2026 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.
Ben Ganger — an analytics engineer from Goshen, Indiana
Cameron Berry — a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts
Bryce Wargin — a product surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce | $1,000 | $2,800 | $5,200 |
$201
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,200
12 R, 2 W |
| Cameron | $1,000 | $2,800 | $8,800 |
$7,199
Winner: guaranteed semifinalist |
$13,200
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $600 | $800 | $2,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
17 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs) |
| 19th CENTURY AMERICA | MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER | NOW SEE HERE! | FICTIONAL FEMALES | OLD HARD CASH | "FUL" START |
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$200
[22]
Though out of political office, he basically ran Utah from the 1850s until his death in 1877
Brigham Young
Ben
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$200
[20]
Hisarrival to play with the L.A. Galaxy in 2007 significantly boosted the league's visibility
Beckham
Bryce
|
$200
[29]
A perennial favorite, this flower offers seeds beloved by songbirds; hello, my little chickadee
a black-eyed Susan
Ben
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$200
[27]
Hamlet spurned her, Laertes' sister
Ophelia
Bryce
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$200
[25]
This Roman senator-slash-assassin minted the so-called "Eid Mar" coin in 42 B.C., 2 years after the event the coin celebrates
Brutus
Cameron
|
$200
[23]
It's the point on which a lever turns
a fulcrum
Ben
|
|
$400
[21]
In the 1830s opponents of Andrew Jackson formed this political party, with Henry Clay as a leader
Whig
Bryce
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$400
[8]
This squad in the nation's capital won the first MLS Cup in 1996 & has won 3 more since
D.C. United
Cameron
|
$400
[30]
Popular for well over a century, this type of hat sure looks tasty
a pork pie hat
Cameron
|
$400
[26]
"Before marriage" this Flaubert female "thought herself in love"
Madame Bovary
Bryce
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$400
[28]
Because they depict Liberty in a winged cap, thus resembling a certain Roman god, dimes minted from 1916 to 1945 are nicknamed this
a Mercury dime
Ben
|
$400
[24]
Freud said that dreams, & yes, even bad ones, can provide this, perhaps of a wish
fulfillment
Ben
|
|
$600
[16]
The first edition of her "Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" was published in 1896; your kitchen may have the 100th anniversary edition
Fannie Farmer
|
$600
[7]
For scoring a league-leading 23 goals during the 2024 season, Christian Benteke was a shoe-in for this award
Golden Boot
Ben
|
$600
[19]
We've never gone for this country by using a map; we've been waiting just for you--justify our faith
Kyrgyzstan
Bryce
Ben
|
$600
[18]
In "Breaking Dawn", Bella gives her hybrid daughter this hybrid first name, after her mother & mother-in-law
Renesmee
Cameron
|
$600
[17]
In defiance of the motherland, this Puritan colony began making its own coins in 1652, while England was kingless after a civil war
the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cameron
Ben
|
$600
[11]
In 2005, after 180+ years in Lower Manhattan, this fish market relocated to a glistening new Bronx location
the Fulton Fish Market
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Deposits of this mineral were discovered around 1815 in Ticonderoga, New York, leading to a whole new industry
graphite
Ben
|
$800
[1]
Like its NFL counterpart, MLS' New England Revolution plays its home games at this stadium in Foxborough
Gillette
Bryce
|
$800
[5]
Thisbreed loves to perform tricks & learns new ones quickly
a Bichon Frisé
Bryce
|
$800
[10]
Jean Valjean adopts this young girl after her rich dad abandoned her & her mom died
Cosette
Ben
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$800
[15]
The rare U.S. coins known to collectors as Saint-Gaudens double eagles ceased minting in 1933 when FDR halted use of this monetary system
the gold standard
Cameron
Ben
|
$800
[12]
In the 1950s economist Milton Friedman had one of these scholarships to the United Kingdom
a Fulbright Scholarship
Cameron
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In May 1886 a labor rally in this Chicago square turned deadly after someone threw a bomb at police
Haymarket
Bryce
|
$1,000
[2]
Of the 3 Canadian teams in the league, this one is based farthest west
the (Vancouver) Whitecaps
Ben
|
$1,000
[4]
Thisimpressively bearded scientist gave his name to acathode-ray tubethat led in the direction of wonderful television
William Crookes
Cameron
|
$1,000
[9]
Her last name in "Vanity Fair" is no accident--she outwits others, including the also aptly named Mr. Wagg
Becky Sharp
|
$1,000
[14]
A valuable sestertiuscoin from 64 A.D. bears images of Emperor Nero & this Roman seaport completed during his reign
the port of Ostia
|
$1,000
[13]
Latin for "to strike with lightning" gives us this verb meaning "to censure"
to fulminate
|
| LET'S GO TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM | ISLAND COUNTRIES | PLAYING SOME CLASSICAL PIANO | DOCUMENTARIES | FIRST OF ALL | HOW DARE YOU |
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$400
[27]
Thistwo-word innovation was proposed by Lyman Spitzer in 1946 as an extraterrestrial observatory; we'll see infraredimages from the Spitzer one
the Space Telescope
|
$400
[26]
Inisheer, Inishmaan & Inishmore are islands of this island nation
Ireland
Ben
|
$400
[25]
This composer to whom music came easy said the sonata heardhereis "for beginners"
Mozart
Bryce
|
$400
[30]
"A Fistful of Quarters" is the subtitle of a 2007 doc in which Billy Mitchell & Steve Wiebe vie to be "King" of this game
Donkey Kong
Bryce
Ben
|
$400
[29]
In 2025, Andrzej Bargiel was the first to climb & ski down this mountain without supplemental oxygen; the Khumbu Icefall was tricky
Everest
Ben
|
$400
[28]
It's no compliment being likened to this insect of the genus Pediculus, a parasitic infester of the hair & skin
a louse
Bryce
|
|
$800
[21]
Kids love learning at this type of room where eggs produce life; change the subject when they ask where the chicks go next
a hatchery
Cameron
Ben
|
$800
[24]
Spanish explorers thought these islands were the source of the gold a biblical king used to build a Jerusalem temple
the Solomon Islands
Cameron
|
$800
[9]
A beautiful piano piece by Debussy, it's named after a Verlaine poem & means "moonlight"
Clair de lune
Cameron
|
$800
[22]
"Cancelled" is a 2025 documentary about this woman from Savannah who certainly was unafraid of adding butter to a recipe
Paula Deen
Ben
|
$800
[19]
2 firsts for the 1904 Olympics in this city: the first time the U.S. hosted & the first time gold medals were awarded
St. Louis
Cameron
|
$800
[23]
This word for a despicable person can rhyme with "staggered" instead of sounding out both words that go into it
blackguard
Cameron
|
|
$1,200
[4]
There are some fundemosinvolving LIN, this stuff, & its 320-below-zero boiling point
liquid nitrogen
Ben
|
$1,200
[2]
The southernmost of Japan's four major islands, it's home to the historic port city of Nagasaki
Kyushu
Ben
|
$1,200
[1]
This Canadian set a new standard for Bach piano playing with 2 versions of the "Goldberg Variations", in the 1950s & '80s
Glenn Gould ((Glenn) Gold)
Cameron
Ben
|
$1,200
[10]
In this 2013 film Tilikum was the name of the title killer whale that unfortunately lived up to its name by killing 3 people
Blackfish
Cameron
|
$1,600
[17]
The first person to see bacteria & protozoa with a microscope was this Dutchman in the 1670s
Leeuwenhoek
Bryce
|
$1,200
[14]
Note to veggie lovers: this insult meaning "rascal" or "ne'er-do-well" contains green onion
rapscallion
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Thisnearly 100-foot-long dinosaur is a favorite to display; Dippy was a beloved feature of London's Natural History Museum
a Diplodocus
Cameron
|
$1,600
[3]
"Ti" is pronounced like "S" in the language of this nation that extends from the Line Islands to the Gilberts
Kiribati
Bryce
Ben
|
$1,600
[7]
He later wrote one down, but at the premiere of his third piano concerto Beethoven improvised this Italian-named solo section
a cadenza
Ben
|
$1,600
[12]
Ken Burns teamed up with daughter Sarah for this 2012 documentary about a quintet of youths wrongfully convicted in NYC
The Central Park Five
Ben
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$2,000
[18]
He was living in Bruges in the 1470s when he produced the first book printed in English
Caxton
|
$2,000
[16]
Once a word for a freed slave, then a freethinker, it now refers to a rake, one who could do with a bit more restraint
a libertine
|
|
$2,000
[13]
By talking louder, I can increase this, the intensity of a wave, one of its 3 main qualities along with frequency & wavelength
amplitude
Cameron
|
$2,000
[6]
Following years of dispute, in 2025, the United Kingdom agreed to turn over the Chagos Archipelagoto this island country
Mauritius
Bryce
|
$2,000
[8]
A 1965 record by pianist Vladimir Horowitz popularized the many, many sonatas of this contemporary of Vivaldi
Scarlatti
|
$2,000
[20]
Albert & David Maysles are known for this documentary on Edith Bouvier Beale & daughter Little Edie
Grey Gardens
Cameron
|
DD
$4,400
[11]
In 1868 this company named for 2 men made the first Swiss wristwatch, for a countess; men preferred to keep White-Rabbiting
Patek Philippe
Cameron
|
DD
$4,800
[15]
Though no one knows the origin of this 3-syllable word for "fool", one theory involves a familiar Latin phrase meaning "not of sound mind"
nincompoop
Ben
|
This 1653 work includes information on the care & use of proper equipment including lines, floats & rods
The Compleat Angler