James Denison game 3.
Sapana Vora — a Congressional staffer from Arlington, Virginia
Tim Swankey — a retired actuary from Marcellus, New York
James Denison — a college professor and museum curator originally from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $81,798)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $1,400 | $3,200 | $20,000 |
$9,001
3-day champion: $90,799 |
$15,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Tim | $2,200 | $3,800 | $9,000 |
$4,398
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 5 W |
| Sapana | $2,000 | $2,600 | $13,200 |
$6,399
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SUB, READ IT | WATCH OUT FOR THAT TEAM! | CITIES AROUND EUROPE | THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC | "UM" | THIS IS AWKWARD |
|
$200
[26]
Captain Nemo piloted this craft, some 230 feet long with a 12,000-volume library & a stellar art collection to boot
the Nautilus
Sapana
|
$200
[29]
"It's a story that speaks to the resilient attitude and bravery of Chicago", said an exec with this MLS club
the Chicago Fire
Sapana
|
$200
[25]
This Swiss city that shares several letters with "zilch" appropriately once had a museum dedicated to nothing
Zürich
Sapana
|
$200
[30]
Love that band? Pick up a T-shirt & maybe get a signed album at this 5-letter sales table in the lobby
merch
Sapana
|
$200
[6]
It can mean a broad array of anything, not just colors
spectrum
James
|
$200
[23]
Lively conversation is not helped much by a vacant stare like that characteristic of this cohort, aka centennials
Gen Z
Tim
|
|
$400
[27]
Before he took us to Arrakis, he wrote of nuclear-powered subtugs that scour the seabed for oil in a war-torn world
Herbert
James
|
$400
[28]
This Denver team buried the competition in the 2022 NHL playoffs, going 16-4 on their way to hoisting the Stanley Cup
the (Colorado) Avalanche
James
|
$400
[24]
Antwerpis an unofficial capital of this Dutch-speaking Belgian region
Flanders
Sapana
|
$400
[21]
Performance & mechanical are 2 types of these recurring payments made for the use & distribution of a recording
royalties
Sapana
|
$400
[4]
Today meaning a conference & from words meaning "drinking together", this was an ancient Greek party to discuss & imbibe
a symposium
Tim
|
$400
[22]
This traditional act for a woman meeting a member of the royal family can easily get awkward; a good basic tip is don't go too low
a curtsy
James
|
|
$800
[11]
Edward Beach's tale of a WWII sub titled "Run Silent", this, was later made into a Clark Gable/ Burt Lancaster flick
Run Deep
Tim
|
$600
[10]
The face of actor Randolph Scottis said to have inspired the logo ofthisNFL team with eye patch & crossed swords
the Raiders
James
|
$600
[3]
Take a ferry from Cannaregio in this city to get to the island of Murano & check out some glass blowing
Venice
Sapana
|
$600
[17]
Who needs gold & platinum? Albums that sell 10 million copies get this gem of an award from the RIAA
diamond
James
|
$600
[13]
A Latin superlative gave us this word meaning the most favorable
the optimum
|
$600
[5]
Lumbering gait, huge arms, beer gut, humpback--Deinocheirusdidn't exactly terrorize this Asian desert where its fossils were found
the Gobi
Sapana
|
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
Ronald Reagan called this 1984 book, the first novel published by the Naval Institute Press, "the perfect yarn"
The Hunt for Red October
James
|
$800
[7]
These NBA predators devour weaker creatures at Scotiabank Arena, formerly the Air Canada Centre
the (Toronto) Raptors
Sapana
|
$800
[1]
With communities from many parts of Africa, it's no wonder that this French city is called "the city of 100 neighborhoods"
Marseille
James
|
$800
[15]
Taylor Swift rerecorded her early work after these versions from which copies are made were sold without her consent
masters
James
|
$800
[9]
Proper behavior, correctness of manners, y'know, this
decorum
Tim
|
$800
[19]
If you're dancing one of the stepsisters in Alexei Ratmansky's choreography of this ballet, prepare to be clumsy on purpose
Cinderella
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[12]
A submarine scours the coast of Australia to look for life after nuclear war in this Nevil Shute classic
On the Beach
Tim
|
$1,000
[8]
"Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa" this, wrote a reporter in 1895, & a nickname was born
cyclone
James
Tim
|
$1,000
[2]
After its 9-day Festival of San Fermín, people in this Spanish city gather & sing a song called "Poor Me"
Pamplona
|
$1,000
[16]
Record label talent scouts work in A&R, standing for this, the music makers & their works
artists & repertoire
James
Sapana
|
$1,000
[14]
A dark syrup made from the sweet variety of this cereal grass is often mistakenly called molasses
sorghum
Tim
|
$1,000
[20]
An awkward landing when running or jumping can lead to a syndesmotic injury, aka this, specifically of the "high" ligaments
a high-ankle sprain (a sprained ankle)
Tim
|
| 1926 | AIRPORT CODES | "I" MOVIE | ELEMENT + WORD | MYTH-ELLANEOUS | IT'S IDIOMATIC |
|
$400
[24]
It became the first major company to implement a 5-day, 40-hour work week
Ford
James
|
$400
[28]
G'day! Did you know Indulkana Airport in Australia has this code? Oddly, by responding, it shows you may not
IDK
Sapana
|
$400
[25]
Thisfilm with Margot Robbie brought even more drama to the world of figure skating
I, Tonya
James
|
$400
[29]
You can BCC others on an email without knowing the CC is short for this
carbon copy
Tim
|
$400
[30]
There are 9 rings in this river across which souls are ferried to the underworld
the River Styx
James
|
$400
[22]
Astronomers & old-timey farmers disagree on the definition of this, but either way, it pops up in a phrase for something rare
once in a blue moon
Tim
|
|
$800
[23]
Hisdeath after "The Son of the Sheik" in 1926 caused worldwide hysteria
Rudolph Valentino
Tim
|
$800
[27]
It's the Simpsonesque code for the main airport that serves Qatar's capital
DOH
Tim
|
$800
[19]
Paul Rudd slaps the bass alongside Jason Segel in this bromance from 2009
I Love You, Man
James
|
$800
[8]
Dating from roughly the birth of Christ, the Melsonby Hoardis a trove of artifacts of this period
the Iron Age
Tim
Sapana
|
$800
[26]
The Hesperides were maidens who guarded a tree that bore these precious fruits
golden apples
Tim
|
$800
[21]
This phrase meaning from a primary source has been traced to 19th century racetrack gambling
from the horse's mouth
Sapana
|
|
$1,200
[4]
At the age of 12, Bao Daiof the Nguyen Dynasty became the last emperor of this country
Vietnam
James
Tim
|
$1,600
[11]
Here's a travel tip: TIP was the intl. airport in this North African capital--it closed in 2014 after a militia attack
Tripoli
Sapana
|
$1,200
[1]
In 2025, Jennifer Love Hewitt&Freddie Prinze Jr.reunited in this sequel/franchise reboot of a '90s slasher classic
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sapana
|
$1,200
[6]
They say these are bright on Broadway, they say there's always magic in the air
neon lights
Sapana
|
$1,200
[14]
Cut off one of the 9 heads of this huge watersnake-like monster & 2 would grow in its place
the Hydra
James
|
$1,600
[17]
To be extremely familiar with something is to know it like this, also called a dorsum
the back of your hand
James
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Cat's out of the bag! In 1926 this Austrian physicist introduced his famous wave equation
Schrödinger
Sapana
|
$2,000
[13]
It's the crazy-sounding code of Barajas Airport, serving a European capital
MAD
|
$1,600
[2]
"The Last Man on Earth", "The Omega Man" & this 2007 film are all adaptations of a tale by Richard Matheson
I Am Legend
James
|
$1,600
[7]
In 1926, Dr. Alvan Barach created the first practical one of these aids to respiration
oxygen tent
James
|
$1,600
[15]
Paris is one of the 50 sons of this king of Troy
Priam
James
|
$2,000
[18]
With a synonym for "lift" & an archaic word for a bomb, it's a very old-timey way of saying plans have backfired
hoist on one's own petard
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1926 she swam across the English Channel, beating the fastest men's time by 2 hours
Gertrude Ederle
Tim
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
One letter deliciously short of the city it serves, YUMhas people coming & going in this state
Arizona
Sapana
|
$2,000
[10]
Dustin Hoffman & Lily Tomlinplayed existential detectives in this film directed by David O. Russell
I Heart Huckabees
James
|
$2,000
[9]
It's not an obsession with element No. 7, it's a process that creates more reactive compounds to help plants grow
nitrogen fixation
James
|
$2,000
[20]
After she was forbidden from doing so, she buried her brother Polyneices & was punished
Antigone
|
DD
$5,200
[16]
Used to describe the likelihood of something that'll never, ever happen, it used to be followed by "with their tails forward"
when pigs fly
James
|
In this 1897 work the title character enters an inn with his face almost entirely covered in bandages
The Invisible Man