2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 5.
Patrick Curran — a consultant from Washington, D.C.
Jesse Matheny — a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana
Emma Hill Kepron — a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | $800 | $1,600 | $6,800 |
$13,593
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 2 W |
| Jesse | $2,400 | $4,600 | $17,800 |
$13,700
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Patrick | $5,200 | $11,000 | $22,200 |
$8,799
3rd place: $5,000 |
$14,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| WORLD LEADER BIRTHPLACES | ENDS IN "X" | NUMERICAL TELEVISION | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES | POETRY | SEC & THE CITY |
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$200
[28]
He came into the world in Leningrad in 1952
Putin
Jesse
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$200
[27]
This secretion is slang for a person's unwanted concern, as in "none of your..."
beeswax
Jesse
|
$200
[29]
On the first episode of this show, a family moves to a new city where brother & sister meet new friends at the posh high school
Beverly Hills, 90210
Emma
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$200
[30]
During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios
a Slinky
Patrick
|
$200
[26]
Many have wondered why Mudville's opponent didn't walk this mighty slugger "at the bat" when first base was open
Casey
Patrick
|
$200
[25]
University of Florida: this ville
Gainesville
Jesse
|
|
$400
[22]
His dad was the prime minister when he was born in Ottawa in 1971
Justin Trudeau
Patrick
|
$400
[24]
Adjective meaning curved or bowed outward
convex
Patrick
|
$400
[18]
Based on a book by Jay Asher, this controversial Netflix series dealt with a teen suicide & its aftermath
13 Reasons Why
Jesse
|
$600
[19]
In 2016 this game introduced a new suspect: Dr. Orchid, the daughter of the mansion's owner
Clue
Patrick
|
$400
[6]
In an Edward Lear poem, the Owl marries this other title animal & they dance "by the light of the moon"
the Pussycat
Patrick
|
$400
[21]
University of Tennessee: this ville
Knoxville
Jesse
|
|
$600
[10]
Southampton-born financier who became P.M. of the U.K. in 2022
Sunak
Jesse
|
$600
[1]
This 4-letter gemstone is often used to make cameos, like the one seen here
onyx
Patrick
|
$600
[17]
There was a new family in the neighborhood on this sitcom, not from another city, but from another planet
3rd Rock from the Sun
Emma
|
$800
[12]
In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies
the Easy-Bake Oven
Patrick
|
$600
[4]
In a famous line from Maya Angelou, "You may kill me with your hatefullness, but still, like air, I'll" do this
rise
Emma
|
$600
[13]
University of Arkansas: this ville
Fayetteville
Patrick
|
|
$800
[9]
Born in Amiens, he won a second term in 2022
Macron
Patrick
|
$800
[7]
The little hat worn by French words like hôtel & hôpital is called this
a circumflex
Emma
|
$800
[16]
Working for the CTU, this character played by Kiefer Sutherland raced against time, often with just "24" hours to save the day
(Jack) Bauer
Jesse
|
$1,000
[14]
Alfred Butts invented this board game in 1931; he called it Criss-Cross Words
Scrabble
Jesse
|
$800
[5]
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" is a line from his 1711 "Essay on Criticism"
Alexander Pope
|
$800
[2]
University of Mississippi: this city
Oxford
Jesse
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Thisprime minister was born in Vadnagar, India & has a MA in political science
Modi
Patrick
|
$1,000
[8]
It's the collective name for a flower'ssepals
calyx
Emma
|
$1,000
[15]
Would you believe these were the 2 code numbers used by the 2 main CONTROL agents fighting KAOS on "Get Smart!"
86 & 99
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
This toy with a sister named Yam was the first toy advertised on TV, back in 1952
Mr. Potato Head
Patrick
|
$1,000
[20]
Wallace Stevens wrote, "Among twenty snowy mountains, the only moving thing was the eye of" this creature
a blackbird
|
$1,000
[3]
University of Missouri: this city
Columbia
Patrick
|
| 21st CENTURY SCIENCE | ____ OF ____ | AMERICAN HISTORY | LET'S HAVE A WORD | SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT LYRICS | ADD A LETTER: GEOGRAPHY EDITION |
|
$400
[30]
In 2015 gravitational waves were first directly observed after this man predicted them a century earlier
Einstein
Emma
|
$400
[29]
So the story goes, Ponce de León was searching for this legendary spring when he landed in Florida in 1513
the Fountain of Youth
Patrick
|
$400
[26]
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, she became its first female speaker in 2007
Nancy Pelosi
Jesse
|
$400
[25]
The New Testament is full of these stories told to convey a lesson, like the one of the lamp
a parable
Patrick
|
$400
[28]
Adele & Lionel Richie were greeted with No. 1 hits that had this title
"Hello"
Patrick
|
$400
[27]
Italian city with some history, about 15 miles inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea & wherefore art thou, village? Near Pontiac, Michigan
Rome & Romeo
Patrick
|
|
$800
[24]
Honored in 2007, Frances E. Allenwas the first woman to win the Turing Award for work in this science
computer science
Patrick
|
$800
[23]
While native to South Africa, this flower is a common sight in Southern California
bird-of-paradise
Patrick
|
$800
[21]
Clara Barton served as a nurse at this Sept. 17, 1862 Maryland battle where nurses were badly needed
Antietam
Patrick
|
$800
[12]
Want the perk of being respected for your vocabulary? Then show us you know that "perk" is short for this small privilege
perquisite
|
$800
[20]
This 1956 Elvis Presley title "found a new place to dwell" with Whitney Houston; different lyrics, of course
"Heartbreak Hotel"
|
$800
[22]
Present country stretching across Europe & Asia at 6.6 mil. sq. miles & ex-German land stretching from that country to Belgium
Russia & Prussia
Jesse
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Before its mission ended in 2017, thespacecraftnamed for this astronomer gave us a view of Saturn's moon Enceladus
Cassini
Emma
|
$1,200
[13]
This narrative writing style allows a character's thoughts & feelings to flow freely
stream of consciousness
Patrick
|
$1,200
[8]
A century before she was on a dollar coin, she was convicted & fined for casting a vote in the 1872 pres. election
Anthony
Jesse
|
$1,200
[1]
Natation is the act of doing this, & a natatorium is a place to do it
swimming
Jesse
|
$1,200
[10]
In very different musical styles, The Beatles & The Chainsmokers implored, "Don't" do this
Let Me Down
Jesse
|
$1,200
[4]
Ohio city where Wright-Patterson Air Force Base takes off not far away & Florida beach where NASCAR takes off differently
Dayton & Daytona
Jesse
|
|
$1,600
[15]
Casgevy for sickle cell disease is the first FDA-approved therapy using the genome editing therapy known by this acronym
CRISPR
Patrick
|
$2,000
[17]
Yom Kippur is also known by this name because it's set aside to repent & ask for forgiveness
the Day of Atonement
|
$1,600
[5]
The first women's club in New York was La Liga de las Hijas de this island where a rebellion against Spain was sending refugees norte-ward
Cuba
Jesse
Patrick
|
$1,600
[11]
Cicatrix is a fancy word for one of these souvenirs of something you may not want to remember
a scar
Emma
|
$1,600
[9]
In very different musical styles, The Animals, ELO & Sia implored, "Don't" do this
Bring Me Down
|
$1,600
[2]
Virginia county home to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier & South Carolina home to a museum commemorating NASCAR history
Arlington & Darlington
Jesse
|
|
$2,000
[19]
A new hominin species of this, with a name meaning "southern ape", was discovered in 2008
Australopithecus
Emma
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
A member of the House of Lords, Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesleyholds the title 9th this
the Duke of Wellington
Jesse
|
$2,000
[6]
Still going in Macon, a college with this Methodist-conscious name was the USA's first chartered to grant degrees to women
Wesleyan College
|
DD
$6,000
[16]
An armored glove, or a double file of armed men you'd rather not have to "run"
a gauntlet
Patrick
|
$2,000
[18]
In 1980 this country star had a crossover No. 1 hit with "Lady", a feat not achieved by Styx with the same-titled song
Kenny Rogers
Emma
|
$2,000
[3]
The Midwest's 29th state & a Colorado county, both named after Native American peoples
the Iowa & Kiowa
Emma
|
It's this character who's spoken of in the line "Reader, I forgave him at the moment & on the spot"
Mr. Rochester