2026 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 5.
Ian Morrison — an airline ramp agent originally from Aurora, Colorado
Ryan Sharpe — a recent graduate from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
James Corson — a nuclear engineer from Frederick, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $3,200 | $4,200 | $11,000 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,000
15 R, 2 W |
| Ryan | $3,000 | $6,400 | $24,222 |
$25,951
Automatic semifinalist |
$19,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Ian | $1,400 | $3,600 | $8,800 |
$17,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,800
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE | ALLITERATION | BIBLICAL LANGUAGE | THAT'S FASHIONABLE | WHY NOT? FOOTBALL! | TEACHING TO THE TEST |
|
$200
[26]
She was provost at Stanford before becoming the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor
Rice
Ryan
|
$200
[24]
Rodent-wise, it's the grind of keeping up with the competition
the rat race
Ian
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$200
[15]
First mentioned in the Bible as early as Genesis 21, this people has become a synonym for an uneducated & uncultured group
Philistines
Ian
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$200
[28]
You get a top grade if you can name this letter-perfect dress style introduced by Christian Dior in 1955
an A-line
James
|
$200
[13]
This team began in Oakland, moved to L.A., thought about going to Irwindale, went back to Oakland, then hit the tables in Vegas
the Raiders
Ryan
|
$200
[30]
Driving test prep:These should not be on within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle
high beams (brights)
Ryan
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|
$400
[23]
After learning to associate objects she felt with words spelled out in her palm, she graduated cum laude from Radcliffe in 1904
(Helen) Keller
Ryan
|
$400
[21]
It's a presumably platonic female confidante in the office
a work wife
James
|
$400
[8]
Someone who brings misfortune might be called by the name of this prophet who was on a ship that hit rough water
Jonah
James
|
$400
[27]
In the fashion biz, it's common to pronounce this word for a high-waisted dress style in the French way, as Napoleon might have
Empire
|
$400
[12]
Winning the war but not the battle, this U. took the national crown in 2025, but a loss to Michigan kept them out of the Big Ten title game
Ohio State
James
|
$400
[29]
For the citizenship test:This pair limits the power of each branch of govt.; John Adams said we will "learn to prize" them
checks & balances
James
|
|
$600
[17]
A violent young man, in 1919 he was transferred from the New York to the Chicago branch by superiors Frankie Yale & Johnny Torrio
Al Capone
Ian
|
$600
[5]
I was not at sloveniansinswimsuits.com & no need for you to hit this left-pointing arrow to check
the back button
Ian
|
$800
[3]
Written on a woman's head in Revelation to symbolize decadence, the name of this city has been used of ancient Rome & Hollywood
Babylon
Ian
|
$600
[18]
Thisfashion designer from Queens worshipped Barbra Streisand, who went on to wear her clothes & become a close friend
Donna Karan
Ian
|
$600
[11]
After college, hissalary went up from $5.50 an hour in an Iowa grocery store to, I'm gonna guess, at least double that as a Super Bowl MVP
Kurt Warner
James
|
$600
[25]
To pass the exam to be a veterinarian in most of the U.S., better know what to do if an African gray one of these has seizures
a parrot
Ryan
|
|
$800
[1]
You could sayhetook a serious left turn after he finished med school in 1953, joining Castro's 26th of July movement
Guevara
Ryan
|
$800
[6]
She's aka Dame Fortune
Lady Luck
Ian
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
An Israelite military leader lends his name to this species of yucca
the Joshua tree
Ian
|
$800
[19]
Thisstyle of boot gets its name from an area of swinging London, not arty New York
a Chelsea boot
Ian
|
$800
[10]
If you're receiving a punt in the NFL, you can't be tackled if you make this signal--arm straight up, waving a hand side to side
a fair catch
James
|
$800
[22]
A bar exam may ask about this 2-word doctrine allowing police to chase a fleeing suspect into a home without a warrant
the hot pursuit doctrine
|
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1940, a French military court sentencedhimin absentia to death for defying Marshal Pétain, but he'd make a big comeback
de Gaulle
Ryan
|
$1,000
[7]
After going on too long or too obscurely, you might say the Tumblr-born phrase "thank you for coming to my" this
TED Talk
Ryan
|
$1,000
[2]
A long, mournful speech warning of disaster, it's taken from the name of the author of the Book of Lamentations
a jeremiad
Ryan
|
$1,000
[20]
Often applied to clothes, it's French for "ready to wear"
prêt-à-porter
Ryan
|
$1,000
[9]
Not only doesheown the Dallas Cowboys & have a net worth of $19 billion or so, but he was surprisingly great as an actor on TV's "Landman"
Jerry Jones
James
|
$1,000
[14]
These exams date to 19th c. reforms; N.Y.'s ask about smoke detectors on the firefighter one, jobless clients on the caseworker one
civil service exams
|
| U.S. BODIES OF WATER | KNOWN WHEREABOUTS | ADAPTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL | THEY CALL ME MELLOW YELLOW | FANTASTIC TALES | TEACHING TO THE TEST |
|
$400
[12]
I'm going to take my RV & head out for a little R&R at this largest lake entirely in Wisconsin
Lake Winnebago
Ryan
|
$400
[25]
Once a resident of London's Carlyle Square, Kim Philby fled in 1963 to this country for which he'd been working for decades
the Soviet Union
Ian
|
$400
[28]
It's loverly to think about what Shaw would have said of this 1999 remix of "Pygmalion" starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
She's All That
Ian
|
$400
[23]
In a line stretching back more than 600 years, the leader of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism is the person with this title
the Dalai Lama
Ryan
|
$400
[26]
This New Yorker who wrote about a Tarrytown legend also wrote about various Spanish legends in "Tales of the Alhambra"
Irving
James
|
$400
[30]
Some think ofitas bluish-green, others as greenish-blue
teal
Ian
|
|
$800
[11]
The Bighorn River is a major tributary of this river of Wyoming & Montana
the Yellowstone
Ryan
Ian
|
$800
[24]
On 36th St. in Fort Smith, Ark. you're walking in the footsteps of bank robber & killer Charles Floyd, nicknamed this
Pretty Boy
Ian
|
$800
[27]
In "Do Revenge", this actress & Camila Mendestake a page from "Strangers on a Train"
Maya Hawke
|
$800
[22]
Yellowcakeis a concentrated form of this element that, when refined further, can produce nuclear-grade material
uranium
Ryan
|
$800
[13]
In 1837's "Twice-Told Tales" by this man, a Puritan minister wears a mysterious black veil
Hawthorne
James
|
$800
[29]
This adjective for looking good on "the tube" dates back to the 1930s, the infancy of the medium
telegenic
James
Ryan
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Pioneers heading west along the Oregon & Mormon Trails followed this wide, shallow river of Nebraska
the Platte
Ryan
|
$1,200
[7]
Mosul, Iraq was one stomping ground of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-proclaimed caliph of this org.; in 2019 he died in Syria
ISIS
Ryan
|
$1,200
[17]
In this adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Amanda Bynes assumes the identity of her twin brother to play soccer
She's the Man
James
|
$1,200
[9]
Lying on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife is the capital of this vast Canadian region
the Northwest Territories
James
Ryan
|
$1,200
[4]
A swashbuckling rodent sets off to rescue a princess in 2004's Newbery Medal winner "The Tale of" this mouse
Despereaux
Ryan
|
$1,200
[14]
Crab traps pose a threat to these salt marsh turtles
terrapins
James
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Whidbey is the largest of the islands that dot this deepwater estuary
Puget Sound
Ryan
|
$1,600
[8]
Albert DeSalvo, known as this notorious name of the '60s, lived with his wife & 2 kids in Malden, Massachusetts
the Boston Strangler
|
$1,600
[18]
This '90s film based on "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" with Ryan Phillippe & Sarah Michelle Gellar was remade as a TV show in 2024
Cruel Intentions
James
|
$2,000
[20]
When an employee agrees as a condition of employment to not join a union, it's called this kind of unlawful contract
a yellow dog contract
|
$1,600
[5]
A Pulitzer Prize winner set below the Equator, "Tales of" this place would turn out to be great musical material
the South Pacific
James
|
$1,600
[15]
Sir, I am astounded that you have the recklessness, the foolhardiness, the chutzpah--nay, the this to speak to me thus
the temerity
|
|
DD
$6,174
[3]
Named for a duke, this nearly 700-mile-long river rises in Kentucky, flows through Tennessee, then back into Kentucky
the Cumberland
Ryan
|
$2,000
[21]
This ranch where Charles Manson & his gang hung out has been absorbed into Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
the Spahn Ranch
|
$2,000
[19]
Rian Johnson adapted what he called the weirdly poetic style of Dashiell Hammett for high school in this film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Brick
Ian
|
DD
$2,048
[10]
At the turn of the 20th century, Joseph Pulitzer's New York World & this publisher's New York Journal spread lurid yellow journalism
(William Randolph) Hearst
Ryan
|
$2,000
[6]
In this Judy Blume tale, Peter Hatcher feels ignored & overshadowed by his turtle-swallowing younger brother Fudge
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Ian
|
$2,000
[16]
In geometry, it's the 4-dimensional equivalent of a cube; in "A Wrinkle in Time", it's how the Murry kids travel the universe
a tesseract
James
|
Known in Mexican history as the sale of the Mesilla Valley, the 30,000 square mile deal was negotiated by this U.S. diplomat
(James) Gadsden