2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 5.
Will Weiss — a technical program manager from Islip, New York
Marko Saric — a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Adam Hersh — a lawyer from Brooklyn, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $5,000 | $5,800 | $18,600 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$18,600
22 R, 3 W |
| Marko! | $3,800 | $4,800 | $24,400 |
$24,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$19,800
24 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Will | $1,400 | $4,600 | $5,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,400
9 R, 1 W |
| PAULITICS | THE POWER OF 10 | "B" PICTURES | BATTER UP! | WE HAD IT GOOD BACK THEN | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH |
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$200
[30]
Tim Walz is an alumnus of a progressive "boot camp" named for this state's late Senator Paul Wellstone
Minnesota
Will
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$200
[29]
Actually holding less than 1/10 of its name, this cowboy wear may take its name from Spanish for "braid"
a 10-gallon hat
Marko!
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$200
[8]
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Census at" this little biblical town was one of the first landscapes to feature snow
Bethlehem
Marko!
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$200
[28]
A batter who deliberately makes an out in order to advance a runner is said to have performed this selfless act
a sacrifice
Adam
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$200
[25]
The Mandan of the Plains had it good when this animal provided food, robes & much more; here, they honor it with a dance
a buffalo (or bison)
Marko!
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$200
[27]
You told me you'd love me to your dernier souffle, not your last puffed egg dish but your last this
(your last) breath
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$400
[20]
Sen. Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist; Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS is this type of professional
a dentist
Marko!
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$400
[18]
The 10 Commandments include a directive to not covet the house, wife, donkey or anything else of this person
your neighbor
Adam
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$400
[9]
Zephyrus & a nymph attend the goddess as she emerges from the sea & lands in Cyprus in this Botticelli masterpiece
The Birth of Venus
Marko!
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$400
[24]
Done to increase control, this technique in which the bat is gripped well above the lower end sounds a little verklempt
choking up
Adam
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$400
[23]
Things got better for Kyiv in 1019 as Yaroslav, bearer of this sagacious nickname, took over from Svyatopolk the Accursed as prince
Yaroslav the Wise
Will
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$400
[26]
I swoon when you describe the clair de lune, this, shimmering on the water
the moonlight
Adam
Marko!
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$600
[1]
In 1987, this Britishpartyled by Neil Kinnock elected Britain's first three Black MPs, including Paul Boateng
the Labour Party
Adam
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$600
[4]
With a 1975 upset of Washington & Lee, the "Ten Bears" of HBCU Morgan State are a legend in this originally Native American sport
lacrosse
Marko!
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$600
[10]
The Velázquez masterwork seenhereis known as "The Feast of" this Roman deity
Bacchus
Adam
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$600
[14]
A batter who can hit either left-handed or right-handed is this versatile type; Pete Rose's Uncle Buddy helped teach him how
a switch hitter
Will
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$600
[6]
The 17th century is called this awesome time for the Dutch, also the title of a 1605paintingof a time when sweet nectar flowed
the Golden Age
Marko!
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$600
[13]
I'm glad you adore my sourire, this, also the title in Quebec of a horror movie with Sosie Bacon
a smile
|
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$800
[2]
This Wisconsin Republican was Speaker of the U.S. House from 2015 to 2019
Paul Ryan
Will
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$800
[17]
In this religion's mythology, Ravana is a 10-headed king of the demons who is eventually defeated by the god Rama
Hinduism
Will
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$800
[11]
Piet Mondrian evoked the vibrancy of New York & bluesy music in his abstract 1940s piece titled "Broadway" this rhyming music genre
boogie-woogie
Marko!
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$800
[16]
A batter who is "sitting dead red" is anticipating one of these pitches
a fastball
Adam
Will
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$800
[5]
The area around Butte, Montana once yielded half the nation's output of this metal used in telephone wires
copper
Adam
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$800
[21]
When you quote "La Vie en rose" with "Des nuits d'amour à plus finir", these "never to end"... dim the lights
nights of love
Marko!
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$1,000
[3]
Paul Kagamehas been president of this African country since 2000, getting more than 99% of the vote in 2024
Rwanda
Adam
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$1,000
[19]
Thousands died in the 10 Years' War, a failed 19th century revolution against Spanish rule on this largest Caribbean island
Cuba
Will
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$1,000
[12]
Amasterpieceby Cézanne is titled not "Swimmers" but these
The Bathers
Adam
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$1,000
[15]
A batted ball that hits a foul line & kicks up white dust is said to have raised this (it can actually be marble powder)
chalk
Adam
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DD
$1,200
[7]
The late 1200s was the heyday of this northwest Italian seaport, including a victory over Venice at the Battle of Curzola
Genoa
Marko!
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$1,000
[22]
Ma chère, you made me the happiest man on Earth when you said "oui" at the sight of this, une bague de fiancailles
an engagement ring
Adam
Marko!
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| SWAMPY AMERICA | RHYME TIME | TOTAL DRAMA! | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | MISH MASH | I WAS TAKING A BATH |
|
$400
[30]
About 26 miles from Times Square, you'll find this state's "Great Swamp", a National Wildlife Refuge
New Jersey
Adam
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$400
[29]
Snow White's beardless dwarf, feeling gloomy
mopey Dopey
|
$400
[28]
In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Blanche says she's been casting her pearls before swine, the swine being this brother-in-law
Stanley
Marko!
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$400
[26]
If the air pressure at the center of a storm drops by 24 millibars in 24 hours, it's this type of "cyclone" & time to hunker down
bomb
Adam
|
$400
[27]
In 2017 ex-Portuguese PM António Guterres became the 9th man in this post with global responsibilities
secretary-general of the UN
Adam
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$400
[25]
In this film, the Dude says, "Nice marmot" to some nihilists, who then drop the furry creature into the tub with him
The Big Lebowski
Marko!
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$800
[12]
A "pogo" stick may help you get around this massive swamp that straddles the border of Georgia & Florida
Okefenokee
Marko!
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$800
[23]
An impoverished British man, fellow or guy
a broke bloke
Adam
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$800
[22]
Nora Helmer is a beautiful young mother of 3, a precious plaything for her hubby in this Ibsen drama
A Doll's House
Will
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$800
[21]
After Polaris, the 2 brightest stars in this "lesser" group are Kochab & Pherkad, the "Guardians of the Pole"
Ursa Minor
Adam
Will
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$800
[20]
In a song from "The Music Man", these "led the big parade with a 110 cornets close at hand"
seventy-six trombones
Will
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$800
[24]
Margot Robbie enjoys a luxurious bath while explaining mortgage bonds in this film
The Big Short
Adam
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$1,200
[1]
This vast swamp on the Virginia & North Carolina border got its depressing name in 1728 from Colonel William Byrd
the Great Dismal Swamp
Marko!
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$1,200
[13]
Heated anger in the "Show-Me" state
Missouri fury
Marko!
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$1,600
[14]
The first act of this Rostand play is set in 1640, at the Hotel de Bourgogne
Cyrano de Bergerac
Marko!
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$1,200
[19]
Different velocities of fluids are needed to create this force, so it needs motion, like when planes zoom down runways to take off
lift
Adam
Marko!
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$1,200
[9]
Named for a valley in Switzerland, this cheese is made with cow's milk
Emmentaler
Adam
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$1,200
[6]
Hannah croons "Wonderwall" in her Brooklyn bathtub in a poignant moment on this HBO show
Girls
Adam
|
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$1,600
[3]
The bald type of this tree populates a swamp named for it in Florida
a cypress
Marko!
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$1,600
[5]
Dire predicament faced by a Cavalier
a knight plight
Marko!
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$2,000
[17]
The title character of this Shaw play is in the Army--the Salvation Army, that is
Major Barbara
Marko!
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$2,000
[18]
Cliffsof soft rock tend to slope gently & tend to get hammered by coastal erosion, as in England's bulge called Eastthis
Anglia
Adam
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$1,600
[10]
Harry Haller, the central figure in "Steppenwolf", has the same initials as his creator, this author
(Hermann) Hesse
Adam
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$1,600
[7]
On "Star Trek: Voyager", this captain is rudely interrupted by Q while she's taking an interstellar soak
Janeway
Adam
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$2,000
[4]
You can retrace the passage of this "Swamp Fox" on the swampy Palmetto Trail in the South Carolina national forest named for him
(Francis) Marion
Marko!
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$2,000
[16]
A surgeon who watches over you while you take tests
a proctor doctor
Marko!
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DD
$2,700
[15]
Characters in this 4-act play include Judge Hathorne, Giles Corey &Tituba
The Crucible
Marko!
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DD
$4,500
[2]
It's separation of waves according to their wavelength, as in a rainbow; also, what police may want a crowd to do, meaning scattering
dispersion
Marko!
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$2,000
[11]
This Spaniard depicted rebellion in his country on the second & third of May in 1808
Goya
Marko!
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$2,000
[8]
She said that after her infamous scene in "Psycho", "I stopped taking showers & I only take baths"
Janet Leigh
Adam
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He wrote of his intent "to reserve & throw away my first fire, & I have thoughts even of reserving my second fire"
(Alexander) Hamilton