2022 Tournament of Champions final game 3.
Sam Buttrey — an associate professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California
Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California
Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $1,800 | $3,800 | $2,400 |
$3,400
2nd place: 1 match point |
$7,400
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrew | $2,200 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$9,999
Winner: 2 match points |
$8,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Sam | $1,200 | $3,600 | $14,800 |
$3,199
3rd place |
$14,800
18 R, 0 W |
| A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS | AMERICAN HISTORY | BETTER CALL SAUL | RAPPERS WHO ACT | BEASTLY BOOK TITLES | MAKING AN ASSONANCE OF YOURSELF |
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$200
[7]
Sakura is the Japanese name for these flowers that bloom in spring
cherry blossom
Sam
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$200
[29]
Thisfort, built to protect Charleston, South Carolina, saw the first fatality of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Andrew
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$200
[27]
Saul Bass provided storyboards & the intense opening credits for this 1960 Janet Leigh thriller
Psycho
Amy
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$200
[1]
Showbiz royalty, she won a Grammy for "U.N.I.T.Y." & was nominated for an Oscar for "Chicago"
Queen Latifah
Amy
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$200
[22]
Feeding a small rodent a sweet baked good could probably lead to further & further requests
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Andrew
|
$200
[30]
Assonance, or vowel rhyme, is found in this, which proverbially "gets the worm"
the early bird
Amy
|
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$400
[28]
This fragrant flower "of the valley" is said to have sprung from Eve's tears as she left Eden
lily
Sam
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$400
[26]
A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK spoke on the steps of its capitol
Montgomery
Sam
|
$400
[24]
A heroic deliverance of Jabesh-Gilead helped Saul get called to be the first king of Israel in a book named for this prophet
Samuel
Andrew
|
$400
[2]
In 1991 he had a rap hit with "O.G. Original Gangster"; 9 years later, he began playing a cop on NBC & he's been doing it ever since
Ice-T
Andrew
|
$400
[21]
An ambitious bird tries to fly free over the ocean rather than squabble over food scraps
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Sam
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$400
[19]
It's the nostril atop a cetacean's head
the blowhole
Amy
|
|
$600
[9]
Found from Mexico to Peru, these orchids bear the name of a horrific figure from Eastern European history & the movies
Dracula orchids
|
$600
[25]
Named for a U.S. minister to Mexico, this 1850s purchase gave the U.S. an additional strip of land south of the Gila River
the Gadsden Purchase
Amy
|
$600
[23]
"Information Architect" Richard Saul Wurman felt the calling to help create these conferences in 1984
TED
Sam
|
$600
[4]
(TV) judge for yourself--born in Trinidad, she signed to Lil Wayne's label in 2009 & voiced Pinky in "Angry Birds 2"
Nicki Minaj
|
$600
[20]
A teen who is good with animals & numbers but bad at social situations tries to solve the killing of a neighborhood pet
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Amy
|
$600
[18]
Watch some spirited fingers fly as we show you this dance move
jazz hands
Sam
|
|
$800
[8]
It's a symbol of Ukraine, where a woman told Russian troops to put seeds in their pockets, to bloom from their corpses
sunflowers
Amy
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$800
[17]
The work of this New Deal program, CCC for short, included planting trees--more than 3 billion in all
Civilian Conservation Corps
Andrew
|
$800
[13]
Saul Dushman's 1938 text about the "Elements of" these "Mechanics" offered initial footing in the world of physics
Quantum
Amy
|
$800
[5]
"I'm going back to Cali"; he's played a Southern Cali law enforcement agent on CBS since 2009
LL Cool J
|
$800
[16]
A secret U.S. Army unit uses paranormal powers in its missions
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
$800
[15]
Gamers know it's replacing letters with similar-looking numbers, like when using 3 instead of "E"
leetspeak
Andrew
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Wordsworth was inspired by these golden flowers "fluttering & dancing in the breeze"
daffodils
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
At this New York battle in the fall of 1777, nearly 6,000 British troops surrendered to Colonial forces
Saratoga
Andrew
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1976 he was called on to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature
Saul Bellow
Sam
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$1,000
[6]
A nice 2011 for this 1-name star: he joined Enrique Iglesias on "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" & played Tej in "Fast Five"
Ludacris (Chris Bridges)
Andrew
|
$1,000
[3]
An extended family of primitive humans adopts 5-year-old Ayla
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Amy
|
$1,000
[12]
In a song title from the 1920s, these 2-word noisemakers for nuptials "are breaking up that old gang of mine"
wedding bells
Amy
|
| 4 WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL | OPERA CHARACTERS | COMPOUND WORDS | COLD AROUND THE GLOBE | HEARD IN THE MOVIE | SPELEMENTARY |
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$400
[28]
She married Napoleon in a civil ceremony on March 9, 1796; the pair wed again with religious rites on December 1, 1804
Josephine
Amy
|
$400
[29]
Even after she dumps him for a matador, a soldier still loves this character & begs her to start a new life with him
Carmen
Sam
|
$400
[27]
This trademarked name for in-line skates is in the dictionary
Rollerblade
Sam
|
$400
[30]
With zero inches of annual precipitation, the McMurdo Dry Valleys on this continent rank as the driest area on Earth
Antarctica
Sam
|
$400
[26]
As rendered by IMDb, spoken by Quint: "Aaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaahhhh!"
Jaws
Sam
|
$400
[25]
Calcium +iron
café (Ca Fe)
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Mass hysteria ensued when this silent film star died at age 31; 100,000 mourners lined the streets outside his 1926 funeral
Valentino
Sam
|
$800
[21]
In a Bellini opera the heroine Amina suffers from this often nocturnal affliction
she sleepwalks
|
$800
[19]
Get fired up for this type of home, seen here, popular in New Orleans
a shotgun shack
Andrew
|
$800
[22]
South of Fez is the town of Ifrane, dubbed the Switzerland of this country
Morocco
Andrew
|
$800
[23]
"I mean, what kind of friggin' person bashes in their friend's knee? Who would do that?"
I, Tonya
Andrew
|
$800
[24]
Lithium +nitrogen +potassium
link (Li N K)
Sam
|
|
$1,600
[8]
The July 1, 1916 wedding of this future first couple was held at the home of John & Elivera Doud, the bride's parents
the Eisenhowers
Sam
|
$1,200
[18]
In "Parsifal", the wounded King Amfortas is the keeper of this sacred object
the Grail
Sam
|
$1,200
[2]
Inhalation of &/or massage with fragrant essential oils is part of this practice meant to enhance well-being
aromatherapy
Andrew
|
$1,200
[13]
In 2021 this capital of Saskatchewan broke a 137-year-old temperature record, dropping to -37.5 degrees
Regina
Amy
|
$1,200
[14]
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"
The Godfather Part III
Andrew
Sam
|
$1,200
[11]
Tungsten +argon +phosphorus
warp (W Ar P)
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Last name of Richard & Mildred, whose 1958 wedding led to a 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down bans on interracial marriage
Loving
Sam
|
$1,600
[3]
Prince Yamadori's offer of marriage is turned down in this opera
Madame Butterfly
Sam
|
$1,600
[1]
Popular in chowder, this East Coast variety of clam has the name of a fruit pit
cherrystone
Amy
|
$1,600
[4]
One of mountain climbing's Seven Summits, Jaya Peakis on the Indonesian part of this big island
New Guinea
Amy
|
$1,600
[15]
From the '80s:"I want my 2 dollars"
Better Off Dead
|
$1,600
[10]
Silver +nobelium +sulfur +titanium +carbon
agnostic (Ag No S Ti C)
Amy
|
|
DD
$5,800
[20]
On Sept. 12, 1846 this pair of poets wed secretly at St. Marylebone Church; the bride lived with dad on Wimpole St. for another week
the Brownings (Robert & Elizabeth Barrett)
Andrew
|
$2,000
[7]
A peasant girl named Marenka is the title betrothed in this Smetana opera
The Bartered Bride
Andrew
|
DD
$5,000
[6]
A point of reference from which measurements are made, it was once an actual notch or line made on a permanent object
a benchmark
Amy
|
$2,000
[5]
It's permafrosty in this Russian place that's alphabetically last on the traditional Risk board
Yakutsk
Amy
|
$2,000
[16]
"Fred C. Dobbs ain't a guy likes bein' taken advantage of--do the mug in, I say"
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
|
$2,000
[12]
Arsenic +tellurium +radon
astern (As Te Rn)
Amy
Andrew
|
Paul's letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament quotations
Hebrews