2024Jeopardy! Mastersfinal game 2.
Yogesh Raut — a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (subtotal of 19,200)
James Holzhauer — the self-described "final boss" ofJeopardy!from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of 28,309)
Victoria Groce — a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (subtotal of 21,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | — | $5,600 | $34,000 | $34,000 |
$21,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| James | — | $2,800 | $8,800 | $9,708 |
$8,800
11 R, 0 W |
| Yogesh | — | $5,799 | $15,799 | $26,710 |
$15,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| NUMERIC GEOGRAPHY | IT'S ALL GREEK MYTH TO ME | TINY BUBBLES | NAMES IN FASHION | "I" TUNES | THIS! ISN'T! JEOPARDY! |
|
$200
[13]
Near Harrisburg in the Susquehanna River, a dangerous partial meltdown happened here on March 28, 1979
Three Mile Island
James
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$200
[16]
A man with seriously load-bearing legs, he turned to stone via Gorgon head & became part of a mountain range
Atlas
Victoria
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$200
[8]
The bubbly type of Alka-Seltzer can contain sodium or potassium bicarbonate, both types of this neutralizer
an antacid
|
$200
[26]
In the TV series "The New Look" about fashion emerging from WWII, Ben Mendelsohn is Dior & Juliette Binoche is this rival
Chanel
Yogesh
|
$200
[25]
Eric Clapton's only No. 1 Billboard single was back in 1974, covering this song
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Victoria
|
$200
[5]
It's better to be granted this status of refuge than be placed involuntarily into a very different type
asylum
|
|
$400
[12]
The Cinque Ports ("5 harbors") of southeast England include Dover & this one famous for an 11th century battle
Hastings
Yogesh
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$400
[15]
A 2018 medical paper was titled "Prometheus and" this body organ "Regeneration: the Dissection of a Myth"
liver
James
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$400
[9]
This Benedictine monk who was all about the bubbles produced a lovely type of wine that was served to Louis XIV
Dom Perignon
Yogesh
|
$400
[27]
Hervé Légermade his name with this figure-hugging dress; Kim Kardashian was an avowed fan
the bandage dress
Victoria
|
$400
[21]
Reeve Carney played the toxic boyfriend who looks like an angel when smiling at Taylor Swift in the video for this song
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
Victoria
|
$400
[6]
The State Dept. says the concept of this 2-word term dates to messengers being allowed to travel in safety between opposing tribes
diplomatic immunity
James
|
|
$600
[11]
This Australian town near Adelaide no longer has the single item that supplied its name & Chad Michael Murray isn't there either
One Tree Hill
Yogesh
|
$600
[14]
This 50-oared ship had a rather unique non-factory feature: wood donated by Athena that could tell the future
the Argo
Victoria
James
|
$600
[17]
After hardening, this type of rock formed by frothy lava is filled with tiny air bubbles, allowing it to float
pumice
James
|
$600
[28]
Learning to sew in Auschwitz, Martin Greenfieldwent on to dress presidents, Sinatra &this mobsterwho wore a 40-short
Meyer Lansky
|
$600
[20]
Ed Sheeran collabed with Justin Bieber on this 2019 hit about feeling like you don't fit in
"I Don't Care"
James
|
$600
[22]
In "I Am Woman", "If I have to, I can do anything; I am strong", "I am" this, so I can't be beaten
invincible
Victoria
|
|
$800
[10]
Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Carbonneau was born in Sept-Îles, or "7 islands"; they're in the gulf named for this river
the St. Lawrence
Yogesh
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$800
[2]
Guarded by a dragon (it didn't end well for the dragon), these were the fruits of a herculean labor
the golden apples (of the Hesperides)
Yogesh
|
$800
[18]
This 13-letter noun meaning the formation of tiny bubbles has the letter E in it 5, count 'em, 5 times
effervescence
Victoria
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$800
[29]
This fashion house founded by a Spaniard was the first to partner with Fortnite, creating luxury skins for players
Balenciaga
Victoria
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$800
[7]
Kacey Musgraves recalled having strep throat while recording this Grammy-winning duet with Zach Bryan
"I Remember Everything"
Victoria
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$800
[23]
From Latin for sacred, it could be claimed to get into a medieval church to save your life, but later you'd be exiled
sanctuary
Yogesh
|
|
$1,000
[3]
The Chinese mainland part of Hong Kong, this peninsula has a name meaning "9 Dragons"
Kowloon
Yogesh
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$1,000
[1]
In the "Odyssey", this god is sent by Zeus to I.M. Odysseus: I'm voting you off Calypso's island
Hermes
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$1,000
[19]
Caused by tiny gas bubbles, the bends is also called this disease, named for a box-like underwater workspace
caisson disease
Yogesh
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$1,000
[30]
In 2024 the fashion world was stunned as this Belgian designer announced plans for his retirement
van Noten
Victoria
|
DD
$1,799
[4]
In the 1980s Windex competitor Glass Plus seized on the obvious & used a version of this 1972 song in its ads
"I Can See Clearly Now"
Yogesh
|
$1,000
[24]
Regarding protection, one is "under" it; regarding Greek myth, one uses it as a shield or breastplate
an aegis
Victoria
|
| AFRICAN HISTORY | "K" "J" FOR THE WIN | NEW MATERIAL ABOUT OLD MATERIAL | WOMEN IN POEMS | TV | FAMOUS HOSTS |
|
$400
[21]
With hand bones that could have operated with precision, this first species in the genus Homo hung out in East Africa 2 million years ago
Homo habilis
Victoria
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$400
[22]
It's a nearly automatic reflex reaction to a stimulus
knee-jerk
James
|
$400
[23]
About 15 feet long by 4 feet wide, this linen relic has been preserved since 1578 at the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista
the Shroud of Turin
Victoria
|
$400
[24]
"Highborn kinsmen" separated her from her love & "shut her up in a sepulchre" in a "kingdom by the sea"
Annabel Lee
Victoria
|
$400
[25]
The title of this John Ritter sitcom refers to a list that includes "4. Bring her home late, there's no next date"
8 Simple Rules ( for Dating My Teenage Daughter )
Victoria
|
$400
[30]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has had guest hosts like my pals Anthony Anderson & John Mulaney, but on January 24, 2013, my show was commandeered by this horrible disgrace of a human being
Matt Damon
Yogesh
|
|
$800
[14]
1 of the 3 countries that border Liberia; all of them gained independence more than 111 years later, between 1958 & 1961
Sierra Leone (or Guinea or Côte d'Ivoire)
Yogesh
|
$800
[13]
Type of person who ruins the pleasures of others
a killjoy
Victoria
|
DD
$800
[20]
Taken to England in 1296, this 26x16x11 block of pale yellow sandstone has but one decoration--a Latin cross
the Stone of Scone
Victoria
|
$1,200
[9]
Sylvia Plath titled a poem "Lady" this biblical figure; "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair"
Lazarus
Victoria
|
$800
[26]
It's the maiden name of "X-Files" creator Chris Carter's mother
Mulder
James
Yogesh
|
$800
[29]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) A rambunctious part of the audience that blew the woof off Arsenio Hall's talk show was known as this, like asection of the bleachersat a Cleveland Browns game
the Dog Pound
Victoria
|
|
$1,200
[1]
This Libyan port is known for its role in WWII: British troops captured it in January 1941, lost it & retook it in November 1942
Tobruk
Victoria
|
$1,200
[5]
Nickname of the NBA's all-time top scorer
King James
James
|
$1,200
[19]
The National Archives copy of the Articles of Confederation is written on this, much more durable than the articles
parchment
Victoria
|
$1,600
[8]
The title ruler of this long Shelley poem drives a time chariot; the spirit of Shelley's first child is her passenger
Queen Mab
|
$1,200
[15]
Cat Deeley is the longtime host of this terpsichorean show
So You Think You Can Dance
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) Hosting the Oscars is a tough gig no matter who you are; in 1963, Frank Sinatrawas called "no Bob Hope" &, on top of that, this film in which he played Major Bennett Marcowent home empty-handed
The Manchurian Candidate
Yogesh
|
|
$1,600
[6]
This 6-syllable lifesaver of the Rwandan genocide was later imprisoned but released in 2023 after international pressure
Rusesabagina
Yogesh
|
$1,600
[2]
Food energy has varying units of measurement; 1,000 calories equals 4,200 of these, abbreviated kJ
kilojoules
Yogesh
|
$1,600
[18]
Before this rock was a classroom writing surface, it was used to make the 3000s B.C. version of friendship bracelets in Finland
slate
James
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1862 this sister of a painter/poet introduced us to Lizzie & Laura, both tempted by the wares of "the Goblin Market"
Christina Rossetti
Victoria
|
$1,600
[7]
Basil Fawlty asks a hotel guest what she expected as a view in this town: "Sydney Opera House? Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"
Torquay
Victoria
|
$1,600
[27]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) Trimalchio, a former slave turned rich man, hosted a rager with high-wire dancers, a cooked cow wearing a helmet & a mock funeral in this ancient Roman work
the Satyricon
Victoria
|
|
$2,000
[3]
This Congolese leader was such a world hero that a Moscow University was named for him in 1961, the year he was assassinated
Lumumba
Yogesh
|
$2,000
[12]
Works by this German existentialist philosopher & author include "Man in the Modern Age"
Karl Jaspers
|
$2,000
[17]
A London museum has 2 of these, steel, each weighing 17 1/2 pounds, made in France, 1790-94
guillotine blades
James
|
DD
$13,600
[11]
This lass was the daughter of Benedict Bellefontaine, "the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre"
Evangeline
Victoria
|
$2,000
[4]
Hulu miniseries where Kumail Nanjiani gets rich serving up beefcake
Welcome to Chippendales
Victoria
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$2,000
[16]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) In 1941 a fancy surreal dinner party to benefit European refugees where even the fish were in satin slippers was hosted by this duo, an artist & his wife
Salvador Dalí & Gala Éluard Dalí
Yogesh
|
The New York Times wrote of this woman who had died in 1951, "Though she was forgotten at the time, part of her remained alive"
Henrietta Lacks