Liam Starnes game 4.
Eric Cordova — a compliance specialist from Chicago, Illinois
Abigail Arnold — an academic administrator from Waltham, Massachusetts
Liam Starnes — an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $72,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam | $1,400 | $4,200 | $18,800 |
$9,599
4-day champion: $81,801 |
$12,600
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Abigail | $6,000 | $400 | $14,000 |
$9,199
2nd place: $3,000 |
$21,800
25 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eric | $0 | $1,200 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$0
11 R, 5 W |
| BACK WHEN THE ANIMALS WERE YOUNG | COMPOUND WORDS | ALSO A CAR PART | DIFFICULT BUT FUNNY TV CHARACTERS | 2024 IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR | MAKING SOME POUR DECISIONS |
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$200
[29]
While young rabbits are called kits, this slightly larger animal's babies are called leverets
hares
Eric
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$200
[28]
Bring a towel if your seats high up in a venue are called these, involving a body part
nosebleeds
Abigail
|
$200
[27]
Word for the torso of a human or the main stem of a tree
a trunk
Abigail
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$200
[17]
This "Simpsons" kids' host: "Here's the deal. Every time you watch my show, I will send you $40!" ("Checks will not be honored")
Krusty the Clown
Abigail
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$200
[18]
Hewas part of national news from early August to early November
Walz
Liam
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$200
[30]
Ooo, a Havana cocktail... that's pineapple juice, lemon juice & this potent potable... sounds perfect
rum
Eric
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$400
[14]
Newborn calves from the Alaska Yukon type of this deer can weigh up to 35 pounds
moose
Liam
Eric
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$400
[10]
Bring your tissues for this lachrymose type of 10-letter movie; it's a real...
a tearjerker
Eric
|
$400
[25]
They make Stratocasters with all the fixins
Fender
Eric
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$400
[16]
"I'm not fat, I'm festively plump", said this "South Park" kid, & we will respect his authoritah
(Eric) Cartman
Eric
|
$400
[15]
On December 7 the word "Merci" was projected above the portal of the Last Judgment along the west facade of this
Notre Dame
Abigail
|
$400
[26]
How 'bout a round of this Mexican beer with 2 red X's on the label that was actually created by a German man, Wilhelm Hasse
Dos Equis
Liam
|
|
$600
[9]
A young kangaroo, called this, is 1" long & less than a gram at birth; then it heads for mom's pouch
a joey
Abigail
|
$600
[11]
A sporty Corvette, or an aquatic animal you want to avoid due to its venomous spines
the Stingray
|
$600
[24]
A series of medical tests as a whole, or the pitcher & catcher in baseball considered as a single unit
battery
Liam
|
$600
[2]
(Susie Essman presents the clue.) As Susie Greene, I screamed horrible & I do mean horrible things that popped into my head for 24 years on this show, including at its creator, & I got paid to do it
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Abigail
|
$600
[5]
Entertainment obituaries included "The Death of Slim Shady", an album by him that knocked Taylor Swift out of No. 1
Eminem
Abigail
|
$600
[20]
This "Old No. 7" whiskey is "mellowed... through 10 feet of sugar maple charcoal", but mellow feelings may or may not follow
Jack Daniel's
Liam
|
|
$800
[8]
Thissea creature is flat & transparent during the leptocephalus or larval stage
an (a baby) eel
Abigail
|
$800
[12]
A TV episode combining plots from 2 shows, or music from a band in a different genre from its usual one
a crossover
Eric
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$800
[21]
Forsaking the -lum at the end, it's slang for a criminal
a hood
Abigail
|
$800
[3]
Speaking to grad students, he says he was one at 14, & had already done more than most could have hoped to "despite my 9 o'clock bedtime"
Sheldon Cooper
Eric
|
$800
[6]
On Sept. 17 hundreds of pagers belonging to members of this Lebanese organization exploded
Hezbollah
Liam
|
$800
[19]
Toast Mr. Henderson with a Gin Rickey or this often non-alcoholic version; the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel orders one in a deli
a Lime Rickey
Abigail
|
|
$1,000
[1]
On a trumpeter swan lake, these babies hatch in May & June, then follow mom & dad to their first wintering area
cygnets
Abigail
|
$1,000
[13]
F in the F major scale, for example; it also means a major speech at a political convention
a keynote
Abigail
|
DD
$7,800
[22]
Something broadcast by a television network, for example
a transmission
Abigail
|
$1,000
[4]
Sweet Dee, facing a tough choice on this show:"I'm gonna have a really hard time if we're both cannibals & we're racists"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Abigail
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1943, this name referred to a massivetank battlewon by the USSR; in 2024, to a Russianregioninvaded by Ukraine
Kursk
Liam
|
$1,000
[23]
Chablis is a region in the north of this wine-growing area, with Beaujolais farthest south
Burgundy
Liam
|
| A PREMIERE MUSICAL EVENT | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | ACTORS BY THE FILMS THEY DIRECTED | 19th CENTURY LIT | BOATS & SHIPS | ENDS WITH "A-G-E" |
|
$400
[30]
Prague's Estates Theatre was home to the 1787 world premiere of "Don Giovanni" by this man who conducted that night as well
Mozart
Abigail
|
$400
[23]
Created in the 16th century by a Mughal emperor, the Bagh-e Babur Gardensare found in this largest Afghan city
Kabul
Eric
|
$400
[28]
"Rush" &"Apollo 13"
Ron Howard
Eric
|
$400
[5]
This William Makepeace Thackeray novel opens with Rebecca & Amelia leaving Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies
Vanity Fair
Liam
|
$400
[24]
In the 1600s, the Baltic Sea had a toll based on the size of this, so the Dutch built thefluyt, narrower on top than in the hold
the deck
Abigail
|
$400
[27]
It comes before "point" to mean a position from which something is considered or viewed
vantage
Eric
|
|
$800
[29]
Originally titled "Fandango", this Ravel piece premiered in November 1928
Boléro
Eric
|
$800
[22]
Like Patagonia, New Zealand's Central Otago region claims the most southerly of these planted areas that bring joy to oenophiles
a vineyard
Eric
|
$800
[25]
"The Boys in the Boat" &"The Ides of March"
George Clooney
|
$800
[4]
The years have brought a sex change to the original 1844 poem about going here "& through the wood, to grandfather's house"
over the river
Eric
|
$1,200
[8]
A speedy Steamer called Syren made a record 33 runs as a "runner" of this union barrier to Confederate trade
blockade
Abigail
|
$800
[26]
The area of a plot of land, or more generally, a synonym for territory
acreage
Liam
|
|
$1,200
[9]
You could say the May 29, 1913 premiere of "Rite of Spring" by this Russian composer was a total riot, as one did happen
Stravinsky
Liam
|
$1,200
[18]
A multi-island nation of the Lesser Antilles pairs this former patron saint of Lisbon with "& the Grenadines"
St. Vincent
Abigail
|
$1,200
[12]
"Cocaine Bear" &"Pitch Perfect 2"
Elizabeth Banks
Abigail
|
$1,200
[3]
In "The Brothers Karamazov", he wrote, "Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it"
Dostoevsky
Abigail
|
$1,600
[7]
Type ofvesselused in the U.S. Navy's early 20th century Yangtze Patrol, or a type of diplomacy with the threat of force behind it
a gunboat
Liam
|
$1,200
[15]
The way a rock splits, or something revealed by low-cut décolletage
cleavage
Abigail
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1843this Wagner opera reached port in Dresden but sailed into troubled waters in public reception
The Flying Dutchman
Abigail
|
$2,000
[19]
Guatemala's farming region of Jutiapa borders this nation on the Pacific to the south
El Salvador
Liam
|
$1,600
[13]
"A Journal for Jordan" &"The Great Debaters"
Denzel Washington
Abigail
|
$1,600
[2]
A poem by Hoffmann von Fallersleben begins with these 4 words (one repeated); a later verse is now the German anthem
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Abigail
|
$2,000
[20]
Change the last syllable in monorail to get this kind of sailing boat whose advantages vs. a catamaran are debated
a monohull
Eric
|
$1,600
[16]
As a verb it's a synonym for pledge; as a noun, it's a financial conveyance
mortgage
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Drunk conductor Alexander Glazunov helped wreck the 1897 premiere of the 1st symphony by this Russian composer & piano virtuoso
Rachmaninoff
Abigail
Eric
|
DD
$4,600
[6]
The northernmost Summer Olympics were held in this European city in 1952
Helsinki
Liam
|
$2,000
[14]
"Mid90s"
Jonah Hill
|
$2,000
[1]
Vivian is an ambitious politician in "Vivian Grey", the first novel by this future prime minister of England
Disraeli
Abigail
|
DD
$4,000
[21]
On July 24, 1857 Henry David Thoreau & others set off on Moosehead Lake in an 18-foot one of these
a canoe
Liam
|
$2,000
[17]
There's a synonym for "face" in this word meaning to have a mental picture of something
envisage
Abigail
|
A 1919 Punch cartoon titled "The Gap in the Bridge" showed Uncle Sam sleeping on the missing keystone of this
the League of Nations