Jamie Ding game 9.
Tallulah Pollard — a recent engineering graduate from Mount Airy, Maryland
Thayer Warne — an editorial director from Denver, Colorado
Jamie Ding — a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (whose 8-day cash winnings total $222,203)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $5,600 | $8,000 | $25,200 |
$23,599
9-day champion: $245,802 |
$22,200
28 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Thayer | $1,600 | $2,400 | $13,400 |
$0
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| T | $-200 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
13 R, 2 W |
| U.S. GEOGRAPHY | VIRAL FOOD | 2 "B" | DEAR MR. SCI FI OR FANTASY | PLAY US A TUNE | SOMETHING TO MAKE US ALL HAPPY |
|
$200
[27]
A measly 535 feet tall, this state's highest peak, Driskill Mountain, is in Bienville Parish
Louisiana
T
|
$200
[28]
This two-word romantic command precedes a creamy chickendishthat might make a fella want to bend the knee
marry me
T
|
$200
[22]
Tarrytown & Scarsdale are examples of these places outside New York City
suburbs
Thayer
|
$200
[30]
"Death had come to Dorne on raven wings, writ small and sealed with a blob of hard red wax"
(George R.R.) Martin
Jamie
Thayer
|
$200
[17]
This Taylor Swift tour that ended in 2024 played for about 10 million people & grossed a tidy $2 billion
the Eras Tour
T
|
$200
[19]
Your face will certainly light up if you are gifted one of these treats that means "good, good" in French
a bonbon
T
|
|
$400
[25]
Behold the majesty at the National Elk Refugeadjoining Grand Teton National Park in this state
Wyoming
Jamie
|
$400
[23]
Oh la la, le crookie is a hybrid pastry with cookie dough baked inside of this roll
a croissant
T
|
$400
[26]
It's a type of singing quartet, or an Ice Cube-led comedy franchise
barbershop
Jamie
|
$400
[29]
"A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law"
Asimov
Jamie
|
$400
[21]
This group was like "Butter" at an October 2022 stadium show back home in South Korea
BTS
Jamie
|
$400
[10]
Animatronic gag gift Big Mouth Billy Bass brought cheer with this optimistic Bobby McFerrin tune, perfect for the category
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Jamie
|
|
$600
[16]
Mount Augusta isn't in Georgia--or Maine for that matter--it's in Alaska on the state's border with this Canadian territory
the Yukon Territory
Jamie
|
$600
[11]
Double roasted potatoes with Gruyère & a certain caramelized topping is a viral dish named for this soup
French onion soup
Jamie
|
$600
[8]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was a firm engaged in this fully legal activity in Washington, D.C., a center for it
lobbying
Jamie
|
$600
[3]
"After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight"
Lovecraft
Thayer
|
$600
[20]
Between tunes in 2025, he told fans, "I do some... basic security checks. Is (that) person your partner? No one else's partner?"
Chris Martin
T
|
$600
[13]
Undoubtedly, new sheets make us happy, especially if they have a high this, like an 1,800 one from Sweet Home
thread count
Jamie
|
|
$800
[1]
The last of Florida's Keys are a group of 7 islands known as the "Dry" these
Tortugas
Jamie
|
$800
[24]
The youths can't get "knafeh"chocolate bars with knafeh & pistachio cream, named for this UAE city
Dubai
Thayer
|
$800
[7]
Weird Al's parody of "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" replaces "White Guy" with this type of religious leader
a rabbi
T
|
$800
[4]
"'Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it'"
(Douglas) Adams
Jamie
|
$800
[9]
In 2024 "Weekends with" this singer in residency at Caesars in Vegas included songs like "Rumour Has It"
Adele
Jamie
|
$800
[18]
Theseflowers are sure to warm even the coldest among us; Luoyang, China is devoted to them
peonies
T
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Congaree National Park is roughly 20 miles southeast of this southern capital
Columbia
Jamie
|
$1,000
[15]
A viral red pickle is marinated in this sweet-&-sour (& picante!) red sauce from Mexico, sprinkled with Tajín & stuffed with Takis
chamoy
T
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The first issue of this magazine in 1894 was focused on advertising; music came later
Billboard
Jamie
|
$1,000
[6]
"'No, that Martian picture writing, it wasn't anything. Let it go!'"
Bradbury
Thayer
|
$1,000
[14]
On Aug. 15, 1965 55,000 fans paid up to $5.75 to (maybe) hear "Help!", "I'm Down" & 10 other Beatles songs at this NYC venue
Shea Stadium
Jamie
Thayer
|
$1,000
[5]
Maybe try an R.A.O.K., short for this type of deed that can bring joy to the giver as well as the recipient
a random act of kindness
Thayer
|
| HISTORIC WOMEN | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES | CO-STARS | QUITE SOME FEET | THAT'S A RED FLAG | DON'T COST MUCH |
|
$400
[27]
Despite her delicate name, Temperance Flowerdew survived the "starving time" at this settlement in 1609-10 & married 2 Virginia governors
Jamestown
Thayer
|
$400
[26]
Herman Melville named this evil captain after an evil king of Israel
Ahab
Jamie
|
$400
[30]
On his passing in 2025, Jane Fonda called this friend & frequent co-star "a beautiful person in every way"
Robert Redford
T
|
$400
[28]
Relax, the claws of the giant this of South America are for digging burrows & tearing into termite mounds
an armadillo
Thayer
T
|
$400
[19]
The small stars on China'sflag were originally said to represent social classes; the big star was for the CCP, this group
the Chinese Communist Party
Jamie
|
$400
[29]
Proverbial event with severely slashed prices; there doesn't have to have been an actual conflagration
a fire sale
Thayer
|
|
$800
[13]
Moderate French revolutionary Madame Rolandsaid, "O" this motto-friendly quality! "What crimes are committed in thy name!"
Liberty
T
|
$800
[7]
It's the first name shared by the two women seen here
Naomi
Jamie
|
$800
[20]
In 2025 the cast of this series reunited for a live reading of the pilot, with an emotional video message from James Van Der Beek
Dawson's Creek
Thayer
|
$800
[25]
The even-toed these include camels & deer; horses are the odd-toed kind
ungulates
Jamie
|
$800
[11]
This country'sflagresembles the 15th c. banner of Skanderbeg, its national hero; there's a square named after him in Tirana
Albania
Jamie
|
$800
[16]
Amid inflation in 2024, burger chains promoted this 5-letter type of "meal" or "menu"; at Wendy's, it was the Biggie Bag
value
Jamie
T
|
|
$1,600
[6]
The woman known as Madame this Chinese nationalist leaderwas only the second woman to address a joint session of Congress
Chiang Kai-shek
Jamie
|
$1,200
[21]
I am a rock, I am this name of a disciple whose name means "rock"
Peter
Jamie
|
$1,200
[12]
& just like that this "Sex & the City" co-star made a much-anticipated cameo in the season 2 finale of "And Just Like That..."
Kim Cattrall
|
$1,200
[8]
Don't look too closely at thefeetof this, the only living two-toed bird; they can deliver a powerful kick
ostrich
Thayer
|
$1,200
[3]
The crescent on theflagis a symbol of Tunisia's national religion; the points on the star represent these religious tenets
the Five Pillars of Islam
Thayer
|
$1,200
[15]
Arachis hypogaea--they're actually legumes
peanuts
T
|
|
$2,000
[22]
"Nanny of the Maroons", or escaped slaves, fought the British colonizers to a draw on this Caribbean island & is on its $500 bill
Jamaica
Jamie
|
$1,600
[1]
Jed is commonly short for this name found in 2 Samuel
Jedidiah
Thayer
|
$1,600
[2]
Ansel Elgort played Shailene Woodley's love interest in "The Fault in Our Stars" & her brother in this film & its sequels
Divergent
Jamie
|
$2,000
[23]
Theselizards with a name from mythology run across water with the help of big feet that capture pockets of air
basilisks
Jamie
|
$1,600
[5]
German states have their own flags, including this one that gave its name to soldiers fighting for Britain in the Revolutionary War
Hesse
Jamie
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1962 an unknown Barbra Streisand stole the show "I Can Get It for You" this way, better than retail
Wholesale
Jamie
|
|
DD
$5,200
[24]
A 2025 doc about her includes her exploits in space & the life partner she was never able to acknowledge
Sally Ride
Jamie
|
$2,000
[14]
Meaning "blessed", it was the given name of philosopher Spinoza & it begins many a Jewish blessing
Baruch
Thayer
|
$2,000
[4]
The first season of "Feud" focused on the rivalry of Joan Crawford & Bette Daviswhile makingthis1962 film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Jamie
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
It doesn't take a genius to figure out how Sula nebouxii, the blue-footed this seabird, got its familiar name
booby
Thayer
|
$2,000
[18]
First hoisted in 1866, this kingdom'sflagwas designed by King George Tupou I in consultation with Shirley Baker, a British missionary
Tonga
T
|
$2,000
[17]
As Atomic Energy Commission chair, Lewis Strauss of "Oppenheimer" fame coined this phrase for a gloriously inexpensive resource
too cheap to meter
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Jane Austen called this English poet "infallible"
Alexander Pope