2026 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 6.
TJ Fisher — a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California
Mike Dawson — a technology manager from Portland, Oregon
Lisa Ann Walter — an actor, comedian and activist originally from Washington, D.C.
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $800 | $-200 | $-2,600 |
$-2,600
3rd place: $5,000 |
$-2,600
3 R, 4 W |
| Mike | $2,600 | $4,800 | $8,000 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| TJ | $1,000 | $1,400 | $15,600 |
$15,199
Winner: guaranteed semifinalist |
$11,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W |
| TRADE IN HISTORY | WOMEN'S SPORTS | BUS-PODGE | CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | SEIZE THIS CATEGORY BY THE HORNS | REDACTED |
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$200
[30]
In the 18th century it was America's biggest port, trading for linen & tea; later it traded for Steve Carlton & Roy Halladay
Philadelphia
Lisa
TJ
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$200
[27]
After 5 losses in the finals dating to 1997, this franchise brought a WNBA championship to New York in 2024
the Liberty
TJ
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$200
[26]
Transport for London retired its last fleet of Routemasters, a beloved, front-engined type of this bus, in 2021
a double-decker
TJ
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$200
[28]
In a 1925 DuBose Heyward novel, Catfish Row is the neighborhood home of this title guy
Porgy
TJ
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$200
[23]
If you're choosing between 2 bad things, you are said to be "on the horns" of this type of predicament
a dilemma
Lisa
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$200
[21]
I have reason to believe the Secretary of ████ was this 6-letter source who gave a journalist sensitive info
a leaker
TJ
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$400
[13]
Maybe the fragrance lingers along what's called this route, which took goods like myrrh from Arabia to the Mediterranean
the Incense Route
TJ
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$400
[29]
American tennis star Cori Gauff is better known by this sweet nickname
Coco
Mike
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$400
[25]
Roger Ebert wrote of this 1994 film, "Can a bus really leap a 50-foot space? This is the kind of movie where you don't ask questions like that"
Speed
Mike
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$400
[24]
"Among Ash-Heaps & Millionaires" was an early title considered for this Jazz Age novel
The Great Gatsby
TJ
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$400
[22]
Thisspecies of hornbill is named for another animal with a prominent horn
a rhino
Mike
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$400
[20]
I fear the patient has ████'s ████ & her pharyngitis, better known as this, is not just from a cold
a sore throat
TJ
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$600
[4]
Seen here is a replica of a cog, an amazingly capacious ship that helped this organization dominate Northern Europe trade for centuries
the Hanseatic League
TJ
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$600
[14]
Florence Griffith Joyner's record of 10.49 secs. in this event was set in 1988, 4 years before the current No. 2 mark holder's birth
the 100 meter
Mike
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$600
[1]
Congested cities are embracing these bendy buses, which can seat way more people than conventional buses
articulated buses
TJ
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$600
[5]
This main character confronting mediocrity in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" was based in part on Frank Lloyd Wright
Howard Roark
Mike
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$600
[2]
What's that sound? It must be this old-fashioned electric horn that can start with "C" or "K"
a klaxon
TJ
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$600
[6]
It's clear that the famous actress ████ ████ is the senator's this, from French for "through love"
paramour
TJ
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$800
[12]
The lungs & skill of these craftsmen in Syria in the 1st century B.C. enabled a brisk trade in beads
glassblowing
Lisa
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$800
[3]
MMA fighter Weili Zhangused a rear naked choke to recapture this organization's Strawweight Belt in 2022
the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
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DD
$1,000
[11]
A former Greyhound bus depot in Anniston, Alabama is part of the national monument dedicated to these activists
the Freedom Riders
Mike
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$800
[18]
In this Charles Jackson novel, writer Don Birnam attempts to pawn his typewriter in order to purchase alcohol
The Lost Weekend
|
$800
[9]
Of the 4 core nations that make up the Horn of Africa, this one is the smallest in area
Djibouti
Mike
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$800
[7]
The detainee went through ████ & a bit of ████, both classified by the CIA as these 2-word non-torture "techniques"
enhanced interrogation
Mike
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$1,000
[16]
Thiscity at the edge of England's West Country was a leading British slave trading port in the 18th century
Bristol
Mike
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$1,000
[17]
Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina is tied for most women's Olympic golds with this American who may try for more in 2028
Katie Ledecky
Lisa
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$1,000
[15]
This polymath with his own type of triangle pioneered fixed-route carriage service in 17th c. Paris, a precursor of today's city bus
Pascal
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$1,000
[19]
Admired by Herman Melville, 1823's "The Pilot" by this 3-named author launched a whole genre of maritime fiction
James Fenimore Cooper
TJ
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$1,000
[10]
In Norse myth, this guardian carries an instrument called the Gjallarhorn to use to awaken the gods for the Battle of Ragnarök
Heimdall
Mike
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$1,000
[8]
The grand jury heard testimony about ████, which would qualify as this, official misconduct with a prefix meaning "bad"
malfeasance
Mike
TJ
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| HERE'S THE MATH YOU ASKED FOR | 15-LETTER WORDS | LAKE NEWS | CHOICES | LEGAL THIS & THAT | RED ACTED |
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$400
[29]
A perfect number is equal to the sum of its proper divisors; for example,28 = 1 + 2 + 4 +these 2 integers
7 & 14
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$400
[30]
A contender in the third-to-last round of a tournament--in March Madness terms, one of the "Elite Eight"
a quarterfinalist
TJ
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$400
[27]
Per CNN, social media has crowned Blue Lake, on this country's South Island, the world's clearest lake
New Zealand
Mike
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$400
[26]
In the movies Morpheus offers these 2 options of a comfortable existence & deeper knowledge
the red pill & the blue pill
Mike
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$400
[23]
The Miranda warning begins with a reminder of this right; if you don't avail yourself of it, it can be used against you in court
the right to remain silent
TJ
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$400
[25]
Louise Bryant, a writer for the magazine The Masses & much besides, was Diane Keaton's role in this film; the category should help
Reds
Lisa
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$800
[28]
i is used to represent the square root of -1, this type of "unreal" but handy-as-a-concept number
imaginary
Mike
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$800
[1]
Partly from Greek for "form", this adjective describes art made to look human, or human attributes on deities
anthropomorphic
|
$800
[21]
The Detroit News has reported on the quagga species of this type of bivalve, which has devastated the Great Lakes ecosystem
a mussel
Lisa
Mike
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$800
[20]
Other girls of the Plymouth Colony must have envied Priscilla Mullins, getting to choose between John Alden & this shy suitor
Myles Standish
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$800
[22]
This type of court with a pair of double consonants in its name reviews the judgment of a lower court or tribunal
appellate
TJ
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$800
[24]
In a hit on '50s radio, Dana Andrews played the title undercover op in "I was a Communist for" this agency
the FBI
TJ
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$1,200
[10]
(4/3)pi r3is the volume of one of these
a sphere
TJ
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$1,200
[2]
This ecclesiastical sentence means no more church for you
excommunication
TJ
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$1,600
[13]
The Jerusalem Post reported on desalinated sea water being pumped into the Sea of Galilee, aka Lake this city on its western shore
Lake Tiberias
|
$1,200
[7]
On film, Anthony Quinn played this man, chosen by a crowd to go free instead of Jesus
Barabbas
TJ
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$1,200
[4]
The NCAA had to fork over $2.8 billion as its restriction of payments to athletes was deemed restraint of trade, violating this type of law
antitrust
TJ
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$1,200
[5]
This show's 1980 finale was a showdown between McGarrett & malevolent Chinese agent Wo Fat, played by Khigh Dhiegh
Hawaii Five-O
|
|
$1,600
[11]
This property of addition says(a + b) + c =a + (b + c)
the associative property
Mike
TJ
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$2,000
[14]
In 1779 John Jay went to Spain as America's minister this 7-syllable word meaning "having all the powers"
plenipotentiary
TJ
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
In 2017 the New Yorker called this lake in a same-named African country the site of the most complex humanitarian disaster
Lake Chad
TJ
|
$1,600
[3]
A model in economics says individuals allocate time between working & relaxing, these 2 words that begin with the same letter
labor & leisure
TJ
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$1,600
[8]
The EJI, this group founded by lawyer Bryan Stevenson, helps those illegally convicted or unfairly sentenced
the Equal Justice Initiative
Mike
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$1,600
[9]
Inthis2024 HBO miniseries, Hoa Xuande is the captain, a communist who hasinfiltrated South Vietnam
The Sympathizer
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$2,000
[19]
The constant e is known as the number of this Swiss genius whose name started with E but is pronounced with an "oi"
Euler
Mike
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DD
$5,400
[6]
This word for a small comment that displays prejudice was coined in a 1970s essay called "Offensive Mechanisms"
microaggression
TJ
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$2,000
[17]
The N.Y. Times called Mussolini's death by firing squad on the shores of this lake "a fitting end to a wretched life"
Lake Como
Mike
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$2,000
[18]
In 1958, most of French Africasaid yes to joining the French community; Sékou Touré&this country said, "No, independence, s'il vous plaît"
Guinea
TJ
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$2,000
[15]
In this proceeding, the accused is brought to court to hear the charges & enters a plea of guilty or not guilty
an arraignment
TJ
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$2,000
[16]
Michael Palin plays Molotov in the hilarious (really!) movie about the 1953 panic following this event, the film's title
The Death of Stalin
Lisa
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This border state produced about half of the gunpowder for the Union
Delaware