Jamie Ding game 13.
Kimberly Ayers — a college professor from San Marcos, California
Seth Politano — a physician and medical school professor from Los Angeles, California
Jamie Ding — a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (whose 12-day cash winnings total $314,440)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $7,000 | $8,800 | $29,400 |
$45,560
13-day champion: $360,000 |
$25,200
30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Seth | $-800 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
$6,601
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kimberly | $2,800 | $5,000 | $6,600 |
$8,001
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| HISTORIC NAMES | THE HARD STUFF | WE MAKE THAT | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" | TV GUIDANCE | THE BIBLE OF... |
|
$200
[24]
Defeated in his 1835 run to represent Tennessee in Congress, he headed for Texas; that did not work out well
Davy Crockett
Jamie
|
$200
[29]
Cement plus water plus sand &/or gravel equals this hard stuff used in construction
concrete
Seth
|
$200
[25]
A frappuccino, & a venti 9 shot with a pump of mocha... Wait, did you say...? OK, yes, that's me. I'm "Kon"
Starbucks
Seth
|
$200
[26]
Female-headed social system(10 letters)
a matriarchy
Kimberly
|
$200
[19]
Some donors to this organization get a "Passport" to a library that includes "Nova" & "Antiques Roadshow"
PBS
Kimberly
|
$200
[30]
Ring magazine proclaims itself "the Bible of" this sport
boxing
Jamie
Kimberly
|
|
$400
[23]
This Scottish king was a rival of the real-life Macbeth & did have a son named Malcolm
Duncan
Seth
|
$400
[28]
Thanks to its tetrahedral atomic structure, this pure-carbon mineral is the hardest known substance in nature
a diamond
Seth
|
$400
[21]
The Shasta 10X Premier Cowboy Hat, with a cattleman crown
Stetson
Jamie
|
$400
[20]
A business leader in oil or media(7 letters)
a magnate
Kimberly
|
$400
[18]
Jenna Ortega, as her: "Someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary"
Wednesday
Seth
|
$400
[6]
"The Bible of the Trumpet", "Arban's Complete Conservatory Method" teaches major, minor & chromatic these
scales
Kimberly
|
|
$600
[22]
Out of Africa, this German general had the assignment of defending Normandy in 1944, which didn't work out for him
Rommel
Seth
|
$600
[9]
Per the 1666 Rebuilding of London Act, "against future perills of fire", all future buildings were to be made of stone &/or this
brick
Jamie
|
$600
[4]
The Impreza, a hatchback that gets 33 miles per gallon on the highway &, for some reason, has a name meaning "party" in Polish
Subaru
Jamie
|
$600
[12]
Bad-smelling(10 letters)
malodorous
Jamie
|
$600
[17]
He started grunting in imitation of an audience focused on scotch & sirloin, & kept doing it on "Home Improvement"
Tim Allen
Seth
|
$600
[14]
With articles like "Rosé Myths", Decanter magazine has been called "the Bible of" this
wine
Kimberly
|
|
$800
[1]
In 1786 crystal seller Jacques Balmat packed some brandy & maybe a coat & set off to climb this highest Alpine mountain
Mont Blanc
Kimberly
|
$800
[11]
So strong it's used in making propeller shafts for nuclear subs, lignum vitae is one of the world's hardest types of this
wood
Jamie
|
$800
[7]
The trademarked Blazy Susan lighter, windproof & refillable for lifetime use
Zippo
Jamie
|
$800
[2]
Virtual world coined in "Snow Crash"(9 letters)
Metaverse
Jamie
|
$800
[5]
Episodes of this series that debuted in 2025 include "Please, Carol" & "We Is Us"
Pluribus
Jamie
Seth
|
$1,000
[16]
His "Elements" is often called "the Bible of mathematics"
Euclid
Jamie
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Ras Makonnen of Hararled troops during the Battle of Adwa in an 1895-1896 war named for these two countries
Italy & Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Jamie
|
$1,000
[3]
This word refers to what's been done to steel if it's heated to a high temperature, then cooled for increased hardness
tempered
Jamie
|
$1,000
[10]
The Karing smart toilet, priced at $5,000; that is indeed bold
Kohler
Kimberly
|
$1,000
[15]
Glass-blowing Venetian isle(6 letters)
Murano
Jamie
|
$1,000
[13]
Detective Vic Mackey was a bad cop... I mean, wow, like, so bad... killed guys, cracked skulls, you name it... on this FX show
The Shield
Jamie
|
DD
$1,600
[27]
The bubishi, an ancient self-defense text used by Okinawan masters, has been published as "the Bible of" this
karate
Kimberly
|
| AFRICA | "BOOK" TITLES | CONTENDERS | I THINK I'M PREGNANT | 5 FOR FIGHTING | MIME ENOUGH AT LAST |
|
$400
[30]
Reflecting the continent's colonial heritage, it's an official language of 20 African countries including Burundi & Gabon
French
Jamie
|
$400
[19]
Encyclopedia Britannica says this American rival is for "elementary through high-school students"
the World Book
Jamie
|
$400
[26]
Viktor Korchnoi was never world champion of this game, though he won 4 USSR titles, which was pretty close to the same thing
chess
Jamie
|
$400
[28]
In the 1930s the Hogben test used the African clawed species of this amphibian to test if a (human) woman was pregnant
a frog
Jamie
|
$400
[27]
Thisfive-letter word is a common play in rugby; outside of rugby, it means a fight
a scrum
Kimberly
|
$400
[29]
Before he was the Little Tramp in silent films, he was in the Fred Karno pantomime troupe playing "The Inebriated Swell"
Chaplin
Jamie
|
|
$800
[25]
This most populous country in Africa is also one of the richest
Nigeria
Jamie
|
$800
[18]
A Harlem postal worker began compiling this travel guide in 1936
Green Book
Seth
|
$800
[9]
The last living American signer of this organization's charter, the late Harold Stassenmade nine increasingly feeble presidential runs
the UN Charter
|
$800
[12]
Here's the stitch: in the 17th C.'s "Compleat Midwife's Practice", a pregnancy test involved this item that has an "eye"
a needle
Jamie
|
$800
[23]
This type of protracted heavyweight fight sounds like a gathering of garden mollusks
slugfest
|
$800
[20]
Before rock stardom, he studied with mime legend Lindsay Kemp & performed as a mime; maybe explains the "Aladdin Sane" look
David Bowie
Seth
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Mandingo & Malinke are other names for a West African people but "I do know" them as this, the name Alex Haley used
Mandinka
|
$1,200
[3]
The pocket-sized "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung" is also known by this diminutive & colorful name
The Little Red Book
Jamie
|
$1,200
[16]
Also a champion in a seat at the bridge table, Amalya Lyle Kearse has been considered by 3 presidents for a seat here
the Supreme Court
Kimberly
|
DD
$1,200
[1]
In 2008 Jenna Karvunidis had a cake filled with pink icing when she popularized this; she later said the concept is limiting
gender reveals
Seth
|
$1,200
[10]
Something no one has to pay for could be described this multi-hyphenated way, as could any donnybrook
a free-for-all
Seth
|
$1,200
[7]
A bitter mime ranting about his romantic failures makes a memorable cameo in this '90s rom-com set in grunge-era Seattle
Singles
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Once part of the Portuguese Empire, it's the small African nation indicated here
Guinea-Bissau
Jamie
|
$1,600
[8]
"The Arrest of Christ" is one of the illuminations in this medieval masterpiece held in Dublin's Trinity College Library
the Book of Kells
Jamie
|
$1,600
[5]
Thiscardinal was a popular favorite to be named pope in 2025, largely thanks to his charmingly Italian name
Pizzaballa
|
$1,600
[2]
It's common to have 2 of these imaging tests done during pregnancy: one is a dating scan & the other, an anatomy scan
an ultrasound
Jamie
|
$1,600
[13]
From the French, this 5-letter word for a disorganized fight has 3 E's
a melee
Jamie
|
$1,600
[24]
Thiscelebrated French mime debuted his signature character, Bip the tragicomic clown, in 1947
Marceau
Jamie
|
|
DD
$5,400
[14]
This African capital city of about 2.5 million lies on sites that were once part of the ancient empire of Carthage
Tunis
Jamie
|
$2,000
[15]
An 11th century Japanese courtesan wrote the best-known of the diaries called this, traditionally kept in sleeping quarters
The Pillow Book
Jamie
|
$2,000
[17]
In 2025 Greg Abel, who oversaw Fruit of the Loom & See's Candies, was made this co.'s successor CEO over insurance boss Ajit Jain
Berkshire Hathaway
|
$2,000
[11]
At-home tests detect levels of this hormone produced by the placenta & often abbreviated to 3 letters
HCG
Seth
|
$2,000
[6]
A bout in the boxing ring is also a case of this, an old-timey plural word that uses the main weapon of the combatants
fisticuffs
Jamie
|
$2,000
[22]
Modern mime has roots in the physical comedy, stock characters & improvisation of this 16th c. Italian theatrical form
commedia dell'arte
Jamie
|
Amelia Earhart was among the guests at a 25th anniversary ceremony held December 17, 1928 in this state
North Carolina