2024Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Larissa Kelly — an editor from Richmond, California
Jason Zuffranieri — an upper school mathematics faculty member from Carrollton, Texas
Leonard Cooper — a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard | $600 | $1,200 | $9,600 |
$14,300
2nd place: $5,000 |
$8,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jason | $1,200 | $4,200 | $19,600 |
$13,600
3rd place: $5,000 |
$12,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Larissa | $10,800 | $12,000 | $25,200 |
$40,200
Winner: semifinalist |
$21,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| HISTORIC FIRSTS | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES | TRANSPORTATION | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS | THE CINEMA IN 2023 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES |
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$200
[30]
In 1993 cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was the first to play a video game in space, this one created by a countryman
Tetris
Larissa
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$200
[28]
Glamorous Jessica & good-natured Elizabeth are the teenage twins in this Y.A. series set at a suburban California school
Sweet Valley High
Jason
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$200
[29]
First opened in 1900, this subway system has been called the lifeline of Paris
the Métro
Jason
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$200
[27]
This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024
the SAT
Leonard
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$200
[26]
One of the new songs for the live-action remake of this 1989 animated film was "Wild Uncharted Waters", sung by Prince Eric
The Little Mermaid
Larissa
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$200
[25]
Money paid to release one from the hoosegow&a large bundle of goods
bail/bale
Jason
|
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$400
[14]
In 1986 this man became the first pontiff to enter the Great Synagogue of Rome
John Paul II
Leonard
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$400
[22]
Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in "Casino Royale", then had him "Live" on in Jamaica in this next book
Live and Let Die
Jason
|
$400
[11]
Reaching speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, Japan's shinkansen are better known by this name
bullet trains
Leonard
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$400
[24]
An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving
moose
Jason
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$400
[9]
In "Dumb Money", Paul Dano plays an investor who led a surge in value for this stock, & Anthony Ramos plays an employee there
GameStop
Jason
|
$400
[23]
An adjective meaning twofold&a deadly contest
dual/duel
Jason
|
|
$600
[13]
John Lombe stole silk secrets from Italy & built what's been called the 1st big factory in this period of 18th & 19th century Britain
the Industrial Revolution
Larissa
|
$600
[1]
At different times across more than 80 books, this quizzical simian "Takes a Train" & "Visits the Zoo"
Curious George
Larissa
|
$600
[12]
Rad Power & Aventon are popular brands of these
e-bikes (electric bikes)
|
$600
[7]
The NCAA's drug testing program covers stimulants, masking agents & these, such as androstenedione
steroids
Larissa
|
$600
[6]
In "The Color Purple", the role of Mary Agnes, known as Squeak was played thesingerwho goes by this name
H.E.R.
Larissa
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$600
[19]
A warning on the links&what Vier means in German
fore/four
Leonard
|
|
$800
[15]
This man banned the traditional fez hat after becoming the first president of the Republic of Turkey
Ataturk
Jason
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$800
[3]
"Allegiant" is the third & final book in this Veronica Roth series as Tris discovers new truths about her dystopian world
Divergent
Larissa
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$800
[20]
In 2002, Porsche spiced up its line of vehicles with the introduction of this model, its first SUV
a Cayenne
Leonard
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$1,000
[10]
In 1915 Emil Truog developed a test to measure the level of this property in soil, leading to restored fields & increased yields
pH (acidity)
Larissa
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$800
[2]
In a 2023 film Jacob Elordi invites Barry Keoghan to his family estate called this; the visit is... unusual
Saltburn
Leonard
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$800
[18]
To quote an author&the location of a proposed building
cite/site
Larissa
|
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1992 this man from Egypt became the first African to be Secretary-General of the United Nations
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Leonard
Jason
|
$1,000
[4]
The first Sherlock Holmes novel was this one involving a message written in blood
A Study in Scarlet
Leonard
Larissa
|
$1,000
[21]
The national airline of Poland is known by this 3-letter name
LOT
|
DD
$4,600
[8]
Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing
the imitation game
Larissa
|
$1,000
[5]
Adam Driver stars as this title automaker who tries to save his company via the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy
Ferrari
Larissa
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$1,000
[17]
An insect&to hurry away
flea/flee
Jason
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| THE LOCALS | IN YOUR ELEMENT | NOTABLE NAMES | ON THE NOSE | CLASSIC TV | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS |
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$400
[25]
Burqueños & Burqueñas hail from this New Mexico city
Albuquerque
Larissa
|
$400
[26]
Br:A possessive adjective
mine (in bro mine )
Leonard
|
$400
[27]
On her passing in 2005, Bill Clinton said she "sparked a movement that broke the back of Jim Crow"
Rosa Parks
Leonard
|
$400
[28]
Obstructed breathing can result from a deviated one of these nasal partitions
a septum
Larissa
|
$400
[29]
Oh, Rob... Petrie & Sally Rogers & Alan Brady were all characters on this classic sitcom
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Larissa
|
$400
[30]
Check your work because "the devil's in" these
the details
Larissa
|
|
$800
[24]
Born within the sound of the St. Mary-le Bowchurch bells, you're one of these colorful-talking Londoners
Cockneys
Larissa
|
$800
[1]
K:This Russian news agency
TASS (in po TASS ium)
Jason
|
$800
[23]
Called "the pastor to the presidents", hemet with 12 sitting ones from Harry Truman to Barack Obama
Graham
Jason
|
$800
[18]
Since its U.S. debut "Day" in 2015, this colorfully named campaign to end child poverty has raised more than $421 million
Red Nose Day
Leonard
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$800
[10]
The classic overture heardherebecame the theme song for this Western series
The Lone Ranger
Jason
|
$800
[9]
This 4-word idiom meaning angry suggests a rope is needed
fit to be tied
Jason
|
|
$1,200
[16]
B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities
Castes
Larissa
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$1,200
[2]
Mg:This Roman martyr, patron saint of young girls
Agnes (in m Agnes ium)
Leonard
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$1,200
[17]
This great Italian tenor was in San Francisco when the big earthquake hit in 1906, having sung in "Carmen" the night before
Caruso
Larissa
|
$1,200
[19]
If you're really working hard on something, you (proverbially) have your nose to this wheel-shaped device
the grindstone
Larissa
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$1,200
[6]
More recently, it was Jay Leno, but back in the '50s, "You Bet Your Life" was hosted by this funnyman
Groucho Marx
Jason
|
$1,200
[20]
Alexander Pope said "To err is human", then these 3 words
to forgive divine
Leonard
|
|
$1,600
[15]
She's proud to say she's one of the "polentoni", the polenta-eaters of northeastern Italy
Lidia Bastianich
Larissa
|
$2,000
[4]
Sb:A title name from Shakespeare
Timon (in An Timon y)
Leonard
|
$1,600
[5]
A 1920 book by Thomas Looney & the movie "Anonymous" pushed the theory that this earl was the real Shakespeare
the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere)
Larissa
|
$1,600
[21]
National Geographic notes that the male of this primate species use their fleshy pendulous noses to attract mates
proboscis monkeys
Larissa
|
$1,600
[7]
In the '80s Angela Lansbury was on the case, solving crimes as Jessica Fletcher on this series
Murder, She Wrote
Jason
|
$1,600
[13]
In Rabelais' "Gargantua", a drinker demands that an empty cup be filled because of this scientific principle
nature abhors a vacuum
Larissa
|
|
$2,000
[14]
You'll be in hot water if you can't name this Mexican state where Hidrocálidos live
Aguascalientes
|
DD
$2,400
[3]
P:This solar deity
Horus (in phosp Horus )
Leonard
|
DD
$9,400
[11]
His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades
Keynes
Jason
|
$2,000
[22]
In "The Nose" by this 19th century Russian author, a civil servant chases his schnozz around St. Petersburg
Gogol
Larissa
|
$2,000
[8]
Daniel J. Travanti was in command as Captain Frank Furillo on this drama
Hill Street Blues
Larissa
|
$2,000
[12]
JFK said it's a Cape Cod saying & added, "and a partnership, by definition, serves both partners"
a rising tide lifts all boats
|
Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was "cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes"
Ulysses