James Denison game 5.
Lydia Cawley — a director of product from Arlington, Virginia
Luke Henson — a grocer from East Moline, Illinois
James Denison — a college professor and museum curator originally from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $99,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $3,000 | $11,000 | $14,400 |
$8,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$16,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Luke | $3,000 | $3,600 | $8,400 |
$16,798
New champion: $16,798 |
$8,400
13 R, 4 W |
| Lydia | $200 | $1,000 | $1,200 |
$1,173
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,400
9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| A REAL PALACE | 3-LETTER VERBS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | BARRY TALES | LET'S DISH | OSCAR NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN |
|
$200
[10]
The Hall of these at Versailles has 357 of them, which must have been handy for courtiers concerned with appearances
Mirrors
Luke
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$200
[20]
To put into crates, or to put up your dukes
box
James
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$200
[5]
This Ivy follows a maxim of its founder Benjamin Franklin: "Well done is better than well said"
the University of Pennsylvania
Lydia
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$200
[27]
Marion Barry, a 4-term mayor of this city, wrote the memoir "Mayor for Life"
Washington, D.C.
Lydia
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$200
[30]
It's the nautical name for the dish from which sauce is poured at Thanksgiving
a gravy boat
James
Luke
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$200
[24]
(Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Bob Hope hosted the ceremony an amazing 19 times; coming in second with 9 shows between 1990 & 2012 is this man, who I hereby challenge to a host song-&-dance-off--I'm gonna tune you up & take you down, man
Billy Crystal
James
|
|
$400
[11]
Originally part of this palace, them arble archwas moved to Hyde Park when a newlywed queen needed a new wing for nurseries
Buckingham Palace
James
Lydia
|
$400
[25]
To prompt, or to set up a music track
cue
James
|
$400
[4]
The University of Miami is in Florida; head to Oxford in this state to find the main campus of Miami University
Ohio
Luke
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$400
[26]
"Big Trouble" was this Miami humor columnist's fiction debut
Dave Barry
Luke
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$400
[29]
If you see this small dish of water next to your place at the table, use it for cleaning, not--repeat, not--for drinking
a finger bowl
James
|
$400
[23]
(Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Sit back, relax & enjoy almost as much as the show's producers did in 1991 as I "amuse you" with Joe Pesci's full acceptance speech for acting in this film: "It was my privilege. Thank you."
Goodfellas
James
|
|
$600
[13]
Devastated by war, Darul Aman Palacein this Afghan city was restored &reopenedto visitors in 2023
Kabul
Lydia
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$800
[14]
It can mean to check something for accuracy, or to work to make sure animals are healthy
vet
James
|
$600
[3]
The original campus of this public school is in Tempe
Arizona State
Luke
|
$600
[17]
Balco & this slugger are mentioned in the subtitle of the nonfiction book "Game of Shadows"
Barry Bonds
James
|
$600
[28]
From the French meaning "to warm", this dish is used to heat food that's already been cooked; caterers are big fans
a chafing dish
|
$600
[22]
(Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) In 2015, a year after John Travolta introduced Idina Menzel as "the wickedly talented one & only" this new name, Idina welcomed Johnto the stage as Glom Gazingo
Adele Dazeem
James
Luke
Lydia
|
|
$800
[9]
Now a museum, until 1959 the Potala Palace in Lhasa was the winter home of this spiritual leader
the Dalai Lama
Luke
|
$1,000
[19]
To contend with another, perhaps a rival
vie
Luke
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$800
[1]
The teams at this school are called the Boilermakers
Purdue
James
|
$800
[6]
In 2025, thisCEO of Paramount & Fox published the memoir "Who Knew"
Barry Diller
|
$800
[16]
Corning launched this brand in 1915 with ads exclaiming, "Bake in glass!"; the temp-resistant bakeware was durable & so was the brand
Pyrex
James
|
$800
[7]
(Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Hosting in 2025, I said I love this nominated film, I didn't want it to end, and luckily it didn't; that feeling even carried over into aspeechlater that night
The Brutalist
Lydia
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Bulgaria's Euxinograd Palacelies along the coast of this colorful sea
the Black Sea
Luke
Lydia
|
DD
$4,400
[18]
To work diligently at your trade, or to push alcohol on someone
ply
James
|
$1,000
[2]
The university of this Midwestern city is in a neighborhood called Hyde Park
Chicago
James
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$1,000
[15]
When this William Makepeace Thackeray novel was made into a movie, Ryan O'Neal played the title character
Barry Lyndon
James
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$1,000
[21]
Not named for an NFL team, this large plate is used as a base for other plates & doesn't actually hold food
a charger
James
|
$1,000
[8]
(Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Some amazing films aside, the only so far to have an X rating & win Best Picture isthis1969 movie that gave us the immortal Dustin Hoffman line "I'm walkin' here. I'm walkin' here!"
Midnight Cowboy
James
|
| TECH & SCIENCE NEWS | ENTERTAINMENT BY THE NUMBERS | LAKES & RIVERS | YOU'VE BEEN HETERONYM"ED"! | BAROQUE | OBAMA |
|
$400
[2]
Using a type of quasiparticle, Microsoft said it created a new state of this for quantum computing
matter
|
$400
[29]
This 1980 film inspired a sitcom, then clocked in on Broadway in 2009 with music & lyrics by Dolly Parton
9 to 5
James
|
$400
[26]
In the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, the athletes arrived in a parade of boats sailing on this river
the Seine
Lydia
|
$400
[24]
Got older, like all of us&ripe & ready, like a fine cheese
aged & agèd
James
|
$400
[17]
This city was the center of the Italian Baroque with palaces like the Barberini, full of the family's symbolicbees
Rome
Luke
|
$400
[25]
Obama began his bid for pres. 4 months after releasing this "bold" book subtitled "Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream"
The Audacity of Hope
|
|
$800
[3]
A Saudi investment fund's purchase of Niantic Games, known for this "GO", also brings with it a ton of user location data
Pokémon
Luke
|
$800
[30]
This bouncy Lou Bega tune subtitled "A Little Bit Of..." says, "A little bit of you makes me your man"
"Mambo No. 5"
James
|
$800
[28]
It's the longest river in Europe & the longest to flow into the Caspian Sea
the Volga
James
Luke
|
$800
[27]
Picked up new knowledge&full of wisdom
learned & learnèd
Luke
|
$800
[18]
As seen here, Adam Elsheimer was among many Baroque painters to experiment with tenebrism, the play of these opposites
shadow & light
James
|
$800
[19]
As president, Obama popularized a quote from MLK that goes, "The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards" this
justice
Lydia
|
|
$1,200
[4]
A newly elected President Trump claimed some of Biden's pardons were invalid due to this machine, a writing implement
an autopen
James
|
$1,200
[14]
At the end of this romcom, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a meet-cute with a woman fatefully named Autumn
500 Days of Summer
James
|
$1,600
[5]
Australia's principal river, itforms most of the border between Victoria & New South Wales
the Murray River
|
$1,200
[23]
Teased or mocked, maybe with "on", &in tatters
ragged & raggèd
Luke
|
$1,200
[10]
Colonies got baroqued, too; note achurchin Ouro Preto, a Brazilian town named for this resource found there
gold
Lydia
|
$1,200
[7]
Before transferring to Columbia, Obama went to this college in L.A. whose motto translates to "the west is nearest the east"
Occidental
James
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Sharing a name with a legendary astronomer, Rubin from Nvidia is a new GPU, short for one of these
a graphics processing unit
|
$2,000
[13]
This song by Bob Marley & the Wailers says, "Don't worry about a thing 'cause every little thing gonna be alright"
"Three Little Birds"
James
|
$2,000
[15]
"I" spy this 1,350-mile-long river that flows through the center of Myanmar
the Irrawaddy
Lydia
|
$1,600
[1]
A hashtag for humblebraggers&a keyword from the Beatitudes
blessed & blessèd
Luke
|
$1,600
[11]
The Dutch favored homey scenes & can't get more domestic than women "bij een linnenkast", "at" this; maybe Lowe's has one on sale
a linen closet (or cupboard)
|
$1,600
[8]
On May 2, 2011 Obama announced that a targeted operation was launched at a compound in this Pakistani city
Abbottabad
James
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Thanks to a therapy called Lyfgenia, Sebastien Beauzile became the first New Yorker cured of this hereditary blood disease
sickle-cell anemia
Luke
|
DD
$2,200
[12]
Songs from this Broadway musical include "The Lees of Old Virginia" & "Sit Down, John"
1776
Lydia
|
DD
$5,400
[6]
About 2/3 of Venezuela's oil output comes from the Basin of this large lake, now greatly polluted as a result
Lake Maracaibo
James
|
$2,000
[20]
Rising to a sharp point&sickly looking
peaked & peakèd
Lydia
|
$2,000
[16]
Juan de Pareja, a former slave in the studio of Velázquez, painted aversionof the Calling of this tax collector apostle
Matthew
Luke
|
$2,000
[9]
This act passed under the Obama administration in response to the 2008 financial crisis had 2 New England pols in its name
Dodd-Frank
|
The Iowa legislature passed a resolution declaring February 22, 2024 her day across the state
Caitlin Clark