Allegra Kuney game 2.
Alan Pyke — a communications director originally from Middletown, Connecticut
Molly Murray — a professor from New York, New York
Allegra Kuney — a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegra | $2,400 | $3,400 | $21,400 |
$38,401
2-day champion: $65,001 |
$23,400
26 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Molly | $3,200 | $5,400 | $19,200 |
$27,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$15,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Alan | $1,600 | $3,600 | $4,400 |
$819
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
9 R, 1 W |
| WHAT A PLEASURE | TV CHARACTERS | SUITING YOU TO A MIDDLE T | TRAVELS BY TWAIN | FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR | ROUGHING IT |
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$200
[19]
The Swedish type of this employs kneading movements called petrissage
massage
Allegra
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$200
[27]
In 2025 Ellen Pompeo marked 20 years of playing this doctor & starred on "Good American Family" as a suburban mom
Meredith Grey
Allegra
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$200
[10]
Proverbial place you don't want to be left at on your wedding day
the altar
Allegra
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$200
[28]
At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's supposed burial site of this Genesis 1-4 guy, MT said it was touching to find the grave of a relative
Adam
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$200
[30]
This Asian place made more popular by "Crazy Rich Asians" is at about 1 degree north latitude, 90 miles from the equator
Singapore
Allegra
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$200
[26]
Saying bye to YouTube in 2025, Luke of the Outdoor Boys showed us how to avoid freezing to death in this state that has hit -80
Alaska
Alan
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$400
[16]
If you enjoy Senior's Run on Palmyra Peak at Telluride, you're into this--& really good, & crazy
skiing
Allegra
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$400
[14]
She's tormented by infertility & ends up adopting
Betty Rubble
Molly
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$400
[6]
Nationality of one from Port-au-Prince
Haitian
Molly
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$400
[29]
In Honolulu, Twain saw what he had "so longed to"--this "dance that was wont to set the passions of men ablaze in the old heathen days"
the hula
Molly
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$400
[22]
Being close to the equator makes Kiribati an ideal spot for launching these via rocket, as the company Sea Launch once did
satellites
Alan
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$400
[25]
Roughin' it in Glacier Natl. Park? Be sure to pack a can of this 2-word repellent; Griz Guard sells one with capsaicin
bear spray
Alan
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$600
[1]
As the name suggests, evaporated milk, condensed milk & whole milk go in to this Latin American treat
tres leches cake
Allegra
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$600
[11]
'60s character with many memorable lines like "I'm trying to thank you, you pointed-eared hobgoblin!"
Dr. McCoy
Alan
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$600
[3]
A house of ill repute also goes by this shorter synonym
a brothel
Alan
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$600
[7]
An Italian chapter wonders what people "see in" them, the honored painters of centuries past--"all the horses look like bladders on legs"
the Old Masters
Molly
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$800
[21]
Similar to the Magellanic, the Galapagos type of this bird is one of the rarest & the one living nearest the equator
the penguin
Molly
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$600
[13]
For overnight hikes, take along one of these, MREs for short; Sure-Pak sells vegetarian options
meals ready to eat
Alan
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$800
[2]
Pure perfume (or parfum) contains up to 40% scented ingredients; EDP, this, contains 15-20%
eau de parfum
Molly
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$800
[12]
Sister Knight, played by Regina King, was a masked hero on this HBO show
Watchmen
Allegra
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$800
[4]
It's the lowest rank of a British police officer
constable
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$800
[8]
Twain saw "Lohengrin" in Germany & wrote of a woman saying you must get to know this composer's work; no sale
Wagner
Allegra
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$1,000
[23]
The names of the 2 main islands that make up this equatorial nation mean "St. Thomas & Prince"
São Tomé and Príncipe
Allegra
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$800
[15]
A nonprofit org. dedicated to this 3-word practice includes as one of its core principles "dispose of waste properly"
leave no trace
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$1,000
[17]
Classical music fans enjoy thesoundof the oboe relative called the cor anglais or this
the English horn
Allegra
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$1,000
[18]
William Stewart Halsted, a great surgeon who battled addiction, inspired the main character of this series about a New York city hospital
The Knick
Molly
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$1,000
[5]
A wolf?! Where?! It's the delusion of one who believes they're a wolf
lycanthropy
Molly
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$1,000
[9]
The forts & mosques at Delhi are great, but pale beside this, "the most celebrated construction in the earth"
the Taj Mahal
Alan
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Uhuru is the summit of this peak that's about 200 miles south of the equator
Kilimanjaro
Allegra
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$1,000
[24]
You can park & sleep up to 14 days in most designated public areas run by the BLM, short for this agency
the Bureau of Land Management
Alan
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| GREAT BRITS | 1940s LITERATURE | YOU'RE RUINING THE RUINS | GO FOR "GOLD" | STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS | A LITTLE ALLITERATION |
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$400
[25]
He had high praise for Eddie Redmayne's portrayal of him, saying, "At times, I thought he was me"
Stephen Hawking
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$400
[26]
This inquisitive primate who debuted early in the decade "Takes a Job" in a later book, from cleaning windows to acting in a movie
Curious George
Allegra
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$400
[30]
Stop complaining about the heat on our walking tour of Pompeii; just be glad temps are lower than in 79 A.D. when this volcano blew
Vesuvius
Allegra
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$400
[29]
"The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" offers this synonym for "Texas tea" that fits the category
black gold
Alan
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$400
[27]
This song by Jay-Z about having nearly 100 complications took the title & hook from an Ice-T song
"99 Problems"
Alan
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$400
[28]
Mutual ill will, or a Taylor Swift chart-topper
bad blood
Allegra
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$800
[12]
At Oxford in the 1940s, this future prime minister studied chemistry under future Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin
Thatcher
Molly
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$800
[15]
C.S. Lewis tried "reconciling human suffering with... a god who loves" in the alliteratively titled "The Problem of" this
Pain
Allegra
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$800
[24]
Reaching the end of the Inca Trail at this ancient site is tough enough without you complaining about all the stairs
Machu Picchu
Allegra
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$800
[20]
He's the Phoenix native who ran for president against LBJ in 1964
Goldwater
Allegra
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$800
[21]
Who knew? The Hanson Brothers explained that this nonsense title reflects the inexorable passing of time
"MMMBop"
Allegra
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$800
[6]
Ability bestowed on the eloquent & persuasive
the gift of gab
Allegra
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DD
$1,200
[10]
Watching the ceremony from London via TV, this 88-year-old was made an honorary U.S. citizen in 1963
Winston Churchill
Molly
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$1,200
[13]
Thisfolk singer & activist's "Bound For Glory" was a portrait of the Depression years seen through his eyes
Woody Guthrie
Molly
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$1,200
[18]
Stop insisting that this country's Antonine Wall, once the Roman Empire's northern border, is jankier than Hadrian's Wall
Scotland
Allegra
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$1,200
[7]
Despite a myth that it is a major culprit in hay fever, it's the state flower of Nebraska & Kentucky
goldenrod
Allegra
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$1,200
[2]
This song came about after a pal of Sean Lennon told Billy Joel that the 1950s were a boring time to grow up
"We Didn't Start The Fire"
Allegra
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$1,200
[1]
Perfectly transparent, like some varieties of quartz
crystal clear
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$1,600
[11]
In 1913, polar explorers Roald Amunsen, Robert Peary & this Britwere honored at a reception in Philadelphia
Shackleton
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$2,000
[23]
A tale of love & independence in Paris, "Gigi" by this French novelist eventually came to the big screen with Leslie Caron
Colette
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$1,600
[19]
We might have beaten the crowds to this ancient Maya city near Pisté, Mexico, home to the pyramid El Castillo, had you not slept until noon
Chichén Itzá
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$1,600
[8]
The spot where the Earth is, just right for liquid water to exist, is called the habitable or this zone
the Goldilocks zone
Allegra
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$1,600
[3]
This hit was written for a British singer & originally had lyrics like "hopped off the plane at LAX / with my tea & my cardigan"
"Party In The U.S.A."
Allegra
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$1,600
[5]
Fashionable term for a synthetic version of a controlled substance with an altered molecular structure
a designer drug
Molly
|
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$2,000
[16]
In 1820 he helped found the Royal Astronomical Society but didn't have it use the calculating machine he designed
Babbage
Allegra
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DD
$5,000
[14]
The title of this Mexico-set Malcolm Lowry novel refers to both Popocatépetl & Iztaccihuatl
Under the Volcano
Molly
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$2,000
[22]
I know this ancient monastic settlement off Ireland's Kerry coast was in "Star Wars", but selfies with a light saber was a little extra
Skellig Michael
Allegra
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$2,000
[9]
In 1964 ornithologist James Bond met Ian Fleming at this Jamaican estate possibly named for Ian's WWII spy operation
GoldenEye
Molly
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$2,000
[4]
Heonly had a mattress & a piano in his house when he began working on the viral hit "Beautiful Things"
Benson Boone
Molly
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$2,000
[17]
Something purchased without inspection, like a swine in an old-time sack
a pig in a poke
Allegra
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A 2022 article titled this "At 50: The Video Game 'That Changed the World"' also said, "it may be 'the most boring... game of all time'"
Pong