2024 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Troy Meyer — a music executive from Tampa, Florida
Yogesh Raut — a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogesh | $0 | $3,600 | $15,600 |
$15,600
2nd place |
$15,600
20 R, 1 W |
| Troy | $4,600 | $5,800 | $22,000 |
$12,799
3rd place |
$20,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben! 文瀚 | $5,400 | $6,000 | $10,000 |
$15,601
Winner: 1 match point |
$10,000
15 R, 2 W |
| FROM THE NEWSPAPERS | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES | SOUP'S ON | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS | LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES |
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$200
[27]
A subhead from 1929: "Istanbul, not found in recent atlases, has replaced" this old name
Constantinople
Ben! 文瀚
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$200
[28]
The difference between total assets & liabilities is this "worth"
net worth
Yogesh
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$200
[29]
This word can precede cake or suit
birthday
Yogesh
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$200
[30]
The name of caldo verde, a hearty Portuguese soup, means this color broth
green
Ben! 文瀚
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$200
[26]
Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there
in plain sight
Ben! 文瀚
|
$200
[25]
A "Jane Eyre" prequel:"____ Sargasso Sea"
Wide
Yogesh
|
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$400
[18]
December 27, 2007:this"Pakistani leader killed in suicide attack"
Benazir Bhutto
Yogesh
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$400
[21]
A part of profits paid to shareholders, the scrip type is basically a promissory note
a dividend
Yogesh
|
$400
[22]
As April 15 approaches, count on seeing the jocular phrase this person "cometh"
the taxman
Yogesh
|
$400
[23]
New England clam chowder uses cream, while this other geographical clam chowder uses tomatoes
Manhattan clam chowder
Yogesh
|
$400
[24]
A principle based on experience or practice gave rise to this 3-word phrase mentioning a part of the hand
a rule of thumb
Yogesh
|
$400
[17]
Third in a series:"Rabbit Is ____"
Rich
Troy
|
|
$600
[15]
1963: this civil rights leader "survived the Normandy invasion but died of an assassin's bullet in Mississippi"
(Medgar) Evers
Ben! 文瀚
|
$600
[1]
For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short
a key performance indicator
Ben! 文瀚
|
$600
[14]
Chicagoans Marian & Fraser Robinson are seenherein 1964 with son Craig & this daughter
Michelle
Troy
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$600
[13]
Vichyssoise, made with a base of potatoes & this onion relative, is said to date back to 1917 at the Ritz-Carlton
leek
Troy
|
$600
[16]
2021 called & wants this phrase back that means evaluating someone's mood or energy
a vibe check
|
$600
[10]
A classic 1924 short story:"The Most ____ Game"
Dangerous
Ben! 文瀚
|
|
$800
[3]
From September 1933: "Nazi dominance... astounding to visitors"; this republic "irretrievably buried"
Weimar
Troy
|
$800
[5]
A military order that keeps troops in the service, in investing, it orders a broker to sell if a stock price falls to a certain point
stop-loss
Troy
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[20]
A "Glorious" one occurred in England in 1688 when one monarch was replaced with a pair
Revolution
Troy
|
$800
[7]
This Vietnamese soup has its own national day in its homeland--December 12
pho
Ben! 文瀚
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$800
[12]
This expression meaning you have to suffer to advance was used in the 17th century, in plural form, by Robert Herrick
no pains, no gains
|
$800
[2]
A Tony winner by Larry Kramer:"The ____ Heart"
Normal
Troy
|
|
DD
$1,600
[4]
In 1921:"Italian radicals make issue of" this pair's case
Sacco & Vanzetti
Troy
|
$1,000
[11]
The VIX, short for this, is a predictor of how fast stock market prices change
volatility index
Ben! 文瀚
|
$1,000
[19]
In winter, the red-winged variety can congregate in flocks of several million
blackbird
Yogesh
|
$1,000
[6]
This alliterative soup made with tripe is historically a symbol of the city of Philadelphia
pepper pot soup
|
$1,000
[8]
The version with "pipe" is later, this original phrase for something headed your way is from the type of road seen here
(coming) down the pike
Ben! 文瀚
|
$1,000
[9]
An Ionesco absurdity: "The ____ Soprano"
Bald
Troy
|
| PLAIN GEOGRAPHY | PROSE & CONGRESS | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS | WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? | STARTS WITH "P" |
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$400
[25]
The Song of Solomon speaks of the "Rose of" this coastal plain between Mount Carmel & Tel Aviv
Sharon
Troy
|
$400
[26]
In "Life on the Run" Bill Bradley talks about his pre-Senate life playing on this NBA team
the New York Knicks
Ben! 文瀚
|
$400
[28]
In 1997, Pathfinderparachuted onto Mars, and cushioned its land with these, also a safety feature in your Buick
airbags
Yogesh
|
$400
[27]
This holy object has been sought by knights in ancient legend & much more recently by Graham Chapman
the Holy Grail
Troy
|
$400
[29]
"First Man"
Neil Armstrong
Troy
|
$400
[30]
It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one
a parka
Troy
Ben! 文瀚
|
|
$800
[11]
This Tanzanian plain is home to the biggest mammal migrations on Earth
the Serengeti
Troy
|
$800
[24]
Hermemoir "The Senator Next Door" is appropriately published by the University of Minnesota Press
Amy Klobuchar
Troy
|
$800
[23]
In the 1990s this spacecraft named for a Portuguese explorer mapped almost the entire surface of Venus
Magellan
Troy
|
$800
[16]
Odds are you know this team led the NHL's Western Conference in points with 111 in the 2022-23 season
the Golden Knights
Ben! 文瀚
|
$800
[22]
"Gorillas in the Mist"
Fossey
Yogesh
|
$800
[21]
Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies
paleo
Yogesh
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Ian Frazier's travel journal "Great Plains" culminates in Montana at this kind of non-agricultural silo
a nuclear silo (a missile silo)
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[9]
JFK won a Pulitzer for this book that detailed the lives of 8 fearless political leaders
Profiles in Courage
Troy
|
$1,200
[12]
On July 4, 2005 Deep Impact slammed a probe into Tempel 1, one of these, creating a giant crater & a brilliant flash of light
a comet
Troy
|
$1,200
[15]
This "colorful" poem dates to the 14th century & includes the main character being tempted by a lord's wife
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Yogesh
Troy
|
$1,200
[5]
"American Sniper"
Kyle
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[17]
A fun color "hiding" in the bottom layer of hair is known as this, named like a game played with an infant
peekaboo
Yogesh
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Covering around 300 square miles in Wiltshire County, England, this plain is known for its monuments including Stonehenge
Salisbury
Ben! 文瀚
|
$2,000
[20]
He won an NAACP Image Award for his autobiography "Across That Bridge"
Lewis
Yogesh
|
$1,600
[13]
The New Horizons spacecraft discovered that the surface of this largest moon of Pluto was mostly dirty water ice
Charon
Yogesh
|
$1,600
[1]
An equestrian knight is the longtime logo of this British brand known for its trench coats
Burberry
Ben! 文瀚
|
$1,600
[4]
"Funny Girl"
(Fanny) Brice
Yogesh
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$1,600
[18]
It's a line ofsteep bluffslike the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River
a palisade
Troy
|
|
$2,000
[8]
3,000 years ago Mexico's Tabasco Plain was part of the trading network of these people & later the home of the Maya
the Olmecs
Ben! 文瀚
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DD
$9,000
[10]
In 2011 this senator published his "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed & the Decline of Our Middle Class"
Bernie Sanders
Troy
|
$2,000
[14]
The Dawn spacecraft found a peak over 12 miles high when it reached this second-largest object in the asteroid belt (after Ceres)
Vesta
Yogesh
Troy
|
$2,000
[7]
Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of this religious military order founded in the 1100s
the Knights Templar
Troy
Ben! 文瀚
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$2,000
[6]
"A Man for All Seasons"
Thomas More
Yogesh
|
DD
$6,000
[19]
Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon
peregrination
Troy
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This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt
Peer Gynt