2022 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California
Eric Ahasic — a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | $1,000 | $4,000 | $7,200 |
$7,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$7,200
15 R, 3 W |
| Eric | $5,400 | $5,400 | $17,000 |
$16,783
2nd place: $10,000 |
$17,000
18 R, 1 W |
| Andrew | $800 | $3,400 | $39,200 |
$37,863
Finalist |
$17,800
24 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| THE COUNTY SEAT | LOGOS | THE ARTS | SENIOR MOMENTS | SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES | MANDY PATINKIN |
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$200
[27]
Buffalo:Of this county on a Great Lake
Erie
Eric
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$200
[25]
On World Wildlife Day, the WWF removes this animal logo from its website to highlight the emptiness of a world without nature
a panda
Eric
|
$200
[28]
Here's this Italian composer looking like he could use a visit from the Barber of Seville
Rossini
Andrew
|
$200
[29]
As well as an adjective meaning "more aged", in Native American culture it's a person whose age gives them wisdom
elder
Andrew
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$200
[30]
To speak plainly, not mince words, is no tener pelos en la lengua, literally to not have hair here
on your tongue
Andrew
|
$200
[21]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In 1980, I won a Tony for my role as Che, the narrator of sorts, in the original Broadway production of this musical
Evita
Andrew
|
|
$400
[26]
Santa Rosa, California:Of this winey county west of Napa
Sonoma
Mattea
|
$400
[24]
In 2016 this sandwich shop freshened up its logo to reflect its fresh ingredients, but the arrows are still there
Subway
Mattea
|
$400
[23]
Aaron Copland composed the music for a ballet set in the Southwest & named for this notorious bandit
Billy the Kid
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
St. Petersburg, Florida became a retiree mecca in the 1940s & has the oldest club for this disk-pushing game
shuffleboard
Mattea
|
$400
[20]
The boss, the head guy; it's what a Kansas City Chief player becomes in Spanish media
jefe
Eric
Andrew
|
$400
[19]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) I spoke one of the many great lines inthis1987 film:"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"
The Princess Bride
Andrew
|
|
$600
[3]
Towson, Maryland:Of this charm county, we guess
Baltimore (County)
Mattea
|
$600
[6]
This extinct animal became the logo of the NHL's Nashville Predators after its bones were discovered in the area
a saber-toothed tiger
Mattea
|
$600
[11]
A depiction of Nike discovered on a Greek island in 1863, this statue is thought to commemorate a sea battle
Winged Victory
Mattea
|
$600
[9]
It's the month in which National Grandparents Day is celebrated
September
Mattea
|
$600
[15]
The title of a 2020 bilingual Black Eyed Peas song, it means an attractive woman, whether she's a mother or not
"Mamacita"
Mattea
Andrew
|
$600
[18]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) For 8 seasons, I played Saul Berenson, Carrie Mathison's CIA mentor & later National Security Advisor on this drama
Homeland
Andrew
|
|
$800
[4]
Indianapolis:Of this county named for Revolutionary general Francis
Marion
Eric
|
$800
[7]
The blue & white on BMW's logo come from the flag of this German state
Bavaria
Eric
|
$800
[12]
The title character of "Petrouchka" is one of these that comes to life & is immortal--terrifying!
a puppet
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
When this Old Testament king is "old & stricken in years", even the fair maiden Abishag does not rouse his interest
David
Mattea
Eric
Andrew
|
$800
[14]
Thisversatile & filling food is as common in El Salvador as the taco is elsewhere
pupusas
Andrew
|
$800
[17]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In the 1990s, I did an album & concert of traditional & non-traditional songs called "Mamaloshen", which means "mother tongue" in this language of some of my ancestors"Tsen kopikes hob ikh Un tsen vel ikh mir layen Kh’vel nemen mayn sheyn meydele Un geyn mit ir gulayen"
Yiddish
Mattea
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Tucson:Of this county/people/type of cotton
Pima
Eric
|
$1,000
[8]
Yes, they still make this brand of shoes & the basset hound is still the logo
Hush Puppies
Eric
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
The title of this play by Eugene O'Neill refers in part to a pair of trees that surrounds the Cabot farmhouse
Desire Under the Elms
Andrew
|
$1,000
[2]
Well into his 80s, Claude Monet painted his garden in this village 40 miles from Paris
Giverny
Eric
|
$1,000
[1]
Mexican women have held marches against this Hispanic culture of masculinity
machismo
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
(Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) I was a big fan of the late Stephen Sondheim & I am honored to have originated the role of the artist Seuratin this James Lapine-Sondheim musical that was inspired by a painting
Sunday in the Park with George
Mattea
|
| WORLD LEADERS | ELEGIES | JAZZ & BLUES NICKNAMES | RELIGION | "P"s | CARATS |
|
$400
[13]
Failing to win support for her Brexit deal, she stepped down as Tory leader in June 2019 & as prime minister in July
Theresa May
Mattea
|
$400
[27]
John McCrae wrote, "In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row" about the fallen in this conflict
World War I
Eric
|
$400
[30]
His nickname of "Satchmo" came from a truncation of "Satchel Mouth"
Louis Armstrong
Eric
|
$400
[22]
Mathura on the Yamuna River is one of the 7 sacred cities of this religion
Hinduism
Eric
|
$400
[19]
7-letter word for a precociously talented child
prodigy
Mattea
|
$400
[21]
Not as iridescent as the true kind, the type of this gem formed in a conch has examples over 20 carats
pearl
Andrew
|
|
$800
[14]
Shockingly assassinated in 2022, he was twice prime minister of Japan
(Shinzo) Abe
Eric
|
$800
[28]
William Cowper's "On the Loss of the Royal George" wasn't written for a king, but for one of these, gone with great loss of life
a ship
Mattea
|
$800
[29]
In her lifetime, Bessie Smithwas known as this 7-letter title "of the Blues", implying rule over a vast realm
Empress
Mattea
|
$800
[25]
The feast of this event in Jesus' life in the River Jordan is celebrated by Eastern Christians using meltwater from a cross of ice
his baptism
Mattea
|
$800
[26]
Any small & unimportant town, also the name of a Native people who lived in Connecticut
podunk
Andrew
|
$800
[24]
Using a ruby rod, Theodore Maiman built the first working one of these in 1960
a laser
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[2]
From 1960 to 1977, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios IIIwas president of this island nation
Cyprus
Andrew
|
$1,600
[12]
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave" is from this man's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Gray
Andrew
|
$1,200
[18]
Legend says this "King of the Delta Blues Singers" sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads for his talent
(Robert) Johnson
Andrew
|
$1,200
[4]
In Islam haram, "forbidden", is the opposite of this word, "permitted"
halal
Andrew
|
$1,200
[20]
Hector & Paris are sons of Hecuba & this king of Troy
Priam
Andrew
|
$1,200
[23]
This gin brand is named for a gem that's found in the Smithsonian
Bombay Sapphire
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Hats off to this man who was chancellor of West Germany & then of a unified Germany from 1990 to 1998
(Helmut) Kohl
Eric
|
$2,000
[15]
This "Invictus" poet also penned "Margaritae Sorori", an elegy in which death gets (& is) the last word
Henley
Eric
|
$1,600
[17]
A Broadway show was called this nickname for Billie Holiday "at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Lady Day
Eric
Andrew
|
$1,600
[5]
The fifth Dalai Lama declared his guru, a great scholar, to be this lama
Panchen Lama
Andrew
|
$1,600
[9]
Nasalis larvatus is the scientific name of this primate
a proboscis monkey
Mattea
|
$1,600
[6]
Catherine the Great owned a 107-carat one of these gems from Colombia; a necklace with a 75-carat version sold for $4.3 mil.
an emerald
Mattea
|
|
DD
$7,000
[3]
After helping to establish this as an independent country, Eduard Shevardnadze became its president in 1995
Georgia
Andrew
|
DD
$16,800
[7]
1855's "Haworth Churchyard" was Matthew Arnold's tribute to these literary sisters, written soon after the last one passed
the Brontë sisters
Andrew
|
$2,000
[16]
Riley King went by B.B., originally short for Blues Boy; his guitar also had a nickname--this woman's name
Lucille
Eric
|
$2,000
[11]
It's the term for thesmall box & leather strapworn by the Orthodox Jewish man seen here
phylacteries (tefillin)
|
$2,000
[8]
These wavelike contractions carry food through the digestive tract
peristalsis
Andrew
|
$2,000
[1]
Part of the British regalia, the Great Star of Africa was once part of this diamond named for Sir Thomas
Cullinan
Andrew
|
To fight malaria, this former royal estate helped move quinine-producing cinchona plants from South America to India
Kew Gardens