TJ Fisher game 3.
Kate Kostelnik — a personal trainer from Orlando, Florida
Brian Dixon — a server from Atlanta, Georgia
TJ Fisher — a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,889)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ | $200 | $2,400 | $21,200 |
$21,035
3-day champion: $59,924 |
$19,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Brian | $600 | $-600 | $3,000 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
6 R, 2 W |
| Kate | $2,000 | $4,800 | $3,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$6,000
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| STUFF HAPPENED IN OCTOBER | ADVERTISING | 3-LETTER NAMES | HOCKEY | POSSESSIVE PHRASES | WE GOT THE BEACH |
|
$200
[30]
The first of these Ford vehicles was shipped to a customer Oct. 1, 1908; hope the buyer wanted it in black
the Model T
TJ
|
$200
[29]
In 1997 this company began daring its customers to "Think Different"
Apple
TJ
|
$200
[28]
In May 2025 Chicago-born Robert Prevost took this first name
Leo
Kate
|
$200
[2]
Bryan Trottier was a legendary master of this play that determines which team will start play with possession of the puck
a face-off
Kate
|
$200
[27]
This expression about who decides what card game gets played can also mean "Bartender, you pick my drink"
dealer's choice
Kate
|
$200
[19]
Want to walk on the world's whitest sand beach? A 2024 study said the 6 miles of Tulum Beach in this nation tickled the ivories
Mexico
Brian
|
|
$400
[6]
To take on a British strength, the Continental Congress authorized this armed force on Oct. 13, 1775--happy 250th!
the (U.S.) Navy
TJ
|
$400
[14]
In the 1940s, it was "America runs on Bulova time"; more recently, it was "America runs on" this coffee & baked goods chain
Dunkin'
TJ
|
$400
[11]
Spelled the same way backwards & forwards, it ranked as the third-most popular U.S. girls' name from 2016 to 2020
Ava
TJ
Kate
|
$400
[3]
One theory on the origin of this Canadian insult word is with the losing team's task of spraying water to refresh the ice
hoser
|
$400
[26]
Hamlet tells Horatio, "Methinks I see my (dead) father... in" this, the faculty of imagination
my mind's eye
TJ
|
$400
[23]
A hot spot south of Havana--have a Rio good time at this beach that boasts Avenida Atlántica & volleyball opportunities
Copacabana Beach
Brian
|
|
$600
[9]
On Oct. 14, 1066 Harold II got an eyeful of arrow, at least according to this 224-foot reference linen
the Bayeux Tapestry
TJ
|
$600
[15]
In commercials with Dr. Rick, Progressive says it can save you money when you bundle but it can't save you from doing this
becoming your parents
Brian
|
$600
[12]
Of Sanskrit origin & meaning "god", it's the first name of the actor seen here
Dev
TJ
|
$600
[1]
In 2025 longtime Bruin Brad Marchand left Boston, headed for the sunny South & helped this team win a second straight Stanley Cup
the Florida Panthers
Kate
|
$600
[16]
Not always actual medical instruction, this phrase can mean anything you're urged to do, or a gin & citrus cocktail
doctor's orders
TJ
|
$600
[22]
Iaparks.org lists Franco Columbu, Lou Ferrigno (don't make Lou angry!) & a guy named Arnold hanging out at this Venice Beach landmark
Muscle Beach
Kate
|
|
$800
[7]
I, no longer this Roman emperor as of Oct. 13, 54 A.D. after Agrippina poisoned me... with mushrooms?! You gotta be kidding me!
Claudius
TJ
|
$800
[24]
In 2014 this product's iconic Umbrella Girl turned 100 & was voted into Advertising Week's Walk of Fame
Morton Salt
Kate
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$800
[10]
Described as the quiet one, he was George Gershwin's older brother & songwriting partner
Ira Gershwin
Kate
|
$800
[4]
"Fore" & "back" precede this verb to mean apply pressure at either end of the ice; to be a 200-foot player, eh, you gotta do both
checking
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Pay TV programming wizard Jerry Harvey pioneered this version of films in a 1974 "Wild Bunch" screening honoring the Peckinpah vision
the director's cut
TJ
|
$800
[20]
Do some laps for just $10 in the Icebergs Poolat this Australian landmark that puts the "B" in beautiful & beach
Bondi
TJ
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Everything was rosy between pope & king in 1521, when the pontiff gave Henry VIII this 4-word title still used by England's monarch
Defender of the Faith
Kate
|
$1,000
[25]
Long before Lyft & Uber, this transportation line urged you to "Leave the driving to us"
Greyhound
TJ
|
$1,000
[13]
This first name ofsurfer Lennymeans "sea" in Hawaiian
Kai
|
$1,000
[5]
The NHL has counted blocked shots since 1998 & Marc-Édouard Vlasic at this position is the all-time leader
defenseman
TJ
Kate
|
$1,000
[18]
Muesli for a mastiff, or a largely British expression for a chaotic mess
a dog's breakfast
TJ
Kate
|
$1,000
[21]
Anse Source d'Argent is a pink sand beach in this island republic north of Madagascar
the Seychelles
TJ
Brian
|
| PRE-21st CENTURY FANTASY LITERATURE | AWARDS & HONORS | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" | A COUNTRY BUT NOT A COUNTRY | BAND OF SISTERS | FEEDING TIME AT THE ZOO |
|
$400
[26]
In Peter Beagle's "The Last" this mythic quadruped, a lone female sets off to find out what happened to the others
unicorn
TJ
|
$400
[27]
Governor General & thriller writer John Buchan helped establish this country's Governor General's Literary Awards
Canada
TJ
|
$400
[28]
Comp gift or giveaway(7 letters)
a freebie
Kate
|
$400
[29]
If you visit Bilbao, you're in this area of Spain named for an ethnic group; France has one too
the Basque Country
Brian
|
$400
[30]
Ann & Nancy Wilson have been the--what's the word?--center of this Hall of Fame band for more than 50 years
Heart
TJ
|
$400
[25]
Warm-season grass, alfalfa & orchard grass are all grown by the National Zoo in D.C., the only zoo in the country to make its own this
hay
|
|
$1,200
[16]
Arms factory mechanic Hank Morgan travels back in time to a land of knights & magicians in this novel from 1889
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Kate
|
$800
[20]
The initial Pritzker Prize in this went to Philip Johnson, who coined the term "International School of" it
Architecture
TJ
|
$800
[21]
Senate talkathon(10 letters)
a filibuster
TJ
|
$800
[22]
In "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", the immigrant grandma calls her European home this, as in "What did we have in" this? "Nothing"
the Old Country
|
$800
[23]
Vicki Peterson played lead guitar & sis Debbi shook a furious tambourine on this band's "Walk Like An Egyptian"
The Bangles
Brian
|
$800
[24]
The Jacksonville Zoo served about $250k worth of romaine lettuce in 2023 at its Critical Care Center for these aquatic mammals
manatees
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[18]
In a ballad by Tennyson, this title "Lady" is imprisoned in a castle, cursed to only be able to look at the world through a mirror
the Lady of Shalott
|
$1,200
[7]
WBAL-TV earned one of these University of Georgia media awards for John Sherman's 2004 investigation into pollution in Chesapeake Bay
the Peabody
TJ
|
$1,200
[4]
2 weeks(9 letters)
a fortnight
Brian
|
$1,200
[1]
The late Echo Helstrom is thought to have inspired Bob Dylan's song & jukebox musical title "Girl from" here
"the North Country"
TJ
|
$1,200
[12]
Anita, Bonnie, June & Ruth, these sisters won a country Grammy in 1975; minus Bonnie, they scored a slew of '80s hits
The Pointer Sisters
TJ
|
$1,200
[9]
Luckily for the chickens, rabbits & mice on its menu, a reticulated type of this snake at the Atlanta Zoo eats only once a month
a python
Brian
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[19]
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" was one of the many stories written by this man featuring Conan the Barbarian
Robert E. Howard
|
$2,000
[15]
The first American to receive the U.S. Legion of Merit was Ann Bernatitus, one of the nurses known as "Angels of" this Philippine peninsula
Bataan
|
$1,600
[5]
Arrow maker(8 letters)
fletcher
TJ
|
$1,600
[2]
Old Montana State Highway Commission publications often called the state "The" these 3 words
Big Sky Country
|
$1,600
[13]
Last name of alt rock superstar sisters Kelley & Kim, whose band, The Breeders, made a big '90s splash
Deal
|
$1,600
[10]
Also a verb meaning to graze among books, it's plant matter for creatures like giraffes; the Lincoln Park Zoo has it fresh & frozen
browse
TJ
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
The main character of this ancient epic poem is described as "the man of twists & turns driven time & again off course"
the Odyssey
Kate
|
DD
$3,200
[8]
The highest prize in British art is named for this multi-initialed man famed as "The Painter of Light" for his land-& seascapes
(J.M.W.) Turner
TJ
|
$2,000
[6]
Dactylogram(11 letters)
fingerprint
TJ
|
$2,000
[3]
To write his epic biography of LBJ, Robert Caro moved for 3 years to this "isolated, impoverished", also bumpy part of Texas
the Hill Country (of Texas)
|
$2,000
[14]
This sister act goes by their last name, Hebrew for "life"; they say to pronounce it with 2 syllables
Haim
TJ
|
$2,000
[11]
Birds, reptiles & small mammals enjoy these aptly-named worms, larvae of the darkling beetle; the Topeka Zoo doles out 7,000 every week
mealworms
TJ
|
The star of this new streaming drama said, "Nobody could gain a pound, lose a pound... we had to look exactly the same for 7 months"
The Pitt