Lauren Vincent — a grant writer from Boston, Massachusetts
Kevin Kodama — a software engineer from Seattle, Washington
James Hirsh — a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,418)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $5,200 | $5,600 | $20,400 |
$15,000
2-day champion: $47,418 |
$14,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kevin | $3,200 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
$0
2nd place: $3,000 |
$20,200
22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lauren | $1,600 | $2,400 | $4,000 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| COUNTRY CLUBS | DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG LYRICS | EDIBLE ANAGRAMS | 1920s AMERICA | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS |
|
$200
[23]
Barbados & Montserrat belong to CARICOM, meaning this Community
the Caribbean Community
Kevin
|
$200
[24]
"We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest!"
Beauty and the Beast
Lauren
|
$200
[30]
Nothing fires a hungry imagination like thinking about a burger & these
fries (from fires)
Lauren
|
$200
[22]
Lydia Pinkham's patentmedicinefor female complaints had new popularity, perhaps due to being 15% this prohibited stuff
alcohol
Kevin
|
$200
[28]
What do you get when you cross a female horse with a male donkey? This 4-letter hybrid
a mule
Lauren
|
$200
[26]
One of these passageways for inside traffic in a supermarket might occasionally need a cleanup
an aisle
James
|
|
$400
[12]
The 5-member North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission looks after species that move between fresh & salt water, like the pink this
salmon
James
|
$400
[16]
"The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake, you dream about going up there but that is a big mistake"
The Little Mermaid
James
|
$400
[29]
A serving of this just might assuage your desire for some breakfast food
sausage (from assuage)
Kevin
|
$400
[15]
It was a new rhyming phrase for the creeps or the jitters, it was a dance, it was Louis Armstrong's first scat-singing record
heebie jeebies
Lauren
|
$400
[27]
In late spring, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is famous for its nightly display of synchronized these
fireflies (lightning bugs)
Lauren
|
$400
[25]
When swimming sidestroke, this kind of kick will help you "cut" through the water
a scissor kick
Kevin
|
|
$600
[11]
Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg officially formed this economic & acronymic union in 1958
Benelux
James
|
$600
[5]
"Who am I? I am a girl who loves my island and the girl who loves the sea, it calls me"
Moana
Kevin
|
$600
[18]
Don't blame me if you haven't grown to like this type of so-called toast by now
melba (from blame)
Lauren
|
$600
[8]
Gee, our old Lasalleran great & looked great too as this consolidated company made it the first stylist-designed mass-produced car
General Motors
James
Lauren
|
$600
[21]
Though native to Africa, the Jackson's this variety of lizard has become invasive in Hawaii due to exotic pet trade
a chameleon
Kevin
|
$600
[17]
As many as half of all amputees may suffer from the sensation of a "phantom" one of these
a limb
James
|
|
$800
[9]
Since subtracting Russia in 2014, an informal bloc of industrial powers is once again known as this
the G7
James
|
$800
[4]
"Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be"
Mary Poppins
James
|
$800
[2]
Please don't think me nutritionally arrogant if I use this seasoning on everything
tarragon (from arrogant)
Lauren
|
$800
[7]
We wonder what Richard Loeb said to this man who left his glasses at the scene of what was to be their "perfect crime"
Leopold
Kevin
|
$800
[14]
Weddell these, which live farther south than any other mammal, are named for an explorer who once hunted them
seals
Kevin
|
$800
[19]
Rodents like rats & mice must do this constantly, as their incisor teeth never stop growing
gnaw
James
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The CBSS, the Council of these states, is mostly countries that lie on it, like Finland & Latvia
the Baltic (Sea)
Kevin
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
"You think you own whatever land you land on, the earth is just a dead thing you can claim"
Pocahontas
Lauren
|
$1,000
[1]
When the diners grew restless after dinner, the cook rustled up some of this dessert for them
strudel (from rustled)
James
|
$1,000
[6]
Like Wall Street, Florida land had a boom, producing mansions like Playa Rientein this beach town in the same-named county
Palm Beach
James
|
$1,000
[13]
Thiscrustacean is so named because when it waves its large claw it looks like it's playing an instrument
the fiddler crab
|
$1,000
[20]
This adjective, from the Latin for "formal", may be applied to a serious or dignified occasion
solemn
|
| GET READY WITH ME | DEPRESSING POETRY | FACTS & FIGURES | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE | PEACE | "OUT" |
|
$400
[30]
...as I put on my T-1pressure suitto do this in a plane just like Chuck Yeager did in 1947 over Rogers Dry Lake
break the sound barrier
James
|
$400
[6]
This poet may have taken one too many lonely walks in New England when he wrote, "I have been one acquainted with the night"
Robert Frost
Kevin
|
$400
[18]
About 4,000 years ago, the last of these pachyderms--each weighing 6 to 8 tons--were living on Wrangel Island north of Siberia
woolly mammoths
Kevin
|
$400
[29]
This performer won a Supporting Actor Emmy for playing irascible dispatcher Louie De Palma on "Taxi"
Danny DeVito
James
|
$400
[28]
After decades of conflict, the 1555 Peace of Augsburg allowed Catholicism & this Christian branch to coexist legally in Germany
Lutheranism
James
|
$400
[27]
This 5-letter word for influence can also refer to a forceful whack, which is certainly one way to influence somebody
clout
James
|
|
$800
[25]
...as I put on my B-boy clothes & practice this form of hip-hop vocal percussion; I'll be repeating "boots & cats" over & over
beatboxing
Kevin
|
$800
[5]
When his dear friend Arthur Henry Hallam died suddenly, this heartbroken lord wrote "In Memoriam" un-suddenly over the next 17 years
Tennyson
Kevin
|
$800
[17]
Almost 7 miles down in the Pacific is the Mariana Trench & within it, this 2-word place, its deepest part
Challenger Deep
Kevin
|
$800
[10]
Hebased the movie "Almost Famous" on his own experiences as a very, very young rock journalist
Cameron Crowe
Lauren
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1901 Henri Dunant shared the inaugural Nobel Peace Prize for founding this humanitarian organization
the Red Cross
James
|
$800
[26]
CB radio users save a syllable by asking for your "20" instead of your this (these?)
your whereabouts
James
Lauren
|
|
$1,200
[24]
...as I put on this 4-letter helmet & grab my net & start catching butterflies in my cranky neighbor's overgrown lawn
a pith helmet
James
|
$1,200
[4]
Her rage in the poem "Daddy"--"There's a stake in your fat black heart"--was largely over her father dying in 1940 when she was 8
Sylvia Plath
Kevin
|
$1,200
[14]
Formerly known as Alpha Centauri, the star now known as this Kentaurus is one of the brightest stars out there
Rigil
|
$1,600
[7]
She had a breakout part in comedy with "Reno 911" & has since been known for drama & reality TV too
Niecy Nash (Betts)
James
|
$1,600
[12]
Designed in 1958, thepeace symbolcombines semaphore signals forN & D, short for this two-word peaceful objective
nuclear disarmament
James
|
$1,200
[21]
Bruce Springsteen says he has "no idea" what this term means, though apparently he experienced one on Tenth Avenue
a freeze-out
James
|
|
$1,600
[1]
...as I find the lost treasure of this pirate who came to Andrew Jackson's aid in 1815; I found an old map in Johnny Gilbert's attic!
(Jean) Lafitte
Kevin
|
$1,600
[2]
A beau's woe by way of Poe: this lyric poem, named for a maiden who suffers an untimely death in a "kingdom by the sea"
Annabel Lee
Kevin
|
$1,600
[15]
The first non-British person to lead the Bank of England, this economist became Canada's prime minister in 2025
(Mark) Carney
Kevin
|
$2,000
[9]
Name's the same dept.: the bassist for R.E.M. & the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of "20th Century Women" & "C'mon C'mon"
Mike Mills
|
$2,000
[11]
The 1st Peace Corps volunteers got a White House sendoff in 1961, bound for Ghana & this then-country later united with Zanzibar
Tanganyika
James
Kevin
|
$1,600
[22]
It's fair play, according to a proverb
turnabout
|
|
$2,000
[23]
...as I achieve a 2500+ rating in a FIDE tournament & earn this title; originally there were 27 in 1950, now about 2,000
grandmaster (in chess)
Kevin
|
$2,000
[3]
"We smile" & "we sing", wrote Paul Laurence Dunbar: fun, right? Nope! an illusion, because "we wear" this title garb
the Mask
Kevin
|
$2,000
[16]
Niamey is the capital of this African nation that in 2024 had the highest fertility rate of any country
Niger
Kevin
|
DD
$7,200
[8]
In 1994 he launched a cable channel to compete with American Movie Classics
Ted Turner
James
|
DD
$15,200
[19]
2 agreements that were frameworks for peace in the Middle East are aka these, after where they were negotiated in 1978
the Camp David Accords
Kevin
|
$2,000
[20]
Your realtor might refer to a barn, shed or pool house as one of these
an outbuilding
James
Kevin
|
Henry James said its "immemorial gray pillars may serve to remind you of the enormous background of time"
Stonehenge