Amar Kakirde game 2.
Liz Capouch — a knowledgebase specialist from Blaine, Minnesota
Brendan Gilfillan — a consultant from Alexandria, Virginia
Amar Kakirde — a graduate student from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar | $0 | $400 | $9,200 |
$7,999
2-day champion: $24,599 |
$13,200
16 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Brendan | $2,800 | $3,800 | $3,000 |
$100
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
14 R, 5 W |
| Liz | $1,400 | $1,800 | $5,200 |
$5,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$8,200
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| LIT TITLES BY THE NUMBERS | IT'S A PLANE | THE REAL TAGLINES OF THE REAL HOUSEWIVES | "STOP" THE PRESSES! | ONE FOR THE MONEY | 2 FOR THE SHOW |
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$200
[30]
A question, in this novel: "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" The reply--"That's against the law!"
Fahrenheit 451
Brendan
|
$200
[26]
It's the call sign of the Air Force's C-32, used to carry the vice president, the first lady, & Congress & Cabinet members
Air Force Two
Brendan
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$200
[29]
These "aren't a girl's best friend, martinis are!"
diamonds
Liz
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$200
[17]
One of the first 5 players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Honus Wagner is often considered the greatest ever at this position
shortstop
Brendan
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$200
[16]
The front of the 1 this coin says, "Estados Unidos Mexicanos"
a peso
Liz
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$200
[28]
2 films released on July 21, 2023 were combined by many moviegoers into an informal double feature called this
Barbenheimer
Brendan
|
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$400
[27]
"Some mega-industrialist tycoon" is all we are prepared to quote from this novel, the 1st in an E.L. James trilogy
50 Shades of Grey
|
$400
[22]
In an F-15, Doug Pearson hit a target orbiting at 345 miles to become the only fighter pilot to shoot down one of these
a satellite
Brendan
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$400
[24]
"I may be married to" this kind of doctor, "but I'm 98% real"
a plastic surgeon
Amar
|
$400
[7]
Also known as pixilation, this type of animation adjusts its subject a frame or so at a time
stop motion
Liz
|
$400
[1]
U.S. $1 bills are 1/4 linen & 3/4 this material, with red & blue security fibers
cotton
Liz
|
$400
[23]
In 2016 NYC's Film Forum began a "Return of the Double Feature!" with "Vertigo" & "Rear Window", both starring him
Jimmy Stewart
Brendan
|
|
$600
[8]
Kathy Reichs came up with this many "Bones", typically the amount found in adult humans
206 bones
|
$600
[11]
Described as a flying gas tank, in December 1986, the Ruttan Voyagermanaged to do this in 9 days without refueling
circumnavigate the globe
Amar
|
$600
[4]
"A good set of lashes can fix anything... even" this police pic you never want to pose for
a mug shot
Liz
|
$600
[2]
English term for a jawbreaker candy; Willy Wonka makes everlasting ones
a gobstopper
Brendan
|
$600
[12]
Worth around a quarter, this country's one-million Bolivar note was recently reminted as a one Bolivar note
Venezuela
Amar
|
$600
[3]
Hismemoir, "Cinema Speculation" says, "Wait a minute, you saw a double feature of 'Joe' & 'Where's Poppa?' at age 7? You bet I did"
Tarantino
Brendan
|
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$800
[9]
Mcwatt, Kid Sampson & Nately don't see the end of this satirical World War II-set novel
Catch-22
Brendan
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$800
[10]
In October 1960 pianist Byron Janis was greeted in a Moscow concert hall by angry shouts of the name of this spy plane
U-2
Brendan
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$800
[20]
"I'm not" this younger spouse--"I'm a lifetime achievement award"
a trophy wife
|
$800
[5]
It means something that serves as a temporary substitute, like a spending bill to keep a government running
stopgap
Amar
|
$800
[6]
France's 1-euro coins have this 3-word motto (répondez en français, s'il vous plaît)
Liberté, Egalité & Fraternité
Amar
|
$800
[19]
Memorable B movies, which were the second ones of double features, include this Steve McQueen flick about a gelatinous menace
The Blob
Brendan
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel inspired by a curse placed on his own family
The House of the Seven Gables
|
$1,000
[15]
The Sopwith Wallabywas built to win a £10,000 prize for the first plane to fly from Britain to here; but it crashed on Bali
Australia
Amar
|
$1,000
[25]
"I won Miss U.S.A., not Miss" this, so getting along with others, not a priority
Miss Congeniality
Brendan
|
$1,000
[14]
In "Wicked", the song "Defying Gravity" is this kind of number when the crowd goes wild & the action pauses
a show stopper
Amar
|
DD
$2,800
[13]
Named for a city in Italy, it was a gold coin of Austria, the Netherlands or Great Britain
the florin
Amar
|
$1,000
[21]
A special 2022 horror double feature paired "Pearl" & "X", both starring this fittingly named actress
Mia Goth
|
| CONGRESS ACTED UP | MEN OF SCIENCE | NAME, THE EXPRESSION | SIGNATURE SONGS | MISTAKEN IDENTITY | WHERE IN "THE" WORLD? |
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$400
[28]
An act approved in 1889 enabled "the division" of this territory "into two states"
Dakota Territory
Liz
|
$400
[29]
A hydrostatic principle is named for this Greek who lived much of his life in Syracuse, Sicily, then a Greek city-state
Archimedes
Amar
|
$400
[24]
An inadvertent remark that reveals a hidden wish is called this, after a Viennese doctor
a Freudian slip
Amar
|
$400
[23]
Calling it a signature song, MTV said this 2007 smash "introduced us to Rihanna the superstar"...ar...ar...ar
"Umbrella"
Liz
|
$400
[30]
A newish legal term based on mistaken identity is named for this Jamaican music maker who sang "It Wasn't Me"
Shaggy
Amar
|
$400
[20]
A group of resort communities on the eastern end of Long Island
the Hamptons
Brendan
|
|
$800
[26]
A 2008 act states its mission: "to provide economic" this boosting term "through recovery rebates to individuals"
stimulus
Brendan
|
$800
[25]
James Clerk Maxwell's ideas about Saturn's rings were proved true a century later when this probe got there & looked around
Voyager
|
$800
[6]
There are 2 names in this seemingly criminal phrase that means to craftily move money around
to rob Peter to pay Paul
Brendan
|
$800
[16]
"Soy un perdedor", sings Beck in this, his biggest hit
"Loser"
Brendan
|
$800
[18]
Whitney Cerak, who was in a crash that killed a girl who looked like her: "People wonder" what will be said at this event. "I know"
a funeral
Amar
|
$800
[19]
A coveted border region of Western Europe remilitarized in 1936 in a precursor to World War II
the Rhineland
Amar
|
|
$1,200
[27]
The "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019" was named for this senator & vet who passed in 2018
McCain
Liz
|
$1,200
[5]
In a 1927 paper he wrote, "We simply cannot know the present in principle in all its parameters"
Heisenberg
Liz
|
$1,600
[11]
From a 1712 allegory, a typical Englishman is known as this bovine fellow
John Bull
Amar
|
$1,200
[14]
50 Cent rapped, "You can find me" here, "bottle full of bub"; you could also find him doing it at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show
in da club
Brendan
Liz
|
$1,200
[13]
In the novel "The Good Lord Bird", this abolitionist mistakes Henry Shackleford for a girl & Henry keeps up the ruse
John Brown
Brendan
|
$1,200
[1]
As part of an Angeleno freeway-naming quirk, the L.A. part of the single-digit freeway shownhereis known as this
the 5
|
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
The Helms-Burton Act notes, "Radio Marti" was one of the "effective vehicles for providing the people of" this nation "with news"
Cuba
Amar
|
$1,600
[4]
Alexei Abrikosov won a 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on these resistance-less current carriers
superconductors
|
$2,000
[12]
Meaning exceedingly wealthy, this phrase mentions the last king of Lydia
rich as Croesus
Amar
|
$1,600
[15]
If you've seen a classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch, you'll never unhear the cowbell in this Blue Öyster Cult tune
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
Amar
|
$1,600
[17]
This Shakespeare play involves a double set of twins & much confusion over who is whom
The Comedy of Errors
Amar
|
$1,600
[2]
A narrow strait connecting the Aegean Sea & the Sea of Marmara
the Dardanelles
Amar
|
|
$2,000
[10]
To enforce Prohibition came this act to regulate the manufacture, etc. of alcohol & "promote its use in scientific research"
the Volstead Act
Brendan
|
$2,000
[8]
This Swedish naturalist's "Fundamenta Botanica" set up some rules for the naming of plants
Linnaeus
Amar
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
A nickname for Friedrich is in this expression used of broken electronics
on the fritz
Liz
|
$2,000
[22]
Haley Williams took "Misery Business" out of this band's live set for a time, but their fans still love it
Paramore
Liz
|
$2,000
[21]
In legend Merlin transforms this man into the likeness of Igraine's hubby, the Duke of Cornwall, so he can seduce her
Uther Pendragon
|
$2,000
[3]
A coastal region of North Africa between the Sahara Desert & the Mediterranean Sea
the Maghreb
|
Rembrandt's only seascape is set here, where the main figure once said, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?"
the Sea of Galilee