2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 8.
Emmett Stanton — a freelance writer from Baltimore, Maryland
Justin Bolsen — a public policy economics student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia
Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben! 文瀚 | $7,400 | $11,400 | $29,800 |
$29,800
Winner: semifinalist |
$24,000
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Justin | $1,800 | $1,600 | $10,000 |
$9,958
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Emmett | $2,600 | $3,200 | $-2,000 |
$-2,000
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,400
9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS | NAMES IN FASHION | TV IN THE AUGHTIES | GETTING TOGETHER | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH |
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$200
[13]
George III & George Washington figure prominently in the David McCullogh bestseller entitled this pivotal year
1776
Emmett
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[30]
Some of the clothing from this designer features a cute polo bear instead of a pony
Ralph Lauren
Ben! 文瀚
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$200
[29]
Ben McKenzieplayed Ryan Atwood, a tough kid from Chino taken in by a wealthy Newport Beach family on this show
The O.C.
Emmett
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$200
[25]
Games played at this type of party include bobbing for pacifiers & guess how big Mom's belly is
a baby shower
Ben! 文瀚
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$200
[24]
Kangaroos & wallabies are members of the Macropodidae family, meaning "big" these
big feet
Emmett
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$200
[16]
It's said there are "three sides to every story: yours, mine" & this
the truth
Emmett
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$400
[12]
A recent bestseller by Kate Moore chronicles the struggles of the "Girls" who applied this element to watch dials
radium
Justin
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$400
[26]
A longtime vegetarian like parents Paul & Linda, she doesn't use any leather or fur in her designs
Stella McCartney
Emmett
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$400
[27]
Frankie Muniz would often break the 4th wall as a precocious middle schooler on this show
Malcolm in the Middle
Ben! 文瀚
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$400
[28]
Dropping -ulation gave us this informal word for a chat or a conference
a confab
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$400
[19]
Looking sharp there! Espandon is another name for this creature
swordfish
Ben! 文瀚
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$400
[23]
The spinal column, or firmness of character
backbone
Justin
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$600
[4]
With 1920's "The Outline of History", this "Time Machine" man went from bestselling novelist to bestselling educator
H.G. Wells
Emmett
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$600
[20]
In 1990 this designer opened her flagship bridal salon at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City
(Vera) Wang
Ben! 文瀚
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$600
[18]
Thisactress was the title star of "Lizzie McGuire" on the Disney Channel
(Hilary) Duff
Ben! 文瀚
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$600
[15]
John Sayles wrote a comic story about a convention of these people opposed to government, but they do happen, since the 1800s
anarchists
Justin
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$800
[6]
Found in the rainforests & grasslands of Asia, this feline is named for the distinctive spots on its coat
the clouded leopard
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$600
[22]
You don't want plaque building up in these of your arteries
walls
Ben! 文瀚
Justin
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$800
[1]
"The Broken Heart of America", about St. Louis & American violence, ends with a 2014 police shooting in this Missouri city
Ferguson
Emmett
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$800
[2]
Sure to please your little girl is a pair of kids' sneakers for $2,400, with rhinestones & a red rubber sole from this designer
(Christian) Louboutin
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[5]
The title of this Miami-set spy show co-starring Bruce Campbell refers to an official statement that blacklists a spy
Burn Notice
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[11]
These corporate meetings are often dull, but not when Ross Perot challenged GM's leadership in November 1985
a board (of directors) meeting
Ben! 文瀚
Justin
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$1,000
[7]
The only known carrier of malaria, this genus of mosquito also transmits encephalitis
Anopheles
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[21]
Great material comfort, or anything you enjoy but don't need
a luxury
|
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$1,000
[3]
Edward Gibbon wrote "The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire"; William Shirer wrote "The Rise & Fall of" this sinister regime
the Third Reich
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,000
[14]
Fashion royalty--here's this Belgian-born designer & icon & Talita, her princess granddaughter, a designer in her own right
Diane von Furstenberg
Emmett
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$1,000
[9]
Regina King voiced brothers Huey & Riley Freeman on this Adult Swim satire created by Aaron McGruder
The Boondocks
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$1,000
[10]
This type of formal discussion is from Latin for "together" & "speak"; one "of Marburg" in 1529 included a debate on Matthew 26:26
a colloquium (colloquy)
Ben! 文瀚
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DD
$3,600
[8]
The 2 main species of this great ape are the Bornean & Sumatran
the orangutan
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,000
[17]
Hideous, or the style of art seen here
grotesque
Ben! 文瀚
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| JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM | POETS & POETRY | HAVE FAITH | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX | MOUNTAINS | "O-U-R" SOMETHING |
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$400
[27]
Both Sonny Rollins&Coleman Hawkins, masters of spontaneity on this instrument, blew into Harlem that day
the (tenor) saxophone
Ben! 文瀚
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$400
[24]
Elizabeth Bishop rhymed "disaster", "faster" & "vaster" with "the art of losing isn't hard to" this
master
Justin
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$400
[25]
Rick Warren's last one, to thousands at a Saddleback Church service in August 2022, was the same as his first one, to tens in March 1980
a sermon
Emmett
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$400
[30]
This author & Pulitzer Prize winner's best-known work is subtitled "The Saga of An American Family"
Alex Haley
Ben! 文瀚
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$400
[29]
The MacKenzie Mountains are part of the Canadian section of these mountains; the Bighorn Mountains are in the U.S. part
the Rockies
Ben! 文瀚
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$400
[28]
Feed the body, or the soul
nourish
Justin
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$800
[26]
Classics from Thelonious Monkinclude "Straight, No Chaser" & "'Round" this time, when jazz musicians are just warming up
Midnight
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[23]
Wilfred Owen's poems about this conflict include "Spring Offensive" & "Anthem for Doomed Youth"--of which, sadly, he was one
World War I
Justin
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$800
[20]
A spin on this 5-syllable worship of many gods is henotheism, the worship of only one of many gods
polytheism
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[22]
The first Latino senator from California, Alex Padillagrew up inthisL.A. area with a Spanish name
the San Fernando Valley
Justin
Emmett
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$800
[12]
A Disneyland attraction is exactly 100 times shorter thanthis14,700-foot Alp
the Matterhorn
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[21]
It's the French-derived word for a device used to stop severe bleeding; a belt or strong piece of cloth can do in a pinch
a tourniquet
Justin
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$1,200
[4]
Charles Mingusgot low on this instrument on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", which he wrote about Lester Young, also in the picture
the bass
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,200
[7]
Claude McKay wrote a sonnet about one of these awful events, with "the ghastly body swaying in the sun"
a lynching
Emmett
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$1,200
[19]
Bar mitzvah checks are often in multiples of this numerological equivalent of chai, "life"
18
Justin
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$1,200
[18]
This Moscow-born captain of the Washington Capitals is seen with the only manahead of him--for now--in career NHL goals
Ovechkin
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,600
[2]
The highest peak in Russia, in ancient times it was called Strobilus, meaning pine cone & a reference to its shape
Elbrus
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,200
[17]
Condolences to the dark-coloredbutterflyknown as this type of cloak
the mourning cloak butterfly
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$1,600
[3]
Gene, Gene the drumming machine, hewas one quarter of an amazing quartet with Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson & Benny Goodman
(Gene) Krupa
Ben! 文瀚
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$1,600
[6]
Published after his 1850 death, "The Prelude" is an epic poetic memoir by this Romantic
Wordsworth
Ben! 文瀚
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$2,000
[9]
In a Hindu temple men perform ashtanga pranama, doing this to oneself, from the Latin for "lay flat"
prostrating themselves
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$1,600
[14]
WWII field marshal Harold Alexander led the extrication of 340,000 men at this location in 1940 & was the last man off the beach
Dunkirk
Ben! 文瀚
Emmett
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$2,000
[1]
Edward Whymper was the first to summit this highest mountain in Ecuador, putting him at the farthest point from Earth's center
Chimborazo
Justin
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$1,600
[16]
Billie Eilish has spoken publicly about having this syndrome, which is just part of who she is
Tourette's
Justin
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$2,000
[13]
A Jazz Messenger, but with a touch of "Flash Dance", this Pittsburgh drummer once worked in steel mills by day, jazz clubs by night
Art Blakey
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$2,000
[8]
John Donne used the stuck-up sounding similes called metaphysical these, as when he compared lovers' souls to the 2 legs of a compass
conceits
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DD
$4,400
[10]
After writing the name of a prophet, English-speaking Muslims write this, "PBUH" for short
peace be upon him
Emmett
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$2,000
[11]
Alexandra of Denmark, who married Queen Victoria's oldest son, is seen during the record 38 years she spent holding this title
Princess of Wales
Justin
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DD
$4,000
[5]
Ranges within this mountain system include the Rif, the Saharan & the Tell
the Atlas
Ben! 文瀚
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$2,000
[15]
France lost about 6,000 troops, England, less than 500, in the 1415 battle of this village
Agincourt
Ben! 文瀚
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Isolated in 1945 during uranium fission research, it was named for an ancient deity to suggest humans gaining a new power
promethium