Tafari Mbadiwe — a management consultant from New York, New York
Delaney O'Dea — an undergraduate student from Santa Monica, California
Chris McGinn — an editor from Indian Land, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $4,400 | $5,600 | $8,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Delaney | $4,200 | $5,600 | $11,600 |
$18,600
New champion: $18,600 |
$15,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tafari | $1,600 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$1,999
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 4 W |
| GEOGRAPHY WITH VAMPIRE WEEKEND | THAT'S ALL, FOLK TALES | STOCK SYMBOLS | STARTS WITH A PREPOSITION | BROADWAY | LEFTIES |
|
$200
[20]
"Step" mentions this Cambodian temple complex & UNESCO World Heritage Site
Angkor Wat
Chris
|
$200
[25]
Trouble ahead, trouble behind... this engineer on the Cannonball "blew his whistle... but the other locomotive was comin' fast"
Casey Jones
Delaney
|
$200
[28]
Not Ali, just this is the symbol for the China-based holding co. that began trading on the NYSE in 2014
BABA
Tafari
|
$200
[30]
A passively gazing bystander
onlooker
Delaney
|
$200
[26]
In 2025 this ABBA-solutely fabulous musical returned to Broadway for a limited run
Mamma Mia!
Delaney
|
$200
[29]
A natural lefty, but less so on the court, he'll become the first man to hoop in a 23rd season when the NBA opens play on October 21, 2025
LeBron James
Chris
|
|
$400
[19]
"Ya Hey" says this ancient city on the Euphrates River near modern-day Al-Hillah, Iraq "don't love you"
Babylon
|
$400
[21]
The 2 real wives of this "Wild Frontier" man were less fun than his folk bride, alligator-fightin' Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
Davy Crockett
Delaney
|
$400
[27]
As part of its rebranding, in 2022 FB became this new 4-letter stock symbol
META
Chris
|
$400
[24]
Imperceptible to the sense of hearing
inaudible
Delaney
|
$400
[22]
This musical follows 2 missionaries looking to spread the gospel in Uganda
The Book of Mormon
Delaney
|
$400
[23]
The 1990s only saw lefties in the White House as these 2 consecutive presidents were southpaws
George H.W. Bush & Clinton
Chris
Delaney
|
|
$600
[5]
In "How Long", Ezra sings that the house is on this L.A. street, also the name of a David Lynch film
Mulholland Drive
Tafari
|
$600
[4]
On the Utah-Idaho border, Bear Lake, the Caribbean of these mountains, is said to have a monster in a tale from the 1800s
the Rockies
Tafari
|
$600
[13]
FUN is the symbol for this provider of fun that operates 40+ amusement parks & water parks across North America
Six Flags
Chris
|
$600
[1]
Laminated plastic used for countertops, flooring & more
Formica
Chris
|
$600
[7]
The Handspring Puppet Company helped bring equines like Joey & Topthorn to life in this drama set in the early 20th century
War Horse
Chris
Tafari
|
$600
[14]
This Supreme Court justice & equal rights advocate used her left hand to make her mark in lead opinions like U.S. v. Virginia
Ginsburg
Delaney
|
|
$800
[6]
"Horchata" mentions having a foot on this ancient mountaintop fortress near the Dead Sea
Masada
Chris
|
$800
[10]
100 pounds at just a few weeks old, this man of legend eventually dug out the Great Lakes so his beloved beast of burden could drink
Paul Bunyan
Chris
|
$800
[17]
A leader in wealth management, MS is this company that's been around since the 1930s
Morgan Stanley
Tafari
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The general vibe of a place, or a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch
atmosphere
Chris
|
$800
[8]
Those who saw the first night of this 2-part drama in May 1993 had to wait until November to see "Perestroika" on Broadway
Angels in America
Delaney
|
$800
[15]
One theory as to why this artist & polymath may have used mirror writing: to prevent his left hand from smearing the ink as he wrote
(Leonardo) da Vinci
Delaney
|
|
$1,000
[12]
The M79 bus connects the Upper West & Upper East Sides of NYC; the Khyber Pass referenced in "M79" connects these 2 countries
Pakistan & Afghanistan
Tafari
|
$1,000
[11]
This man of legend said, "Bring me back a 12-pound hammer, please" & won a big battle! & then very much lost a big battle!
John Henry
Delaney
|
$1,000
[18]
In the early 1900s it began trading under a symbol using all 3 of its initials; today, it's down to one, T
AT&T
Tafari
|
$1,000
[3]
Computer talk for a group of 8 binary digits
a byte
|
$1,000
[9]
In 2025 Sarah Snook of "Succession" won a Tony (just 1) for playing all 26 roles in the stage adaptation of this 19th century novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Delaney
|
$1,000
[16]
This bank-robbing lefty & pal of Baby Face Nelson was betrayed by the "Woman in Red" & met his demise outside a movie theater
Dillinger
Tafari
|
| NONFICTION | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE | BLACK HISTORY WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. | INTO THE WOODS | THE HOLE TRUTH | 12-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[27]
On the heels of his original "Foundation" novels, he published the nonfiction book "The Chemicals of Life"
Asimov
Chris
|
$400
[22]
General Acacius in "Gladiator II" & Joel Miller in "The Last of Us"
Pascal
Delaney
|
$400
[26]
(Henry Louis Gates presents the clue.) From what was seen as his accommodation to white people, this famed educator had many critics; "The Wizard of Tuskegee"dinedpleasantly with Theodore Roosevelt, but the more unapologetic William Monroe Trotterwas kicked out of Woodrow Wilson's White House
Booker T. Washington
Chris
|
$800
[23]
The sword & maidenhair variety of these plants grow on the shady floor of Pacific redwood forests
ferns
Delaney
|
$800
[17]
Because of its perforated leaves, the Monstera deliciosa is nicknamed this cheese plant
the Swiss cheese plant
Chris
|
$800
[24]
Duelists & even Homer Simpson have demanded this after their honor was insulted
satisfaction
|
|
$800
[18]
His "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" opened new doors for him & helped make him a star
Bourdain
Delaney
|
$800
[21]
Stifler's mom in "American Pie" & Tanya in "The White Lotus"
(Jennifer) Coolidge
Tafari
|
$800
[25]
(Henry Louis Gates presents the clue.) In 1964, Muhammad Alihad just announced his affiliation with this group when Malcolm X said he was leaving it; in 2021, the convictions oftwo lieutenantsin the group were thrown out in the case of Malcolm's assassination
the Nation of Islam
Tafari
|
$1,200
[15]
A writer named Alan & his son Christopher lived at the edge of Ashdown Forest, which inspired this fictional wood
Hundred Acre Wood
Tafari
|
$1,200
[16]
TheT.A. Moulton Barnhas an epic backdrop--the Teton range in this valley
Jackson Hole
Chris
Delaney
Tafari
|
$1,200
[19]
It's the trademark name of the device that determines how much alcohol is in your blood
Breathalyzer
Tafari
|
|
$1,200
[1]
The basis for a film, it was "The Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race"
Hidden Figures
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
Kate, who left Kevin "Home Alone" & Moira Rose
(Catherine) O'Hara
Delaney
|
$1,200
[20]
(Henry Louis Gates presents the clue.) In a career that put some white people on edge, boxer Jack Johnsonalso opened integrated clubs--Chicago's Cafe de Champion& New York's Club Deluxe, which later reopened as this establishment with all white patrons
the Cotton Club
Chris
|
$1,600
[10]
Don't let its name fool you--the tulip poplar is a member of this family of flowering trees associated with the South
magnolias
Delaney
|
$1,600
[9]
Sadly, Richard Branson said he saw plastic bottles & trash at the bottom of this "colorful" 400-foot deep hole off Belize
the Great Blue Hole
|
$1,600
[12]
This word describing some audio speakers refers to music recorded & reproduced using 4 transmissions instead of 2
quadraphonic
Tafari
|
|
$1,600
[2]
"The Gods of New York" offers a view of NYC from 1986 to 1990, including tales of this 3-term mayor who liked to ask "How'm I doin"'
(Ed) Koch
Tafari
|
$1,600
[6]
Molly Brown in "Titanic" & Madeline Matlock
Kathy Bates
Chris
|
$1,600
[11]
(Henry Louis Gates presents the clue.) The only Black member of the first President Bush's Cabinetwas Louis Sullivan, who had helped establish this Atlanta medical school, the first at an HBCU in the 20th century
the Morehouse Medical School
Tafari
|
DD
$2,400
[4]
Though the name means "beyond the forest", this region also has its own woodlands like Hoia-Baciu
Transylvania
Delaney
|
$2,000
[13]
Near Chichén Itzá, Ik Kil is one of these sinkholes with a Mexican Spanish name
a cenote
Delaney
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
It's when you are guided into a trance-like state to treat things like anxiety or stress
hypnotherapy
Delaney
|
|
$2,000
[3]
This Pulitzer-winning author wrote a 2025 biography of Mark Twain; could the musical adaptation be far behind?
Chernow
Delaney
|
$2,000
[7]
Mr. Pink in "Reservoir Dogs" & Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
(Steve) Buscemi
Tafari
|
$2,000
[5]
(Henry Louis Gates presents the clue.) In three decades in the 19th century, the explosion of the cotton economy caused the removal of a million enslaved people from the Upper to the Deep South, known as the second this, after the slave trading voyage from Africa
the Middle Passage
Chris
Tafari
|
— | — | — |
Foreshadowing his 1978 death, he said, "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door"
Harvey Milk