2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Doug Molitor — a novelist originally from Altadena, California
Hannah Wilson — a yarn store owner from Chicago, Illinois
Matt Amodio — a quantitative researcher from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,200 | $6,800 | $30,400 |
$45,400
Winner: semifinalist |
$17,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Hannah | $8,600 | $9,600 | $22,400 |
$30,401
2nd place: $5,000 |
$19,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Doug | $-200 | $800 | $-3,200 |
$-3,200
3rd place: $5,000 |
$-1,200
6 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| WE'RE TALKIN' BASEBALL | THIS & THAT | 2-WORD RHYMES | CLOTHES MINDED | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS | THE PRESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE |
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$200
[26]
In 1996 the bottom of this imaginary rectangle over home plate was moved from the top of the batter's knees to just below them
strike zone
Matt
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$200
[23]
The Mount of Jupiter & the Line of Fortune are both found on this part of the body
hand (the palm)
Matt
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$200
[30]
They precede "Fat Reducing Grilling Machine" in grills marketed by George Foreman
Lean Mean
Matt
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$200
[28]
Don't know what to wear for warmth over a fancy dress? You can do this with your shoulders or choose the same-namedsweater
shrug
Matt
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$200
[27]
This 1979 character's "Choice" has entered the language often meaning decisions much easier than hers
Sophie
Matt
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$200
[29]
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) After James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, Alexander Graham Bell invented an early type of this instrumentto help locate the bullet lodged in the President's chest
a metal detector
Matt
Hannah
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$400
[20]
A baseball hat worn in anunusual wayby players or fans to inspire a comeback is called by this name
a rally cap
Hannah
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$400
[22]
The only Englishman to ever hold this post, Nicholas Breakspear reigned from 1154 to 1159
pope
Doug
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$400
[24]
A name for an average & ordinary man is in this 2-word rhyme for an average & ordinary man
Joe Schmo
Matt
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$400
[25]
Hindi gives us the name of this women's garment that's basically 5 to 7 yards of cloth wrapped around the body
sari
Matt
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$400
[9]
Dickens wrote of this novel that Nicholas is not intended to appear blameless: "He is a young man of an impetuous temper"
Nicholas Nickleby
Hannah
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$400
[21]
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) On August 24, 1814, James Madison had time to grab a few things from the White House & get out before the Britishburnedit; it's thought he crashed that night at anestatecalled Salonga near McLean in this state
Virginia
Matt
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$600
[16]
Added as part of safety protocols in 2020, all half-innings after the ninth now begin with an automatic runner at this location
second base
Matt
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$600
[12]
Racing versions of this vessel with a name from the Tamil can reach 60 miles per hour
a catamaran
Hannah
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$600
[8]
It's a hip way to say a convertible as mentioned in the opening salvo of "Bad & Boujee"
a drop top
Matt
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$600
[18]
On "Big Bang Theory" Amy wanted to be with "a man who wants to know what's underneath my" this sweater. "FYI, it's another" one
cardigan
Doug
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$600
[7]
I'm reading the first Narnia book, "The Li--"; "Nuh-uh, the first is this one about Digory because the stuff in it happens first"
The Magician's Nephew
Doug
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$600
[19]
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) Possibly the greatest personal threat to FDR wasn't from a World War II foe but from thedestroyer William D. Porter, which accidentally fired this aquatic missile at the president's ship, USS Iowa; fortunately, it blew up in the water
torpedo
Matt
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$800
[15]
This new stat that sounds like it's kept by NASA is higher--more than 20 degrees on average--for a fly ball hitter
launch angle
Matt
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$800
[13]
In a car engine the radiator dissipates heat & this other device circulates the coolant through the engine
the water pump
Matt
Doug
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$800
[10]
Fed up with brain rot & hate mail, TV columnist William Ewald used this phrase for TV in his 1959 resignation article
boob tube
Hannah
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$800
[3]
I say, old chap, if we are saddling up, we should wear these riding breeches with a name from India
jodhpurs
Matt
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$800
[6]
In a Lew Wallace novel, this title charioteer witnesses the crucifixion of Jesus
Ben-Hur
Hannah
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$800
[17]
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) The Secret Service didn't have to dodge bullets but rather the shoes of a journalist after they were hurled at George W. Bush during a press conference in this world capital
Baghdad
Hannah
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$1,000
[1]
Also a soccer term for a lone backline defender, it's a pitch similar to a slider but with more horizontal movement
sweeper
Matt
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$1,000
[14]
It's the name for that little dot over a lowercase i or j
tittle
Matt
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DD
$4,000
[11]
Magic phrase that's also a Kurt Vonnegut book title
hocus pocus
Hannah
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$1,000
[5]
The overlapping panels of a certain skirt style make it look like an inverted one of these flowers, hence its name
tulip
Matt
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$1,000
[4]
This Laurence Sterne character wishes that during his conception, Mom hadn't asked Dad, did you forget to wind the clock?
Tristram Shandy
Hannah
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$1,000
[2]
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) A heroic Secret Service agent caught the hammer of the gun wielded by this Charles Manson acolyte in 1975, preventing Gerald Ford from harm
"Squeaky" Fromme
Hannah
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| ANCIENT TIMES | SUDDEN "DEATH" | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES | TAKING LESSONS | ALBUM FILL IN THE BLANK | PHILOSOPHY |
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$400
[25]
The nomadic Scythians prized these; some found in burial mounds were 20 years old at death & interred in elaborate regalia
horses
Hannah
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$400
[26]
During glacial times, a large lake occupied this region home to the lowest elevation in the United States
Death Valley
Hannah
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$400
[27]
On the heels of Roentgen's discovery of X-rays, Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in a compound of this
uranium
Doug
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$400
[28]
You can start by going tandem; take ground training; complete 7 jump levels; congrats, you're cleared to go solo this
skydiving
Doug
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$400
[29]
Lil Wayne's last name & the top-selling album in the U.S. of 2008:"Tha ____ III"
Carter
Hannah
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$400
[30]
In ethics, the opposite of being altruistic is being this, from the Latin for "I"
egotistic (egoistic)
Matt
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$800
[24]
Numidia was a longtime ally of Rome & received many refugees from this rival place that was sacked in 146 B.C.
Carthage
Matt
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$800
[12]
King Christian II of Denmarksignedthis for Torben Oxe, accused of sending poisoned cherries to His Majesty's mistress
a death warrant
Hannah
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$800
[11]
This Scot famously said, "I did not invent penicillin, nature did that, I only discovered it by accident"
Fleming
Matt
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$800
[23]
Want to learn the sidestroke? We'll start with this kick in which top & bottom legs come together to push you forward
the scissor kick
Doug
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$800
[19]
Justin Timberlake, seeing clearly in 2013:"The ____/____Experience"
20/20
Matt
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$1,200
[13]
You can be this kind of doubter about religion or UFOs; in philosophy it's a guy like David Hume, saying we can't know much of anything
skeptic
Matt
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$1,600
[2]
In the 2000s B.C. nephrite artifacts from Taiwan were marketed across a wide swath of Asia, an example of this rhyming exchange
a jade trade
Hannah
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$1,200
[10]
Cannibal Corpse & Morbid Angel are standout bands in this genre
death metal
Matt
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$1,200
[4]
In 2005 a new dwarf planet was announced; it was nicknamed Xena & the 10th planet before astronomers settled on this name
Eris
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$1,200
[22]
Escoffier teaches nascent chefs to use this type of small knife to peel apples, mince garlic & core tomatoes
paring
Matt
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$1,200
[18]
Prince & the New Power Generation, with a bejeweled pair in 1991:"____ & ____"
Diamonds & Pearls
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$1,600
[6]
P.I. is philosophy shorthand for this issue, with questions like how do I know I am the same Ken I was 25 years ago?
personal identity
Matt
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DD
$2,000
[1]
To ancient Greek poli sci, it was rule by the few & not the best few; the Thirty Tyrants of Athens in 403 B.C. are an example
an oligarchy
Doug
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$1,600
[8]
Careful, this common forest dweller has a well-deserved name, due to its potentially fatal gastronomic effects
a death cap (mushroom)
Hannah
Doug
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$1,600
[5]
This Dutch scientist founded a wave theory of light & also discovered Saturn's largest moon, Titan
Huygens
Hannah
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$1,600
[21]
Guitar students learn to make these bell-like overtones by playing a string while gently touching it directly above a fret
harmonics
Hannah
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$1,600
[17]
Kanye's 2010 album with "Power" & "Runaway":"My ____ ____ ____ Fantasy"
Beautiful Dark Twisted
Hannah
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$2,000
[14]
18th c. esthetics used this adjective for things awesome, not just pretty; Edmund Burke called it "the strongest of all the passions"
the sublime
Doug
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$2,000
[3]
In the 700s & 600s B.C., these people of northern Mesopotamia ruled most of the Middle East, all the way to Egypt
Assyrians
Matt
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$2,000
[9]
The end or destruction of something may be indicated by this symbolic ringing of a bell
a death knell
Hannah
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$2,000
[7]
While studying fermentation, Louis Pasteur discovered these organisms, named for the fact that they can live without air
anaerobes
Hannah
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$2,000
[20]
Cire-perdue is French for this sculpting process in which soft material is used to make the interior of a mold & then melted away
lost-wax
Hannah
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$2,000
[16]
Post Malone, goin' country in 2024:"F-1 ____"
Trillion
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DD
$13,600
[15]
Nick Bostrom is known for his argument that we are living in this, run by posthuman intelligences on their machines
a simulation
Matt
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Still around today, this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in "Little Women" & the "Little House on the Prairie" books
scarlet fever