Aimée Fluitt — a former national security consultant originally from Kansas City, Missouri
Dave Francois — a marketing director from Denver, Colorado
Spencer Janes — a program manager originally from Longmeadow, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer | $5,400 | $7,600 | $17,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$16,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Dave | $2,800 | $6,200 | $15,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Aimée | $2,400 | $3,200 | $16,600 |
$4,599
New champion: $4,599 |
$14,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SEASON OF CHARADE | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | ARTISTS BY CONCERT TOURS | U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | CHAD ROULETTE | "I" IS THE ONLY VOWEL |
|
$200
[28]
On Jan. 20, 1969 this U.S. state capital experienced a near-record low of 52 degrees, which is not how winter works there
Honolulu
Dave
Aimée
|
$200
[14]
Ian Fleming titled chapter 21 of this novel "The Richest Man in History"
Goldfinger
Aimée
|
$200
[27]
Blond Ambition; Madame X
Madonna
Spencer
|
$200
[13]
On Jan. 1, 1898 New York City was consolidated into 5 of these & Brooklyn Mayor Frederick Wurster was out of a job
boroughs
Spencer
|
$200
[25]
In a 2004 post-mortem, the Miami Herald said these chads paralyzed the nation for 37 days
hanging chads
Spencer
|
$200
[30]
Catch up with your brothers & sisters on National this Day, April 10
Sibling(s)
Spencer
|
|
$400
[26]
Ho ho whoa! On Christmas in 2021, Santa could've worn shorts & a tank top in the 69-degree heat that baked this Ohio "Queen City"
Cincinnati
Spencer
|
$600
[1]
Michelle Obama said that writing this 2018 memoir allowed her to reflect on the "unexpected trajectory of my life"
Becoming
Spencer
|
$400
[11]
Hell Freezes Over; One of These Nights
the Eagles
Dave
|
$400
[12]
Issued in the Trump interregnum, it's a blueprint for the GOP's return to power including a 900-page "mandate for leadership"
Project 2025
Aimée
|
$400
[24]
Hewas a poster boy of millennial mainstays like "A Cinderella Story" & "One Tree Hill"
Chad Michael Murray
Spencer
|
$400
[29]
It's a common way to make yarn, & it's the type of class seen here
spinning
Dave
|
|
$600
[17]
This city named for David & not Luther got less than .1" of the wet stuff during November 2024, part of the L.A. "rainy season"
Burbank
|
$800
[2]
You're relatively safe in Amity, a tourist hotspot in this novel; it's when you venture offshore that issues arise
Jaws
Dave
|
$600
[7]
Music of the Spheres; Viva la Vida
Coldplay
Aimée
|
$600
[5]
Timber management is done by this service founded in 1905, before which people hacked merrily away at trees on federal land
the U.S. Forest Service
Dave
Aimée
|
$600
[19]
Mr. Chad is the U.K. equivalent of this figure with a bulbous nose, sketched by World War II-era GIs
Kilroy
Dave
|
$600
[21]
Your fingers or toes
digits
Dave
|
|
$800
[16]
This Persian Gulf nation & 2022 World Cup host averages about 60º in February, so hitting 35 that month in 2017... brr
Qatar
Spencer
|
$1,000
[3]
Engraved on a headstone, the last word of this Toni Morrison work is also the title
Beloved
Aimée
|
$800
[8]
Reg Strikes Back; Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Spencer
|
$800
[4]
This New England state of about 1.4 million has the biggest legislature of any state, with 424 lawmakers keeping taxes low
New Hampshire
Spencer
|
$800
[15]
In 1990 he played a girl in "Nobody's Perfect"--no Oscar; 9 years later his wife Hilary Swank played a guy--Oscar!
Chad Lowe
Aimée
|
$800
[22]
From Latin for "to live", it means very clear or very bright in color
vivid
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[18]
This name precedes a station as well as dry valleys in Antarctica, where continental temps hit 70 degrees above average in Mar. 2022
McMurdo
Dave
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
The opening of this novel describes Castle Caladan, -which "served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations"
Dune
Spencer
|
$1,000
[9]
Divide; Mathematics
Ed Sheeran
Spencer
|
$1,000
[6]
In 2023, this New Yorker became the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives
(Hakeem) Jeffries
Dave
|
$1,000
[20]
The life of the medieval St. Chad is chronicled in this "Venerable" man's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
Bede
Dave
|
$1,000
[23]
This traditional German dress with a full skirt & tight-fitting bodice is a popular choice for Oktoberfest
a dirndl
Aimée
|
| OH FUN! OPERA! | COOKING TERMS | GROUP PROJECT | RECENT TECHNOLOGY | THE MIDDLE AGES | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME |
|
$400
[24]
Though everyone in Verdi's "Aida" sings in Italian, it is set in this African country
Egypt
Dave
|
$400
[22]
This technique of briefly plunging fruit & veggies into boiling water, then into ice-cold water also means "to make white"
blanching
Aimée
|
$400
[29]
Ask Zach or Cody--it can refer to a group of rooms or the set of furniture you might find in one
a suite
Spencer
|
$400
[30]
On an iPhone, this Bluetooth feature with the logohereparachutes photos & files between users
AirDrop
Spencer
|
$400
[5]
In 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo became the first of these warlords who would rule Japan for the next 700 years
a shogun
Spencer
|
$400
[13]
Shewas far from "Clueless" in 2023, starring as Judy Nichols in "Reptile", along with Benicio del Toro & Justin Timberlake
Silverstone
Dave
|
|
$800
[23]
Condoleezza Rice says the greatest of operas is this one by Mussorgsky; she even named a car she had in grad school Boris
Boris Godunov
|
$800
[21]
This "holy" mixture in Cajun cooking is onion, celery & bell pepper
the (holy) trinity
Spencer
|
$800
[20]
Change the 2 middle letters in "parcel" to get this, a word for an indeterminate number of items
a passel
|
$800
[26]
In 2024, the first over-the-counterbiosensorfor this simple sugar became available in wearable form
glucose
Dave
|
$800
[4]
The University of Bologna became known for this practice of cutting apart a cadaver, often done in public during a carnival
a dissection
Dave
|
$800
[11]
Let's bring up the profile--Paget Brewsterhas played FBI agent Emily Prentiss for more than 200 episodes of this procedural
Criminal Minds
Spencer
|
|
$1,200
[14]
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit" are Elmer Fudd's lyrics for "Ride of the Valkyries" by this composer
Wagner
Dave
|
$1,200
[6]
The key to perfect dough? This process that activates yeast & provides that final rise before baking
proofing
Spencer
|
$1,200
[18]
Also a type of purse, it's a term for a brood of chicks
a clutch
Dave
|
$1,200
[25]
NASA's DART mission crashed into Dimorphos, one of these, to test the feasibility of redirecting one headed for Earth
an asteroid
Aimée
|
$1,600
[1]
This long-reigning king of England known as "the Confessor" fatefully died without an heir in 1066
Edward
Aimée
|
$1,200
[8]
Interviewing scientists on this drama, Josh Brener is justifiably unnerved by the future of the Cordyceps fungus
The Last of Us
Dave
|
|
$1,600
[15]
The overture from 1817's "La gazza ladra" ("The Thieving Magpie") by this Italian was used in the film "A Clockwork Orange"
Rossini
|
$1,600
[7]
Sounding like the opposite of a donut verb, itmeans adding liquid to a hot pan, releasing caramelized bits from the bottom
deglazing
Aimée
|
$1,600
[17]
Like a coil of yarn, a group of geese in flight is called this
a skein
Dave
Aimée
|
$2,000
[28]
In 2025 a biotech company announced this North American canid was brought back "through the science of de-extinction"
a dire wolf
Aimée
|
$2,000
[2]
11-year-olds' favorite medieval saint is the patron saint of screens, this woman of Assisi who met St. Francis around 1212
St. Clare of Assisi
|
$1,600
[10]
Good morning, USA! Rachael MacFarlane voiced Hayley Smith as well as Reshma & Sarah Mc Lach Mc Lach Mc Lach Mc Lach Mc Lach Mc Lach Mc LachMcLachlanistedthated
American Dad!
|
|
$2,000
[16]
An early success for Mozart was "The Abduction from" this, another word for a harem
the seraglio
Aimée
|
$2,000
[9]
Parchment paper is often used to delicately cook fish in the French style known as enthis
en papillote ( en papier )
Spencer
Dave
|
$2,000
[19]
In math it's a series of elements; in astronomy, a series of telescopes
an array
Spencer
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
The orb is a biometric device that photographs this eye part that is visible, so no special scan needed like with the retina
the iris
Dave
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
In the final fall of imperial Rome, an emperor who shared this name of one of the city's legendary founders was deposed in 476 A.D.
Romulus
Aimée
|
$2,000
[12]
Part of the "Star Wars" & Coen Brothers universes, this son of another Irish actor says his first name rhymes with "tonal"
Domhnall Gleeson
Spencer
|
The line "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" is asked by this title character in a play written in the 16th century
Faustus