2025Jeopardy! Mastersknockout round game 3.
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana
Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California
Neilesh Vinjamuri — a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neilesh | — | $8,800 | $9,200 |
$3,599
3rd place: 0 match points |
$9,200
18 R, 4 W |
| Isaac | — | $9,200 | $20,000 |
$20,000
Winner: 3 match points |
$15,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Adriana | — | $1,000 | $7,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: 1 match point |
$6,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SVU: SHAKESPEARE VICTIMS UNIT | 6-LETTER CITIES | UNABBREVIATE ME | TALKING IN COLORS | ...& HORROR ENSUES | W. KAMAU BELL'S BELLS CATEGORY |
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$200
[30]
Hysterical guy says Goneril poisoned this sister of hers; now I hear there's a separate crime scene with Dad & Sister 2? Geez, the paperwork
Regan
Isaac
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$200
[5]
Since the 13th century, this city'scoat of armshas featured a bear, & some contend the city is named for one
Berlin
Neilesh
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$200
[28]
Wake up to Lara Spencer:GMA
Good Morning America
Isaac
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$200
[29]
The competition between 2 newspapers in the 19th century & the work of cartoonist Richard F. Outcault led to this term
yellow journalism
Neilesh
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$200
[27]
Whether as Offred on TV or Cecilia Kass in "The Invisible Man" on film, this actress has seen some rough times
Elizabeth Moss
Adriana
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$200
[26]
(One more time, Celeb Jeopardy!champion Kamau Bell.) The title of my 2007 one-man show of course mentioned my name, & it referenced this controversial 1994 book about measuring intelligence
The Bell Curve
Neilesh
|
|
$400
[20]
We got this mook on security camera near the body, saying, "senators, be not affrighted... ambition's debt is paid"; cuff him
Brutus
Isaac
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$400
[2]
This city, a suburb of Denver, shares a name with a mythological goddess of the dawn
Aurora
Adriana
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$400
[25]
For a day not at the races:OTB
off-track betting
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$400
[7]
Grandma loves this dessert that's flush with apple, cinnamon & crumbly deliciousness
Brown Betty
Adriana
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$400
[22]
An actor's son, hedirected "Longlegs" & also acted in "Nope"
Oz Perkins (Osgood Perkins)
Neilesh
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$400
[23]
(Back to Kamau Bell.) The 2023 World's Strongest Man competition included an event where 7 of these steel items were tossed over a 15-foot bar within 60 seconds
a kettle bell
Isaac
|
|
$600
[3]
Witnesses say the vic, Mercutio, talked about plague, but it's murder, & we got an I.D. on the perp--him, Lady Capulet's nephew
Tybalt
Isaac
|
$600
[1]
The Battle of Boyacá, fought near this capital, makes Simón Bolívar a legend in what was then New Granada
Bogotá
Neilesh
|
$600
[19]
You might need it down below:scuba
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
Neilesh
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$600
[6]
Millions & millions of dinoflagellates in coastal waters cause this toxic phenomenon
red tide
Neilesh
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$600
[13]
Let's vamp for time; Lily-Rose Depp has an undead admirer in this 2024 film that got 4 Oscar nominations
Nosferatu
Neilesh
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$600
[16]
(Back to Kamau.) In an article about the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, I wrote about how we were blessed with the Sports Illustrated football phonein the late '80s after the breakup of AT&T's monopoly commonly referred to by this familial name
Ma Bell
Isaac
|
|
$800
[12]
C'mon, Macbeth, you're telling us you & this guy were friends? How come your friend has "20 trenched gashes on his head"?
Banquo
Neilesh
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$800
[4]
The legendary Shalimar Gardensare found in this city in Punjab Province
Lahore
Neilesh
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$800
[21]
Unit in CERN's 1953 founding document:GeV
giga-electron volt
Neilesh
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$1,000
[18]
This region became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910
the Orange Free State
Isaac
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$800
[10]
In a '70s cult film the heroine finds an apple farm less soothing than she thought, as the title says, "Let's" do this to Jessica
Scare Jessica to Death
|
$800
[15]
(Here's Kamau.) Edgar Allan Poe wrote about the ringing "that so musically wells / From the bells, bells, bells, bells" & notably used this 6-syllable word to describe the noise
tintinnabulation
Isaac
|
|
$1,000
[11]
We gotta get Iago off the streets; too bad we didn't bust him for the Roderigo hit before he did this wife of his
Emilia
Neilesh
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$1,000
[8]
Prior to 1989, this city where U Thant is buried started with a different letter & had an extra vowel in its name
Yangon (the former Rangoon)
Neilesh
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$1,000
[24]
Like the Peace Corps, but local:VISTA
Volunteers in Service to America
Isaac
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
A minion of Robespierre, Citizen Chauvelin is on the hunt for this elusive hero in a 1905 novel
the Scarlett Pimpernel
Isaac
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$1,000
[9]
"The Strangers" was praised (?) for the complete lack of any motivation for the attackers of a couple played by Scott Speedman & her
Liv Tyler
Neilesh
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$1,000
[14]
(Here's Kamau Bell.) On my podcast "Politically Reactive", my co-host Hari Kondabolugot to interview this late, great intersectional feminist thinker who defined herself as a cultural critic
bell hooks
Isaac
|
| THE STARS OF OUR SHOW | ART HISTORY | A 20th CENTURY FACTS PRODUCTION | THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG | WHOA! HORSES! | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER |
|
$400
[30]
It's Alpha Orionis, Alpha Orionis, Alpha Orionis
Betelgeuse
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$400
[28]
The self-taught Sheldon Peck would be surprised to see hisworkin a big, fancy Museum of American this art in Manhattan
folk art
Isaac
|
$400
[27]
This year was tough on world leaders: the U.S. president was assassinated & Queen Victoria made a final royal exit
1901
Adriana
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$400
[26]
There's plenty of humanity but no talk of love in the defiant reggae classic "Get Up, Stand Up", written by Peter Tosh & him
Marley
Isaac
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$400
[29]
This portly future president bragged of riding 25 miles in the Philippines; Elihu Root telegraphed back, "How is the horse?"
Taft
Adriana
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$400
[25]
Snoopy owner in a Van Morrison tune that asks, "Do you remember when we used to sing" about the Vermeer lass at the Mauritshuis
Charlie Brown-Eyed Girl with the Pearl Earring
Adriana
|
|
$800
[15]
Aldebaran is the eye of this constellation that's perpetually charging Orion
Taurus
Neilesh
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$800
[7]
This city of Rembrandt's birth was a 17th c. art hub & Thomas & Daphne Kaplan have a vast collection of works by its artists
Leiden
Neilesh
Isaac
Adriana
|
$800
[19]
On May 1, 1960 Francis Gary Powers lost his edge in this type of recon plane & was shot down over Russia
a U-2
Isaac
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$800
[18]
Snoop had this, not romantic love, on his mind in "Gin & Juice"
money
Isaac
|
$800
[23]
In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", he rode Daredevil, a steed "full of mettle & mischief... no one but himself could manage"
(Brom) Bones
Neilesh
Isaac
|
$800
[24]
Residential D.C. suburb in which college students party on a Florida vacation while engaging in Raygun's Olympic event
Silver Spring Breakdancing
Adriana
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Its red color probably got it its name meaning rival of another celestial body
Antares
|
$1,200
[3]
From the trip they were on, 18th century British visitors to Italy were called by this 2-word name & were oftenpaintedby Pompeo Batoni
Grand Tourist
Neilesh
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$1,600
[12]
Sunk in 1918, the wreck of this ship that did some famous rescuing was found in 2000, 500 feet down off the coast of Ireland
Carpathia
Neilesh
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$1,200
[9]
Some less than loving words from Kelly Clarkson: "Shut your mouth... Since U been gone, I can" do these 5 words
breathe for the first time
Adriana
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$1,200
[20]
The title of this 1975 song from Michael Martin Murphey refers to a horse that "busted down his stall"
"Wildfire"
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$1,200
[1]
Play featuring Benedick & Beatrice, who slip into Sinéad O'Connor's song about an axis type of submarine from World War II
Much Ado About Nothing Compares 2 U-Boat
Isaac
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|
DD
$2,000
[8]
You'll find Alcyone, Electra & Maia in this group that actually contains more than a thousand stars
the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades)
Adriana
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$1,600
[4]
Many modern artists use deep or cryptic text in their works; Mel Bochner's often include this triple talk for going on & on pointlessly
blah blah blah
Neilesh
Isaac
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$2,000
[16]
In 1917 this congresswoman introduced a bill that protected women from losing citizenship if wed to a foreigner
Rankin
Isaac
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$1,600
[10]
"Valentine's Day" by this late icon born David Jones is about gun violence & mental health, not candy & cards
David Bowie
Adriana
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$1,600
[21]
Grantland Rice said that this horse also called "Big Red" had "a furious desire to win"
Man o' War
Isaac
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$1,600
[2]
"Avian" George R.R. Martin title that takes place in a lookout spot atop a mast that's concealing an ovoid retirement plan
A Feast for Crows Nest Egg
Adriana
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$2,000
[13]
Also known as Alpha Carinae, it's the second-brightest star in the night sky
Canopus
Neilesh
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$2,000
[5]
German Romanticism came to the Met in 2025 with a major exhibition ofthis19th-century master
Friedrich
Adriana
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DD
$4,000
[17]
The last Allied summit conference of World War II ended on Aug. 2, 1945 in this German suburb
Potsdam
Isaac
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$2,000
[11]
On "Blue Valentines", hisgravel voice sings about whiskey, nightmares & a "burglar that can break a rose's neck"
(Tom) Waits
Isaac
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$2,000
[22]
Legend says Alexander the Great tamed this mighty steed after surmising it was afraid of its own shadow
Bucephalus
Neilesh
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$2,000
[6]
Unexpected overtime period in which Hemingway tells of a Spanish bullfight & a Nijinsky ballet
sudden death in the afternoon of a faun
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This saint who helped convert Scotland to Christianity shares his name with the Latin word for an animal sent out 3 times by Noah
St. Columba