Ben Ganger game 2.
Roni Ackner — a product manager from Brooklyn, New York
Jordan Stefanski — a psychiatric nurse from Dunellen, New Jersey
Ben Ganger — a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $5,000 | $10,000 | $16,100 |
$16,816
2-day champion: $41,815 |
$14,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Jordan! | $1,400 | $1,400 | $1,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$1,000
6 R, 5 W |
| Roni | $2,800 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
$1,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,400
10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATELY GEOGRAPHIC | RELIGION | A VOWEL OF SILENCE | WINEMAKER'S GLOSSARY | EXERCISE YOUR... | DEMONS |
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$200
[12]
You don't have to be a martial arts expert to visit this Mississippi & Alabama prairie named for its fertile dark soil
the Black Belt
Ben
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$200
[29]
The Four Noble Truths of this religion inform us that desire & ignorance are the source of all suffering
Buddhism
Ben
|
$200
[7]
In an 8-letter synonym for danger that you're in right now. Seriously. Right now. In front of millions of people
O
Ben
Jordan!
Roni
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$200
[30]
Retsina is a Greek white or rosé wine flavored with the resin from this cone-producing evergreen (sounds delish!)
pine
Ben
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$200
[27]
...cardiovascular system with these plyometric exercises also called star jumps
jumping jacks
Ben
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$200
[15]
As demon onthisNBC show, Adam Scott compared Kristen Bell to a wet pile of mulch
The Good Place
Roni
|
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$400
[28]
Part of the Navajo reservation, this valley, familiar from Western movies, straddles the border of Arizona & Utah
Monument Valley
Ben
|
$400
[26]
A Bar Mitzvah is the entry of a Jewish boy into the adult community & typically occurs at this age
13
Jordan!
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$400
[25]
In a word that follows "monkey" & "mind your own"
I
Ben
Jordan!
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$400
[23]
From Latin for "heavy", this 4-letter word refers to a style of dry champagne
brut
Ben
|
$400
[24]
...triceps by doing these exercises, whether modified, clap or Sphinx; they use your own bodyweight
push-ups
Ben
|
$400
[14]
Clive Barker didn't care for Pinhead as the name of the villain in this film franchise; he liked "Hell Priest" or "Lead Cenobite"
Hellraiser
Roni
|
|
$600
[21]
This plateau that shares its name with a river covers much of eastern Oregon & eastern Washington
the Columbia
Roni
|
$600
[22]
Appearing there as the mother of one of Islam's prophets, she's the only woman mentioned by name in the Koran
Mary (Maryam)
Ben
|
$600
[18]
In a strand of a textile fiber or a series of online newsgroup messages
A
Ben
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$600
[19]
Think it over--Glühwein is a German wine that has gone through this heating & spicing process
mulling (mulled)
Ben
|
$600
[20]
...largest muscle, this one, with squats & step ups
your gluteus maximus
Ben
Roni
|
$600
[13]
King Paimon is a dastardly demon that creates chaos for Toni Collette & fam in this Ari Aster flick
Hereditary
Roni
|
|
$800
[1]
Counting its 40,175 square miles of water, it's the largest of the lower 48 east of the Mississippi
Michigan
Ben
|
$800
[6]
A Pentecostal as a teen, J.D. Vance was baptized into this faith in 2019
Catholicism
Jordan!
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$800
[17]
In a word meaning to defend against something, like an NFL lineman at the same-named position
U
|
$800
[11]
Red wine, fruit juice, spices & sugar go into this Spanish offering sometimes served as an iced punch
sangria
Jordan!
|
$800
[16]
...balance & reduce your risk of falls with this martial art; try the Chen or Yang style
tai chi
Ben
|
$800
[4]
You can't swing a stick without hitting a demon on this show starring Katja Herbers & Mike Colter
Evil
Roni
|
|
$1,000
[2]
Including Otisco & Owasco, New York has 11 of these bodies of water, though 10 would seem the more fitting number
the Finger Lakes
Ben
|
DD
$1,400
[8]
First published in 1830, this text laid out the foundations of a new faith begun that same year
the Book of Mormon
Ben
|
$1,000
[9]
In a type of flute paired with drum in an army corps
E
Ben
|
$1,000
[10]
This verb refers to adding extra alcohol to wine to produce liquors like port or sherry
fortify
Ben
|
$1,000
[5]
...whole body with this exercise program that uses a piece of equipment called the Reformer
Pilates
Ben
|
$1,000
[3]
Reading from this flesh-bound tome in "The Evil Dead" brings about all kinds of demon shenanigans for Ash & company
the Necronomicon
Roni
|
| HISTORIC BUILDINGS | SUN SONGS | ART COLLECTORS | WORLD UNIVERSITIES | LITERARY CHARACTERS | ____ THE ____ |
|
$400
[22]
Stockholm's Grand Hôtel was the site of the first of these banquets in 1901, & winners & their families still stay there
the Nobel Prize
Roni
|
$400
[24]
"Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter", but luckily for The Beatles, this title was now happening
"Here Comes The Sun"
Jordan!
|
$400
[30]
This actor named for a Renaissance painter leans more toward Basquiat & Ed Ruscha in his own collection
DiCaprio
Roni
|
$400
[28]
It's a 10- to 15-minute walk from the university of this city, established in the 1300s, to the famous Leaning Tower
Pisa
Ben
|
$400
[26]
If you "study", you know this character sees the "scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life"
Sherlock Holmes
Ben
|
$400
[1]
Making reference to a timepiece, it means continuously, 24 hours a day
around the clock
Ben
Jordan!
|
|
$800
[21]
The Golden Rock, this type of Buddhist structure, has been perching on a mountainside in Myanmar since the 6th century B.C.
pagoda
Ben
|
$800
[23]
In 2018 Luke Bryan heated up the country chart with "Sunrise", this unfortunate skin issue, "Sunset"
Sunburn
Jordan!
|
$800
[29]
The Rembrandt Room & many others at this museum can be traced back to a buying spree by Catherine the Great
the Hermitage
|
$800
[27]
Founded by Henry VIII, Trinity is the largest college, in number of undergraduate students, at this English university
Cambridge
Ben
|
$800
[25]
This trickster figure from the Uncle Remus tales is seen in Kara Walker's artwork of the Black experience "African't"
Brer Rabbit
|
$800
[17]
Ponder over, or what cows literally do
chew the cud
Ben
Jordan!
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Now a museum, the Topkapi Palace in this city was built by Mehmed II in the 15th century
Istanbul
Ben
|
$1,200
[18]
"We had joy, we had fun, we had" this Terry Jacks No. 1 hit in 1974 that pretty much covered the opposite of joy & fun
"Seasons In The Sun"
|
$1,200
[19]
Abuildingin Paris displays the art collected by François Pinault, & if he wants to sell any, he also owns this auction house
Christie's
Roni
|
$1,200
[7]
USP for short, the University of this city has ranked No. 1 in Brazil & in Latin America
São Paulo
Roni
|
$1,600
[12]
This Defoe title character was married to 5 men, one of whom was her brother (oops)
Moll Flanders
|
$1,200
[16]
Debuting in 1947, it's the longest-running program on network TV
Meet the Press
Jordan!
|
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1911 & 1969 Caernarfon Castle was the site of investiture ceremonies in which young men received this royal title
Prince of Wales
Ben
|
$1,600
[14]
"Black Hole Sun" grunged hard & topped the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 1994 for this band
Soundgarden
Ben
Jordan!
|
$1,600
[15]
"The Lioness of Boston" is a novel about this intellectual & well-off woman with a museum to her name
(Isabella Stewart) Gardner
Ben
|
$1,600
[6]
In Bangladesh, European & Mughal influences can be found in Curzon Hallat the University of this city
Dhaka
|
$2,000
[9]
The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to a house that is eventually owned by the former Margaret Schlegel
Howards End
|
$2,000
[10]
9th century king of Wessex who defeated invaders & promoted learning
Alfred the Great
Roni
|
|
$2,000
[4]
A masterpiece of Gothic architecture, Strasbourg Cathedral replaced a church built in this earlier medieval style
Romanesque
|
$2,000
[13]
"Let me go on"... the Violent Femmes' debut album memorably begins with this song
"Blister In The Sun"
Roni
|
$2,000
[8]
69 Cézannes are part of the collection of this man, moved after his death to Philadelphia, whose art establishment he despised
Albert Barnes
|
$2,000
[5]
2025 marks the 450th anniversary of the Netherlands' oldest university, located in this city, 10 miles northeast of The Hague
Leiden
Ben
Roni
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
This 2008 novel by Liu Cixin follows physicist Ye Wenjie & Wang Miao, a nanotech researcher, across different timelines
The Three-Body Problem
Ben
|
DD
$2,800
[11]
Referring to part of her habit, it means to become a nun
take the veil
Roni
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This TV show that debuted in 1960 licensed its name 8 years later to a childrens' health product that's still around today
The Flintstones