Margaret Dunlap — a writer from Burbank, California
Youssef Shareef — a cashier originally from Houston, Texas
Ron Lalonde — a medical physicist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron | $1,800 | $4,000 | $17,200 |
$16,900
3-day champion: $52,501 |
$18,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Youssef! | $2,800 | $4,800 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 2 W |
| Margaret | $1,600 | $3,000 | $7,800 |
$8,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,800
10 R, 2 W |
| WE 5 KINGS | REPURPOSING | COMPOSE YOURSELF! | ALL KINDS OF CRUMMY | U.S. MUSEUMS | LET'S GIVESTAR WARSA HAND |
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$200
[21]
Known for defeating a non-New York Giant, this 2nd king of Israel conquered the Canaanite-held Jerusalem & made that the capital
David
Ron
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$200
[26]
In John 2:9 the ruler of the feast discovers Jesus has performed this miracle
turning water to wine
Youssef!
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$200
[8]
Antonin Dvorak wrote, "Anyone with a nose for these things will detect the influence of America" in this symphony
the New World Symphony
Margaret
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$200
[13]
I'm feeling this 6-letter way; below an expected golf score, in other words
subpar
Youssef!
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$200
[24]
If you're brave enough, there's an Interactive Medieval Torture Museum not far from the Field Museum in this city
Chicago
Ron
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$200
[2]
Dooku lopped an arm off this character who had some serious anger management issues; Obi-Wan would dis-arm him as well
Anakin
Youssef!
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$400
[16]
Not big on diversity, equity or inclusion, in 1685 this king revoked the religiously tolerant Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV
Ron
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$400
[27]
Making cans from this recycled material that comes from bauxite ore uses 95% less energy than manufacturing new cans
aluminum
Ron
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$400
[17]
The Utah Symphony notes "the war whoops of the sisters as they scan the mortal battlefields" in this Wagner piece
the Ride of the Valkyries
Ron
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$400
[14]
It's an adjective for the crummy way you feel or for someone infested with a hair-dwelling pest
lousy
Margaret
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$400
[9]
You can bet Vidalia, Georgia has a museum devoted to this product & how it grows
onions
Ron
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$600
[6]
Samuel L. Jacksonsays, despite losing a hand & getting thrown out a window, this character still lives, walking the Earth with Jules
Mace Windu
Youssef!
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$600
[22]
On October 27, 1936, the married girlfriend of this king got a preliminary decree of divorce, & soon he'd be out of a job
Edward VIII
Ron
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$600
[28]
While sildenafil was first used to treat angina, scientists found it rose to the occasion in a new way under this name
Viagra
Ron
Margaret
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$600
[18]
Not yet 20 in 1857, this Frenchman won the Prix de Rome for a cantata called "Clovis et Clotilde"; now, let's! get!...
(Georges) Bizet
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$600
[3]
vulture.com calls this 3-word response from Pete Campbell the greatest meme from "Mad Men"
not great, Bob!
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$600
[10]
A museum in Fairmount, Indiana honorstwo local legends--James Dean & this creator of Garfield the cat
Jim Davis
Ron
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$800
[4]
Generally speaking, this Jedi hunter who really should have had that cough looked at lost 2 of his 4 hands to Obi-Wan
General Grievous
Youssef!
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$800
[23]
In 1918 Wilhelm II stopped kaisering for Germany & kinging for this region, ending the Hohenzollern dynasty's rule
Prussia
Youssef!
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$800
[29]
The uniform of Mork, played by him, is believed to be redressed from a "Star Trek" baddie in the "Savage Curtain" episode
(Robin) Williams
Margaret
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$800
[19]
3 centuries after its composition, this German's"Canon"gained popularity in the movie "Ordinary People"
Pachelbel
Ron
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$800
[7]
In Mexico this Spanish word for "raw" doesn't just describe food at a cevicheria--it's also slang for being hung over
crudo
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$800
[11]
Trenton's Old Barracks Museumhas preserved the quarters built in 1758 for British soldiers in this war
the French & Indian Wars
Ron
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
The genetic template for the title characters, Jango Fett got unhanded, then unheaded in this film Episode 2
Attack of the Clones
Ron
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$1,000
[25]
Mental disturbances afflicting Henry VI ended up being a cause of these civil wars that lasted from 1455 to 1485
the Wars of the Roses
Ron
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$1,000
[30]
Part of a newer trend, in 2025 an unused 19,000-square-foot Chicago warehouse was turned into a clubhouse for this racquet sport
pickleball
Youssef!
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$1,000
[20]
Can you Handel the truth?! This suite premiered in 1717 for a royal cruise but the entire work wasn't put together until 1788
Water Music
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$1,000
[15]
This term for something second rate or cheaty stems from low-minors baseball clubs in small towns
bush league
Margaret
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$1,000
[12]
In 2025 the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix featured an exhibition on this greatest violinmaker "& the golden age of violins & guitars"
Stradivari
Ron
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$1,000
[5]
Stone-cold Luke Skywalker whomped a wampa, slicing off the huge creature's entire arm on this ice planet
Hoth
Youssef!
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| BORDER RIVERS | CHEMISTRY | CLASSIC ARTISTS' B-SIDES | STOCK SYMBOLS | 6-LETTER WORDS | ALEXANDER POPE |
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$400
[11]
The Amur River forms 1,100 miles of the border between China & this country
Russia
Youssef!
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$400
[12]
Though rarely used, a chemical name of this substance is dihydrogen monoxide
water
Youssef!
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$400
[14]
Their B-side "Ruby Tuesday" hit No. 1 after the A-side, "Let's Spend The Night Together", proved too hot for 1960s radio
The Rolling Stones
Ron
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$400
[8]
HOOD is the symbol for this trading platform that newer traders gravitate toward
Robinhood
Ron
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$400
[18]
In geometry it's half the diameter of a circle
radius
Ron
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$400
[23]
Authors often argue with men in this profession, called booksellers at the time, but Pope poisoned one & wrote about it
a publisher
Margaret
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$800
[9]
For most of its course, the Ottawa River forms the border between these 2 Canadian provinces
Ontario & Quebec
Youssef!
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$800
[6]
A diatomic one of these consists of 2 chemically bonded atoms
a molecule
Margaret
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$800
[15]
When this Gloria Gaynor song was relegated to a B-side, it didn't crumble, it didn't lay down & die; it climbed to No. 1
"I Will Survive"
Margaret
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$1,200
[7]
Buying some GS? You're investing in this Wall Street banking powerhouse named for Marcus & Samuel
Goldman Sachs
Youssef!
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$800
[19]
Without an accent aigu, it means "to continue"; with one, it helps you get a job
resume (résumé)
Youssef!
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$800
[24]
In "An Essay on Criticism", Pope claims, "A little" this "is a dangerous thing"
learning
Ron
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$1,200
[1]
This6-vowel river rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains & forms part of Georgia's border with both Alabama & Florida
the Chattahoochee
Youssef!
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$1,200
[3]
In the right column of the periodic table, nonmetals in the group known by this name are the least reactive of all the elements
the noble gases
Ron
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$1,200
[13]
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" was the much less starry-eyed B-side of their 1966 chart-topper "I'm A Believer"
The Monkees
Ron
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$1,600
[29]
ZEUS is the appropriate ticker for this steel company with a mountainous name
Olympic Steel
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$1,200
[20]
It's the name of a thick-shelled clam, or Peter Griffin's hometown
quahog
Ron
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$1,200
[25]
Pope had a flame war with Lewis Theobald over editing this author, like a ghost's "for the day confined to fast"--or roast? "in fires"
Shakespeare
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$1,600
[2]
The Mekong Riverforms most of the western border of this landlocked nation
Laos
Margaret
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$1,600
[4]
A chemical property is one associated with change of one type of matter into another, like this "-ability" of wood & acetone
flammability
Ron
Margaret
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$1,600
[16]
Before DJs began flipping the single, this Rod Stewart hit about an affair with an older woman was the B-side of "Reason To Believe"
"Maggie May"
Ron
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DD
$2,000
[28]
FIZZ is the stock symbol for National Beverage Company, famous for this drink brand whose name looks très français
LaCroix
Ron
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$1,600
[21]
"B" + a Musketeer's name gets this word for a ludicrous anticlimax
bathos
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$1,600
[26]
At age 16, Pope wrote his first of this type of poem dealing with the life of shepherds or rural life
pastoral (idyll)
Ron
Margaret
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$2,000
[10]
Emptying into the Gulf of Guayaquil, the Zarumilla is one of several rivers forming Peru's border with this neighbor
Ecuador
Youssef!
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DD
$3,600
[5]
An important reference point in calculations that involve gases, STP--equal to 273.15 K & 1 atmosphere--is short for this
standard temperature & pressure
Ron
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$2,000
[17]
He was just 12 when "Fingertips - Pt. 2" was recorded live in Chicago
Stevie Wonder
Ron
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$2,000
[30]
Inspired by a magical item from Middle-earth, this company with the stock symbol PLTR may already know if you'll respond
Palantir
Margaret
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$2,000
[22]
Oddly, this word for a metrical foot is derived from the Greek word for "finger"
dactyl
Ron
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$2,000
[27]
In Canto 2 of this poem, Pope writes, "fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, and beauty draws us with a single hair"
The Rape of the Lock
Ron
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A storm in the 1960s blew off what looked like a spout on this sandstone formation that made the news in the early 1920s
Teapot Dome