2022 National College Championship quarterfinal game 10.
Kristin Donegan — a senior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anna Muthalaly — a junior at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
Sebastian Torres — a junior at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian | $0 | $3,800 | $10,200 |
$200
2nd place: $10,000 |
$10,200
14 R, 4 W |
| Anna ♡ | $1,400 | $400 | $-2,000 |
$-2,000
3rd place: $10,000 |
$0
12 R, 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kristin | $1,000 | $6,400 | $15,200 |
$9,999
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| I BRAIN RADIO | WE'VE GOT THE RECEIPTS | TV CHARACTER ANALYSIS | LANGUAGE LAB | OUR GOVERNMENT | COOKING WITH DAVID CHANG |
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$200
[15]
The radio show "Hidden Brain" explores issues of mind & life, as in a 2019 story about what makes us "Creatures of" this
habit
Anna ♡
|
$200
[17]
The price of this 1803 land deal, including interest, came to a bit more than $27 million
the Louisiana Purchase
Sebastian
|
$200
[5]
"Stranger Things" have happened; name her number
Eleven
Sebastian
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$200
[8]
In Italian anno is this amount of time
a year
Sebastian
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$200
[24]
The Latin for "twice" & "chamber" gives us this term referring to the dual nature of our Congress
bicameral
Kristin
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$200
[6]
(David Chang delivers the clue.) Like probably a lot of you, in college, I sustained myself on the instant type of these noodles, but you can actually do a lot with them, including making one of my favorite pasta dishes, cacio e pepe
ramen
Anna ♡
|
|
$400
[20]
At 14 this future DNA double helix discoverer went on radio's "Quiz Kids" for 3 weeks, beaten by 8-year-old Ruth Duskin
(James) Watson
Anna ♡
Kristin
|
$400
[13]
Peter Minuit is said to have purchased this island in 1626 for 60 guilders worth of trade goods
Manhattan
Sebastian
Anna ♡
|
$400
[1]
Headin' Westeros; a mother of 3 (dragons)
Daenerys
Anna ♡
|
$400
[9]
En français, la main gauche is this specific body part
the left hand
Kristin
|
$400
[25]
Set at $28 trillion since August 2021, this "D.C." is a big topic in D.C. & limits the amount the Treasury can borrow
the debt ceiling
Anna ♡
|
$400
[11]
(David Chang delivers the clue.)Tamari is a richer & less salty alternative to regular soy sauce, & unlike soy sauce, has no added wheat, so it's this, as indicated on the label, & safe for certain diets
gluten free
Anna ♡
|
|
$800
[22]
Sometimes WNYC's Brian Lehrer does an interview series with local winners of this foundation's so-called "Genius Grants"
the MacArthur Foundation (MacArthur grants accepted)
Sebastian
|
$600
[7]
The human cost of building this waterway prior to its 1914 opening?More than 5,600 lives
the Panama Canal
Sebastian
Kristin
|
$600
[2]
The Penn Badgley is mightier; him or "You", take your pick
Joe (Goldberg)
Anna ♡
|
$600
[10]
Entering a Spanish-speaking store? Empuje para abrir means this
push to open
Sebastian
|
$600
[28]
When a president fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned, it's deemed this type of veto
pocket
Anna ♡
|
$600
[23]
(David Chang delivers the clue.) Here's something cool: after cutting up these green onions, put the scraps with the roots in waterin a sunny place & in a matter of weeks, they should regrow
scallions
Anna ♡
Kristin
|
|
$1,000
[16]
On "Fresh Air" Michael Pollan discussed his book "How to Change Your Mind" about "The New Science of" these, like psilocybin
psychedelics
Sebastian
|
$800
[12]
When this car first went on sale in 1908, it cost $850; thanks to the assembly line, by 1925 you could get one for under $300
a Model T
Sebastian
|
$800
[3]
Rick's granddaughter; quite an animated character
Summer Smith
|
$800
[14]
This Hawaiian word means "thank you": add nui loa to mean "very much"
mahalo
Sebastian
|
$800
[29]
Most states use primaries, but Wyoming employs one of these meetings to decide candidates
a caucus
Sebastian
|
$800
[27]
(David Chang delivers the clue.) For convenience, I'm a big fan of the microwave & the most basic thing you can make for dinner or a late-night snack is a baked potato; poke a few holes in this most common brown variety & cook about five minutes on each side
a russet potato
Kristin
|
|
DD
$2,400
[21]
"How Can Adults Grow New Brain Cells" on the Ted Radio Hour is a talk by Sandrine Thuret, professor of this science
neuroscience
Kristin
|
$1,000
[19]
A congressional study estimated the 1898-1899 price of this conflict at $283 million, or nearly $9 billion today
the Spanish-American War
Kristin
|
$1,000
[4]
A Sterling (K. Brown) performance; NBC, FYI
Randall Pearson
|
$1,000
[18]
In "Kingdom of Heaven", king Baldwin offers Saladin this 2-word Arabic greeting
Salaam alaikum
|
$1,000
[30]
The oldest standing committee in Congress is this chief tax-writing one of the House
Ways and Means
|
$1,000
[26]
(David Chang delivers the clue.) Chemistry professor Kikunae Ikeda discovered that glutamate, as inMSG, is key to this fifth basic taste; savory foods naturally rich in it include Parmesan cheese, tomatoes & dried mushrooms
umami
Sebastian
Anna ♡
|
| SPOT-IFY | CLASSIC NOVELS | ON THE "MA"P | 10-LETTER WORDS | GAME TIME | ANATOMY |
|
$400
[29]
See spots. See lots of spots all over the body in outbreaks of this disease that could have been prevented with an MMR vaccine
measles
Kristin
|
$400
[20]
He's introduced in "Tom Sawyer" as "the juvenile pariah of the village"
Huck Finn
Anna ♡
|
$400
[9]
At 226,658 square miles, it's the largest island in the Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Kristin
|
$400
[30]
One who puts down in words the story of another's life
biographer
Kristin
|
$400
[15]
In a version of Clue based on this TV show, employees at Dunder Mifflin take part in a murder mystery exercise
The Office
Kristin
|
$400
[8]
Fused together in adults, the Ilium, pubis & ischium form the hip bone & the 2 hip bones form this girdle
the pelvis (or pelvic girdle)
Kristin
|
|
$800
[28]
Seen here, this bird is at the center of a battle between conservationists & the logging industry
the (northern) spotted owl
Sebastian
Anna ♡
Kristin
|
$800
[11]
This novel recounts a single day--June 16, 1904--in the life of Leopold Bloom & Stephen Dedalus
Ulysses
Kristin
|
$800
[10]
This city is home to the Prado Museum
Madrid
Sebastian
|
$800
[24]
"Mortal" word describing a jury that can't reach a verdict
deadlocked
Sebastian
|
$800
[16]
In 2015 this game dropped "Settlers of" from its name
Catan
Anna ♡
|
$800
[7]
On eitherside of the neck, you should be able to feel the pulse above this artery that supplies blood to the head
the carotid
|
|
$1,200
[27]
The "Ultimate" version of this party game comes with a larger mat & twice the number of colored spots
Twister
Anna ♡
|
$1,200
[3]
In "Moby-Dick" Peleg & Bildad are 2 of the owners of this ship
the Pequod
Kristin
|
$1,200
[12]
This special administrative region of China includes the islands of Taipa & Coloane
Macau
Anna ♡
|
$1,200
[23]
There's one of these on Wabash Avenue spanning the Chicago River; don't try to cross when it's up
drawbridge
Anna ♡
|
$1,200
[17]
In classic Monopoly just past Go you'll find these 2 cheapest properties on the board
Mediterranean & Baltic
Kristin
|
$1,200
[6]
This area of the brain involved in speech was named for a French surgeon
Broca's area
Kristin
|
|
$1,600
[26]
Herewe've spotted one of the many spotty varieties of this fancy flower
orchids
Kristin
|
$1,600
[2]
This Tolstoy novel famously begins, "Happy families are all alike..."
Anna Karenina
Anna ♡
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This Canadian river drains an area almost the size of Mexico
the Mackenzie River
Kristin
|
$1,600
[22]
10-letter word for background music written to accompany a play, like Bizet's for 1872's "L'Arlesienne"
incidental
Sebastian
Kristin
|
$1,600
[18]
The name of this game from Mattel in which you make up phony definitions is another word for nonsense, & we're not bluffing
Balderdash
Kristin
|
$1,600
[5]
In the lungs, gasexchangetakes place in the hundreds of millions of tiny air sacs called these
the alveoli
Anna ♡
Kristin
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Sunspots are darker, cooler areas that appear in this visible surface of the Sun
the photosphere
Sebastian
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Newland Archer arrives fashionably late to the opera as this novel set in 1870s New York begins
The Age of Innocence
Anna ♡
|
$2,000
[14]
This strait connects the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea
the Strait of Malacca
Kristin
|
$2,000
[21]
This adjective for a defective argument begins with one of the 4 seasons
fallacious
Sebastian
Anna ♡
|
$2,000
[19]
Named for the CEO's dog, it's the company behind such games as Farmville & words with friends
Zynga
|
$2,000
[4]
While the uvula is a soft flap at the back of the throat, this similar word is the pigmented middle layer of the eye
the uvea
|
A 2021 book about his "Misunderstood Reign" argues that he hated slavery & actually suffered from bipolar disorder
George III