Andrew Hayes game 4.
Jade Snelling — an archivist from Blacksburg, Virginia
Kyle Harvey — a civil engineer from San Antonio, Texas
Andrew Hayes — a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi (whose 3-day cash winnings total $72,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $5,000 | $11,600 | $17,600 |
$26,401
4-day champion: $98,603 |
$18,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kyle | $3,200 | $6,000 | $13,200 |
$11,201
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,200
20 R, 1 W |
| Jade | $2,000 | $2,000 | $5,600 |
$8,800
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 2 W |
| IT ENDS WITH "US" | CLASSIC NOVELS | ELEMENTAL PHRASES | SHAKIN' DAT AX | QUOTING THE TARANTINO FILM | OH, MARY! |
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$200
[26]
This type of package is an effort by the government to goose the economy
stimulus
Kyle
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$200
[21]
"Wrecked on a Desert Island" is chapter III of this novel by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Kyle
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$200
[25]
This phrase that means lifting weights is also the title of an early Arnold Schwarzenegger film
pumping iron
Kyle
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$200
[30]
Where Wisconsin & Minn. footballers once competed for the Slab of Bacon Trophy, now this tall tale legend's axe is up for grabs
Paul Bunyan
Kyle
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$200
[29]
"That should do it. Here are your names. Mr. Brown. Mr. White. Mr. Blonde. Mr. Blue. Mr. Orange. Mr. Pink"
Reservoir Dogs
Andrew
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$200
[28]
(Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln presents the clue.) On October 3, 1863, Abe put out a proclamation--I'll admit, the man is good at those--to observe the last Thursday of November as a day of this, but as my brother & three half brothers fought for the Confederacy, dinner might be awkward
Thanksgiving
Kyle
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$400
[12]
Once used by telegraphers to save letters, it's now a common term for the bunch seen here
SCOTUS
Andrew
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$400
[20]
The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel isn't just a member of a group called the brotherhood--he becomes a spokesman
Invisible Man
Kyle
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$400
[22]
This idiom that mentions 2 coins can mean to make petty financial demands in a negotiation
nickel and dime
Andrew
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$400
[24]
The blade was originally wood or stone on this Native American hand hatchet; Europeans brought metal
a tomahawk
Kyle
|
$400
[23]
"Each & every man under my command owes me 100 Nazi scalps! & I want my scalps! & all y'all will get me 100 Nazi scalps"
Inglourious Basterds
Andrew
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$400
[27]
(Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln presents the clue.) Dated April 2, 1865, Abe's last knownletterto me included word from this top general that Sheridan, with his cavalry & the Fifth Corps, had captured three brigades of infantry; oh, Abe, always the romantic
Grant
Kyle
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$600
[11]
As a verb it can mean to concentrate effort or to give sharp definition to an image
focus
Jade
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$600
[9]
This Edith Wharton novel about the doings of New York society families won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize
The Age of Innocence
Kyle
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$600
[15]
This alliterative phrase can refer to movies as a whole
silver screen
Jade
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$600
[18]
Video gamers, exhale: Guardian Scouts wield an ancient battle axe in "Breath of the Wild", part of this franchise
The Legend of Zelda
Andrew
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$800
[2]
"Oh, I know you... Spahn Ranch, yeah, woo! I don't know your name... nah, it was dumber'n that. Somethin' like Rex... Tex!"
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Andrew
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$600
[19]
(Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln presents the clue.) My reluctant defense attorney at an 1875 trial to determine my insanity let 17 witnesses testify against me & called none; oh, this last surviving son of mine who arranged the trial is in such trouble
Robert Todd Lincoln
Kyle
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$800
[10]
Be it lateral or medial, this structure in your knee helps absorb shock & prevent arthritis
the meniscus
Kyle
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$800
[4]
This book sees Sydney Carton make a courageous but fatal substitution
A Tale of Two Cities
Andrew
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$800
[3]
In the U.S. this type of family has a relative who has died while in active military service
a Gold Star Family
Kyle
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$800
[14]
Hephaestus had the wisdom to ax a question of Zeus, splitting Z's head open to release this goddess, fully armored (double ow)
Athena
Jade
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$1,000
[1]
"When John Ruth the hangman catches you, you don't die with no bullet in your back... when the hangman catches you, you hang"
The Hateful Eight
Andrew
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$800
[16]
(Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln presents the clue.) In 1839, I went to live with my sister Elizabeth & her husband in this Illinois city & met Abe; sure, we broke up once before we got married there, but everything worked out great for us--right?
Springfield
Andrew
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$1,000
[7]
This poem ends, "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul"
"Invictus"
Andrew
Jade
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$1,000
[5]
Ben Gunn is a marooned sailor rescued as part of the rip-roaring action in this 1883 novel
Treasure Island
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$1,000
[6]
This region around the southern shores of San Francisco Bay stands in for the tech industry
Silicon Valley
Jade
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$1,000
[13]
Always ready to bury the hatchet as well as read some Bible passages in early 1900s saloons, she published "The Smasher's Mail"
Carrie A. Nation
Andrew
|
DD
$4,200
[17]
"The 'D' is silent, hillbilly!"
Django Unchained
Andrew
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$1,000
[8]
(Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln presents the clue.) It's April 14, 1865 & I'm bored; I know... Abe & I will go to Ford's Theater& see this comedy about a man abroad. It's not "Cabaret", but what the heck; I'll give it a shot
Our American Cousin
Kyle
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| GO FISH! | IN THE DICTIONARY | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA | TV TITLE CHANGE A LETTER | CENTENARIANS | OH! THESE WORLD CITIES END IN "O" |
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$400
[30]
In Alaska, this fish is "King" as the official state fish
salmon
Kyle
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$400
[26]
Latin for "to draw around" gives us this word that can mean to draw a circle that touches all a square's corners
circumscribe
Andrew
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$400
[29]
The Maya are known for developing & using the "long count" one of these based on a 5,125-year cycle
a calendar
Kyle
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$400
[28]
Offred is cleaning out the garage & putting tags on stuff to offer out in the driveway, so let's check out...
The Handmaid's Sale
Kyle
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$400
[27]
This speech problem tormented Annie Glennwhen she became a national celebrity; she later became an advocate for those with it
stutter
Kyle
Jade
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$400
[23]
This Bosnian city boasts many mosques & the Bascarsija, an ancient Ottoman marketplace
Sarajevo
Andrew
|
|
$800
[25]
Encountering them on a trip to South America, Theodore Roosevelt called them "the most ferocious fish in the world"
a piranha
Jade
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$1,200
[4]
An Old English word for "insane" gave us this milder word meaning dizzy, perhaps "with excitement"
giddy
Jade
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$800
[18]
Ancient "Clovis" spear points have been found in New Mexico among the bones of these pachyderms
mammoths
Andrew
Jade
|
$800
[24]
Donald Glover's superspy on Amazon is replaced on the wedding cake by Jimmy of "NYPD Blue"
Mr. & Mrs. Smits
|
$800
[22]
François Gilot (1921-2023) was the mother of this man's daughter Paloma & her own painting of Paloma with a guitar brought $1.3 million
Picasso
Jade
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$800
[21]
This San Joaquin Valley city, Spanish for "ash tree", is historically a center for Armenian immigrants
Fresno
Andrew
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|
$1,200
[16]
From its beak-like snout & colorful appearance, it's the name of the tropical fish seen here
a parrotfish
Jade
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$1,600
[5]
New York City kept using this word for one who rides the subway long after they were holding onto metal bars instead
a straphanger
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$1,200
[9]
This civilization that flourished from 1200 to 400 B.C. carved colossal stone heads & was first to use writing in the Americas
the Olmecs
Andrew
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$1,200
[17]
Bob Odenkirk's spinoff gets a new partner at the firm ... the super-nimble Darth with a double-bladed lightsaber who had to split
Better Call Maul
Kyle
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$1,200
[20]
In 2023, Virginia Halas McCaskeycelebrated her 100th birthday & her 40th anniversary as principal owner of this NFL team
the Bears
Andrew
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$1,200
[7]
Halab is the Arabic name for this city of northern Syria that became a major trading center of the Ottoman Empire by the 16th century
Aleppo
Andrew
|
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$1,600
[11]
The beluga whale is a mammal, of course; the beluga this is a fish prized for its caviar
the sturgeon
Andrew
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$2,000
[6]
Audiences see a matador at work in this Spanish word for a bullfight, from a word meaning "running"
a corrida
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$1,600
[10]
This largest feline of Central & South America was worshiped as a goddess under the name Ixchel
a jaguar
Kyle
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$1,600
[13]
Billy Bob Thornton & Jon Hamm are hard at work in the wide-open Texas rendered pig fat business in this Taylor Sheridan hit
Lardman
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$1,600
[8]
Faith leaders who beat 3score & 10 include President Russell Nelson of this church; his 100th bday party was on Temple Square
the Church of Latter-day Saints
Kyle
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$1,600
[2]
Founded in the 16th century, this seaport city of Central Chile has been home to the country's national congress since 1990
Valparaiso
Andrew
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$2,000
[12]
From March to September these small silvery fish run out of the water & onto California beaches to lay their eggs
grunions
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DD
$4,000
[19]
As a noun, it's a comfy place to sleep courtesy of our bird buddies; as a verb, it's to hire more workers than needed, by union demand
to featherbed
Andrew
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$2,000
[15]
The Iroquois called themselves the Haudenosaunee, meaning people of these extended communal dwellings
longhouses
Kyle
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$2,000
[14]
Time is a flat circle on this HBO show, but those cops are about to spend theirs in the arboretum unit
Tree Detective
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Lawrence Walsh, independent counsel in this 1980s scandal, called it "a cover-up engineered in the White House"
the Iran-Contra scandal
Andrew
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$2,000
[1]
Just one more thing: the name of this Sri Lankan city on the Indian Ocean likely comes from the Sinhalese for "port" or "ferry"
Colombo
Andrew
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Like a character in one of his novels, this author hid in a meat locker during an Allied bombing
Kurt Vonnegut