Monterey Salka — a chef from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Quentin Powers — a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, Virginia
Noah Hamilton — a marketing manager from Saint Paul, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,990)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | $200 | $1,000 | $12,800 |
$1,017
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Quentin | $4,691 | $7,491 | $12,291 |
$14,200
New champion: $14,200 |
$14,200
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Monterey | $2,600 | $1,400 | $5,000 |
$3
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
14 R, 6 W |
| IT'S A FREE COUNTRY | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | HOMONYMS | "T"-BIRDS | PINK LADIES | GREECE |
|
$200
[18]
A free 25-minute ride to (or from) a certain outer borough on this boat might be the Big Apple's biggest bargain
the Staten Island Ferry
Noah
Quentin
Monterey
|
$200
[30]
Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland played this instrument for Queen Elizabeth II each morning & at her funeral
the bagpipes
Noah
|
$200
[29]
An elastic device, ora hot geothermal feature
a spring
Quentin
|
$200
[27]
Distinguishing features of this bird include a red snood on the forehead & of course, that sexy wattle
a turkey
Quentin
|
$200
[26]
You can betshewas in the pink for the "Barbie" press tour, which included a glam look for the film's London premiere
Margot Robbie
Quentin
|
$200
[28]
The Parthenon remained open with little to no damage when one of these shook Athens in 1999
an earthquake
Quentin
|
|
$400
[10]
The two L.A. artmuseumsnamed for this oil tycoon are free to visit; the villa location seenherespecializes in antiquities
Getty
Quentin
|
$400
[24]
The early 1900s to the 1960s was considered the golden age of this instrument heard here
accordion
Monterey
|
$400
[9]
Happening right now, ordirectional movement of seawater
current
Quentin
|
$400
[20]
The long, brightly colored beak of this tropical bird is made of bony fibers covered with keratin
a toucan
Quentin
|
$400
[25]
Elle Woods is especially fond of pink in this film; even her résumé is pink
Legally Blonde
Monterey
|
$400
[13]
To prevent a Grexit in 2015, Alexis Tsipras made austerity decisions so his country could stay in this "Zone"
the Euro Zone
Monterey
|
|
$600
[8]
Florida's Goool Getter shuttle carries MLS fans for free to the home field of Lionel Messi & this pink-shirted team
Inter Miami
Quentin
|
$600
[16]
Pinchas Zukerman also plays this instrument a bit bigger than his usual one & says heavier bow, thicker strings, you adjust
a viola
Quentin
|
$600
[23]
A trial, or a glove worn by a medieval knight
gauntlet
Quentin
|
$600
[15]
"To everything" there's this gull relative; the Inca type sports a darling little mustache
a tern
Monterey
|
$600
[22]
Here's this actress, pretty in pink on the arm of a young Jon Cryer in the '80s Brat Pack film "Pretty in Pink"
Molly Ringwald
Quentin
|
$600
[11]
When this man bought Greece's national airline in the '50s, a pal said that he used "the money he made at sea with his mistress in the sky"
Onassis
Quentin
|
|
$800
[5]
Douglas, Wyoming is the self-declared home of this fake beast from a 1930s taxidermy hoax; grab a free photo of the one seen here
the jackalope
Quentin
|
$800
[14]
Named for a band conductor, it's the marching band instrument being played here
a sousaphone
Noah
Quentin
|
$800
[2]
A verb that often precedes "up" & an evergreen tree
spruce
Monterey
|
$800
[19]
Satchmo would be proud of this type of swan with his favorite instrument in its name
a trumpeter swan
Noah
Monterey
|
$800
[1]
Penelope Featherington walked down the aisle, not in a white dress, but in a pale pink gown on this series
Bridgerton
Monterey
|
$1,000
[6]
The bull-leapingfrescoin the Palace of Knossos was made by this civilization circa 1400 B.C.
the Minoan civilization
Quentin
|
|
$1,000
[4]
See the fountains at this Vegas casino, then check out its free conservatory & botanical gardens maintained by a staff of 120
the Bellagio
Quentin
|
$1,000
[3]
Like her famous father, Anoushka Shankar is a renowned player of this instrument
a sitar
Quentin
|
$1,000
[17]
A warm & hearty adjective, or a warm & hearty liqueur
cordial
Noah
Monterey
|
$1,000
[12]
The Western bluebird is a type of this bird that also includes the hermit type
thrush
Noah
|
$1,000
[21]
At the British Academy Film Awards in 2013, this dame rocked a pink pixie
Helen Mirren
Noah
|
DD
$1,909
[7]
Lawrence Durrell's "Prospero's Cell" chronicles his life on this island until Axis occupation starting in 1941
Corfu
Quentin
|
| 2001: A BOOK ODYSSEY | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | I NEED TO CLEAN MY HOUSE | THE SONG'S LYRICS SUMMARIZED | TOMB SERVICE | "L-O", GUV'NOR |
|
$400
[29]
Popular among Muggles, as at Hogwarts, was the book titled this sport "Through the Ages"
Quidditch
Noah
|
$400
[7]
Running north & south, North America's continental divide is located mostly along the tops of these mountains
the Rockies
Monterey
|
$400
[27]
My stairway has a lovely one of these long, narrow rugs, but I haven't vacuumed it since the Obama administration
a runner
Monterey
|
$400
[15]
2021:A teenaged girl with a government-issued I.D. cruises longingly through an ex's neighborhood
"Drivers License"
Noah
|
$400
[28]
His tomb in Medina is covered by the Green Dome, part of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi mosque
Muhammad
Noah
|
$400
[30]
A small woodwind, or the last name of late great Chicago Bear Brian
piccolo
Noah
|
|
$800
[25]
This exposé of American diets by Eric Schlosser may have made a few of us think twice about that burger & fries
Fast Food Nation
Noah
Quentin
Monterey
|
$800
[3]
This South American country leads the world in oil reserves with about 300 billion barrels
Venezuela
Noah
|
$800
[26]
Though my sheets are clean, I've never laundered this down-filled bed covering aka a continental quilt & having a continental name
a duvet
Monterey
|
$800
[11]
2021:Relatives refuse to discuss a family member whose visions of the future always seem to bring bad luck
"We Don't Talk About Bruno"
Monterey
|
$800
[17]
Thebustfor this man's tomb at Père Lachaise in Paris was stolen in 1988, but it was recently recovered by the police
Jim Morrison
Quentin
|
$800
[4]
It's a type of big, meaty mushroom, or a road in London with a market where you can buy one
a portobello
Quentin
|
|
$1,200
[24]
The adventures began for this 12-year-old criminal genius, despite his name a boy, not a chicken or duck
Artemis Fowl
Noah
|
$1,600
[6]
In the 1860s Barkerville in this province became home to Canada's first Chinese community
British Columbia
Noah
|
$1,200
[14]
I've gotten great at ignoring the dust on these wall-mounted light fixtures on either side of my bed
sconce
Monterey
|
$1,200
[10]
2002:A sarcastic Justin Timberlake has zero sympathy for an unfaithful ex
"Cry Me A River"
Noah
|
$1,200
[16]
In this Italian city visit the basilica with the tomb of St. Anthony & also a display of his miraculously undecayed tongue
Padua
|
$1,200
[19]
Enforced by the Department of Labor, a 1989 law provides legal protection to federal employees who become these
a whistleblower
Noah
|
|
$1,600
[23]
David McCullough's biography of this U.S. pres. included little-known events like his trek across the Pyrenees by mule train in 1779
John Adams
Quentin
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
9 North American nations border the Pacific Ocean, including this one the farthest south
Panama
Noah
|
$1,600
[13]
My fridge emits an unsettling odor when opened; this flexible rubber sealing strip around the door keeps the smell contained
the gasket
Monterey
|
$1,600
[8]
1995:Alanis Morissette would like her ex, who's now in another relationship, to be aware of her post-breakup anger
"You Oughta Know"
Monterey
|
$2,000
[18]
91 popes are entombed at St. Peter's Basilica & so is this Swedish queen who died in 1689
Queen Christina
Quentin
|
$1,600
[20]
It's a frame for drying wet garments, or (assuming the garments are stylish) someone who loves wearing the garments when dry
a clothes horse
Monterey
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Ann Patchett's book club breakthrough was this novel centering on an opera singer in a hostage crisis
Bel Canto
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1763, Napoleon's wife Josephine was born on this Caribbean island, a French territory since 1635
Martinique
Quentin
|
$2,000
[12]
There's still soot everywhere from when I tried to scrub the buildup of this flammable black tarry substance from my chimney flue
creosote
Noah
Monterey
|
$2,000
[9]
1983:Roughly 8 dozen errant inflatables mistakenly trigger a war
"99 Red Balloons"
Noah
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
This writer who chronicled man's & animals' battles with nature is under a lava rock in Sonoma County, California
Jack London
Noah
|
$2,000
[22]
It's more than just a big head--it's a delusion of grandeur
megalomania
Monterey
|
In 2025 a pine hardwood prop famously known by this name sold at auction for $14.75 million
Rosebud