2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Alison Purcell — a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Bellaire, Texas
Jack Izzo — a senior at Northwestern University from San Diego, California
Avi Gupta — a senior at Stanford University from Portland, Oregon
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avi | $-1,200 | $1,000 | $16,800 |
$21,300
Winner: semifinalist |
$10,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Jack | $10,000 | $11,200 | $19,200 |
$4,799
2nd place: $5,000 |
$15,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Alison | $3,600 | $4,800 | $10,600 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 |
$15,600
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? | THEY MAKE IT | ADJECTIVES | ON TIKTOK | COLLEGE TOWNS | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 |
|
$200
[30]
A picture of your new dog? Uh, that's this type of canine that's big in LA canyons. Is it in your house?
a coyote
Jack
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$200
[29]
Now in the 2nd generation, Air Pods Pro
Apple
Avi
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$200
[27]
Odd or erratic, like a wacky millionaire, or deviating from circular, like the orbits of some heavenly bodies
eccentric
Avi
Alison
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$200
[22]
TikTok is replete with videos of this game from childhood where only one seat remains when the song stops for the last time
musical chairs
Avi
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$200
[28]
Go stargazing at the Morehead Planetarium, one of the nation's largest, in this 2-word North Carolina city
Chapel Hill
Alison
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$200
[24]
The joint European & Japanese space mission Bepicolombo was launched to study this innermost planet
Mercury
Avi
|
|
$400
[25]
On coach Lionel Scaloni's staff for this team at the 2022 World Cup? I thought I saw you celebrating after the final
Argentina
Avi
|
$400
[23]
LeBron Witness 7 basketball shoes
Nike
Avi
|
$400
[17]
Careful! It's the 7-letter adjective for the symbol seen here
fragile
Jack
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$400
[21]
The 12-3-30 viral workout had people walking on this at a 12% incline at 3 mph for 30 minutes
a treadmill
Alison
|
$400
[26]
The son of a business manager at the University of Mississippi, this novelist was laid to rest in Oxford Memorial Cemetery
(William) Faulkner
Avi
|
$400
[19]
Reports of these man-made fliers near London's Gatwick Airport led to the cancellation or diversion of about 1,000 flights
drones
Alison
|
|
$600
[20]
Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?!
the Department of Homeland Security
Avi
Jack
|
$600
[18]
The Butterfinger Blizzard & the Peanut Buster Parfait
Dairy Queen
Avi
|
$600
[14]
Stern or stark; it describes an academy in the title of the fifth book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
austere
Alison
|
$600
[15]
A big food trend a couple of years back was this fluffy baked item made with egg whites, sugar & cornstarch
cloud bread
Jack
Alison
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$600
[9]
Georgia, not Greece, should be on your mind with this city, known for bands like the confusingly named of Montreal
Athens
Jack
|
$600
[16]
Hopes of peace were raised when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un entered this buffer area to meet with South Korean Pres. Moon
the DMZ
Avi
|
|
$800
[11]
In 2022 you were on the U.S. team that made the first nuclear this reaction resulting in a net energy gain... congrats!
fusion
Jack
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$800
[12]
The K-Mini coffee maker, perfect for dorm rooms
Keurig
Alison
|
$800
[13]
A kind of deep chasm gives us this adjective that can mean "bottomless" or "profound" but also "incompetently bad"
abysmal
Avi
|
$800
[1]
Sadly, in 2022 it was a final "no bones" for TikTok star Noodle, this breed of dog, who passed away at 14
a Pug
Jack
|
$800
[5]
Boulder, Colorado is a mecca for atmospheric research & this 4-letter cyclone-tracking agency has a lab there
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Jack
|
$800
[8]
In June 2018 Saudi Arabia lifted a longtime ban allowing women to legally do this for the first time since 1957
drive (automobiles)
Alison
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Becoming fluent in this artificial language constructed by a Polish oculist? Fabela! (Fabulous!)
Esperanto
Alison
|
$1,000
[2]
The Les Paul electric guitar, since 1952
Gibson
Avi
Jack
|
DD
$4,600
[6]
Meaning displaying the colors of the rainbow, it comes from the personification of the rainbow
iridescent
Jack
|
$1,000
[4]
Famous for his silent reaction videos & spoofs, hedethroned Charli D'Amelio as the most-followed TikTok star
Khaby Lame
Jack
|
$1,000
[3]
A trip to Taughannock Falls, seen here, should be part of a visit to this college town on New York's Cayuga Lake
Ithaca
Avi
Jack
|
$1,000
[7]
Turkish troops began 2018 with an offensive to take Kurdish territory in the north of this war-torn nation
Syria
Alison
|
| HOME COMING | TRIOS | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS | THE ELEMENTS | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN | FROM "E" TO "Y" |
|
$400
[23]
Xanadu was the name of a palatial estate in "Citizen Kane"; the estate owned by this Microsoft billionaire has been dubbed Xanadu 2.0
Bill Gates
Alison
|
$400
[28]
He's alphabetically first of the 3 Rice Krispies mascots
Crackle
Jack
|
$400
[30]
Thisactress from an iconic TV show played the latter airhead in "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"
Lisa Kudrow
Alison
|
$400
[16]
Superman's home planet shares its name with this rare gas
krypton
Alison
|
$400
[11]
Before the start of the action of the play, she elopes with Othello; things don't end well for her
Desdemona
Avi
|
$400
[21]
A sad poem; Thomas Gray's was "Written in a Country Churchyard"
an elegy
Avi
|
|
$800
[29]
During his presidency, this man & his wife Nancy made several trips to Rancho del Cielo, his vacation home near Santa Barbara
Ronald Reagan
Alison
|
$800
[20]
It's the smallest in area of the 3 nations on the island of Britain
Wales
Jack
|
$800
[25]
It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder
after party
Alison
|
$1,200
[7]
Also used in medicine, this lightest of all metallic elements can float on water
lithium
Avi
Jack
|
$800
[27]
She has the famous "The quality of mercy is not strained" line in "The Merchant of Venice"
Portia
Avi
|
$800
[22]
This "Row" in Washington, D.C. generally refers to a stretch of Massachusetts Ave. where many foreign diplomats work
Embassy Row
Avi
|
|
$1,200
[13]
The 8th Earl & Countess of Carnarvon live at Highclere Castle, also recognized as the title setting of this TV series
Downton Abbey
Alison
|
$1,200
[19]
The Grammy-nominated "Women in Music Part III" was a production of this trio
Haim
Alison
|
$1,200
[26]
This Showtime series about soccer players lost in the woods ended season 1 with the main 4 as adults heading to their high school reunion
Yellowjackets
Alison
|
$1,600
[9]
Corrosive with a pungent odor, this element extracted from seawater is liquid at room temperature
bromine
Jack
|
$1,200
[4]
In this comedy, Olivia loves Cesario, who is really Viola in disguise
Twelfth Night
Alison
|
$1,200
[1]
Arthur Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say this word, but didn't ever follow it with "my dear Watson"
elementary
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Her public memorial service took place at the lavish home Graceland on Jan. 22, 2023
Lisa (Marie) Presley
Avi
Alison
|
$2,000
[8]
"The Immortal Trio" of 19th c. politics were Henry Clay, Daniel Webster & this South Carolinian big on states' rights
Calhoun
Avi
|
$1,600
[17]
As the title of a John Cusack movie sums up, Martin Blank is a hitman going to his reunion in this Detroit suburb
Grosse Pointe
|
$2,000
[12]
In 2016 artificially produced element 117 was officially named this, in honor of the state that contributed to its discovery
tennessine
Jack
|
$1,600
[5]
They're King Lear's 3 daughters; the youngest is virtuous, but the other 2, not so much
Goneril, Regan & Cordelia
Alison
|
$1,600
[2]
The Macassar is one tree that yields this extremely dark heartwood
ebony
Avi
|
|
$2,000
[24]
The Breakers, once a Newport summer home of this 19th century transportation industry family, has 48 bedrooms & 27 fireplaces
the Vanderbilts
Jack
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
In Catholicism, bell, book & candle were the 3 things once needed to conduct this rite of exclusion from the sacraments
excommunication
Alison
|
$2,000
[10]
In the reunion movie "10 Years", sheplayed the girlfriend of her then-husband
Jenna Dewan (formerly Jenna Dewan-Tatum)
|
DD
$7,400
[15]
This strong, lightweight metal was named for the dozen children of Gaia & Uranus
titanium
Avi
|
$2,000
[6]
Pre-Juliet, Romeo is taken with this fair maiden; a 2022 film told things from her perspective
Rosaline
Alison
|
$2,000
[3]
It's slang for any large number or specifically for 110
eleventy
Avi
|
In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is "Ferdinand Magellan Jr."
the Philippines