Harrison Whitaker game 8.
Kara Brown — a payroll manager from Seattle, Washington
Blythe Roberson — a writer from Brooklyn, New York
Harrison Whitaker — a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (whose 7-day cash winnings total $208,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | $6,200 | $9,200 | $16,400 |
$10,399
8-day champion: $218,600 |
$14,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Blythe | $-200 | $200 | $3,000 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
10 R, 5 W |
| Kara | $1,800 | $1,400 | $11,200 |
$5,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| A.I. IS COMING FOR YOU | HOMOPHONES | CALDECOTT MEDAL & HONOR BOOKS | ANNIVERSARIES | GOODBYE, FISH & CHIPS | INTERNATIONAL HOOPS TERMS WITH CLEANTHONY EARLY |
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$200
[23]
It's ensuring your car wheels point the same direction, or ensuring the goals of an A.I. program fit with those of humanity
alignment
Harrison
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$200
[26]
To merit, &an ornamental vase
to earn & urn
Blythe
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$200
[30]
1948:Young Marco fished in "McElligot's Pool", written by this man, who really was cool
Dr. Seuss
Harrison
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$200
[29]
Let's do the time warp again, indeed! This film that turned 50 in 2025 has become a cult classic thanks to midnight showings
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Blythe
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$200
[27]
I say! Comparable to an English muffin & oft paired with tea, this small bread is toasted whole & has small holes in its top
a crumpet
Harrison
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$200
[28]
Sure, Mr. Early went off for 56 points in a 2022 game with the Taiwan Beer Herobears, but Ele also dished out 7 zhugong, or these
assists
Harrison
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$400
[16]
This word for an A.I.-created hoax changing filmmaking & elections gets its first part from a type of machine "learning"
deepfake
Harrison
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$400
[17]
Paraffin, &carries out a mafia hit
wax & whacks
Harrison
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$400
[25]
1950:"America's" this Revolutionary War hero didn't go too deep on his desire to annex Vermont to Canada
Ethan Allen
Harrison
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$400
[22]
The 250th anniv. celebrations of this U.S. military service ended in November 2025 at the Commandant's Birthday Ball
the Marines
Kara
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$400
[21]
More than just a pittance, wine-soaked sponge cake with macaroons, jam, whipped cream & custard make up this British dessert
a trifle
Harrison
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$400
[24]
Getting fouled while playing for the Antibes Sharks sent Cleanthony here, la ligne de lancer franc
the free-throw line
Harrison
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$600
[3]
These 2 types of autonomous devices, moving on land & in the air, come up in the scenario "AI 2027" as machines mop up humanity
drones & robots
Harrison
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$600
[6]
(8 letters)Manually crafted,& a personal female servant
handmade & handmaid
Harrison
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$600
[10]
1982:Chris Van Allsburg came up with this title game that truly had a life of its own for Peter & Judy
Jumanji
Harrison
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$600
[2]
2015's presidential proclamation for the 150th anniversary of this amendment said it "us here d in a new birth of freedom"
the 13th Amendment
Harrison
Kara
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$600
[9]
This British meal compares to our continental one; the same-named tea is a blend of Assam & Ceylon varieties
English breakfast
Harrison
Blythe
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$600
[12]
With Atomeromu SE, if Cleanthony learned basic basketball Hungarian he'd know palánk is this, what you use when you "go glass"
the backboard
Harrison
Kara
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$800
[4]
It's when a human seems to see an object that's not there, or when a large language model gives wrong or inane output
hallucination
Harrison
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$800
[8]
Changed another's opinion,& napped leather
swayed & suede
Kara
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$800
[19]
1942:This book pictured Mrs. Mallard & her kids Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack & Quack
Make Way for Ducklings
Harrison
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$800
[5]
A historian from the Lowell Observatory & Clyde Tombaugh's son spoke during a 90th anniversary celebration of its discovery
Pluto
Harrison
Kara
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$800
[11]
An amphibian is put in its place in the name of this Brit dish, sausages cooked in what's basically Yorkshire pudding
toad in the hole
Harrison
Blythe
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$800
[1]
With Al Arabi Club Doha, Cleanthony could execute hat wo khod, this 2-part play also used in soccer: pass, move, get the ball back
give & go
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$1,000
[7]
Drop "mis" from an adjective for one who hates humanity to get this company whose smartest A.I. assistant is named Claude
Anthropic
Kara
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$1,000
[14]
Grass of the family Poaceae, & 1935's 12-episode "Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery"
cereal & serial
Kara
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$1,000
[20]
1970:Though "Shrek!" never made the final Calde-cut, this man got a medal for "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"
William Steig
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DD
$2,600
[13]
For the 40th anniversary of her death, she was on a 100-zloty coin; for the 50th, a 100-franc coin
Marie Curie
Harrison
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$1,000
[15]
Combining a day of the week & the cooking action required, this beef & potato dish is served with carrots & Yorkshire pudding
a Sunday roast
Kara
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$1,000
[18]
With the Rebeldes del Enriquillo in the D.R., 6'8" Mr. E could be this type of forward who plays near the basket, ala-pívot
a power forward
Harrison
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| APPROPRIATELY NAMED PLACES | SETTLE DOWN | AMERICANA | FUNNY PEOPLE | AFTER U | 1929 |
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$400
[27]
Commercial vessels & cruise ships dock at this U.S. port city way up north at the head of Cook Inlet
Anchorage
Kara
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$400
[28]
Proverbially, "to pour" this "on troubled waters" means to calm a volatile situation
oil
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$400
[24]
This home where Elvis lived & died was designated a national historic landmark in 2006
Graceland
Harrison
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$400
[19]
(Fortune Feimster presents the clue.) On "The Mindy Project", I played Collette, making medicine funny with my comedic partner in crime, this man whom "Jeopardy!" fans know well
(Ike) Barinholtz
Harrison
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$400
[29]
"V"is for this word meaning really, really hungry
voracious
Blythe
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$400
[30]
The United Kingdom election was nicknamed for these young 1920s women, as females 21-29 could vote for the first time
the flappers
Harrison
Kara
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$800
[26]
The salinity of this body of water fed by the Weber & 2 other rivers ranges as high as 27%
the Great Salt Lake
Kara
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$800
[25]
weather.com traces this cliché to the tendency of foul weather systems to suck in warm, moist air, leaving an area dry & quiet--for now
the calm before the storm
Harrison
Blythe
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$800
[23]
Historically known as Emancipation Day & Black Independence Day, it became a federal holiday in 2021
Juneteenth
Blythe
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$800
[16]
She says her book "The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo" is all true stories, but not an autobiography
Schumer
Harrison
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$800
[22]
To golfers & pitchers, these anxiety-induced muscle spasms are a real 4-letter word
yips
Blythe
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$800
[21]
Andrew Ross Sorkin's book "1929" depicts stock crash figures like Jesse Livermore, who made $1 million doing this to profit from the price drops
shorting
Harrison
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$1,200
[3]
Thisbeautiful town in Central Switzerland lies between Lake Brienz to the east & Lake Thun to the west
Interlaken
|
$1,600
[9]
The hills around it can funnel storms into its placid waters; a popularart subjectis Christ calming it
the Sea of Galilee
Harrison
Blythe
Kara
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$1,200
[1]
On Shepard Fairey's famous poster of Barack Obama, "Progress" was the original caption, soon to be replaced by this word
Hope
Blythe
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$1,200
[5]
She won an Emmy for a song she did for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" about her close relationship with Matt Damon
Sarah Silverman
Blythe
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$1,200
[7]
To detach from dependence on something, like medication or food straight from Mama
wean
Blythe
Kara
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$1,200
[10]
With sloped forehead & thick brow ridge, the first complete skull of the hominid then called this "Man" was unearthed in China
Peking Man
Harrison
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$1,600
[4]
Pan Am built a hotel on this isle at 177.4 west longitude where its Clippers refueled
Midway
Kara
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$2,000
[14]
Word for a listless feeling or a region of calm winds; Byron wrote, "I saw her in" these; "for the wind was light and baffling"
the doldrums
Kara
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$1,600
[2]
Born more than 60 years after his grandfather's death, the last grandchild of this 10th president passed away in 2025 at 96
Tyler
Harrison
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$1,600
[6]
After "The Daily Show", she went "Full Frontal" with a comedy news show of her own
Samantha Bee
Kara
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$1,600
[12]
2-word term for a policy of severe punishment for rule breaking, with no exceptions
zero tolerance
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$1,600
[11]
Oh, that long, low look, due to the lack of a drive shaft, as the Cord L-29was the first successful mass-produced car with this type of drive
front-wheel drive
Kara
|
|
DD
$2,800
[13]
This Down Under state is bounded by the Timor Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean & a whole lotta desert
Western Australia
Kara
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
The first chapter of this man's Bible book says, "so they took" him, "and cast him... into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging"
Jonah
Kara
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$2,000
[20]
First illuminated in 1791, this historic lighthouse is the oldest in Maine & one of the most photographed in America
the Portland Head Light
Blythe
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$2,000
[15]
A 2025 special from this comic was subtitled "Legend of Fluffy"
(Gabriel) Iglesias
Blythe
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$2,000
[18]
Meaning a distinct type within a larger group, this 8-letter word is often applied to wine made from a particular grape
varietal
Blythe
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$2,000
[17]
This man with different views on Socialism from Stalin's was expelled from the USSR & went to Turkey for 4 years
Trotsky
Kara
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In her 2016 New York Times obituary, this author was said to have "gained a reputation as a literary Garbo"
Harper Lee