2026Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California
Alison Betts — a creative executive originally from San Jose, California
Josh Hill — a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $2,800 | $3,400 | $7,600 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Alison | $4,200 | $5,400 | $3,200 |
$2,786
Winner: semifinalist |
$7,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Isaac | $1,800 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,600
18 R, 8 W |
| HISTORIC ORATORS | BOOK SMART | USA | PROTECTION PROJECTION | YOU'RE ON A ROLE | DROP A LETTER... |
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$200
[1]
An ally of the British, whose uniforms he wore, Seneca chief Sagoyewatha was known as this color "Jacket"
Red
Josh
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$200
[2]
In a 1999 book she's told, "You're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met"
Hermione Granger
Alison
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$200
[30]
Since 1872 this city whose name is Spanish for "town" has hosted the Colorado State Fair
Pueblo
Alison
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$200
[7]
The narrator of this novel wants to save little kids "If they start to go over the cliff... that's all I'd do all day"
The Catcher in the Rye
Alison
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$200
[10]
For a reboot of the "Pink Panther" franchise, Steve Martintook on the role of this bumbling detective
Clouseau
Isaac
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$200
[29]
From a colorful flower part to get this verb, what a bell does
peal (from petal)
Alison
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$400
[11]
"No pasarán", or "They shall not pass", the Republican battle cry in this conflict, was coined by Dolores Ibárruri
the Spanish Civil War
Isaac
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$400
[19]
In "They Do It with Mirrors", this Christie sleuth recalls attending boarding school in Florence
(Miss) Marple
Isaac
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$400
[26]
A red seat 502 feet from home plate in this ballpark marks the landing spot of a Ted Williams home run
Fenway
Isaac
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$400
[9]
Impacts in orbit are rare, but Whipple shields made from this bulletproof vest polymer limit damage from objects traveling 17,000 mph
Kevlar
Josh
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$400
[23]
With roles in martial arts films like "Enter the Dragon" & "Fist of Fury", hehelped popularize the genre
Bruce Lee
Isaac
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$400
[8]
From a synonym for buccaneer to get this verb meaning to chatter at length
prate (from pirate)
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$600
[12]
"We have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat", said Winston Churchill of the 1938 agreement named for this city
Munich
Josh
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$600
[18]
Though he's a "pure sociopath", this Thomas Harris character is a contributor to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Lecter
Isaac
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$600
[25]
In 2020 New River Gorge in the Appalachians became this state's first national park
West Virginia
Josh
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$600
[20]
Barrier is a 7-letter word that starts with B & is a synonym for protection--so is this, a wall raised for defense
bulwark
Alison
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$600
[24]
In 1962, shewon the first Best Actress Oscar for a role in a foreign language film, "Two Women"
Sophia Loren
Alison
Isaac
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$600
[6]
From a word meaning of little width to get this weapon
arrow (from narrow)
Josh
Isaac
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$800
[15]
In 1843 the formerly enslaved Isabella Van Wagenen took this name reflecting her intention to "travel up and down the land"
Sojourner Truth
Isaac
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$800
[17]
Sherlock Holmes describes this man as having been "endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty"
Professor Moriarty
Josh
Isaac
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$1,000
[13]
Home to 3 prestigious universities, North Carolina's Research Triangle is formed by these 3 cities or towns
Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
Josh
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$800
[21]
Its name is from Greek meaning "not intoxicated" from an ancient belief that thestoneprotected against drunkenness
amethyst
Josh
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$800
[27]
Life was a cabaret for Lea Thompson & Natasha Richardson, 2 of the actresses who have played this role on Broadway
Sally Bowles
Alison
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$800
[3]
From a word meaning to sully to get this trace of a color
tint (from taint)
Alison
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$1,000
[16]
The name of this orator who roused the people of ancient Athens begins with a Greek word for "people"
Demosthenes
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$1,000
[14]
In this 1966 work the narrator's IQ climbs from 68 to 185, then declines rapidly
Flowers for Algernon
Isaac
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DD
$2,000
[5]
While his library is in Ann Arbor, his museum is in Grand Rapids, where he grew up
(Gerald) Ford
Alison
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$1,000
[22]
The aegis, a symbol of protection, was used by this goddess who accessorized it with Medusa's head
Athena
Isaac
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$1,000
[28]
In the '90s his movie roles included Richard Nixon & Picasso
Anthony Hopkins
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$1,000
[4]
From a verb meaning to embellish (like with parsley) to get this adjective meaning vulgar or flashy, like some displays
garish (from garnish)
Alison
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| ASIA: BACK ON TOUR! | ART OF THE RENAISSANCE | I NEED SOME SPACE | TELEVISION | SIDE HUSTLE PARTS OF SPEECH | YOU'VE GOT A POINT |
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$400
[25]
Komitake forms the north slope of this landmark that's been "asleep" since 1707; we'll step softly, just in case
Mt. Fuji
Josh
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$400
[26]
The now seldom-used last name of this Renaissance man known for his Madonnaswas Sanzio or Santi
Raphael
Josh
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$400
[30]
Arabic for "stinger", Shaula is a triple star system & the second-brightest light in this constellation
Scorpio
Isaac
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$400
[29]
"Did I do that?" is a catchphrase on this show that began as a spinoff from "Perfect Strangers"
Family Matters
Alison
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$400
[28]
Not just a noun, it's a verb used with "myself" or "herself" to mean feel satisfaction over one's accomplishments
pride
Isaac
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$400
[27]
In literature this 3-word vantage can be omniscient or first-person
point of view
Isaac
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$800
[6]
Ah, the history! The bulk of Eastern Turkey is drained by these 2 rivers that flow 100s of miles further south, then join together
the Tigris & Euphrates
Isaac
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$800
[12]
Parma school hotshot Correggio gave us the uplifting piece seen here& named for this trip Mary took
The Assumption
Isaac
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$800
[24]
Fly me to Phoebe, Telesto or Janus, 3 of the 274 moons of this planet
Saturn
Isaac
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$800
[23]
This Andy Cohen talk show brings on plenty of actors & musicians, but it's the Bravolebrities we tune in for
Watch What Happens Live!
Isaac
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$800
[22]
Mainly a noun for part of a horse, it can also get verb-al meaning to move fast (with "it") or to dance
hoof
Alison
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$800
[11]
Also known as tent stitch, this needle craft has a French name that tells you the stitches are small
petit point
Isaac
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$1,600
[15]
After we turned up for Wat in Cambodia, we'll make the call--ground control to this 13th century city, home to theBayontemple
Angkor Thom
Josh
Isaac
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$1,200
[1]
Titian was known for his portraiture of this future Armada king, who also commissioned the artist to paint Diana
Philip II
Isaac
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$1,200
[14]
In 1997 the high resolution spectrograph on this was removed & replaced in orbit on a second servicing mission
the Hubble Space Telescope
Josh
Isaac
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$1,200
[7]
In 2026 the "Star Trek" universe added this show about the place cadets learn of command, camaraderie & cloaking devices
Starfleet Academy
Josh
Alison
Isaac
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$1,200
[4]
This adjective for "missing at roll call" is also a verb meaning "remove oneself"; Hamlet tells Horatio to do it "from Felicity"
absent
Alison
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$1,200
[9]
The olecranon--the pointy, bony bit that sticks out when our elbow bends--is actually part of this bone
the ulna
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$2,000
[19]
We have friends in high palaces--like at 12,000 ft.--at this alliterative landmark in Tibet, a World Heritage Site since 1994
Potala Palace
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$1,600
[2]
This Dutchman was known as a devil maker, as seen in his "Temptation of Saint Anthony"
Bosch
Isaac
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$1,600
[17]
The tail of Earth's magnetosphere is caused by this flux of particles that emits from the Sun's corona
solar wind
Josh
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$1,600
[8]
Nandor & the other vampires of "What We Do in the Shadows" have lived in this New York City borough for over a century
Staten Island
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$2,000
[16]
Mainly an adverb, it's an adjective as it ends Jefferson's "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is..."
just
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$1,600
[10]
This brightly named "point" is the lowest temperature at which vapors above a liquid will ignite in the presence of flame
the flashpoint
Alison
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DD
$3,400
[20]
Of the 7 "-stan" countries, we're headed for this one, the southernmost
Pakistan
Josh
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$2,000
[3]
Paintings from this "Elder" German artist were signed with a winged serpent between the letters "L" & "C"
Lucas Cranach the Elder
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$2,000
[18]
It was always 5 o'clock somewhere over Mars for the Odyssey spacecraft--it's near the polar orbit known as SSO, Sun this word orbit
synchronous
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$2,000
[21]
His TV roles have included Lester Nygaard on Season 1 of "Fargo" & Watson on the BBC's "Sherlock"
(Martin) Freeman
Isaac
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DD
$5,000
[5]
This adjective is used more & more as a noun meaning anyone who generates content, from poems to advertising
creative
Alison
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$2,000
[13]
Ask ZZ Top--in astronomy, it's a gravitational point at which an orbiting body will remain at rest relative to 2 larger ones
the Lagrange point
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An article about autism in fictional characters included him, whose "'reward' is to have his brave act go unrecognized"
Boo Radley