Show #9269 2025-02-13 (taped 2024-12-06) Tournament of Champions

2025 Tournament of Champions final game 5.

Contestants

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

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adriana	$1,200	$2,000	$10,400	$16,400 2nd place: $75,000	$8,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Isaac	$2,200	$3,400	$7,800	$15,500 3rd place: $75,000	$7,800 13 R, 5 W
Neilesh	$2,200	$6,600	$13,600	$20,801 Winner: $250,000	$18,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THAT HAPPENED IN 2024	2-WORD CITIES	YOUR STOCK IS CLIMBING	20th CENTURY BOOKSHELF	RECENT HORROR MOVIES	MATHEMATICAL OVERLAPS
$200 [30] Hitting the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history in Game One & driving in 12 runs in 5 games, earned this Dodger the MVP (Freddie) Freeman Adriana Isaac	$200 [28] Czar Peter I intended to make this city his "window to Europe" St. Petersburg Neilesh	$200 [29] If you bought this stock at its initial price of $18 a share on May 15, 1997, congratulations! You made a prime investment Amazon Adriana	$200 [15] In "Tarzan of the Apes", we learn that Professor Archimedes Q. Porter is the father of this woman, the hero's beloved Jane Isaac	$200 [27] Leaning into the trope, the "Terrifier" films have a killer character named Art the this Clown Neilesh	$200 [11] It's the distance across the center of that round glass enclosure where you raise indoor plants & animals diameterrarium Adriana Neilesh
$400 [21] Attention, this discount store shoppers! Opened in 1962, the last full-size one in the mainland U.S. closed in October Kmart Isaac	$400 [25] The U.S. Air Force Academy is found north of this city that includes its state in its name Colorado Springs Neilesh	$400 [26] This "selling" is betting against the price of a stock; in 2008 the same kind of "squeezing" caused VW shares to jump 500% in 2 days short(-selling) Neilesh	$400 [14] A new steel alloy called Rearden Metal threatens to shake up the railroad industry in this Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged Adriana Isaac	$400 [17] "The Last Exorcism" & "Paranormal Activity" use this alliterative technique involving prerecorded events found footage Neilesh	$400 [10] Standing at a point right on the edge of a circle is someone who's not Jewish tangentile Adriana Isaac
$600 [20] Trump was the first GOP presidential candidate since 1988 to win this 2-named Florida county, the "Gateway to Latin America" Miami-Dade Adriana	$600 [12] There are some big buildings in this Asian metropolis that just put a "Lump" in your throat Kuala Lumpur Adriana	$600 [24] Though the stock market crashed in 1929, IBM continued to pay investors these at the rate of $1.50 per share all through the 1930s dividends Adriana	$600 [2] On Audible fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams narrates this 1908 classic about an orphan girl Anne of Green Gables Isaac Neilesh	$600 [5] No stranger to horror, Ethan Hawkestarred in the first film in this franchise about a lawless time in a future America The Purge Isaac	$600 [9] Look below the line in a fraction! It's a whirlwind! denominatornado Adriana
$800 [19] In October, NASA launched a mission to this icy moon of Jupiter, despite a warning in "2010: Odyssey Two" to never land there Europa Adriana Isaac Neilesh	$800 [1] This Israeli metropolis was founded as a suburb of the ancient port of Yafo, or Jaffa Tel Aviv Isaac	$800 [23] Since 1995, this energy drink company's stock has generated an appropriately freakish return of more than 160,000% Monster Isaac	$800 [3] This graphic novel about the Holocaust by Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize Maus Isaac	$800 [6] Director Ari Aster followed up "Hereditary" with another shocker: this film in which Florence Pugh goes Swedish Midsommar Neilesh	$1,000 [7] It's a constant that multiplies a variable & gets into the study of bugs coefficientomologist (coefficientomology accepted) Adriana Neilesh
$1,000 [18] The garment makers that fast fashion relies on in this Asian country were back up days after a 2024 revolt toppled Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh Neilesh	$1,000 [13] This Chilean city, the largest on the Strait of Magellan, has been enriched by nearby oil fields Punta Arenas	$1,000 [22] Over a 1-week span in January 2021, shares of GME, this retailer, briefly rose from less than $10 to more than $120 GameStop Isaac	$1,000 [4] OBOS is short for this title of a women's health book published starting in the '70s Our Bodies, Ourselves	$1,000 [16] Before the horror of "Longlegs", Maika Monroewas on the run in this 2014 hit involving a sexually-transmitted curse It Follows Neilesh	DD $1,200 [8] Rehoboth Beach, Wilmington & all the rest of the state cover a total of 2,489 square miles (the) Delawarea Neilesh

Double Jeopardy! Round

CIVIL WAR PLACES	ART FOR ART'S SAKE	ADDRESSES	FURNISHING SOME FURNITURE	POP CULTUREJEOPARDY!	WORDS WITH INTEREST
$400 [11] A July 1863 Union victory at Honey Springs was the decisive battle in Indian Territory, now this state Oklahoma Neilesh	$400 [24] Not now but someday, check out the Andrei Sheptytskyi Museum collection of art with these religious images in Lviv, Ukraine icon Neilesh	$400 [29] Herbirth name was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; her grandpa James Lee was the developer of740 Park Avenue, her childhood home Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Adriana	$400 [30] The same-named form of music developed in 17th century Europe, along with the furniture style known for ornate designs seen here Baroque Neilesh	$400 [27] During the 2024 Olympics, Stephen Nedorosciktook off his glasses & helped clinch a bronze for his gymnastics team during this event pommel horse Adriana	$400 [25] A guided excursion gains 6 letters of interest to become this word for a tight strip of cloth used after an injury tourniquet Isaac
$800 [9] A Union victory in the 1864 Battle of this city on the Cumberland River ended Southern resistance in Tennessee Nashville Adriana Isaac	$800 [10] Also called "Vampire", "Love and Pain" is an 1893 work by this Scandinavian artist Munch Neilesh	$800 [15] Life is very different for this kids' book bear at 32 Windsor Gardens than it was in Darkest Peru Paddington Neilesh	$800 [28] Usually adorned with a mirror, this bedroom table has a name meaning self-adoration vanity Neilesh	$800 [26] Gloria Hallelujah Woods is the government name of this Memphis rapper who spits bars on hits like "Yeah Glo!" & "TGIF" GloRilla Isaac	$800 [23] An ear of corn doubles its size & is now this abandoned arachnid abode cobweb Adriana Neilesh
$1,200 [6] Shortly after the Confederacy's surrender, this leader was captured by federal troops in Irwin County, Ga. May 10, 1865 Davis Adriana	$1,200 [3] Installing a doorway in the wall that holds this famous fresco in 1652, workers chopped off Jesus' feet The Last Supper Neilesh	$1,600 [13] If you want to seethis1949 architectural landmark, or see through it, head for 199 Elm Street in New Canaan, Connecticut The Glass House Neilesh	$1,200 [16] In 2004, this cabinet, named for a duke's house & not the birdie racket sport, went for $36 million at auction Badminton (Cabinet) Neilesh	$1,200 [19] CHD for short, this podcast hosted by Alex Cooper was bought by SiriusXM for $125 million Call Her Daddy Isaac	$1,200 [22] A rude fellow careless of women's feelings adds 4 letters to become this metal next to silver on the periodic table cadmium Isaac
$1,600 [7] Where the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers meet, this city that entered history just before the war was attacked by both North & South Harpers Ferry Neilesh	$1,600 [5] Seen in a selfie, Jacopo Robustiwas the real name of the 16th century Mannerist better known by this name, meaning "little dyer" Tintoretto Adriana	$2,000 [12] This series of 10 books by Armistead Maupin chronicles the lives of San Franciscans who resided at 28 Barbary Lane Tales of the City Adriana	$2,000 [1] Thisstyle of furniture is named for an 18th century queen & mostly used walnut Queen Anne Adriana	$1,600 [18] Shewas the mother on "How I Met Your Mother" & thedaughterof Carmine Falcone on the HBO show "The Penguin" (Cristin) Milioti Adriana	$1,600 [21] One whose company is tedious gains 2 letters to become this adjective for a climatic zone near the Arctic boreal Isaac
$2,000 [8] The promontory known as this "Ridge" at the Battle of Gettysburg was the objective of Pickett's Charge Cemetery Ridge	$2,000 [4] Borrowed from French, it's the term for Louise Nevelson's form of sculpture in joining everyday objects in unusual combinations assemblage	DD $5,000 [14] The New Mexico State Capitol is at 490 Old this route blazed in 1821 Santa Fe Trail Neilesh	DD $4,000 [2] In the 1860s the New Lebanon community in New York became a hub for ladder-back chairs named for this religious group Shaker Adriana	$2,000 [17] Joshua Jackson & Phillipa Soo star in this ABC medical drama aboard a luxury cruise ship with a mythic name Doctor Odyssey	$2,000 [20] The masculine form of Spanish for "the" increases its length by 2 letters to become this Frenchy word for vigor & flair élan Neilesh

Final Jeopardy!

GREEK MYTH

Panoptes, meaning all-seeing, was the byname of this legendary figure, slain by Hermes while standing guard over Io

Argus (Argos)

Isaac "Who is Argus?" — wagered $7,700

Adriana "Who is Argus?" — wagered $6,000

Neilesh "Who Argos" — wagered $7,201

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