2026Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament semifinal game 3.
Drew Goins — a journalist from Washington, D.C.
Karen Farrell — a professional lecturer of international affairs from Chesapeake, Virginia
Long Nguyen — a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | $2,600 | $5,600 | $15,800 |
$20,801
Finalist |
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Karen | $2,400 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$10,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$9,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Drew | $3,000 | $4,600 | $12,200 |
$3
3rd place: $10,000 |
$12,200
18 R, 3 W |
| LANDLOCKED IN | WORDS WITH A SILENT LETTER | I'M CLEANING OUT THE GARAGE | GREEN STUFF | ALL SORTS OF ENTERTAINMENT | POEM ADD A LETTER |
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$200
[19]
Wollerau & Feusisberg in Schwyz have some of the highest concentrations of millionaires in this landlocked country
Switzerland
Karen
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$200
[9]
You've become a legatee of your uncle's estate, which also makes you one of these
an heir
Drew
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$200
[27]
Found aboxlabeled "angling", whatever that means; inside were a bunch of fuzzy things for use in this alliterative pastime
fly fishing
Drew
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$200
[28]
Here's secret agent Perry the Platypus, the greenest pet of this duo who returned to TV in 2025 after a decade-long hiatus
Phineas & Ferb
Drew
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$200
[30]
Astute gamers know that N.E.S. refers to this company's Entertainment System
Nintendo
Long
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$200
[10]
Poe waxes poetic about his fond affection for an onion relative who lives in a seaside sepulchre
"Annabel Leek"
Karen
|
|
$400
[17]
Gaborone is the capital of this nation, the world's second-largest diamond producer by value
Botswana
Drew
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$400
[8]
Following the French pronunciation, both the "Z" & the "S" are silent in this word for an appointed place
a rendezvous
Drew
|
$400
[26]
I've never even played this sport that's named after a British duke's country estate, so these rackets can definitely go
badminton
Long
|
$400
[24]
A coveted pin made for the 2002 winter Olympics features a bowl of green Jell-O, a nod to this host city's snacking affinities
Salt Lake City
Long
|
$400
[29]
In the 1930s Warner Bros. featured animated shorts titled "Looney Tunes" & this alliterative companion one
Merrie Melodies
|
$400
[11]
In this one, Robert Frost ponders the end of the world, perhaps by conflagration, perhaps by wingless bloodsucking insects
"Fire and Lice"
Karen
|
|
$600
[16]
The Spirit of Gobi has been called this country's answer to Coachella
Mongolia
Long
|
$600
[7]
At the start of the 2024-25 NBA season, the average for this was 78.54 inches
(player) height
Drew
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$600
[13]
I've never used this exercise gadget that became infomercial famous in the '90s & I don't plan to start anytime soon
ThighMaster
|
$600
[18]
Here's the envy variety of this flower in the daisy family; it's mainly derived from Mexico but named for a German botanist
zinnia
Long
|
$600
[22]
Jason Bateman came up with the name of this podcast he hosts with Will Arnett & Sean Hayes to reflect that the 3 know nothing
Smartless
|
$800
[3]
In this poem, Madame Lazarus writes of a seemingly gigantic salamander yearning to breathe free
"The Newt Colossus"
Long
|
|
$800
[1]
In the past few years, tourists have trickled into this country to see where the Buddha statues of Bamiyan once stood
Afghanistan
Karen
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$800
[5]
From the French for "red", this thickening base for soups & sauces contains flour
a roux
Drew
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$800
[14]
Some of these structural parts of my car's suspension system were loose on the garage floor & I for one was "shock"ed
struts
Long
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$800
[20]
This composer's song cycle "Die schöne Müllerin" includes 2 lieder about the color green, one for & one against
Schubert
Long
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$800
[23]
Sarah McLachlan helped found this female-centric music festival that ran from 1997 to 1999; a 2025 documentary looked back at it
Lilith Fair
Drew
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Keats looks back on an unfortunate day as a line cook in Athens when his hand blistered after touching a hot gyro plate
"Ode on a Grecian Burn"
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[4]
This 2nd-longest South American river borders a landlocked nation with the same first 4 letters
the Paraná
Drew
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$1,000
[6]
The NOAA says this, formed from 2 words with one meaning "wave", can have a wavelength in excess of 300 miles
a tsunami
Drew
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$1,000
[15]
Time to offload this power tool that cuts wood & metal using a continuous steel strip; it takes up half my garage & I've used it... never
a bandsaw
Long
Drew
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$1,000
[21]
The internet very nearly exploded afterJ. Lo wore a green dressby this designer to the 2000 Grammys
Donatella Versace
Long
Karen
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$1,000
[25]
Thisactor who won an Oscar for "CODA" said he hoped his role in "Black Rabbit" would open doors for more deaf actors
(Troy) Kotsur
Long
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$1,000
[12]
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, perhaps entertaining the idea of a ménage a quatre, once asked this lusty poetic question
How do I love three?
|
| THE COMEBACK | MAPS & GLOBES | OPERA | BRITSPEAK | CELEBRITY COLLECTIVES | ARE YOU KNOT ENTERTAINED? |
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$400
[27]
Defeated by JFK in 1960, in 1963 he was playing piano on Jack Paar's show & started to change his image; 5 years later he was elected
Richard Nixon
Karen
|
$400
[26]
Ananalemmashows points where the Sun is directly overhead throughout the year; it hits this line at 23 1/2 degrees north around June 21
the Tropic of Cancer
Long
Drew
|
$400
[23]
How to pronounce this title of Puccini's last opera? It's not French, so probably the final "T" should be articulated
Turandot
Drew
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$400
[28]
In a video teaching British slang, Idris Elba explains chirpsing means hitting on & is related to this word for a woman
a bird
Drew
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$400
[29]
It's a singer or actress' group of friends, best forever or not; Joy Behar says, "We used to call it a clique in my day"
a (girl) squad
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$400
[30]
These are made from a rope of dough & tied in a knot; one theory says the shape is meant to mirror arms in prayer
a pretzel
Drew
|
|
$800
[22]
Tsar Simeon IIof this Balkan land was replaced by communists in 1946 butreturnedto serve as its prime minister in 2001
Bulgaria
Long
Karen
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$800
[17]
Cartographers call the size-warping of the Mercator projection map this problem, after an island that looks way too big
the Greenland problem
Drew
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$800
[8]
Coolidge is the apt presidential middle name of this composer of modern operas like "The Death of Klinghoffer"
(John) Adams
Long
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$800
[18]
If you say you can't go to the pub because you're skint, that's this reason
you're out of money (you're broke, you don't have money)
Karen
Drew
|
$800
[25]
Passing on in 2007, Joey Bishop was the last surviving member of this show biz social group
The Rat Pack
Long
|
$800
[24]
Dust off that handmade vest from Grandma! A 2023 N.Y. Times headline declared that this knot-tying craft "is back, & in fashion"
macramé
Long
|
|
$1,200
[19]
After being fired by Ford, this man joined Chrysler as president in the late 1970s & brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy
Iacocca
Long
|
$1,200
[10]
Dating to 1492, the oldest survivingglobeshows why Columbus thought he had a straight shot to Asia; Cipanguis this
Japan
Karen
|
$1,600
[1]
The aria "Casta Diva" from this Bellini opera is a prayer from the title druid priestess to the goddess of the moon
Norma
Long
|
$1,200
[5]
Don't worry, mate, it's all this--more than just arranged in categories, it means fixed, settled, taken care of
sorted
Drew
|
$1,200
[21]
Fittingly, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively & Alexis Bledel kept a bond long after making this movie together
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Long
|
$1,200
[13]
A knotted pile rug called an ensi was hung over the entrance of this tentlike structure of nomadic Turkmen
a yurt
Karen
|
|
$1,600
[6]
Alfred the Great of this Anglo-Saxon kingdom survived a Viking onslaught circa 878, then took back much of southern England
Wessex
Long
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$2,000
[7]
Need to hike around Poison Canyon in Utah? At usgs.gov, you can build your own this type of detailed map with contour lines
a topographical map
Drew
|
$2,000
[4]
"Deh vieni, non tardar" ("Oh, come, do not delay") is also known as Susanna's aria in this comic opera
The Marriage of Figaro
Karen
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$1,600
[11]
It means a wild party & precedes "Mother Brown" in a song that some say has sexual meanings (but Raffi sang it)
knees-up
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$1,600
[16]
Thischaracter actor seems to turn up everywhere, including in George Clooney's core group of pals called "The Boys"
Richard Kind
Drew
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$1,600
[14]
Hemade his name with the play "The Blood Knot" about two half brothers in South Africa, one who can pass as white, one who can't
Athol Fugard
Long
|
|
$2,000
[9]
After years of defeat, a Roman army under this general known as Africanus won a decisive victory over Hannibal in 202 B.C.
Scipio
Long
|
DD
$7,200
[2]
Lines of latitude are also called these, from their geometric layout; you're just about standing on the 34th
parallels
Long
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
Maidens guard the title object of this opera, the first of the "Ring" cycle
Das Rheingold
Long
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$2,000
[12]
If it's time to go tosleep, you're headed for this ceremonial county, home to Clapham; think of the first three letters in its name
Bedfordshire
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$2,000
[20]
The Staten Island buddies known as The Tenderloins created this TV show of dares & humiliations
Impractical Jokers
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$2,000
[15]
The Incas used a record-keeping system of knotted strings called this
quipu
Drew
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The winner of 3 Pulitzer Prizes in 2 different categories, he called his home in Connecticut "The House the Bridge Built"
(Thornton) Wilder