Noah Hamilton — a marketing manager from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Marissa Klein — a teacher from San Francisco, California
Diana Miller — an attorney from Richmond, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana | $1,200 | $1,800 | $12,200 |
$7,199
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,200
16 R, 2 W |
| Marissa | $0 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
17 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Noah | $3,600 | $5,400 | $8,600 |
$9,990
New champion: $9,990 |
$8,600
14 R, 2 W |
| IN THE BEGINNING | BOOKS & AUTHORS | FIRST NAME FLOWERS | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | MOVIES BY SEQUEL | COIN OF THE REALM |
|
$200
[29]
It's a verb meaning "to produce"; biblically speaking, it's what a father does vis-à-vis his children
beget
Diana
|
$200
[25]
In an 1843 work, Bob Cratchit is this man's underpaid & abused employee
Scrooge
Diana
|
$200
[30]
The weak-necked tea type of this was bred with hybrid perpetuals to produce a more popular garden flower
a rose
Marissa
|
$200
[22]
Chimney Rock National Monument & Pike National Forest can be found in this state
Colorado
Noah
|
$200
[23]
2009:"The Girl Who Played with Fire"
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Diana
|
$200
[19]
Austria's one-this coin features a portrait of Mozart; Italy's has a drawing by Leonardo
euro
Marissa
|
|
$400
[28]
An informal name for loose-fitting sleepwear, generally less come-hither than a negligee
a nightie
Marissa
|
$400
[15]
Lying to the east of the Great Sea, this continent is the setting for "The Lord of the Rings"
Middle-earth
Noah
|
$400
[27]
Thespeedwellis also called this girl's name, the object of affection for Archie in the comics
Veronica
Marissa
|
$400
[21]
In 1972 a team of 6 spelunkers discovered that this cave in Kentucky was connected to the Flint Ridge Caves nearby
Mammoth Cave
Marissa
|
$400
[14]
2008:"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Diana
|
$400
[18]
The one centime coin seenherewas worth 1/100th of this
a (French) franc
Noah
|
|
$600
[20]
In Louisiana, an official state donut is a thing--this thing, to be precise
a beignet
Marissa
|
$600
[1]
Precious Ramotswe is Botswana's leading female private investigator in this series by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Noah
|
$600
[24]
Resembling the garland of Greek athletes, them ountain typeis Pennsylvania's state flower
laurel
Noah
|
$600
[6]
This river slithers 1,040 miles & joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington
the Snake
Diana
|
$600
[7]
2018:"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
Wreck-It Ralph
Marissa
|
$600
[17]
In 2023, Charles replaced Elizabeth on theobverseof Canada's $1 coin, but this bird stayed on thereverse
the loon
Noah
|
|
$800
[9]
Word from India for butter that's been simmered & strained to remove the milk solids
ghee
Marissa
|
$800
[4]
In "Crime & Punishment", this former student kills Alyona Ivanovna & her half-sister Lizaveta, then faces nightmarish guilt
Raskolnikov
Noah
|
$1,000
[26]
Author/gardener Olivia Laing says this flower, with the name of a fleeing nymph, was "the first plant I'd fallen in love with"
daphne
|
$800
[5]
A segment of the Taconic Mountains is part of this highland area of Western Massachusetts
the Berkshires
Noah
|
$800
[2]
1978:"Dawn of the Dead"
Night of the Living Dead
|
$800
[3]
Yuan to collect this country's coins? Then you should know that it introduced the silver yuan in 1889
China
Diana
Marissa
|
|
$1,000
[11]
3-letter word that's Shakespeare-speak for "get a move on"
to hie
|
$1,000
[10]
Setting several of her books there, this author created the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea
(Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Marissa
|
DD
$3,200
[12]
Aurelian or trumpet is one type of this that you might grow in your garden
lily
Marissa
|
$1,000
[8]
A drawbridge on the causeway over this lake in Louisiana is located all the way at the 16 mile mark
Pontchartrain
Noah
|
$1,000
[13]
1990:"The Two Jakes"
Chinatown
Diana
|
$1,000
[16]
Some of the earliest coins were minted by this proverbially rich 6th century B.C. king of Lydia
Croesus
Marissa
|
| HISTORY | ON THE LAMB | PHYSICS | POLITICAL BOOKS | MUSIC-POURRI | ____ & ____ |
|
$400
[30]
After a bloody conquest in the 200s B.C., Indian ruler Ashoka embraced peace & this religion, leading a "conquest by dharma"
Buddhism
Noah
|
$400
[29]
Often sung at church, these 3 words precede "you take away the sins of the world"
Lamb of God
Diana
|
$400
[28]
Einstein published his theory of special relativity in 1905; in 1915, he issued this broader one that accounts for gravity
general relativity
Diana
|
$400
[20]
In "What Happened", she revealed what she was thinking & feeling as the first female major party presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton
Diana
|
$400
[27]
Antone's in Austin, Texas is the "home of" this genre & modern master Gary Clark Jr. first played there at age 15
the blues
Marissa
|
$400
[26]
A pink complexion can be described as this fruity dessert
peaches & cream
Noah
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1163 its construction a began on Île de la Cité under the direction of Bishop Maurice de Sully
the Cathedral of Notre Dame
Marissa
|
$800
[13]
Sterling, Massachusetts claims to be the home of the girl & a little follower from this nursery rhyme
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Diana
Noah
|
$800
[24]
It follows "classical" in the study of bodies under the action of forces & "quantum" in the study of the subatomic scale
mechanics
Marissa
|
$800
[12]
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich's memoir of his time in government is titled "Locked in" this group
the Cabinet
Marissa
|
$800
[5]
Naomi, Cindy & 3 other no-surname-needed models lip-synched through this singer's 1990 video "Freedom"
George Michael
Diana
|
$800
[25]
Not the most efficient method, it's typing with one or two fingers while you look at the keyboard
hunt & peck
Marissa
|
|
$1,200
[7]
"The Secret History of the Mongols" isn't just a hagiography of this ruler--apparently he was afraid of dogs
Genghis Khan
Diana
|
$1,600
[11]
The coat of arms of this U.S. commonwealth has a lamb, the initials of 2 Spanish rulers & symbolism related to John the Baptist
Puerto Rico
Diana
|
$1,600
[15]
An object at rest under the influence of balanced forces is in static this, from a word meaning balance
equilibrium
Noah
|
$1,200
[2]
Doris Kearns Goodwin talked up Abe's skills in her book "Team of" these, subtitled "The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln"
Rivals
Diana
|
$1,200
[3]
Sometimes controversial, hestormed the country & pop charts with albums like 2020's "I'm the Problem"
Morgan Wallen
Diana
|
$1,200
[14]
Originally referring to the prepping of a firearm, today it means all set for any event
locked & loaded
Marissa
|
|
$1,600
[1]
After their master was forced to commit seppuku, 47 samurai became this type of warrior vowing vengeance; 46 died the same way
rōnin
Noah
|
$2,000
[18]
Before their big fight in the "Iliad", Achilles tells this character, "Wolves & lambs no concord hold"
Hector
Marissa
|
$2,000
[16]
The spreading of waves around obstacles, it occurs with light, sound & very small moving particles
diffraction
|
$1,600
[10]
This Kentuckian has some thoughts on the thinking of fellow senator Bernie Sanders in "The Case Against Socialism"
Rand Paul
Noah
|
$1,600
[4]
This first Top 10 hit by 5 Seconds of Summer was too late to be the theme for the Rob Lowe-Cynthia Gibb hockey movie
"Youngblood"
|
$1,600
[21]
Serving as a lookout & driving the getaway car are examples of this dual criminal offense
aiding & abetting
Noah
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Of an 1871 meeting in Africa, one of this pair wrote, we "asked questions of one another, such as: 'How did you come here?'"
Stanley & Livingstone
Diana
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
In a novel by this man, a psychiatrist asks the protagonist, "Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?"
Thomas Harris
Marissa
|
DD
$2,400
[17]
The Greek letter mu represents the coefficient of this force that resists the motion of surfaces in contact
friction
Marissa
|
$2,000
[19]
The "Second Treatise of Government" bythis17th century Brit enumerates many of the principles of classical liberalism
Locke
Diana
|
$2,000
[6]
This demand to hand it over is the title of the Parliament anthem subtitled "(Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
"Give Up The Funk"
|
$2,000
[22]
In England, Sparks is the loyalty program of this famous retailer known for its food, fashion & housewares
Marks & Spencer
Marissa
|
Still in use today, this title may come from the idea that Roman priests made bridges between men & the gods
pontiff (Pontifex)