2026Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Karen Farrell — a professional lecturer of international affairs from Chesapeake, Virginia
Drew Basile — a writer from Birmingham, Michigan
Matt Amodio — a quantitative researcher from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $2,800 | $5,400 | $18,800 |
$18,800
Winner: semifinalist |
$19,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Drew | $2,200 | $2,800 | $3,600 |
$7,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
9 R, 3 W |
| Karen | $-1,000 | $-200 | $8,200 |
$16,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,200
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC | I WOULD PREFER NOT TO | 3-LETTER RESPONSES | SUPER BOWL MEMORIES | ONE OF THESE DAYS | STARTS WITH A ROMAN NUMERAL |
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$200
[29]
Attractions in Jefferson City include the Jefferson Landing State Historic Site on this long river
the Missouri
Matt
Karen
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$200
[30]
...be caught in the classic military move called a double envelopment, as this empire's soldiers were at the Battle of Cannae
Rome (the Roman Empire)
Matt
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$200
[26]
Roger Goodell has been its commissioner since 2006
the NFL
Karen
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$200
[25]
(Mina Kimes presents the clue.)Seattleseemingly had glory in sight for a second straight year in Super Bowl XLIX, but an ill-timed pass at the goal line was picked off by Malcolm Butlerof this team
the Patriots
Drew
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$200
[28]
This day of the week derives from the Germanic name for the supreme deity of Norse mythology
Wednesday
Matt
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$200
[27]
51:To treat like a king, perhaps of beasts
li onize
Matt
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$400
[21]
Theodore Roosevelt called this terrainin the Dakotas "so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this Earth"
Badlands
Matt
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$400
[22]
...engage in one of these, as Charles Dickinson did with Andrew Jackson
a duel
Karen
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$400
[24]
A website offering news, podcasts & a magazine aimed at members of the Mormon Church is called this Living
LDS
Karen
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$400
[17]
Wide right was the verdict for kicker Scott Norwood in Super Bowl XXV as this team fell short
Bills
Matt
Karen
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$400
[23]
This dark term was used to describe the securities market crash that occurred in Sept. 1869 as a result of plummeting gold prices
Black Friday
Drew
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$400
[12]
4:Piano keys, idiomatically
iv ories
Matt
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$600
[3]
Arches & Bryce Canyon are 2 of the "Mighty Five" national parks in this state
Utah
Matt
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$600
[20]
...have to undergo a reorganization, the heading of this section of the federal bankruptcy code
Chapter 11
Matt
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$600
[15]
Ready for a road trip? Its M5 touring car has a starting sticker price of only $125,300
BMW
Karen
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$600
[16]
In 1987 this inundation became a Super Bowl tradition after the Giants prevailed & did it to head coach Bill Parcells
pouring Gatorade on the coach
Karen
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$600
[18]
In a nursery rhyme, this day of the week's child "works hard for a living"
Saturday
Karen
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$600
[6]
1,001:A meek or wishy-washy person
a mi lquetoast
Drew
Karen
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$800
[2]
Salty Brine State Beach, named for radio personality Salty Brine, is in the Rhode Island city with the same name as this bay
Narragansett
Drew
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$800
[19]
...drive the Vertiginous Highway over the Fagaras Mountains in this region of Romania, scary enough without monsters
Transylvania
Matt
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$800
[13]
Changing movie history, "Toy Story" is often credited as the first feature fully created using this
CGI
Karen
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$800
[14]
This Niners legend engineered a 92-yard game-winning drive to win it all for San Fran in Super Bowl XXIII
Montana
Drew
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DD
$1,000
[5]
This Caribbean island nation gained its name from Columbus, who sighted it on Sunday, November 3, 1493
Dominica
Karen
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$800
[7]
6:Innards
vi scera
Matt
Karen
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$1,000
[1]
Many folks start their trip to Yellowstone Park in this city in southern Montana named for a gold seeker
Bozeman
Matt
Drew
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$1,000
[10]
...endure this at least 7,000-year-old surgical procedure that involved drilling a hole into the skull
trephining (trepanning)
Drew
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$1,000
[8]
On a prescription it means take 4 times a day
q.i.d.
Karen
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$1,000
[9]
Up & down after the Heisman, Jim Plunkettcame back to glory as the QB forthis1980 team, the first Super Bowl champ as a wildcard
Raiders
Matt
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$1,000
[4]
It's the 2-word name of the day on which the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor is done, a few days before Easter
(Maundy) Holy Thursday
Karen
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$1,000
[11]
150:Casual pants hemmed at mid-calf
cl amdiggers
Matt
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| WORLD HISTORY | I LIKE BIG BOOKS & I CANNOT LIE | WARNING: MAY CAUSE WEEPING | COUSINS | LITTLE-HEARD WORDS | THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH NOAH WYLE |
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$400
[25]
Yersinia pestis was the cause of this, which ravaged London in the mid-17th century
the plague
Drew
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$400
[26]
It's hard to be objectivist about an atlas of a book shrugged off by this author who put in more than 1,100 pages worth of work
Ayn Rand
Karen
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$400
[27]
'90s moviegoers will recall the Michael Jackson ballad "Will You Be There?" from the emotional boy-loses-whale ending of this film
Free Willy
Karen
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$400
[28]
I finally understand!E (this guy) =M (married)C (his cousin)squared (as his second wife)
Einstein
Matt
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$400
[29]
Retroussé, meaning charmingly turned up at the end, is usually applied to this body part
a nose
Karen
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$400
[30]
(Noah Wyle presents the clue.) Alcohol swabs, various medications & a defibrillator are among the supplies commonly kept on one of these mobile units in the ER with an alliterative name
a crash cart
Karen
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$800
[21]
Prior to gaining independence, Suriname was known by this 2-word name
Dutch Guiana
Matt
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$800
[5]
I reached the end of this nearly 700-page novel by James Joyce to discover the last line is the first half of the book's first sentence
Finnegans Wake
Matt
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$800
[20]
Johnny Cash won a posthumous Grammy for his moving performance of "Hurt", a song originally released by this band
Nine Inch Nails
Matt
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$800
[22]
This Cali rapper & hype man for the Olympics counts Brandy Norwood as his cuz
Snoop Dogg
Karen
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$800
[24]
It's an upright post like the ones seen here
a stanchion
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$800
[23]
(Noah Wyle presents the clue.) When a patient is exhibiting signs of a heart attack, the ER will perform drug tests as well an EKG, short for this
electrocardiogram
Matt
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$1,600
[12]
One forced out by the other, these 2 presidents with similar names led Indonesia from 1945 to 1998
Suharto & Sukarno
Matt
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$1,200
[3]
Spanning more than 1,300 pages, "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth is set in the aftermath of the division of India in this year
1947
Matt
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$1,200
[19]
Everything's going fine between a boy & his imaginary friend until the end of this 1963 song, when "Jackie Paper came no more"
"Puff, The Magic Dragon"
Karen
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$1,200
[7]
Committing atrocities in Mexico & Peru respectively, these 2 conquistadors were distant cousins
Pizarro & Cortés
Matt
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$1,200
[16]
Meaning to prevent or ward off, this archaic-sounding 7-letter word often follows "heaven"
forfend
Matt
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$1,200
[6]
(Noah Wyle presents the clue.) Especially hard on the elderly, when a patient can't breathe adequately on their own a tube may be inserted through the mouth or nose & down into the trachea to keep the airway open in a procedure called this
intubation
Drew
Karen
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$2,000
[11]
Mainly inhabited by Igbo people, this secessionist state that declared its independence from Nigeria lasted only from 1967 until 1970
Biafra
Drew
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$1,600
[1]
"Perfidia", a book by this author, set in December 1941, contains some characters from his "L.A. Confidential"
(James) Ellroy
Matt
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$1,600
[18]
Written to comfort troubled teens, this R.E.M. song sums up its message with the line "You're not alone"
"Everybody Hurts"
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$1,600
[9]
James Madison & this 12th president were 2nd cousins; Dolley messaged her late hubby's cuzzo while he was in Mexico
(Zachary) Taylor
Matt
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$1,600
[15]
The old word wenen, meaning to think, led to this adjective meaning excessive, as in pride or arrogance
overweening
Drew
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$1,600
[8]
(Noah Wyle presents the clue.) To make their wishes known regarding treatment in end-of-life decisions at the ER or hospital, it's recommended that all adults have an AHCD, this type of directive
advanced healthcare directive
Karen
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|
DD
$3,000
[2]
Meaning "the way of the warrior", it was the code of conduct for Japan's samurai, akin to European chivalry
Bushidō
Matt
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$2,000
[4]
A princess is thrust into a world of magic in "Shield of Sparrows", a romantasy epic bestseller by this author
Devney Perry
Drew
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$2,000
[17]
Set to "Breathe Me" by Sia, the closing sequence of this TV series is regarded as one of the best (& saddest) endings ever
Six Feet Under
Karen
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DD
$2,000
[10]
The American composer of the opera "Satyagraha" is second cousins to this radio personality
Ira Glass
Matt
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$2,000
[14]
A nominal promotion without always the full privileges & pay; George McClellan became this type of captain in the Mexican War
a brevet captain
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$2,000
[13]
(Noah Wyle presents the clue.) Part of a complete blood count, a hematocrit test used in diagnosing conditions including anemia & carbon monoxide poisoning specifically measures the proportion of these in the blood
red blood cells
Matt
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Coins issued by this territory have depicted Old World monkeys, Neanderthal skulls & Europa Point Lighthouse
Gibraltar