2026Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Andrew He — a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California
Jen Giles — a teacher from Longmont, Colorado
Mehal Shah — a software engineer from Seattle, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehal! | $1,600 | $2,800 | $4,395 |
$6,001
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$4,400
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jen | $2,800 | $3,400 | $5,400 |
$8,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,400
10 R, 1 W |
| Andrew | $400 | $2,200 | $6,000 |
$10,801
Winner: semifinalist |
$14,400
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| PICK YOUR BATTLES | POP CULTURE MISSING LINKS | WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THE DOG? | KING JAMES BIBLE STUDY | AT FERNCLIFF CEMETERY | RHYME TIME |
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$200
[20]
Though Britain didn't lose one ship in this 1805 battle, it did lose a national hero, Admiral Nelson
Trafalgar
Andrew
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$200
[19]
Game:Super Mario____of Warcraft
World
Mehal!
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$200
[21]
Spanish for "moon", it frequently tops lists of the most popular female dog names
Luna
Mehal!
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$200
[27]
Revelation 22:21 concludes the Bible with this word
amen
Mehal!
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$200
[26]
Boris Chaliapin drew more than 400 covers for this magazine, including 1952's Woman of the Year
Time
Mehal!
Andrew
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$200
[9]
He calls the fouls at the cooks' basketball game
chef ref
Andrew
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$400
[13]
The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge & the Battle of Bloody Ridge were both fought during this conflict
the Korean War
Andrew
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$400
[18]
Movies:Turning____Dragon
Red
Andrew
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$400
[22]
Like the main character in "The Call of the Wild", this name evokes strength & an adventurous spirit
Buck
Andrew
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$400
[28]
"And the seventh day ye shall compass" this city "seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets"
Jericho
Mehal!
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$400
[25]
John Lennon was cremated at Ferncliff while this man whose show helped launch Beatlemania in the U.S. is buried there
(Ed) Sullivan
Mehal!
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$400
[8]
A scratcher game where you might win ear then ware ceramics
a pottery lottery
Mehal!
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$600
[12]
The 3 Battles of Ypres, fought between 1914 & 1917, took place near the city of Ypres in this country
Belgium
Mehal!
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$600
[17]
Animation:Cow &____Run
Chicken
Andrew
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$600
[23]
Give me your answer do--this name frequently ranks as the most popular floral name for dogs, along with Lily
Daisy
Jen
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$600
[29]
He "was five hundred years old; and" he "begat Shem, Ham and Japheth"
Noah
Andrew
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$600
[24]
Cornell Woolrich wrote the story that became this film where Jimmy Stewart neglects a lusty Grace Kelly to peep at Raymond Burr
Rear Window
Andrew
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$600
[7]
An exhaustive history of an ocular device for a single eye
a monocle chronicle
Mehal!
|
|
$800
[1]
On May 1, 1898, this commodore began the Battle of Manila Bay by telling his captain, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley"
(George) Dewey
Andrew
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$800
[16]
Podcasts:Crime, Conspiracy, Cults &____with My Husband
Murder
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$800
[5]
Derived from French & a pet form of Josephine, this double-talk name has long been popular for French poodles
Fifi
Mehal!
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$800
[30]
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod", location: this
the East of Eden
Andrew
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$800
[15]
The founder of this brand, known forhisice cream cakes like Fudgie the Whale, is buried with his wife, Agnes
Carvel (cakes)
Jen
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$800
[6]
Fealty to the monarch
loyalty royalty
Mehal!
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$1,000
[11]
The 1513 battle of this field was the largest ever fought between England & Scotland
Flodden Field
Jen
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$1,000
[14]
Musicians:Paloma____Hill
Faith
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$1,000
[4]
A popular name for Siberian Huskies, it's a diminutive of the Russian equivalent of Michael
Mishka
Jen
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$1,000
[10]
This New Testament book: "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity"
1 Corinthians
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DD
$1,000
[3]
After his 1965 death at the Audubon Ballroom in Upper Manhattan, he was interred at Ferncliff Cemetery
Malcolm X
Andrew
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$1,000
[2]
You've reached this, the utmost point of distrusting the motives of mankind
cynical pinnacle
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| ISLANDS | BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS | 1960s NASA | AWARDS & HONORS | COUNTRY SONGS | RUSSIAN CROSSWORD CLUES |
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$400
[21]
This Dutch island in the Caribbean is known for its colorful architecture & its blue namesake liqueur
Curaçao
Jen
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DD
$5
[7]
This poet & author wrote a 6-volume bio of Abe Lincoln made up of "The Prairie Years" & the Pulitzer-winning "The War Years"
Carl Sandburg
Mehal!
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$400
[27]
In 1962 he reported, "This is Friendship 7. A real fireball outside", then was asked "How are you doing?"; "Oh, pretty good"
(John) Glenn
Andrew
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$400
[28]
A 2025 Lasker Award for medical research went to work on treatment for this disease, CF for short
cystic fibrosis
Jen
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$400
[29]
In a spin on a Dolly Parton hit, Beyoncé warns this woman, "The games you play are nothing new, so you don't want no heat with me"
Jolene
Jen
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$400
[30]
Just say "no"(4 letters)
nyet
Mehal!
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$800
[20]
Not surprisingly, Sappho Square is in the center of Mytilene, the chief town of this Greek island
Lesbos
Jen
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$400
[26]
A 2015 biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has this title reminiscent of a rapper's name
Notorious RBG
Andrew
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$800
[24]
In December 1965, Wally Schirra & Thomas Stafford arranged the first rendezvous of two crewed spacecraft, this6A & 7
Gemini
Mehal!
Andrew
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$800
[23]
The Amer. Historical Association gives a prize for history & social justice named for this civil rights leader who died in 2020
John Lewis
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$800
[17]
Tammy Wynette's signature tune, she'd later use it as the title of her autobiography
"Stand By Your Man"
Jen
Andrew
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$800
[22]
A country cottage or summer home(5 letters)
dacha
Andrew
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$1,200
[6]
Named for a 17th century English navigator, it's Canada's largest island
Baffin
Mehal!
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$800
[25]
The title of this 2025 memoir by Kamala Harris refers to how long she had to launch & run her 2024 presidential campaign
107 Days
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$1,200
[2]
23 days after Yuri Gagarin's flight, this astronaut went 116 miles up on a suborbital flight & came down a national hero
(Alan) Shepard
Andrew
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$1,200
[15]
Leave it to the math folks! Named for a math prof. at the Univ. of Toronto, it can be given for potential future accomplishments
the Fields Medal
Andrew
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$1,200
[16]
Alan Jackson orders "a hurricane before I go insane, it's only half-past twelve but I don't care, it's" this
five o'clock somewhere
Mehal!
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$1,200
[8]
"Dead Souls" author(5 letters)
Gogol
Jen
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$1,600
[4]
An active volcano, Mount Aso is located on this third-largest of Japan's main islands
Kyushu
Mehal!
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$1,200
[13]
This biography about the rise of math genius John Nash & his struggles with mental illness inspired a film of the same name
A Beautiful Mind
Andrew
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$1,600
[1]
Pete Conrad, post-liftoff on this last Moon mission of the decade: "I'm not sure we didn't get hit by lightning" (but they'd be OK)
Apollo 12
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$2,000
[14]
The San Nicola Stadiumin Bari is among the designs of this Italian-born architect who won the Pritzker Prize way back in 1998
(Renzo) Piano
Andrew
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$1,600
[19]
Co-written by Naomi, a Judds anthem of unity says, "Love can" do this "between your heart & mine"
build a bridge
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$1,600
[9]
Russian comrade(8 letters)
tovarich
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$2,000
[5]
This name for the largest of Scotland's Outer Hebrides makes it sound like it's named for 2 chaps
Lewis and Harris
Jen
Andrew
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$2,000
[12]
Born enslaved, this journalist & NAACP co-founder wrote a memoir titled "Crusade for Justice"
Ida B. Wells
Mehal!
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$2,000
[3]
Two years after being the first American tospace walk, helost his life with capsule mates Grissom & Chaffee testing Apollo 1
Ed White
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DD
$7,400
[11]
The IEEE established an award in 1976 to honor the centennial of an invention by this man & named the award for him
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew
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$2,000
[18]
Lee Ann Womack is perhaps best known for this inspirational hit about sitting out or taking chances
"I Hope You Dance"
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$2,000
[10]
"Minority" party member in opposition to Lenin's faction(9 letters)
Menshevik
Andrew
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Black History Month was first celebrated around the birth dates of Abraham Lincoln & this contemporary who died in 1895
Frederick Douglass