2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament final game 2.
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Roger Craig — an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia
Matt Amodio — a quantitative researcher from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $4,200 | $5,200 | $13,600 |
$11,199
Winner: $150,000 + advance to Jeopardy! Masters |
$13,600
19 R, 3 W |
| Roger | $1,600 | $3,400 | $9,400 |
$5,199
2nd place: $50,000 |
$9,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Juveria | $3,200 | $4,600 | $16,000 |
$4,799
3rd place: $50,000 |
$9,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SPEECH! | 2024 WORDLES, DEFINED | CANADIANA | ALSO A BOAT | WOMEN IN SPORTS | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? |
|
$200
[22]
Conceding, Kamala Harris said accepting the results of an election is what distinguishes this from monarchy or tyranny
a democracy
Roger
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$200
[28]
A bird claw:_ _ L _ _
talon
Juveria
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$200
[27]
Anne Murray & Michael Bublé have sung the unofficial anthem this botanical emblem "Forever"
maple leaf
Matt
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$200
[25]
In 2002 the Federal Trade Commission launched a crackdown on this type of intrusive e-mail
junk
Juveria
|
$200
[29]
With 11 medals total, she's the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history
(Simone) Biles
Roger
|
$200
[30]
The Spanish word for bread is hiding inside the name of this Latin American turnover that usually has a savory filling
an empanada
Roger
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$400
[19]
In a 2005 commencement speech, he talked about his $2 billion company... "I had just turned 30. And then I got fired"
Jobs
Matt
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$400
[20]
To divide into tenths, formerly, or a church donation:_ _ _ H _
tithe
Matt
|
$400
[21]
It's Canada's national police force
the RCMP
Roger
|
$400
[23]
This palindromic company can help with flights, accommodations & car rentals
Kayak
Juveria
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$400
[24]
The Indiana Fever's No. 1 draft pick in 2024, she's had a great "effect" on women's basketball
(Caitlin) Clark
Roger
|
$400
[26]
Feel like Japanese food? Try unagi, this freshwater fish, often grilled & served over rice
eel
Roger
|
|
$600
[3]
"It is international morality that is at stake", Haile Selassie told the League of Nations after Italy invaded this country
Ethiopia
Juveria
|
$600
[17]
A person's strong point, or Will of "MacGruber" fame:_ O _ _ _
forte
Juveria
|
$600
[6]
Justin Trudeau was Canada's 10th prime minister of this party that dominated that job in the 20th century
Liberal
Roger
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$600
[16]
New Englanders call soft-shelled clams these, in reference to the way they're best cooked
steamers
Matt
|
$600
[18]
One of the greatest beach volleyball teams of all time, she & Kerri Walsh Jenningstook the gold in three consecutive Olympics
(Misty) May(-Treanor)
Matt
|
$600
[14]
In the mood for a sandwich? How about a po' boy or this other New Orleans favorite said to have been created at the Central Grocery
muffalatta (muffaletta)
Juveria
|
|
$800
[2]
In 1992 activist Mary Fisher asked the GOP convention not to "whisper" about this disease but "to bring our silence to an end"
AIDS
Matt
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$800
[8]
"There it is!"(in French):_ _ I _ _
voilà
Matt
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$800
[4]
In 1916, this easternmost Prairie province became the first in Canada to grant women the right to vote & hold provincial office
Manitoba
Juveria
|
$800
[13]
As a boat, it's a bit pushy on the waters; as a verb, it means "to rudely interrupt"
barge
Matt
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$800
[15]
This Ski Hall of Famer, I see you are not named for a baby game but for a small town in Idaho
(Picabo) Street
Matt
|
$800
[11]
This North African dish of poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce isn't just for breakfast; plus its imitative Arabic name is fun to say!
shakshuka
Juveria
|
|
$1,000
[1]
In his first speech to Parliament as PM, Winston Churchill declared, "I have nothing to offer but" these 4 things
blood, sweat, toil & tears (blood, toil, tears & sweat)
Roger
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
Part of the NATO phonetic alphabet:_ _ _ V _
Bravo
Roger
|
$1,000
[5]
Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" was inspired by events 30 years earlier along this 100-mile-long river
the Klondike
Roger
Juveria
|
$1,000
[10]
If you want bang for your buck when bingeing beer, ask for this kind of wide-mouth glass
a schooner
|
$1,000
[12]
The first woman to play in an NHL game, in 2022, this Canadian was hired by the Kings as a hockey operations & prospect advisor
Rhéaume
Juveria
|
$1,000
[9]
Don't get mad--try the pasta with this spicy sauce whose name is Italian for "angry"
arrabbiata
Matt
|
| THE NAME OF THE PLAY | COLLEGE SEALS | THE MAGMA MOVEMENT | HIP-HOP & RELIGION | 5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY | ADVERBS |
|
$400
[27]
This Theban king has some real mommy & daddy issues
Oedipus
Roger
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$400
[26]
The tree on the seal of this school represents el Palo Alto, a more than 1,000-year-old redwood
Stanford
Juveria
|
$400
[28]
That magma has achieved a breakthrough & now we call it this
lava
Matt
|
$400
[25]
While Kanye West made "Jesus Walks", Lupe Fiasco remixed the beat to make this 7th century religious figure "Walks"
Muhammad
Roger
|
$400
[29]
This long Asian peninsula stretches 700 miles south from Myanmar towards the island of Sumatra
Malay
Matt
|
$400
[30]
In 2016 a lexicographer assumed Donald Trump meant "big league" in a debate though it sounded like this adverb
bigly
Juveria
|
|
$800
[5]
This Marlowe man "was grac'd with doctor's name, excelling all... in heavenly matters of theology"
Faustus
Matt
|
$800
[21]
The seal of this university features the Sun & California poppies, but no Hector or King Priam
USC
Matt
Roger
|
$800
[10]
The Caribbean plate isn't an entree with goat curry; it's this type of plate, which collides with the North Amer. one to produce magma
tectonic
Roger
|
$800
[24]
On "Wants & Needs" Drake raps that he "probably should go to" this type of Jewish university but went to "Ibiza" instead
Yeshiva
Roger
|
$800
[22]
Bounded by the Sinai Peninsula to the west & the Jordan Valley to the east, this arid region makes up about 60% of Israel
Negev
Matt
|
$800
[23]
"Don't take it" this way is an advice book subtitled "The Art of Dealing with Rejection"
personally
Matt
Roger
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The title mom in Bertolt Brecht's her "and Her Children" is a not always brave 17th century war profiteer
Mother Courage
Matt
|
$1,200
[19]
On Harvard's seal 3 open books spell out this Latin motto
Veritas
Roger
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$1,200
[8]
The stuff is sloshing around in the Socorro Magma Basin below a rift bisecting New Mexico & bearing the name of this river
the Rio Grande
Roger
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$1,200
[18]
Coolio references the 23rd Psalm on this lead single from the "Dangerous Minds" soundtrack (please don't say the hard "ER")
"Gangsta's Paradise"
Juveria
|
$1,200
[6]
In the 15th century, Pachacuti Inca Yupanquiis said to have devised the plan for this South American city
Cusco
Juveria
|
$1,200
[20]
From Latin for "of one mind", it means with everyone in agreement
unanimously
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Athol Fugard's him "...and the Boys" is a coming-of-age story set in apartheid-era South Africa
Master Harold
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
From 1783 to 1929 this university in Virginia used what's called the Jeffersonian seal, which depicts Greek Revival architecture
William & Mary
Roger
|
$1,600
[9]
4 billion years ago the Earth was a hellscape of magma oceans; from the Greek hell, it has the near-rhyming name this "eon"
the Hadean (eon)
Matt
Juveria
|
$1,600
[15]
Rapper Hanumankind is partly named for a Hindu deity who appears in an ancient Indian epic about this 4-letter king
Rama
Matt
|
$2,000
[11]
This South Pacific island nation, a cradle of Polynesian culture, was governed by New Zealand until 1962
Samoa
Roger
|
$1,600
[17]
Rob Lowe named his podcast this, like his character's catchphrase on "Parks & Recreation"
Literally!
|
|
$2,000
[4]
In a 5th century B.C. play, this activist leads the women of 2 warring cities on a sex strike
Lysistrata
Matt
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$2,000
[13]
The heraldic shield of Lord Baltimore & a line from gospel are on the seal of this school founded in 1876
Johns Hopkins
Roger
|
$2,000
[1]
Magma can form a xenolith, one kind of rock in another; many are found near this 1st-name-named capital of Northern Cape province
Kimberley
Juveria
|
$2,000
[14]
In a song titled this New Testament verse, Wyclef Jean riffs, "For God so loved the world, every man packs an M-16"
John 3:16
Roger
|
DD
$7,800
[7]
Site of an art show with outposts in Hong Kong & Miami Beach, this city sits near where France, Germany & Switzerland meet
Basel
Juveria
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$2,000
[16]
To show that meaning is not related to syntax, Noam Chomsky coined "colorless green ideas sleep" not fastly but this way
furiously
Roger
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In the 12th c. after walking barefoot, this man stripped down & allowed himself to be flogged by dozens of monks
Henry II