Eli Selzer — a post production manager from Los Angeles, California
Anne Martyn — a high school English teacher originally from Los Gatos, California
Libby Jones — a recruiter from Davenport, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby | $1,200 | $3,000 | $25,200 |
$46,001
2-day champion: $70,802 |
$21,000
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Anne | $400 | $600 | $2,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$2,200
4 R, 1 W |
| Eli | $6,200 | $14,600 | $23,000 |
$25,201
2nd place: $3,000 |
$18,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| YOU CAN COUNT ON GEOGRAPHY | ALL KINDS OF SPORTS | CHARITY FUNDRAISERS | ____ OF ____ | PULP FICTION | RICK ASTLEY WOULD NEVER... |
|
$200
[23]
Three Way, northwest of Waco in this state, got its name when 3 local schools merged; why, what did you think?
Texas
Libby
|
$200
[14]
It's the oldest trophy awarded in North American pro sports; one early winning team was the Vancouver Millionaires
the Stanley Cup
Eli
|
$200
[25]
Held in London, the world's biggest 1-day fundraiser is one of these events; in 2025 it had over 56,000 finishers
a marathon
Eli
|
$200
[28]
It tells you what's in a book
table of contents
Libby
|
$200
[21]
Max Brand's this genre Magazine carried tales like "Trail of the Devil Duo" & "Law-Dog of Wild Horse Valley"
Western
Libby
|
$200
[30]
Tell a lie, for if Rick committed this on the stand in Nevada, our hero could get 1 to 4 years in the slammer & a $5,000 fine
perjury
Anne
|
|
$400
[22]
An Australian town called this took its name from alone gumon an elevation near Adelaide, not a 2000s TV drama about hoops-playing teens
One Tree Hill
Libby
|
$400
[26]
7-point games are popular for betting on in this high speed sport whose name is from Basque words meaning "merry festival"
jai alai
Libby
|
$400
[24]
Feel the love tonight: the 2025 Oscars viewing party hosted by this singer's AIDS foundation raised almost $9 million
Elton John
Eli
|
$400
[27]
Bryan Berg built a very tall one of these precarious structures; it took 1,000 decks just for the spire
house of cards
Libby
|
$400
[20]
In "Origins of Marvel Comics", this man credited a pulp hero called the Spider for inspiring one of his most famous creations
Stan Lee
Eli
|
$400
[29]
Say goodbye, mimicking this woman who quit as Vogue's editor-in-chief in 2025 but kept control of the magazine
Anna Wintour
Eli
|
|
$600
[6]
A So Cal beach town isn't El Primero but this, as it was the site of the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast
El Segundo
Eli
|
$600
[5]
Jesse Owens' 4 Olympic gold medal wins in Berlin in 1936 included victories in these 2 shortest sprint distances
100 & 200 meters
Libby
|
$600
[13]
This challenge deluged social media in the summer of 2014, raising $115 million to support the fight against ALS
the Ice Bucket Challenge
Anne
|
$600
[2]
If you got COLA at work, it could be this kind of adjustment or allowance to your salary
cost of living
Libby
|
$600
[7]
This hero debuted in the Oct. 1912 issue of the All-Story; the cover shows him bare-chested, fighting a lion
Tarzan
Eli
|
$600
[9]
Make you cry, so Mr. A. wouldn't take you to this Pixar film; you won't get through the montage of Ellie & Carl's lifelong love
Up
Eli
|
|
$800
[1]
There's a much less notorious one of these, sans nuclear reactor, in New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee
Three Mile Island
Eli
|
$800
[11]
Pine & fir were once used in this sport also called birling, but red cedar was found to spin faster & float higher in the water
logrolling
Libby
|
$800
[12]
This comedian hosted 44 telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association; one featured a visit from Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Eli
|
$800
[10]
Whether prince or president, but often more permanent than prime minister, it's a nation's titular ruler
head of state
Eli
|
$800
[4]
New Love Magazine thrilled readers with the March 1943 romance "Tall, Dark" & this alphanumeric that meant unfit for military service
4-F
Eli
|
$800
[8]
Hurt you, certainly not with this stretching device such as the "Duke of Exeter's Daughter" in the Tower of London
the rack
Libby
Anne
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Of course there are 5 cities in the Quad Cities: Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa & Rock Island, Moline & East Moline in this state
Illinois
Eli
|
$1,000
[19]
Raise a Red Bull, his team, for this Belgian-born driver who has won four consecutive Formula 1 season championships
Max Verstappen
|
$1,000
[18]
In 1988 director Richard Curtis smelled a great idea when he started the U.K. version of this campaign to end poverty
Red Nose Day
|
DD
$6,000
[17]
3-word phrase for the legal responsibility for demonstrating guilt
burden of proof
Eli
|
$1,000
[15]
Weird Tales supplemented stories by H.P. Lovecraft et al. with classics like this poet's "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
John Keats
Anne
|
$1,000
[16]
Give you up, like this place ceded to Britain by China in 1842 that became a crown colony
Hong Kong
Eli
|
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS | EPISODE ONE TV | IT'S ASTRONOMICAL | FIRESIDE CHATS | UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER |
|
$400
[23]
He went to UCLA on a tennis scholarship & in 1975 became the first African American to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon
(Arthur) Ashe
Eli
|
$400
[24]
Olivia Pope heads to Camp David to help POTUS with some infidelity rumors
Scandal
Libby
|
$400
[29]
What appear to be trees on the surface of this planet are actually cascades of dark sand streaking its dunes
Mars
Libby
|
$400
[30]
Fireside Chats were initially conceived as a way to earn public support for FDR's policies under this program
the New Deal
Libby
|
$400
[25]
This capital city's annual Book Fair is the largest in the Baltics & one of Lithuania's "brightest cultural events"
Vilnius
Libby
|
$400
[26]
Relating to your dad & relating to your mom & dad
paternal & parental
Eli
|
|
$800
[22]
55 years after Thurgood Marshall's appointment, she became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Libby
|
$800
[19]
A chemistry teacher finds the number 50 spelled out on his plate in veggie bacon for his birthday breakfast at home
Breaking Bad
Eli
|
$800
[27]
The most distant thing you can usually see with the unaided eye is this galaxy 2.5 million light-years away
Andromeda
Libby
|
$800
[28]
In Feb. 2013 Pres. Obama followed up this more formal speaking engagement with a "Fireside Hangout" hosted by Google+
the State of the Union
Eli
|
$800
[1]
From the seaport, climb the Potemkin Stairsto reach the center of this city, home to Ukraine's first public library
Odesa
Eli
|
$800
[20]
Old-timey word for a lady &Olympic awards
damsel & medals
Libby
|
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1964, hemade Oscar history winning Best Actor for his performance in "Lilies of the Field"
Poitier
Eli
|
$1,200
[2]
Carol Hathaway is rushed back to the hospital where she works after an overdose in an apparent suicide attempt
ER
Libby
|
$1,600
[11]
Reported since 1643, ashen light, a glow on the dark side of this planet, is still unexplained, as it has no moon to reflect light
Venus
Libby
Eli
|
$1,200
[10]
When the U.S. joined WWII, FDR asked his radio audience to "take out & spread before you" one of these while listening at home
a map
|
$1,200
[4]
This city hosts Dutch Poetry Night, the biggest annual poetry event in the Netherlands, & a monthly poetry event called U-Slam
Utrecht
Libby
|
$1,200
[16]
What the Brits call bangs &a digit
fringe & finger
Libby
|
|
$1,600
[3]
He was the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs & the first to serve as Secretary of State
Colin Powell
Anne
|
$1,600
[7]
Hannah's parents visit her in New York City & tell her they will no longer support her financially
Girls
Libby
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
The Huygens gap, the Encke gap & the Keeler gap lie between these
rings of Saturn
Libby
|
$1,600
[9]
After FDR, he was the only president to copy the informal chat approach of sitting by an actual fireplace--& in a cardigan, no less
Jimmy Carter
|
$1,600
[6]
The American University of this capital on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean contributes to its cultural life
Beirut
|
$1,600
[15]
An alternate way to go &selected an itinerary or path for a trip
detour & routed
Eli
|
|
DD
$5,400
[5]
In 1955 she became the first Black soloist to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, receiving an ovation before singing a note
(Marian) Anderson
Libby
|
$2,000
[8]
Marty & Wendy pack up the kids & head from Chicago to Missouri to launder money on the lakes
Ozark
Libby
Eli
|
$2,000
[18]
It's okay to look at the Sunin an image for Earth's closest approach, called this from Greek for "near" & "sun"
perihelion
Eli
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1944, FDR's final chat urged Americans to continue funding the war "not only by the payment of taxes... but also by" purchasing these
war bonds
Libby
|
$2,000
[17]
A bronzestatuein this Hanseatic city honors its unlikely town musicians made famous by the Brothers Grimm
Bremen
Eli
|
$2,000
[14]
Flower part &hopped (past tense!) over a fence
leapt & petal
Eli
|
An Ivy League grad, actress & author, she was Vogue's youngest cover girl at 14 & was called the face of the 1980s
Brooke Shields