2025Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 1.
Roger Craig — an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia
Victoria Groce — a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Yogesh Raut — an educational blogger, podcast host, and writer originally from Springfield, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogesh | — | $6,200 | $9,000 |
$13,600
2nd place: 7 match points |
$7,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Victoria | — | $5,800 | $15,800 |
$18,001
Winner: 7 match points |
$17,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Roger | — | $3,000 | $5,200 |
$10,399
3rd place: 4 match points |
$7,800
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| AROUND THE U.S.A. | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | EAT THE HOMOPHONE | IT'S ALL MATERIAL | SPORTS THROUGH THE YEARS | JACQUES ON THE BOX |
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$200
[27]
It's the name of the ring road around Washington, D.C.
the Beltway
Victoria
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$200
[26]
When a George Bernard Shaw play was on Broadway in the '40s, Ernest Truex was Androcles & John Becher had this role
the lion
Victoria
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$200
[21]
"Flash Gordon" was a popular one in 13 thrilling chapters
a serial
Yogesh
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$200
[28]
Once woven into fabric, this mineral has a name meaning "unquenchable", a reference to its resistance to heat & fire
asbestos
Victoria
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$200
[29]
The best regular season record in NBA history is this team's 73-9 in 2015-16
the (Golden State) Warriors
Roger
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$200
[30]
Jacques Audiard wrote & directed this Netflix film & won an Oscar for co-writing its song "El Mal"
Emilia Pérez
Yogesh
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$400
[25]
I-20 takes you near a marker for Grant's incomplete canal & past this city in Mississippi, the site of an 1863 siege
Vicksburg
Yogesh
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$400
[22]
"The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall is set entirely in room 306 of this motel
the Lorraine Motel
Victoria
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$400
[20]
This letter to represent a ratio was first devised by British mathematician William Jones in 1706
pi
Roger
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$400
[18]
On the Passover Seder table, a paste of apples & nuts calledharosetsymbolizes this building material
mortar
Victoria
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$400
[23]
Already an 8-time Grand Slam singles title winner at age 19, shemight have ruled '90s women's tennis but for a violent attack
(Monica) Seles
Victoria
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$400
[24]
Jacques Plante won 5 straight Stanley Cups on this team & was a TV commentator in French for the 1972 Canada-Russia series
the Canadiens
Victoria
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$600
[16]
Wynn Stewart found his "Sound" in this city in California's Tulare Basin
Bakersfield
Yogesh
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$800
[2]
Also a film director, he's written plays like "Hangman" & "The Lieutenant of Inishmore"
McDonagh
Yogesh
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$600
[13]
A dampener of vibrations & less than 1/4 inch long, the stapedius is the smallest
muscle
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$600
[10]
This 4-letter plant fiber is used to make burlap
hemp (or jute)
Roger
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$600
[19]
Daughter of a star athlete, she scored the first goal for the U.S. Olympic soccer team on its way to 2024 Olympic gold
Trinity Rodman
Yogesh
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$600
[17]
From 1968 to 1976 "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" showcased ocean exploration from aboard this research vessel
the Calypso
Yogesh
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$800
[12]
See some abnormal Friday night lights not in Dillon but this city in West Texas at the junction of U.S. highway 90 & 67
Marfa
Victoria
Roger
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$1,000
[1]
The 1907 work "A Dream Play" by this Swedish playwright was adapted for TV by Ingmar Bergman in the 1960s
Strindberg
Yogesh
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$800
[7]
Standardized worldwide around 1907, it's equal to 200 milligrams
a karat
Victoria
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$800
[9]
Trademarked in 1909, this first synthetic plastic is named for the Belgian-born chemist who invented it
Bakelite
Roger
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$800
[14]
The UCLA coach might have grumbled when in 2025 this bun-sporting guard was the first winner from USC of the John R. Wooden award
JuJu Watkins
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$800
[15]
Drew Barrymore freaked out when this chef made a surprise appearance on her show while she was making his French onion soup
(Jacques) Pépin
Roger
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$1,000
[11]
Once part of the Santa Fe Trail, Raton Pass cuts through these Spanish-named mountains
the Sangre de Cristo
Victoria
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DD
$1,800
[3]
This 1980s Neil Simon play set in Mississippi follows Eugene Jerome in basic training
Biloxi Blues
Yogesh
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$1,000
[6]
The heroic son of Aegeus escaped one of these but betrayed the woman who helped him
a maze
Yogesh
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$1,000
[8]
A museum of glass (devoted to, not made of the material) is on this Venetian island group with a long glassmaking history
Murano
Roger
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$1,000
[4]
Leading off a 1951 game as a pinch-hitter (an unusual move right there), this3'7" man walked in his only plate appearance
(Eddie) Gaedel
Yogesh
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$1,000
[5]
You can rent an adaptation of this musical revue; the title is no longer true, but it has the title guy singing "Ne me quitte pas"
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Victoria
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| "A" IN HISTORY | TAKE ME TO CHURCH | THE ARTS | A KNIGHT AT THE MOVIES | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER | HOT ONES |
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$400
[22]
Generals Sherman & McPherson defeated John Bell Hood at the 1864 battle of this Southern city that would later burn
Atlanta
Roger
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$400
[23]
13 prime ministers have graduated from this college, part of the University of Oxford since 1546
Christ Church
Victoria
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$400
[24]
The quattrocento means this century when the Italian Renaissance produced artists like Bellini & Ghirlandaio
the 15th century (the 1400s)
Yogesh
Roger
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$400
[28]
Forthis2021 Dev Patel flick, the "Gawain" poet gets a "based on" credit
The Green Knight
Yogesh
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$400
[25]
To retaliate &a Swiss city
avenge & Geneva
Yogesh
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$400
[30]
(One more time, Sean Evans.) A bit west of the borders with Pakistan & Afghanistan, the Lut Desert in this country has aplateau whose name means "toasted wheat", which sounds like a breakfast cereal, with surface temperatures over 150°
Iran
Victoria
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$800
[4]
Begun in the 4th century B.C., its environs included olive trees, a park & a gymnasium consecrated to an Attic hero
the Academy
Roger
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$800
[20]
Church & Dwight is the parent company of this brand whose logo symbolizes Vulcan's mighty bicep
Arm & Hammer
Roger
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$1,200
[16]
His Symphony No. 2 completed in 1894 is known as "The Resurrection"
Mahler
Roger
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$800
[26]
Max von Sydow plays a knight home from the Crusades in this film in which he also employs a knight on a chessboard
The Seventh Seal
Victoria
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DD
$400
[11]
3 words:Synonym for a balcony, the provider of food at a function &to go over a drawing again
caterer, retrace & terrace
Victoria
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$800
[29]
(Back to Sean.) Baseball savants including Bill James say it's plausible the Chicago Cubswere hurt by a fatigue from decades of day games only, like on June 20, 1953, when it was a record 104° at Wrigley & they lost to this team that got a homer from Carl Furillo
the Dodgers
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$1,200
[1]
Hubba bubba, the first pharaoh of this name accrued land in Nubia & expanded Egypt's reach to the second cataract of the Nile
Amenhotep
Victoria
Roger
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$1,200
[17]
In this stage & movie musical, Alfred Doolittle croons "Get Me To The Church On Time"
My Fair Lady
Yogesh
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$1,600
[14]
This Spaniard's short writing career includes the poem "Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías" & the play "Yerma"
García Lorca
Victoria
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$1,200
[18]
"When there are no more dragons to slay, how will you make a living, knight?" asks Sean Connery of Dennis Quaid in this film
Dragonheart
Roger
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$800
[27]
To earn &headgear for a bishop
miter & merit
Yogesh
Victoria
Roger
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$1,200
[19]
(Here's Sean Evans.) Arizona has its share of hot spots, like this scientific one where Pluto was discovered & where astronomers are finding bushels of Wolf-Rayet stars with surfaces 30 times hotter than the Sun
the Lowell Observatory (in Flagstaff)
Yogesh
Victoria
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$1,600
[2]
This clever ally of Augustus deftly defeated Mark Antony's forces at Actium & founded Roman colonies to boot
Agrippa
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$1,600
[13]
Irish singer Hozier, who had a huge hit with "Take Me To Church", has cited this 1916 novel as a big influence on his songwriting
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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$2,000
[5]
Old Civil War cannons were used to cast the iconic work seenhereby this sculptor
Daniel Chester French
Yogesh
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$1,600
[10]
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon reunited to help write & star in this film based on true events, in which the honor of French knights is at stake
The Last Duel
Victoria
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$1,200
[21]
Room that might be filled with books &the state of the neglected books there
study & dusty
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$1,600
[15]
(Back to Sean Evans.) Cholula, which some interviewees enjoyed back in season 1, is not only a hot sauce, but an ancient city near the foot of this volcano whose name means "smoking mountain"
Popocatépetl
Victoria
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$2,000
[3]
Peace was had as the treaty of this Turkish city put an end to the Russo-Turkish war in 1829
Adrianople
Victoria
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$2,000
[12]
This last name is paired with Church in a 1930s thesis about computations & logical computational devices
Turing
Roger
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DD
$2,600
[6]
This choreographer celebrated her dance company's 60th anniv. in 2025 with a program pairing her "Diabelli" & "Slacktide"
Twyla Tharp
Roger
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$2,000
[9]
In "Excalibur" by this director, who is a knight himself, Patrick Stewart played Leondegrance & Paul Geoffrey was sir Perceval
Boorman
Yogesh
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$1,600
[8]
3 words:Adjective for a doctor, relating to the number 10 &contended
medical, decimal & claimed
Yogesh
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$2,000
[7]
(Here's Sean Evans.) If you want to know what hell looks like, you can go to the Louvre & see an 1822paintingof Dante & Virgil in the Fifth Circle, the first masterpiece by this French Romantic painter
Delacroix
Victoria
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The journey in the title of this 1878 novel is from Paris to "the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath"
Return of the Native (by Thomas Hardy)