Harrison Whitaker game 14.
Samantha Meier — an assistant principal from North Reading, Massachusetts
Wilder Seitz — a cashier and writer from Los Angeles, California
Harrison Whitaker — a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (whose 13-day cash winnings total $352,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | $6,200 | $9,200 | $18,400 |
$21,999
14-day champion: $373,999 |
$18,400
26 R, 0 W |
| Wilder | $1,800 | $3,200 | $500 |
$999
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Samantha | $1,000 | $3,000 | $7,400 |
$7,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,400
10 R, 2 W |
| NOT THE STATE CAPITAL | ROUGH TIMES IN THE BIBLE | TROPICAL FRUITS | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS | BABY, I CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING | ANY MOORE |
|
$200
[30]
Look for the Hitsville, U.S.A. sign if you want to visit Berry Gordy's historicrecording studioin this Michigan city
Detroit
Wilder
|
$200
[23]
In this Bible book "Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land"
Exodus
Harrison
|
$200
[26]
This tropical fruit is the "G" of the popular Hawaiian drink POG
guava
Samantha
|
$200
[27]
It's defined as the parts of Australia far away from towns
the Outback
Harrison
|
$200
[29]
I'm mired in doubt pondering past decisions, baby, feeling this way, which could also describe a mirror
reflective
Samantha
|
$200
[28]
Sheplayed nefarious District 13 President Coin in the "Hunger Games: Mockingjay" films
Julianne Moore
Harrison
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$400
[12]
For years, this largest Kentucky city was KFC's home base; by design, corporateHQclosely resembled the White House
Louisville
Harrison
Wilder
|
$400
[22]
"When they were in the field", this man "rose up against" this second man "his brother, and slew him" (name both, please)
Cain & Abel
Wilder
|
$400
[17]
A 1985 New York Times article pointed to the danger of these heavy fruits falling & causing injuries or death
a coconut
Wilder
|
$400
[24]
Isn't it this type of Greek column adorned with spiral scrolls? Yes, it is
ionic
Harrison
|
$400
[25]
I'm out of sorts, baby, & I think I'm suffering from this feeling, a French word for general discontent & world-weariness
malaise (ennui)
Wilder
|
$400
[18]
At age 62, she got her first Oscar nomination for starring in "The Substance"
Demi Moore
Harrison
|
|
$600
[6]
Bob Dylan Way winds 1.8 miles through the downtown of this Minnesota port city, Dylan's birthplace
Duluth
Harrison
|
$600
[1]
His brothers take away his special garment & throw him in a pit, where he's rescued only to be sold
Joseph
Wilder
|
$600
[7]
It's the main ingredient intam mak hoong, a spicy salad from Southeast Asia
papaya
Harrison
|
$600
[21]
A minor irritant that becomes a real spoiler is "a fly in" this preparation
the ointment
Harrison
|
$600
[9]
After falling in the koi pond, I'm as embarrassed as I could possibly be, baby--this way that's from the Latin for "death"
mortified
Wilder
|
$600
[16]
Known for singing hits like "I Wanna Be With You", Mandy Moore grew up & played a matriarch on this weepy series
This Is Us
Samantha
|
|
$800
[15]
The Trinity Nuclear Test Site allows visitors only sparingly at open houses held by the U.S. Army in this "fat tree" city
Alamogordo
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Looking toward these 2 places, "Lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace"
Sodom & Gomorrah
Wilder
|
$800
[10]
In the 11th century Cai Xiang wrote a treatise on this fruit with a hard bumpy rind
the lychee
|
$800
[5]
Completes the title of George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber's play "Dinner at..."
Eight
Harrison
|
$800
[8]
Baby, I'm so calm & peaceful--you might even say I'm this word found in the titles of Monaco's royalty
serene
Samantha
|
$800
[4]
Appropriately, this actor has a star on the Walk of Fame at 7007 Hollywood Blvd.
Roger Moore
Harrison
Samantha
|
|
$1,000
[19]
In 2023 the Wall Street Journal called this Arkansas city, home to Walmart headquarters, "a new capital of cool"
Bentonville
Harrison
|
$1,000
[3]
"And the angel took the censer... there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake" in this New Testament book
Revelation
Harrison
|
$1,000
[11]
This fruit in the Bromeliad family came to symbolize hospitality due to its connection with luxury
pineapple
Samantha
|
$1,000
[14]
Augustus Caesar claimed descent from this Trojan hero
Aeneas
Harrison
|
$1,000
[20]
Baby, I'm nauseated; perhaps I've got a case of this parasitic roundworm intestinal disease; the pork tartare was a bad choice
trichinosis
Samantha
|
$1,000
[13]
Michael Moore was born in this Michigan city & returned there for his documentary "Roger & Me"
Flint
Harrison
|
| UNMITIGATED GAUL | CLOTHES IN BOOKS | ANIMALS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES | ARCHITECTS | "J"AMS | ALLITERATION |
|
$400
[30]
Much of the eastern border of Roman Gaul was formed by this river that drains into the North Sea in the Netherlands
the Rhine
Harrison
|
$400
[29]
He's introduced "stark naked", but soon Crusoe has him looking stylish in a goatskin vest
Friday
Harrison
|
$400
[28]
Electrophorus electricus:This river dweller
an electric eel
Wilder
|
$400
[26]
The first museum commission for this architect was the Eversonin Syracuse; later, the Louvre came calling
Pei
Harrison
|
$400
[24]
In this 2002 hit Jennifer Lopez insists she's "down to earth" & true to her South Bronx roots
"Jenny From The Block"
Harrison
|
$400
[27]
Looking for a place to live, as when gossip columns say Marilyn Monroe or Harry & Meghan are doing this in a given locale
house hunting
Harrison
Samantha
|
|
$800
[19]
During Roman rule, the homes of Gallic aristocracy took the form of this type of Roman country manor
a villa
Harrison
|
$1,200
[16]
This autobiography-style novel mentions "the first silk kimono I'd ever worn... blue with green grasses all around the hem"
Memoirs of a Geisha
Samantha
|
$800
[13]
Bombus:This insect
a bumblebee
Samantha
|
$800
[21]
In 2002 this Chinese-American architect said she "fought very, very hard to get past being known as the monument maker"
(Maya) Lin
Wilder
|
$800
[23]
This country hit from an "American Idol" winner is about a young mom hitting a patch of black ice while driving
"Jesus, Take The Wheel"
Samantha
|
$800
[25]
An Italian novel where the teens throw the key into a river started a craze for this item, now banned at many landmarks
a love lock
Harrison
|
|
$1,200
[2]
As all schoolkids once knew, a returning Julius Caesar wrote, "All Gaul is divided into" this many parts
three
Wilder
|
$1,600
[15]
In a short Henry James tale, this "innocent American girl" enters dressed in "muslin, with a hundred frills & flounces"
Daisy Miller
Wilder
|
$1,200
[14]
Dasypus novemcinctus:The nine-banded this
armadillo
Harrison
|
$1,200
[7]
Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson & this 3-named architect are often known as the trinity of American architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Harrison
|
$1,200
[8]
This song by Rick Springfield of "General Hospital" topped the charts in August 1981, the same day MTV launched
"Jessie's GIrl"
Wilder
|
$1,200
[11]
A burglar who comes in through a window is this "man", even if the window was on the third or fourth floor
second story
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Cisalpine Gaul, meaning "Gaul on this side of the Alps", included the northern regions of this modern-day country
Italy
Harrison
|
$2,000
[17]
"He" is the first word of this Woolf novel whose title character soon dons crimson breeches & a taffeta waistcoat
Orlando
Wilder
|
$1,600
[1]
Didelphis virginiana: a species of this New World marsupial
an opossum
Wilder
|
$1,600
[5]
He thought of Bernini's sculpture of St. Teresa & its lifelike robe folds for his Spruce Street Towerin Downtown Manhattan
Gehry
Harrison
|
$1,600
[9]
"It was all a dream, I used to read 'Word Up!' magazine" is from this song that's been called the greatest hip-hop track of all time
"Juicy"
Wilder
|
$1,600
[10]
Capris by a sportier name, they had a vogue mid-century but have been known to come back in style
pedal pushers
|
|
$2,000
[4]
After defeating the Romans, these people conquered & ruled most of Gaul & at least by the area's present name, they're still there
the Franks
Wilder
|
DD
$8,000
[18]
Completes the Wilkie Collins description of a woman's attire: "Bonnet, shawl, and gown all of..."
white
Wilder
|
DD
$3,500
[22]
Nasalis larvatus:This primate
the proboscis monkey
Wilder
|
$2,000
[6]
Near completion, the Central Bank of Iraq Towerwas designed by this female architect who died in 2016
Hadid
Wilder
|
$2,000
[12]
P!nk's most recent No. 1 hit was this duet with Nate Ruess of fun., about a relationship that's on the rocks
"Just Give Me A Reason"
Samantha
|
$2,000
[20]
Jerry Falwell Jr. eulogized Paul Weyrich in 2008 as "a pioneer of the Reagan Revolution" & this other conservative "R.R."
the religious right
|
The smallest member in both area & population, this island nation joined the EU in 2004
Malta