2023 High School Reunion Tournament final game 2.
Justin Bolsen — a first-year student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia (subtotal of $13,570)
Maya Wright — a senior at Emory University from Peachtree City, Georgia (subtotal of $3,370)
Jackson Jones — a junior at Vanderbilt University from Louisville, Kentucky (subtotal of $24,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | $3,400 | $3,600 | $5,600 | $11,198 |
$10,400
20 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Maya | $1,400 | $2,400 | $14,200 | $21,240 |
$12,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Justin | $2,400 | $3,000 | $11,000 | $21,991 |
$11,000
18 R, 3 W |
| COLLEGE SPORTS STUFF | THE LONG-AGO 20th CENTURY | CAN WE "DIS"CUSS? | A BUSINESS, MAJOR | ONE-SYLLABLE BODY PARTS | LET'S GET DIRTY |
|
$200
[30]
Alliterative nickname for just the last 2 rounds of the NCAA basketball championship, featuring a quartet of teams
the Final Four
Justin
|
$200
[29]
This term applied to many female activists of the early century is from Latin for "right of voting"
suffragette
Maya
|
$200
[28]
It can mean a pupil or a follower of anyone, not just of Jesus
a disciple
Jackson
|
$200
[22]
Yum! tries to live up to its name, owning Taco Bell & this chain that boasts "Pepperoni Lover's" slices
Pizza Hut
Maya
|
$200
[25]
It includes the pharynx & parts of the trachea & the esophagus
the throat
Justin
|
$200
[24]
Baseball players call an unhittable pitch this adjective also found before "rich"
filthy
Maya
|
|
$400
[16]
In 2022 this numeric conference announced plans to grow to 16 schools, 2 in Calif.; no word about a possible name change
the Big Ten
Jackson
|
$400
[27]
This predecessor to the U.N. met for the first time in November 1920
the League of Nations
Justin
|
$400
[26]
This word ends the first line of Shakespeare's "Richard III"
discontent
Jackson
|
$400
[21]
This oil company wants to be "a net-zero energy emissions business by 2050 or sooner", & become one "of its former self"
Shell
Justin
|
$400
[13]
Named for its shape, it spans from the heel to the ball of the foot
the arch
Jackson
|
$400
[23]
Maggot farmer was one of the options Mike Rowe explored as the host of this Discovery Channel TV show
Dirty Jobs
Justin
|
|
$600
[12]
The NCAA needs permission from Major League Baseball to use this name for an event held each summer in Omaha
the College World Series
Jackson
|
$600
[15]
Announced in a 1947 speech, this president's "Doctrine" provided the basis for U.S. Cold War policy
Truman
Justin
|
$600
[14]
To protect sensitive information, you may be asked to sign an NDA, a non-this agreement
a disclosure
Jackson
|
$600
[20]
"We are" this insurance company with a shield logo, bum pa-dum, etc.
Farmers
Justin
|
$600
[6]
It's one of the layers of cartilage seen here
a disc
Maya
|
$600
[19]
Synonymous with handheld vacuum for many, it's been picking up spilled cat litter & coffee grounds since 1979
Dust Buster
Jackson
Maya
Justin
|
|
$800
[10]
This SEC school won the 2023 NCAA football title game in convincing fashion with a 65-7 drubbing of TCU
Georgia
Justin
|
$800
[2]
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement helped quell decades of violence in this U.K. country
Northern Ireland
Jackson
|
$800
[3]
It can be a break or interruption, or the boundary between the Earth's crust & the mantle called the Moho, or Mohorovicic this
a discontinuity
Jackson
|
$800
[9]
Talk about making a connection! In 2020 T-Mobile ran some numbers by this competitor, which agreed to a $26 billion merger
Sprint
Jackson
|
$800
[5]
The occipital one in the brain processes visual information
lobe
Maya
|
$800
[18]
"The Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television" was a routine by this late, great humorist
George Carlin
Jackson
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Gable Steveson won the 2022 NCAA heavyweight title in this, with 2 quick takedowns to beat Greco specialist Cohlton Schultz
wrestling
Justin
|
$1,000
[1]
Ford's 1913 adoption of this continuous workflow process reduced the time to build a car from 12-plus hours to 1 1/2
the assembly line
Justin
|
$1,000
[7]
Disturbing the peace & loitering can be part of the crime known as this type of "conduct"
disorderly
Jackson
|
$1,000
[8]
In 2020 Lululemon spent $500 million to buy this fitness company whose wall-mounted device streams exercise classes
Mirror
Justin
|
DD
$1,600
[4]
Macrophages destroy old or damaged cells when blood passes through this organ
the spleen
Jackson
|
$1,000
[17]
For a traditional Cajun dish, add chicken liver or gizzards to this, making it "dirty"
rice
Jackson
Maya
Justin
|
| FIRST WORDS | 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE | INSIDE BALLET & OPERA | YOU, ROBOT | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER |
|
$400
[24]
It's from the Latin for "beginning", or a letter like the L in Samuel L. Jackson
an initial
Jackson
|
$400
[22]
U.S. island bearing the name of a Polynesian demigod
Maui
Justin
|
$400
[28]
This 1815 Jane Austen title is just the heroine's first name
Emma
Justin
|
$400
[27]
Ballet dancers in the preparatory position called "bras bas" hold these down low, as its French name says
arms
Maya
|
$400
[21]
Last name Sanchez, this gassy scientist creates a robot whose sole purpose is to pass butter
Rick Sanchez
Justin
|
$400
[30]
This word can refer to someone in charge of a train, or Susanna Malkki when she's leading a philharmonic
a conductor
Jackson
|
|
$800
[23]
Inception is a synonym for this, also an event at the end of a college career
commencement
Jackson
|
$800
[7]
Baltic capital 600,000 strong
Riga
Jackson
|
$800
[25]
Annie is the real name of this Henry James title character who goes by a flowery nickname
Daisy Miller
Jackson
|
$800
[26]
Amneris in "Aida" is usually sung in this hyphenated vocal range, middle of the pack for women
mezzo-soprano
Justin
|
$800
[20]
In his spare time, Bumblebee of Autobot fame likes to disguise himself as a Beetle from this carmaker
Volkswagen
Justin
|
$800
[29]
A German version of Caesar, Kaiser was an official royal title until the end of this conflict
World War I
Jackson
|
|
$1,200
[16]
It's the first of a product before copies are made; KFC used it to describe their "first" recipe
original
Jackson
Maya
|
$1,200
[6]
Archipelago nation about 1,300 miles north of Auckland
Fiji
Jackson
|
$1,200
[8]
The names of 2 lovers are in the title of this Shakespeare tragedy set during the Trojan War
Troilus and Cressida
Jackson
|
$1,200
[17]
Meaning "great" in Russian, this ballet company survived the Russian Revolution, World Wars & the Soviet breakup
the Bolshoi
Jackson
|
$1,200
[15]
WALL-E's robot girlfriend had this palindromic name
EVE
Justin
|
$1,600
[11]
As shown in a 17th centurypainting, Jesus is taken before Caiaphas who is this religious boss, kohen gadol, in Hebrew
the high priest
Maya
|
|
$1,600
[2]
To begin the bidding in a card game or at an auction
open
|
$1,600
[5]
Major industrial river valley region of northwest Germany
Ruhr
Jackson
|
$1,600
[9]
Chaim Potok's "My Name is" this traces the inner struggle of a young Jew whose artistry conflicts with his Orthodox faith
Asher Lev
|
$2,000
[19]
The opposite of legato, it's the term for the short, clipped articulation employed by opera singers
staccato
Maya
|
$1,600
[14]
On "The Mandalorian" IG-11 is a lethal robot performing tasks for this guild, the same one the title character belongs to
the Bounty Hunter Guild
Maya
|
$2,000
[3]
This type of govt. official sent to a foreign land shares its name with an elected leader in the days of the Roman Republic
a consul
Justin
|
|
$2,000
[1]
Seen here are the skin cells described by this fundamental adjective
basal
|
$2,000
[4]
Colorado ski resort town in Eagle County
Vail
Justin
|
$2,000
[10]
This Aristophanes play is named for the character who inspires the women of Athens & Sparta to end a war between the cities
Lysistrata
Jackson
|
DD
$3,200
[18]
This 8-letter piece of music comes before an opera & contains themes of the entire piece
an overture
Jackson
|
$2,000
[13]
The motions of the robot Baymax in this 2014 Disney movie were based on the movements of baby penguins
Big Hero 6
Maya
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
As her son Chlotar II was an infant when he became king in 584 A.D., his mom Fredegund served as this type of queen until he came of age
queen regent
Maya
|
After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders"
the Eiffel Tower