Jamie Ding game 6.
David Ley — an immersive theater director originally from Ithaca, New York
Sinecio Morales — a student originally from Rockford, Illinois
Jamie Ding — a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (whose 5-day cash winnings total $131,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $3,600 | $5,400 | $19,400 |
$30,401
6-day champion: $162,203 |
$17,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Sinecio | $-200 | $-200 | $10,200 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
13 R, 6 W |
| David | $1,400 | $7,000 | $15,200 |
$22,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| WIN SOME, LOSE SOME | GETTING DRESSED WITH EMILY POST | UP TO SNUFF | 2020s TV | ROMAN LETTERS | GREEK NUMERALS |
|
$200
[26]
A finalist twice before, 9-year-old Buzz Feed News won its first of these journalism prizes in 2021
a Pulitzer
Sinecio
|
$200
[27]
Real talk from Emily on summer office attire: "Nothing says 'I don't take my job seriously' more than" these bottoms
shorts
David
|
$200
[29]
A short, upturned nose, or a short barrel on a pistol
a snub
Jamie
Sinecio
|
$200
[28]
Inthisshow, a Dutch ship runs aground on the shores of a small fishing village in the year 1600
Shōgun
David
|
$200
[30]
Dear Bess, A funny thing happened on the way to this landmark, involving a cannoli; also, the Temple of Castor & Pollux was cool
the Forum
David
|
$200
[25]
Taking a big L at Leuctra in 371 B.C. sent this city-state into a very long slump, maybe 'cause they weren't really used to losing
Sparta
Jamie
|
|
$400
[19]
Sergio Garcia played in this golf tournament 19 times before finally getting a green jacket in 2017
the Masters
David
|
$400
[22]
The invite says black tie this, so Emily says I can wear a dark suit instead of a tuxedo
optional
|
$400
[21]
This protective item was pioneered in the 1950s at a buffet-style chain called American Style Smorgasbord
a sneeze guard
David
|
$400
[24]
Subtitle of the 2022 "Star Trek"spin-off, it's where they seek out new life
Strange New Worlds
Jamie
Sinecio
David
|
$600
[14]
Hey Kev! Of course we had to see this, the largest of the Roman hippodromes! The name fits; even Barnum & Bailey doesn't seat 250,000
the Circus Maximus
Jamie
|
$400
[23]
In the long run, you'll know that in 490 B.C. a quickly assembled Greek army stopped a Persian invasion in 1 day at this battle
Marathon
Sinecio
David
|
|
$600
[8]
The 0 & 00 pockets in this casino game give the house an edge, so though you may win for a while, you'll likely lose in the end
roulette
Sinecio
|
$600
[18]
Looking to convey "warmth, delicacy & femininity"? Emily suggests this color, though too much may be perceived as "less than serious"
pink
David
|
$600
[3]
It's a Britishism for "to kiss", or really more like "to neck"
snog
Jamie
|
$600
[12]
She played chess prodigy Beth Harmon on "The Queen's Gambit"
Anya Taylor-Joy
Jamie
|
$800
[4]
Mom & Dad, you can't miss Cosmedin Churchin the Bocca della Verità, which translates to this; it's said to bite the hands of liars
the Mouth of Truth
David
|
$600
[11]
We have no word on its fine leather, but we do know this south-central Greek city was conquered by the Turks in 1458
Corinth
David
|
|
$800
[7]
From 1930 to 1987 you could win (but mostly lose) playing the horse racing-based lottery called the Irish these
Sweepstakes
|
$800
[13]
Emily on tie fit: the end of a necktie should fall at the middle or bottom of this, part of a different article of clothing
the buckle (the waistband of your pants)
Sinecio
|
$800
[9]
One day in Canada Robert Munsch had the idea for the kids' book "Thomas'" this winter garment, which Thomas doesn't want to wear
Snowsuit
Sinecio
|
$800
[5]
This Welsh actor followed up his Emmy-winning success starring in "The Americans" by taking on the title role in 2020's "Perry Mason"
Matthew Rhys
|
$1,000
[10]
S'up, Sis! So I counted! There are 135 of these alliterative items that lead up to the Church of Trinità dei Monti!
Spanish Steps
Jamie
David
|
$800
[1]
Getting into educational real estate around 387 B.C., he bought some land & started a school that would last until 529 A.D.
Plato
Jamie
Sinecio
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Richard Nixon lost the presidency to JFK in 1960 but triumphed over this Democrat in 1968
Humphrey
Jamie
|
$1,000
[2]
Emily defines this type of attire, often prescribed for holiday parties, as essentially cocktail party dress but with a seasonal touch
festive attire
|
$1,000
[16]
Dry & semi-dry are 2 types of this item that lets you get acquainted with reef fish
a snorkel
David
|
$1,000
[6]
Shestepped into Angelina Jolie's shoes when she played Mrs. Smith
Maya Erskine
|
DD
$3,400
[20]
Dearest Bo, We saw a statue of Oceanus atop a chariot pulled by sea horses while tossing a few coins at this iconic landmark
the Trevi Fountain
David
|
$1,000
[15]
He was born c. 46 A.D., was a priest of Apollo, wrote 225+ works including his famed biographies & his own bio ends c. 120
Plutarch
David
|
| MOTTOES & SLOGANS | SCI OP-ED | U.S. MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS | STREAMING MOVIES | ____ TO ____ |
|
$400
[28]
The motto of this school is "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" (Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon")
Hogwarts
Jamie
|
$400
[30]
Sophie Pavelle wrote on behalf of these food-stealing birds, saying "Household waste is growing" & causing them to flock inland
seagulls
Jamie
|
$400
[29]
Near the Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. is a separate memorial honoring the 265,000 women who served during this war
the Vietnam War
Jamie
|
$400
[14]
Samuel Pickwick
Charles Dickens
Sinecio
|
$400
[23]
In this first part of a movie trilogy, New Zealand's Hutt River played the River Anduin
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jamie
Sinecio
David
|
$400
[27]
A point of contention; you will & won't have one on all-you-can-eat rib night if they run out
bone to pick
Jamie
|
|
$800
[18]
You'll be feline groovy with this sneaker brand that uses the tagline "Forever Faster"
Puma
Jamie
|
$800
[25]
A 2025 op-ed in the New York Times about the COVID outbreak talked about this alliterative theory positing a man-made origin
lab leak
Jamie
|
$800
[24]
Muir Wood National Monumentnear San Francisco is home to a rare virgin stand of these coastal trees, some more than 1,000 years old
redwoods
Sinecio
|
$800
[13]
Sancho Panza & Dulcinea
Miguel de Cervantes
Sinecio
|
$800
[19]
2013's "Mud" stars Matthew McConaugheyas a fugitive hiding on an Arkansas island in this river
Mississippi
Jamie
|
$800
[26]
The responsibility of a household's breadwinner to keep the family nourished is calculated in number of these
mouths to feed
Sinecio
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Promising the nation 4 more years of a "full dinner pail", he was re-elected president in 1900
McKinley
Jamie
Sinecio
David
|
$1,600
[16]
A 2020 L.A. Times op-ed said science suffers from this "crisis", a way of trying to repeat the results of a published experiment
replicability (replication)
Sinecio
|
$1,200
[10]
Michael Arad & Peter Walker's 2003 design for this memorial, chosen from more than 5,000 entries, was titled "Reflecting Absence"
the September 11th Memorial (9/11 Memorial Plaza)
David
|
$1,200
[3]
Jonathan Harker
Bram Stoker
Jamie
|
$1,200
[5]
Philippe Rousselot hooked a Best Cinematography Oscar for this 1992 film that taught America a lot about fly-fishing
A River Runs Through It
David
|
$1,200
[22]
The title of this soap opera that ended on ABC in 2012 after 44 years expresses the same sentiment as "YOLO"
One Life to Live
|
|
$1,600
[11]
The UNCF began using this 8-word slogan in 1972 & later added "but a wonderful thing to invest in"
a mind is a terrible thing to waste
Jamie
David
|
$2,000
[9]
The pithy line "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" began a 2007 op-ed by this author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
(Michael) Pollan
Jamie
|
$1,600
[20]
One of the world's largest Doriccolumnsrises above an island in Lake Erie to commemorate his victory in an 1813 battle
(Oliver Hazard) Perry
Jamie
|
$1,600
[2]
Antonia Shimerda
Willa Cather
Sinecio
|
$1,600
[15]
It was stunt men Mickey Gilbert & Howard Curtis who made the jump into a river in this 1969 Western
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
David
|
$1,600
[6]
Medication-based completion of a phrase for accepting something tough, "a hard..."
pill to swallow
David
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Oddly, the motto of British monarchs is French, "Dieu et mon droit", which means this in English
God and my right
Sinecio
|
DD
$3,600
[21]
25 years ago Neil de Grasse Tyson wrote an op-ed that compared real-life advances to the ones featured in this film from 1968
2001(: A Space Odyssey)
Jamie
|
$2,000
[4]
Dedicated in 2023, a national monument made up of 3 sites, 2 in the South & one in Chicago, honors this slain youth & his mother
Emmett Till
David
|
$2,000
[1]
Stephen Dedalus
James Joyce
Sinecio
|
$2,000
[12]
In a Best Picture winner from 1957, prisoner of war Alec Guinness first builds, then blows up, a bridge over this title stream
the River Kwai
Sinecio
|
DD
$3,800
[7]
To Ronald Reagan the 9 most terrifying words in English were "I'm from the government, & I'm" these 3
here to help
David
|
Former NFL QB Joe Theismann once joked that he had shouted this word over 10,000 times, but had no idea what it meant
hut