Harrison Whitaker game 6.
Tony Antoniades — a teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lydia Boshart — an aspiring linguist from Raleigh, North Carolina
Harrison Whitaker — a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (whose 5-day cash winnings total $160,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | $0 | $2,600 | $11,400 |
$21,601
6-day champion: $182,600 |
$15,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lydia | $0 | $4,000 | $1,250 |
$2,500
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tony | $2,600 | $2,400 | $10,800 |
$2,501
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,800
15 R, 3 W |
| THE EX-PRESIDENTS | SAY YES TO THE DRESS CODE | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG | STRAIT | FLUSH | "FULL" HOUSE |
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$200
[30]
In 1875 he became the 1st ex-prez to serve in the Senate but unlike another pres. of the same name didn't become "master of" it
Andrew Johnson
Harrison
|
$200
[29]
L.A. eatery 71 Above encourages "polished elegance" in its dress code; expressly verboten? this onomatopoetic footwear
flip-flops
Lydia
|
$200
[26]
"My Favorite Things" are shared by Maria in this show
The Sound of Music
Tony
|
$200
[28]
About 20% of the world's oil supply--20 million barrels--passes through the Strait of Hormuz daily from ports on this gulf
the Persian Gulf
Harrison
|
$200
[27]
As Grand Duke, Henri, head of state of this European country, was worth about $4 billion & got to live in Berg Castle
Luxembourg
Harrison
|
$200
[11]
This phenomenon in the sky every 29.5 days is associated with fertility
a full moon
Harrison
|
|
$400
[19]
He served as a guest announcer for the first inning of the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
(Ronald) Reagan
Harrison
Tony
|
$400
[25]
At NYC's storied "21" club, this sartorial combo was strictly required of male dinner patrons until 2009
jacket & tie
Lydia
Tony
|
$400
[24]
You'll hear about "The Impossible Dream" in this favorite
Man of La Mancha
Tony
|
$400
[17]
Enjoy it while you can: thanks to tectonic activity, this strait linking the Atlantic & Mediterranean is slowly closing
the Gibraltar
Harrison
|
$400
[22]
The founder of the parent company of this "shop like a billionaire" brand briefly became China's richest person in Aug. 2024
Temu
Harrison
|
$400
[10]
3-time NFL MVP Jim Brown, for one; Real Madrid's Trent Alexander-Arnold, for another
a fullback
Tony
|
|
$600
[3]
He wrote the opinion for Myers v. U.S., saying a president could fire executive officers with or without Congress' OK
Taft
Harrison
|
$600
[7]
Per the website of this fitness chain, "All riders are required to wear a shirt &... shoes that can clip into the pedals"
SoulCycle
Harrison
|
$600
[21]
"Anything You Can Do" would include knowing 2 sharpshooters are singing that song in this show
Annie Get Your Gun
Lydia
|
$600
[12]
In 1940, Alliedtroopsevacuating Dunkirk crossed this strait connecting the English Channel to the North Sea
the Strait of Dover
Lydia
Tony
|
$600
[5]
Thisman "Mets" & exceeded all expectations with a 15-year, $765 million contract, the biggest in pro sports history
(Juan) Soto
Tony
|
$600
[1]
Have we come far? Far from it; back at our starting point, "we've come" this
full circle
Lydia
|
|
$800
[8]
At a 1965 ceremony, Harry Truman became the first beneficiary of this new federal program & applied for Part B
Medicare
Harrison
|
$800
[18]
Note to cosplayers: "Arrows must have their tips removed & be... zip-tied to a quiver" at this San Diego convention
Comic-Con
Harrison
|
$800
[16]
"Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"' it is with Curly belting one out in this production
Oklahoma!
Lydia
|
$1,000
[15]
Bass Strait is named for George Bass, a British explorer & surgeon who proved this island was an island by sailing around it in 1799
Tasmania
Lydia
|
$800
[20]
According to Forbes, Virginia's 2 wealthiest people are part owners of this candy company that bears their last name
Mars
Lydia
|
$800
[4]
Hyphenate a 3-word description of partially emptied drinkware to get this adjective meaning "optimistic"
glass-half-full
Harrison
|
|
$1,000
[9]
He suffered a stroke on the floor of the House of Reps., where he'd been serving, & passed away in the Capitol 2 days later
Quincy Adams
Tony
|
$1,000
[23]
Keeping the class in classroom--at this boarding school founded by Henry VI, daily school dress still includes a waistcoat & tailcoat
Eton
Lydia
|
$1,000
[2]
Revived in 2025:"A Whole New Board Game" &"One Night In Bangkok"
Chess
Harrison
|
DD
$4,800
[14]
The third-largest suspension bridge in the U.S. spans the Straits of Mackinac, which connect these 2 Great Lakes
Michigan & Lake Huron
Harrison
|
$1,000
[13]
At age 27 this Founding Father inherited his uncle's shipping business, becoming one of the richest men in New England
Hancock
Harrison
|
$1,000
[6]
"Full" 20-letter name for a 60-carbon molecule in the shape of a soccer ball
buckminsterfullerene
Harrison
|
| STATE ANIMALS | TREACHEROUS WORDS | ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS | TECH SCHOOLS | ALL KINDS OF LITERATURE | AT THE JIM HENSON CREATURE SHOP |
|
$400
[30]
Washington's state fish is the steelhead variety of this
trout
Harrison
Tony
|
$400
[29]
A treacherous person who strikes the fatal blow with a knife while you're facing the other way
a backstabber
Tony
|
$400
[27]
In 2013 anonymous "Spray Art" at a Central Park stall went for $60 each; as the works were by this elusive artist, that's quite a deal
Banksy
Lydia
|
$400
[28]
Over 100 people affiliated with this Boston-area school have won Nobel prizes, not just lab coats but the 2024 Economics winners
MIT
Harrison
|
$400
[26]
The 1609 first printing of these Shakespeare poems is dedicated to a mysterious "Mr. W.H."
the sonnets
Harrison
|
$400
[25]
Most of the suits the Creature Shop made foradaptationof a classic kids' book were more than seven feet tall
Where the Wild Things Are
Tony
|
|
$800
[20]
It's the state mammal of Wyoming & the official national mammal of the United States
bison
Lydia
|
$800
[15]
The Ming-era "Book of Swindles" tells of "stealing silk with a decoy horse" in a chapter on this "look over here!" 12-letter move
misdirection
Lydia
|
$800
[11]
Thiswall hanging is about 230 feet long, with dozens ofscenes, including Bishop Odo wielding a club
the Bayeux Tapestry
Harrison
|
$800
[18]
This school in Lubbock opened in 1925, with 914 students using its 6 buildings
Texas Tech
Lydia
|
$800
[16]
In this 14th century work, Satan's 3 hideous mouths are observed forever chewing on Judas, Brutus & Cassius
The Inferno
Harrison
|
$800
[24]
Thisactor who played Long John Silver in "Muppet Treasure Island" said he thought of the Muppets as fellow actors
Tim Curry
Tony
|
|
$1,200
[14]
The endangered Hawaiian monk species of this is one of the state mammals of Hawaii
seal
Lydia
|
$1,200
[9]
This hyphenated word for working deceitfully to harm others also means handing out 2 cards instead of one
double-dealing
Harrison
|
$1,200
[4]
A table of baked goods is featured in "The Milkmaid", a masterpiece by this 17th century painter
Vermeer
Tony
|
$1,200
[12]
Hokies know that ut prosim, "that I may serve", is the motto of this college in Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
|
$1,600
[2]
"Invitation to a Beheading" is an anti-utopian novel by this Russian author of a better-known tale of lechery
Nabokov
Harrison
Lydia
|
$1,200
[23]
One puppeteer recalled Jim Henson saying he wanted to change the world & stop war with this show that featured Doozers & Gorgs
Fraggle Rock
Tony
|
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2024 the dungeness crab became California's state this aquatic arthropod
a crustacean
Harrison
|
$1,600
[7]
Literary critic Wayne C. Booth coined this 2-word term for a first-person storyteller who might not be trustworthy
an unreliable narrator
Tony
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1821, he worked 14 hours a day for months on apaintingof the House of Representatives; few cared, & he turned to an inventing career
Morse
Lydia
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1936 some enterprising Caltech students established what would be this lab for rocket research
the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
Lydia
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
Using unpublished material by the original author, dead for 50+ years, 2015's "Trigger Mortis" is a tale of this spy
James Bond
Harrison
|
$1,600
[22]
Mechanisms like bicycle cables were used to control the Skeksis puppets in this film from 1982
The Dark Crystal
Harrison
Tony
|
|
DD
$5,550
[19]
Not surprisingly, Maryland's state dog is this one with a body of water in its name
the Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Lydia
|
$2,000
[8]
Just like treacherous, this word that comes from "faithless" in Latin also ends in "O-U-S"
perfidious
|
$2,000
[5]
1947's "Laocoön" by this American was a piece that cantilevered off a base that let a mobile part rotate 360 degrees
Calder
Harrison
Lydia
|
$2,000
[13]
R.I.T., short for this school, left downtown "R" in 1968 for the suburban Henrietta
Rochester
Harrison
|
$2,000
[1]
Evelyn Waugh's 1948 novel "The Loved One" is a satire of these professionals partly from Latin for "death"
morticians
Harrison
Tony
|
$2,000
[21]
The Creature Shop created more than 15 headpieces forthisDJ, includingoneinspired by "Hellraiser"
Deadmau5
Tony
|
He turned 30 in the first year of the 17th century & had notions that planets don't move with constant speed along their orbits
(Johannes) Kepler