Suresh Krishnan game 4.
Tim Hagood — a communications consultant from Washington, D.C.
Vickie Cyr — a retired postmaster from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Suresh Krishnan — a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suresh | $3,200 | $4,800 | $15,800 |
$15,800
4-day champion: $53,999 |
$16,800
22 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vickie | $-400 | $600 | $3,800 |
$7,595
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
9 R, 3 W |
| Tim | $-400 | $1,200 | $7,200 |
$6,694
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
14 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs) |
| STATE HOLIDAYS | PETS ON FILM | DIASPORA | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES | QUICK BOOKS | RETRONYMS |
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$200
[6]
March 26, Prince Kuhio Day in this state, honors one of its early statehood advocates
Hawaii
Suresh
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$200
[1]
Miss Gulch takes away this cairn terrier early on in a classic film; the heroine calls her a "wicked old witch"
Toto
Suresh
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$200
[11]
Koryo-Saram are the half-million ethnic Koreans in the former republics of this giant, defunct country
the USSR
Tim
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$200
[16]
Thisobject will have you jumping for joy
a pogo stick
Tim
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$200
[21]
From 2006, it's Cormac McCarthy's title post-apocalyptic byway
The Road
Vickie
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$200
[26]
A retronym is a noun & a modifier specifying the noun's original meaning, like this form of entertainment here
a silent movie
Suresh
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$400
[7]
Though this suffragist was born in Massachusetts, only Florida observes her February 15 birthday as a state holiday
Susan B. Anthony
Suresh
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$400
[2]
Bong Joon Ho's 2017 film "Okja" is about a big one of these who has been genetically engineered by an evil corporation
pig
Suresh
Vickie
Tim
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$400
[12]
Like Afro-Brazilians, it was to cultivate this crop that thousands of Indo-Fijians were brought to the South Pacific
sugar
Suresh
Tim
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$400
[17]
This animated character who "was once a little green slab of clay" became a bendable toy in the 1960s
Gumby
Tim
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$400
[22]
Dickens' only true mystery novel dealt with this title man's disappearance
(Edwin) Drood
Vickie
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$400
[27]
It's the retronym seen here; if you're over 40 you might have a distinct advantage right now, because you had a landline
a dial phone (a rotary phone)
Vickie
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$600
[8]
The first Tuesday in March is Town Meeting Day in Bennington, Montpelier & other communities across this state
Vermont
Vickie
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$600
[3]
In the "DC League of Super-Pets", Superdog Krypto has an alias; punning on his master, he's named this "Kent"
Bark
Tim
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$600
[13]
A 19th c. migration from this land began the community of Y Wladfa in Patagonia, with a Patagonian form of their Celtic language
Wales
Suresh
Vickie
Tim
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$600
[18]
On a standard Monopoly board, they're the 2 most expensive properties
Boardwalk & Park Place
Tim
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$600
[23]
Angie Thomas used "U" for a pronoun in the title of this 2017 young adult page-turner
The Hate U Give
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$600
[28]
There's more than a 2% chance you'll know this retronym for a full-fat dairy beverage
a whole milk
Suresh
Tim
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$800
[9]
In Arizona, August 14 honors this people's famed code talkers
the Navajo
Suresh
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$800
[4]
Like most of the stars in this 2011 Oscar winner, Uggie, the devoted canine pal of George Valentin, didn't have much to say
The Artist
Tim
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$800
[14]
Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon shows up at Nigerian Days, this U.S. city's celebration of its diaspora of 150,000 people
Houston
Tim
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$800
[19]
It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture
Lite-Brite
Suresh
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$800
[24]
His "Midnight's Children" is set in places like Kashmir & Delhi
Salman Rushdie
Suresh
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$800
[29]
Putting the retro in retronym, this time-telling wristwear uses pointers & hands
an analog watch
Suresh
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$1,000
[10]
The Boston Marathon has often been held on this, a state holiday in Massachusetts
Patriots' Day
Suresh
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DD
$1,000
[5]
The title of this 2003 film about a big dog is also a symphony that premiered in 1808 in Vienna
Beethoven's 5th
Tim
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$1,000
[15]
Mass deaths among this ethnicity in Ottoman lands sent others far & near; the film "Apricot Groves" is set in the Iranian diaspora
Armenian
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$1,000
[20]
Time to play this Hasbro game: write down a river, a bird, a flower & a body part all starting with the letter R
Scattergories
Tim
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$1,000
[25]
"The Awakening" is by this woman with a composer's surname
Kate Chopin
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$1,000
[30]
The credits of James Taylor's album "American Standard" include James on vocals & this retronym
acoustic guitar
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| AROUND THE WORLD | STARTS WITH "W" | EPONYMOUS SCIENCE | TV: WHO SAID IT | A EURO LEADER PASS | WITH THIS RING |
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$400
[22]
This largest lake in Africa is home to more than 200 species of fish, including tilapia
(Lake) Victoria
Suresh
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$400
[1]
Implied & express are the 2 main types of this promise to repair or replace a damaged item previously purchased
a warranty
Vickie
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$400
[12]
According to Charles' law, the volume occupied by an amount of this state of matter is proportional to its temperature
gas
Suresh
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$400
[9]
On a '70s sitcom: "Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!"
Jan Brady
Tim
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$400
[17]
In 2022 Giorgia Meloni became prime minister as the head of Fratelli D’Italia, meaning these "of Italy"--no sorelle?
brothers
Suresh
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$800
[29]
Females are the dominant sex in the troops of this accurately named species of primate, native to Madagascar
a ring-tailed lemur
Tim
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$800
[23]
The 10th century Caliphate city of Medina Azaharain this European nation was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018
Spain
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$800
[2]
This action means to take something innocuous & then make it suitable to use against another
weaponize
Suresh
Tim
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$800
[13]
The temperature at which a mineral's magnetic properties change sharply is the "point" named for this 1890s physicist & husband
Pierre Curie point
Suresh
Vickie
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$800
[8]
On an '80s sitcom: "Women, you can't live with 'em. Pass the beer nuts"
Norm
Tim
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$800
[18]
In 1986 prime minister Olof Palme of this country was assassinated while walking home from the movies with his wife
Sweden
Vickie
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$1,200
[28]
A poetic verse by this man mentions "three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky"
Tolkien
Suresh
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$1,600
[24]
Man Mo Templeis not just a Buddhist temple; it is named for two gods of this philosophy many in Hong Kong follow as well
Taoism
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$1,200
[3]
Here's a peek at this spiral galaxy named for its vortex-like shape
the Whirlpool Galaxy
Tim
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$1,200
[14]
Fitts' law of movement is used in human engineering, also called this, partly from Greek for "work"
ergonomics
Suresh
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$1,200
[7]
"I've been involved in a number of cults... you have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader"
Creed
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
"Leaving", a 2008 tragicomedy by him, was his first play in more than 20 years & drew from his time as Czech Republic president
Václav Havel
Suresh
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$1,600
[27]
A tradition began in 1000 A.D. when the leader in this Venetian post "wed" his city-state to the sea by tossing a ring into the water
the Doge
Vickie
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DD
$2,000
[4]
In 1898 the Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill as well as this more famous one in Cuba
San Juan Hill
Tim
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$1,600
[10]
For a big discovery around 1912, Tom Slick was dubbed a king of this type of speculative oil drilling with a feline name
wildcatting
Vickie
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$1,600
[15]
The Drake equation, which estimates the number of advanced alien civilizations in our galaxy, was created as part of SETI, short for this
search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Suresh
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$1,600
[6]
"Carl's dead... Carl went out to help someone & he got bit"
Rick (Grimes)
Tim
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$1,200
[19]
This prime minister has said his greatest regret was losing the referendum he called, hoping to defeat Brexit
(David) Cameron
Suresh
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$2,000
[26]
Around 1850, Richard Wagner began writing a poem called "The Death of" this heroic character in the "Ring" cycle
Siegfried
Vickie
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$2,000
[25]
Of the 7 countries whose names end in "-stan", it's alphabetically last
Uzbekistan
Tim
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$2,000
[11]
It sounds bad, but it's a type of firm fabric made from twisted, compacted yarn & often used for suits & pleated skirts
worsted
Suresh
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$2,000
[16]
Born in 1815, this English math man gave us many eponymous things: algebra, logic, search & operators
(George) Boole
Suresh
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$2,000
[5]
"We've had vicious kings & we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king"
Tyrion Lannister
Tim
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$1,600
[20]
Almost 40% of the people in this country say it has become less of a democracy under 4-term P.M. Viktor Orban
Hungary
Suresh
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Midway through this 1928 novel, the title character briefly takes "their" instead of his or her
Orlando