Scott Riccardi game 16.
Senay Goitom — a software engineer originally from Madison, Wisconsin
Sarah Rubenfeld — an attorney from Houston, Texas
Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 15-day cash winnings total $430,910)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $10,000 | $13,000 | $20,400 |
$24,090
16-day champion: $455,000 |
$23,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $-400 | $1,400 | $7,600 |
$7,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Senay | $-600 | $600 | $1,800 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$1,800
10 R, 3 W |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | THE MOVIES | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | KID LIT EN ESPAÑOL | THE MYTH BEHIND THE ZODIAC SIGN | IT STARTS WITH "ME" |
|
$200
[30]
It's the more cheerful name for the African promontory once called the Cape of Storms
the Cape of Good Hope
Senay
|
$200
[28]
"Bohemian Rhapsody" earnedhiman Oscar for his "mercurial" performance
Rami Malek
Sarah
|
$200
[22]
Heads up! Miners & construction workers owe thanks to Edward Bullard for his design of this alliterative safety gear
a hard hat
Senay
|
$200
[20]
"Huevos verdes con jamón"
Green Eggs and Ham
Scott
|
$200
[29]
For Egyptians, 2 goats; for Arabs, 2 peacocks
Gemini
Scott
|
$200
[27]
As "Sirloin Noggin" didn't pop quite as well, people went with this quasi-synonym for a not-so-intelligent person
meathead
Sarah
|
|
$400
[23]
This river flows from south to north, passing through 11 countries before emptying into the Mediterranean
the Nile
Senay
|
$400
[25]
Vince Vaughnis the owner of Average Joe's Gym in this "True Underdog Story"
Dodgeball
Scott
|
$400
[21]
Helping us to drive safer in the rain, Mary Anderson invented this device in 1903 but sadly, never made any money from it
the windshield wiper
Sarah
|
$400
[19]
"El león, la bruja y el ropero"
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sarah
|
$400
[26]
A harvest maiden--maybe Ishtar, maybe Persephone
Virgo
Scott
|
$400
[24]
Alyssa Milano used this 2-word phrase on social media in 2017, sharing her experience of sexual abuse to try to help other survivors
Me Too
Senay
|
|
$600
[1]
About 50 miles east of the Florida coast, the Bimini Islands are part of this larger chain
the Bahamas
Scott
|
$600
[7]
Robert Pattinson is the title character (& the reborn versions thereof) in this 2025 film from Bong Joon Ho
Mickey 17
Scott
|
$600
[4]
Take note--in Britain, this implement is called a Biro, after its modern-day inventor László Bíró
the ballpoint pen
Sarah
|
$600
[18]
"Ricitos de oro y los tres osos"
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Sarah
|
$600
[9]
It had a Golden Fleece
Aries
Senay
|
$600
[12]
Black's Law Dictionary defines it as "a neutral person who tries to help disputing parties reach an agreement"
a mediator
Scott
|
|
$800
[2]
This small kingdom in the Himalayas lies between Tibet & India
Bhutan
Scott
Senay
|
$800
[16]
This actor's relaxation technique of humming & chest thumping made it into a scene of "The Wolf of Wall Street"
McConaughey
Scott
|
$800
[6]
Motorola employee Martin Cooper is regarded as the "father of" this, having led the team that built the first one in the 1970s
the cell phone
Senay
|
$800
[5]
"Una arruga en el tiempo"
A Wrinkle in Time
Scott
|
$800
[10]
Pinched Heracles whilst the hero was fighting a Hydra
Cancer
Scott
|
$800
[13]
It precedes "labor" regarding boring, low-status & poorly paid work
menial
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Located on the Seltjarnarnes Peninsula, it's the northernmost capital of a country
Reykjavik
Scott
|
$1,000
[17]
You might not remember "Lucky Numbers", the next film she directed after "You've Got Mail"
Ephron
Scott
|
$1,000
[8]
After litigation against Isaac Singer & others, he received royalties on all U.S. sewing machines from 1854 until 1867
(Elias) Howe
Scott
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
"Nublado con probabilidades de albóndigas"
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Scott
|
$1,000
[11]
Pan, who jumped into a river & became a mer-Pan
Capricorn
Scott
Sarah
|
$1,000
[14]
Put that in your tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this white clay-like substance & smoke it
meerschaum
Scott
|
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | REALITY TV | GEOGRAPHIC LITERARY TITLES | WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? | I'M BORED | A SENSE OF HENRI |
|
$400
[26]
This iconic Tchaikovsky piece commemorates the Battle of Borodino, not the war between the U.S. & Great Britain
the 1812 Overture
Senay
|
$400
[27]
Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie recently reunited for "Encore", a 3-part anniversary special of this series
The Simple Life
|
$400
[28]
For this 1972 book Hunter S. Thompson did some sinning (& a lot of drugs) in Sin City
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sarah
|
$400
[29]
Since we're in London, let's visit the British Museum & see one of the statues called Moai, far from home, this place in the Pacific
Easter Island
Senay
|
$400
[30]
Meaning unvarying in pitch, it can also refer to something boringly repetitious
monotonous (monotone)
Scott
|
$400
[25]
In 1690 Henri de Massue abandoned France to serve the king of England, who created him Viscount Galway for his service here
Ireland
Senay
|
|
$800
[2]
"The Red Priest" wasn't just a cool nickname; this composer had a shock of red hair & was ordained in 1703
Vivaldi
Scott
|
$800
[21]
In 2025, this Bond girl & former Beverly Hills housewife starred with her daughters & husband in her own series
Denise Richards
Senay
|
$800
[15]
In 1977 Jay Anson detailed the "Horror" here of trying to live with very unwanted houseguests
Amityville
Scott
|
$800
[22]
Grab the binoculars, we're birding; I hear tap-tap-tapping & see the red-headed type of this bird, called a flying checkerboard
a woodpecker
Scott
|
$800
[23]
This synonym for "wearisome" keeps the "some" & begins with a word meaning "to weary"
tiresome
Senay
|
$800
[24]
Veteran politician Henri Queuille spurned the Vichy government for this alliterative movement led by de Gaulle
Free France
Scott
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Arnold Schoenberg & his pupils Alban Berg & Anton Webern are the modernist pillars of the "second school" of this city
Vienna
|
$1,200
[20]
Guy Fieri samples the food at these 3 types of places, per the title of the series known as "DDD" for short
diners, drive-ins & dives
Sarah
|
$1,200
[5]
In a Jonathan Lethem novel, Lionel & his friends are called "Motherless" this place
Brooklyn
Sarah
|
$1,200
[7]
I injured my foot & should do the exercises assigned in P.T., short for this; time to pick up marbles with my toes
physical therapy
Sarah
|
$1,200
[9]
Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere is told, "People are either charming or" this 7-letter word for boring (she's the former)
tedious
|
$1,200
[11]
Citadelle Henri, one of the largest fortresses in the Americas, was built by Henri Christophe, king of this country
Haiti
|
|
$1,600
[3]
This avant-garde Stravinsky opera about puppets come to life features a novel chord, which is named for the piece
Petrushka
Scott
|
$1,600
[14]
We'll spare you any videos but dermatologist Sandra Lee has gained a large following on TV under this nickname
Dr. Pimple Popper
Scott
|
$1,600
[12]
A Henry James title took us to this "presidential" area of Lower Manhattan
Washington Square
Scott
|
$1,600
[6]
Read "Lockwood's Rule of Thumb & Forefinger" to learn this game; maybe we'll be good enough to compete in its world championships
tiddlywinks
Senay
|
$2,000
[19]
In the world of -ery suffixes, tomfoolery & finery are more fun than this word for boring work, but slavery's worse
drudgery
Sarah
|
$1,600
[10]
Henri de Tonti explored the Mississippi with this Sieur & for a post he founded, has been called "Father of Arkansas"
Sieur de La Salle
|
|
$2,000
[4]
This German composer of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is also responsible for renewing interest in the works of Bach
Mendelssohn
Scott
|
$2,000
[17]
When this show premiered in 2010, Kody Brown had 3 spouses, going on 4; today, he's down to 1
Sister Wives
Sarah
|
$2,000
[13]
In the 1930s Somerset Maugham & John O'Hara wrote of an "Appointment in" this city
Samarra
Sarah
|
$2,000
[18]
We can listen to '80s new wave music or watch French New Wave cinema, like "Breathless", this director's first feature film
Jean-Luc Godard
Scott
|
DD
$3,800
[8]
A word meaning boring gave us this name for a boring burg that we can't find in our atlas
Dullsville
Sarah
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
This Florence-born woman, a major force in 16th c. Europe, was the wife of French King Henri II & the mother of Henri III
Catherine de' Medici
Scott
|
A version of this theoretical economic process was "horse & sparrow"; if you fed the horse enough oats, the sparrows fed afterwards
trickle-down economics