Paolo Pasco game 8.Steven Olson game 1.
Hebah Uddin — a social media moderator and Ph.D. candidate originally from Long Island, New York
Steven Olson — a band director from Princeton, Illinois
Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 7-day cash winnings total $195,717)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo | $4,400 | $5,000 | $9,800 |
$17,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,800
16 R, 2 W |
| Steven | $1,800 | $4,600 | $17,400 |
$19,602
New champion: $19,602 |
$15,000
26 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W |
| Hebah | $2,400 | $2,200 | $4,600 |
$2,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
8 R, 2 W |
| U.S. TERRITORIES | QUICK CHEM | FROM THE VIDEO GAME MANUAL | ANCIENT EATING | SWAP A LETTER | BROADWAY |
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$200
[29]
Halfway between Hawaii & Australia, Howland Island was a designated refueling spot for her in 1937, but she never made it
(Amelia) Earhart
Steven
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$200
[28]
For the radioactive isotope thorium-232, it's about 14 billion years
half-life
Steven
|
$200
[3]
"Seven different shaped blocks fall down the game field one after the other"
Tetris
Steven
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$200
[23]
1st c. physician Dioscorides gave the motherly note that this food is "often given to those in poor health" to set them right
chicken soup
Steven
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$200
[25]
The boss of a football team subs in a new middle letter to become this relaxing piece of furniture
couch (from coach)
Steven
|
$200
[30]
A 2025 Broadway production of "Othello" had Denzel Washington as the title character & Jake Gyllenhaal as this lieutenant
Iago
Paolo
|
|
$400
[22]
Palmyra Atoll is home to the world's largest land invertebrate, the robber type of this crustacean; it can open coconuts
a crab
Hebah
|
$400
[24]
Saponification, or the hydrolysis of a fat by an alkali, is the process of making this
soap
Steven
|
$400
[27]
"What was it like to bid farewell to friends and neighbors and set off on a 2000-mile trek by covered wagon?"
Oregon Trail
Steven
|
$400
[18]
Many Roman dishes used garum, a sauce made from fermented these; you didn't want to live downwind of a garum factory
fish
Steven
|
$400
[21]
A Roman emperor swaps a letter & becomes this foam-based Hasbro brand
Nerf (from Nero)
Steven
|
$400
[20]
As "Hamilton" turns 10, in 2025 it was announced that Leslie Odom Jr., who won a Tony for this role, plays it again from Sept. to Nov.
Aaron Burr
Paolo
|
|
$600
[16]
Named for a British sea captain, Wake Island was used in 1975 to process refugees from this country that soon ceased to exist
South Vietnam
Steven
Hebah
|
$600
[5]
In batteries & electrolytic cells, this electrode is the opposite of an anode
a cathode
Paolo
|
$600
[13]
"Warriors available to a player--Liu Kang, Johnny Cage...Scorpion, Sub-Zero &Sonya Blade"
Mortal Kombat
Paolo
|
$600
[12]
Now often of the Smyrna variety, they're an ancient treat; 1 Samuel mentions 200 cakes made with them
a fig
Hebah
|
$600
[11]
A unit of legal tender changes its first letter & becomes this informal way of saying to apprehend a suspect
collar (from dollar)
Paolo
Steven
|
$600
[7]
"Stranger Things: The First Shadow", set in this state, has a vibe unlike other Midwest-set productions, like "The Music Man"
Indiana
Steven
|
|
$800
[4]
Puerto Rico is the easternmost island in this"Greater" chain that includes Jamaica & Cuba
(Greater) Antilles
Steven
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$800
[9]
This type of chemical bond is also called electrovalent
ionic
Paolo
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$800
[19]
From Rockstar: "Dead Eye allows you to experience the lightning reflexes of a gunslinger"
Red Dead Redemption
Steven
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$800
[14]
Theselegumes provided much of ancient Near-Easterners' protein; caches of hundreds of thousands have been found
lentils
Steven
|
$800
[2]
A place you get your hair styled gets a new letter & becomes this sharp part of a bird of prey
a talon (from salon)
Hebah
|
$800
[1]
Terrence McNally wrote the book for the Broadway musical named for this Russian girl, based on the animated film
Anastasia
Paolo
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Saipan, the capital of these "Northern" islands in Micronesia, was the site of a major 1944 battle
the Northern Mariana Islands
Steven
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Atomic number 27, it's used in EV batteries & when mixed with alumina, it's a brilliant blue
cobalt
Steven
|
$1,000
[17]
From an N64 game: "Recover the pirate helicopter & get to the bottom of this. You are licensed to kill"
GoldenEye 007
Paolo
Steven
|
$1,000
[26]
Cooking the leaves of this plant deadens their stinging quality & there's an 8,000-year-old recipe for its pudding
nettles
Paolo
|
$1,000
[10]
A verb for thrusting out your lips while sulking swaps a letter & ouch! It's now this type of inflammatory arthritis
gout (from pout)
Paolo
|
$1,000
[6]
"The Road To Hell" is the opening number in this multi-Tony-winning myth fest of a show
Hadestown
Hebah
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| THE BRONZE AGE | VILLAINS IN LIT | 14-LETTER WORDS | LET'S GO TO THE PARK | ALBUM TITLE ADJECTIVES | YOUR PRIME NUMBER'S UP |
|
$400
[30]
The code of this Amorite king noted that if a physician used a bronze lancet to save a patient, he would get 10 shekels of silver
Hammurabi
Steven
|
$400
[1]
The "Napoleon of Crime"--which should justify him being in the category--he shows up in the adventure of "The Final Problem"
Moriarty
Steven
|
$400
[29]
A giving vocational title of Andrew Carnegie when he wasn't robber baron-ing
philanthropist
Hebah
|
$400
[24]
Oaks in New Orleans City Parkwere a site for these often deadly meetings, allegedly including one after a visitor insulted the Mississippi
duels
Paolo
Steven
|
$400
[28]
Nicki Minaj had this kind of "Friday" in 2010 & the same kind of "Friday 2" in 2023
Pink
Paolo
|
$400
[27]
New shooter! These are the lowest & highest prime numbers you can roll in a craps game
2 & 11
Paolo
|
|
$800
[10]
Walking through a fancy bronze gate with symbols of Marduk would get you into this ancient Persian city on the Euphrates
Babylon
Steven
|
$800
[14]
Beowulf has big problems with this monster & his mother, whom he defeats in a cave showdown
Grendel
Steven
|
$800
[17]
A ceremonial county of England, or a sauce of vinegar, soy & garlic
Worcestershire
Hebah
|
$800
[23]
You should get decent cell service at the Seattle Mariners park named for this company, stock symbol TMUS
T-Mobile
Hebah
|
$800
[25]
Daft Punk got lucky with these "Access Memories"
Random
Steven
|
$800
[26]
It's the number of syllables in the first line of a traditional haiku
five
Paolo
|
|
$1,200
[2]
The Bronze Age was spread through Europe by the Bell-Beaker people from this southwestern peninsula
Iberian
Steven
|
$1,200
[5]
This villain from an 1852 book watches Tom "with a jealous eye" in the chapter titled "Cassy"
Simon Legree
|
$1,200
[7]
Sesquipedalian loquaciousness, from Latin for "around" & "speech"
circumlocution
Paolo
|
$1,200
[18]
Hakuhinkan Toy Park in this world-famous district of Tokyo has some 200,000 items to delight the kodomo
Ginza
Paolo
|
$1,200
[22]
In a 1980s smash Bon Jovi was this "When Wet", as you might expect
Slippery
Steven
|
$1,200
[12]
Aaron Judge says this controversial number of home runs hit in a single MLB season is the record to beat
73
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Some believe these mysterious invaders who plagued Egypt were a factor in the collapse of the Bronze Age
Sea Peoples
Hebah
|
$1,600
[4]
He made his first appearance in Bret Easton Ellis' "The Rules of Attraction" before going full "American Psycho"
(Patrick) Bateman
Steven
|
$1,600
[8]
This process stabilizes fat & gives milk a smooth texture
homogenization
Steven
|
$2,000
[21]
This Central Park theater named for a benefactor reopened renovated with an August 2025 "Twelfth Night"
the Delacorte
|
$1,600
[19]
Hmm... wonder where Anaheim natives No Doubt got the idea to name their major-label debut this "Kingdom"
Tragic
Paolo
|
$1,600
[15]
It's Detroit's legacy area code, which the city celebrates one day every March
313
|
|
$2,000
[9]
One of the oldest sources of Bronze Age culture was this island group between Attica & Crete
the Cyclades
|
$2,000
[13]
This title partner of Jonathan Strange messes with bringing back the dead & here comes the villainous Gentleman with Thistledown Hair
Mr. Norrell
Steven
Hebah
|
$2,000
[11]
A pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded before the 6th century B.C.
Zoroastrianism
Steven
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
The world's tallest animal is so common there that Nyerere National Park has been nicknamed this, punning on a dino-franchise
Giraffic Park
Steven
|
$2,000
[20]
It's the grueling adjective in the title of the top-selling album of 2024
tortured
Paolo
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
The highest 2-digit prime, it needs 4 syllables in French & 5 letters in Roman numerals
97
Steven
|
After adopting "Very nice" in tourism ads, an official of this country said, its people, "jokes to the contrary, are some of the nicest"
Kazakhstan