2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Teagan O'Sullivan — a first-year student at American University from Watertown, Massachusetts
Shriya Yarlagadda — a sophomore at Harvard University from Grand Blanc, Michigan
Justin Bolsen — a first-year student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $200 | $2,600 | $22,400 |
$23,223
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Shriya | $4,400 | $5,600 | $11,600 |
$21,601
2nd place: $5,000 |
$11,600
16 R, 2 W |
| Teagan | $2,400 | $1,000 | $8,600 |
$11,602
3rd place: $5,000 |
$9,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| GREEK LIFE | FASHION | STATE CAPITALS | EIGHT IS ENOUGH | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | POST-GRADUATION |
|
$200
[19]
Details are sketchy on him; was he a 9th century B.C. guy? 8th? From Ionia? Did he really create the 2 epic poems he's credited with?
Homer
Justin
|
$200
[30]
Folks are divided on whether it's acceptable to wear the combo of socks & 'stocks, 'stocks being these sandals
Birkenstocks
Justin
|
$200
[6]
It lies on the Kansas River
Topeka
Teagan
|
$200
[27]
In 2022 Christmas night was the eighth & last night of this Jewish holiday
Hanukkah
Shriya
|
$200
[22]
On Jan. 1, 1920 Harvard beat Oregon 7-6 in this annual game in Pasadena; you may be shocked to learn Harvard has not been back since
the Rose Bowl
Teagan
|
$200
[28]
Idiomatically, you do this "at straws" in making a feeble argument
grasp
Justin
|
|
$400
[18]
We have a theorem about this guy who was born in Ionia around 570 B.C.:a2+ b2= c2
Pythagoras
Shriya
|
$400
[29]
Stylish for summer, it's the type ofhatone girl is wearing & also anitemthe other girl is carrying
a bucket
Justin
|
$400
[4]
It's about 90 miles from San Francisco
Sacramento
Teagan
|
$400
[26]
Blessed be the one who knows this sermon in Matthew opens with 8 Beatitudes
the Sermon on the Mount
Justin
|
$400
[21]
The sooner, the better! Baker Mayfield & Kyler Murray won back-to-back Heismans QBing for this school
Oklahoma
Justin
|
$400
[9]
This pencil product can also be used as an industrial lubricant
graphite
Justin
|
|
$600
[17]
The first great civilization to emerge around Greece flourished circa 2000 B.C. with the Minoans on this island
Crete
Shriya
|
$600
[25]
In 1912 The New York Times said the Yankees were "natty" in new uniforms with this pattern, still classic for men's suits
pinstripes
Justin
|
$600
[1]
Daniel Boone's grave is in this Kentucky capital
Frankfort
Justin
|
$600
[14]
The screenwriter of "Dodgeball" found ESPN2 "The Deuce" funny, so he came up with ESPN8, known as this
The Ocho
Justin
|
$600
[20]
Currently a chief part of the NFL, he threw for 5,052 yards & 41 TDs in his last year at Texas Tech in 2016
Mahomes
Teagan
|
$600
[5]
It can mean to wrestle, or to cope with a difficult problem
grapple
Justin
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This 400s B.C. physician had a school at Cos where he taught for fees; no word on if he had a loan program
Hippocrates
Teagan
|
$800
[24]
On the golf course or off, channel your inner preppy with socks featuring this diamond-shaped pattern
argyle
Teagan
|
$800
[3]
It's home to the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Little Rock
Teagan
|
$800
[13]
More than 40 million people live in the Dhaka Division, one of 8 in this Asian country
Bangladesh
Shriya
|
$800
[11]
By the end of the 2020-21 season, this head coach had won 6 national championships with the University of Alabama
Saban
Shriya
|
$800
[7]
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is sculpted from this durable rock
granite
Shriya
|
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
In the long run, you'll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. Battle of this
Marathon
Teagan
|
$1,000
[23]
Look for clothes & shoes in this vivid purplish red named for an Italian town; Pantone named it 2023's color of the year
magenta
Teagan
|
$1,000
[2]
It's about midway between Yellowstone & Glacier National Parks
Helena
Justin
Shriya
|
$1,000
[12]
Australia's Ivy League, the group of 8 includes the universities of Sydney, Adelaide & this city in Victoria
Melbourne
Justin
Shriya
|
$1,000
[10]
It's a real cat fight at the Bayou Classic, with the Jaguars of Southern Univ. facing the Tigers of this state univ. of Louisiana
Grambling State University
Shriya
|
$1,000
[8]
A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn
a gramophone
Shriya
|
| ASTRONOMY & SPACE | YOU SEEM UPSET | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS | OLD HISTORY | ANNUAL EVENTS | FIGHT SONGS |
|
$400
[16]
It's known as Earth's twin but it has surface temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit
Venus
Justin
|
$400
[28]
The future's not so dark; no need to rhymingly be all doom & this
gloom
Shriya
|
$400
[20]
A Buckeye by birth, R.L. Stine also attended this university where he edited the Sundial
Ohio State
Teagan
|
$400
[5]
From 1588 to 1629 Abbas the Great was shah of this country & its empire
Persia
Shriya
|
$400
[30]
The bons temps always rouler when the Krewe of Rex rolls uptown during this annual event
Mardi Gras
Justin
|
$400
[26]
"What doesn't kill you makes you" this, sang Kelly Clarkson; it also "makes a fighter"
stronger
Justin
|
|
$800
[15]
There are about 6 trillion miles in one of these units of space distance
a light-year
Shriya
Teagan
|
$800
[27]
If you're angry you're "hot under" this clothing item
the collar
Teagan
|
$800
[17]
Growing up in an LDS family, it's not surprising that Stephenie Meyer attended this university in Provo
BYU (Brigham Young)
Shriya
|
$1,200
[1]
Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca, was captured & executed by this conquistador in 1533
Pizarro
Justin
|
$800
[29]
In 1970 15-year-old Mike Towry co-founded this San Diego event that has become a pop culture phenomenon
Comic-Con
Shriya
|
$800
[25]
"Don't you come around my way, you can't hang around my block", she warned on "Bodak Yellow"
Cardi B
Justin
|
|
$1,600
[13]
A cluster of young stars, this group of astronomical siblings includes Electra, Maia & Alcyone
the Seven Sisters
|
$1,200
[24]
You can leave in a cab or in an Uber but please, not in this bad mood, also a verb meaning to blow
huff
|
$1,200
[9]
Nicholas Sparks provides scholarships to & internships at his alma mater, this school, home of the Fighting Irish
Notre Dame
Shriya
|
$1,600
[2]
Greek cities of the 3rd century B.C. formed the Achaean League to expel invaders from this kingdom of Philip & Alexander
Macedonia
Shriya
|
$1,200
[11]
On Groundhog Day 2022, this notable rodent (who learned not to drive angry!) saw his shadow & predicted 6 more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil
Justin
|
$1,200
[19]
"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" is one of many, many hits by this still flamboyant classic rocker
(Sir) Elton John
Justin
|
|
$2,000
[12]
The Herschel, an infrared telescope then the largest sent into space, was launched in 2009 by this Paris-HQed NASA counterpart
the European Space Agency
Justin
|
$1,600
[23]
Take one "K" out of a word meaning to sneak & you get this, to be silently bitter
sulk
Teagan
|
$1,600
[8]
He modeled Gravesend Academy in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" after his alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
John Irving
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
These Easterners were poised to invade Western Europe in 1241 when the death of their supreme leader called them back
the Mongols
Teagan
|
$1,600
[6]
In 2023, this film festival returned to in-person & theattendees were dressed for Utah in January
Sundance
Justin
|
$1,600
[18]
Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" appeared on the 2014 "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" episode of this show & then became a Top 10 hit
Pretty Little Liars
Shriya
|
|
DD
$8,600
[14]
With perihelion on July 28, it will be seen again from Earth in 2061, when all of you are looking back on your youthful hopes
Halley's Comet
Justin
|
$2,000
[22]
You seem this, from the Latin for "to put in motion" & used to describe patients in a disturbed state
agitated
|
$2,000
[7]
This Pulitzer winner for "The Underground Railroad" has a degree from Harvard & received the 2018 Harvard Arts medal
Colson Whitehead
|
$2,000
[3]
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the Huron peoples were in conflict with this multi-tribe confederacy to the east
the Iroquois
Teagan
|
$2,000
[10]
The jazz festival named for these L.A. towers built by Simon Rodia has been grooving annually since 1976
the Watts Towers
|
$2,000
[21]
"Who the baddest? It don't matter 'cause we at your throat", this 3-letter guy raps on "Enemy", his collaboration with Imagine Dragons
JID
Justin
|
For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk
Andy Warhol