Jake DeArruda game 4.
Aaron Bola — an emergency medical doctor from New York, New York
Patti Palmer — a bookseller and retired teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jake DeArruda — a delivery dispatcher originally from Ludlow, Vermont (whose 3-day cash winnings total $68,661)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake | $6,000 | $7,800 | $24,800 |
$17,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,600
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Patti | $3,200 | $3,800 | $16,200 |
$32,200
New champion: $32,200 |
$12,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Aaron | $-200 | $1,000 | $7,400 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
14 R, 4 W |
| INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | HODGEPODGE | LITERARY GEMS | IRAQ | YOU "BREAK" | A FRIENDLY GAME OF BILLIARDS |
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$200
[21]
Next time you buy groceries, thank Margaret Knight, who in 1871 won a patent battle for her machine to make pre-folded these
(paper) grocery bags
Jake
|
$200
[29]
The crimson flag of this Ivy League university features 3 books & the motto veritas
Harvard
Aaron
|
$200
[30]
These "Are Forever" in the title of James Bond's fourth adventure
Diamonds
Aaron
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$200
[25]
Baghdad lies on this river, about 25 miles northeast of the Euphrates
the Tigris
Jake
|
$200
[27]
2-word term meaning to end up with the same amount of money as when you started, as in gambling or business
break even
Jake
|
$200
[28]
In 8-ball, these are the 2 distinctive types of ball each player is trying to sink before the 8
solids & stripes
Jake
|
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$400
[22]
Britain's Air Ministry ridiculed Frank Whittle's idea for this type of engine in the 1920s, but by the 1950s no one was laughing
a jet engine
Jake
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$400
[20]
In 2022, fettuccine lovers gasped as a truckcrashed, spilling this heavy cream sauce all over I-55
Alfredo
Aaron
|
$400
[8]
This British detective was on the case in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
Holmes
Aaron
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$400
[24]
In 2003 the USA's 75th Exploitation Task Force searched Iraq for these, WMDs for short, but didn't find any
weapons of mass destruction
Aaron
|
$400
[26]
Vanessa Burghardt in the 2022 film "Cha Cha Real Smooth" was described as this new star separating from the pack
the breakout star
Jake
Patti
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$400
[19]
The Mikado's punishment for a pool shark: to play "on a cloth untrue with a twisted" this "& elliptical billiard balls"
a cue
Patti
|
|
$600
[23]
In the 1830s Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented this glass receptacle to help her study the paper nautilus
the aquarium
|
$600
[15]
A 2022 car chase in the U.K. ended with the driver producing a license from the "driving school" of this toy brick-themed theme park
Legoland
Jake
|
$600
[7]
This teen female detective solved "The Spider Sapphire Mystery"
Nancy Drew
Patti
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$600
[5]
Iraq once produced most of the world's supply of this fruit & is replanting after millions of palm trees were destroyed
date
Patti
Aaron
|
$600
[2]
Jennings nutmegs the last defender! He's in on goal alone! It's one of these!
a breakaway
Jake
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$600
[18]
As Eddie Felson, this actor defeats Minnesota Fats at the billiards table in "The Hustler" & won his sole acting Oscar for the sequel
Paul Newman
Patti
|
|
$800
[3]
In the 17th century physicist Christiaan Huygens brought this swingin' device into clocks
a pendulum
Patti
|
$800
[4]
The barreleye fish can distinguish sunlight from prey that has this light-emitting quality
bioluminescence
Jake
|
$800
[6]
Aunt Em & Uncle Henry join Dorothy on her travels in this metropolis "of Oz"
the Emerald City
Patti
|
$1,000
[13]
Iraq's international currency code is IQD, with the "D" representing this
the dinar
Jake
|
$800
[9]
Acts 20:7 describes Paul preaching to new disciples after they gather to do this, a synonym for dining together
breaking the bread
Jake
|
$800
[17]
This billiards variation uses one white ball, 15 red & 6 colored ones; the 1985 world championship final took almost 15 hours
snooker
Jake
|
|
$1,000
[1]
Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath invented a sight-saving laser probe to remove these opacities from the eye
cataracts
Aaron
|
$1,000
[14]
After the queen's death, the names of Prince William's children now end with "of" this place instead of Cambridge
Wales
Patti
|
$1,000
[11]
In a Wilkie Collins novel, one of Alex' favorites, Colonel Herncastle foolishly steals this title gem from the head of a Hindu idol
the Moonstone
Jake
|
DD
$2,200
[12]
About 20% of Iraq's population is this ethnic group that today administers 3 northern provinces there
the Kurds
Jake
|
$1,000
[10]
An 1889 Chekhov story is about this, an inability to cope with life due to stress; it's no longer an accepted medical diagnosis
a nervous breakdown
Jake
Patti
Aaron
|
$1,000
[16]
Covered by a felt cloth, the bed of a billiards table is typically this metamorphic rock, also used in blackboards
slate
Jake
|
| MOUNTAINS | PARDON ME | IF ANCIENT GREEK DEITIES WERE AROUND TODAY | "Z" CATEGORY | TV CHARACTER FIRST NAMES | OVERLAPS |
|
$400
[27]
Yes, darling, the Darling Range is near Perth in this country
Australia
Aaron
|
$400
[30]
This religious leader received a pardon for his role in the 1857-58 Utah War
Brigham Young
Jake
|
$400
[29]
He rode a chariot pulled by fiery horses & brought daylight to the world; now he's a superchamp riding trotters in Yonkers
Apollo
Patti
|
$400
[28]
A courgette in Coventry is this squash in the United States
zucchini
Jake
|
$400
[16]
"30 Rock":unpredictable movie star Mr. Jordan
Tracy
Jake
|
$400
[19]
Man's best friend shelter where 650 British politicians represent their constituencies
dog House of Commons
Aaron
|
|
$800
[26]
This country is home to thepenguinsof Patagonia & Hornocal, the 14-colors mountain seenherein all its glory
Argentina
Aaron
|
$800
[25]
In 1868 he granted Confederate veterans a "full pardon and amnesty for... treason against the United States"
Andrew Johnson
Patti
|
$800
[24]
On the reality show "My Life is Hell!", this wife of Hades wants to stay in Key West but packs for her 1/3 of the year underworld trip
Persephone
Jake
|
$800
[13]
Take a look at this musical instrument
a zither
Jake
|
$800
[17]
"Mad Men":once naive but intrepid copywriter Ms. Olson
Peggy
Patti
|
$800
[20]
Spaghetti topper for carnivores that dances a pas de deux in a tutu
meatballet dancer (meatballerina)
Aaron
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Beautiful Kirkjufell, or Church Mountain, is said to be the most photographed mountain in this country
Iceland
Jake
Aaron
|
$1,200
[23]
In 2001 this newspaper heiress who was kidnapped in the '70s & took part in a robbery received a full pardon
Patty Hearst
Jake
|
$1,200
[9]
Not content with helping create Hercules' 12 labors & trying to kill him with a storm at sea, this goddess hacks Herc's bank account
Hera
Patti
|
$1,200
[8]
A Jewish sect opposed to pagan Rome & polytheism was called this, today meaning any fervent supporters
Zealot
Jake
|
$1,200
[15]
"Eastbound & Down": rocket-armed, mullet-haired Mr. Powers
Kenny
|
$1,200
[21]
Toy on a string that includes a Swiss singing style fluctuating between high & low notes
a yo-yodel
Jake
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Teddy Roosevelt was on a family vacation in these New York mountains when he got word that President McKinley had died
the Adirondacks
Jake
Aaron
|
$1,600
[4]
This pirate & his men received a pardon from James Madison after aiding in the Battle of New Orleans
Lafitte
Patti
|
$1,600
[11]
Our "theory": this primordial 5-letter god, said to be the first to exist, is still at home in war & disaster zones
Chaos
Patti
|
$1,600
[1]
486 frames over 26.6 seconds shot by this man's Bell & Howell camera on Nov. 22, 1963 would result in footage seen the world over
Zapruder
Jake
|
$1,600
[14]
"Grey's Anatomy":Dr. Grey, chief of surgery at long, long last
Meredith
Aaron
|
$1,600
[22]
U.S. automobile racing organization that now includes the body of water where Jamaica is found
NASCARibbean
Jake
|
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
Though it's near the equator, this highest African peak has glaciers above the 15,000-foot level
Kilimanjaro
Jake
|
$2,000
[5]
Known as the "Junk Bond King" of the 1980s, this financier & philanthropist was pardoned in 2020
Michael Milken
Jake
|
DD
$6,000
[10]
Zeus has huge daddy issues in therapy, having overthrown & confined dad, this titan, in Tartarus; also, that dad ate Zeus' siblings
Cronus
Patti
|
$2,000
[7]
Take the first two letters from the legs & the first four letters from the upper body to get the name of this hybrid critter
a zedonk
Aaron
|
$2,000
[12]
"Veep":Vice president & then President Meyer
Selina
Aaron
|
$2,000
[18]
The minimum amount of fissionable material to sustain a nuclear chain reaction in the Bay State
critical Massachusetts
Aaron
|
Published in 2011, P.D. James' final novel, "Death Comes to Pemberley", was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier
Pride and Prejudice