WORLD'S FAIR HOST CITY | MORE THAN ONE MEANING | FIZZY DRINKS | BILLBOARDNO. 1 HITS | NAME THE AUTHOR | THIS CATEGORY IS FIRE |
|
$400
[28]
Thiscity's 1998 expo commemorated the 500th anniversary of a big voyage by Vasco da Gama who knew its harbor well
Lisbon
Scott
|
$400
[25]
Where performers are farthest from a theater audience, or to draw attention away from others to yourself
upstage
Amanda
|
$400
[26]
This brand of fizzy water originated in Wisconsin & its name rhymes with enjoy, so stop trying to sound French when you say it
LaCroix
Paul
|
$400
[27]
From May 17 to 31, 1986, we all believed the children were our future with her No. 1 hit "The Greatest Love Of All"
(Whitney) Houston
Scott
|
$400
[29]
In a 1932 book he wrote, "I have seen Belmonte... triumph in Valencia with bulls"
Hemingway
Paul
|
$400
[30]
75% of the world's volcanoes are part of this 25,000-mile-long seismic belt formed around the basin of the Pacific Ocean
the Ring of Fire
Paul
|
|
$800
[24]
100 years after the Nguyen Dynasty transferred the nation's capital to Hue, this city hosted in 1902 (& would re-capitalize)
Hanoi
|
$800
[23]
The force of one object hitting another, or to have a direct effect on
impact
Paul
|
$800
[21]
R.I.P. this 1-calorie soda, 1963-2020, the Coca-Cola company's first diet beverage but not its last
Tab
|
$800
[19]
In 2016 Desiigner hit No. 1 with this song inspired by the resemblance of a white BMW with black wheels to an animal
"Panda"
Scott
|
$800
[20]
Thisauthor came up with Percy Jackson while telling his son bedtime stories
Rick Riordan
Scott
|
$800
[22]
In 2 Kings a chariot of fire & horses of fire appear before this prophet is taken by a whirlwind to heaven
Elijah
Scott
|
|
$1,200
[8]
500 acres larger than Central Park, Forest Park in this 1904 host city boasts its zoo & the Missouri History Museum
St. Louis
Scott
|
$1,200
[4]
To abrade, or to feed in a field
graze
Scott
|
$1,600
[13]
It contains safrole, an aromatic oil banned by the FDA in 1960; before that, it was the "root" in most commercial root beer
sassafras
Amanda
|
$1,200
[18]
"Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & this rapper & producer spent 12 weeks at the top spot
Lil Jon
Paul
|
$1,200
[3]
She based the character Celie in a 1982 novel on her grandmother Rachel
Walker
Scott
|
$1,200
[17]
"The Firebird" was a feather in the cap of this Russian composer
Stravinsky
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[10]
We'll be seeing you at Science World, a landmark museum in this city that both celebrated its centennial & hosted the fair in 1986
Vancouver
Paul
|
$1,600
[5]
Made clear or easier to understand, or the type of manuscript seen here
illuminated
Paul
|
$2,000
[7]
Champagne's fizzy Italian cousins include prosecco & this type of sweet sparkling wine made in Piedmont
Asti (spumante)
Scott
Amanda
|
$1,600
[12]
Santana would first enter the Top 10 in 1970 with "Evil Ways" but their first No. 1 is this song from 1999
"Smooth"
Scott
|
$1,600
[1]
This author's historical thriller "The Pillars of the Earth" was made into a TV miniseries in 2010
(Ken) Follett
Scott
|
$1,600
[16]
Napalm is similar to this Byzantine weapon invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis & named for the people who first used it
Greek fire
Scott
Paul
|
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
Always willing to host a g'day, this city at the head of Port Phillip Bay stepped up in 1880 & got sporty for the Olympics in 1956
Melbourne
Scott
|
$2,000
[14]
To discover by intuition, or given by or proceeding from God
divine
Scott
|
DD
$3,800
[6]
When does a bitter alkaloid extracted from tree bark equal refreshment? When it's this distinctly flavored ingredient in tonic water
quinine
Paul
|
$2,000
[11]
In 1973 The O'Jays hit No. 1 with "Love Train" & Gladys Knight & the Pips also topped the chart with this train
"Midnight Train To Georgia"
Scott
|
$2,000
[2]
His 2023 obit in The New York Times called "Blood Meridian" "a bad dream of a Western"
(Cormac) McCarthy
Scott
|
$2,000
[15]
A 1963 New York Times review said that James Baldwin had "not written this book of two essays to please"
The Fire Next Time
Scott
|
In the 50-year history of "Saturday Night Live", he's the only cast member to have won an Oscar--& it wasn't for a comedy
Robert Downey Jr.