2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Kevin Laskowski — an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia
Allison Gross — a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio
Mark Fitzpatrick — a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $4,800 | $7,000 | $16,400 |
$11,999
Winner: guaranteed semifinalist |
$12,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Allison | $1,600 | $2,600 | $10,400 |
$8,399
2nd place: $5,000 |
$13,400
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $600 | $2,200 | $6,200 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,200
10 R, 3 W |
| WORLD FACTS | "H.R." | LUCKY 13 | THE THEATER | OF EQUAL MEASURE | PLAYING SPORTSBALL |
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$200
[30]
It's the only continent whose mainland lies in all 4 hemispheres
Africa
Mark
Kevin
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$200
[22]
The United Nations' Universal Declaration of these has been called the most translated document in the world
Human Rights
Mark
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$200
[28]
"The best feeling in my life, to finally come back & hit that water", said this commander of the Apollo 13 mission
Lovell
Mark
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$200
[29]
When "The Seagull" bombed in St. Petersburg in 1896, this dramatist vowed to give up playwriting
Chekhov
Mark
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$200
[24]
Currently, we're talking DC: 10 amps x 120 volts equals 1,200 of these
watts
|
$200
[26]
In 2004,LeBron James welcomed his son Bronnyinto the world; in 2024, Mr. J took his son to work as both hooped for this team
the Lakers
Mark
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$400
[12]
In its constitution this country is also referred to as Bharat
India
Mark
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$400
[21]
Despite cell phones & the internet, thisis still a popular hobby & can be useful in times of emergency
ham radio
Kevin
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$400
[27]
Atomic number 13, it's the most common metallic element in the Earth's crust, does not rust & resists weathering
aluminum
Mark
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$400
[23]
In 2024 he traded in his Iron Man suit & made his Broadway debut as the title character in the play "McNeal"
Robert Downey Jr.
Kevin
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$400
[20]
Please don't sing your response, but one (non-leap) year has 525,600 of these
minutes
Allison
|
$400
[25]
In 2019 Novak Djokovic & this Swiss mister couldn't get enough of Wimbledon, matching up for 4 hours & 57 minutes
Federer
Mark
|
|
$600
[6]
Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, is in this range that forms a boundary between Europe & Asia
the Caucasus
Mark
Allison
Kevin
|
$600
[9]
Gamblers who wager lots of money at a casino, or, before "Jeopardy!", a game show hosted by Alex Trebek, featuring Ruta Lee & some dice
high rollers
Allison
|
$600
[16]
From Greek, it's an abnormal fear of the number 13
triskaidekaphobia
Mark
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$600
[17]
In a Euripides play, after she exacts revenge on Jason, she escapes in a chariot provided by her grandpa, the sun god Helios
Medea
Allison
|
$600
[19]
Let's get deep--5,280 feet is 880 of these
fathoms
Kevin
|
$600
[3]
For women, the playing area of this sport is roughly 27 yards x 22 yards & 6 feet deep
water polo
|
|
$800
[5]
The largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere extends over 180 miles along the entire coast of this Central American country
Belize
Allison
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$800
[8]
This type of surgery involves removing a damaged femoral head & frequently the socket it fits into
a hip replacement
Allison
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$800
[15]
The 15th century's "Thirteen Years' War" was between Poland & this order of Germanic knights that began as a Crusader army
the Teutonic Knights
Mark
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$800
[11]
For its Canadian debut, this play by Heidi Schreck used Canada's Charter of Rights & Freedoms rather than the title U.S. document
What the Constitution Means to Me
Kevin
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$800
[18]
You want 500 pecks, or 125 of these?
a bushel
Mark
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$800
[2]
We get a kick out of this Argentinean who in 2012 became the first player to score 5 goals in a Champions League match
Messi
Mark
|
|
DD
$1,800
[4]
Central Asia is made up of 5 countries, all former Soviet republics, including these 2 "T" ones
Tajikistan & Turkmenistan
Mark
|
$1,000
[7]
It's the official name for Greece
the Hellenic Republic
Kevin
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$1,000
[14]
This Japanese musical instrument has 13 strings made of silk & is plucked with an ivory plectrum called a tsume
the koto
|
$1,000
[10]
The title guys of this Shakespeare play leave home & head to Milan; various love plots ensue
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Kevin
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$1,000
[13]
In December 2024 200 British pounds got you $253 but 200 U.S. pounds was a constant 14.29 these
the stone
|
$1,000
[1]
In 2024 the only Jewish starting QB in college football was Jake Retzlaff of this Provo school, one of 3 M.O.T.s on the whole campus
BYU
Mark
|
| WHAT AN ARTIST DIES IN ME | ETYMOLOGY | WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY | ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK | NATURE | PLAYING NON-SPORTS"BALL" |
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$400
[26]
After making his mother immortal (metaphorically, as the woman died in 1881), this American painter passed on July 17, 1903
Whistler
Mark
|
$400
[27]
Business stays all in the family with this word derived from Latin for nephew
nepotism
|
$400
[28]
Founded c. 800 B.C., this great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa has a name meaning "new town"
Carthage
Allison
|
$400
[30]
2022:"Suspicious Minds","Can't Help Falling In Love"
Elvis
Mark
|
$400
[29]
Despite its name, it also enjoys beetles, arachnids, grasshoppers
a Venus flytrap
Allison
|
$400
[24]
Larry Sabato has one for predicting political races, but also has the motto "he who lives by" this "ends up eating ground glass!"
a crystal ball
Mark
|
|
$800
[25]
Cousin to a noted gunmaker, this sculptor of "The Rattlesnake" died at 48 from complications after an appendectomy
Remington
Mark
|
$800
[16]
It gets its name from originally being the seventh month of the Roman calendar
September
Kevin
|
$800
[13]
According to tradition, this ruler hid inside a rolled-up carpet to smuggle herself into Julius Caesar's quarters
Cleopatra
Allison
|
$800
[7]
1994:"Son Of A Preacher Man","Surf Rider"
Pulp Fiction
Mark
|
$800
[23]
Used in herbal medicine, there's afungusamong us, named for its resemblance to this fowl's tail
turkey
|
$800
[22]
Knaidel is another name for this item that you hope turns out light & airy for your chicken soup
a matzo ball
Allison
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This American expat who drew--OK, painted--"The Child's Bath" would die at 82 near her beloved Paris in 1926
Mary Cassatt
Allison
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$1,200
[3]
It means "to walk before"; a famous one begins, "We the People"
a preamble
Mark
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$1,200
[14]
In the 490s B.C. he left the state of Lu along with his disciples after having been minister of crime
Confucius
Kevin
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$1,200
[6]
Animated in 2009:"Down In New Orleans","When We're Human"
The Princess and the Frog
|
$1,200
[9]
No cows are born during this process by which icebergs break off from glaciers
calving
Allison
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$1,200
[10]
She starred as the title character on TV's No. 1-rated show from October 1952 to April 1955
Lucille Ball
Allison
|
|
$2,000
[17]
In 1614 in Toledo it was time for the burial of this "Burial of the Count of Orgaz" painter
El Greco
Mark
|
$1,600
[1]
Not just found in Hawaiian waters, this fishy has a name that you could say means "strong-strong"
mahi-mahi
Mark
Allison
|
$1,600
[15]
Britannica calls this Roman's "Natural History" an "encyclopaedic scientific work of dubious accuracy"
Pliny (the Elder)
Kevin
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$1,600
[5]
A 2014 mix tape:"Hooked On A Feeling","Come And Get Your Love"
Guardians of the Galaxy
Kevin
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$1,600
[21]
Scientists have identified more than 20,000 species of these prehistoric arthropods named for three of a certain part
trilobites
Allison
|
$1,600
[12]
The seller of the house you want needs to move fast; let's make this kind of offer, way under the asking price
lowball
Allison
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|
DD
$5,000
[18]
If this Northern Renaissance painter of wild imagery was alive, he'd ask, "A TV cop has my name? & What's TV?"
Bosch
Mark
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
Aristotle believed there was a "fifth element", which gives us this word for the purest form of something
quintessence
Allison
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$2,000
[8]
The ruler Ur-Nammu is credited with building the Great one of these pyramidal structures of Ur around 2100 B.C.
a ziggurat
Kevin
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$2,000
[4]
1968:"Lux Aeterna" &"Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mark
|
$2,000
[20]
Agate, carnelian & even onyx are all varieties of this 10-letter quartz mineral
chalcedony
Mark
|
$2,000
[11]
Belly up to the bar & get this drink of strong + fizzy, such as whiskey & soda or gin & tonic
highballs
|
Before 1867, this city that lends its name to a type of tree was known as Novo Arkhangelsk
Sitka