2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 final game 2.
Michael Menkhus — a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri (subtotal of $0)
Andy Tirrell — a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California (subtotal of $14,800)
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada (subtotal of $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juveria | $3,600 | $6,200 | $11,800 | $11,800 |
$12,800
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andy | $600 | $2,000 | $4,400 | $0 |
$4,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Michael! | $0 | $2,800 | $13,200 | $2,799 |
$11,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| JUST PLAYING | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY | ETCH & SKETCH | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION | THE GAME OF LIFE | BUILDING IN LAGOS |
|
$200
[15]
Sheplayed Nanisca, an Agojie general, in the 2022 film, "The Woman King"
Viola Davis
Juveria
|
$200
[24]
In the early 1890s President Cleveland wasn't "sweet" on one company controlling 98% of American refining of this
sugar
Andy
Michael!
|
$200
[27]
In a letter from 1888 he included asketchof his bedroom at Arles, the painting he was working on
van Gogh
Michael!
|
$200
[30]
Pliny the Elder mentions Scipio Africanus was born through this surgical delivery method
a Caesarean section
Juveria
|
$200
[28]
Life can be like putting together one of these, invented in the 1760s though the tool didn't exist for another century
a jigsaw puzzle
Andy
|
$200
[29]
With collections of art & archaeology, the Nigerian National this was founded by Kenneth Murray, grandson of the OED's 1st editor
a museum
Michael!
|
|
$400
[16]
"Funny how, I mean, funny like I'm a clown?" Joe Pesci asks Ray Liotta in this film
Goodfellas
Juveria
|
$400
[23]
Both the English & Dutch companies with this name began around 1600 with their minds on monopoly & monopoly on their minds
East India Company
Juveria
|
$400
[13]
He reproduced his etching of "Black Lion Wharf" in a famous painting of his own mother
Whistler
Andy
|
$400
[26]
For nerve injuries, a transplant surgery uses this technique that shares its name with a horticultural one
grafting
Juveria
|
$400
[25]
Ancient playwright Terence compared life to playing with tesserae, Roman these; you have to work with the throw you get
dice
Michael!
|
$400
[12]
Nigeria's tallest building isNECOM House, the "COM" for this industry
telecom
Michael!
|
|
$600
[17]
This "Arrested Development" alum was pitch perfect as Allan, Ken's buddy in "Barbie"
Michael Cera
Juveria
|
$600
[22]
Having gotten a 20-year monopoly for steamboat navigation in New York, Robert Livingston paired with him to, y'know, build a boat in 1802
Fulton
Juveria
|
$600
[8]
Seen here is one of this Dutch master's earliest attempts at a self-portrait
Rembrandt
Andy
|
$600
[5]
Swann-Morton notes that the No. 10 size of this surgical tool is used "for making varying sizes of incision in skin"
a scalpel
Michael!
|
$600
[21]
The first Saturday in August is a national day for these, which get washed away despite our work, so go build another one!
sandcastles
Michael!
|
$600
[11]
Odion Ighalo got a Lagos mansion by playing this goal-scoring position in soccer; enjoy your studio apartments, midfielders
striker
Andy
|
|
$800
[18]
A 2022 biopic starred Austin Butler as Elvis; a 2023 biopic had Cailee Spaeny playing her
Priscilla Presley
Michael!
|
$800
[14]
In the 1400s the Germans led the league in having a near monopoly in the Baltic's long-distance trade; this league, specifically
the Hanseatic League
Juveria
|
$800
[7]
Not surprisingly, among her drawings are "Antelope Horns" & flowers like the poppy
Georgia O'Keeffe
Juveria
|
$800
[1]
While a mastectomy removes the whole breast, this surgery takes out the cancerous cells & conserves part of the breast
a lumpectomy
Juveria
|
$800
[20]
With its ups & downs, life has often been compared to one of these, such as Steel Vengeance or the Twisted Colossus
a roller coaster
Michael!
|
$800
[10]
Two front doors are separated by a narrowhallin Face-Me-I-Face-You buildings, a phrase from this blended language
Nigerian Pidgin English
|
|
$1,000
[19]
Dr. John Prentice (played by Sidney Poitier) was the answer to this title, a much bigger surprise back in 1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Andy
|
$1,000
[3]
Founded in 1851 stop this company dominated the telegraph biz in the early 1900s stop but the telephone changed things stop
Western Union
Juveria
Andy
|
$1,000
[6]
Seen here is the first in a series of six prints making up "A Harlot's Progress" by this 18th century Brit
Hogarth
Juveria
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Part of biliary surgery, the operation to remove this, now one of the most common, was first done by Dr. Langenbuch in 1882
the gallbladder
Juveria
|
$1,000
[4]
In a commencement address, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger noted "You can't climb" this with your hands in your pockets
the ladder of success
Andy
Michael!
|
$1,000
[9]
A palace said to have 34 entrances is the residence of the Oba of Lagos; Oba, a title of this late-in-the-alphabet ethnic group
the Yoruba
Andy
|
| TALKING ABOUT TOLKIEN | WE'VE GOT HISTORY | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES | DELICIOUS BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[30]
From 1925 to 1959 J.R.R. Tolkien was a popular language & literature professor at this university
Oxford
Juveria
|
$400
[29]
A descendant of Tamerlane, Babur founded this dynasty that ruled in India from 1526 until 1858
the Mughal
Andy
|
$400
[22]
At No. 1, Billboard picked this Whitney Houston hit that made hitting the floor "feel like an issue of life-or-death urgency"
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
Michael!
|
$400
[28]
On the water, it's about 1.15 miles per hour
a knot
Andy
|
$400
[5]
Chicago's throne-shaped theatrebuilding with this kind of work in its name, opened with "Aida" in 1929
opera
Michael!
|
$400
[6]
Hollandaise-laden breakfast entree known as a traitor in the United States
eggs Benedict Arnold
Michael!
|
|
$800
[17]
Tolkien's son Michael once listed his father's occupation as this, also Gandalf's job
wizard
Michael!
|
$800
[26]
Queen Anne was the first monarch of a united Great Britain & the last from this ruling house
Stuart
Juveria
|
$800
[23]
"I'll tell you something", the Beatles got No. 10 with this 1964 hit, "a force the likes of which pop had never encountered"
"I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
Juveria
|
$800
[27]
A bag of the Portland type of this can be one cubic foot, about 94 pounds
cement
Juveria
|
$800
[4]
Memphis harkens back to ancient times with a Bass Pro Shops in one of the world's largest of these, worthy of the mighty pharaohs
pyramid
Andy
|
$800
[7]
"Amphibian" British sausage dish cooked in batter that's an ace on the golf course
toad in the hole in one
Juveria
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In "The Hobbit" he thinks of picnics below during his trip over the Misty Mountains, inspired by one Tolkien took to Switzerland
Bilbo Baggins
Michael!
|
$1,200
[8]
The Aztecs claimed descent from these people who dominated Central Mexico from about 900 to 1200
the Toltecs
Juveria
Andy
|
$1,200
[21]
Can't you hear that boom-badoom-boom of her "Super Bass", making the list's top 20
Nicki Minaj
Juveria
|
$1,200
[16]
A full this measure of depth is 72 inches, so 5 of them would be 30 feet
a fathom
Andy
|
$1,200
[3]
Get a kick out of some kicks at the Giant Shoe Museum in Pike Place Market in this Western city
Seattle
Andy
|
$1,200
[10]
"Vernal" tubular Chinese appetizer that is also a casual bit of canoodling in the barn
a spring roll in the hay
Andy
|
|
$1,600
[13]
To his family & close friends, Tolkien was known by this name, the first "R" in his initials
Ronald
Andy
Michael!
|
$1,600
[9]
An estimated 36,000 people in & around Indonesia lost their lives due to the eruption of this volcano in 1883
Krakatoa
Michael!
|
$1,600
[24]
No. 3 was this Temptations classic about a lover, "immediately recognizable from the opening bass line"
"My Girl"
Michael!
|
$2,000
[20]
In this system used for precious metals, an ounce is heavier than a standard ounce, but a pound is lighter than a standard pound
troy
Michael!
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
Area 15 in Las Vegas houses art installations originally built for this annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert
Burning Man
Andy
|
$1,600
[15]
"Pastoral" lamb & mashed potato casserole that's a fanciful dream not likely to be attained
shepherd's pie in the sky
Juveria
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Humphrey Carpenter's bio of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & like-minded friends has this title, like their literary circle
the Inklings
Andy
|
$2,000
[11]
While searching for the Northwest Passage, this British explorer & his crew perished during an expedition in 1847
Sir John Franklin
Juveria
|
$2,000
[25]
At No. 5, this 2005 Kelly Clarkson Grammy winner, "the 21st century's greatest contribution to the pop canon so far"
"Since U Been Gone"
Michael!
|
DD
$3,600
[19]
This unit of force named for a 17th century man is equal to about .225 pound-force
a Newton
Michael!
|
$2,000
[1]
This Manhattan hotel popularized by Warhol & Dylan calls itself "a decadent palace of peculiarity"
the Chelsea Hotel
Michael!
|
$2,000
[18]
Blue cheese-accompanied poultry products that are on the marquee as a Wim Wenders film
Buffalo Wings of Desire
|
Bearing the name of a man who died in Iowa in 1838, these began service in 1979 & today number in the thousands
Black Hawk helicopters