2025Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 2.
Matt Amodio — a quantitative researcher from New York, New York
Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juveria | — | $5,800 | $19,800 |
$13,599
2nd place: 4 match points |
$19,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Isaac | — | $1,800 | $5,000 |
$4,990
3rd place: 3 match points |
$5,000
10 R, 3 W |
| Matt | — | $2,400 | $18,000 |
$21,000
Winner: 5 match points |
$9,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| THE COMEDY OF ERAS | ON A STREAK | FAILED ASSASSINS | DOCUMENTARIES | AN APPEAL TO THE SENSES | 3 "D" |
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$200
[25]
1960's "The Button-Down Mind of" this standup comic & future TV star topped the Billboard album chart & won a Grammy
(Bob) Newhart
Isaac
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$200
[26]
"How many words can you make with 7 letters?" & how many days can you keep a streak going in this N.Y. Times puzzle with that slogan?
Spelling Bee
Isaac
Matt
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$200
[27]
When John Bean took a shot at her in 1842, cops arrested every man in London with curvature of the spine like John's
Victoria
Isaac
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$200
[28]
2021's "The Rescue" chronicles the rescue of 12 boys & their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave in this country
Thailand
Matt
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$200
[29]
The makers of Aran Islands sweaters, made from 100% natural this fabric, assure us their garments are non-itchy
wool
Juveria
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$200
[30]
"Downton Abbey" gets some of the credit for the resurgence of riding a horse this way
sidesaddle
Matt
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$400
[14]
The ancient comic plays of Aristophanes include this one where a group decides to build a utopia in the sky
The Birds
Juveria
Isaac
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$400
[23]
With a number & a word, it's how to lose in craps; in 2009 in Atlantic City, Patricia Demauro rolled 154 times before doing it
seven-out
Matt
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$400
[22]
Considering him a usurper, in 1402 Jing Qing plotted to kill Zhu Di, the third emperor of this dynasty
Ming
Matt
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$400
[24]
Filmed in Antarctica, this nature doc is one of the few that got a sequel: "The Next Step"
March of the Penguins
Matt
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$400
[21]
Ezekiel 1:28 mentions this pleasing sight that more famously appears in Genesis 9
a rainbow
Matt
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$400
[20]
Docile & friendly, this reptile makes for a good pet
a bearded dragon
Isaac
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$600
[13]
This film comedy duo began in the silent era with "Putting Pants on Philip" in 1927
Laurel & Hardy
Isaac
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$600
[19]
Not surprisingly, this state has some impressive streaks of rainy days, led by 58 in a row in Centralia
Washington
Isaac
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$600
[16]
Carlito Dimahilig's attempt to kill this first lady in 1972 was thwarted in part by her using her shoes as a defense
Imelda Marcos
Isaac
Matt
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$600
[15]
He kind of directed & kind of appears in "Exit Through the Gift Shop", about street artists, though he's mostly in the shadows
Banksy
Juveria
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$600
[17]
This dairy-sounding quality of some Chardonnay, the result of a second fermentation, is the name of a Josh Cellars wine
buttery
Isaac
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$600
[18]
Molokai 2 Oahu is an annual world championship in this sport
paddleboarding
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DD
$1,000
[3]
Richard Sheridan's 1775 comedy of manners "The Rivals" features this character known for the misuse of words
(Mrs.) Malaprop
Juveria
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$800
[8]
In a March 2025 game, this Pittsburgh Penguins star became the first NHL player with 20 straight point-per-game seasons
Crosby
Juveria
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$800
[1]
Giuseppe Zangara's attempt on FDR's life in 1933 instead ended up killing Anton Cermak, mayor of this city
Chicago
Matt
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$800
[10]
This Russian opposition leader who survived a poisoning but died in a penal colony was the subject of a 2022 doc
Navalny
Juveria
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$800
[11]
At the end of "Say Anything", this sound tells Ione Skye everything will be okay
ding
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$800
[12]
First & middle names of NATO's first Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Dwight David
Juveria
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$1,000
[4]
Full of colorful anecdotes, this 1872 travel journal by Mark Twain recounted a stagecoach journey out West
Roughing It
Matt
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$1,000
[5]
In 2020 a pandemic quarantine ended this Iowan's 8,927 consecutive votes in the Senate, not missing a roll call in 27 years
(Chuck) Grassley
Juveria
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$1,000
[2]
A Booth accomplice who shared the name of a 20th c. Supreme Court justice, he carved up but failed to kill William Seward
Lewis Powell
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$1,000
[6]
A 2024 Oscar winner, "The Only Girl in the Orchestra" tells of double bassist Orin O'Brien, hired by him for the N.Y. philharmonic
(Leonard) Bernstein
Juveria
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$1,000
[7]
Despite the meaning of its French name, this Nina Ricci perfume is timeless & 2023 marked its 75th anniversary
L'Air du Temps
Matt
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$1,000
[9]
Derived from Greek, this adjective is used to describe something treelike
dendroid
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| WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? | AROUND THE WORLD | SONGS ABOUT SINGERS | AT THE HOSPITAL | THE BOOKER PRIZE | WORDS WITH 4 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS |
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$400
[26]
It's the horse-grooming device seen here
currycomb
Matt
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$400
[25]
In 2025 this "Land of a Thousand Lakes" was named the world's happiest country for the 8th straight year
Finland
Matt
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$400
[27]
Meek Mill & Roddy Ricch made "Letter To Nipsey" about this late rapper
(Nipsey) Hussle
Juveria
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$400
[28]
During an angioplasty, a cardiologist may insert one of these small mesh tubes to keep a narrowed artery open
a stent
Juveria
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$400
[29]
This novel about Stevens, the perfect English butler at Darlington Hall, quietly won the 1989 Booker Prize
The Remains of the Day
Juveria
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$400
[30]
Third generation offspring; can I show you some photos?
grandchildren
Matt
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$800
[17]
It's the word for a decorative ornament or knob at the top of a lamp, the top of a building or even the end of a curtain rod
finial
Matt
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$800
[24]
While Prince Edward Island was named for a son of King George III, this capital was named for the king's wife
Charlottetown
Matt
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$800
[23]
How nice! The title of a song by The Flaming Lips thanked this White Stripes singer "For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me"
Jack White
Juveria
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$800
[5]
This medication is administered to a patient to reverse an overdose of opioids like heroin or fentanyl
Narcan (or naloxone)
Juveria
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$800
[8]
Hilary Mantel snagged her second Booker Prize for this middle volume of the "Wolf Hall" trilogy
Bring Up the Bodies
Matt
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$800
[22]
Style of rowhouse built in the 19th century
brownstone
Juveria
Matt
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$1,200
[11]
Don't confuse amuntin with this similar bar that divides panes in a window; the latter is a feature of Gothic architecture
a mullion
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$1,600
[9]
Part of Micronesia, this country, whose flag is seen here, is the world's third-smallest in area
Nauru
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$1,200
[13]
John Cale sings, "Wales is not like Californ-i-a in any way" on a tribute song to a member of this band
The Beach Boys
Isaac
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$1,200
[3]
If symptoms are thirst & breath that smells like fruit, the differential diagnosis should include DKA, diabetic this
ketoacidosis
Juveria
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$1,200
[6]
Peter Carey won for this novel that was made into a 1997 film with Ralph Fiennes & Cate Blanchett as the title first names
Oscar and Lucinda
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$1,200
[16]
A specialist once known as an oculist
ophthalmologist
Isaac
Matt
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$1,600
[12]
Combining the punctuation question mark/exclamation point into one mark gets this portmanteau name? + ! = ‽
an interrobang
Isaac
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$2,000
[19]
Mount Everest is the high point, literally, of this national park whose name is Nepali for the mountain
Sagarmatha
Juveria
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$1,600
[14]
The Dandy Warhols "just want a girl as cool as" this leader of The Breeders--not gonna happen
(Kim) Deal
Isaac
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$1,600
[2]
Also called a pancreatico-duodenectomy, this procedure is named for the surgeon who devised the operation
a Whipple (procedure)
Juveria
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$1,600
[1]
Hewas short-listed for "Atonement" but won for "Amsterdam"
(Ian) McEwan
Juveria
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$1,600
[21]
The biceps femoris is part of it; don't tear it
your hamstring
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DD
$8,400
[18]
Eponymously named, it usually has 11 rows of capital letters & you read it from 20 feet away
Snellen chart
Matt
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DD
$3,200
[10]
One letter shorter than a European mountain range, these hills form the "backbone of England"
Pennine
Matt
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$2,000
[15]
The Commodores song "Nightshift" mentions Jackie Wilson & this singer, both of whom died in 1984
(Marvin) Gaye
Juveria
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$2,000
[4]
A flat line on the EKG indicates the heart has stopped pumping, the meaning of this 8-letter word; start CPR, stat!
asystole
Juveria
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$2,000
[7]
Back in 1971, hewon the Booker for "In a Free State"
V. S. Naipaul
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$2,000
[20]
An Asimov tale inspired by an Emerson quote
"Nightfall"
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This group formed in 1770, first to defend land grants in New England; later, it would assert independence for its region
the Green Mountain Boys