Ben Chan game 5.
Lydia-Claire Kerrigan — a web development team lead from Lafayette, Tennessee
Tom Winiarski — a media strategist from Briarcliff Manor, New York
Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 4-day cash winnings total $129,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben! | $2,600 | $13,200 | $26,400 |
$27,999
5-day champion: $157,000 |
$19,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Tom | $4,000 | $6,600 | $5,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lydia-Claire | $2,800 | $3,200 | $11,200 |
$2,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
14 R, 1 W |
| CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE | POE PLACES | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION | COLLEGE: THE DROP/ADD PERIOD | POP METAL BANDS | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER |
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$200
[2]
"Because I could not stop for death--he kindly stopped for me", "Me" being this poet on May 15, 1886 in Amherst
(Emily) Dickinson
Ben!
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$200
[30]
In "To Helen", her "naiad airs have brought me home/ to the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was" this
Rome
Lydia-Claire
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$200
[7]
Englishmen named Charles & Henry merged their companies to form it in 1906
Rolls-Royce
Ben!
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$200
[26]
Dropping "-Green Bay" or "-Superior" leaves this state school
the University of Wisconsin
Ben!
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$200
[11]
"Shot through the heart, & you're to blame, you give love a bad name, I play my part, & you play your game, you give love a bad name"
Bon Jovi
Tom
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$200
[23]
This irregular past tense is also what you "go for" when you risk it all
broke
Tom
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$400
[5]
On Oct. 14, 1793 things did not go her way before the revolutionary tribunal & 2 days later, she was an instant ex-royal
Marie Antoinette
Ben!
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$400
[20]
Asked what its name is "on the night's Plutonian shore", the raven quoths this
nevermore
Tom
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$400
[29]
This feature locks a car's accelerator to maintain a constant speed
cruise control
Ben!
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$600
[14]
Add this name after "Washington and" but before "University"
Lee
Tom
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$400
[9]
"I'm on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell, highway to hell, I'm on the highway to hell"
AC/DC
Tom
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$400
[22]
When you hear this sound, think of auto parts supplier Ed Peterson, who pioneered its use to prevent backover incidents
a beep
Ben!
Tom
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$600
[4]
It would have been quite appropriate to have draped a flag over her coffin after she passed in Philadelphia on Jan. 30, 1836
Betsy Ross
Lydia-Claire
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$600
[17]
In "Lenore" a saintly soul floats on this river of the underworld
the Styx
Ben!
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$600
[27]
Before replacing these, check whether you need the bayonet, J hook or side post type
windshield wipers
Ben!
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$800
[15]
Add the name of this group of California colleges before "McKenna"
Claremont
Ben!
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$600
[10]
"Get up! Everybody's gonna move their feet, get down! Everybody's gonna leave their seat... lose your mind in Detroit rock city"
Kiss
Lydia-Claire
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$600
[21]
A charmingpaintingof circa 1660 shows a mother lacing up this garment after breastfeeding
a bodice
Tom
Lydia-Claire
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$800
[1]
It was Jan. 27, 1851 when his soul took wing with the gull & sparrow hawk he drew
Audubon
Lydia-Claire
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$800
[8]
This Poe maiden lies "in her sepulchre there by the sea--in her tomb by the sounding sea"
Annabel Lee
Tom
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$800
[24]
Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019
the Ford Fiesta
Ben!
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$1,000
[16]
Drop "for Social Research" from this NYC institution, like it did in the 1990s
the New School
Ben!
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$800
[12]
"Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..."
Def Leppard
Lydia-Claire
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$800
[19]
From the French, it means uninterested, perhaps due to ennui, French for boredom
blasé
Lydia-Claire
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$1,000
[3]
There was no more scrubbing in for this pioneer of antiseptic surgery after Feb. 10, 1912
Lister
Ben!
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$1,000
[6]
Poe rhymed this fabled city of gold with "down the valley of the shadow"
El Dorado
Tom
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$1,000
[25]
Automobile magazine named this then new sporty Japanese import its 1990 Automobile of the Year
the Mazda Miata
Tom
|
DD
$6,400
[28]
In Colorado, add this armed service to "Academy"
Air Force
Ben!
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$1,000
[13]
"Here I go again on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known, like a drifter I was born to walk alone"
Whitesnake
Tom
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$1,000
[18]
It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny"
bemused (bemusement)
Ben!
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| HEAVEN ON EARTH | WOMEN WORLD LEADERS | ANIMALS | DON'T GO ANYWHERE | TWISTS | TURNS |
|
$400
[25]
This country's flag bears 2 keys, symbols of the ones given to St. Peter that gave him access to heaven
Vatican City
Lydia-Claire
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$400
[1]
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is prime minister of this island nation
Iceland
Ben!
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$400
[27]
This extremely early in the alphabet African mammal is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata, "tube teeth"
an aardvark
Tom
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$400
[28]
Newton's first law of motion is about "a body at" this
rest
Lydia-Claire
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$400
[29]
Charlton Heston realizes it's post-apocalypse now at the end of this 1968 movie
Planet of the Apes
Lydia-Claire
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$400
[30]
This Loony Tooner frequently lamented that he should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque
Bugs Bunny
Ben!
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$800
[24]
Given its name in the reign of Emperor Jiajing the Temple of Heavenin this capital once had stables for sacrificial animals
Beijing
Ben!
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$800
[6]
From 2015 to 2023 Bidhya Devi Bhandari was president & head of state of this Himalayan nation
Nepal
Ben!
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$800
[9]
A recent study shows this large horned mammal tolerates parasitic oxpeckers because the birds hiss to warn it of predators
a rhinoceros
Ben!
Tom
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$800
[26]
Jane Austen used this twice-hyphenated term not about a mom, but an indolent "man"
stay-at-home
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$800
[10]
The titular "Book of Eli" turns out to be a Bible, but it's basically useless to Gary Oldman because it's in this format
braille
Ben!
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$800
[23]
To get from higher elevation to lower in this sport, use turns like the plough-parallel or the stem christie
skiing
Lydia-Claire
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$1,600
[15]
"House of the Foundation of Heaven on Earth", Babylon's Etemenanki has been associated with this structure from Genesis
the Tower of Babel
Ben!
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$1,200
[3]
Sheikh Hasina has been prime minister of this Indian subcontinent nation since 2009
Bangladesh
Tom
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$1,200
[4]
Ah do declayuh, the Tennessee this goat has a skeletal muscle disorder called myotonia congenita, so fright isn't always a cause
the fainting goat
Lydia-Claire
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$1,200
[21]
A 2023 book is titled this 2-word aimless activity: "The Radical Power of Killing Time"
Hanging Out
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$1,200
[22]
In this 2006 film about uber-competitive magicians, Christian Bale has a twin & Hugh Jackman's been cloning himself
the Prestige
Lydia-Claire
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$1,200
[20]
A recipe completion card game in which you try to build the perfect hot dog is called "Turn for" this
Turn for the Wurst
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DD
$2,000
[16]
This Parisian avenue is named for a paradise of Greek myth; it's less heavenly these days since it's clogged by traffic
the Champs-Élysées
Ben!
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$1,600
[2]
In 2023, Nicola Sturgeon, best known for advocating this cause, announced she's stepping down
Scottish independence
Ben!
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$1,600
[7]
The name "star-nosed" this mammal sounds lovely; describing that nose as 22 fleshy pink tentacles in a star-like pattern... less
a mole
Tom
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$1,600
[11]
Loiter is similar to but more frowned-upon than this other 6-letter "L" word
linger
Tom
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$1,600
[14]
In "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood", this actress played by Margot Robbie gets a new ending, thanks in part to a flamethrower
(Sharon) Tate
Ben!
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$1,600
[19]
Clothing word for someone who changes allegiance in the course of battle or politics
a turncoat
Lydia-Claire
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$2,000
[17]
In 312 A.D., heaven came to Earth for this emperor in the form of a crucifix in the sky labeled, "by this symbol you will conquer"
Constantine
Lydia-Claire
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$2,000
[5]
In 2023 this 42-year-old prime minister of New Zealand made the surprise announcement she's leaving the job
Ardern
Ben!
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$2,000
[8]
This carnivore with retractable claws is seenherenot being as terrifying to lemurs as it was in animated form in "Madagascar"
a fossa
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DD
$5,000
[12]
There's a light fixture in this word meaning settled & not going anywhere
ensconced
Tom
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$2,000
[13]
Anthrax earlier seen to be afflicting cows is later weaponized against Benedict Cumberbatch in this 2021 Western
The Power of the Dog
Tom
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$2,000
[18]
Peter Quint is a ghost plaguing the children in Benjamin Britten's opera based on this Henry James work
The Turn of the Screw
Ben!
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In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death"
(Albert) Camus