Ryan Manton game 1.
Ryan Manton — a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio
Alison Prelusky — a copywriter from Lindenhurst, New York
Kate Roesch — a data visualization developer from Indianapolis, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $2,800 | $2,600 | $4,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,200
11 R, 5 W |
| Alison | $1,600 | $3,200 | $4,000 |
$8,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
8 R, 0 W |
| Ryan | $0 | $3,400 | $22,200 |
$22,178
New champion: $22,178 |
$26,800
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| CENTRAL AMERICANA | LET'S PLAY SOME MUSIC | HOT CROSS BUNNIES | VENTURE BROS. | HIT THE TRACK | STARTS WITH SILENT "K" |
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$200
[19]
Leading exports from Honduras include these fruits, historically called "green gold" from their color when shipped
bananas
Ryan
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$200
[21]
The general drift of the clue is that it's the next-to-lowest voice part in a 4-part harmony
tenor
Alison
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$200
[27]
Much to his dismay, a silly rabbit realizes over & over again that this fruit-flavored cereal "is for kids"
Trix
Ryan
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$200
[28]
One of their fledgling companies that had begun in 1910 in Dayton was teetering in 1911 after several employee deaths
the Wright brothers
Kate
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$200
[30]
This Kentucky track known for its iconic twin-spired grandstand was designated a national historic landmark in 1986
Churchill Downs
Ryan
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$200
[29]
It's an inexpensive & unauthorized imitation, maybe of designer clothing
knockoff
Alison
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$400
[18]
Just follow your nose to Belize to discover the keel-bill type of this tropical bird, a national symbol
a toucan
Ryan
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$400
[20]
It's the loud dynamic music instruction seen here
forte
Alison
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$400
[25]
Certainly some bunnies had a hare trigger after this country installed rabbit-proof fences in the early 1900s
Australia
Alison
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$400
[26]
In 1886 siblings James, Edward & Robert began this company that hit it big with Band-Aid in 1921
Johnson & Johnson
Kate
Ryan
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$400
[24]
Most of the equestrian events of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at this 320-acre track in Arcadia, California
Santa Anita
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$400
[23]
It's what the Brits call underwear & yes, you can say it on TV
knickers
Alison
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$600
[9]
One of the world's best ecotourism destinations, this nation is "rich" in places like the Monteverde Cloud Forest
Costa Rica
Alison
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$600
[17]
Thiswoodwind is not only a double reed instrument, but it's also got 2 sets of double letters
a bassoon
Ryan
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$600
[12]
At a mad tea party this participant chides Alice with, "It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited"
the March Hare
Kate
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$600
[8]
In the 1940s Rudolph & Adi Dassler ran Adidas, but a schism between the 2 led the former to create this competitor
Puma
Kate
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$600
[22]
Anyone worth their "salt" should know the 12th Earl of Derby created the Oaks, a race run on this British track since 1779
Epsom (Downs)
Ryan
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$600
[1]
This kind of reaction is sudden & not carefully considered
knee-jerk
Ryan
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$800
[10]
The name of this capital city means "holy savior"
San Salvador
Ryan
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$800
[16]
Regarding a piece of music, this is the end, from the Italian for "tail", my friend
coda
Ryan
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$800
[13]
This third book of the Bible says rabbits, due to "divideth not the hoof", are "unclean"; first off, how dare you!?
Leviticus
Ryan
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$800
[7]
Thesetwins sued Mark Zuckerberg & won $65 million after facing off on a venture gone awry
Winklevoss
Kate
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$800
[5]
The track at Saratoga Springs, New York offers this type of race where the horse jumps over obstacles
steeplechase
Kate
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$800
[3]
Conspiracy buffs know it's a small, rounded hill
knoll
Ryan
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$1,000
[11]
About 3,000 square miles in area, the largest lake in Central America is this one that bears the name of a country there
Lake Nicaragua
Kate
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$1,000
[15]
Similar to a portamento, it's the glide between notes heard here
glissando
Alison
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DD
$5,000
[14]
Lepus symbolizes a hare, likely angry as he's seen by some as the prey of these 2 Latin-named constellations, Orion's hounds
Canis Major & Canis Minor
Ryan
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$1,000
[6]
Last name of energy conglomerate brothers Charles & David; their dad was a founder of the John Birch Society
Koch
Ryan
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$1,000
[4]
This Baltimore track was named for a tavern near London favored by early American colonists
Pimlico
Kate
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$1,000
[2]
Built close to 4,000 years ago, but renovated since, theroyal villaof this ancient capital is a landmark of the Minoan civilization
Knossos
Ryan
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| PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY HISTORY | WOMEN ON TV | IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 30 | UP, UP & AWAY | PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY NAME | 7-SYLLABLE WORDS |
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$400
[30]
If you read Lisa Scottoline's bestsellers, it makes sense she graduated from this school at Penn & has taught there
the Penn Law School
Kate
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$400
[28]
Funny ladies on Season 49 of this show included Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman & Ego Nwodim
Saturday Night Live
Ryan
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$400
[27]
2005:Provoking an angry reaction, cartoons of this religious figure are published in a Danish newspaper
Mohammed
Kate
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$400
[25]
Vincenzo Lunardi used this gas, not hot air, when he made the first balloon flight over England in 1784
hydrogen
Kate
Ryan
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$400
[24]
She won Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award & "Woman of the Year" in Sweden in 2019
Thunberg
Ryan
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$400
[23]
Adjective describing a first-person account of a life story
autobiographical
Ryan
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$800
[14]
A short story by Wyalusing-born Philip Van Doren Stern was the basis for this beloved Jimmy Stewart holiday movie
It's a Wonderful Life
Alison
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$800
[29]
In the 1970s, Lynda Carter rose to fame playing this superhero & became a role model to millions of girls
Wonder Woman
Kate
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$800
[26]
1935:This source of electricity astride the Nevada/Arizona border is officially dedicated
the Hoover Dam
Ryan
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$800
[19]
In 2021, Zara Rutherfordused her gap year after high school to become the youngest woman to do this solo
fly around the world
Kate
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$800
[22]
In 2010 he became the first chef to receive Spain's Order of Arts & Letters Medallion
Andrés
Ryan
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$800
[21]
A nondisclosure agreement is also known as this kind
confidentiality
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$1,600
[12]
His first 4 novels, including "Rabbit, Run", all depict a fictional version of Berks County, where he grew up
Updike
Ryan
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$1,200
[15]
Golda Rosheuvel plays her on "Bridgerton"; India Amarteifio plays a younger version on a "Bridgerton" offshoot
Queen Charlotte
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$1,200
[20]
1968:Thiswide-body Boeing airliner is shown to the public for the first time
747
Kate
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$1,200
[18]
Once thought to have crashed back onto the Moon's surface, the ascent stage of this lunar module from Apollo 11 may still be in orbit
the Eagle
Ryan
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$1,200
[17]
After reading "The Cosmic Connection", Isaac Asimov told him, "You are smarter than I am. I hate that"
Carl Sagan
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$1,200
[16]
It's the practice of living on fruits, nuts & other plants, maybe some eggs & dairy, but definitely no meat
vegetarianism
Kate
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$2,000
[2]
Before vast novelized histories of Hawaii & the Mideast, he put his Doylestown youth into "The Fires of Spring"
James Michener
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$1,600
[1]
She's currently the only woman to anchor a nightly network news broadcast on one of the big three networks
O'Donnell
Ryan
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$1,600
[11]
1991:This ex-priest who came after the Duvalier era is forced from office as Haiti's president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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$1,600
[8]
Thislethal combat helicopter with a Native American name is loaded with hellfire missiles, 70-millimeter rockets & a 30-millimeter cannon
an Apache
Ryan
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$1,600
[6]
Per Time magazine, "on the seventh day" he "cobbled together the World Wide Web's first (but not the last) browser"
Tim Berners-Lee
Ryan
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$2,000
[3]
It's the branch of medicine concerned with the distribution & control of diseases
epidemiology
Kate
Ryan
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DD
$5,000
[13]
This playwright's childhood home in the historically Black Hill District of Pittsburgh has become an arts center
August Wilson
Ryan
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$2,000
[10]
A 2-time Oscar nominee, sheplays Athena Grant on "9-1-1"
Angela Bassett
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$2,000
[9]
1787:This ship for which a Pacific Northwest river is named sets off on the first round-the-world voyage by a U.S. vessel
the Columbia
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$2,000
[7]
Almost 4,000 of these bombers nicknamed the Superfortress were produced in the 1940s, but only 2 still fly today
B-29s
Ryan
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$2,000
[5]
Before she was appointed U.S. Attorney General, she received the Medal of Honor--from the Florida Bar Association
Reno
Ryan
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DD
$7,000
[4]
Marijuana advocates have long pushed for this removal of serious penalties; in 2024, the Biden administration moved to grant their wish
decriminalization
Ryan
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The name of this, actually a not very tall hill, became a symbol of Jewish national aspiration & was used in spirituals & reggae
Mount Zion