2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 9.
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Jackson Jones — a conflicts analyst assistant from Louisville, Kentucky
Seth Wilson — an editor and adjunct professor from Oak Park, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $3,400 | $4,200 | $6,400 |
$12,799
3rd place: $5,000 |
$12,200
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jackson | $2,600 | $5,200 | $10,800 |
$16,001
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,800
17 R, 2 W |
| Juveria | $1,600 | $2,600 | $16,000 |
$21,601
Winner: semifinalist |
$12,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 15th CENTURY | OF (GREEK) MYTHICAL PROPORTIONS | "X" MARKS THE BRAND | STATE THE FACTS | POP CULTURE 2000 | LOOK & SEE THE DOUBLE VOWELS |
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$200
[25]
Ming Emperor Chengzu moved the capital of China from Nanjing to this city & built a 30-foot wall surrounding it
Beijing
Juveria
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$200
[26]
You know that it'd be untrue, though it's said he played the lyre, if I was to say to you, this Greek sun god sang "Light My Fire"
Apollo
Juveria
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$200
[27]
In 1972 Humble Oil XXed out the name Enco & renamed its stations this
Exxon
Jackson
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$200
[28]
Thiscocktail made with bourbon has been the official drink of the Kentucky Derby since 1939
a mint julep
Jackson
|
$200
[29]
Matthew Perry & Courteney Cox were among the friends who attended her lavish wedding to Brad Pitt
Jennifer Aniston
Juveria
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$200
[30]
You can be doing this (presently!) both down an airport runway or 42nd Street in public transportation
taxiing
Jackson
|
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$400
[16]
Cannons helped decide the outcome of 1453's Battle of Castillon, the last major clash of this conflict
the Hundred Years' War
Jackson
|
$400
[24]
In book XI of Ovid's "Metamorphoses", this man "touched a clod of earth, and by the power of touch, the clod became a nugget"
Midas
Juveria
|
$400
[21]
This brand makes the Axent knife
X-ACTO
Jackson
|
$400
[19]
Alabama's statequarterfeatures an image of this woman & her name in English & Braille
Helen Keller
Seth
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$400
[23]
The multiple Oscar-nominated films of 2000 included "Gladiator" & this one with co-stars including Helen Hunt & a ball
Cast Away
Seth
Juveria
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$400
[22]
It's this job:Now who wants to bid $100 I hear $100 thank you do I hear 2 yes 2 OK now 4! $400 once... twice... sold for $400!
an auctioneer
Juveria
|
|
$600
[1]
Itzcoatl allied with neighboring states in 1428 & made this empire the dominant force in Central Mexico
the Aztec Empire
Juveria
|
$600
[20]
Achilles took a dip for invulnerability in this body of water, but uh oh... looks like mom missed a spot
the River Styx
Jackson
|
$600
[18]
This gum brand makes Refreshers, gum that's coated in tiny crystals with a chewy center
Extra
|
$600
[17]
In the original version of the game Monopoly, many of the locations were taken from this New Jersey resort metropolis
Atlantic City
Jackson
|
$600
[3]
This hot new video game of the year had players controlling the day-to-day lives of virtual people
The Sims
Jackson
|
$600
[15]
You know how to play this instrument, aka mirliton, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together around it & blow... I mean, hum. You hum
a kazoo
Seth
Jackson
|
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$800
[2]
This Wallachian prince picked up his killing-method-based nickname in battles against the Ottoman Turks
Vlad the Impaler
Seth
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$800
[11]
Early Postmates man Hercules nabbed golden fruit guarded by these maidens whose name is Greek for "daughters of night"
the Hesperides
Juveria
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$800
[12]
Microsoft launched this gaming console in late 2005 at a price of $399
the Xbox 360
Jackson
|
$800
[5]
In 1996 a village 25 miles north of New York City changed its name to this in honor of an 1820 horror story set there
Sleepy Hollow
Juveria
|
$800
[13]
Eminem released this "LP", his follow-up to "The Slim Shady LP", & often considered his best album
The Marshall Mathers LP
Juveria
|
$800
[14]
2 U's have different sounds in this word for an unbroken line or sequence
a continuum
Jackson
|
|
DD
$1,400
[6]
The structure called this, after the old city of Tokyo, was built; over centuries, it expanded greatly, then contracted
Edo Castle
Juveria
|
$1,000
[7]
Half woman, half serpent but 100% dangerous, this monster whose name is also that of an Aussie mammal was the Sphinx' mom
the Echidna
|
$1,000
[8]
Here's the logo of this clothing brand that has been around since 1991
Armani Exchange
Seth
Juveria
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$1,000
[4]
Joining the U.S. as the 19th state in 1816, Indianahad been part of this vast tract of land ceded to the U.S. after the Revolution
the Northwest Territory
Jackson
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$1,000
[9]
In 2000 this future Oscar winner won an Emmy & a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Juveria
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$1,000
[10]
Flowering plants, or old-timey loose trousers that women used to wear for athletics
bloomers
Seth
|
| BRITISH ISLES GEOGRAPHY | TALES OF ADVENTURE | BODY HUMAN | ONE-WORD ANAGRAMS | SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS & FOOD | WHAT'S THE USE? |
|
$400
[30]
As it flows through the city of Oxford, this210-mile river is known as the Isis
the Thames
Juveria
|
$400
[22]
Jules Verne quit his stock market job with the success of "Five Weeks in" this, about 3 men who get a great view of Africa
a balloon
Juveria
|
$400
[28]
Thisarchitecturally named segment of the aorta curves over the heart
the (aortic) arch
Seth
Juveria
|
$400
[27]
It can be Boolean:CHASER
a search
Jackson
|
$400
[20]
Jimmy Buffet said he wrote about one of these "In Paradise" after being limited to canned food & peanut butter on a Caribbean boat trip
a cheeseburger
Juveria
|
$400
[29]
Alexis Fraser & Katherine Mason are known for making art using this cosmetic that comes in tubes, like oil paint does
lipstick
Juveria
|
|
$800
[23]
The Royal Conservatoire & the University of Strathclyde are both found in this city, Scotland's most populous
Glasgow
Jackson
|
$800
[21]
This masked swashbuckler who fought for justice in Old California debuted in the 1919 story "The Curse of Capistrano"
Zorro
Seth
|
$800
[24]
Rh incompatibility is one cause of hemolysis, the breakdown of these cells
red blood cells
Jackson
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$800
[25]
A recount usually happens when neither opponent has done this to the other:RECOUNT
trounce
Juveria
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$800
[19]
A breakout hit for "Weird Al" Yankovic, it mentions Cap'n Crunch & tuna casserole, among other foods
"Eat It"
Seth
|
$800
[26]
Be patient with this famously slow-pouring condiment: it can polish copper
ketchup
Seth
Jackson
|
|
$1,200
[6]
The "Garden of England", the county of Kent in the southeast is also home to Folkestone, a terminal of this 31-mile marvel
the Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel)
|
$1,600
[1]
Not every adventure novel has Nietzsche & Schopenhauer in the first paragraph, but this Jack London "Sea" tale does
The Sea-Wolf
Seth
|
$1,200
[5]
Small but mighty, this "master gland" weighs in at only about .02 ounces but regulates the others in the endocrine system
the pituitary gland
Jackson
|
$1,200
[7]
This indicatory volume:INDICATORY
dictionary
|
$1,200
[18]
No subtext in this hit by DNCE that mentions "lickin' frosting from your own hands": it's surely about dessert on the beach
"Cake By The Ocean"
Seth
|
$1,200
[9]
A nonprofit called Good360 helps get this type of apparel never worn by Brock Purdy or Joe Mixon to the global needy
Super Bowl champion gear
Seth
|
|
$1,600
[12]
Also a first name, this 5-letter county is one of England's largest & is one east of Cornwall
Devon
|
$2,000
[14]
As a teen in Montana, hecamped, fletched arrows & forged knives to create the adventurous world of "Eragon"
Christopher Paolini
|
$1,600
[4]
The meninges, the protective sheaths around the brain & spinal column, are the arachnoid & the dura mater & this other mater
the pia mater
|
$1,600
[8]
These may reduce your liability:DISCOUNTED
deductions
|
$1,600
[16]
In a 2011 hit Demi Lovato sang, "I will be rising from the ground like" this title tall building
skyscraper
Jackson
|
$1,600
[10]
This compound is toxic, causes acid rain & has a sharp odor like a struck match, so into the wine it goes, to stop yeast growth
sulfur dioxide
Jackson
|
|
$2,000
[3]
The birthplace of Catherine Zeta-Jones, this second-largest city of Wales was heavily damaged by German bombing in WWII
Swansea
Juveria
|
DD
$5,800
[2]
Though a cowardly lech, in India the hero of "Flashman in the Great Game" earns this then-highest British award for gallantry
the Victoria Cross
Seth
|
DD
$6,600
[13]
Head to the end of the alphabet for this bone that forms an outer wall of the eye socket
the zygomatic bone
Juveria
|
$2,000
[17]
This adjective that might apply to a nonscientist's way of thinking:NONSCIENTIST
inconsistent
|
$2,000
[15]
Ed Sheeran wrote a love song to his childhood in Suffolk with this tune that mentions "Tiny Dancer" & watching sunsets
"Castle On The Hill"
Seth
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$2,000
[11]
Sildenafil--the same drug in viagra--has been approved by the FDA to give to kids with PAH, pulmonary arterial this
hypertension
Juveria
|
Born in Amersfoort in 1872, he helped found an art movement noted for the use of straight lines & primary colors
(Piet) Mondrian