2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.
Maureen O'Neil — an executive assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Megan Wachspress — an environmental lawyer from Berkeley, California
Ryan Long — a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $1,400 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$8,400
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,200
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $1,000 | $3,600 | $9,600 |
$2,399
3rd place: $5,000 |
$11,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maureen | $0 | $2,800 | $8,400 |
$16,799
Winner: semifinalist |
$8,400
14 R, 1 W |
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$200
[19]
He once said, "It's my privilege to introduce the greatest first lady ever. Sorry, mom"
George W. Bush
Maureen
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$200
[17]
Seen here are some buildings with history on Chartres Street between Iberville & Bienville Streets in this city
New Orleans
Ryan
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$200
[26]
Collecting gaming cards? You might want these clear covers that share a name with a clothing part
sleeves
Maureen
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$200
[30]
King of the Franks *&* the Lombards, impressive... & first emperor of what would be the Holy Roman Empire? I see a team leader here
Charlemagne
Megan
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$200
[29]
It's the subtitle of "Terminator 2"
Judgment Day
Ryan
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$200
[10]
Do we have to paint you a picture? We'll use this wooden frame to help
an easel
Ryan
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$400
[1]
Movie in which Bill Murray says, "I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country"
Rushmore
Ryan
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$400
[23]
This city's ritzy Newbury Street ends by the Public Garden, near the famed swan boats
Boston
Maureen
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$400
[8]
Calligraphy enthusiasts may spring for special wipes & pliers for this 3-letter tip of the pen
a nib
Maureen
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$400
[4]
You scouted for Custer in 1867... became sheriff of Hays City, Kansas 2 years later... What brings you to Deadwood?
Wild Bill Hickok
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$400
[28]
A scene from "Hamlet" partly inspired Bruce Joel Rubin to write this Patrick Swayze-Demi Moore tearjerker
Ghost
Maureen
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$400
[11]
The right to vote, or the right to run a McDonald's
franchise
Maureen
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$600
[2]
"Uncommonly Smooth" was once the slogan of this coffee company whose original location was Vashon Island in Puget Sound
Seattle's Best Coffee
Ryan
|
$600
[22]
A Gateway Arch over 5th Avenue welcomes visitors to this California city's Gaslamp Quarter
San Diego
Maureen
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$600
[16]
The item seen here, known as a color checker, is primarily used by these hobbyists
a photographer
Megan
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$600
[5]
A Nobel Peace Prize, quite nice... ohhh, your country broke up on you in 1991 & your job ended; walk me through that
Gorbachev
Ryan
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$600
[27]
Ice Cube & Chris Tucker starred in this 1995 comedy that Cube co-wrote with DJ Pooh
Friday
Ryan
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$600
[13]
The name of this chilled beverage ends with an acute accent
a frappé
|
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$800
[3]
Seen here is Striker, a type of this Russian-named dog that won Westminster's title in 2022 for best Working Group dog
a Samoyed
Ryan
Maureen
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DD
$1,000
[21]
This man made Salt Lake City's downtown streets wide so a wagon team could turn around without hitting sidewalks or using profanity
Brigham Young
Megan
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$800
[25]
Not just for donuts, this pottery finisher made from a powder can give your final creation a lovely sheen
glaze
Megan
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$800
[6]
In 1874 you were president of the Freedman's Bank & 3 years later, became the first Black U.S. marshal... extensive résumé!
Frederick Douglass
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$800
[12]
A boy's best friend is a massive robot in this 1999 animated film based on a Ted Hughes fable
The Iron Giant
Ryan
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$800
[14]
A military supply unit far from the action is in the "rear" this
echelon
|
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$1,000
[18]
The "best of all possible worlds" was a philosophical tenet of this German who advised Peter the Great
Gottfried Leibniz
Ryan
Megan
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$1,000
[20]
Head to West Carson Street in this city & take the Duquesne Inclineup to Grandview for a grand view of a few rivers
Pittsburgh
Megan
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$1,000
[24]
You can make knots with rope, cord or string in this craft whose name is from Turkish for "napkin"
macramé
Maureen
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$1,000
[7]
In 1875 you put out "Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures"; I'm sensing you want to open your own branch
(Mary Baker) Eddy
Ryan
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$1,000
[9]
A poster for this film claimed, "In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods..."
The Blair Witch Project
Megan
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$1,000
[15]
This 8-letter word means gushing, perhaps "in praise" of someone
effusive
Ryan
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$400
[9]
Mark Twain began a sequel called "Huck Finn and" this boyhood pal "Among the Indians"; Lee Nelson finished it in 2003
Tom Sawyer
Ryan
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$400
[24]
It's the last of the 5 books in the Pentateuch
Deuteronomy
Megan
|
$400
[25]
After 8 seasons, Dre & Bow opted for a new beginning as this sitcom came to a close
black-ish
Maureen
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$400
[20]
Elvis sang that, in a state of amorous confusion, he was "all" this, a state not uncommon to snowglobes
shook up
Maureen
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$400
[14]
When it's between half & full, it's called gibbous
Moon
Megan
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$400
[4]
The imperial one traces back to Japan's 1889 constitution:IE
the Diet
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$800
[10]
Ancient-astronaut tome "The Gods Never Left Us" has on its title page "Long awaited sequel to" these vehicles "of the Gods"
Chariots
Maureen
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$800
[5]
Horse abuse at the Olympics in 2021 led to calls for the replacement of the traditional riding part of this event
the pentathlon
|
$800
[28]
Clark Kent's high school years & time at Central Kansas A&M were covered in this show named for Clark's hometown
Smallville
Ryan
|
$800
[1]
Churchill said Russia was "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside" this
an enigma
Maureen
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$800
[15]
Regularly emitting radiation, it's a rapidly spinning neutron star, some rotating 700 times a second
a pulsar
Megan
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$800
[19]
It meets in the Reichstag & elects the chancellor:UEA
the Bundestag
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$1,200
[13]
Possessive title of Louisa May Alcott's sequel to "Little Men"
Jo's Boys
Megan
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$1,200
[6]
In an old superstition, to see five of these thieving birds at once meant company was coming
a magpie
Megan
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$1,200
[26]
"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the" this TV soap title, the show now on Peacock after 57 years on NBC
Days of Our Lives
Maureen
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$1,200
[23]
To make a series of campaign speeches, or to baffle another person
stump
Megan
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$1,200
[16]
After some debate, the International Astronomical Union created this term for objects like Makemake, Eris & others in 2006
a dwarf planet
Megan
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$1,200
[30]
Founded around 930 on a North Atlantic island:AI
the Althing
|
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$1,600
[12]
In Tom Perrotta's 2022 sequel, this ambitious teenage girl from "Election" is now a high school assistant principal
Tracy Flick
Ryan
|
$1,600
[7]
In the '70s he & the Furious Five were just about the first hip-hop group; in 2007 they were the first in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Grandmaster Flash
Ryan
Megan
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$1,600
[27]
According to his '60s theme song, he lived "in a world full of wonder, flying there under, under the sea"
Flipper
Megan
|
$1,600
[22]
Meteorological words for befuddlement include hazy, cloudy & this superlative that often comes before "notion"
foggiest
Ryan
Megan
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
The Sun's visible surface, which radiates most of its light directly, is called this 11-letter word; get the picture?
the photosphere
Megan
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DD
$2,000
[29]
It moved to Kiryat Ben Gurion in 1966:EE
the Knesset
Ryan
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$2,000
[11]
The title of Jack Higgins' sequel to this World War II-set adventure yarn ends "...has flown"
The Eagle Has Landed
Maureen
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$2,000
[8]
Thisornamental design used in heraldry & architecture comes from Latin for "five" & "leaf"
a cinquefoil
Megan
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$2,000
[3]
Aftershewas sprung from "Orange is the New Black", she went on to co-create & star in "Russian Doll"
Natasha Lyonne
Ryan
|
$2,000
[21]
This word sounds like it means the opposite of addition, but it actually means perplexed
nonplussed
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$2,000
[18]
Schedar, the brightest star in this constellation, is one of the two bottom points in its distinctive Wshape
Cassiopeia
Megan
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$2,000
[2]
Established in 1905 by Nicholas II:UA
Duma
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A Native American story says this creek got its name from an injury suffered by a Sioux warrior in a fight with the Crow
Wounded Knee