2022 National College Championship semifinal game 1.
Raymond Goslow — a senior at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia
Neha Seshadri — a senior at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nam Vu — a senior at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nam | $600 | $2,000 | $10,000 |
$8,881
2nd place: $20,000 |
$10,000
14 R, 4 W |
| Neha | $3,200 | $3,600 | $5,500 |
$999
3rd place: $20,000 |
$6,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Raymond | $7,800 | $9,400 | $25,800 |
$20,779
Winner: finalist, if one of 3 top-scoring winners; $35,000 for 4th place |
$19,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| VIRTUE SIGNALING | TENNIS LESSON | A MONTH OF EVENTS | THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! | A KID DID THAT | HETERONYMS |
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$200
[30]
This2-letter creature often found in artworks of then ativityis a symbol of patience
an ox
Raymond
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$200
[28]
This term for a tennis score of zero may come from a corruption of French for "the egg"
love
Nam
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$200
[26]
Geography Awareness Week & National Stuffing Day
November
Neha
Raymond
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$200
[25]
You could visit the Rijksmuseum & watch "Operation Night Watch" as it studies one of this man's masterworks with a stereomicroscope
Rembrandt
Neha
Raymond
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$200
[29]
Look it up online: a 9-year-old boy came up with this word for 1 followed by 100 zeroes
a googol
Nam
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$200
[20]
To offer for consideration & a gift
present ["pree-ZENT"] & present ["PREZ-unt"]
Nam
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$400
[22]
Sitting on theground, not on a throne, is the Madonnaof this quality, related to the Latin humus, meaning "the earth"
humility
Raymond
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$400
[27]
In 2002-03 Venus Williams lost 4 straight Grand Slam finals to this player
Serena Williams
Neha
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$400
[24]
The kickoff of the 2021 NFL regular season & Arrrr! Talk Like a Pirate Day
September
Raymond
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$400
[23]
You could follow in Dian Fossey's footsteps & head to Congo's Virunga National Park to study these mammals
(mountain) gorillas
Neha
Raymond
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$400
[16]
Frank Epperson was 11 in 1905 when he accidentally invented this frozen summer treat
a popsicle
Raymond
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$400
[19]
To comfort another & a freestanding cabinet for electronic equipment
console ["kun-SOLE"] & console ["KON-sole"]
Neha
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$600
[21]
Thissaintseen with her daughters is a symbol of wisdom; that's what her name means
St. Sophia
Raymond
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$600
[3]
The playerherehas ended up well behind this line, so you might try a drop shot on him
a baseline
Neha
Raymond
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$600
[4]
Star Wars Day, which led to Revenge of the Fifth
May
Neha
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$600
[15]
Perhaps you'll visit beautiful Dubrovnik, "the pearl of" this sea
the Adriatic Sea
Neha
Raymond
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$600
[1]
12-year-old Kokona Hiraki medaled in 2021 in this new Olympic event's park discipline, held in what looks like an empty pool
skateboarding
Nam
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$600
[18]
To confine during wartime &a worker in training
intern ["in-TERN"] & intern ["IN-tern"]
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$800
[10]
Seen in atarotcard, mixing wine & water symbolized this, also a 19th c. movement away from excess in alcohol
temperance
Raymond
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$800
[17]
Switzerland won its first Davis Cup in 2014 led by Stan Wawrinka & this legend
(Roger) Federer
Nam
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$800
[5]
Daylight Saving Time starts (turn 'em forward) & National Puppy Day, so much more enjoyable
March
Nam
Neha
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$1,000
[7]
The majesticbuildingsof this ancient city in Jordan are carved from its sandstone cliffs
Petra
Raymond
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$800
[2]
He figured out a system of writing & printing for the blind when he was about 15 & a student at a Paris school for blind children
Braille
Nam
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$800
[8]
Mouth wide open &God's love for mankind
agape ["uh-GAPE"] & agape ["ah-GAH-pay"]
Neha
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$1,000
[11]
Thisinsectknown for song & for returning after long periods symbolizes purity in Chinese art; it was supposed to live on dew
cicada
Raymond
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$1,000
[12]
In 2021, this18-year-old won the U.S. Open, the first British woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title since 1977
(Emma) Raducanu
Neha
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$1,000
[6]
The traditional federal income tax filing deadline & the U.K.'s National Tea Day
April
Raymond
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DD
$2,000
[14]
If you're feeling adventurous, you could hike the Inca Trail 7,900 feet up to this World Heritage Site
Machu Picchu
Raymond
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$1,000
[9]
At age 5 Mozart composed one of these dance pieces with a name from a French word for "small"
minuet
Raymond
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$1,000
[13]
Joined a group to bargain for them, as the workers did, or without an electrical charge, like an atom
unionized ["YOON-yun-ized"] & unionized ["un-EYE-un-ized"]
Raymond
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| EXIT STAGE LEFT | AFTER THE WAR | WHITHER THE WEATHER? | FANG SHUI | THAT'S SHOW BIZ | FROM "M" TO "Y" |
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$400
[30]
In a T.S. Eliot play 4 knights murder Thomas Becket in this title sanctuary
the cathedral
Raymond
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$400
[27]
In the mid-1950s this country trailed its neighbor in development, but the '60s "Miracle on the Han River" changed that
South Korea
Nam
Raymond
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$400
[28]
It sounds like a computer game about an island, but in weather lore it's very fine water droplets at ground level
mist
Neha
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$400
[29]
This count in an 1897 tale had a "grim sort of smile, which showed more than he had yet done his protuberant teeth"
Dracula
Nam
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$400
[26]
In 2021 Jason Sudeikis let his daughter shave the mustache he wears as this title soccer coach
Ted Lasso
Raymond
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$400
[22]
Boring sameness
monotony
Raymond
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$800
[4]
In this ballet the Mouse King's wintry attack on the title character leads to rodent demise
The Nutcracker
Neha
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$800
[24]
The Republican-led laws guiding seceded states' return to the Union are known as these acts of 1867 & 1868
Reconstruction
Nam
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$800
[8]
This discharge can be spider, forked or sheet
lightning
Nam
Neha
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$800
[25]
The pit type of this creature has hollow fangs attached to movable bones in the jaw that it uses to inject poison
a viper
Raymond
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$800
[20]
He wrote the first draft of his musical "In the Heights" when he was still in college
(Lin-Manuel) Miranda
Neha
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$800
[21]
Not optional--totally compulsory
mandatory
Nam
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$1,200
[1]
In a Sondheim musical, the bodies really start to pile up when this title barber gets a new automated chair
Sweeney Todd
Nam
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$1,600
[17]
In 1992 the U.N. gave this country that had been occupied in the first Gulf War more land with more oil wells
Kuwait
Raymond
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$1,200
[5]
I'm sick of the same weather again, the result of a stationary one of these where neither of the adjoining air masses can move
a front
Neha
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$1,200
[15]
Though their well-placed canines can grow up to 20 inches long, this amphibious African ungulate is an herbivore
a hippo
Raymond
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$1,200
[19]
This 1-named rapper:"Take this advice that I'm givin', make a difference, make a killin', make a killin', Lord willin"'
Logic
Nam
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$1,200
[9]
This tree produces a reddish brown wood
mahogany
Nam
Raymond
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$1,600
[2]
In "Little Shop of Horrors", Seymour feeds this woman, his girlfriend, to the carnivorous plant named for her
Audrey
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$2,000
[12]
The "Long Walls" of Athens were destroyed at this war's end to the accompaniment of flute music, but rebuilt in 393 B.C.
the Peloponnesian War
Raymond
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DD
$1,500
[7]
Matey, batten down the hatches! It be this 4-letter warning from the National Weather Service of sustained winds of 39-54 mph
gale
Neha
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$1,600
[14]
First seen in "The Sorcerer's Stone", a gigantic black boarhound named Fang is this character's pet
Hagrid
Neha
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$1,600
[16]
This woman hosts 2 different food-related shows: "Top Chef" & "Taste the Nation"
Padma Lakshmi
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$1,600
[10]
Thebutterflycamouflaging itself to look like a brown leaf is an example of this phenomenon
mimicry
Raymond
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$2,000
[3]
Only the good die young, as when Mimi dies of consumption in this Puccini opera about young Parisians
La bohème
Nam
Neha
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DD
$6,000
[23]
This war ended England's major claims in France & would have lasted longer but in 1475, an invading army was bribed to go home
the Hundred Years' War
Raymond
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$1,600
[6]
Big fluffy snowflakes result from relative humidity of over 100%, this condition of water in the atmosphere
supersaturation
Neha
Raymond
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$2,000
[13]
Hereis a sphinx facing off with this hybrid creature with lion, serpent & goat fangs--well, the goat fangs, not so terrifying
a chimera
Nam
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$2,000
[18]
Steven Yeun got a Best Actor nomination playing Jacob in this film about a Korean-American family in 1980s Arkansas
Minari
Nam
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$2,000
[11]
Society where success is based on ability & talent
meritocracy
Raymond
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In 1882, when these 2 countries' border was settled, a minister in the southern one quit in protest out of loyalty to Central America
Mexico & Guatemala