2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 final game 1.
Mira Hayward — a podcast host from Portland, Oregon
Jesse Matheny — a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana
Deb Bilodeau — a restaurant server from San Francisco, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deb | $5,200 | $7,200 | $13,600 | $21,600 |
$13,600
19 R, 1 W |
| Jesse | $3,800 | $6,800 | $5,400 | $2,800 |
$13,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mira | $2,800 | $3,800 | $9,800 | $2,800 |
$9,800
13 R, 1 W |
| SCIENCE QUIZ | 1990s MUSIC | FUN & GAMES | BOOZY | IT'S REIGNING MEN! | HALLELUJAH! |
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$200
[25]
This fourth state of matter occurs when atoms in a gas are ionized
plasma
Jesse
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$200
[15]
"Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year
1979
Jesse
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$200
[28]
A tossed beanbag that has run afoul of the rules is deemed a stanker in this pastime
cornhole
Jesse
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$200
[27]
When it comes to this potent potable, go for one labeled "100% blue agave"
tequila
Deb
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$200
[29]
In a job that does not seem short of perks, theking of this nation hands each Nobel laureate a diploma & a medalannually
Sweden
Jesse
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$200
[30]
Ending in -ee, this interjection expresses delight; the -ie version was a member of the Youth International Party
yippee
Deb
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$400
[24]
A key to quantum mechanics is the notion that both radiation & matter can act as either particles or these
waves
Deb
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$400
[14]
(Diane Warren presents the clue.) This song that Toni Braxtonwasn't too keen to record became her signature hit & won her a Grammy
"Un-Break My Heart"
Deb
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$400
[22]
Scott Salvadore won the "mane event" for the championships of this hairstyle with his 'do named "The Lord's Drapes"
a mullet
Jesse
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$400
[26]
An in-escape-able song by Rupert Holmes wonders if you like these cocktails & getting caught in the rain
piña coladas
Jesse
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$400
[18]
The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C.
Ramses
Jesse
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$400
[20]
Also starting & ending with H, this exultant cry was greatly used on Hulu's "The Great"
huzzah
Mira
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$600
[23]
Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch
an omnivore
Jesse
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$600
[13]
This Brit pop group made listeners feel bubbly with the song "Champagne Supernova"
Oasis
Deb
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$600
[21]
In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings"
Magic: The Gathering
Deb
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$600
[16]
This golfer has his name on the drink of iced tea & lemonade; spike it with vodka & you've got a John Daly
Arnold Palmer
Jesse
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$600
[17]
A 1920 sovereign ordinance of this nation had the future Rainier III receive his mother's family name of Grimaldi
Monaco
Mira
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$600
[19]
dictionary.com has 3 consecutive A's in this slang word, but you can draw it out even more before queen if you want to really show elation
yaaas
Deb
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$800
[12]
Chloroplasts are where this energy conversion process takes place in plants
photosynthesis
Deb
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$800
[8]
Clips from the show "Happy Days" were used in this band's video for the song "Buddy Holly"
Weezer
Deb
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$800
[6]
"Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons
Deb
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$800
[4]
Though quite sweet, the name of this almond-flavored liqueur means "little bitter"
amaretto
Mira
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$800
[1]
Ivan the Terrible's murder of his son in 1581 led to this family's dynasty that began in 1613 & would have the last czarring role
the Romanovs
Deb
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$800
[9]
American music fans best know the band Blur for their song that starts with this shriek of triumph
woo-hoo!
Jesse
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$1,000
[3]
This 12-letter word describes the richness of life forms in a given environment
biodiversity
Mira
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$1,000
[7]
This Red Hot Chili Peppers tune implores, "Take me to the place I love, take me all the way"
"Under The Bridge"
Jesse
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$1,000
[11]
In this centuries-old game with a hyphenated name, you throw a knife at your opponent's feet; what could go wrong?
mumblety-peg
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$1,000
[5]
Many a classic cocktail calls for a wee bit o' this Scotch whisky liqueur flavored with heather honey
Drambuie
Mira
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$1,000
[2]
In his royal.uk bio: "mentally unfit to rule during the last decade of his reign"; "most attractive of the Hanoverian monarchs"
George III
Deb
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DD
$1,800
[10]
As an interjection, it means freakin' awesome, dude! As a noun, a less freakin' awesome unit of scientific measurement
rad
Jesse
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| PLACES TO VISIT | AMERICAN AUTHORS | ART & ARTISTS | ENDS IN "IR" | EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS | MR. STEVE MARTIN |
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$400
[23]
Italy has 59 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including this city & its lagoon
Venice
Mira
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$400
[24]
In 2023 this author of "Jazz" & "The Bluest Eye" was honored on a U.S. stamp, unveiled at Princeton, where she taught
Morrison
Deb
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$400
[28]
A Brussels museum has a "Landscape with the Fall of" him, later than the famous one, this time with Daedalus still up in the air
Icarus
Mira
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$400
[29]
It's a tchotchke or doodad, perhaps the "Virginia is for lovers" key chain picked up on a vacation
souvenir
Mira
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$400
[30]
Total degrees in a circle divided by justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
40
Jesse
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$400
[27]
Waking up in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", Steve realizes the hand of this late, great actor is not between 2 pillows
(John) Candy
Deb
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$800
[22]
Head to this Thai capital to see the Grand Palace or the Emerald Buddha
Bangkok
Mira
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$800
[19]
She's the author of "The Kitchen God's Wife" & "The Bonesetter's Daughter"
Amy Tan
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DD
$1,000
[21]
Picasso liked to draw this bird, also his daughter's name translated from Spanish
dove
Jesse
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$800
[18]
According to National Geographic, the world's largest man-made one by surface area is Lake Volta in Ghana
a reservoir
Jesse
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$800
[20]
Traditional number of Hercules' labors times books in the Pentateuch
60
Jesse
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$800
[26]
In 2021 Mr. Steve Martin co-created this Hulu series where New Yorkers are just droppin' like flies
Only Murders in the Building
Jesse
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$1,600
[3]
The Bab Agnaou is one of the gates in the wall around the medina of this Moroccan city
Marrakesh
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$1,200
[16]
Early in his career, this author of "The Corrections" earned extra money working in a seismology lab at Harvard
Franzen
Deb
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$1,200
[6]
Van Gogh is among those who painted the parable of this "Good" guy who helped someone in need
the Good Samaritan
Mira
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$1,200
[17]
Gurez & Chang thangi are sheep breeds from this disputed place on the Indian subcontinent
Kashmir
Mira
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$1,200
[11]
ML in Roman numerals minus Douglas Adams' answer to "life, the universe and everything"
1,008
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$1,200
[25]
This title Daryl Hannah character says to Steve, "You have a big nose! You have a beautiful, great, big, flesh-&-bone nose!"
Roxanne
Deb
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$2,000
[2]
Among China's many tourist offerings is this temple in Hunan, famous for its kung fu monks
Shaolin
Mira
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$1,600
[1]
This alliterative author of Western novels wrote several Hopalong Cassidy books under the pen name Tex Burns
Louis L'Amour
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$1,600
[4]
17th century Dutch people you can see at the Rijksmuseum include 34 in"The Night Watch"by Rembrandt & one in the work seenhereby him
Vermeer
Deb
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$1,600
[7]
This word for a slaughterhouse is borrowed from French
abattoir
Mira
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$1,600
[14]
Number of U.S. states in 1958 divided by the number of our solar system's planets after Pluto's demotion
6
Jesse
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$1,600
[12]
OK, so it's complicated--in "It's Complicated", Steve's co-star was this man, also Steve's co-host for the Oscars
Alec Baldwin
Deb
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DD
$8,800
[10]
Tourists who make their way to these islands 600 miles off South America often miss the fur seals, which love rocky & shady areas
the Galápagos
Jesse
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$2,000
[9]
This1895 graduate of the University of Nebraska was both managing editor of the school paper & literary editor of her yearbook
Willa Cather
Jesse
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$2,000
[5]
The violence of the works in this early 20th century art style made critic Louis Vauxcelles call the painters "wild beasts"
Fauvism
Deb
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$2,000
[8]
This word can refer to a pirate in the Mediterranean Sea from the 16th to 19th century
a corsair
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$2,000
[15]
Forbes' annual wealthiest Americans minus Fortune's annual biggest U.S. companies by revenue
-100
Deb
Mira
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$2,000
[13]
After Steve asks Lily Tomlin why she thinks she'll come back from the dead in this 1984 film, Lily replies, "Because I'm rich"
All of Me
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In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match
Wyatt Earp