2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.
Kristin Sausville — a stay-at-home mom from Newark, Delaware
Brennan Bushee — a software developer from Malden, Massachusetts
Greg Seroka — a chef originally from Detroit, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $2,600 | $7,000 | $13,000 |
$11,500
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,000
20 R, 1 W |
| Brennan | $1,200 | $1,200 | $12,000 |
$18,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$14,400
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kristin | $200 | $1,000 | $12,800 |
$12,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM | OKLAHOMA! | THIS & THAT | COLORFUL LANGUAGE | JUST PASSING THROUGH | DIVINE COMEDIES |
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$200
[13]
Greek for "fear" & "terror", Phobos & Deimos are the moons of this "belligerent" planet
Mars
Kristin
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$200
[2]
It's the state's most populous city without "city" in its name
Tulsa
Greg
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$200
[12]
Because the Roman god Vulcan was all about fire, these houses of worship for him had to be outside city walls
temples
Brennan
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$200
[10]
Let's roll out this proverbial item for the arrival of a high-ranking dignitary
the red carpet
Greg
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$200
[22]
In geometry it's a straight line passing through a circle's center & meeting the circumference at each end
diameter
Greg
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$200
[26]
Anthony Anderson worries that his African-American family has lost touch with its culture in this ABC comedy
Black-ish
Brennan
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$400
[14]
The smallest of Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons, it's named not for a continent but for a woman abducted by Zeus
Europa
Brennan
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$400
[6]
This state nickname comes from an April 22, 1889 land rush
the Sooner State
Greg
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$400
[19]
It was on a Friday that this literary character gained a "faithful, loving, sincere servant"
Robinson Crusoe
Kristin
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$400
[4]
2-word term for an airplane's flight recorder
a black box
Greg
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$400
[21]
In 2015 Army officers Griest & Haver passed through Ga. woods & Fla. swamps & are the first women to become these
rangers
Greg
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$400
[27]
Much of this '70s sitcom took place in the garage of the Sunshine Cab Company
Taxi
Kristin
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|
$600
[15]
Discovered in 1787, Titania & Oberon are this planet's largest moons
Uranus
Brennan
|
$800
[7]
In 2001 Oklahoma voters approved one of these antiunion laws permitted by the Taft-Hartley Act
a right-to-work act
Brennan
|
$600
[11]
As of 2013 Hawaii law lets landlords get an extra deposit for possible damages from renters who have these
pets
Greg
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$600
[1]
It's a contagious form of acute conjunctivitis
pinkeye
Brennan
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$600
[18]
Most of these smallest blood vessels are so small that only 1 blood cell can pass through them at a time
capillaries
Greg
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$600
[28]
Shades of Kramer? Schmidt's first name on this Zooey Deschanel series hasn't been revealed yet
New Girl
Greg
|
|
$800
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) Due to its odd, dramatically-inclined orbit, astronomers believe Neptune's moon, Nereid, may be a captured one of these
asteroid
Brennan
Kristin
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$1,000
[9]
It's the state animal & its first national preserve was founded in Oklahoma in 1907
the buffalo (or the bison)
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$800
[24]
In 1869 Indiana chose the Lafayette area for its new land grant university & named it for this man who gave $150,000
(John) Purdue
Greg
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$800
[3]
They're the foamy waves seen here
whitecaps
Greg
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$800
[20]
Longitude zero passes through this London borough where the Royal Observatory is located
Greenwich
Greg
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$800
[29]
Portia de Rossi as Lindsay on this show: "It's vodka... it goes bad once it's opened"
Arrested Development
Kristin
|
|
$1,000
[17]
This shortest-named moon of Jupiter has volcanic regions that are hotter than the surface of Mercury
Io
Kristin
|
DD
$2,400
[8]
This first state capital was named for a judge, not a folk singer
Guthrie
Brennan
|
$1,000
[25]
Found on the north bank of the Thames River, it's officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace & Fortress
the Tower of London
Greg
Brennan
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$1,000
[5]
It's a term for a naive person or a newcomer
greenhorn
Brennan
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$1,000
[23]
A shoelace passes through this small hole
eyelet
Greg
Kristin
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$1,000
[30]
Hemakes us laugh as a sergeant on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Terry Crews
Greg
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| NICKNAMES FOR FEMINISTS | SAME MOVIE & SONG TITLE | CITIES ON THE RIVER | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES | DANTE'SDIVINE COMEDY |
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DD
$200
[11]
Of this woman's 1848 statement demanding the vote, Lucretia Mott said, "Lizzie, thee will make us ridiculous"
(Elizabeth Cady) Stanton
Kristin
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$400
[16]
Movie:starred Jason Biggs; song:about Buddy Holly
American Pie
Brennan
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$400
[25]
Nong Khai &Phnom Penh
the Mekong
Kristin
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$400
[17]
On this March holiday, the consumption of Guinness beer more than doubles to 13 million pints worldwide
St. Patrick's Day
Brennan
|
$400
[18]
Stuffed animal attacked by bats at a party(6)
a piñata
Kristin
|
$400
[26]
This middle section of "The Divine Comedy" is a place of purification or temporary punishment
Purgatory
Kristin
|
|
$400
[23]
Named for Ms. Anthony, the "Susie B." introduced in 1979 was one of these
a dollar coin (a silver dollar accepted)
Greg
|
$800
[7]
Movie:ballerina goes bonkers; song:by Megadeth
Black Swan
Kristin
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$800
[2]
Varanasi &Allahabad
the Ganges
Greg
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$800
[15]
This org. that changes 1 letter in the month's name urges sporting a mustache in November for men's health awareness
Movember
Greg
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$800
[19]
Forwarding address for a sled dog(4)
mush
Brennan
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$800
[27]
This woman, Dante's guide through Paradise, dazzles him at first sight in the poem, just as she did in real life
Beatrice
Greg
|
|
$800
[24]
Planned Parenthood's Maggie Award is named after her
(Margaret) Sanger
Kristin
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$1,200
[3]
Movie:Will Smith & Martin Lawrence are cops; song:used as the theme to "Cops"
Bad Boys
Greg
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$1,200
[1]
Parintins &Manaus
the Amazon
Brennan
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$1,200
[12]
Southern Living magazine says you can play this game on Halloween w/o the water & mess by hanging the fruit from strings
bobbing for apples
Kristin
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$1,200
[20]
This masked man is always at home in Dodger Stadium(6)
umpire
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$1,200
[28]
"The Divine Comedy" is made up of 100 of these poetic divisions whose name is from the Latin for "singing"
cantos
Brennan
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|
$1,200
[9]
A biography of this 19th century woman includes the line "news of Vicky's candidacy traveled across the country"
Victoria Woodhull
|
$1,600
[4]
Movie:Jimmy Stewart has trouble with heights; song:Bono counts oddly in Spanish
Vertigo
Brennan
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$1,600
[5]
Kingston &Trois-Rivieres
the St. Lawrence
Brennan
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
It became an official French holiday in 1880, 91 years after the event that inspired it
Bastille Day
Kristin
|
$1,600
[21]
A touching scene at airport security(7)
a patdown
Brennan
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$1,600
[29]
Dante is led through hell by this Roman poet, whom he calls "my master and my author"
Virgil
Kristin
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In the 1920s Rene Maheu nicknamed her Le Castor, "the Beaver", for being so hardworking
Simone de Beauvoir
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$2,000
[8]
Movie:featuring Dirk Diggler; song:disco hit by Heatwave
Boogie Nights
Kristin
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$2,000
[6]
Toledo &Aranjuez
the Tagus
Greg
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$2,000
[14]
This November observance, when girls court guys, began with a 1937 Li'l Abnercomic strip
Sadie Hawkins Day
Brennan
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$2,000
[22]
More work from 1516(6)
Utopia
Kristin
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$2,000
[30]
The divine number of 3 is present in many aspects of the work, including this rhyme scheme that means "third rhyme" in Italian
terza rima
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His first address spoke of "the present happy state", "our peculiar felicity" & our "happy government"
James Monroe