2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinal game 9.
Maggie Brown — a junior at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
Caleb Richmond — a sophomore at Georgetown University from Bedford, New Hampshire
Hannah Nekritz — a senior at Brandeis University from Stamford, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah | $600 | $1,400 | $9,000 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 |
$9,000
15 R, 4 W |
| Caleb | $10,218 | $12,418 | $23,618 |
$29,235
Winner: semifinalist |
$21,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maggie | $-800 | $-400 | $-1,600 |
$-1,600
3rd place: $5,000 |
$-1,600
2 R, 2 W |
| BIRDS NEAR WATER | IN THE SPORT | COURSE DESCRIPTIONS | RANDOM STUFF | U.S. HISTORY | THAT'S D-MINUS WORK |
|
$200
[30]
This big-billed coastal native is featured on the flag of Louisiana
a pelican
Caleb
|
$200
[28]
Inherited runners, appeal play, pickoff
baseball
|
$200
[26]
Psych 200:Analyzing 1901's "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" by this man; also, how your mom figures in to that, in some way
Freud
Caleb
|
$200
[24]
In 2023 this transport for millions of young students was celebrated on a new postage stamp
a school bus
Caleb
|
$200
[25]
The U.S. had this kind of convention in 1787; the states later held hundreds, but the last full one was Rhode Island's of 1986
(a) constitutional (convention)
Hannah
|
$200
[21]
A tentative first outline of a document edits out a D to be a floating platform
draft & raft
Caleb
|
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$400
[29]
Once a symbol of the Great Northern Wilderness, it'snow happy in parks & municipal ponds
a Canada goose
Caleb
|
$400
[27]
Best ball, casual water, closed face &--the absolute worst--shank
golf
Caleb
|
$400
[16]
History 400:A dive into the 20 active years of this party, including 32 days of riding high during the William Henry Harrison presidency
the Whig Party
Caleb
|
$400
[23]
About the size of a grain of rice, one of these embedded in your pet maximizes the chance of it being returned if lost
a microchip
Maggie
|
$400
[22]
In the 1930s, Charles Evans Hughesresisted FDR's ultimately failed plan to pack this body
the Supreme Court
Caleb
|
$400
[20]
The software that signals a printer leaves the letter D behind & becomes a body of water
driver & river
|
|
$600
[18]
Also the name of a Marine Corps aircraft, this raptor is alternately known as a fish eagle
an osprey
|
$600
[17]
Eight-count, accidental butt, cutman (for said accidental butt)
boxing
|
$600
[15]
Business 600:Devaluing your brand & still getting a $445 million payout--an examination of Adam Neumann & this office rental co.
WeWork
Caleb
|
$600
[9]
Some people swear by ice facials to reduce the appearance of these natural holes in the skin
pores
Hannah
|
$800
[3]
A 1915 article says of this modern type of woman, "her hair, newly coiled... exposed... her neck"
a flapper
Hannah
|
$600
[19]
To rise to your feet kicks away a D to become a slang word taken from an Eminem song
Stan & stand
Hannah
|
|
$800
[12]
This species of African wading birds seenhereshares its name with a similar-looking shark
a hammerhead
Caleb
|
$800
[11]
Penalty killing, plus-minus, the five-hole,"the biscuit" (that's what everyone's chasing)
hockey
|
$800
[7]
Law 800:Focusing on the 1735 court case of publisher John Peter Zenger, charged with this, & how freedom of the press won big
libel
Caleb
|
$800
[6]
In mythology this twin sister of Apollo is a goddess of the hunt
Artemis
Caleb
|
$1,000
[13]
Starting in 1821 it was a commercial trail southwest from Missouri; in 1846 Stephen Kearny & his troops used it to invade Mexico
the Santa Fe Trail
Caleb
|
$800
[8]
Crushed up paper into a ball loses a D & means walked through water up to the knees
wadded & waded
Hannah
Caleb
Maggie
|
|
$1,000
[4]
This bird of the genus Actitis gets its name from running along seashores making short, high-pitched noises
the sandpiper
|
$1,000
[10]
Chukker, gag bit, mallet, a lot of money
polo
Hannah
Caleb
|
$1,000
[2]
French Lit 1000:A look at the works of this writer, including Les Temps Modernes, a monthly review she founded with Sartre in 1945
Simone de Beauvoir
Caleb
|
$1,000
[5]
The national park of this U.S. territory is located on 3 separate islands: Tutuila, Ofu & Ta'u
American Samoa
Caleb
|
DD
$5,018
[14]
Civil War generals issued a lot of general orders; this man's No. 9 of April 1865 sent the Army of Northern Virginia home
Robert E. Lee
Caleb
|
$1,000
[1]
The stuff farmers give their horses & cows eats up a D & becomes a fixed charge you pay
fee & feed
Hannah
|
| -POL, -POLI, -POLIS CITIES | HIT ALBUMS | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS | ODD WORDS |
|
$400
[20]
Communities near this state capital include Greenwood & Speedway
Indianapolis
Hannah
|
$400
[30]
She hit fame with "The Fame", featuring "Poker Face"
Lady Gaga
Hannah
|
$400
[22]
In "The Mystery of the Ivory Charm", this teen sleuth & her friends uncover a stolen cache of jewels & thwart a kidnapping
Nancy Drew
Maggie
|
$400
[29]
Ancient longships are called the boats of these people who dominated northern European waters with them for centuries
the Vikings
Caleb
|
$400
[27]
The CBS crew, not a news team but this kind of street artists, are the subject of "Can't Be Stopped"
graffiti artists
Caleb
|
$400
[25]
To egosurf is to search the Internet for mentions of this
yourself
Caleb
|
|
$800
[8]
This Italian name of a big city on a bay is from words meaning "new city"
Napoli
Caleb
|
$800
[24]
This 2-word subtitle followed "Red" & "Fearless" on 2 No. 1 albums of 2021
Taylor's Version
Hannah
|
$800
[21]
A misfit computer hacker teams up with a reporter in Sweden in this 2005 novel, the first in a series
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hannah
|
$800
[28]
America's first commercial railway, the B&O, short for this, was used by some traveling on the Underground Railroad
the Baltimore & Ohio
Caleb
|
$800
[26]
A 2009 doc profiles preacher Arthur Blessitt, who walked 40,000 miles across the globe carrying a 12-foot one of these
a crucifix
Hannah
|
$800
[17]
This symbol found on your keyboard gets its name from "and per se and"
an ampersand
Caleb
|
|
$1,200
[5]
This city on Maryland's Severn River is the seat of Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
Hannah
|
$1,200
[2]
2021 saw the release of this latest of Adele's numerically titled chart toppers
30
Hannah
Caleb
|
$1,200
[13]
Craig Alanson created this series of novels, exforce for short, as a "military space opera"
Expeditionary Force
|
$1,200
[9]
This fantasy novelist wrote"Une ville flottante", or "The Floating City", inspired by his time on the "Great Eastern" steamer
Verne
Caleb
|
$1,200
[12]
In "The Territory", the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people of the Amazon battle this process, the mass clearing of trees by humans
deforestation
Hannah
|
$1,200
[16]
Pig Latin & a word for nothing are the source of this 5-letter word meaning "to reject"
ixnay
Hannah
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Seen here is the obelisk of this once great Egyptian Sun city
Heliopolis
Caleb
|
$1,600
[1]
2020's "Eternal Atake" was a smash for this rapper born Symere Woods
Lil Uzi Vert
|
$1,600
[7]
A canine is the main character of this 1903 novel set in part in Canadian gold rush country
The Call of the Wild
Caleb
|
$1,600
[10]
As part of reparations after World War I, Germany provided to the U.S. one of these, the LZ-126
a zeppelin
Hannah
Maggie
|
$2,000
[19]
Thisphotographer & advocate for marginalized folks & against opioid companies goes in front of the camera in a 2022 doc
Nan Goldin
|
$1,600
[15]
From the French, this word referring to a commotion or uproar sounds like there's laughing at the end of it
a brouhaha
Hannah
|
|
$2,000
[4]
This major port is the largest city in Crimea
Sevastopol
Caleb
|
$2,000
[23]
With 2012's "Babel", this not-actually-a-family band topped the charts & won an Album of the Year Grammy
Mumford & Sons
|
$2,000
[6]
In 11 books by C.S. Forester, this intrepid sailor starts as a midshipman & ultimately becomes an admiral
Horatio Hornblower
|
DD
$10,018
[11]
Merchants on this trade route with a fabric in its name used the Bactrian camel to hump their goods along
the Silk Road
Caleb
|
DD
$10,018
[18]
It means excessive talkativeness, it's from the Greek for "word" & it wins Nupur Lala The National Spelling Bee in a classic doc
logorrhea
Caleb
|
$2,000
[14]
Head toward the end of the alphabet for this word meaning an extreme fear of foreigners
xenophobia
Hannah
|
It has the line, "The discovery of America... opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie"
The Communist Manifesto