Adriana Harmeyer game 8.
Amogha Tadimety — a biotech startup founder from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kevin Stuhlmann — a pastor from Rochester Hills, Michigan
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (whose 7-day cash winnings total $155,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana | $2,600 | $5,800 | $19,600 |
$27,400
8-day champion: $183,100 |
$20,600
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $1,400 | $4,400 | $13,600 |
$7,300
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,600
15 R, 1 W |
| Amogha | $600 | $1,000 | $3,600 |
$5,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THAT'S SO 1990s | MICHIGAN | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS | I GOT RHYTHM | THE MAIL PERSPECTIVE | TV COUPLING |
|
$200
[3]
A 1991 Senate resolution decried this country's "illegal occupation of & brutal aggression against Kuwait"
Iraq
Adriana
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$200
[16]
After it became Michigan's capital, this city was connected by Plank Road to Detroit in the 1850s
Lansing
Adriana
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$200
[19]
It's from the Greek for "nameless", but you didn't hear it from me
anonymous
Kevin
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$200
[9]
Also a unit of measurement, it refers to systematically arranged poetic rhythm, measured in feet
meter
Adriana
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$200
[23]
The U.S. Post Office established this 5-digit system in 1963; the first 3 digits indicate the section of the country
ZIP codes
Adriana
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$200
[1]
Carrie & Big, in the Big Apple
Sex and the City
Amogha
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$400
[8]
The July 1997 "Cool Britannia" party, with rockers & designers as guests, was hosted by this new prime minister
Tony Blair
Adriana
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$400
[17]
Someone told me it's all happening at this 'zoo, birthplace of Edna Ferber & home to Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Amogha
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$400
[2]
This type of institution could be called a monk-y house
a monastery
Adriana
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$400
[18]
What was called "race" or "sepia" music after World War II was fortunately renamed this 2-part genre
rhythm & blues
Adriana
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$400
[30]
Will Hays promoted air mail service in this government job before taking a new one imposing standards on films with his "code"
postmaster general
Adriana
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$400
[7]
Meredith & Derek, smooth operators
Grey's Anatomy
Amogha
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$600
[10]
It was checkmate for Garry Kasparov, who lost to Deep Blue, made by this company; Garry, I can totally relate
IBM
Kevin
|
$600
[20]
Someone told me it's all happening at this "soo" at the northeastern end of the Upper Peninsula with a same-named twin city in Canada
Sault Ste Marie
Adriana
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$800
[14]
It can be a natural disposition to do something, or a degree of slope
inclination
Kevin
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$600
[24]
In 1950 he painted (well, dripped & poured) "Autumn Rhythm"; autumn was the season he created it; rhythm, who knows?
Jackson Pollock
Adriana
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$600
[29]
8 riders died in the 18 months of this service in 1860 & 1861, but the ad reading "orphans preferred" is a myth
the Pony Express
Adriana
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$600
[4]
Stede & Blackbeard, on the high seas
Our Flag Means Death
Adriana
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$800
[11]
Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics & built thefacilitycalled this Olympic Park as part of the festivities
Centennial Olympic Park
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$800
[21]
The name of this city in the west of the state refers tofast-moving wateron a certain river
Grand Rapids
Kevin
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$1,000
[15]
It's the adjective for an exaggerated fear of a dead body
necrophobic
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$800
[25]
It's a synonym for rhythm & "Everywhere I Go" is an ROTC marching one; so is "Pebbles & Bam Bam"
cadences
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$800
[28]
Found in many mailboxes & trash cans beside them, Big Blue was the plus-size mailer for this alliterative home decor chain
Bed Bath & Beyond
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$800
[5]
Carol & Mike, combining forces
The Brady Bunch
Adriana
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$1,000
[12]
This Texas city was in the news in 1993 for a raid on a nearby compound; in 2023 Donald Trump held his first campaign rally there
Waco
Adriana
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$1,000
[22]
Known for its killer cereals, this south-central city was named for a fight between duos of surveyors & local Native Americans
Battle Creek
Kevin
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
Let's "walk" over to this word describing something ordinary or commonplace
pedestrian
Adriana
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$1,000
[26]
Blue light from your cell phone affects this, your 24-hour internal clock controlling your sleep-wake cycle, so no scrolling in bed!
circadian rhythm
Adriana
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$1,000
[27]
In 1914, 5-year-old May Pierstorff's parents bought 53 cents of stamps to mail the child this alliterative way to see Grammy & Grampy
parcel post
Kevin
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$1,000
[6]
Missandei & Grey Worm, more than pawns
Game of Thrones
Adriana
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| BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY | BRAVING THE ELEMENTS' SYMBOLS | MOVIES' OPENING LINES | AMERICANA | A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE | A DANGEROUS THING |
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$400
[7]
King Herod ordered the murder of all children aged 2 years or under in this city
Bethlehem
Kevin
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$400
[16]
Let's substitute its symbol into some familiar names & phrases--the Ag surfer; an Ag-tongued devil; hi-yo, Ag! Away!
silver
Adriana
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$400
[6]
1995, narration:"I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar"
Braveheart
Kevin
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$400
[12]
For a dry-cleaning process, Thomas Jennings is believed to have been the first Black American to be granted one of these, in 1821
a patent
Amogha
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$400
[17]
Online, T.I.L. is short for this phrase reflecting something new you found out about
today I learned
Adriana
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$400
[30]
E. coli & salmonella, types of these, can propagate when food is exposed to the "danger zone" of 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit
bacteria
Kevin
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$800
[8]
Joseph died at age 110 "and he was put in a coffin in" this country where he had held high power
Egypt
Adriana
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$800
[1]
Going with atomic No. 8, this single-letter symbol represents something you just can't live without... literally
O
Adriana
Amogha
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$800
[2]
2010:"I had the craziest dream last night. I was dancing the white swan"
Black Swan
Adriana
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$800
[22]
We salute Lou Conter, the last survivor of this battleship sunk in Pearl Harbor, who passed away in 2024 at 102
the Arizona
Kevin
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$800
[18]
This adjective refers to the nature of a certain reference book, or wide-ranging knowledge in general
encyclopedic
Adriana
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$800
[26]
With infraredpitsbetween its eyes & nostrils, the venomousbushmasteris a potentially deadly type of this snake
a viper
Amogha
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$1,200
[9]
Jesus' first recorded miracle was turning water into wine at a marriage feast in this town in Galilee
Cana
Kevin
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Alphabetically, it's the first element with a single letter as its symbol
boron
Amogha
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$1,200
[3]
1985:"Saturday, March 24, 1984. Shermer High School. Shermer, Illinois. 60062. Dear Mr. Vernon"
The Breakfast Club
Adriana
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$1,200
[23]
In the 1890s at a gym in Springfield, Mass., he nailed 2 peach baskets to the rails of a balcony to create the game of basketball
Naismith
Adriana
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$1,200
[19]
If your knowledge has come to you through repetition or routine, you've learned "by" this 4-letter way that also starts with "R"
rote
Adriana
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$1,200
[27]
Downbursts can cause this turbulent flying condition in which winds of different speeds & directions buffet planes
a wind shear
Kevin
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$1,600
[10]
St. Paul wrote epistles to the Christian community he had founded in this Greek city on an isthmus of the same name
Corinth
Kevin
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$1,600
[14]
We're not a rock band but we're playing this element, Pd, anyway--it's used in dental fillings & catalytic converters
palladium
Amogha
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$1,600
[4]
1986, narration:"I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959"
Stand By Me
Adriana
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$1,600
[24]
Yay, there's a vacancy at the 85-year-old Blue Swallow Motelon historic Route 66 in Tucumcari in this state
New Mexico
Adriana
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$1,600
[20]
Idiomatically, "becoming well" this sounds like you've mastered stanzas, but it really means you're mastering any subject
versed
Amogha
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$1,600
[28]
The 1951 court case Dennis v. United States modified this paired type of "danger" as a test for suppressing speech
clear & present
Kevin
|
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$2,000
[11]
King Nebuchadnezzar gave Daniel many great gifts & "made him ruler over the whole province" of this
Babylon
Kevin
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$2,000
[15]
Hip replacements can utilize titanium or this element right below it on the periodic table, Zr
zirconium
Amogha
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
1970:"Be seated. Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country"
Patton
Adriana
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$2,000
[25]
Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916 with this 6-word campaign slogan; a few months later, it was no longer true
he kept us out of war
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$2,000
[21]
Another word for a storehouse or burial place, one of these "of knowledge" is someone who is full of useful info
a repository
Amogha
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$2,000
[29]
Many American soldiers needed prosthetics due to these 3-letter devices called the signature weapon of the Iraq War
IEDs
Kevin
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During a 1972 presidential visit, Richard Nixon discussed a poem by this leader called "Ode to the Plum Blossom"
Chairman Mao Zedong