2024Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 3.9,000th episode.Sarah Whitcomb Foss welcomes Johnny Gilbert to the Alex Trebek Stage for a speech before the closing credits.
Alan Lin — a software engineer from Los Angeles, California
Matt Jackson — a grad student in computer science and public policy originally from Washington, D.C.
Terry O'Shea — a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | $2,600 | $4,200 | $5,800 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Matt | $8,200 | $9,600 | $41,200 |
$41,321
Winner: semifinalist |
$27,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Alan | $1,400 | $2,800 | $14,000 |
$14,001
2nd place: $5,000 |
$11,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS | NONFICTION | TURNING 60 IN 2024 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT | TIME FOR DESSERT |
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$200
[28]
He received a total of 1,876 Electoral College votes for president, a likely unbreakable record
FDR
Alan
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$200
[29]
His dedication for his memoir "Spare" reads: "For Meg and Archie and Lili... and, of course, my Mother"
Prince Harry
Alan
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$200
[30]
Back in 1964 apple-currant was in the original flavor lineup of these toaster pastries
Pop-Tarts
Terry
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$200
[19]
It can mean of utmost importance or essential to life
vital
Terry
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$200
[25]
"I'm that bad type make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad tight might seduce your dad type... I'm the bad guy"
Billie Eilish
Terry
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$200
[20]
Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center
a lava cake
Terry
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$400
[27]
Vying for re-election, he did not treat his Minnesota opponent nicely, winning 525-13
Reagan
Matt
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$400
[21]
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to a book about this man, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked protests worldwide
Floyd
Matt
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$400
[26]
This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964
BASIC
Terry
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$400
[18]
It's an adjective meaning of or related to one's birth
natal
Terry
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$400
[24]
"When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out"
Violent Femmes
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$400
[17]
Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream
a mudslide
Alan
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$800
[10]
He won 304-227; he lost 306-232
Trump
Matt
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$600
[5]
Members of the Osage Nation, Mollie Burkhart & her family are at the center of this bestseller
Killers of the Flower Moon
Matt
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$600
[22]
A perfect line from this satiric film: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room"
Dr. Strangelove
Matt
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$600
[1]
Anne-Sophie Mutter is an acclaimed player of this
the violin
Alan
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$600
[23]
"If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me"
Rod Stewart
|
$600
[16]
Thesecakes were immortalized by Proust in his "Remembrance of Things Past"
madeleines
Alan
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$1,000
[9]
Andrew Jackson "won" the E.C. 99-84-41-37 but having no majority there, lost the election in the House to this man
John Quincy Adams
Matt
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$800
[6]
Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything"
(Bill) Bryson
Matt
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$800
[4]
This 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh introduced readers to the title girl sleuth who made observations in her notebook
Harriet the Spy
Terry
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$800
[2]
French inventor & engineer Louis Bleriot was a pioneer in this field
aviation
Alan
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$800
[13]
"Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na"
Blink-182
Matt
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$800
[15]
Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover
macaroons
Terry
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|
DD
$3,200
[11]
Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes
(Al) Gore
Matt
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$1,000
[7]
Published in 1962, it's Barbara Tuchman's acclaimed book detailing the first month of World War I
The Guns of August
Matt
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$1,000
[8]
The First Ladies' Hall was one of its original galleries when it opened to the public on January 23, 1964
the Museum of American History
Matt
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$1,000
[3]
The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine
annatto
Alan
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$1,000
[12]
"I got a woman, way over town, that's good to me, oh yeah. Say, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh yeah"
Ray Charles
Matt
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$1,000
[14]
Italian for "cooked cream", this eggless custard can be garnished with raspberries
panna cotta
Terry
Alan
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| THE OLD TESTAMENT | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES | COMPOSERS | TIME FOR DESERT |
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$400
[30]
According to the psalmist & Bob Marley, "by the rivers of" here we sat down & "wept, when we remembered Zion"
Babylon
Matt
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$400
[26]
Candace Cameron Bure & Jodie Sweetin got some yuks on the Netflix reboot with this title
Fuller House
Alan
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$400
[25]
This first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Terry
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$400
[29]
L'ultima parola is the last word; l'ultima spiaggia is the last resort; l'ultima cena is this, found in Matthew 26
the Last Supper
Terry
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$400
[27]
Born in Bergen, Norway, Nina Hagerup married this cousin in 1867 & went on to interpret his songs
Grieg
Matt
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$400
[28]
In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid
a scorpion
Terry
|
|
$800
[23]
This book says "They cast pur, that is, the lot"--hence the holiday of Purim
Esther
Terry
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$800
[22]
After dozens of movies, this TV series took Robin Wright to a new level of stardom
House of Cards
Alan
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$800
[24]
Thislawyer, feminist, activist & TV commentator
Allred
Matt
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$800
[21]
This masculine plural form of the word for "all" means all the instruments playing together
tutti
Alan
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$800
[20]
Rimsky-Korsakov was a private tutor & mentor to this "Firebird", er, firebrand, of a composer
Stravinsky
Alan
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$800
[19]
In 1873 a team using camels became the first Europeans to cross this continent's Great Sandy Desert
Australia
Matt
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|
$1,600
[9]
He's the mighty man of wealthdepicted with Ruth, whom he marries
Boaz
Matt
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$1,200
[15]
The Talking Heads were "fighting fire with fire" in this song that may result in a call to your insurance guy
"Burning Down The House"
Matt
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$1,200
[7]
This Swiss-born psychiatrist known for identifying 5 stages of grief
Kübler-Ross
Matt
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$1,200
[14]
The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher"
Cosa Nostra
Terry
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$1,200
[3]
Felix Mendelssohn composed music to accompany this Shakespeare comedy, including the familiar "Wedding March"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alan
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$1,200
[18]
In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototyperover& its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert
the Atacama
Alan
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|
$2,000
[8]
This man really wanted Jacob to marry his older daughter, Leah, before his younger, Rachel
Laban
Matt
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$1,600
[16]
Called America's defining Celtic hip-hop group, they hit the Top 5 with a 1990s party anthem
House of Pain
Matt
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$1,600
[6]
Thisphotographer with a hyphenated name, one of the first photojournalists hired by Life magazine
Bourke-White
Alan
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$1,600
[13]
For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrarimodels
a Testarossa
Terry
Alan
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$1,600
[1]
MGM's "Song of Love" dramatized this composer falling in love with Clara Schumann, whose husband Robert goes mad
Brahms
Matt
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$2,000
[11]
The brown hyena & the bat-eared fox both make their home in this largest desert of southern Africa
the Kalahari
Alan
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|
DD
$12,000
[10]
This name of the first minor prophet in book order often comes before "can you see" in punny sermon titles
Hosea
Matt
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$2,000
[17]
Ben Kingsley got an Oscar nomination for playing an Iranian immigrant with dreams of home ownership in this drama
House of Sand and Fog
Matt
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$2,000
[5]
Among the class of 2024, this civil rights icon, who at age 6 made history when sheintegrated one of New Orleans' all white schools
(Ruby) Bridges
Matt
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$2,000
[12]
It comes before voce to mean "quietly" & before "il sole della Toscana" to mean the book "Under the Tuscan Sun"
Sotto
Matt
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$2,000
[2]
An analogy:Claude Debussy is to Impressionism as this "Gymnopédies" composer is to Surrealism
Satie
Matt
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DD
$4,000
[4]
Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state
the Chihuahuan Desert (Chihuahua)
Alan
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"Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801" is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found
the Rosetta Stone