TJ Fisher game 5.
Chris Turner-Neal — a writer from New Orleans, Louisiana
Josh Ng — a middle school teacher originally from West Nyack, New York
TJ Fisher — a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $76,524)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ | $2,400 | $1,600 | $12,400 |
$24,199
5-day champion: $100,723 |
$9,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W |
| Josh | $400 | $1,000 | $-200 |
$-200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$-200
5 R, 2 W |
| Chris | $5,000 | $7,800 | $12,700 |
$14,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,200
22 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| DATING PROFILES FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK | SHIFT THE STRESS | LET'S FIX THAT CAR | YOU COME AT THE QUEEN | YOU BEST NOT MISS |
|
$200
[25]
Female insect: Putting my long, green front legs together & asking God for a male who'll fight for me & I can later eat
a praying mantis
TJ
|
$200
[26]
Way back in 1937 a weeklong "Fiesta" allowed San Franciscans to walk across this newly opened structure
Golden Gate Bridge
TJ
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$200
[6]
To find someone guilty & someone in jail after being found guilty
convict & convict
Chris
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$200
[30]
Some squealing & grinding--must be time to replace the pads & rotors in these
the brakes
TJ
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$200
[17]
She got to keep her head in the bust seen here, but that wasn't the case when Parisians came at her on October 16, 1793
Marie Antoinette
Chris
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$200
[29]
In 2023 Sabrina Ionescu set a WNBA single-season record by draining 128 of these
threes (three pointers)
TJ
Josh
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$400
[21]
Heading upstream to my home river by Bristol Bay, Alaska for the summer; looking for a red-y mate to fertilize my 2,000 to 5,000 eggs
(sockeye) salmon
Josh
|
$400
[20]
In the Catholic Church, Holy Week is celebrated between these 2 holidays
Palm Sunday & Easter
Chris
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$400
[11]
An electoral procedure to remove a public official & to remember
recall & recall
Chris
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$400
[27]
Dim lights, stalling, battery won't recharge--needs a new one of these electricity-generating components
the alternator
Chris
|
$400
[16]
A civil war took up the first 4 years of her reign that began in 1474 but she won; never go in against a Castilian when death is on the line
Isabella
TJ
|
$400
[28]
In the 1998 regular season, 39-year-old Minnesota Viking Gary Anderson went 35 for 35 & 59 for 59 on these 2 types of scoring
field goals & extra points
TJ
Chris
|
|
$600
[14]
Dislikes: When my name is confused with the "Someone Like You" singer Likes: When mypenguinpartner gives me rocks
an Adélie penguin
TJ
Chris
|
$600
[19]
After marrying in 1969, this musical couple held weeklong bed-ins where they invited the press to their boudoir
Lennon & Ono
TJ
|
$600
[10]
A political demonstration & to object
protest & protest
TJ
|
$600
[24]
We need to recharge this system--& remember, we can't use Freon, which was banned in 2020
air conditioning
Chris
|
$600
[4]
In the 1890s the Queen of this got Pres. Cleveland to agree not to annex the land, but local guy Sanford Dole said coup's still on
Hawaii
TJ
|
$600
[1]
Thisactress made the top 32 to make the Olympic archery tryouts in 1999
Geena Davis
Josh
|
|
$800
[13]
Looking for what my "wandering" parents had: a mating ritual, raising a hatchling for a bit & then flying out to sea for years
an (wandering) albatross
Chris
|
$800
[18]
WHO for short, this organization sponsors World Immunization Week to protect people from preventable disease
the World Health Organization
Chris
|
$800
[9]
To make & vegetables
produce & produce
Josh
|
$800
[23]
Misfires, rough idling, poor acceleration... time to replace these ceramic & metal parts that screw into the cylinders
spark plugs
TJ
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Oops, this royal missed! Already imprisoned, she plotted to kill Elizabeth I, but Liz found out in 1586 & was so not thrilled
Mary, Queen of Scots
TJ
|
$800
[2]
In 2025 this Great 8 had some career goals, Russian around & breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL scoring record with No. 895
Ovechkin
TJ
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Female bottom-dwelling fish with a bountiful glowing lure seeking an arrangement with a male to parasitize off my largesse
an anglerfish
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
If you're free the week before Labor Day, head to this colorful desert in Nevada for the trippy Burning Man festival
Black Rock
TJ
|
$1,000
[8]
To bring together & a harvesting machine
combine & combine
Chris
|
$1,000
[22]
Yikes, it needs this "job" named for the cylinder head parts that have to be reconditioned--a new engine might be cheaper
a valve job
TJ
|
$1,000
[7]
Determined to keep the gig, Cleopatra took care of biz; this ruler XIII, Cleo's bro, got dead in the Nile & Cleo wed this bro the XIV
Ptolemy
Chris
|
$1,000
[3]
Reacting to winning the U.S. Open by 1 in this sport in 2012, Hall of Famer Pete Weber yelled, "Who do you think you are?! I am!"
bowling
TJ
Josh
|
| ROWING ON THE RIVER | IN DECIPHERABLE | AN OPEN QUESTION | THE NIC CAGE PLAYLIST | ACCOUNTING, FOR TASTE | BROADWAY PLAY REVIVALS |
|
$400
[20]
Harvard's women, from the Weld Boat House
the Charles
Josh
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$400
[15]
Horsey-handling harness headgear
a bridle
Chris
|
$400
[18]
Does the "ball" type of this phenomenon really exist, & if so, what exactly is it? Plasma, maybe?
lightning
Chris
|
$400
[1]
This Rolling Stones song repeats, "Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name" quite a few times
"Sympathy For The Devil"
|
$400
[23]
This alphanumeric IRS code section lets an employer make an account for a worker to deposit a tax-deferred part of their salary
401(k)
Chris
|
$400
[2]
(Bobby Cannavale presents the clue.) In this movie, Al Pacino was Ricky Roma; in a 2012 revival of the play, I got to play the hotshot real estate salesman, Ricky, & Al was the desperate Shelley Levene
Glengarry Glen Ross
TJ
|
|
$800
[19]
The University of Pittsburgh Rowing Club (the Pitt Crew?)--more often than on the Ohio or Monongahela
the Allegheny
TJ
|
$800
[14]
Suitable for consumption, or a THC-containing item made for consumption
edible
TJ
|
$800
[17]
Did a French plane make it across the Atlantic from Paris in 1927, 2 weeks before this American plane crossed in the other direction?
the Spirit of St. Louis
TJ
Chris
|
$800
[21]
This Barry Manilow lass "kissed me & stopped me from shaking, & I need you today"
"Mandy"
TJ
|
$800
[24]
It's a creditor's claim on a property; the involuntary type is put on a home if payment obligations have not been met
a lien
TJ
|
$800
[3]
(James Corden presents the clue.) I guess it's got to be a revival when the play is well over 300 years old; memorable efforts in this royal Shakespeare role include Lee J. Cobbin 1968, Christopher Plummerin 2004 &Glenda Jacksonin 2019
King Lear
TJ
|
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
The Hoyas, at the Thompson Boat Center
the Potomac
Chris
|
$1,200
[4]
It's an utter catastrophe! A situation of complete failure! It's this word from the French for "unbar"!
a debacle
|
$1,600
[7]
Where is this captain's fabled treasure? Oak Island? Gardiner's Island? The Jersey Shore? Who knows?
Captain Kidd
|
$1,200
[22]
This Sheryl Crow song begins, "Life springs eternal on a gaudy neon street"
"Leaving Las Vegas"
|
$1,200
[9]
An account is "in" this 7-letter word if payments are overdue & default looms
arrears
TJ
|
$1,200
[26]
(Bobby Cannavale presents the clue.) It's not surprising that this work called "The Great American Tragedy" won the Tony for Best Play & also for 1984, 1999 & 2012 revivals. You know what's not getting revived? The title character
Death of a Salesman
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[12]
The West Point Crew is at home there
the Hudson
Josh
Chris
|
$1,600
[5]
The works of Rabelais are described as this, a more elegant way to say "raunchy"
ribald
TJ
|
$2,000
[16]
What goes on inside this 2-word boundary of a black hole? (That's one we may never figure out)
the event horizon
Chris
|
$1,600
[29]
Moon Unit Zappa relates, "Like, my mother is, like, a total space cadet" in this 1980s song
"Valley Girl"
|
$1,600
[10]
Not as nice as an ATM, the AMT, or this, assures that an individual with a tidy income will pay at least something to Uncle Sam--right?
the alternative minimum tax
Chris
|
$1,600
[27]
(Neil Patrick Harris presents the clue.) I made my Broadway debut in this David Auburn play about a mentally declining mathematician & his numbers-loving daughter; a 2026 revival has been announced & I wonder who will attempt my part of Hal
Proof
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Gonzaga's rowers, from the Charlotte Y. Martin Boathouse
the Spokane River
|
$2,000
[6]
Seen here, it's a 15th century battle axe & pike mounted on a six-foot handle
a halberd
|
DD
$3,600
[8]
What happened to this man last seen in the parking lot of a Detroit area restaurant July 30, 1975?
Jimmy Hoffa
TJ
|
$2,000
[30]
Buddy Holly told us, "She's the one, I've been told, now, she's wearing a band of gold"
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
Chris
|
$2,000
[25]
It's windy day fun, but it's also writing checks on insufficient funds & hoping late deposits will cover things before clearance
kiting
Chris
|
$2,000
[28]
(Neil Patrick Harris presents the clue.) A play version of "Dracula" ran 261 performances, opening in 1927; fifty years later, after the movies madethe counta household name, it ran almost a thousand starring this man in a role he was boooorn to play
Frank Langella
Chris
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Phil Vischer, creator of this show, originally had a candy bar as the lead until his wife nudged him in a healthier direction
VeggieTales