Aaron Levine game 4.
Christopher Tillman — a pastor from Plover, Wisconsin
Elana Beame — a Jewish engagement educator originally from Boca Raton, Florida
Aaron Levine — a sports anchor from Seattle, Washington (whose 3-day cash winnings total $48,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $3,200 | $3,000 | $13,100 |
$10,100
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Elana | $800 | $1,000 | $2,200 |
$2,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$2,200
7 R, 3 W |
| Christopher | $600 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
$16,000
New champion: $16,000 |
$8,000
16 R, 4 W |
| POLYNESIA | SPACED OUT | AMAZING NFL FEATS | THIS IS "B.S." | YOUR INHERITANCE | JEANS |
|
$200
[30]
Tourism & the black type of these natural gems are big industries in the islands of French Polynesia
pearls
Christopher
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$200
[27]
Alpha, Beta, Gamma & Delta Crucis are in this constellation that's a big hit Down Under
the Southern Cross
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$200
[15]
In one 1990 game, Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas had 7 of these, really getting to know Seahawks QB Dave Krieg
sacks
Aaron
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$200
[13]
To celebrate the arrival of a second child, this type of event can be smaller & called a sprinkle
a baby shower
Elana
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$200
[21]
It's the last name of banker Henry Philip, who on his 1839 death passed a possibly cursed gem down through his unfortunate family
Hope
Christopher
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$200
[26]
In the 1920s Lee jeans introduced the "hookless fastener" to the fly of their denim wear; today we call it this
the zipper
Elana
|
|
$400
[29]
Polynesia covers a large triangular area of the Pacific with this island group in the north as the apex
Hawaii
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$400
[28]
2 1/2 times the height of Everest, Olympus Mons on this planet is the largest volcano in the solar system
Mars
Christopher
|
$400
[10]
A popular face in commercials these days, hecaught 17 TDs in 2011, a single season record for a tight end
Gronkowski (Gronk)
Elana
|
$400
[14]
Established by Executive Order 9419, this medal is awarded to members of the armed services who display heroism in combat
a Bronze Star
Christopher
|
$400
[20]
For this tech guy's kids, the bad news is they'll inherit less than 1% of his wealth; the good news is that 1% is about $1 billion
(Bill) Gates
Christopher
|
$400
[11]
This brand that patented the pocket rivet is named for its founder who opened his business in San Francisco in 1853
Levi's (Levi Strauss)
Christopher
|
|
$600
[3]
From 1966 to 1996 France carried out a series of tests of these on Mururoa & Fangataufa in the Tuamotu Archipelago
nuclear weapons
|
$600
[7]
On May 14, 1973 the U.S. launched this first space station
Skylab
Aaron
|
$600
[5]
As the end zone is 10 yards long, this many yards is the longest possible scoring play, tied by Jamal Agnew in 2021
109 yards
Aaron
|
$600
[25]
This unrefined stuff used in baking still retains some molasses, giving it its color
brown sugar
Elana
|
$600
[16]
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the first woman to reach $100 billion net worth, inherited 1/3 of this French cosmetics giant
L'Oréal
Aaron
Elana
|
$600
[23]
Nothing came between then 15-year-old Brooke Shields & this brand in an ad that caused a stir
Calvin Klein (Calvins)
|
|
$800
[2]
If you're on this island in July, the competition of the Heiva Festival is a sight to behold in its city of Papeete
Tahiti
|
$800
[1]
Recent research suggests that collapsars, rare types of these events, produce most of the universe's heavy elements
supernovas
Elana
|
$800
[4]
Playing for this team, Dan Marino was the first QB to throw for 5,000 yards & 40 TDs in a season
the Dolphins
Aaron
|
$800
[24]
Credited to Henry Ford: "The 2 most important things in any company do not appear on its" this: "its reputation & its people"
balance sheet
Christopher
|
$800
[9]
Though rumors flew that she was worth $200 million, upon her death she left just $1.5 million, mostly to her son Anderson Cooper
Gloria Vanderbilt
Christopher
|
$800
[22]
In the iconic video for 1992's "Jump", this hip-hop duo wore baggy backwards jeans, their trademark
Kris Kross
Christopher
|
|
DD
$1,800
[17]
One of the most widely spoken of Polynesian languages is this one heard in Apia & Pago Pago
Samoan
Aaron
|
$1,000
[8]
Charged particles from the solar wind colliding with atoms in the atmosphere create these impressive effects
auroras
Christopher
|
$1,000
[6]
Just 100 yards shy of the season rushing record, this Eagle & ex-Giant sat out the last game of the 2024 season to rest & stay healthy
(Saquon) Barkley
Aaron
|
$1,000
[19]
In the 19th century, Native Americans gave this nickname tomembersof the U.S. Army's 9th & 10th Cavalry, maybe to show respect
Buffalo Soldiers
Christopher
|
$1,000
[18]
In 2006 Maria Altmann got a delayed inheritance: works by this artist stolen by the Nazis, including "Woman in Gold" (her aunt)
Klimt
Aaron
|
$1,000
[12]
What's the skinny? Why it's these tight portmanteau pants that rode the skinny jean trend
jeggings
Elana
|
| POPE-POURRI | AUDIO BOOKS | THE OLDEN GLOBES | BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS | IT'S A HOT ONE! |
|
$400
[3]
During the "Cadaver Synod", 9th century Pope Stephen VI interviewed Pope Formosus; the only problem? Formosus was in this state
he was dead
Aaron
|
$400
[9]
As the narrator of the Harry Potter audio books, veteran actor Jim Dale knew the ending to this last book in the series before we did
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Aaron
|
$400
[26]
A globe made before 1817 will likely say "New Holland" instead of this continent--the Dutch had to make it about the Dutch
Australia
Aaron
|
$400
[30]
Clarice--it was the most recent film to sweep the Oscars in the top 5 categories, including Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs
Christopher
|
DD
$100
[23]
Adjective describing the space between Andromeda & the Milky Way, for example
intergalactic
Aaron
|
$400
[19]
"Scouting was born" on Brownsea Island in 1907 as 22 boys pitched tents & Lord Baden-Powell told yarns around this heat source
a campfire
Aaron
|
|
$800
[11]
Pope Innocent III had a dream that this man of Assisi saved the Lateran Basilica from falling down
Francis
Aaron
|
$800
[8]
Thisauthor narrates his 2024 book "Revenge of the Tipping Point"
Malcolm Gladwell
|
$800
[14]
Treasures on display at the world's only globe museumin this capital city include lavish 43-inch globes once gifted to Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I
Vienna
Aaron
|
$800
[29]
In 2022 it became the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win Best Picture
CODA
Aaron
|
$400
[1]
It happens when we're delighted or when our desires are satisfied; accepting the delayed type is said to be healthy
gratification
Christopher
|
$800
[20]
Days are hot (800 or so), but the planet Mercury has only a "tenuous" one of these to hold the heat, so take a coat for the -290 nights
atmosphere
Christopher
|
|
$1,600
[4]
A film about this mythic female pope was criticized for its "limited vision" by the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Joan
Aaron
|
$1,200
[10]
Ann Patchett's novel "The Dutch House" was a bestseller in book form & also in audio form with this "Man Called Otto" as narrator
Tom Hanks
Christopher
|
$1,200
[2]
A 1730sglobeby Englishman Richard Cushee mistakenly depictsthisU.S. state as a large island; no need to jump the gun, Cushee
California
Aaron
|
$1,200
[28]
NBC ran this Spielberg film February 23, 1997 uninterrupted by commercials & rated TV-M
Schindler's List
Christopher
|
$800
[25]
1980's "The Final Countdown" has a disappointing title for a movie whose ending is described as this 5-syllable letting-us-down type
anticlimactic
Christopher
|
$1,200
[18]
A Yiddish word for "to sweat", as a noun it's a steam bath--after lunch, we'll go, we'll take a...
schvitz
Elana
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This "Fair" French king wanted to keep excommunication out of Boniface VIII's mouth after a 1303 affair known as the "Slap of Anagni"
Philip the Fair
|
$1,600
[7]
Though a confessed introvert & loner, Ibram X. Kendinarrates all 10-plus hours of his nonfiction bestseller "How to Be..." this
Antiracist
Elana
Christopher
|
$1,600
[13]
The Erdapfel from 1492 is the oldest extant globe; its cartography owes much to "Geographia" by this classical multi-hyphenate
Ptolemy
Aaron
|
$1,600
[27]
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, it was the firstfilm from a Black filmmaker, Steve McQueen, to win Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Aaron
|
$1,200
[22]
As opposed to culpable, in this type of homicide, the one who commits it has no criminal liability
justifiable
Christopher
|
$1,600
[16]
A landmark in this Southern city with an industrial legacy, Sloss Furnacesran for decades turning ore into iron at 3,800 degrees
Birmingham
Elana
|
|
DD
$3,800
[6]
Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, a ward of Pope Julius III, was something called a cardinal nephew, a title that gave us this "ism"
nepotism
Aaron
|
$2,000
[12]
The audio book of this Madeline Miller novel, named for a frenemy of Odysseus, comes with a digital cheat sheet on Greek mythology
Circe
Aaron
|
$2,000
[15]
In a 1603 one of these globes from Latin for "sky", lush details include Taurus charging Orion
a celestial globe
|
$2,000
[24]
Christopher Walken appeared in 2 Best Pictures in consecutive years, "Annie Hall" & this one for which he won an Oscar as well
The Deer Hunter
Christopher
|
$1,600
[21]
It's the study of the motion of air or other gases acting on objects passing through & reacting with them
aerodynamics
Aaron
|
$2,000
[17]
1/3 of the USA's 90 or so commercial nuclear reactors are BWRs, BW short for this, which probably happened in your kitchen today
boiling water
|
At a speech here in 1936, FDR called its onetime occupant a "farmer, lawyer, mechanic, scientist, architect", etc.
Monticello