2022 Tournament of Champions final game 4.
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 | $6,200 | $10,200 | $25,000 |
$19,000
Winner: 2 match points |
$21,800
28 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Andrew | $800 | $4,000 | $6,800 |
$801
2nd place: 2 match points |
$6,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Sam | $2,400 | $2,400 | $20,000 |
$0
3rd place |
$15,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| HISTORIC DATES | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH | HEAD FOR THE HILLS | A WORD OF WARNING | SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM | WE'LL ALL NEED A DRINK AFTER THIS |
|
$200
[30]
Tradition says the pilgrims set foot on this historic artifact on December 26, 1620
Plymouth Rock
Andrew
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$200
[28]
"Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
babes
Amy
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$200
[29]
In legend, the Lia Fáil, or "Stone of Destiny", atop the Hill of Tara in this nation would roar at the touch of a rightful king
Ireland
Andrew
|
$200
[27]
It's something that portends a future event, as in the title of a 1976 horror film
omen ( The Omen )
Sam
|
$200
[1]
"Billie Jean" &"The Girl Is Mine"
Thriller
Amy
|
$200
[23]
Traditional "white" beer is always brewed with this grain in addition to barley
wheat
Sam
|
|
$400
[24]
San Franciscans heard a noise "like the roar of 10,000 lions" on April 18 of this year
1906
Amy
Sam
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$400
[6]
He "exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom"
Solomon
Sam
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$400
[25]
The 2022 revival of this musical on Broadway stars Hugh Jackman as con artist Harold Hill
The Music Man
Amy
|
$400
[26]
On road signs this 5-letter word is inside a white inverted triangle inside a red inverted triangle
yield
Andrew
|
$400
[2]
"I Would Die 4 U" & "When Doves Cry"
Purple Rain
Sam
|
$400
[22]
Vodka, rum, tequila, gin & triple sec go in this cocktail, & you must be from a certain part of New York if you think that's a good idea
Long Island Iced Tea
Amy
|
|
$600
[18]
On Sept. 20, 1932 Gandhi began one of these in a jail cell; his British captors gave in a few days later
a hunger strike
Amy
|
$600
[4]
From Deuteronomy: "Of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and" these "shall ye eat"
scales
Amy
|
$600
[17]
History remembers Bunker Hill as the big battle site, but it was actually this hill that saw most of the action on June 17, 1775
Breed's Hill
Amy
|
$600
[9]
A yellow card in soccer & a yellow flag in auto racing indicate this warning to be careful
caution
Amy
|
$600
[10]
"Rolling In The Deep" & "Set Fire To The Rain"
21
Andrew
|
$600
[21]
February 22 is national this day, but you don't have to wait--salt on the rim?
a margarita
Amy
|
|
$800
[19]
May 5, 1864 saw the start of this godawful battle near Fredericksburg fought partly in a burning forest
the Wilderness
Andrew
|
$800
[3]
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way," the this "and the life"
the truth
Amy
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$800
[16]
"The Beggar's Opera" of 1728 contains the ballad that rhymes, "If with me you'd fondly stray over the hills &..." here
far away
Amy
|
$800
[7]
In a famous poem, Paul Revere was "ready to ride and spread" this "through every Middlesex village and farm"
the alarm
Sam
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$800
[14]
"2 Become 1" & "Wannabe" (part of the group name)
Spice
Andrew
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$800
[12]
The name of this Spanish version of champagne literally means a wine cellar
cava
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
In a historic first, this 75-year-old was sworn in as president of his country May 10, 1994
Mandela
Andrew
|
$1,000
[5]
From 2 Corinthians: "For we walk by" this, "not by sight"
faith
Amy
|
$1,000
[13]
Of the 7 hills of Rome, it's the most central & once the site of lavish dwellings built by emperors
Palatine
Amy
|
$1,000
[8]
This 6-syllable word is a reason for a drug or treatment not to be used, like aspirin for patients with bleeding disorders
a contraindication
Amy
|
$1,000
[15]
"Rehab" &"You Know I'm No Good"
Back to Black
Amy
|
$1,000
[11]
An Italian count is likely the namesake of this gin, vermouth & Campari cocktail
Negroni
Andrew
|
| NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. | MEMOIRS & PERSONAL ACCOUNTS | FAR OUT | MISCELLANY | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART |
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$400
[30]
This island seenhereis about 30 miles south of Cape Cod
Nantucket
Amy
Sam
|
$400
[29]
He wrote about his older brothers, his illness & Chappaquiddick in his 2009 memoir "True Compass"
Edward Kennedy
Sam
|
$400
[28]
Catalogued by Ptolemy, the constellation Equuleus is next to this winged brother
Pegasus
Sam
|
$400
[27]
Once upon a time (actually, 1956), this Oscar winner became a real-life princess (of Monaco)
Grace Kelly
Amy
|
$400
[26]
It's the fleshy lobe on a turkey's neck
wattle
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
(Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Seen without makeup & mostly in closeups, French actress Maria Falconetti'sperformance in "The Passion of" this peasant girl turned martyr is considered one of the greatest of all time
Joan of Arc
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This city, B'gosh, is located where the Upper Fox River enters Lake Winnebago
Oshkosh
Amy
|
$800
[8]
In "Persepolis", a graphic memoir, Marjane Satrapi wrote about growing up in this country during the Islamic Revolution
Iran
Sam
|
$800
[16]
New stars "grow up" in what are called "stellar" these, like the place for kids or plants
nurseries
Amy
|
$800
[17]
Cuban-born Delia Fiallo was known as "The Mother of" these Latin American soap operas, having written more than 40 of them
telenovelas
Sam
|
$800
[5]
Let's horse around with this sport of very controlled equine movements
dressage
Amy
|
$800
[6]
(Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Shot in Rome & Los Angeles at a cost of nearly $4 million, the 1925 version of this biblical epic with a greatsea battle&chariot racewas the most expensive silent movie ever made
Ben-Hur
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[3]
For a romantic getaway, some couples head to Hawley or Lakeville in these mountains within northeastern Pennsylvania
the Poconos
Sam
|
$1,200
[7]
Paralyzed & speech-less from a stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby used his left eyelid to dictate "The Diving Bell and the" this
butterfly
Amy
|
$1,200
[15]
Thered dotrepresents the Milky Way on a cosmic map that depicts Laniakea, a group of galaxies known as a super this
cluster
Amy
|
$1,200
[22]
The leaves of this plant native to South America are the source of the same-named sugar substitute
stevia
Amy
|
$1,200
[2]
A low seat for an easily freaked-out Mother Goose girl
tuffet
Andrew
|
$1,200
[21]
(Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Lon Chaney's face was sofrighteningin this Paris-set film that some moviegoers reportedly fainted when his mask was removed
The Phantom of the Opera
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[18]
Located near the Oregon border, this Washington city with a double-talk name is famous for its wines & vineyards
Walla Walla
Sam
|
$1,600
[9]
One of Time magazine's Most Influential People of 2019, she wrote the memoir "Educated"
Westover
Sam
|
$2,000
[14]
The Wilkinson Probe monitored fluctuations in the residue of the Big Bang known as the CMB, short for this
cosmic microwave background
Sam
|
$1,600
[11]
A speedometer shows how fast your car is going while this displays the engine's speed in revolutions per minute
tachometer
Sam
|
$1,600
[1]
French title for the leader of a monastery
an abbé
Amy
|
$1,600
[23]
(Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Pioneering Black filmmaker Oscar Micheauxdealt with racism in films like "Within Our Gates"; & in 1925's "Body and Soul", he introduced this actor & bass baritone later famous for his rendition of "Ol' Man River"
(Paul) Robeson
Sam
|
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
It's the capital of a state & the seat of Laramie County
Cheyenne
Amy
|
$2,000
[10]
Susannah Cahalan chronicled her descent into madness while struggling with an autoimmune disease in this 2012 bestseller
Brain on Fire
|
DD
$6,000
[13]
Once matter enters a black hole, it falls to the center & concentrates at an infinitely dense point called this
the singularity
Sam
|
$2,000
[12]
Though some are kept as exotic pets, this wildcat seenhereis better left in the wild
a serval
Amy
Sam
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$2,000
[4]
It's a 2-seated pleasure carriage, perhaps "with the fringe on top"
a surrey
Amy
|
$2,000
[24]
(Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.)Herslate of films for 1927 included "Wings", the first film to win Best Picture & "It", giving her the nickname "The It Girl"
Clara Bow
Amy
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Ridley Scott's first feature film, "The Duellists", was based on a story by this author to whom Scott's film "Alien" also pays tribute
Joseph Conrad