2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament semifinal game 1.
Shane Whitlock — a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas
Jaskaran Singh — a consultant from Plano, Texas
Roger Craig — an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger | $2,600 | $4,400 | $14,400 |
$25,201
Finalist |
$14,400
17 R, 3 W |
| Jaskaran | $1,800 | $5,000 | $12,600 |
$25,198
2nd place: $10,000 |
$15,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shane | $4,000 | $5,000 | $3,200 |
$6,400
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| EYEWITNESS U.S. HISTORY | BOOKS & AUTHORS | BILLBOARDBILLS, BILLYS & A BILLIE | SOCIAL TYPES | USE YOUR WORD WORDS | NOT TODAY, SATIN! |
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$200
[21]
An eyewitness in 1906 described "dynamite used to blow down buildings in the path of flames" just after this event
the San Francisco earthquake
Shane
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$200
[17]
Since its publication in 1990, this Dr. Seuss book has popped up on bestsellers lists again & again during graduation season
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Roger
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$200
[22]
She recorded a drill at her dentist's office & put the sound in her 2019 hit "Bury a Friend"
Billie Eilish
Jaskaran
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$200
[23]
It's the NYSE symbol for insurance brokerage Brown & Brown, or a young hedge fund manager who might invest in it
BRO
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$200
[26]
Morning (time of day) & mourning (in grief) are examples of these, partly from the Greek for "sound"
a homophone
Jaskaran
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$200
[30]
Lycra & this other 1950s proprietary brand name both refer to synthetic elastic polyurethane fabrics
spandex
Roger
|
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$400
[10]
A performer at this venue remembered the president's wife "was laughing at my speech when the shot was fired"
Ford's Theatre
Roger
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$400
[11]
This author of "The Name of the Rose" was a semiotician, a scholar in the field of signs & symbols
(Umberto) Eco
Shane
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$400
[12]
He& his Comets hit No. 1 in 1955 with we're gonna "Rock Around the Clock"
Bill Haley
Shane
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$400
[20]
Nara Smith & Hannah Neeleman make popular videos about how to be this smushed word for a woman who embraces a conventional role
a tradwife
Jaskaran
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$400
[25]
This verb means to articulate & pronounce one's words clearly & correctly
enunciate
Jaskaran
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$400
[29]
This word for a coarse fabric used for flags could also get you to first in baseball
bunting
Roger
Jaskaran
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$600
[4]
Horace C. Porter recalled handing General Lee his pencil on April 9, 1865 in this place with a 3-word name
Appomattox Court House
Shane
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$600
[6]
Jennifer Egan won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for her novel featuring record exec Bennie Salazar called "A Visit from" this
the Goon Squad
Roger
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$600
[9]
"Mony Mony" is his only Billboard No. 1
Billy Idol
Shane
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$800
[14]
3-word self-description by Taylor Swift as she endorsed Kamala Harris
a childless cat lady
Roger
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$600
[24]
Speaking casually without preparation is done ad-lib or this 3-word clothing way
off the cuff
Jaskaran
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$600
[13]
Not just for bandages, it's a thin fabric with an open weave perfect for summer wear
gauze
Roger
|
|
$800
[3]
Victor Weisskopf saw a "smoke ball rising with a thick stem of dark brown color" in July 1945 near this test site with a religious name
Trinity
Shane
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$800
[1]
His "Sons and Lovers", about relationships in a British working-class family, was semi-autobiographical
D.H. Lawrence
Jaskaran
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$800
[7]
Hesays the grave basement cold of Chicago influenced the music he made with his band
(Billy) Corgan
Roger
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$1,000
[15]
From Latin for "to sit apart", this word is used of people jailed in Russia for their views, but also of some U.S. professors
dissident
Jaskaran
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$800
[19]
It's been said that a language is this regional form "with an army & a navy"
a dialect
Shane
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$800
[28]
Minawear, founded in Venice Beach in 1998, makes clothing from this smokin' fiber with anti-microbial benefits
hemp
|
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$1,000
[5]
She recalled a 1960 event in New Orleans: "People yelled & threw things"; "I was surrounded by the marshals"
(Ruby) Bridges
Shane
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$1,000
[2]
Dubbed the first great millennial author, shewrote the novels "Normal People" & "Conversations with Friends"
(Sally) Rooney
Shane
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$1,000
[8]
This Righteous Brother teamed with Jennifer Warnes on the No. 1 "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"
(Bill) Medley
Roger
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DD
$1,800
[16]
Random House says this 2-word term for one who travels a lot for business was suggested by a Mad Max film title
a road warrior
Jaskaran
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$1,000
[18]
A word meaning "written in verse" begins this 2-word term for breaking rules of writing or speech intentionally
poetic license
Roger
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$1,000
[27]
Any goat besides an Angora can provide this material made from the soft, downy undercoat, shed in early spring
cashmere
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$400
[18]
A less-famous John Hancock signature is on the 1793 act establishing this state's Norfolk County, to include Cohasset
Massachusetts
Roger
Jaskaran
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$400
[19]
This bird known for its showy feathers could represent immortality (ancient Greeks believed its body didn't decay after death)
a peacock
Jaskaran
Shane
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$400
[20]
A "line" of these wind-speed disturbances can be miles long; the word also means a squabble
a squall
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$400
[24]
In 2024 Mo Willems posted a video about his new book "Are You Small?", but this creature busted in to ask where he (it) is in it
a pigeon
Shane
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$400
[26]
On Broadway since 1996, this 1920s-set musical has seen more than 11,000 renditions of "When Velma Takes The Stand"
Chicago
Roger
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$400
[25]
Reed Richards' superhero quartet considered an organic omen of good luck
Fantastic Four-leaf clover
Jaskaran
|
|
$800
[17]
In the 1940s the New Mexico legislature established this county quite a bit smaller than its neighbors
Los Alamos
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$800
[7]
A rooster can symbolize this man's denial of Jesus "three times before the cock crows"
Peter
Roger
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$800
[21]
Here's a silver lining--you can just say AC, short for this type of mid-altitude cloud
altocumulus
Roger
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$800
[12]
David Baszucki & Erik Cassel navigated Obbys & became tycoons as creators of this platform for creating 3D worlds
Roblox
Roger
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$800
[14]
Set in the early 20th century, "Downton Abbey" had Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of this
Grantham
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$800
[29]
Residential area of mobile homes where you can safely leave your car & catch a bus into town
a trailer park & ride
Shane
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$1,200
[4]
O'Brien County, Iowa is a perfect square, this many miles each side for a total of 576 very square miles
24
Jaskaran
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$1,200
[3]
A skull in a vanitas still lifepaintingis shorthand for this Latin phrase that means "remember you must die"
memento mori
Jaskaran
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$1,200
[10]
Originally used to classify wind strength at sea, the Beaufort scale measured speed not by miles or km per hour but these
knots
Shane
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$1,200
[11]
Thisfilling & rhyming signature dish of Hawaii was created by restaurant owners Richard & Nancy Inouye
loco moco
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$1,600
[22]
Heput the "swear" in Al Swearengen on "Deadwood"
(Ian) McShane
Jaskaran
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$1,200
[30]
Translation of carpe diem that became a novel about an attempt to kill Charles de Gaulle
Seize the Day of the Jackal
Jaskaran
|
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$2,000
[6]
Cities in 2 counties include this one in Anderson & Campbell Counties, Tennessee, named since 2014 for a state song also a Volunteers anthem
Rocky Top
Roger
Shane
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$1,600
[1]
This mythical creature symbolizes purity; it's seen in a Raphael portrait of a blonde lady
unicorn
Roger
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$1,600
[8]
In April 2011 the South, East & Central U.S. were struck by the largest outbreak of these ever recorded
tornadoes
Roger
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$1,600
[13]
In literature, real 16th century Rabbi Judah Ben Bezalel Loew is the creator of this creature that protects the Jews
the golem
Shane
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$2,000
[23]
(Rachel Brosnahan presents the clue.) On "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", mycharacterpursues stand-up comedy & got arrested on obscenity charges along with this comedian, who in real life was arrested in 1964 after a Greenwich Village set
Lenny Bruce
Jaskaran
|
$1,600
[28]
Turns out the frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a universal blood donor
Karen O negative
Shane
|
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
Cross this county's border & you're in one of the "collar counties": Lake, McHenry, DuPDuPDuPDuPDuPDuPDuPDuPageanel
Cook County
Jaskaran
|
$2,000
[2]
A mirror can refer to art's reflection of reality, as in this Velázquez work where one shows Philip IV & his queen
Las Meninas
Jaskaran
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$2,000
[9]
Humidity is measured with one of these instruments that also starts with "H"
a hygrometer
Roger
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$2,000
[16]
The creator of an ancient sculpture of a discus thrower; his oddly non-Greek-sounding name comes from one of the gifts of the Magi
Myron
Jaskaran
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DD
$5,800
[15]
"The Night That Goldman Spoke in Union Square" is a song from this musical named for a music style that defined an era
Ragtime
Shane
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$2,000
[27]
Deceptive Greek "gift" found near a high-pressure belt known for calm winds
Trojan Horse latitudes
Roger
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As a young reporter in Appleton, Wisconsin, Edna Ferber interviewed this hometown celebrity originally from Hungary
Houdini