2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.
Steve Moulds — a playwright from Louisville, Kentucky
Nibir Sarma — a junior at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Karen Farrell — a political consultant from Chesapeake, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen | $5,000 | $5,400 | $14,200 |
$16,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$14,200
16 R, 1 W |
| Nibir | $4,200 | $5,400 | $13,200 |
$12,199
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Steve | $-600 | $1,200 | $2,400 |
$4,800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,400
11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| SOMETHING'S LOOMING OVER ME | PLAYING TODAY'S HITS | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME | I'M ON A BOAT! | SOCIOLOGY | HOMONYM-BLENESS |
|
$200
[29]
In the state of Querétaro, this country's largestmonolithlooms over the town of Bernal
Mexico
Karen
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$200
[23]
In 2020 Drake & Lil Durk decided to do this "Now Cry Later"
Laugh
Steve
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$200
[30]
Honored in 2001, this actress, whom we all love
(Lucille) Ball
Steve
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$200
[27]
Larboard, or the loading side, was once starboard's opposite, but to avoid confusion, sailors opted for this term instead
port
Nibir
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$200
[20]
A 2015 book found 1 1/2 million families living on "$2.00 a" this length of time per person--it's not an hour
a day
Nibir
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$200
[28]
To communicate directly regarding a situation, or 1201 S. Main Street
address
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$400
[24]
In Norwich, England it's Norwich Castle, which for 500 years was repurposed as this type of institution, for sure using its keep
a prison
Karen
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$400
[22]
"Adore You" was a post-boy band hit for this Brit
Harry Styles
Nibir
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$400
[25]
Shannon Lucid, who made history in 1996 by spending 188 consecutive days in space, mostly on this Russian space station
Mir
Steve
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$400
[21]
The 20th novel in Patrick O'Brian's seafaring saga is called "Blue at the Mizzen", referring to a flag hoisted upon this
a mast
Nibir
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$400
[19]
Charles Barkley declared that he was not one of these people to imitate; Tim Tebow thinks an athlete should be one
a role model
Steve
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$400
[26]
A Chinese ship, or worthless rubbish
junk
Karen
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|
$600
[11]
Historiccog railwayline & all, in Manitou Springs, Colorado it's this peak that looms
Pikes Peak
Karen
|
$600
[8]
This word preceded "Swings" in a 2020 hit by Pop Smoke; just this word was the title of a No. 1 hit by 24k Goldn
Mood
Nibir
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$600
[12]
This anthropologist who spent time living among the people of Samoa & New Guinea
Mead
Steve
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$600
[3]
You're in a big argument with someone when you're "at" these, also posts found on 19th century whaling boats
loggerheads
Steve
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$600
[18]
Marx identified 4 types of this, a term now used for a sensation of isolation & estrangement from the rest of society
alienation
Karen
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$600
[15]
Prey, or an open cavity for digging out limestone
quarry
Karen
|
|
$800
[10]
Looming over San Francisco, this landmark that opened in 1972 was sold in 2020 for the first time
the Transamerica Pyramid
Nibir
|
$800
[7]
Olivia Rodrigo's first hit single is this breakup song that debuted at No. 1 in 2021
"Drivers License"
Nibir
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
This first lady who turned 93 in 2020
Rosalynn Carter
Steve
|
$800
[1]
There's a long & an alternate shortened spelling of this ship area, seen here
the forecastle (fo'c'sle)
Karen
Steve
|
$800
[5]
From the Latin for "turning aside", it's departing from usual or accepted societal norms
deviance
|
$800
[16]
A liqueur, or polite & genial
cordial
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Thecliffsof the Dodecanese Islands, a popular place for rock climbers, loom over this sea
the Aegean
Nibir
|
$1,000
[6]
This country superstar, seen here, added to his hit parade in 2020 with "Happy Does"
Kenny Chesney
Karen
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$1,000
[14]
This Swiss-born American psychiatrist who identified the 5 stages of grief
Kübler-Ross
Karen
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$1,000
[2]
There's a long & an alternate shortened spelling of this petty officer whose pipe is heard here
a bosun (boatswain)
Karen
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$1,000
[4]
In 1837 Harriet Martineau wrote of Americans' this uninterested quality "in citizenship", saying some don't even vote!
apathy
Nibir
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$1,000
[17]
A cabdriver, a type of cough or a bad writer
a hack
Steve
|
| WELL VERSED IN POETRY | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER | I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT | THE DAILY QUINTUPLE | STAND-UP COMEDIANS | "A" MATERIAL |
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$400
[21]
"Antique" title of a poem about a warship that mentions "her deck, once red with heroes' blood"
"Old Ironsides"
Steve
|
$400
[30]
It's someone who reveals secrets or informs on others
tattletale
|
$400
[23]
Al Gore
Bill Clinton
Steve
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$400
[25]
This term for a geometric figure is from the Greek for "five-cornered"
pentagon
Nibir
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$400
[29]
On the cover of this great African-American comic's 1968 debut album, his mustache is a shadow of what it would become
Pryor
Steve
|
$400
[26]
Reynolds Wrap is a brand of this stuff
aluminum foil
Nibir
|
|
$800
[20]
"The Waste Land" begins with the declaration that this "is the cruellest month"
April
Karen
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$800
[27]
Why, you little one of these! A young cheeky & presumptuous person
whippersnapper
Steve
|
$800
[22]
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Nibir
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$800
[24]
Alphabetically, it's the first of the 5 Great Lakes
Erie
Karen
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$800
[28]
Drew Carey was the subject of the first Comedy Central Roast, a televised version of a tradition by this showbiz club
the Friars
Steve
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$800
[19]
In 2020 a town in Quebec voted to no longer be named for this dangerous stuff once mined there
asbestos
Karen
|
|
$1,200
[12]
This poem begins, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
"The Road Not Taken"
Nibir
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$1,200
[9]
From old words for "one & all", today it means disreputable or undesirable people
riff-raff
|
$1,200
[3]
John Nance Garner
Franklin Roosevelt
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
This cabinet secretary is 5th in the line of presidential succession, between the Secretaries of State & Defense
Treasury
Nibir
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$1,200
[16]
This Pakistani-American comic says spell-check wants to change his first name to "Camel"
Nanjiani
Steve
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$1,200
[8]
Seen here, it's found on menus before "smoked bacon"
applewood
Karen
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$1,600
[5]
A poem by Wordsworth begins, "I wandered lonely as" this "that floats on high o'er vales and hills"
a cloud
Nibir
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$1,600
[10]
Adjective meaning lacking all moral principles
unscrupulous
|
$1,600
[2]
Charles Dawes, a man with a plan
Calvin Coolidge
Nibir
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$1,200
[15]
Easy as 1-2-3, "ABC" was a No. 1 hit in 1970 for this group
The Jackson 5
Karen
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$1,600
[17]
Seen here is this comedian, not the robot version of her that joined her on a 2019 Netflix special
Whitney Cummings
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
The cavity filling alloy called dental this is half mercury & half other metals such as silver
amalgam
Nibir
|
|
$2,000
[4]
This Kipling poem ends, "You'll be a man, my son!"
"If—"
Karen
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$2,000
[11]
Collective name for strategic measures taken by a nation to discourage hostile action by another
deterrence
Nibir
Steve
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$2,000
[1]
Charles Curtis, the first person of Native American descent to be elected vice president
Hoover
Karen
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$2,000
[14]
Zakat, an alms tax to benefit the needy, is one of the 5 these, "Arkan al-Islam" in Arabic
the Pillars of Islam
Nibir
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$2,000
[18]
The 2020 documentary "The Comedy Store" has interviews with Letterman, Damon Wayans & of course him, the son of the club's owner
Pauly Shore
|
$2,000
[6]
This 2-word compound with the formula NH4NO3is one of the world's most popular fertilizers
ammonium nitrate
Nibir
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German settlers in Texas called this animal "Panzerschwein"
armadillo