Isaac Hirsch game 3.
Sarah Crocker — a writer and editor from Aurora, Colorado
Alex Wang — a rising senior at Duke University from Harrington Park, New Jersey
Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $47,986)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac | $5,800 | $7,000 | $26,200 |
$22,200
3-day champion: $70,186 |
$25,000
33 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Alex! | $0 | $400 | $1,600 |
$2,010
2nd place: $3,000 |
$2,200
4 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $2,400 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
$500
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 3 W |
| GEO-POURRI | ORGANIZATIONS | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES | POP MUSIC | LAYERS | LET'S TALK ABOUT CAKE |
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$200
[25]
It's the country (& continent) where you'll find the Murray-Darling Basin
Australia
Isaac
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$200
[28]
The African Wildlife Foundation looks out for our 4-legged friends, as in its ad campaign "Only Elephants Should Wear" this
ivory
Isaac
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$200
[29]
In Côte d'Ivoire French slang, mon pain, literally "my" this, means "my boyfriend"
bread
Sarah
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$200
[26]
Learning that her ex had become engaged to another woman inspired her to write "Someone Like You", a No.1 hit in 2011
Adele
Isaac
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$200
[30]
In dating strata or layers of rock, this pretty basic principle is called the law of superposition
older stuff's on the bottom (lower layers are older than the ones up above)
Isaac
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$200
[18]
A classic New York one of these uses cream cheese & Graham cracker crust; it should be cooked in a water bath too
cheesecake
Isaac
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$400
[22]
One theory says the name of this mountain chain comes from the Quechua for "high crest"
the Andes
Isaac
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$400
[24]
The National Alliance to End this says on a given night in 2023, about 650,000 people in the U.S. were experiencing it
homelessness
Sarah
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$400
[19]
Some French people hold une clope, one of these, between 2 fingers outside a bistro as they contemplate life's meaning
a cigarette
Alex!
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$400
[17]
This duo's albums include "Sounds of Silence" & "The Concert in Central Park"
Simon and Garfunkel
Sarah
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$400
[27]
In painting your masterpiece, it's "fat over lean": each successive layer should have a higher content of this standard medium
oil
Isaac
Sarah
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$400
[16]
The name of this ring-shaped cake pan is a trademark of Nordic Ware, which added a "T" to a German word
Bundt
Isaac
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|
DD
$600
[10]
The Brahmaputra River runs through 3 countries from its source to its confluence with this other great river
the Ganges
Alex!
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$600
[23]
Jeremy Belknap founded this state's historical society back in 1791 & got Paul Revere to write him an account of that famous ride
Massachusetts
Isaac
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$600
[9]
Tomber dans les pommes is a phrase for passing out but literally means "falling in" a bed of this fruit
apples
Alex!
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$600
[1]
Gospel singer Merry Claytonsang, "Rape, murder, it's just a shot away" on this Rolling Stones song that reflected the unrest of 1969
"Gimme Shelter"
Isaac
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$600
[4]
Protecting soil & becoming nutrients, a forest layer alliteratively named this "litter" is actually all kinds of tree droppings
leaf litter
Sarah
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$600
[5]
King cakeis a tradition of this holiday & is often decorated in purple, gold & green, the holiday's traditional colors
Mardi Gras
Isaac
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$800
[11]
Illyria is an ancient name for the northwest part of this European peninsula
the Balkan Peninsula
Isaac
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$800
[20]
In 1947 GATT was a temporary deal to regulate world commerce; it endured until this global org. was created in 1995
the WTO
Isaac
Alex!
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$800
[13]
BCBG translates to "good style, good class", "good" being this "B" word in French
bon
Isaac
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$800
[2]
"Might Delete Later" is a 2024 mixtape from this rapper, first name Jermaine
J. Cole
Isaac
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$800
[6]
The layered hair of this Austro-French woman was not a chic bob but a heap of tresses including wigs colored with turmeric
Marie Antoinette
Sarah
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$800
[7]
This cake became a little cheaper & a lot more vivid when Adams Extract suggested using its red food color in the recipe
red velvet cake
Isaac
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$1,000
[12]
This South Pacific island country is about the size of New Jersey--but where would you rather vacation, Newark or Suva?
Fiji
Isaac
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$1,000
[21]
With a saint & a vehicle in its name, this British-based charity traces its history from 11th century Jerusalem to CPR training in 2024
St John Ambulance
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$1,000
[14]
Unique to Québécois slang & meaning "get ready!" is attache ta tuque; a tuque is one of these
a hat
Sarah
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$1,000
[3]
"Creep" was a single from "Crazy Sexy Cool", a 1994 album by this trio
TLC
Isaac
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$1,000
[8]
When layering clothing, the closest to your skin pulls moisture away, called this action in the outdoor fabric wear world
wicking
Isaac
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$1,000
[15]
Literally French for "melting", it's a creamy, sugary paste used in cake- & candy-making
fondant
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| TREATIES | TV "B"-RUNS | HEALTH & MEDICINE | MIDWESTERNERS | EMOTIONAL WORDS? | THEY WROTE FORSPORTS ILLUSTRATED |
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$400
[20]
The United States never ratified this treaty that officially went into effect January 10, 1920
the Treaty of Versailles
Isaac
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$400
[19]
The title restaurant of this Fox animated series sits next to It's Your Funeral Home & Crematorium
Bob's Burgers
Alex!
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$400
[26]
Nuts, whole grains, fruits & veggies, & maybe a serving of Metamucil are all ways to get to the recommended 25-30 grams of this a day
fiber
Sarah
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$400
[23]
This"Peanuts" vendor got early exposure with weekly comics in the Minneapolis "Tribune" & St. Paul "Pioneer Press"
Schulz
Isaac
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$400
[25]
Angostura makes varieties of this bar-friendly liquid that looks like the plural form of a resentful word
bitters
Isaac
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$400
[22]
With some seriously out-of-the-box thinking on covering the 1956 MLB All-Star Game, S.I. got this venerable poet from New England
Robert Frost
Sarah
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$800
[18]
Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the signing of a treaty between the British crown & this indigenous people
the Maori
Isaac
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$800
[5]
After accepting the role of NYC police commissioner on this series, Tom Selleck was going to shave off his mustache but CBS said it was fine
Blue Bloods
Isaac
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$800
[30]
November is awareness month for both lung cancer & the group of inflammatory lung diseases known by these 4 initials
COPD
Isaac
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$800
[21]
This bow-tied popcorn mogul grew up on an Indiana farm & died in his Jacuzzi in California
(Orville) Redenbacher
Isaac
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$800
[15]
This compound word referring to someone who spoils things for others doesn't refer to an actual murder
a killjoy
Isaac
Sarah
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$800
[12]
In 1962 Jimmy Breslin noted, "Basically, the trouble with" this new Major League team "is the way they play baseball"
the Mets
|
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$1,200
[1]
An 1881 treaty established the boundary between Chile & Argentina in this southern archipelago
Tierra del Fuego
Isaac
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$1,200
[2]
Its theme song began, "Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started"
The Big Bang Theory
Isaac
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$1,200
[27]
The name of this mental health condition refers to the cycle of extreme highs & lows that can last from weeks to months
manic-depression (bipolar)
Isaac
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$1,200
[6]
The first purpose-built women's soccerstadiumhouses the NWSL's Kansas City Current, founded byher
Brittany Mahomes
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$1,600
[14]
Found before a certain "membrane" in the body, this word ends with a bit of fear
tympanic
Sarah
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$1,200
[9]
Fresh off an early novel titled this, where football players try to go, Don DeLillo wrote a piece on gambling
the End Zone
Isaac
Alex!
|
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Theodore Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending a war between these 2 countries
Russia & Japan
Isaac
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$1,600
[3]
Alice Pearce won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for playing nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on this sitcom
Bewitched
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$1,600
[28]
At menopause estrogen levels drop, which can lead to bone loss & a higher risk for this fragile bone condition
osteoporosis
Isaac
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$1,600
[7]
Each episode of this show salutes "our program's co-founder", Chicago giant of public radio "Mr. Torey Malatia"
This American Life
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This slang term for an unethical lawyer starts with a bashful word
a shyster
Isaac
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$1,600
[10]
Perhaps telling readers how to adjust their big shoulders, this American poet offered some putting tips in 1954
Carl Sandburg
Isaac
Sarah
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$2,000
[17]
Under the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded Guam & these 2 "P"roperties
Philippines & Puerto Rico
Alex!
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$2,000
[4]
During the summer of 1972, reruns of this long-running Western were shown under the title "Ponderosa"
Bonanza
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$2,000
[29]
Pinkeye is an inflammation of this membrane that covers the surface of the eyeballs & lines the insides of the eyelids
the conjunctiva
Sarah
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$2,000
[8]
In 2023 this Iowa-born techie behind the Mosaic & Netscape browsers posted an inspiring or scary "Techno-Optimist Manifesto"
Marc Andreessen
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$2,000
[24]
Meaning a lucky coincidence, this 11-letter word coined by Horace Walpole ends with a word of sympathetic sorrow
serendipity
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$2,000
[11]
Famous for novels about an ex-basketball star, he combined his love for hoops with pictures by Walter Iooss in 1972
Updike
Isaac
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The flag of Aruba features a 4-pointed star symbolizing its 4 major languages: the local Papiamento & these 3 imported ones
Dutch, English & Spanish