2025Jeopardy! Mastersfinal game 1.
Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Yogesh Raut — an educational blogger, podcast host, and writer originally from Springfield, Illinois
Victoria Groce — a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | — | $5,400 | $21,200 | $14,400 |
$19,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Yogesh | — | $6,600 | $13,000 | $0 |
$13,000
18 R, 1 W |
| Juveria | — | $2,600 | $-1,000 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
12 R, 5 W |
| BEACHES | LONG BOOKS, SHORT STORIES | THE DEVIL YOU SAY | ON THE JOB | ____ OF THE ____ | COSTUME DESIGN WITH PAUL TAZEWELL |
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$200
[27]
The pink sands & crystal clear waters of Elafonisi Beachawait you on this island 68 miles south of mainland Greece
Crete
Victoria
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$200
[20]
This Hans Christian Andersen story concludes, "His noblemen held high the train that wasn't there at all"
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
Juveria
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$200
[28]
The college's color scheme & the nickname of certain French soldiers in WWI gave rise to this college sports team nickname
the Duke Blue Devils
Yogesh
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$200
[29]
Shrieve is an archaic variant of this job, but either way, looks like there's a new one in town
sheriff
Yogesh
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$200
[30]
In other words, "on" this would be allied with those seraphim
on the side of the angels
Yogesh
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$200
[26]
(One more time, Paul Tazewell.) Based on books by Julia Quinn & requiring 7,500 wardrobe pieces just for Season 1, thisTV series is known for its lavish period costumes, historically accurate, yet with a modern touch
Bridgerton
Juveria
|
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$400
[21]
Home to skyscraper hotels, nightclubs & 2016 Olympic beach volleyball, it's a narrow but famous part of Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana
Victoria
Yogesh
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$400
[4]
The setting of this 1,300+-page tale is chronologically first in James Clavell's "Asian Saga" series
Shogun
Victoria
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$400
[22]
This king of England born c. 1028 was the son of a duke known as Robert the Devil & his mistress Arlette
William the Conqueror
Juveria
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$400
[23]
Not necessarily a young lad, the second in command to the key grip or gaffer on a movie set is credited as this
best boy
Juveria
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$400
[24]
Women? Fine scotch? International banking? I know about them all, for I am this, the title of a 1773 novel by Henry MacKenzie
man of the world
Yogesh
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$400
[25]
(Back to Paul Tazewell.) Paying tribute to the people of Africa through her designs, Ruth E. Carterwas not only the first African American to win the Oscar for Costume Design, but she's also the first Black woman to win2 Oscars, winning for "Black Panther" & for this, its sequel
Wakanda Forever
Victoria
|
|
$600
[17]
This Florida beach city just south of Cape Canaveral was a setting for "I Dream of Jeannie"
Cocoa Beach
Victoria
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$600
[3]
Vikram Seth's epic "A Suitable Boy" takes place amid the struggles of post-this India, the term for the 1947 split with Pakistan
partition
Victoria
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$600
[19]
The 1926 film "Flesh and the Devil" helped make this Swedish actress a major movie star at age 21
Garbo
Yogesh
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$600
[15]
One hired to transcribe documents has this gig, like a Melville title guy; we dare you to say foretopman. We dare you
a scrivener
Victoria
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$600
[18]
Stationery phrase for a quick, rough calculation
back-of-the-envelope
Victoria
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$600
[16]
(Back to Paul Tazewell.) In her 50+-year-career dressing such icons as Elizabeth Taylor& Rita Hayworththis designerwon an incredible 8 Oscars, the first for 1949's "The Heiress" & the last for "The Sting"
(Edith) Head
Juveria
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|
$800
[10]
Of the 5 Normandy beaches assaulted on D-Day, this one between Gold & Sword was landed on by the Canadian 3rd Infantry
Juno
Yogesh
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$800
[1]
Flannery O'Connor's story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic of this disturbing subgenre that indicates a certain setting
Southern Gothic
Yogesh
|
$800
[12]
Orange hawkweed is also known by this name, an indicator that you shouldn't let it fall into idle artistic hands
the devil's paintbrush
Yogesh
Juveria
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$800
[14]
Latin for "hand" is one source of this word for someone who takes dictation or copies writing
amanuensis
Yogesh
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$800
[5]
When it seemed Joe Louis was fighting 12 times a year, sportswriters dismissed his opponents as this "Club"
Bum of the Month
Victoria
Juveria
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$800
[8]
(Back to Paul Tazewell.) Then married to Julie Andrews, Tony Waltondesigned the costumes for "Mary Poppins", basing them on clothes of the Edwardian era, as he was not permitted to reference the illustrations in this author's book
Travers
Juveria
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Near George town on this island, the biggest in a British possession in the Caribbean, lies 5-mile-long 7-Mile Beach
Grand Cayman
Yogesh
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$1,000
[2]
At the end of an Ambrose Bierce story, the protagonist is left dangling beneath the timbers of this title structure
Owl Creek Bridge
Victoria
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$1,000
[11]
Erik Larson vaulted onto the bestseller list with this true story of murder at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
Devil in the White City
Yogesh
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$1,000
[13]
An Army combat engineer, working on jobs from road building to mine clearing, is known by this 6-letter term
sapper
Yogesh
|
DD
$1,200
[6]
In an early chapter of an 1864 book, the narrator says, "The very idea of going down" here "was simply absurd"
the center of the Earth
Victoria
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$1,000
[7]
(Here's Paul Tazewell.) I was recentlyhonored with my first Oscar for costumes for the movie "Wicked"; for Elphaba, I chose dark, earthy colors, & for Glinda, I went with light, bubbly & pink, & in fact, her pink bubble gown was inspired by the one this actress wore as the original Glinda in "The Wizard of Oz"
(Billie) Burke
Victoria
|
| WE CAN REBUILD! | 2020s ENTERTAINMENT | THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND | THAT'S A LOT OF SYLLABLES | LET'S HIT THE ROAD | GO, FISH! |
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$400
[14]
Among the buildings destroyed by the Great London Fire was this historic church, which would berebuiltbeginning in 1675
St. Paul's
Victoria
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$400
[15]
It emerged from the COVID shutdowns as a one-part play; one of the main characters is named for 2 Hogwarts headmasters
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Victoria
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$400
[27]
In one telling of his story, this outlaw was fatally betrayed by a prioress in Yorkshire
Robin Hood
Victoria
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$400
[28]
7 syllables:This adjective for something by you about you
autobiographical
Yogesh
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$400
[29]
Thisheavily touristed avenue runs through the heart of Barcelona from the Plaça de Catalunya to the historic harbor
Las Ramblas
Juveria
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$400
[30]
Surprisingly, all of these fish are born male, but have the ability to change their sex, one time only
clownfish
Yogesh
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$800
[11]
Notre Dame's spire was re-erected in 2023, with the famed golden rooster at the top reimagined as one of these birds
a phoenix
Juveria
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$800
[16]
A 2023 film had Nicolas Cage as Dracula & Nicholas Hoult as this title henchman
Renfield
Victoria
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$800
[4]
It's a deal you could die for! Only a single obol coin grants you entry onto this ferryman's skiff to the underworld
Charon
Juveria
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$800
[26]
7 syllables:The process of reducing or eliminating the legal penalties for something
decriminalization
Juveria
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$800
[25]
The Champs-Élysées stretches more than a mile through Paris from the Arc de Triomphe to this largest Paris square
the Place de la Concorde
Yogesh
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$800
[24]
Reaching lengths of up to 60 feet, it's the world's largest living fish
the whale shark
Juveria
|
|
$1,200
[6]
In 1902 this bell tower attached to Venice's St. Mark'scollapsed in a pile of rubble; it wasback up & ringingby 1912
the Campanile
Victoria
Yogesh
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$1,200
[17]
"Pink Tape" was a 2023 No. 1 album by this rapper whose stage name reflects their rapid-fire delivery
Lil Uzi Vert
Victoria
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$1,200
[3]
This queen tells her sister that the Trojan who just washed up on the shore is her first crush since the death of her husband
Dido
Victoria
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$1,200
[22]
7 syllables:The process of sending & receiving messages over a distance via electronic technology
telecommunications
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$1,200
[12]
Thisstreet that runs from Daly City to the Embarcadero is the main drag of the vibrant San Franciscodistrictof the same name
Mission Street
Victoria
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$1,200
[7]
One of the largest freshwater fish in North America, the alligator species of this elongated fish is called a living fossil
a gar
Victoria
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|
$1,600
[5]
When the British reconquered Sudan in 1898, they wrecked the tomb of the revolt leader known as this; it was rebuilt in 1947
the Mahdi
Yogesh
Juveria
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$1,600
[18]
Gia Coppola directed Pamela Anderson in this film about a longtime performer in a Vegas casino stage show called "Le Razzle Dazzle"
The Last Showgirl
Victoria
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$1,600
[1]
Lord Macaulay wrote a poem about this Roman hero who defended a bridge against the whole Etruscan army
Horatius
Victoria
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$1,600
[21]
8 syllables:The study of early humans & their evolution via artifacts & fossil records
paleoarchaeology (or paleoanthropology)
Victoria
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$2,000
[23]
It takes a 4-wheel drive to navigate White Rim Road around Island in the Sky Mesa in this Utah national park
Canyonlands
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$1,600
[8]
The full 21-letter name of Hawaii's state fish is often shortened to this, the first 8 letters
humuhumu
Juveria
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$2,000
[10]
Destroyedby shelling in 1993, the 16th century bridge of this historic city wasrebuilt with stone from the original quarry
Mostar
Juveria
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$2,000
[19]
This indie darling has 2 solo albums, but just one that fits the category: "Punisher", from 2020
Phoebe Bridgers
Yogesh
Juveria
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$2,000
[2]
Aruru makes this wild, hairy man out of clay & he lives with the animals; later on, he fights Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Victoria
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$2,000
[20]
6 syllables:Latin for "alms" gives us this adjective meaning related to or supported by charity
eleemosynary
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DD
$7,400
[13]
During World War II, this historic highway carried vital supplies from Lashio to Kunming
the Burma Road
Victoria
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DD
$4,000
[9]
A Florida city is said to have gotten its name after pioneer Mary Ormond Boyer saw these fish springing from a bayou
tarpon
Victoria
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Heard often in the film "The Conqueror", this name of a once-nomadic people comes from a Latin word used for hell
the Tartars