Ben Ganger game 4.
Sam Sabulis — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
Shweta Balasubramanian — a marketing manager from Pomona, California
Ben Ganger — a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $76,415)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $4,000 | $5,600 | $22,500 |
$20,000
4-day champion: $96,415 |
$17,000
25 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| Shweta | $-1,000 | $-200 | $1,000 |
$320
3rd place: $2,000 |
$1,000
3 R, 1 W |
| Sam | $1,200 | $1,800 | $7,800 |
$5,189
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,800
13 R, 5 W |
| WORLD HISTORY | A LITTLE BIT OF LIT | BEAVER FEVER | 4-LETTER SYNONYMS | "POP"-POURRI | RADIO |
|
$200
[24]
1960 was called "the year of" this continent where 17 countries declared independence
Africa
Ben
|
$200
[29]
Her cupboard... bare. Her dog... dead. But suddenly, the dog's alive, & smoking a pipe. Terror has a new name--this nursery rhyme woman
Old Mother Hubbard
Sam
|
$200
[30]
Associated with Lincoln, this tall top hat was often made of beaver, though silk was taking over by Abe's time
a stovepipe (hat)
Ben
|
$200
[27]
Kismet
fate
Shweta
|
$200
[26]
This food is an obvious choice as a movie title & there's one from 1991 where kids are being killed in an abandoned theater
popcorn
Sam
|
$200
[25]
KDKA, one of the first commercial radio stations, has been the voice of this Pennsylvania city since going on air in 1920
Pittsburgh
Ben
Sam
|
|
$400
[20]
In 1952 Turkey joined this military alliance named for a far-off body of water
NATO
Ben
|
$400
[28]
In "The Pilgrim's Regress" by this "Narnia" man, a dragon laments, "Often I wish I hadn't eaten my wife"
(C.S.) Lewis
Sam
|
$400
[21]
Starting in 1950s TV commercials, Bucky Beaver was the mascot for Ipana, a brand of this hygiene item
a toothpaste
|
$400
[19]
Prima donna, in opera or otherwise
diva
Ben
|
$400
[23]
The Sherman brothers wrote "Stay Awake" for this classic Disney movie
Mary Poppins
|
$400
[22]
In 2005 KYOURadio in San Francisco became the first major station to air only these, submitted by you, the listeners
podcasts
Ben
|
|
$600
[13]
"Emancipation", a 2024 book, compares the end of American slavery with the freeing of these Russian peasants, also in the 1860s
the serfs
|
$600
[18]
Do you have a "Remembrance of Things Past"? Then you'll know he also wrote "Jean Santeuil"
Proust
Shweta
|
$600
[3]
106,000 fans can lodge themselves at Beaver Stadium, the home football field of this school's Nittany Lions
Penn State
Ben
|
$600
[16]
Killer whale
orca
Ben
|
$600
[12]
AKA "Pop", hehas won five NBA titles & more games than any other coach in league history
(Gregg) Popovich
Ben
|
$600
[10]
In 1933 FDR talked to the nation about the banking crisis in the first of his radio addresses called these
fireside chats
Sam
|
|
$800
[1]
In 1615 the Inquisition said the theories of this Polish astronomer, dead over 70 years, were heresy
Copernicus
Ben
|
$800
[17]
Mark this Cuban character who got top billing over "the Sea" (at least as "The Old Man") in 1952
Santiago
|
$800
[4]
Featuring a cow chip throwing contest & more, the Cimarron Territorial Celebration is held in Beaver in this state in April
Oklahoma
Ben
|
$800
[14]
Epic or lyrical poet
a bard
|
$800
[11]
This VH1 series gave many tidbits about "Vogue", directed by David Fincher, & "Livin' La Vida Loca", directed by Wayne Isham
Pop-Up Video
Sam
|
$800
[9]
This music show began on WSM out of Nashville in 1925, playing traditional country & hillbilly music
the Grand Ole Opry
Sam
|
|
$1,000
[2]
In 2011 the coffin of this man dead many years was removed from his crypt in Chile for an autopsy
Salvador Allende
Ben
|
$1,000
[15]
These 3 words repeated 3 times follow "rose" in perhaps Gertrude Stein's most famous quote
is a rose
|
$1,000
[5]
The swamp beaver is another name for this rodent originally from South America, but now with feral U.S. populations
the nutria
|
$1,000
[7]
Margarine
oleo
Shweta
Sam
|
$1,000
[8]
To name just 2, this iconic BBC TV show has featured The Beatles & Nirvana, who refused to mime to their recorded song
Top of the Pops
Ben
|
DD
$1,200
[6]
On October 31, 1938 The New York Times reported that "many flee homes to escape 'gas raid from Mars'" after this famous broadcast
"The War of the Worlds"
Ben
|
| GOVERNORS | "A" IS FOR CAPITAL | CLASSICAL MUSIC | FROM THE BRONX | ECHO-NOMICS | FANCY A WORD? |
|
$400
[30]
In 2003 the Californian newspaper asked, "Will the Terminator become" this portmanteau?
the Governator
Ben
|
$400
[1]
Its Theater of Dionysus dates back to the 6th century B.C. & once sat 17,000, about the size of the Hollywood Bowl
Athens
Ben
|
$400
[6]
Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" is the anthem of this group made up of 27 nations
the EU
Ben
|
$400
[27]
Her "Jenny From The Block" pays tribute to her Bronx roots
Jennifer Lopez
Sam
|
$400
[29]
"Asset" these overpricing events, like of Dutch tulips in the 1630s & of Japanese real estate in the 1980s, always burst eventually
a bubble
Sam
|
$400
[23]
The name of a hotelier in the early 20th century gives us this 5-letter adjective for posh & fancy
ritzy
Ben
|
|
$800
[25]
He liked to say he was a "small fish" in D.C., but down in the southern state where he was governor, he was kind of a big deal
Huey Long
|
$800
[20]
In 2023 National Geographic asked, "As" this city "bows out, what will be the new capital of cannabis tourism?"
Amsterdam
Ben
|
$800
[5]
For 50 years, Arthur Fiedler was the maestro of this Beantown orchestra famous for playing light classical works
the Boston Pops
Ben
Sam
|
$800
[26]
Raised in the Bronx, she was nicknamed for a brand of rum & has a sister Hennessy, named for a cognac brand
Cardi B
Sam
|
$800
[28]
A group of firms that collectively monopolize a commodity, for example German cement or south African diamonds
cartel
Ben
|
$800
[22]
A gentleman with an "air" of confidence may be this adjective, from Old French for "of good lineage"
debonair
|
|
$1,200
[24]
After running the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, this man became governor in the Bay State
Mitt Romney
Shweta
|
$1,200
[21]
Check out the roughly 525-foot-tall Capital Gate, called "the Leaning Tower of" this Persian Gulf city
Abu Dhabi
Ben
Sam
|
$1,200
[4]
The Dvorak family arrived in the U.S. in September 1892; by May this symphony inspired by new surroundings was done
New World Symphony
Ben
|
$1,200
[19]
Calvin Klein & this designer famous for his Polo wear grew up in the same Bronx neighborhood & attended the same school
Ralph Lauren
Sam
|
$1,200
[15]
Boycotts that had success included of Ford in the 1920s (over Henry's views) & these fruits in the 1960s (for farmworker rights)
grapes
Ben
Sam
|
$1,200
[14]
A classy citizen of the world, it comes to us from the decidedly unclassy Oscar the Grouch of ancient Greece, Diogenes
cosmopolitan
|
|
$2,000
[7]
In 1992, shehelped kick-start the Texas lottery to help fund public schools; she bought the first ticket, too
Governor Ann Richards
|
$2,000
[9]
Khan Shatyris a giant entertainment center in this city that took over capital duties for Almaty in 1997
Astana
|
$1,600
[3]
This English composer of works like "The Planets" & "Hymn of Jesus" made his living when young as a trombone player
Holst
Ben
|
$1,600
[18]
She gained fame after starring in "Fame" & co-writing & recording the theme to "Flashdance"; baby, remember her name
Irene Cara
|
$1,600
[13]
Greece 1944 & Yugoslavia 1994 are examples of this 14-letter situation, with prices doubling in a few days
hyperinflation
Sam
|
$1,600
[12]
It can mean extracted & filtered white sugar but also describes a cultivated woman with great "taste"
refined
Ben
|
|
DD
$3,500
[8]
Her father Ajit Singh Randhawa was a professor at the HBCU Voorhees College in South Carolina
Nikki Haley
Ben
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
This capital lies on the Anatolian Plateau, 3,000 above sea level
Ankara
Ben
|
$2,000
[2]
Thiscomposer of works like 1934's "Cantata Profana" was also an avid chronicler of Hungarian folk music
Bartók
Ben
|
$2,000
[17]
Before he was a "Raging Bull", this boxer whose life inspired a movie biopic was the "Bronx Bull"
LaMotta
Sam
|
$2,000
[11]
This 4-letter word meaning a decree refers to "currency" or "money" created by government say-so, from greenbacks to rupees
fiat
Sam
|
$2,000
[16]
In "Well, Did You Evah", Cole Porter mashed together "swell" & this longer word
elegant
Ben
|
Nearly a century after her 1851 sporting triumph, she was a rotting hulk finally scrapped in 1945
the America