Allison Gross game 1.
Allison Gross — a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio
Daniel King — a Brown University graduate from Parsippany, New Jersey
Matthew Smith — a paramedic from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $2,200 | $2,600 | $7,000 |
$2,100
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
10 R, 2 W |
| Daniel | $1,800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
$3,998
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,000
6 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Allison | $2,000 | $5,800 | $11,800 |
$9,599
New champion: $9,599 |
$10,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| "ONE" OF THOSE BOOKS | DEATH IN THE CAPITAL | IT'S ALL RELATIVE | HODGEPODGE | TV MOVIES | WORDS IN JEOPARDY |
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$200
[30]
Ichthyologists, take note--this Seuss book says of other fauna, "None of them is like another, don't ask us why, go ask your mother"
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Allison
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$200
[29]
Journalist John Reed died in this city & was buried with other Bolshevik heroes
Moscow
Allison
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$200
[27]
One reputed origin of this national symbol is a beef supplier to the Army who stamped his barrels "U.S."
Uncle Sam
Matthew
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$200
[24]
In 1986 Steve Jobs bought this animation studio for $5 million; in 2006 it was sold to Disney for $7.4 billion
Pixar
Allison
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$200
[28]
She Freaky Fridayed herself into Elizabeth Taylor's body for the Lifetime biopic "Liz & Dick"
Lindsay Lohan
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$200
[14]
This word for a container of jam or pickles comes from the Arabic for a water vessel
jar
Daniel
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$400
[19]
Janet Evanovich preceded "Two for the Dough" with this title
One for the Money
Allison
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$400
[21]
This Doors frontman reportedly died in a Paris bathtub July 3, 1971; others believe he faked his death
Jim Morrison
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$400
[22]
It's the title of the head nun at a convent; for the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, it's Anne Francis Ng'ang'a
mother superior
Allison
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$400
[23]
8,000 tons of iron were used to build this landmark completed in 1889
the Eiffel Tower
Matthew
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$400
[26]
Steven Soderbergh was behind the camera to direct Michael Douglas as this man in "Behind the Candelabra"
Liberace
Allison
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$400
[13]
This verb meaning to love & worship is found in the lyrics of "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
adore
Matthew
|
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$600
[15]
This title is from something David Sedaris said trying to learn French; another is "I know the thing what you speak exact now"
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Allison
|
$600
[20]
Prime ministers John A. MacDonald & Lester Pearson both died in this city
Ottawa
Matthew
Allison
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$600
[5]
Felix Silla played the robot Twiki on "Buck Rogers", a "Planet of the Apes" gorilla child & this hairy character on "The Addams Family"
Cousin Itt
Allison
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$600
[17]
In 1898 Bayer began to bottle & market this now very illegal drug as a pain reliever & cough suppressant
heroin
Matthew
Daniel
Allison
|
$600
[25]
Sheplayed women suffrage leader Alice Paul in HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels"
Hilary Swank
|
$600
[12]
In 2023 Manny Machado agreed to a $350 million deal to remain one
a Padre
|
|
$800
[4]
This John Lindqvist book about a vampire named Eli living in the Swedish suburbs got the film treatment
Let the Right One In
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$1,000
[1]
This Merry Monarch wasn't so merry when he died in London in 1685
Charles II
Allison
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$800
[3]
Also known as a harvestman, this spiderlike arachnid is nonvenomous & first appeared more than 400 million years ago
the daddy long-legs
Daniel
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$800
[7]
Check out thelightning show at Fuego, a volcano in this Central American nation bordered by Mexico & Belize
Guatemala
Daniel
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$800
[10]
Billy Crystal directed this numerically titled film in which Roger Maris tries to break a record
61*
Matthew
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$800
[8]
The ancient poet Pindar was an early master of this type of lyric poem
an ode
Allison
|
|
$1,000
[18]
This Solzhenitsyn book describes a 24-hour period of a prisoner in the gulag system
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Matthew
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Pope Julius II called him to Rome to do his art thing; he died there in 1564
Michelangelo
Allison
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$1,000
[2]
In literature, Tom Sawyer's guardian was this relative who was based in part on Mark Twain's own mom
Aunt Polly
Allison
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$1,000
[6]
Developed along with this company that made the Land Cruiser, Japan's moon rover is nicknamed the lunar cruiser
Toyota
Matthew
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$1,000
[11]
A biopic about this late celebrity & star of "Romeo Must Die" was subtitled "The Princess of R&B"
Aaliyah
|
$1,000
[9]
Awagon, especially one without sides, used to haul heavy loads
a dray
|
| AROUND THE ADRIATIC | PRONUNCIATION ADVICE | DINOSAURS | DO YOU KNOW YOUR RALPHABET? | TEAR U-S APART | POP MUSIC |
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$400
[20]
Look, kids, it's Santa's skull! In the 1950s the bones of this saint were examined, then put back in their crypt in Bari, Italy
St. Nicholas
Daniel
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$400
[21]
It doesn't take prizewinning journalism to know its first syllable sounds like a synonym for "tug"; Joseph said so
Pulitzer
|
$400
[25]
Like other bipedal hadrosaurs, the Anatosaurus had this feature just like the platypus
a duckbill
Daniel
|
$400
[27]
L:The company named for him is RL on the New York Stock Exchange
Ralph Lauren
Allison
|
$800
[12]
With 6 letters:Place you're "kicked" to if you're moved to a more prestigious, less effective job
upstairs
Allison
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$1,200
[23]
In "The Queens Remix" of this song, Beyoncé mashed up Madonna's "Vogue", updating the rap to honor Black icons
"Break My Soul"
|
|
$800
[19]
Split on the Dalmatian coast of this country is a popular cruise ship stop; Diocletian's Palace is a popular attraction there
Croatia
Matthew
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$800
[6]
J.K. Rowling caused some consternation in 2015 by saying the T in this name is silent
Voldemort
Allison
|
$800
[26]
The way the human-sized Troodon incubated its eggs provides a link to these, which evolved from one line of dinos
birds
Matthew
|
$800
[10]
N:He wasn't a favorite of the car industry, but the Automotive Hall of Fame inducted him in 2016
(Ralph) Nader
Matthew
|
$1,200
[9]
With 5 letters:The hero of the "Odyssey" in Alexander Pope's translation
Ulysses
Allison
|
$1,600
[22]
"Is This It?", the 2001 debut album from these New Yorkers, included "Last Nite"
The Strokes
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Adria was an important enough port that they named the sea after it, until this river's delta got all silted up
the Po
|
$1,200
[3]
In a post on how to say La Jolla, Willamette, etc., this travel guide brand mentions it rhymes with "Matt Bomer's"
Frommer's
Allison
|
$1,200
[13]
The most complete skeleton of a T-rex was found in 1990 in South Dakota & is now housed at this Natural History Museum in Chicago
the Field Museum
Allison
|
$1,200
[16]
E:In "The American Scholar" he wrote, "Character is higher than intellect"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Allison
|
$1,600
[7]
With 2 letters:The novelist who wrote big books like "Exodus" & "The Haj"
(Leon) Uris
Allison
|
$2,000
[24]
(Legendary songwriter Diane Warren presents the clue.) You might not remember the film "Mannequin", but I hope you remember my song from it that says, "And we can build this dream together standing strong forever", this 5-word title
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Once federated with Serbia, it's the smallest in area of the nations bordering on the Adriatic Sea
Montenegro
Allison
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
It became a Canadian province in 1949 & poet E.J. Pratt advised, accent on the last syllable, swallow the 1st D
Newfoundland
Daniel
|
$1,600
[2]
In 1822 Gideon & Mary Mantell found the first remains of the Iguanodon; well, actually just these, the source of the "don" part
the teeth
|
$1,600
[17]
B:Thisdiplomat chaired the poli sci department at Howard University before winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph Bunche
|
$2,000
[8]
With 5 letters:John Wilkes Booth's despairing last word
useless
|
— |
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$2,000
[5]
The Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy's "boot" & Albania separates the Adriatic from this sea to the south
the Ionian
Daniel
|
$2,000
[4]
The medical community wants you to not start this word for removal of ovaries with an "oof" sound
an oophorectomy
Matthew
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1888 Othniel Marsh gave a Montana discovery this 8-letter name; it had fewer horns than a more famous dino
Ceratops
Allison
|
$2,000
[11]
R:This Christian Coalition leader was a spokesman for the evangelical movement
Ralph Reed
|
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She's introduced in an 1845 novella in which she wears a short skirt with her mantilla thrown back to show her shoulders
Carmen