John Focht game 3.
Jared Wilke — a teacher from Half Moon Bay, California
Tiffany Seitler — a finance manager originally from Garfield, New Jersey
John Focht — a software team lead originally from El Paso, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $58,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $6,700 | $8,700 | $21,900 |
$25,000
3-day champion: $83,800 |
$19,800
25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Tiffany | $800 | $3,200 | $8,000 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
11 R, 2 W |
| Jared | $1,400 | $2,400 | $5,800 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION | HISTORY QUICK SHOTS | LET'S DANCE! | CROATIA | WHAT DOES NOT KILL US... | MAKES US STRONGER |
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$200
[26]
Legal doublets, as the possibly redundant phrases are called, often come in alliterative form, like "part &" this
parcel
Tiffany
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$200
[1]
This Spaniard & his crew landed at Tabasco in 1519, soon to begin conquering the Aztecs
Cortés
John
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$200
[16]
In "Scent of a Woman", Al Pacino & Gabrielle Anwar were the 2 it took to do this dance
tango
John
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$200
[12]
Nicknamed "The City that Flows", Rijeka has also been known as Reka, Fiume & Flumen; all 4 names mean this
river
John
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$200
[6]
Leonardo DiCaprio has a bad encounter with one of these animals in "The Revenant" but does make it to the end of the movie
a (grizzly) bear
Tiffany
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$200
[21]
Also what kids dread during flu season, this phrase means something that's helpful
a shot in the arm
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$400
[27]
The phrase "peace and" this has a legal meaning, as you'll find out if you disturb those around you with rowdy behavior
quiet
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$400
[2]
The Clermont, this kind of vessel named for its type of engine, first puffed in 1807
a steamboat
John
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$400
[17]
Let's "slide" into this double-name dance using 5 steps in a 4-beat measure, slow-slow-quick-quick-slow
the cha-cha
John
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$400
[11]
The Gothic church of St. Mark's & the Baroque church of St. Catherine are both found in this capital
Zagreb
John
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$400
[7]
As this title BBC sleuth, Benedict Cumberbatch appeared to leap to his death, but it was not his "Last Bow"
Sherlock Holmes
Tiffany
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$400
[22]
They're the qualities that give you strength; in espionage, they're people valuable to an operation
assets
John
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$600
[28]
After the Norman Conquest, lawyers made sure they were clear with "last will (an Anglo-Saxon word) &" this French-derived term
testament
John
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$600
[3]
Depictedhereis some Lancaster-on-York action in these wars
the Wars of the Roses
John
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$600
[18]
Lil baby & A1 steak sauce both have song titles that mention this 4-letter dance that became popular in 2018
the Woah
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$600
[13]
Many visitors to the island of Krk have been inspired to utter this "Wheel of Fortune" catchphrase
Can I buy a vowel?
John
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$600
[8]
Whether cooked in a microwave or crushed by the Mir Space Station, this "South Park" kid has endured all manner of death
Kenny
Jared
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$600
[23]
As a noun, this "B" word is a long, supportive pillow; as a verb, it means to prop something up, like morale
bolster
Tiffany
|
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$800
[29]
Legally, this known associate of "entering" means going in without permission, so the phrase is a bit repetitive
breaking
Tiffany
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$800
[4]
This Windy City lawyer went to Tennessee in 1925 to defend a teacher
Darrow
John
Tiffany
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$800
[19]
In ballet, a grand this French term is a full bending of the knees, until the thighs are horizontal; a demi-one is half-bending
a plié
John
Tiffany
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$1,000
[15]
Home to the tourist city of Dubrovnik, this scenic coast has a dog breed named for it
Dalmatia
John
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$800
[9]
This Shakespeare character drinks a potion that imitates outward death, but the plan doesn't go as desired
Juliet
Jared
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$800
[24]
From the Latin for "made full", it's something like red yeast rice that makes your body stronger
supplement
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$1,000
[30]
The U.S. Constitution makes one state respect the laws of another in the clause called "Full Faith and" this
Credit
John
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$1,000
[5]
44 countriesmetin this Dutch city in 1907 to make a little more peace
The Hague
Tiffany
Jared
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$1,000
[20]
You can do this Spanish folk dance solo or as a couple, perhaps to Ravel's 1928 music of the same name
bolero
John
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DD
$2,500
[14]
The coastal cities of Pula & Zadar overlook this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
the Adriatic
John
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$1,000
[10]
At the end of this 1982 movie, a replicant spares Harrison Ford's character, perhaps appreciating life in any form
Blade Runner
Jared
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$1,000
[25]
When you hear "Here comes" this mounted group, your struggle is about to be lessened as reinforcements have arrived
the cavalry
Jared
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| PUBLIC SCULPTURE | SYNONYM ROLES | 3-NAMED AUTHORS | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS | MATH IN THE WORLD |
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$400
[27]
In bronze, 9 of these wild horses "of Las Colinas" gallop across a granite stream in Irving, Texas
mustangs
Tiffany
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$400
[24]
1998:Wesley Snipes as "flat cutting part of knife"
Blade
Jared
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$400
[30]
This 19th century New England thinker penned the "Concord Hymn" & the essay "Self-Reliance"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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$400
[19]
This very large building in Virginia is headquarters to the Army, Navy & Air Force
The Pentagon
John
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$400
[5]
Comic Sans MS is a type of one
a font
Tiffany
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$400
[1]
(Joy Buolamwini presents the clue.) Gamblers & investors know their perms & combs; it's short for permutations, a set where the order matters & these, a set where it doesn't
combinations
Jared
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$800
[28]
Pope Clement IX commissioned the 10 of these that line Rome's Ponte Sant'Angelo (for a total of 20 wings)
angels
John
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$800
[12]
1997:Rowan Atkinson as "Señor Legume"
Mr. Bean
John
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$800
[8]
In the 1830s, before she was a bestselling author, she lived in Cincinnati, across from a slave-holding community
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jared
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$800
[20]
Aka a battleground or swing state, a state that is closely divided between Democrats & Republicans is this color state
purple
Jared
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$800
[6]
David Bowie sang that this "makes a man take things over"
fame
John
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$800
[2]
(Joy Buolamwini presents the clue.) Video game designers plan out their games using this kind of system, that by definition uses X, Y & Z values to determine the position of a point
a coordinate system
John
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$1,200
[25]
The famed limestone lions outside this Midtown Manhattan building are called Patience & Fortitude
the New York Public Library
John
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$1,200
[13]
2017:Emma Watson as "Lovely Girl"
Belle
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$1,200
[9]
His poems like "Kubla Khan" are celebrated for their lyricism
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jared
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$1,200
[21]
This term arose from a 19th century cartoon of a twisted Massachusetts district
gerrymander
John
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$1,200
[16]
It's an unweaned deer
a fawn
Tiffany
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$1,200
[3]
(Joy Buolamwini presents the clue.) When you earn interest on both the principal & on the interest you've already accumulated, that's what Suze Orman calls the magic of this
compounding
Jared
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DD
$2,000
[26]
A statue of this brewer was unveiled in 2013 in Celbridge, Ireland, near where he was born around 1725
(Arthur) Guinness
John
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$1,600
[14]
2014:Angelina Jolie as "Doing Harm"
Maleficent
John
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$2,000
[11]
This Yentl creator's "Shadows on the Hudson" is about Jewish refugees in the aftermath of World War II
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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$1,600
[22]
To "cross" this is to show bipartisanship--come on, folks, it's only 6 feet wide in the Senate chamber
the aisle
John
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$1,600
[17]
Any decree, or an automaker that originated in Turin
a fiat
Jared
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$1,600
[4]
(Joy Buolamwini presents the clue.) Intersectional analysis is a way to evaluate how multiple variables influence the accuracy of this surveillance technology I have shown to struggle on darker faces
facial recognition
Tiffany
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$2,000
[29]
A pair of bronze nudes, "Redemption Song" is a monument to emancipation in this country
Jamaica
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$2,000
[15]
1985:Chevy Chase as "to provide with a feather"
Fletch
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
Simon & Schuster sponsors an award for suspense fiction named for this female author of "A Stranger is Watching"
Mary Higgins Clark
Jared
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$2,000
[23]
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is part of this department
Homeland Security
Tiffany
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$2,000
[18]
In feudal times it was property granted to a vassal
a fief
John
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$2,000
[7]
(Joy Buolamwini presents the clue.) Natural objects such as ferns often exhibit these patterns of similar structures at smaller & larger scales studied since the 1970s
fractals
Jared
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This aircraft was named for the second president of the Weimar Republic
Hindenburg