2020 College Championship final game 1.
Xiaoke Ying — a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
Nibir Sarma — a sophomore at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Tyler Combs — a senior at Indiana University from Greenfield, Indiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | $3,400 | $4,400 | $5,200 | $200 |
$7,600
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nibir | $4,600 | $6,400 | $25,200 | $22,195 |
$19,400
28 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Xiaoke | $1,000 | $3,200 | $8,800 | $800 |
$8,800
11 R, 1 W |
| TRAVELING ABROAD | ON THE RECENT BESTSELLER LIST | AMERICAN HISTORY | "H.D." | THE HIDDEN WORLD OF EMOJIS | MOVIE COMEDIES |
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$200
[1]
Avoid caffeine & stay hydrated to minimize the effects of this disruption of your body's rhythms due to time zone differences
jet lag
Nibir
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$200
[23]
This late-night ABC funnyman was a hit with kids recently with his book about "The Serious Goose"
Jimmy Kimmel
Nibir
Xiaoke
|
$200
[16]
Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution set up this body to choose the president & vice president
the Electoral College
Nibir
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$200
[26]
Store copies of your photos on an external this in case the one inside the computer gets fried
a hard drive
Tyler
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$400
[24]
The emoji of this number underlined implies "Keep it real"
100
Nibir
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$400
[28]
"What We Do in the Shadows" is a New Zealand mockumentary focused on a cadre of these creatures
vampires
Xiaoke
|
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$400
[19]
The CDC offers the "Can I eat this?" app to prevent this event that comes in more than 250 nasty types
food poisoning
Nibir
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$400
[22]
Each short story in Tom Hanks' first book involves this pre-computer age authors' tool
a typewriter
Xiaoke
|
$400
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Following the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845, Mexico said Texas' border endedhereat the Nueces River; the U.S. said it was this river further south, & war soon followed
the Rio Grande
Nibir
|
$400
[25]
The words "Saving Children" are on a 2017 one of these coins celebrating the centennial of Boys Town
half dollar
Nibir
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$600
[10]
Emojis used in reference to Beyoncé include the bee (for Queen Bey) & this fruit (for her 2016 album)
a lemon
Tyler
|
$600
[27]
Academic overachievers Kaitlyn Dever & Beanie Feldstein cram 4 years of fun into one night in this 2019 comedy
Booksmart
Nibir
|
|
$600
[18]
Remember that if you were under 16 when this federal document was issued to you, it's only good for 5 years, not 10
a passport
Nibir
Xiaoke
|
$600
[21]
High school detention leads to murder in Karen McManus' "One of Us Is" doing this
Lying
Xiaoke
|
$600
[6]
In 1832 S.C. passed "an ordinance to" do this, void certain federal laws; Pres. Jackson said it's your ordinance that's void!
nullify or nullification
Nibir
|
$600
[17]
Basenji & basset are this type of canine, also the subject of an Elvis Presley song
a hound dog
Nibir
|
$800
[4]
This French-named baked good named for its shape is used to express opposition to Brexit
a croissant
Nibir
|
$800
[9]
"You sit on a throne of lies", Will Ferrell tells a department store Santa in this Christmas comedy
Elf
Nibir
|
|
$800
[12]
You'll want a credit card that doesn't charge a foreign transaction fee, like this company's it card
Discover
Nibir
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$800
[20]
Set in a resort town & not a courtroom, "Camino Island" took this novelist in a new direction
John Grisham
Tyler
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
A new Quartering Act was the fourth of these punitive 1774 measures also known as the Coercive Acts
the Intolerable Acts
Nibir
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$800
[15]
It's the leading cause of death of women in the United States
heart disease
Tyler
|
$1,000
[2]
"WC" on blue is supposed to mean "water closet" but many use it to stand for this type of admiration
woman crush
Tyler
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$1,000
[7]
This 2018 Mila Kunis/Kate McKinnon comedy changes one word from the title of a James Bond film
The Spy Who Dumped Me
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This group travel agency that sells adventures to ages 18 to 35 sounds like a Thor Heyerdahl raft
Contiki
Nibir
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$1,000
[13]
Professor Timothy Snyder wrote "On" this form of dictatorial rule
Tyranny
Tyler
|
$1,000
[3]
Thomas Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall" at First Bull Run, called this by the Rebs
Manassas
Xiaoke
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$1,000
[8]
3,300 feet up in the Mojave, Yucca Valley, California is in this type of area & has a nature museum named for it
a high desert
Nibir
|
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| JUNIORS & SENIORS | HOBBIES | IRREGULAR VERBS | POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY | SONGS OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS |
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$400
[25]
William Wrigley Jr. sold soap & baking powder before rising to wealth & fame selling this
gum
Xiaoke
|
$400
[26]
If you want to be a magician, learn this skill in which an old word for "skill" precedes "of hand"
sleight of hand
Nibir
|
$400
[27]
A common sign at a checkout counter is "Take a penny," do this
leave a penny
Tyler
|
$400
[28]
A poem in "The Da Vinci Code" alludes to the fact that an apple is not depicted on this British physicist's tomb
Isaac Newton
Nibir
|
$800
[5]
Literally meaning "the sleeve", La Manche is this body of water
the English Channel
Nibir
|
$800
[23]
Back in 2007, hewas "Waiting On The World To Change"
John Mayer
Nibir
|
|
$800
[24]
Longtime publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Sr. decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in this newspaper
The New York Times
Tyler
Nibir
|
$800
[11]
K8RX is a call sign in amateur radio, which is also known as this "meaty" radio
ham radio
Tyler
|
$800
[22]
The Bible says, "The Lord hath" done this to "thee to be a peculiar people unto himself"
chosen
|
$800
[21]
An atomic bomb test in 1945 made Oppenheimer think of a line from the "Bhagavadgita", a sacred poem in this religion
Hinduism
Nibir
|
$1,200
[4]
For its many fragrant flowers, this French territory in the Mediterranean Sea is called "The Scented Isle"
Corsica
Tyler
|
$1,200
[20]
"You so 2000 & late", says this Black Eyed Peas song with an onomatopoetic title
"Boom Boom Pow"
Nibir
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In February 2018 Dale Sr.'s grandson Jeffrey drove in the Daytona 500, the 40th straight year for this family
the Earnhardts
Tyler
|
$1,200
[1]
Coin collectors look for unusual items like the 1960 Hong Kong dollar coin with this woman still on it
Queen Elizabeth
Tyler
Nibir
|
$1,200
[18]
Combine a verb & its past tense & you get this playground item
a seesaw
Xiaoke
|
$1,600
[7]
This Danish physicist said that when it comes to atoms, "Language can be used only as in poetry"
Bohr
Nibir
|
$1,600
[3]
A sweet sight to sailors, this city is France's main Mediterranean port
Marseille
Nibir
Xiaoke
|
$1,600
[19]
Coldplay had a No. 1 hit in the U.S. & the U.K. with this title track of a 2008 album subtitled "Death & All His Friends"
"Viva La Vida"
Nibir
|
|
$1,600
[13]
For 29 years Harry Connick Sr. put away Louisiana offenders in this prosecuting job for Orleans Parish
district attorney
Xiaoke
|
$1,600
[9]
If your new interest is mycology, the study of these, be careful which ones you eat
fungi (mushrooms)
Nibir
|
$1,600
[17]
Irregular synonym for "vended"
sold
Nibir
|
$2,000
[6]
Note the cat in the depiction ofhim, whose writing made a friend say, "I hope your physics is better than your poetry"
Schrodinger
Nibir
|
DD
$2,400
[2]
Rich in fossils, these 4-letter mountains shared with Switzerland gave their name to an ancient dino-heavy period
the Jura Mountains
Tyler
|
$2,000
[15]
Hey! This Train song wonders, "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo"
"Hey, Soul Sister"
Nibir
|
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$2,000
[12]
Charles Conrad Jr. & Richard Gordon Jr. were the 2 men aboard the 11th mission of this 2-man NASA program
Gemini
Xiaoke
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$2,000
[10]
John Spilsbury is credited with making the first of these amusements in the 1760s, then called "dissected maps"
a jigsaw puzzle
Xiaoke
|
$2,000
[16]
This past participle ends with a firearm
begun
Nibir
|
DD
$8,000
[8]
In the poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron mentions this 16th century Italian, "with his woes"
Galileo
Nibir
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An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 "History of Italy" is a presumed source for this play
The Tempest