2026 Champions Wildcard final game 1.
Stella Trout — a software engineer originally from Houston, Texas
Jonathan Hugendubler — an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland
Cameron Berry — a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | $2,400 | $5,600 | $16,400 | $10,000 |
$17,800
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jonathan | $-200 | $600 | $600 | $1,200 |
$2,600
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Stella | $2,800 | $2,400 | $16,800 | $12,800 |
$12,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | KEEPING A GOOD LATITUDE | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER | SUBWAY TAKES | WHAT IS THAT TEAM NAME CREATURE? |
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$200
[26]
Best known for his activities in Georgia, this Civil War general stated, "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it"
Sherman
Cameron
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$200
[30]
At 41 degrees south latitude, this city on an island is the world's southernmost capital
Wellington
Stella
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$200
[29]
Released in the U.K. in 1966, Action Man was a British version of this toy figure
G.I. Joe
Cameron
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$200
[11]
A hug or a cuddle, you might be drawn into a "warm" one by a friend
an embrace
Jonathan
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$200
[25]
In 2004's "Spider-Man 2", our favorite web slinger fights on a subway vs.this villain played by Alfred Molina & his army of arms
Dr. Octopus (Doc Oc)
Cameron
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$200
[23]
The University of Oregon has the Ducks; to the north, Evergreen State College has the Geoducks, a type of this animal
a clam
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$600
[4]
In 1775, Nathan Hale was teaching in theschoolhousestill standing in New London in this colony; in 1776, he was hanged as a spy
Connecticut
Cameron
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$400
[27]
It's about 70° in Zhilinda, a town in this Russian region... oh wait, that's 70° north latitude. I meant it hit -80 in 2023
Siberia
Jonathan
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$400
[28]
These large plastic rings from Wham-O were banned for a time in Japan for promoting indecent behavior
Hula Hoops
Cameron
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$400
[10]
It's a kind of election halfway through a political period or an important school test halfway through a semester
midterm
Stella
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$400
[24]
In the second film in this franchise, Will Smith saves oblivious New York passengers from a train-hungry alien worm named Jeff
Men in Black
Cameron
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$400
[22]
An archaic name for a puma or lynx, Catamounts are the nickname of the University of this state in Burlington
Vermont
Stella
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$800
[5]
In 1972 Richard Nixon was reelected by defeating this senator from South Dakota in a landslide
McGovern
Stella
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$600
[17]
It's about 23° in Muscat, the capital of this country... oh wait, that's 23° north latitude. I meant it's often 110 in the summer
Oman
Jonathan
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$600
[15]
The original version of this board game was called Murder, had 10 suspects & poison was one of the weapons
Clue
Jonathan
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$600
[9]
It's a small pie that's often filled with fruit, or the taste you might describe if that pie is a little acidic
tart
Stella
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$600
[20]
Tiles on the side of janky '90s-era subways are formed into the opening credits of this 2025 crime film starring Austin Butler
Caught Stealing
Jonathan
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$600
[2]
There's a fruit in the name of this slimy fellow that represents UC Santa Cruz
a banana slug
Cameron
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$1,000
[6]
In 1902 this labor & child-welfare activist with a maternal nickname was called "the most dangerous woman in America"
Mother Jones
Stella
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$800
[16]
Jimmy Buffett's "Changes In Latitudes" included time at his home in Sag Harbor on this island, just below 42 degrees north
Long Island
Jonathan
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$800
[14]
When Monopoly was introduced in the 1930s, the original 6 tokens included a boot, a thimble & this other item you can wear
a top hat
Cameron
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$800
[8]
Carl Akeley served as the chief this for the Field Museum, bringing new realism to the creatures in the dioramas
taxidermist
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$800
[19]
In "Shame", this actor seduces a woman on the R train with nothing but his stare & high cheekbones
Michael Fassbender
Cameron
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$800
[1]
Coastal Carolina has the Chanticleer, a fierce rooster made famous in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" by this Brit in the 14th century
Chaucer
Cameron
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|
DD
$1,400
[3]
This latest (1992) Constit. Amendment is partly due to a college sophomore who noticed it had sat unratified for 2 centuries
the 27th Amendment
Cameron
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$1,000
[13]
It may be the opposite of hell temp-wise, but this line of demarcation is found at around 66.6 degrees south latitude
the Antarctic Circle
Stella
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$1,000
[12]
From Bandai, these gadgets allow you to take care of a digital pet; hope you don't forget to feed it & play with it
a Tamagotchi
Cameron
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$1,000
[7]
It's what you call a practitioner of a type of medicine that uses tiny doses of natural substances to heal
a homeopath
Jonathan
Stella
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$1,000
[18]
This 1974 movie about a subway hijacking was remade in 2009 with John Travolta up to some hijinks
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Cameron
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$1,000
[21]
Southern Illinois teams are named for these elegant dogs whose lineage traces back to ancient Egypt
Salukis
Stella
|
| WEIGHTY WORKS | CELEB HYPHENATES | WORLD ARTS & CULTURE | MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL | CENSUS WORKING OVERTIME | THE ECSTASY OF "X-T-C" |
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$400
[6]
This 1862 tome by Victor Hugo criticizes the French justice & political systems, plus has a police chase to boot
Les Miz
Jonathan
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$400
[23]
Jay-Z' wife has a hyphen when using this married name
Knowles-Carter
Cameron
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$400
[22]
Though this name for India's motion picture industry became popular in the '90s, it was coined in the '60s
Bollywood
Jonathan
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$400
[28]
Nigel Warburton co-hosts the podcast this subject "Bites" (as in bite-size), with episodes on Hegel & Socrates
Philosophy
Jonathan
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$400
[29]
Seats in this body are readjusted after each decennial Census; in August 2025, Texas chose not to wait for 2030
the House of Representatives
Jonathan
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$400
[30]
The policy of living peacefully with others despite disagreements
coexistence
Stella
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$800
[5]
The invisible hand makes an appearance in "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" & this work, a sort of follow up by the same author
The Wealth of Nations
Cameron
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$800
[24]
Many cast members of this Netflix hit set on a deadly island are hyphenates, including Lee Jung-jae & Wi Ha-joon
Squid Game
Jonathan
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$800
[9]
One of the largest in the world, this performing arts festival is held for 3 weeks each August in Edinburgh
the Fringe Festival
Stella
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$800
[17]
Nigel Hawthorne played this loopy British king onstage in 1991 before getting an Oscar nomination for playing him on film
George III
Stella
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$800
[14]
The name of this Old Testament book refers to Moses doing a census of his people
Numbers
Stella
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$800
[13]
Self-evident or unquestionable, like a universally regarded truth
axiomatic
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|
$1,200
[3]
New York Magazine's review of this David Foster Wallace novel raved, "It's as though... Wittgenstein had gone on 'Jeopardy!'"
Infinite Jest
Cameron
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$1,600
[26]
This Brit played superheroes of a sort with the title roles in "Kick-Ass" & "Kraven the Hunter"
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Cameron
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$1,200
[1]
Java is famous for its dyedfabricscreated by this method that involves the use of hot wax to create the designs
batik
Stella
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$1,200
[16]
Nigel Lockyer helped create the Dune Project to unlock the mysteries of the neutrino as director of the Illinois lab named for this man
Fermi
Cameron
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$1,200
[7]
He mentions that a Census taker tried to quantify him once; that ended with a new recipe
Lecter
Stella
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$1,200
[11]
So entangled or complicated as to make separation impossible
inextricable
Cameron
Stella
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Toranaga is the military dictator in this James Clavell novel Kirkus said "teems for about 900 pages of relentless lopped heads"
Shogun
Cameron
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
"I Am Moana" is one of the many songs written by this versatile guy for a 2016 film
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jonathan
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$1,600
[8]
In 2025 the Athens Epidaurus Festival kicked off its 70th anniversary at the Ancient Theatre with performances of his "Antigone"
Sophocles
Cameron
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$1,600
[18]
Dad of Nigella, Nigel Lawson held this high economic Cabinet post & was Margaret Thatcher's "Golden Boy"
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Jonathan
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$1,600
[15]
The Census Bureau was part of the Interior Department until 1903, when it moved to this other Cabinet department
Commerce
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$1,600
[12]
This pituitary hormone stimulates contractions during labor & also aids in social bonding
oxytocin
Cameron
|
|
$2,000
[4]
In this work, Thomas Hobbes declared that life without proper government would be "nasty, brutish & short"
Leviathan
Cameron
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$2,000
[27]
A 2022 obit for her in the Sydney Morning Herald noted her 1973 hit "Let Me Be There" & a 1980 film with Gene Kelly
Olivia Newton-John
Cameron
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$2,000
[10]
Originally performed by males only, Kandyan danceis a traditional dance form of this country
Sri Lanka
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$2,000
[19]
Thispolitician led the United Kingdom Independence Party, which got its wish with a yes vote on Brexit
(Nigel) Farage
Stella
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DD
$6,000
[21]
Officially "The Description of England", this survey began in 1086 & is actually 2 volumes--one little & one great
the Domesday Book
Stella
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$2,000
[20]
The area of Southern Mexico seenhereis the home of this indigenous people, also the name of their language
Mixtec
Cameron
Jonathan
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The 2 states that border the most others, they border each other along a roughly 60-mile stretch between Kentucky & Arkansas
Missouri & Tennessee