2025Jeopardy! Mastersknockout round game 5.
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana
Matt Amodio — a quantitative researcher from New York, New York
Victoria Groce — a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | — | $11,400 | $27,200 |
$27,200
Winner: 4 match points |
$19,200
26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Matt | — | $4,200 | $13,000 |
$13,601
2nd place: 2 match points |
$13,000
14 R, 0 W |
| Adriana | — | $2,200 | $6,800 |
$13,300
3rd place: 1 match point: eliminated: $15,000 |
$6,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE CIVIL WAR | SWAN DIVING | IDIOMS FROM THE BIBLE | A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY | ORGANIZATIONS | SOME SERIOUS SPORTS TALK |
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$200
[22]
After April 12, 1861 this structure on an artificial island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor got famous fast
Fort Sumter
Matt
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$200
[21]
In mythology, this queen of Sparta was the offspring of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan
Helen of Troy
Victoria
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$200
[25]
Typical, just typical--remember this idiom from Jeremiah 13 about a certain unalterable feline
a leopard can't change its spots
Victoria
Matt
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$200
[27]
Not the wall itself, but this landmark provided the background as Reagan asked Gorbachev to "tear down that wall"
Brandenburg Gate
Matt
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$200
[29]
In 1948 this organization awarded a grant to 3 biologists to develop a birth control pill
Planned Parenthood
Victoria
Adriana
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$200
[30]
In a career spanning 6 decades, sportscasting legend Al Michaels is best known for these 5 words from February 22, 1980
Do you believe in miracles?
Victoria
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$400
[8]
The leading industrialized city of the South, it became the capital of the Confederacy in May 1861
Richmond
Victoria
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$400
[16]
Louis ain't a talker but gets a horn to honk some game at Serena in this classic book
The Trumpet of the Swan (by E.B. White)
Victoria
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$400
[26]
Seeming anatomically inaccurate, this idiom about a narrow escape is in Job 19
by the skin of one's teeth
Victoria
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$400
[11]
The AKC recognizes 6 breeds of these, including the Redbone; they're specialists in treeing their prey
coonhound
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$400
[28]
A leaping rabbit is the logo of this group founded by Ingrid Newkirk in 1980 to combat speciesism
PETA
Victoria
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$400
[15]
Anthony is the middle name of this outspoken host of ESPN's "First Take" & yes, we'd like first, last & middle initial
Stephen A. Smith
Matt
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$600
[7]
This Union general was caught by surprise at the 1862 battle of Shiloh but managed to repair his reputation & get a big promotion
Grant
Adriana
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$600
[14]
Deneb is the brightest star in this constellation whose name comes from the Latin for "swan"
Cygnus
Adriana
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$600
[3]
Jesus said, "neither cast ye your" these 3 words
pearls before swine
Victoria
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$600
[10]
The U.S. president seen here, he basically managed to destroy the Whig Party
(Millard) Fillmore
Matt
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$800
[17]
Morty Manford helped found the Gay Activists Alliance; in 1973 Morty's mom & dad founded this 5-letter group of allyship
PFLAG
Adriana
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$600
[18]
A 1965 call by this late legend: "Sandy into his windup. Here's the pitch... Swung on & missed. A perfect game!"
(Vin) Scully (for the Dodgers)
Victoria
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$800
[6]
Formed after First Bull Run, it was dubbed "Mr. Lincoln's Army" & part of its job was protecting D.C.
Army of the Potomac
Matt
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$800
[13]
Representing good & evil, these 2 roles in "Swan Lake" are often performed by the same ballerina
Odile & Odette
Victoria
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$800
[1]
Isaiah 40 inspired this liquid measure expression for a uselessly tiny amount
a drop in the bucket
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$800
[4]
Here's a beauty shot of the Phantom Galaxy taken by this $10 billion piece of equipment--& now, aselfie
the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb Telescope accepted)
Matt
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$1,000
[19]
Chef José Andrés started it to provide fresh meals in the wake of all sorts of crises
World Central Kitchen
Victoria
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$800
[24]
The first woman to win a Sports Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award, she's worked Super Bowls, World Series, Olympics & much more
Lesley Visser
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$1,000
[5]
Though the Monitor & Merrimack fought in water, their battle is named for this place with a more terrestrial-sounding name
Hampton Roads
Matt
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$1,000
[12]
Scored for cello & piano, "The Swan" is one of the movements in this musical suite
The Carnival of the Animals
Victoria
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$1,000
[2]
The idiom-packed Isaiah 40 gave us this expression, also referenced in Handel's "Messiah", for one whom nobody listens to
a voice crying in the wilderness
Victoria
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$1,000
[9]
Modeled after Neptune's trident in a local statue, here's the emblem of this sports car brand founded in Bologna in 1914
Maserati
Victoria
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DD
$4,800
[20]
This humanitarian organization that provides medical care in more than 70 countries won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
Victoria
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$1,000
[23]
In 1992 this 3-time Sportscaster of the Year joined Dan Patrick as co-anchor of ESPN's "SportsCenter"
Olbermann
Victoria
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| WORLD PLACE NAMES | "T.M.", I | A CLASH OF SWORDS | ON THE OLD CABIN'S BOOKSHELF | DRUMMING | THE 2 & THE 4 |
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$400
[18]
In 1971 East Pakistan became an independent country with this new name
Bangladesh
Matt
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$400
[16]
She's the bestselling author of "Waiting to Exhale"
Terry McMillan
Victoria
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$400
[20]
This warrior of a Wagnerian opera wields a sword called Notung that he uses to slay the dragon Fafnir
Siegfried
Victoria
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$400
[25]
I'm in the mood for Lloyd C. Douglas' book about this title garment, won by the Roman Marcellus at Jesus' crucifixion
The Robe
Adriana
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$400
[28]
Hossam Ramzy was a master of the darbuka, a drum best known in the west for accompanying this bare-midriff activity
belly dancing
Adriana
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$400
[9]
Rastafarian term for oneness with Jah; antonym of military
c i v i lian
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$800
[13]
The name of this South American capital reflects its founding on August 15, observed as the day Mary was taken into heaven
Asunción
Adriana
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$800
[15]
At a dance at Oxford, future leader Benazir Bhutto introduced this future leader to her future husband
Theresa May
Adriana
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$800
[21]
"Historia Regum Britanniae" attributes much of this Roman general's success to the sword Crocea Mors
Julius Caesar
Victoria
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$800
[22]
Ooh, a nice collection of his short stories like "A Sound of Thunder" & "There Will Come Soft Rains"
Bradbury
Matt
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$800
[26]
As well as being a great singer, shewas a fine drummer, though session men took over after a while
Karen Carpenter
Adriana
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$800
[10]
Early U.S. railroad starting in Maryland; something given by a priest in a confessional
a b s o lution
Victoria
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$1,200
[8]
In ancient times the Dardanelles Strait was known by this name, as in the story of Hero & Leander
the Hellespont
Victoria
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$1,200
[14]
His live album "Misterioso" was recorded at the historic Five Spot Cafe jazz club in 1958
Thelonious Monk
Adriana
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$1,200
[24]
Said to contain part of the Virgin Mary's garment, Durendal is the sword of this Paladin of Charlemagne
Roland
Victoria
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$1,600
[3]
I'm trying this 1896 book in which Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a Pacific isle where a madman is doing horrific experiments
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Victoria
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$1,200
[27]
A powerhouse player in his own right, hehas sat in for his late dad in rare Led Zeppelin reunions
Jason Bonham
Victoria
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$1,200
[11]
Burger chain famous for root beer; stage for fashion models
c a t w alk
Victoria
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$1,600
[7]
The Spanish word for a certain bird gives us the name of this largest of the British Virgin Islands
Tortola
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$2,000
[2]
Thisartist who merges traditional Japanese art with manga & anime has collabed with Billie Eilish & J Balvin
Takashi Murakami
Victoria
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$1,600
[23]
In 1882 this cofounder of an art movement painted Joan of Arc brandishing a sword
(Dante Gabriel) Rossetti
Victoria
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$2,000
[5]
Ahh, Franz Werfel's "Song" of this sainted 19th century Frenchwoman--a classic!Now for some cocoa!
Saint Bernadette
Matt
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$1,600
[29]
Founded back in 1909, this company got a stratospheric boost when Ringo played their drums on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
Ludwig
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$1,600
[12]
Refreshing cocktail;"outside" type of person blamed for stirring up protest
a g i t ator
Matt
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$2,000
[6]
Covering more than 3,000 square miles, this largest glacier in Iceland has a name meaning "water" or "lake glacier"
Vatnajökull
Matt
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DD
$2,200
[1]
In an 1824 article for Britannica, he wrote about "Keeping population on a level with the means of subsistence"
Thomas Malthus
Adriana
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$2,000
[19]
The Japanese god Ninigi was given a magic sword called Kusanagi by his grandmother, this sun goddess
Amaterasu
Victoria
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DD
$5,000
[4]
There are several water-damaged books on fishing, including this Montana-set Norman Maclean tale "& Other Stories"
A River Runs Through It
Victoria
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$2,000
[30]
With classic performances on big band tunes like "Sing Sing Sing", he introduced the extended drum solo to jazz
(Gene) Krupa
Matt
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$2,000
[17]
Statement including revenue & cost; ancient species of wheat
s p e l t
Victoria
Adriana
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Naturalist the Count de Buffon mocked N. & S. American animals, like "this elephant of the New World... the size of a very small mule"
the tapir