2025 Tournament of Champions final game 4.
Neilesh Vinjamuri — a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania
Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana | $2,400 | $2,800 | $2,800 |
$0
3rd place: 1 match point |
$2,800
8 R, 3 W |
| Isaac | $5,800 | $7,000 | $22,200 |
$27,601
Winner: 1 match point |
$18,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Neilesh | $2,600 | $4,200 | $13,800 |
$22,201
2nd place: 2 match points |
$17,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| 17th CENTURY FACTS | DIFFERS BY A LETTER | MONOGRAM MADNESS | LOUNGE WEAR | BANGERS | THE NEW YORKERAT 100 |
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$200
[25]
Sadly, the drama became all too real in 1613 when this theatre burned down after cannon fire set off its thatch during "Henry VIII"
Globe
Neilesh
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$200
[24]
To fly high & to box
soar, spar
Isaac
Neilesh
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$200
[27]
He succeeded Scalia:NG
Neil Gorsuch
Neilesh
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$200
[28]
You can find this material, perfect for lounging, in the piped pajamas from Derek Rose of London for $880
silk
Adriana
Isaac
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$200
[29]
In 2020 he was on a "watermelon sugar, high, watermelon sugar, high"
Harry Styles
Adriana
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$200
[30]
(David Remnick presents the clue.) Our critics have included Edmund Wilson, Pauline Kael& on the theater beat, John Lahr, the son of them anwho played this character in "The Wizard of Oz", which, by the way, we called "a stinkeroo" in 1939, so, we're not perfect
The Cowardly Lion
Isaac
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$400
[23]
Not yet known as le Roi Soleil, in 1643 this new ruler of 19 million subjects was a few months shy of his 5th birthday
Louis XIV
Adriana
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$400
[26]
Speak softly &whine softly
to whisper & to whimper
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$400
[14]
4-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet:RF
Robert Frost
Neilesh
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$400
[21]
Although this company sells Nulu fabric casual wear in lichen lime, it has another citrus fruit in its name
Lululemon
Neilesh
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$400
[18]
Sorry, this state! The wind may come sweeping down the Plain there, but per Luke Combs, there "Ain't No Love in" it
Oklahoma
Isaac
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$400
[20]
(David Remnick presents the clue.) A classiccoverthat gave us a rare light moment in 2001showsthe city like a "National Geographic" map; after 90 years in Khouks, The New Yorker is now down in Moolahs, in this building, One WTC for short
One World Trade Center
Isaac
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$600
[22]
In 1676 this colonist led a rebellion against Gov. William Berkeley but didn't live to see the end of the year
Bacon
Neilesh
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$600
[4]
A witty remark &a British pound sterling
quip quid
Neilesh
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$600
[1]
One of his nicknames was "Old Kinderhook":MVB
Martin Van Buren
Adriana
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$600
[17]
You can keep your waves from rippling away with this hair protector; Merriam-Webster says the word comes from "hairdo"
a durag
Isaac
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$600
[7]
Chappell Roan wasn't horsing around--or was she?--"on the stage in my heels", dancing at this title place
Pink Pony Club
Isaac
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$600
[10]
(David Remnick presents the clue.) We know people look at the cartoons first & no artist made a bigger name than Charles Addams; his more than 1,100 cartoons includeone from 1939, where this servant first becomes recognizable
Lurch
Neilesh
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$800
[6]
This dynasty may have come to an end in 1644, but one of itsvaseswas doing just fine in 2011, selling for $21.6 million
the Ming
Isaac
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$800
[19]
A TV show with a limited number of episodes &the duties of members of the clergy
miniseries & ministries
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$800
[2]
In 1921 she founded the American Birth Control League:MS
Margaret Sanger
Isaac
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$800
[15]
Many a robe is made with this kind of "cloth" whose name may come from the French for "drawn"
terrycloth
Isaac
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$800
[8]
A headbanger, to be specific, 1991's "Enter Sandman" by this band advises, "Sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight"
Metallica
Isaac
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$800
[13]
(David Remnick presents the clue.) The New Yorker profile is an art form & it can be celebratory or less so, as in 1957 when Truman Capote visited this actor on location for "Sayonara" & reported on his meal of soup, steak, fries, three vegetables, spaghetti, salad, sake & apple pie with ice cream
Brando
Adriana
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DD
$1,000
[5]
In 1626 this Dutch colonial governor got big into the Manhattan real estate market, paying 60 guilders for, well, Manhattan
(Peter) Minuit
Neilesh
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$1,000
[12]
Expressed in words &relating to spring
vernal & verbal
Isaac
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$1,000
[3]
At his death in 1848, he had an estimated $20 million fortune:JJA
John Jacob Astor
Adriana
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$1,000
[11]
The 3-letter name of this company that sells yoga & active apparel is an abbreviation of other words for wind, earth & water
Alo
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$1,000
[9]
"I can't stand it, I know you planned it"; listen, all y'all, it's this Beastie Boys song, "classical music" in "Star Trek Beyond"
"Sabotage"
Isaac
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$1,000
[16]
(David Remnick presents the clue.) Sports writing has always had a place in the magazine; one classic is the 1960 piece about Ted Williams's last game by this literary giant whose sole ambition in small town Pennsylvania was to make The New Yorker
John Updike
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| HILLS I DON'T WANT TO DIE ON | NONFICTION | JUST A LITTLE ASTROPHYSICS | 4, 4 | ON THE RUN | UNESCO's INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE |
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$400
[30]
Big on cattle & sheep ranching until 1906, this city is known for the Polo Lounge, Rodeo Drive & money... lots & lots of money
Beverly Hills
Isaac
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$400
[24]
Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of" these includes some of his own, one where he's drinking from an Etruscan funerary urn
Dreams
Isaac
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$400
[29]
Pre-20th century, it was thought that stars were powered by the heat generated from their own collapse caused by this force
gravity
Neilesh
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$400
[28]
The use of celluloid balls began around 1900 in this game once also called "whiff-whaff"
ping-pong
Isaac
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$400
[26]
Formerly Jimmy McGill, Saul Goodman uses the name Gene as he's laying low managing one of these mall eateries
a Cinnabon
Isaac
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$400
[27]
Ska & rock steady were contributors to this style of music that made the list for Jamaica in 2018
reggae
Isaac
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$800
[23]
Tune up in this 2008 Olympic city at the Hall of Supreme Harmony & smell you later at its Fragrant Hills Park
Beijing
Adriana
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$800
[18]
In this treatise Sun Tzu says, "The impact of your army may be like a grindstone dashed against an egg"
The Art of War
Neilesh
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$800
[8]
The space between stars isn't a total vacuum; it contains matter called the interstellar medium, 98% made up of these 2 starry elements
hydrogen & helium
Isaac
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$1,200
[10]
Rosemont & Radnor are 2 of this collection of suburbs named for a stretch of railroad outside Philly
the Main Line
Neilesh
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$800
[25]
Trying to put some crime behind him, in 2019 Ice-T rapped about seeing the "Feds in My" this part of the car
rearview
Isaac
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$800
[17]
It's not just pizza, but the culinary practice of the pizzaiuolo, as originated & still regulated by this Italian city
Naples
Adriana
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$1,200
[19]
I found my thrill on Strawberry Hill, an island in Stow Lake, in this large San Francisco park
Golden Gate Park
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$1,200
[3]
This Brit covered M-theory & the like in "The Universe in a Nutshell"
Hawking
Isaac
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$1,200
[7]
A 2024 study found that the Milky Way acted like a giant hair dryer blowing gas off the nearby dwarf galaxy LMC, the "Large" this
Magellanic Cloud
Neilesh
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$1,600
[21]
Tofu sounds less appealing when you call it by this alternate name
bean curd
Adriana
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$1,200
[11]
In "Venom: The Last Dance", this actor plays two characters on the run together, & that's all I know about Venom & Eddie
(Tom) Hardy
Neilesh
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$1,200
[14]
This country has a national day honoring its windmills every May; the craft of their millers was recognized by UNESCO
the Netherlands
Isaac
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$1,600
[1]
Sacred to the Western Sioux, this region in South Dakota is largely within the same-named national forest
the Black Hills
Isaac
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$1,600
[4]
In this essay, Virginia Woolf created the hypothetical example of Shakespeare's sister, gifted but uneducated
A Room of One's Own
Neilesh
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$1,600
[6]
Think economically about the theory of cosmic this, which says the early universe expanded faster than the speed of light
inflation
Neilesh
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$2,000
[20]
A union suit may have this feature on the rear end, a flap on the back, so to speak
the drop seat
Adriana
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$1,600
[15]
Jeff Bridgespacks up his passports & his Rottweilers, trying to stay one step ahead of his fate in this FX spy thriller
The Old Man
Isaac
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$1,600
[13]
The 2023 list included this national dish of Peru: raw fish marinated in lime juice
ceviche
Neilesh
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DD
$6,000
[2]
Alphabetically first of the fabled 7 hills of Rome, it boasts the Basilica of Santa Sabina, which dates to the 5th century
the Aventine
Isaac
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$2,000
[9]
Chapters in this pre-"Silent Spring" book by Rachel Carson include "The Moving Tides" & "Wind & Water"
The Sea Around Us
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$2,000
[5]
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagramis a graph of stars' temperatures versus their absolute this, meaning their intrinsic brightness
magnitude
Neilesh
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DD
$4,000
[22]
The ancient Egyptians were expert users of thin metal sheets called this to adorn mummy cases in a process called gilding
gold leaf
Neilesh
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$2,000
[16]
Billy Joe & Bobby Sue were the young lovers on the lam after a hassle in El Paso in this Steve Miller Band tune
"Take The Money And Run"
Adriana
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$2,000
[12]
The Cracovia Danza Ballet specializes in traditional court dances of its country, including this one enshrined by UNESCO in 2023
a polonaise
Neilesh
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A rope around their leader's neck, the men depicted in this late 19th c. piece seem resigned to death, but in the end they survived
The Burghers of Calais