2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 8.
Eesha Sohail — a UCLA graduate from Bakersfield, California
Dan Oxman — a senior at the University of Maryland from South Orange, New Jersey
Tim Cho — a senior at Columbia University from Champaign, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $6,000 | $10,600 | $20,000 |
$20,000
Winner: semifinalist |
$21,000
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dan | $1,800 | $2,400 | $1,700 |
$1,662
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,200
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eesha | $2,400 | $3,000 | $9,400 |
$10,517
2nd place: $5,000 |
$9,400
11 R, 0 W |
| I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH | ART SUPPLIES | ONOMATOPOEIA | RECENT MOVIES | CARPE DIEM | UNIONS |
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$200
[22]
For 3 & 5, 15 is the LCM, short for this
least common multiple
Tim
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$200
[7]
It's the item on which an artist mixes paint colors, or the spectrum of colors used in an artwork
a palette
Dan
|
$200
[27]
Also a Hostess treat, it announces a visitor at your door
a ding dong
Dan
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$200
[28]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" was the subtitle of a 2022 biopic of this late, great singer
Whitney Houston
Tim
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$200
[29]
This show introduced us to unfrozen caveman lawyer, Colleen Rafferty's alien encounters & the immortal Turd Ferguson
SNL ( Saturday Night Live )
Tim
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$200
[30]
The first wedding held at this place was on March 29, 1812, when Dolley Madison's sister married a Supreme Court justice
the White House
Tim
|
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$400
[15]
It's the cinematic term for the type of array seen here
matrix
Tim
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$400
[1]
Looking to throw clay with an evenly rounded shape? You may want to invest in one of these, like the Brent Model B Power one
a potter's wheel
Eesha
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$400
[26]
It's a test signal sent from a computer to check network speed
a ping
Dan
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$400
[23]
(I'm Simu Liu.) In a 2021 Marvel film, I play Shang-Chi, who helps his family as a master of this Chinese martial art, whose name translates as "skill"
kung fu
Tim
|
$400
[25]
Michel Tournier's 1st novel reimagines Robinson Crusoe as a colonialist failing to bring this man into sharing his worldview
Friday
Tim
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$400
[24]
She was a voice student when she met Martin Luther King, a Boston theology student
Coretta Scott King
Tim
|
|
$600
[12]
4πr2gives the surface area of one of these 3-dimensional shapes
a sphere
Tim
|
$600
[2]
This kind of paint is a synthetic resin that is dense like oil paint & bright yet translucent like watercolors
acrylic
Tim
|
$600
[8]
Imitative of a fast sound, this Nike logo is 50 years old
the Swoosh
Tim
|
$600
[19]
He put on his best southern drawl as detective Benoit Blanc in "Knives Out"
(Daniel) Craig
Tim
|
$600
[13]
In 1916 Congress moved the start of the Supreme Court's term from the 2nd this day in October to the first, where it has remained
Monday
|
$600
[20]
In 1770, at age 14, Marie-Antoinette married the guy who became this king of France
Louis XVI
Eesha
|
|
$800
[11]
Equal to about 57.2958 degrees, it's the angularmeasurementmade by wrapping half the diameter around a circle
a radian
Dan
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$800
[5]
These days, Banksy doesn't draw freehand out on the street but uses this type of template & spray paint
a stencil
Dan
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$800
[21]
These 2 words that differ by one vowel combine to mean a change of heart
flip & flop
|
$800
[18]
(Hi, I'm Constance Wu.) In this 2018 film, I played Rachel Chu, who discovers all of a sudden that herboyfriendis super wealthy & one of Singapore's most eligible bachelors
Crazy Rich Asians
Tim
|
$800
[10]
In 2017 Jake Gyllenhaal connected the dots as Seurat in a revival of this musical
Sunday in the Park with George
Tim
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$800
[17]
This poet was already married when he took up with Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; the pair produced a lot of lit & some kids
Percy Shelley
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[3]
The domain is the set of values that can be input into a function; the set of possible outputs is called this expanse
the range
Tim
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$1,000
[6]
Seen here, this type of decorative tape with a Japanese name is made from rice paper
washi tape
Eesha
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$1,000
[16]
This loud disturbance arose "out on the lawn" in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
a clatter
|
$1,000
[4]
This animated swashbuckler returned to the big screen in search of "The Last Wish"
Puss in Boots
Eesha
|
$1,000
[9]
Maundy derives from Latin for "command"; Maundy this commemorates the Last Supper & Jesus' commandment to love one another
Thursday
Tim
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
It was a marriage of true minds when this pair wed in France on July 26, 1895; the bride wore a dark blue dress she could use in the lab
Pierre & Marie Curie
Tim
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$400
[30]
O say, can you see the Francis Scott Key Bridgethat opened in 1977 & crosses the harbor of this city? Yes, yes you can
Baltimore
Tim
|
$400
[28]
Katherine Paterson built a bridge to a Newbery Medal with a "Bridge to" this fantasy land
Terabithia
Eesha
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$400
[12]
Hozier wanted someone to take him to this place in a 2014 hit; "worship like a dog", he will
church
Eesha
|
$400
[14]
Petroleum is classified as one of these "archaic" energy sources
fossil fuels
Tim
|
$400
[24]
A greater distance away
further
Tim
|
$400
[29]
At the time of its breakup in 1991, it was the world's largest country in area
the Soviet Union
Tim
|
|
$800
[22]
A feat of 19th century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge spans this river
the East River
Dan
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$800
[16]
Monkeys & rhinos were literally in the house & the game was afoot in this 1982 Caldecott Medal winner by Chris Van Allsburg
Jumanji
|
$800
[5]
"Before You Go", tell us the name of this singer, a distant relative of "Doctor Who" actor Peter
Lewis Capaldi
Eesha
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$800
[10]
Hydrofracking, injecting shale with pressurized fluid to release oil & gas, is short for "hydraulic" this
fracturing
Eesha
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$800
[21]
A prefix meaning "straight", it comes before "-dox" & "-pedist"
ortho-
Eesha
|
$800
[27]
Heran for governor of Vermont several times, unsuccessfully as a member of the Liberty Union Party
(Bernie) Sanders
Tim
|
|
$1,200
[1]
A steel-arch bridge across Port Jackson & a nearby opera house are landmarks of this city
Sydney
Tim
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$1,200
[8]
1972's Nebula for Best Novel was "The Gods Themselves"; it was written by this prolific "master of science fiction"
Asimov
Dan
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$1,200
[6]
Originally released in 1977, "Dreams" from this band's album "Rumours" was on the Billboard charts in 2020
Fleetwood Mac
Tim
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$1,200
[3]
A good thing, this word that follows "energy" is calculated as a ratio of the result amount divided by the amount put in
efficiency
Tim
Dan
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$1,200
[19]
To toss a ball out of a receiver's reach, or to toss out a monarch
overthrow
Dan
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$1,600
[26]
Promoting non-professional sports & fitness programs since 1888, the AAU is this Union
the Amateur Athletic Union
Tim
Dan
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Though its name means "new bridge", it's the oldest existing bridge across the Seine
Pont Neuf
|
$1,600
[7]
Hop to it! This John Updike character "is Rich" & also, a 1982 Pulitzer winner
Rabbit
Tim
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$1,600
[9]
Thissinger had a lot of fun helping fun.'s "We Are Young" to a top spot
Janelle Monáe
Eesha
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$1,600
[4]
The 3 types of heat energy transfer are conduction, convection & this type like that from the Sun to the Earth
radiation
Eesha
|
$1,600
[18]
Nelson Mandela fought this policy for decades (& triumphed)
apartheid
Tim
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$2,000
[25]
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 when the tracks of the Union Pacific & Central Pacific were joined in this state
Utah
Tim
|
|
DD
$3,500
[23]
Tradition says that a couple who kisses while passing beneath this Venetian bridge in a gondola will enjoy eternal love
the Bridge of Sighs
Dan
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$2,000
[15]
The National Book Award decided they "Better Call" this author, a winner for "Herzog" & "The Adventures of Augie March"
(Saul) Bellow
Tim
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$2,000
[11]
"Expensive Pain" by this Philly rapper debuted at No. 3 in 2021
Meek Mill
|
$2,000
[13]
CFLs, compact fluorescent lamps, light up by exciting atoms of this silver-colored element
mercury
Dan
|
$2,000
[20]
Named for a 1950s senator, it became synonymous with making unfair accusations to restrict dissent
McCarthyism
Dan
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
The complete name of this large labor union says it also includes chauffeurs & warehousemen
the Teamsters
Tim
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A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later
the Civil Rights Act