2024Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 8.
Ben Ingram — a business control specialist originally from Florence, South Carolina
Dhruv Gaur — a grad student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Victoria Groce — a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | $3,400 | $7,600 | $22,800 |
$28,801
Winner: semifinalist |
$22,800
28 R, 3 W |
| Dhruv | $5,400 | $5,200 | $14,400 |
$5,999
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,600
12 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Ben | $-1,600 | $-200 | $5,800 |
$7,654
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK | STATE FLAGS | A STANDOUT STAND-UP | PENALTIES & BONUSES | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES | 13-LETTER WORDS |
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$200
[21]
You get an "A" if you know that Horace described this emotion as "a short madness"
anger
Ben
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$200
[22]
Not "E pluribus unum" but this national motto appears on the flags of Georgia & Mississippi
In God We Trust
Ben
|
$200
[28]
Roy Wood Jr.: "If they can make a documentary about your time" in this post held by Spiro Agnew, you did the job "incorrectly"
vice president
Victoria
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$200
[17]
A "quicker picker upper", or a bonus given at some poker tournaments after knocking out specific players
a bounty
Victoria
|
$200
[29]
"Double your pleasure, double your fun" with this brand
Doublemint
Victoria
|
$200
[8]
From the Latin for "ask", it's the formal & systematic questioning of a suspect
interrogation
Dhruv
|
|
$400
[24]
In "Oedipus at Colonus", he wrote, "Acceptance--that is the great lesson suffering teaches"
Sophocles
Victoria
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$400
[23]
In 1992 this state replaced the words "The Sunshine State" on its flag with the words "The Mount Rushmore State"
South Dakota
Dhruv
|
$400
[20]
What to do with Wanda Sykes' ashes? "Spread 'em over" this actress, Storm in "X-Men"; "she don't even have to be at the funeral"
Halle Berry
Dhruv
|
$400
[18]
In the Gospel of John, the Pharisees told Jesus that this was the penalty for adultery; he told them to be cautious judging
death by stoning
Victoria
|
$400
[30]
"I don't wanna grow up, I'm" this kind of "kid"
a Toys "R" Us kid
Victoria
|
$400
[4]
It's the type of photo seen here; what do we gotta do, put it on a silver plate for you
a daguerreotype
Dhruv
|
|
$600
[9]
In his "Histories", he quoted Solon as saying, "Before he dies, call no man happy--he is at best but fortunate"
Herodotus
Dhruv
|
$600
[3]
Representations of the North Star & this other night sky feature appear on Alaska's flag
the Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
Dhruv
Ben
|
$600
[25]
Hisearly stand-up bits like the over-chatty ventriloquist are part of what made him a legend
Albert Brooks
|
$600
[19]
Look out below! CEO severance from a company may be in the form of this 2-word type with a precious metal in its name
a golden parachute
Victoria
|
$600
[12]
This chain promised "We'll leave the light on for you"
Motel 6
Victoria
|
$600
[5]
In this type of democracy, the political party with the most legislative seats forms a government
parliamentary
Dhruv
|
|
$1,000
[11]
We're not sure if he found him, but this cynic, lantern in tote, was quoted as saying he was "looking for an honest man"
Diogenes
Victoria
|
$800
[1]
This state's flag features the frigate Raleigh, built in Portsmouth in 1776 & the first ship to fly the U.S. flag in a sea battle
New Hampshire
Victoria
|
$800
[26]
On "Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Albums", from Blaine Capatch: "2 Foot 2 Loose" by Kenny Loggins & "Idahoication" by this bunch of Flea's
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Victoria
|
$800
[15]
There are fines & fees & then there's this other "F" word referring to property seized by the po-po for criminal reasons
forfeiture
Victoria
|
$800
[13]
This brand has been advertised as "Two, two, two mints in one"
Certs
Victoria
|
$800
[6]
This "-ism" describes the ongoing habit of judging foreign groups by the standards of one's own culture
ethnocentrism
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
In "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars", it's said that his last words were "What an artist dies with me!"
Nero
Dhruv
|
$1,000
[2]
This state's flag bears the words "Battle Born", referring to it becoming a state during the Civil War
Nevada
Victoria
|
$1,000
[27]
A chapter in Laurie Kilmartin's "Dead People Suck" is "Home Hospice: Die Surrounded by Stuff You Meant to Take to" this charity
Goodwill
Victoria
Dhruv
|
$1,000
[16]
Mark Twain loved this Louisiana French word for something extra given after a transaction is completed
a lagniappe
Ben
|
$1,000
[14]
"Quick, Henry," this old-time insecticide that also means to move quickly from place to place
Flit
Ben
|
$1,000
[7]
From the Latin for "to take away secretly", it means secret or sneaky
surreptitious
Dhruv
|
| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s | A WARMING TREND | MR. OR MRS. SONG | EPONYMS |
|
$400
[1]
This man whose name went on 2 continents explored the coast of Suriname in 1499
(Amerigo) Vespucci
Victoria
|
$400
[30]
This playwright created the memorable characters Laura Wingfield & Blanche DuBois
(Tennessee) Williams
Ben
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$400
[21]
"A":This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother's womb
amniotic fluid
Victoria
|
$400
[6]
Consider your heart (but really, these) warmed in song via "roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose"
chestnuts
Ben
|
$400
[29]
(It was only a hit) it was only a hit over a year after its release; now this song by the Killers is called a "millennial anthem"
"Mr. Brightside"
Victoria
|
$400
[25]
A French aerialist gave us this name for a tight-fitting one-piece worn today by everyone from dancers to pro wrestlers
a leotard
Ben
|
|
$1,200
[16]
Cemented in Argentine history is this man, whose 1986 World Cup goal was aided by the "Hand of God"
Maradona
Victoria
|
$800
[28]
In the preface to "Major Barbara" he wrote, "The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty"
Shaw
Ben
|
$1,200
[11]
"A":You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad
alleles
Victoria
|
$800
[7]
After deep torpor, a Rivoli's this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus
a hummingbird
Victoria
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$800
[27]
Rapper Nas, aka Nasir Jones, claims to be the inspiration for this woman's "Me & Mr. Jones" from "Back to Black"
Winehouse
Victoria
|
$800
[19]
The surname of women rights advocate Amelia inspired this style of knickers
bloomers
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Huascar co-ruled the Inca from Cuzco; his brother Atahualpa ruled from this city that also ends in "O"
Quito
|
$1,200
[9]
1887's "Ivanov", an early work by this playwright, centers on a depressed young man who considers suicide
Chekhov
Victoria
|
$1,600
[4]
"B":This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones
bilirubin
Ben
|
$1,200
[8]
This "official blanket with sleeves" sold 4 million in the 2008 holiday season after its fall introduction
a Snuggie
Victoria
|
$1,200
[24]
Paul Simon said this Yankee was baffled by a lyric in "Mrs. Robinson", telling Paul, "I haven't gone anywhere"
Joe DiMaggio
Ben
|
$1,200
[14]
Last name of Belgian inventor Adolphe, who lent his name to a brass wind instrument that ranges in type from sopranino to bass
Sax
Dhruv
Ben
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia's rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich
tin
Ben
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$1,600
[3]
Teleplaywright J.P. Miller first gave us these "Days" of an alcoholic couple, later a movie & then a Broadway musical in 2024
the Days of Wine and Roses
Victoria
|
$2,000
[12]
"C" "C":2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself
the cell cycle
Victoria
|
$1,600
[13]
One recipe from the Russian Tea Room for hot this soup includes 5 ounces of beets as well as short ribs & pork butt
borscht
Ben
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$1,600
[23]
Avian name of the Adam Duritz band that in the '90s sang, "Mr. Jones & me tell each other fairy tales"
Counting Crows
Victoria
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$1,600
[18]
A Kochel number, used to list this composer's works, is named for the Austrian who indexed them
Mozart
Dhruv
|
|
$2,000
[17]
This Venezuelan president said in 2019 that protesters would not go unpunished & accused the U.S. of plotting against him
Nicolás Maduro
Victoria
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$2,000
[10]
As this Beth Henley play opens in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, one of the 3 Magrath sisters has recently shot her husband
Crimes of the Heart
Victoria
|
DD
$6,400
[15]
"C":In myth, it's a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it's an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA
chimera
Dhruv
|
$2,000
[26]
In this Bible book once alluded to by Samuel L. Jackson, "Another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord"
Ezekiel
Victoria
|
$2,000
[22]
Bob Dylan wrote, "Drugs never played a part" in the creation of this song about a percussionist
"Mr. Tambourine Man"
Victoria
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$2,000
[20]
The name of this Trojan hero made it into the lexicon as a verb meaning to bully or harass
Hector
Ben
|
Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last
Uzbekistan