Aaron Levine game 1.
Morgan Walker — a marketing director from Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Aaron Levine — a sports anchor from Seattle, Washington
Shaan Mishra — a management consultant from Carmel, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaan | $1,800 | $4,000 | $4,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $3,000 |
$8,800
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aaron | $4,400 | $7,200 | $14,600 |
$20,600
New champion: $20,600 |
$11,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Morgan | $2,000 | $2,200 | $10,200 |
$2
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
17 R, 4 W |
| RAINFOREST, MEET DESERT | IT'S YOUR DAY! | DUELING ANNE HATHAWAYS | PASTIMES | "C" PLUS | FINAL RESTING PLACES |
|
$200
[22]
Each summer, one of these rainy seasons briefly transforms the Salalah region of Oman from desert into a pop-uprainforest
monsoon season
Shaan
|
$200
[26]
It's known for Star Wars Day, but this date is also Petite & Proud Day & Intl. Respect for Chickens Day because why not
May 4
Shaan
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$200
[30]
Anne is told, "By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me" in this 2006 fashion-forward film
The Devil Wears Prada
Morgan
|
$200
[7]
Thisgame of Asian origin has 361 pieces, the same number of intersections & 10170board configurations
Go
Aaron
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$200
[23]
The name of this basic frame holding the body & motor of an automobile comes from the Latin for "box"
chassis
Shaan
Aaron
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$200
[28]
A state funeral at Westminster? No, thanks! The family plot in St. Margaret of Antioch churchyard was the choice for this nurse
Nightingale
Aaron
|
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$400
[21]
The eastern edge of Egypt's Eastern Desert lies mostly along this body of water
the Red Sea
Morgan
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$400
[25]
National Yo-Yo Day rolls out & World Tetris Day fits in on this date; need more? Oh yeah, it's also D-Day
June 6
Aaron
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$400
[29]
This dame played Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" & neglected Shakespeare wife Anne Hathaway in 2018's "All Is True"
Judi Dench
Shaan
Morgan
|
$400
[8]
Crate digging is a pastime for collectors of these, perhaps hoping for "Around Grapefruit" or "Done By the Forces of Nature"
record collecting
Morgan
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$400
[15]
Who's a good boy? The predecessor to this herding breed was brought to Wales by the Celts around 1200 B.C.
Corgi
Aaron
|
$400
[27]
2 first ladies rest at Quincy's "Church of Presidents", the United First Parish Church: this woman & her son's wife Louisa
Abigail Adams
Aaron
|
|
$600
[6]
NASAimageryshows how nutrient-rich dust blown from this desert feeds the Amazon Rainforest, thousands of miles to the west
the Sahara
Morgan
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$600
[24]
Enjoy bowling with friends on March 6, "The Day of" this character, man; that's when "The Big Lebowski" arrived in 1998
the Dude
Shaan
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$600
[18]
Anne jumped onto the title object in a "Lip Sync Battle" rendition of this Miley Cyrus hit
"Wrecking Ball"
Shaan
|
$600
[9]
The office novel "Then We Came to the End" calls tossing this "the great unsung pastime of American corporate life"
crumpled (wadded up) bits of paper
|
$600
[14]
In cricket, this is a score of 100 runs or more by a batsman in a single innings
a century
Shaan
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$600
[4]
This dictator was removed from his Valle de los Caídos Mausoleum in 2019 & reburied north of Madrid next to his wife
Franco
Shaan
|
|
$800
[5]
This vast region lying between the Altai, Hangayn, Da Hinggan & Tien Shan Mountains is largely covered in rock, not sand
Gobi Desert
Aaron
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$800
[20]
January 1 is this 2-word day; celebrate with a free sample of "Ain't Misbehavin'", which entered it in 2025
Public Domain
Morgan
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$800
[16]
Accepting the Oscar for "Les Mis", Anne hoped soon, "the misfortunes of" this character "will only be found in stories" & not real life
Fantine
Morgan
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$800
[10]
Home picklers, lay in a store of the Ball Blue Book, named for the company that became synonymous with this type of jar
Mason
Shaan
|
$800
[13]
At the 1925 Scopes trial in Tennessee, William Jennings Bryan argued for this Christian alternative to evolution
creationism
Shaan
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Levallois-Perret Cemetery is where this civil engineer known as the "Magician of Iron" came to rest after his 1923 death
(Gustave) Eiffel
Aaron
|
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$1,000
[1]
Much of Eastern Wash. is deserty scablands; out West, this rainforest-filled national park lies on the same-named peninsula
Olympic
Aaron
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$1,000
[19]
Feb. 15 is this 3-word day; it's the phrase people rallied around after a ship went down off Havana that day in 1898
Remember the Maine
Aaron
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$1,000
[17]
Anne & Billy Shakes shared 3 kids: Susanna & the twins, Judith & this boy, whose name is one letter off from a brooding title guy
Hamnet
Aaron
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$1,000
[12]
The company Playrix has taken up quite enough of your time with mobile games like Homescapes & this earlier one in the Scapes series
GardenScapes
Shaan
|
$1,000
[11]
An old style of trumpet with a shrill tone, you may hear its "call" loud & clear
a clarion
Morgan
|
$1,000
[3]
This "Creation" composer's head was stolen from his Vienna grave soon after his 1809 burial & not returned until 1954
Haydn
Aaron
|
| THE LATE '60s | A BIT O' LIT | CZECH YOURSELF | TIGERS EVERYWHERE | THE SONG'S PERSONNEL | NEWISH WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[27]
In 1969 Ronald Reagan sent the National Guard to respond to protests at People's Park in this city north of Oakland
Berkeley
Morgan
|
$400
[21]
A 1939 New York Times book review called this Steinbeck novel "a deeply felt story of landless American migrants"
The Grapes of Wrath
Shaan
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$400
[28]
I could wax rhapsodic about the fact that Prague is in the part of Czechia that used to be the duchy of this
Bohemia
Shaan
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$400
[30]
"Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor was the theme song for the third installment of this movie franchise
Rocky
Morgan
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$400
[16]
The booklet for this 1982 album mentions a "rap by Vincent Price" on track 4
Thriller
Aaron
|
$400
[29]
Also the name of an Italian fashion brand, this 5-letter word means good or fancy
Gucci
Morgan
|
|
$800
[25]
NASA says this May 1969 mission had "all aspects of an actual crewed lunar landing, except the landing"
Apollo 10
Shaan
Aaron
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$800
[19]
He wrote "The Executioner's Song" & had a very public feud with Gore Vidal, among others
Mailer
Shaan
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$800
[26]
Thisstyle of beer is named for the city where it was invented, also home to the largestbreweryin Czechia
pilsner
Morgan
|
$800
[23]
In "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga, a chauffeur in this country murders his employer
India
Shaan
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$800
[15]
Bruce Dukov, a violinist who has worked on some 1,800 film projects, gave this song by Sisqo its iconic string opening
"Thong Song"
Morgan
|
$800
[24]
When you perform admirably well at a task, someone might say, "you ate & left no" these messy things
crumbs
Morgan
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Professional players were barred from major tennis tournaments until this era began in 1968
the Open Era
Morgan
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$1,200
[8]
This utopian novel from 1872 by Samuel Butler lent its name to an upscale grocery store
Erewhon
Shaan
|
$1,200
[3]
Thisplaywright was the last president of Czechoslovakia & the first of the Czech Republic
Havel
Aaron
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$1,200
[22]
This Ontario city is home to the CFL's Tiger-Cats & the Canadian Football Hall of Fame & Museum
Hamilton
Aaron
|
$1,200
[14]
On Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", hesang backup; bet you know that people thought the song was about him
Jagger
Morgan
|
$1,200
[11]
This 2-word term for the positive impact one has on the environment also makes use of an element & a part of the body
carbon handprint
Morgan
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Dr. Denton Cooley made the first implant of one of these, meant to pump for a patient until a transplant is available
an artificial heart
Aaron
Morgan
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$2,000
[1]
In Toni Morrison's first novel, Pecola Breedlove longs to have this title body part
the Bluest Eye
Aaron
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$2,000
[4]
The ruler & saint known today as this "Good King" was murdered in the 10th century by his brother Boleslav the Cruel
Wenceslas
Shaan
|
$1,600
[18]
The extinct marsupial known as thethylacine also has this alliterative 2-word name related to its island home
Tasmanian tiger
Morgan
|
$1,600
[13]
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon contributed to songs on the album "Uptown Special" by this British producer
Ronson
Morgan
|
$1,600
[7]
Meaning high class, this shortening of a French word can be spelled with a "gie" or "jee" at the end
bougie
Shaan
Morgan
|
|
$2,000
[9]
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 created this commission; 4 years later, it ruled that help wanted ads specifying a gender are illegal
the EEOC (the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Shaan
|
DD
$5,000
[2]
A group of 10 young people head to a country villa to escape the plague afflicting Florence in this 14th century work
The Decameron
Aaron
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
If you're gonna defenestrate, do it in Prague, site of them in 1419, 1483 & 1618, the proximate cause of this conflict
the Thirty Years' War
Shaan
|
$2,000
[17]
To celebrate its 2009 centennial, this company known for its "Wild Kingdom" TV show put a tiger on its headquarters
Mutual of Omaha
|
$2,000
[12]
Sax player Terrace Martin cut loose on this Grammy-winning Kendrick Lamar song that's often called a protest anthem
"Alright"
Shaan
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$2,000
[6]
Wanna stop doomscrolling? Get off your phone & do this type of alliterative cleanse
a digital detox
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An official American Viticultural Area spanning multiple states includes this eastern island where you'll find the town of Chilmark
Martha's Vineyard