Stella Trout game 2.
Joey Quismorio — a product manager originally from San Antonio, Texas
Jay Borsom — a trivia content creator and DJ from Plainfield, Illinois
Stella Trout — a software engineer originally from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella | $5,400 | $7,200 | $17,200 |
$15,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,800
17 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Jay | $-400 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$1,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
14 R, 8 W |
| Joey | $200 | $2,200 | $9,400 |
$17,201
New champion: $17,201 |
$9,400
15 R, 2 W |
| REELIN' IN THE YEAR | BEASTLY TELEVISION | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES | PUTTING THE BRAND BACK TOGETHER | GIVE US THE SHORT VERSION | JEOPARDY!STRONG |
|
$200
[15]
The Santa Maria runs aground (merry Christmas, Columbus!); Lorenzo de' Medici goes beyond de' medicine
1492
Joey
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$200
[30]
The best friend of this title character, Boots is a little monkey who accompanies her on her adventures
Dora the Explorer
Stella
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$200
[29]
Ding dong! It's this hyphenated British town calling, aka the "home of the bard"
Stratford-upon-Avon
Joey
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$200
[28]
Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy when he returned as CEO in 1997; it's not on the verge of bankruptcy now
Steve Jobs
Joey
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$200
[27]
A 3-word way of saying you're an open book becomes this 3-letter abbreviation over on Reddit
AMA
Joey
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$200
[26]
You're asking a bartender to steal from his employer when you request a strong pour; spend extra & say, "Make it a" this
a double
Stella
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$400
[21]
Fort Sumter becomes a hot spot; Vassar College is founded but doesn't open for 4 years, for Sumter-related reasons
1861
Jay
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$400
[24]
On this show Charlotte York had a King Charles Spaniel named Elizabeth Taylor
Sex and the City
Jay
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$400
[16]
Once known for its leprosy colony, it's Hawaii's "Friendly Isle"
Molokai
Joey
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$400
[22]
After a bankruptcy & months of mourning, these immortal snacks returned to store shelves in July 2013, 4 grams lighter
Twinkies
Joey
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$400
[23]
A Peloton web page asks, "Should you do" this, like on the bike or treadmill, "or weights first?"
cardio
Jay
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$400
[25]
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency says to use strong these even if they're hard to remember, like the agency's name is
passwords
Stella
|
|
$600
[20]
The Titanic goes down; Fenway Park goes up (at the cost of $650,000)
1912
Joey
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$600
[14]
The makers of "The Chilling Adventures of" her discovered that star Kiernan Shipka was allergic to the cats playing Salem
Sabrina
Stella
|
$600
[7]
An abundance of sediment gives the Missouri River the nickname "Big" this
Big Muddy
Jay
|
$600
[19]
In 2016 this brand resurrected its classic 505s, modeled in the '70s by Debbie Harry & the Ramones
Levi's
Jay
|
$600
[3]
This shortened word comes before "research" to mean digging up dirt on political foes
oppo
Jay
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$600
[12]
A football offense's strong side is the one with the tight end; the defense matches up with a strong type of this defensive back
a (strong) safety
Jay
|
|
$800
[4]
5 guys get busted at the Watergate; Harrison Schmitt is one of 2 to be the last to walk on the Moon (but not to moonwalk)
1972
Jay
Joey
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$800
[13]
This man's loyal direwolf Grey Wind tragically perishes just like him during the Red Wedding
Robb Stark
Stella
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$800
[6]
Before it blew its top, thisU.S. peak was the Fuji of the West
Mount St. Helens
Joey
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$800
[17]
Thisiconic line of colorful dinnerware was discontinued in 1973 but revived in 1986; time to party, muchachos
Fiesta(ware)
|
$800
[2]
A 13-letter word meaning of many varieties gets cut down to this 4-letter abbrev. we've only seen written--until now
misc.
|
$800
[10]
An event in a Strongest Man competition is tossing this over a wall--not a beer container, but a 33-pound weight
a keg
Jay
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Jacques Marquette hits Quebec; the Great Plague of London ends, but don't worry, there's also a fire
1666
Stella
|
$1,000
[11]
This 1960s talking horse was a horse, of course, & once hit a home run off Sandy Koufax in Dodger Stadium
Mister Ed
Stella
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$1,000
[5]
Under John Calvin, this city became the "Rome of Protestantism"
Geneva
Stella
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$1,000
[8]
Teenage girls of the '90s were ecstatic when he revived his slinky platform shoes in 2017
Steve Madden
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Cut the lizard-related part off & you're left with this 4-letter shortened word, the "terrible" part
dino
Stella
|
$1,000
[9]
In physics, the strong force binds these in clusters to make particles like protons & neutrons
quarks
Stella
Jay
|
| REALITY, FICTIONALIZED | SCIENCE STUFF | THE SAME LETTER 3 TIMES | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | THE ARK OF THE COVENANT | SPORTS FLICKS |
|
$400
[30]
"See What I Have Done" is partly written from the perspective of this woman who was tried & acquitted in 1893
Lizzie Borden
Stella
|
$400
[27]
Solid carbon dioxide--be careful, as it can give you a burn similar to frostbite
dry ice
Jay
|
$400
[15]
It can refer to an adversarial confrontation or a way to restart play in a hockey game
face-off
Stella
|
$400
[12]
Think your school's got tradition? Thomas Aquinas got a degree & taught theology on the Left Bank at the U. of this city
Paris
Jay
|
$400
[18]
The Talmud says the Ark contained the tablets bearing these edicts
the Ten Commandments
Stella
|
$400
[29]
(Mina Kimes presents the clue.) Billy Bob Thornton played Coach Gary Gaines, leader of the plucky Odessa Permianteamin this movie, one of my all-time faves
Friday Night Lights
Joey
|
|
$800
[13]
As NYC police commissioner, this future president helps "The Alienist" & uh-huh, yells, "Bully!"
Teddy Roosevelt
Jay
Joey
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$800
[24]
A block & tackle is a combination of at least 2 of this type of simple machine
pulleys
Jay
|
$800
[11]
Thissmall city in South Dakota's Black Hills was named for a gulch full of fallen trees once found there
Deadwood
Joey
|
$800
[9]
Colleges in Dublin, Ireland & Hartford, Connecticut share this numeric & religiously inspired name
Trinity
Stella
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$800
[26]
On top of the solid gold lid of the Ark known as the mercy seat were 2 figures of this type of angel with their wings outspread
cherubim
Jay
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$800
[28]
Philip Seymour Hoffman played A's skipper Art Howe in this film that also featured Chris Pratt & Jonah Hill
Moneyball
Joey
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Amor Towles set this novel at the real-life Metropol Hotel in Russia
A Gentleman in Moscow
Joey
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$1,200
[2]
The study offossil plants & ancient plant lifehas this 11-letter name
paleobotany
Jay
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$1,200
[4]
AKA a syrinx, it's a series of reeds of different lengths bound together into a single wind instrument
a panpipe
Jay
|
$1,200
[14]
The University of Vermont was founded in this city back in 1791; go Catamounts!
Burlington
Jay
Joey
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$1,200
[19]
Ark seekers have included an obsessed British lord digging around 1910 when Jerusalem was under the rule of this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Jay
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$1,200
[3]
Jack Warden took over the role of Coach Buttermaker in the short-lived TV series based on this film
The Bad News Bears
|
|
$1,600
[16]
In Elmore Leonard's historical novel "Cuba Libre", Pvt. Virgil Webster "felt himself lifted from the deck" of this ship
the Maine
Jay
|
$1,600
[1]
The discontinuity between Earth's crust & mantle is usually called this 4-letter name, as the "-rovicic" bit is a mouthful
the Moho
|
$1,600
[6]
Matthew 6:24 warns, "Ye cannot serve God and" this personification of wealth
Mammon
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Daniel Webster, a grad of this Ivy League school, argued & won an important 1819 Supreme Court case on its behalf
Dartmouth
Stella
|
$1,600
[20]
The Ark disappeared around 587 B.C., possibly during the time of the capture of Jerusalem by this empire
the Babylonian Empire
Jay
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$1,600
[7]
Apollo isn't the first name of the title pugilist in this 2015 film; continuing the theme, it's Adonis
Creed
Joey
|
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$2,000
[17]
In a novel subtitled "The Woman Who Revealed the Real America", Elise Hooper writes about this Depression-era photographer
Dorothea Lange
Joey
|
$2,000
[5]
Also known as rare earth metals, this group of elements on the periodic table runs from atomic No. 57 or 58 to 71, lutetium
the lanthanides
Jay
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
From the Latin for "iron", it's the specific job of someone who shoes horses & cares for their hooves
a farrier
Stella
|
$2,000
[25]
Scripps & Harvey Mudd are among the 7 California schools known collectively & alliteratively as these colleges
the Claremont Consortium
Stella
|
$2,000
[23]
After the Israelites entered the promised land, this people with whom they fought captured the Ark but returned it after 7 months
the Philistines
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$2,000
[8]
In a 2000 film, Omar Epps & Sanaa Lathan engage in these 2 title activities at USC
love & basketball
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He recalled that before an 1831 revolt, he had a vision of "white spirits & black spirits engaged in battle"
Nat Turner