2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Isabella Pagano — a first-year student at Caltech from Libertyville, Illinois
Ryan Presler — a senior at Brandon Valley High School from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Jackson Jones — a junior at Vanderbilt University from Louisville, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | $5,200 | $8,800 | $16,200 |
$22,001
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,600
25 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ryan | $4,600 | $5,400 | $11,000 |
$20,801
2nd place: $5,000 |
$11,000
14 R, 1 W |
| Isabella | $4,400 | $4,400 | $10,400 |
$10,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 4 W |
| VERY ARTISTIC | HITS OF THEN & NOW | A GOVERNMENT OFFICE | HOMOPHONES | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! | GET READY FOR THE "G-R-E"s |
|
$200
[29]
Matt Groening drew his own initials in the design of this TV character--the "M" is in his lower hairline, the "G", his ear
Homer Simpson
Jackson
|
$200
[30]
With her 2019 song "Bad Guy", at 17 years old this artist became the first born in the 21st century to have a No. 1 song
Billie Eilish
Jackson
|
$200
[27]
Conveniently based in this U.S. city, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting provides uncensored information to the island
Miami
Jackson
|
$200
[28]
A vaulting staff & a survey of voters
a pole/poll
Jackson
|
$200
[24]
This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing"
Hawking
Jackson
Ryan
|
$200
[26]
The speedy dog breed the Whippet may have developed from this even faster breed
Greyhound
Ryan
|
|
$400
[18]
In 1505 this 1-named artist planned to make 12 marble Apostles for a local cathedral, but he'd be called to Rome by pope-ular demand
Michelangelo
Jackson
|
$400
[15]
On "Black Panther: The Album" in 2018, this rapper gazed at "All The Stars" with SZA
Kendrick Lamar
Isabella
|
$400
[21]
The Off. of Minority Health says disease of this organ, the USA's top killer, takes 30% fewer Hispanics & 30% more Blacks than whites
the heart
Ryan
|
$400
[25]
Your physical debut & a bed on a train
birth/berth
Jackson
|
$400
[22]
Seen here, this American advised President Theodore Roosevelt & Mahatma Gandhi about agriculture
George Washington Carver
Jackson
|
$400
[23]
This word now meaning sociable & outgoing comes from the Latin for flock
gregarious
Ryan
|
|
$600
[17]
Used as a doorstop in Long Island, a vase from this Chinese dynasty eventually sold for $1.3 million at auction in 2012
the Ming Dynasty
Jackson
Isabella
|
$600
[12]
Ariana Grande was on the Hot 100 in 2019, singing, "So, look what I got, look what you taught me, & for that I say" this grateful title
"thank u, next"
Isabella
|
$600
[14]
The Wall of Honorat the Office of Personnel Management honors five employees of this service that delivers for you
the Postal Service
Ryan
|
$600
[20]
Brahmins for one & to throw out a lure when angling
a caste/cast
Jackson
|
$800
[10]
Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos
Tesla
Jackson
|
$600
[16]
This symbol of the U.S. has an eagle on the front & an unfinished pyramid on the reverse
the Great Seal
Jackson
Isabella
|
|
$800
[2]
Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more
the Mona Lisa
Isabella
|
$800
[9]
"I wish I knew you wanted me", he sings in the 2022 smash "Bad Habit"
Steve Lacy
Jackson
|
$800
[4]
The Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education has initiatives for this read ability
literacy
Isabella
|
$800
[19]
A particular manner of walking & a waiting area inside an airport terminal
a gait/gate
Jackson
|
$1,000
[5]
He had a pretty good 19th century run, including saving France's beer, wine & silk industries
Pasteur
Isabella
|
$800
[7]
Traditionally made from pomegranates, this red syrup is an ingredient in Shirley Temples
grenadine
Isabella
|
|
$1,000
[1]
Victor Hugo didn't want to pose for a bust, so this French sculptor made some quicksketches, &, voilà, abustwas born
Rodin
Jackson
|
$1,000
[8]
He rolled into 2019 with a hit tune featuring Drake rapping, "Young La Flame, he in sicko mode"
Travis Scott
Ryan
|
$1,000
[3]
During WWII, the Office of Strategic Services pulled off ops like dropping Jewish spies into the Innsbruck area of this country
Austria
Ryan
|
$1,000
[13]
To take from someone by force & to take a break
wrest/rest
Ryan
|
DD
$2,600
[11]
In 1957, long before she had her own institute, she met Louis Leakey, who guided her to Gombe Stream to study chimps
Jane Goodall
Jackson
|
$1,000
[6]
John Gardner wrote a novel from the point of view of this monster from an Old English epic
Grendel
Ryan
|
| LITERARY REUNIONS | SHORT, TINY & SMALL | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL | BLACK HISTORY |
|
$400
[19]
In the "Odyssey" Odysseus has a brief but memorable reunion with Argus, one of these, as he returns to Ithaca
his dog
Jackson
Isabella
|
$400
[30]
Heard here, it's the smallest & highest-pitched woodwind instrument in an orchestra
a piccolo
Isabella
|
$400
[27]
An extremely unlucky day at camp; Kevin Bacon got the point in film No. 1; Jason's "Final Chapter"? Not even close
Friday the 13th
Ryan
|
$400
[26]
It's the world's second-longest river, but the longest in the Western Hemisphere
the Amazon
Ryan
|
$400
[29]
Handel's "Messiah" is a famous one
an oratorio
Jackson
Isabella
|
$400
[22]
In 1930 "Don't buy where you can't work" was a slogan of this economic strategy vs. stores that wouldn't hire African Americans
a boycott
Jackson
|
|
$800
[18]
Anne Sexton's poem about this "Eve" mentions 12 grandchildren at the family reunion & "the bulbs of the tree"
Christmas
Isabella
|
$800
[28]
Pesto saucemakes a tasty topping for these small potato dumplings
gnocchi
Jackson
|
$800
[25]
A torso-bursting good time; Ripley's continuing believe it or not; bad company, I can't deny
Alien
Isabella
|
$800
[17]
What was called Mount McKinley for nearly 100 years is now officially known by this Native American name
Mount Denali
Isabella
|
$800
[20]
Brush up on your Shakespeare & name this board game
Othello
Jackson
|
$800
[21]
From around the mid-1910s, families vacationed in "Black Eden", Idlewild in the central region of this state's Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[1]
In her 2018 novel "Normal People", Connell & Marianne meet up again at university in Dublin & resume their situationship
Sally Rooney
Isabella
|
$1,200
[16]
The sword-billed species of this tiny bird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world
a hummingbird
Jackson
|
$1,200
[24]
Title tool of the trade; locked up folks, cutting to the chase; the Tobin Bell tolls for thee
Saw
Ryan
|
$1,200
[11]
Ancient Mesopotamia was the land "between rivers", these 2 to be exact
the Tigris & the Euphrates
Isabella
|
$1,200
[13]
This secret group of "enlightened" individuals figures prominently in conspiracy theories & in Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons"
the Illuminati
Jackson
|
$1,200
[4]
Ed Bradley & Bayard Rustin are alumni of Cheyney U., founded in 1837 & claiming the title first of these, often abbrev. to 4 letters
HBCUs (historically black colleges & universities)
Ryan
|
|
$2,000
[2]
Some 20 books in, he won a Pulitzer for "American Pastoral", which delves deep into the psyche at a 45th high school reunion
Philip Roth
Jackson
|
$1,600
[15]
This tiny & remote kingdom has the smallest population of any country in mainland Asia
Bhutan
Isabella
|
$1,600
[23]
Once a year, anything goes!; Ethan Hawke's son unlocks the door to trouble; later, it's "Anarchy"
The Purge
Isabella
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the capital of Georgia, the country, not the state
Tbilisi
Jackson
|
$1,600
[10]
The giant Australian rock formation seenhereis sacred to the Anangu people who call it by this name
Uluru
Ryan
|
$1,600
[8]
Around 1910 there was no such thing as Chicago blues; this 2-word exodus of Black folks brought the music north
the Great Migration
Jackson
|
|
DD
$3,600
[6]
This title woman finally returns to Rochester, blinded after a fire; but fear not! He regains some sight after they marry
Jane Eyre
Jackson
|
$2,000
[14]
Lasting a mere 2 months, 17 days in 1483, the fifth king of this name was the shortest-reigning male monarch of England
Edward V
Jackson
Isabella
|
$2,000
[12]
A high school plane trip to Europe! What could possibly go wrong?; making death mad... problematic; hi, Mr. Bludworth!
Final Destination
|
DD
$3,800
[3]
This desert that's rich in wildlife covers parts of Botswana, Namibia & South Africa
the Kalahari
Jackson
|
$2,000
[9]
When it comes to blood, this literally means "red cell"
an erythrocyte
Jackson
|
$2,000
[7]
The Boston Women's Memorial includes a bronze of this 18th century poet who wrote "On Being Brought from Africa to America"
Phillis Wheatley
Jackson
|
The ancient writer Galen said books on ships arriving to this city's port were seized, originals kept & copies returned
Alexandria