2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 6.
Rhea Sinha — a Cornell University graduate from Chatham, New Jersey
Claire Sattler — a senior at Yale University from Bonita Springs, Florida
Rohan Kapileshwari — a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Rohan | $4,000 | $9,200 | $9,205 |
$9,205
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Claire | $3,200 | $4,600 | $11,400 |
$18,411
Winner: semifinalist |
$11,400
17 R, 3 W |
| Rhea | $2,200 | $3,800 | $5,600 |
$1,994
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,600
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOME FROM COLLEGE | WHAT'S THAT SCI. ABBREV.? | NONPOTENT POTABLES | DESCRIBING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "L" | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER |
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$200
[30]
Home in Flint in this state for winter break? Drive out to Lapeer for a slide down Toboggan Hill
Michigan
Rohan
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$200
[29]
IR:This radiation just below visible light on the spectrum
infrared
Rohan
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$200
[26]
In addition to Classic, it comes in Cherry & Georgia Peach flavors
Coca-Cola
Rhea
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$200
[28]
It's big, it's brass, it was invented in the 1830s & it goes oompah
a tuba
Claire
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$200
[21]
It's the first name of singer Richie & soccer great Messi, though they pronounce it differently
Lionel
Claire
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$200
[5]
(Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) I starred on the London stage & on Broadway in a revival of "Equus" opposite Richard Griffiths, who played this awful relative of Harry Potter
Vernon Dursley
Claire
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$400
[24]
Clear your head among the native southwestern plants like yucca & chuparosa at this city's ABQ Biopark Botanic Garden
Albuquerque
Rohan
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$400
[19]
G:This prefix meaning "billion"; it comes before "hertz" & "watts"
giga
Rhea
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$400
[25]
Ask your barista for a ristretto, just the first portion of a shot of this; it's richer & less bitter than the whole shot
espresso
Rohan
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$400
[27]
These have a tube called the chanter, an air reservoir controlled by arm pressure & an unequaled ability to clear a room
bagpipes
Claire
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$400
[20]
This brand of disinfecting wipes claims it "kills 99.9% of viruses & bacteria", including the COVID-19 virus
Lysol
Rhea
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$400
[4]
(Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) One of my favorite co-stars was this actress; I had a teenage crush on her even though she played one of Harry's nemeses, the vicious Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange
Helena Bonham Carter
Rohan
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$600
[23]
The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is logically located in this city--take grandma to mass if you're home for Easter
San Francisco
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$600
[6]
HTTP:Hypertext transfer this
protocol
Rhea
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$600
[17]
You can make this "milk" with a blender, water & a handful of nuts, or buy it from Silk or Blue Diamond
almond milk
Claire
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$600
[22]
This word for an electronic keyboard instrument capable of creating numerous sounds reflects its ability to combine signals
a synthesizer
Rhea
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$600
[14]
It can mean pertaining to the tongue, or to languages
lingual
Claire
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$600
[3]
(Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) Life imitates art--my relationship on set with Gary Oldmanvery much paralleled Harry's relationship with this character, portrayed by Oldman, Harry's godfather & the titular "Prisoner of Azkaban"
Sirius Black
Claire
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$1,000
[18]
Looking for a Waffle Housewith your buddies? Don't be fooled by them useumin this Atlanta suburb, named for naval hero Stephen
Decatur
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$800
[8]
PPM:Used to describe the concentration of small amounts of something in a solution
parts per million
Rohan
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$800
[10]
Founded in 1984, this energy drink brand says it sold more than 11 billion cans in 2022 alone
Red Bull
Rohan
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$800
[12]
A keyboard & a bellows are components of this, also called a squeeze-box
an accordion
Rhea
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$800
[7]
It's the part of a suit jacket on which someone wears a boutonniere
lapel
Claire
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$800
[2]
(Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) My favorite Harry Potter film to watch is "Deathly Hallows: Part 2", but my favorite to act in was this 5th film whose title refers to agroupformed to fight Voldemort
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Rhea
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DD
$4,000
[16]
Home in Jersey City, stroll with your high school crush in Liberty State Park on the banks of this river
the Hudson River
Rohan
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$1,000
[9]
Pa:This unit of pressure named for a 17th century Frenchman
pascal
Rohan
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$1,000
[11]
Meaning "red bush", this caffeine-free South African tea has surged in popularity in recent years
rooibos tea
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$1,000
[15]
The massive 47-string concert type & the smaller Celtic or folk type are 2 of the many varieties of this ancient instrument
a harp
Rohan
Rhea
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$1,000
[13]
Synonyms for it include bountiful & generous, & progressive & open-minded
liberal
Rhea
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$1,000
[1]
(Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) Several people suggested me for Harry Potter, including Maggie Smith, with whom I had just done a miniseries & who had already been cast to play this professor
Professor McGonagall
Claire
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| THE GOLDEN AGE | COMPANIES IN HISTORY | SOUTHERNERS | PURE POETRY | SOCIAL SCIENCE | BEFORE & AFTER |
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$400
[29]
A golden age of literature is named for this queen who saw Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" & "Merry Wives" first run
Elizabeth I
Claire
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$400
[28]
In the 1960s Benjamin Rubin of Wyeth Laboratories invented the 2-prong bifurcated one of these that helped eliminate smallpox
a needle
Claire
Rhea
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$400
[27]
A building in rural Mississippi bears the sign that this queen of daytime talk shows & other media "faced first audience here"
Oprah (Winfrey)
Rohan
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DD
$5
[19]
Namechecking herself, this Lesbos poet "Asked myself what, (her), can you give one who has everything, like Aphrodite?"
Sappho
Rohan
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$400
[25]
Growing out of its 1970s women's studies program, in 2006 Indiana University began the USA's first Ph.D. program in this
gender studies
Rohan
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$400
[26]
Snickers that must be passed to practice law
candy bar exam
Claire
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$800
[20]
The 11th c. verse of Ibn Gabirol was part of a renaissance of poetry in this language in the golden age of Spanish Jewry
Hebrew
Claire
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$800
[17]
This company still markets bananas from Guatemala; when it was United Fruit Co., it helped kill a 1950s land redistribution there
Chiquita
Claire
Rhea
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$800
[15]
He passed for more than 57,000 yards for the Giants before joining his big brother in football commentary
Eli Manning
Rohan
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$400
[30]
Anyone for Tennyson? In "Idylls of the King", he, "striking the last stroke with Excalibur", thus slew the foe
(King) Arthur
Rohan
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$800
[24]
Economists know inflation-fighting interest rate hikes can tip the economy into this downturn, which can devolve into a depression
a recession
Rhea
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$800
[12]
Peter Pan's enemy is the way you were fooled into completely believing a story
Captain Hook, line & sinker
Rohan
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$1,200
[4]
This nation's 17th century golden age includedpaintingsof its maritime success; note the ship's red-, white- & blue-striped flag
the Netherlands
Rohan
Claire
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$1,200
[16]
With this grain-cutting device, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. helped win the Civil War as Union grain exports kept Europe neutral
the reaper
Rohan
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$1,200
[10]
What's poppin'? The career of this rapper from Louisville
Jack Harlow
Rhea
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$800
[23]
Scaling down to a sonnet, this "Paradise Lost" guy called time "the subtle thief of youth"; sadly, not wrong
Milton
Rhea
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$1,200
[18]
It's a lack of integrity in public officials, like via fraud & bribery; Argentina's ex-pres. was convicted of it in 2022
corruption
Rohan
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$1,200
[1]
A period of need to save up for that falls on the Mexican holiday just after Halloween
the rainy Day of the Dead
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$1,600
[5]
Born around 470 B.C., this figure from the golden age of Greek culture went around barefoot asking annoying questions
Socrates
Rohan
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$1,600
[3]
The Universal Co. of the Maritime Canal of this place was formed in 1858 & nationalized by the government of Egypt in 1956
Suez
Claire
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$1,600
[8]
The voice of Olaf on film, he's a native of Hollywood... Florida
Josh Gad
Claire
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$1,200
[21]
"Poems" by her came out in 1844; months later, a poet named Robert wrote to say, "I love your verses with all my heart" (& yeah, you too)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Claire
Rhea
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$2,000
[14]
In poli-sci, it doesn't refer to the image here, but to any legislature with two separate houses
bicameral
Rhea
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$1,600
[2]
A hidden feature in a video game becomes evidence of public embarrassment
Easter egg on your face
Rohan
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|
$2,000
[7]
In the 19th century Soren Kierkegaard & Hans Christian Andersen were both active in this capital city
Copenhagen
Claire
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$2,000
[13]
This British company made treaties like the 1776 one of Purandar with the Maratha people of present-day Maharashtra state
the British East India Company
Claire
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$2,000
[9]
This Georgian has ranged from a rural wife in "Raising Arizona" to an executive on "Succession"
Holly Hunter
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$2,000
[22]
In 1950 "Bitter Strawberries" by this Boston-born woman became her 1st nationally published poem; not bad for a 17-year-old
Sylvia Plath
Rohan
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DD
$3,000
[11]
It's a social ideal meant to motivate people toward success; a book by a N.Y. Times columnist is subtitled "Waking Up from" it
the American Dream
Rhea
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$2,000
[6]
3 of a kind plus a pair for the family that lost England's Wars of the Roses
full House of York
Rohan
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Once Africa's largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence
Sudan