Rishabh Wuppalapati game 2.
Rachel Cassidy — an associate professor from Providence, Rhode Island
Jay Eversman — an environmental attorney from Saint Louis, Missouri
Rishabh Wuppalapati — an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishabh | $3,000 | $3,200 | $10,400 |
$20,201
2-day champion: $42,402 |
$11,400
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jay | $1,400 | $3,800 | $4,800 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rachel | $1,400 | $2,400 | $10,100 |
$19,701
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| HEY, PUMPKIN! | A WORLD TOUR | ENJOY A CONCERTO | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | SHOW BIZ MOVIES | "OUT" WITH IT |
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$200
[29]
In the fairy tale "Cinderella", a pumpkin is magically turned into one of these
a carriage (coach)
Rachel
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$200
[26]
Look up from the waters of the "Boiling Pot" in Zambia below this landmark & you can see folks in Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
Rishabh
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$200
[30]
Handel's Concerti Opus 4 are for this instrument, but the smaller chamber, not the church kind
an organ
Jay
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$200
[28]
June 21 is world day for these lanky mammals that include reticulated & Masai species; experts warn of "silent extinction"
giraffe
Rachel
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$200
[24]
In 2017 this actor sunk his claws into the role of P.T. Barnum, "The Greatest Showman"
Hugh Jackman
Rachel
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$200
[23]
The cutthroat type of this fish gets its name from the red-orange slash on each side of the lower jaw
a trout
Jay
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$400
[25]
In the "Peanuts" comics, this character espouses belief in the Great Pumpkin, who rises from the patch on Halloween
Linus
Jay
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$400
[22]
Linking the Firth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 115 above, the Falkirk Wheeltakes boats for a spin in this country
Scotland
Rachel
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$400
[27]
Always a jokester, he wrote on a horn concerto manuscript that he "has taken pity on (soloist Joseph) Leutgeb--ass, ox & idiot"
Mozart
Rishabh
Rachel
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$400
[21]
The first Friday in February is national wear this color day, promoting awareness of women's heart health
red
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$400
[19]
This 1967 movie about life in the theater gave us the immortal line "That's our Hitler!"
The Producers
Rachel
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$400
[20]
To a cop, issuing a "BOLO" has nothing to do with a thin tie; it means to keep your eyes open & stands for "be on the" this
the lookout
Rishabh
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$600
[10]
Roasted pumpkin seeds are a tasty, healthy snack & called these in Spanish
a pepita
Jay
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$600
[2]
The Electric City Trolley Museum delights visitors in this U.S. city, as did a fictional "Office"
Scranton
Rishabh
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$600
[5]
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto has this royal name, though earlier, Ludwig was upset when Napoleon gave himself that title
the Emperor Concerto
Rachel
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$600
[4]
In 1964 Oct. 9 was proclaimed as this man's day, amid growing consensus that he reached North America before Columbus
Leif Erikson
Rishabh
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$600
[16]
(Jason Reitman presents the clue.) I cast 21-year-old Gabriel LaBellein "Saturday Night" to play this producer, who was 30 in 1975, to emphasize his young genius & demonstrate the generational divide between the old network executives & the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players"
Lorne Michaels
Jay
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$600
[7]
The agency NOAA callsita whirling column of air & water mist
a waterspout
Rishabh
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$800
[11]
Some say pumpkins are vegetables, some say fruits, but either way, they're one of the "winter" varieties of this garden favorite
a (winter) squash
Jay
Rachel
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$800
[1]
These twin buildings in Asia rise to 1,483 feet & are connected by a double-decker skybridge on levels 41 & 42
the Petronas Towers
Jay
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DD
$1,000
[3]
Alberto Ginastera's concerto for it, Opus 25, is loaded with swooping glissandi, called the instrument's stock-in-trade
the harp
Rishabh
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$800
[14]
August 7 honors recipients of this military medal first awarded by George Washington
the Purple Heart
Rishabh
Jay
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$800
[17]
Robert Downey Jr. was, somewhat problematically, a dude playin' a dude disguised as another dude in this comedy
Tropic Thunder
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$800
[6]
A TV show with obstacle courses & a song by The Surfaris both have this title
Wipeout ("Wipe Out")
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$1,000
[15]
Pumpkins are a good source of iron, potassium & this antioxidant substance converted into vitamin A in the body
beta carotene
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$1,000
[9]
Each side of El Castillo, a pyramid in this ancient Maya city in Mexico, has 91 stairs; add the step on the top, & whoa, that's 365
Chichén Itzá
Rishabh
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$1,000
[8]
This Russian's 1881Violin Concertowas inspired by Iosif Kotek, a young musician with whom he was infatuated
Tchaikovsky
Rishabh
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$1,000
[13]
Public schools in this state observe November 29 as former governor Nellie Tayloe Ross Day
Wyoming
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$1,000
[18]
Johnny Depp is dressed for success but doesn't quite have the talent to back it up as this 1994 title character/director
Ed Wood
Jay
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$1,000
[12]
Also known as a rotary, it's a circular traffic intersection
a roundabout
Rishabh
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| AMERICAN HISTORY | THE BOOK NOOK | ASTRONOMY | THE ____ OF THE ____ | WHAT'S ON TV? | THAT'S SUCH A CLICHÉ! |
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$400
[17]
In 1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem, more than a century after it was written during this conflict
the War of 1812
Rishabh
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$400
[30]
This first name precedes "light of my life, fire of my loins" to start a classic by Nabokov
Lolita
Rishabh
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$400
[26]
Baily's beadsare dots of sunlight seen through the Moon's peaks & valleys during these events
a solar eclipse
Jay
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$400
[29]
NASA says it's some 13.1 septillion pounds; if it's "on your shoulders" idiomatically, you have tons of things to worry about
the weight of the world
Jay
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$400
[27]
Amandla Stenberg doubles the fun playing Osha & Mae on this "Star Wars" series set during the High Republic
The Acolyte
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$400
[25]
Reportedly, for physicist Richard Feynman this 3-word cliché was "this dying is boring"
his famous last words
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$800
[13]
After providing $13 billion in aid to Europe, this recovery program officially ended in December 1951
the Marshall Plan
Rishabh
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$800
[19]
In this novel Amy seems to be a favorite with her aunts: a ring from Aunt March & a trip to Europe with Aunt Carrol
Little Women
Rachel
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$800
[18]
Red dwarfs fuse H into this element but don't have the mass to then produce C, so they bypass red giant stage & end up white dwarfs
helium
Rishabh
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$800
[21]
After his son Uncas dies, Chingachgook becomes this, as in the title of an 1826 book
the last of the Mohicans
Rachel
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$800
[22]
The empire is in danger in"Foundation"based on the classic sci-fi series by this author
Asimov
Rachel
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$800
[20]
Do me a favor & I'll do you one--tell us that in Latin it's "manus manum lavat"
one hand washes the other
Rachel
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$1,200
[2]
"Above & Beyond" is a true account of 2 pilots of these top secret aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis
U-2s
Rishabh
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$1,200
[10]
This author refreshed the vampire genre in "Interview with the Vampire", her first published work
Rice
Jay
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$1,200
[7]
In the 18th century the recording of the transit of Venus across the Sun helped establish the value of 1 AU, short for this
astronomical unit
Rachel
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$1,600
[9]
David Livingstone went missing searching for it in the 1860s
the source of the Nile
Jay
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$1,200
[23]
In 2024 Netflix released this limited series based on a tearjerker by David Nicholls about a couple's July 15s over the years
One Day
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$1,200
[14]
To a friend who has betrayed you, you might use this Latin phrase from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"
Et tu, Brute
Rachel
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$1,600
[3]
In the late 1980s government funds were used to bail out these failing financial entities to the tune of $132 billion
savings & loan
Rachel
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$1,600
[1]
Prince Rilian was seated in this, the title of book 4 of "The Chronicles of Narnia"
The Silver Chair
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$1,600
[5]
In the "Sword" of this constellation is a 24 light-year-wide cloud of dust & gas--a fab-nebulous view through a telescope
Orion
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$2,000
[12]
Savonarola's infamous pyre of destruction
the bonfire of the vanities
Rishabh
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$1,600
[24]
Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays this Dickens character pulled back into a life of crime by Fagin
the Artful Dodger
Rishabh
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$1,600
[15]
Going back to Galatians 5:4, this expression means to lose favor or lapse into sin
to fall from grace
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$2,000
[4]
The first African-American senator was Republican Hiram Revels, repping this Southern state in 1870
Mississippi
Rishabh
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DD
$2,500
[8]
"I fell burning into the desert", explains the title character of this novel by Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient
Rachel
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$2,000
[6]
The constellation Cassiopeia borders Messier 31, also known as this galaxy--look out! It's coming right at us!
Andromeda
Rishabh
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DD
$2,600
[11]
"Jesus falls the first time" & "Jesus is laid in the tomb" are parts of this reflective rite
the Stations of the Cross
Jay
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$2,000
[28]
"The Big Cigar" is a dramatization of an escape to Cuba by this Black Panther Party co-founder
Huey P. Newton
Rishabh
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$2,000
[16]
It's the same idea as "15 minutes of fame" & can be applied, literally, to Lady Jane Grey
a nine-days wonder
Rishabh
Rachel
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2 schools in the Southeastern Conference are located in cities with this same name but in different states
Columbia