2023-2024 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 9.
Amanda Seales — a comedian and social justice advocate from Los Angeles, California
Mo Rocca — a journalist and podcast host originally from Bethesda, Maryland
Kyra Sedgwick — an actor and director originally from New York City
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyra | $1,000 | $1,600 | $2,200 |
$0
3rd place: $30,000 to the Food Bank for NYC |
$400
17 R (including 1 DD), 13 W |
| Mo | $2,300 | $3,600 | $9,000 |
$25,200
Winner: semifinalist |
$23,700
39 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Amanda | $300 | $1,500 | $3,900 |
$12,300
2nd place: $30,000 to the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors supporting Grantmakers for Girls of Color |
$12,300
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| SHOUT IT OUT! | ROAD TRIP "I SPY" | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS | THREESOMES | HAIRSTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS | I WANT MY "M" TV |
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$100
[29]
In 1978's "Animal House", this word is an epic call-to-party from John Belushi; it's also the party's dress code
toga
Amanda
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$100
[22]
I spy...Area 51, Burning Man festival &the Bellagio Hotel & Casino
Nevada
Mo
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$100
[27]
The title character utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?":J.C.
Julius Caesar
Kyra
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$100
[12]
Game theorists might call it a "zero-sum game without perfect information"; those playing it to break a tie sometimes call it "Rochambeau"
rock, paper, scissors
Amanda
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$100
[28]
This actress once said "The Rachel" was "not my best look" & "the ugliest haircut I've ever seen"
Jennifer Aniston
Mo
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$100
[20]
Ad executive Draper Daniels was the inspiration for the name of this drama's lead character, Don Draper
Mad Men
Kyra
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$200
[21]
Though it costs him his head, Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" refuses to beg for mercy... & yells this word instead
freedom
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$200
[2]
I spy...Mount Washington, Lake Winnipesaukee& Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Mo
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$200
[1]
A mischievous fairy named Puck just can't stop pranking people:A.M.N.D.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mo
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$200
[3]
If your clothing catches fire (though hopefully it won't), this 3-pronged fire safety mantra will remind you what to do
stop, drop & roll
Amanda
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$200
[6]
After this Canadian pop star cut his signature swoop in 2011, locks of his hair sold on eBay for more than $40,000
Justin Bieber
Mo
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$200
[18]
This show's 1983 finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched episode of scripted TV ever
M*A*S*H
Mo
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$300
[16]
Try yelling out "O-H!" in a crowded place; chances are, any Buckeyes fan within earshot will yell these two letters in return
I-O
Amanda
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$300
[7]
I spy...Pikes Peak, the John Denver Sanctuary &Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Colorado
Kyra
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$300
[4]
The title ruler is the father of Goneril, Regan & Cordelia:K.L.
King Lear
Mo
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$300
[8]
According to the carol, it's what "my true love gave to me" on the third day of Christmas; I just hope he wasn't regifting
3 French hens
Kyra
Mo
Amanda
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$300
[24]
"Cinnamon Buns" was Carrie Fisher's nickname for this character's iconic hairstyle
Princess Leia
Amanda
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$300
[15]
Tipping his hat to Tom Selleck, Jay Hernandez wore a Detroit Tigers cap on the first episode of this reboot set in Hawaii
Magnum, P.I.
Kyra
Amanda
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$400
[30]
This online game spawned a battle cry that's now synonymous with idiocy gone rogue: "Leeroy Jenkins!"
World of Warcraft
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$400
[10]
I spy...Powell's City of Books, Crater Lake National Park &Timberline Lodge
Oregon
Mo
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$400
[5]
It opens with the famous line, "If music be the food of love, play on":T.N.
Twelfth Night
Kyra
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$400
[23]
If "American Pie" is your karaoke go-to, you know they're "the three men I admire most" who "caught the last train for the coast"
Father, Son & the Holy Ghost
Kyra
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$400
[14]
Seen here, this former British prime minister once claimed that unruly hair is "impossible to imitate"
Boris Johnson
Kyra
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$400
[17]
Bryan Cranston said if this Fox sitcom had been renewed for one more season, he wouldn't have been available to play Walter White
Malcolm in the Middle
Mo
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$500
[26]
Of this school's iconic fight cheer, ESPN once wrote, "'Hotty Toddy' has no real meaning, but it means everything in Oxford"
Ole Miss (Mississippi)
Mo
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DD
$800
[11]
I spy...the "American Gothic" house, the future birthplace of James T. Kirk &the "Field of Dreams" movie site
Iowa
Mo
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$500
[9]
Valentine & Proteus are the guys that form this titular pair:T.T.G.O.V.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Mo
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$500
[25]
Unlike women, these three "unalienable rights" are specifically mentioned in the Declaration of Independence
life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness
Amanda
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$500
[13]
This Olympic gold medalist's name became synonymous with thewedge haircutshe sported in Innsbruck
Dorothy Hamill
Kyra
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$500
[19]
This TV character inspired a verb meaning, roughly, to make or repair something with what is conveniently on hand
MacGyver
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| THE EYES HAVE IT | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES | LITERARY TOURISM | THE MOON | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG | "OO"! "OO"! I KNOW! |
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$200
[14]
An inflammation of the eyelid's lining, conjunctivitis is more commonly known by this colorful name
pinkeye
Mo
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$200
[21]
Doing his iconic "pizza strut", John Travolta scarfs down a double-decker slice in the opening credits of this film
Saturday Night Fever
Mo
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$200
[11]
Road trip down the Laura Ingalls Wilder highway with Ma & Pa and see the places that inspired this beloved children's series
Little House on the Prairie
Mo
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$200
[18]
Note to Pink Floyd: though one hemisphere of the Moon always faces away from Earth, this nickname for it is inaccurate
dark side of the Moon
Amanda
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$200
[25]
Careful! This washing machine cycle using cold water and low spin speed is suggested for lingerie & silk neckties
delicate
Kyra
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$200
[16]
This animal sound is sung several times in the children's song "Good Morning Mr. Rooster"
cock-a-doodle-doo
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$600
[2]
Surgically removing these cloudy areas on the lens of the eye is one of the most common medical procedures in the world
a cataract
Amanda
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$400
[5]
Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Kyra
Mo
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$400
[6]
Romantics at heart still come to see thecovered bridgesmade famous by this 1992 book by Robert James Waller
The Bridges of Madison County
Mo
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$400
[8]
NASA describes these phenomena as "bulges" in the Earth's oceans caused by the Moon's gravitational pull
the tides
Kyra
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$400
[28]
This color appears in the names of two different MLB teams--one in the northeast, one in the Midwest
red
Amanda
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$400
[13]
It's the type of publication Irma Rombauer, Julia Child & Edna Lewis are famous for writing
a cookbook
Kyra
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$800
[20]
The most common form of color blindness affects a person's ability to see shades of red & this color
green
Mo
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$600
[1]
Half man, half pizza, this "Spaceballs" villain meets a tragic end when he eats himself
Pizza the Hutt
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DD
$600
[3]
Scotland's remote island of Jura is famous for 2 things: a whisky distillery & the farmhouse where George Orwell wrote this classic
1984
Amanda
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$600
[24]
Stargazers once thought the Moon's dark patches were oceans; today we know they're pools of this hardened volcanic substance
lava
Kyra
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$600
[27]
Seen here wearing his signature hat, this country singer was inducted into the Headwear Hall of Fame in 2014
Tim McGraw
Mo
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$600
[4]
Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in
"Footloose"
Kyra
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DD
$1,000
[10]
Get to a doctor pronto if this layer of tissue that processes light detaches from the back of your eye
the retina
Kyra
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$800
[9]
Julia Roberts' star was on the rise after she played a waitress in this film set at a New England pizza parlor
Mystic Pizza
Kyra
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$800
[7]
Writer Peter Mayle put the French village ofMénerbeson the map with his witty memoir chronicling "A Year in" this wine region
Provence
Kyra
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$800
[26]
Why all the craters? Blame it on the Moon's thin one of these, a gassy layer offering scant protection against meteorites
atmosphere
Kyra
Amanda
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$800
[29]
It's not yours! It's this word that comes before "craft" & "sweeper" in the names of popular video games
mine
Kyra
Mo
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$800
[15]
Dolls & amulets are among the items sold at a New Orleans store called "Reverend Zombie's House of" this religion
Voodoo
Mo
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$1,000
[19]
Lasik surgery corrects vision problems by using a laser to alter this dome-shaped tissue at the front of the eye
the cornea
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$1,000
[22]
In "Home Alone", Kevin pays the pizza delivery guy & then plays audio of an old gangster delivering this memorable line
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal"
Amanda
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$1,000
[12]
Have a pint at Pete's Tavern in the Big Apple but don't expect to get the booth where O. Henry wrote this poignant Christmas story
"The Gift of the Magi"
Kyra
Mo
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$1,000
[23]
The Apollo astronauts didn't fire muskets on the Moon, but they did report that moondust smells of this burnt explosive
gunpowder
Kyra
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$1,000
[30]
While crossing the George Washington Bridge from N.J., drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (it's been waiting for you)
Welcome to New York
Kyra
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$1,000
[17]
Typically played on the piano, this musical style with a rhyming name was popularized in Chicago honky-tonks in the 1920s
boogie-woogie
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Thomas Hales proved hexagonal structures are the most compact way to fill a plane, a centuries-old theory based on the behavior of these
honeybees