2022 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 1.
Jessica Stephens — a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee
Aaron Gulyas — a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, Michigan
Cindy Zhang — a user experience designer from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Cindy | $2,000 | $2,000 | $6,800 |
$6,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aaron | $800 | $3,000 | $2,800 |
$5,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jessica | $2,400 | $5,400 | $17,100 |
$20,100
Finalist |
$16,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| LITERARY FIRST LINES | AN IMPRESSIVE VOCABULARY | WORLD FACTS | COMMON BONDS | LYRICALLY YOURS | SKIN CARE FROM A TO Z WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN |
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$200
[29]
It contains the opposite of its title in "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills"
Out of Africa
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$200
[20]
This rhyming word refers to any time of great success, not a specific 24-hour period
heyday
Aaron
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$200
[17]
This ocean reaches its maximum depth, over 24,000 feet, in the Java Trench
the Indian Ocean
Aaron
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$200
[21]
Cypress, eagle, Mussorgsky's mountain
things that are bald
Cindy
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$200
[30]
"All the moves like Jagger... I've got the moooooooves like Jagger"
Maroon 5
Jessica
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$200
[28]
(Michael Strahan presents the clue.) Made from an Asian root vegetable, acontact spongeis helpful in this cleansing process of removing dead cells from skin surface--gimme an "E"!
exfoliation
Cindy
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$400
[1]
"1984" begins, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking" this very odd number
thirteen
Aaron
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$400
[19]
A hand-held optical instrument lends its name to this adjective referring to a mix of shifting colors
a kaleidoscopic
Cindy
Aaron
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$400
[5]
Geographically, this largest island in the world is part of North America
Greenland
Cindy
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$400
[9]
Alarm, teeth, a deceptive "flag"
things that are false
Jessica
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$400
[23]
"You keep on shoutin', I... wanna rock & roll all night, & party ev-er-y day"
Kiss
Jessica
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$400
[27]
(Michael Strahan presents the clue.) "T" is for tea tree--a drop ofitsoil in your moisturizer can reduce swelling & let the moisturizer be used as this, the "A-I" in NSAID drugs
anti-inflammatory
Jessica
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$600
[2]
This novel begins, "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"
Catch-22
Cindy
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$600
[18]
"O" is for this unfriendly word; in ancient Greece, it was a way to vote you out of the community
ostracize
Aaron
Jessica
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$600
[6]
France's overseas possessions include this one in South America once known for its penal colonies like Devil's Island
French Guiana
Aaron
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$600
[12]
Turkey, front, a cruel & unfeeling person's blood
things that are cold
Cindy
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$600
[15]
"I can't feel my face when I'm with you, but I love it... I can't feel my face when I'm with you"
The Weeknd
Cindy
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$600
[26]
(Michael Strahan presents the clue.) Sebum protects your skin--"J" is for this oil from another plant that balances your complexion by mimicking sebum, adding & decreasing production as needed, & honestly, it's just a fun word to say
jojoba
Jessica
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$800
[3]
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" in this tale
the Metamorphosis
Aaron
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$800
[11]
Latin loqui, "to speak", gives us the words loquacious, meaning talkative, & this adjective, meaning well spoken
eloquent
Cindy
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$800
[7]
It's the oldest existing freshwater lake as well as the deepest
Lake Baikal
Cindy
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$800
[13]
Grape jelly, your wings, wildfire
things that are spread
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$800
[16]
"They say in heaven love comes first... ooh heaven is a place on earth"
Belinda Carlisle
Aaron
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$800
[25]
(Michael Strahan presents the clue.) Used as a remedy for skin ailments by Native Americans for centuries, this plant filed under"W"is still used as an astringent or a toner
witch hazel
Aaron
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$1,000
[4]
"The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe" starts, "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund &" her
Lucy
Cindy
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$1,000
[10]
Adventurous artists are described by this hyphenated French word, which used to refer to the leading body of an army
avant-garde
Jessica
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DD
$2,800
[8]
Much of this tiny country that's surrounded by another is located on Mount Titano
San Marino
Cindy
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$1,000
[14]
Chair, tide, spirits
things that can be high
Aaron
Jessica
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$1,000
[22]
"Bad & boujee... still be playin' with pots & pans, call me Quavo Ratatouille"
Migos
Jessica
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$1,000
[24]
(Michael Strahan presents the clue.) Unlike the Turk, the guy who sends football players to the coach who will cut them from the team, this similar-sounding "T" is much more popular, said to clear up acne scars & decrease UV damage to the skin
turmeric
Jessica
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| ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP | "IF" AT FIRST... | ANAGRAMS | HERE'S YOUR SCIENCE PRIZE | TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE | BUT I HAVE THIS HISTORIC MEETING |
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$400
[28]
Once a desperate shaved-head Frenchwoman, things began to look up once I found out I was the heir to Genovia's throne
Anne Hathaway
Aaron
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$400
[6]
Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg wrote this classic tune sung by the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz"
"If I Only Had A Brain"
Jessica
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$400
[23]
Sia wanted to swing from one:ARCHED LINE
chandelier
Cindy
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$400
[29]
The 2021 Einstein Prize went to Clifford Martin Will & Saul Teukolsky for "contributions to observational tests of general" this
relativity
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$400
[30]
Done in 1808, his sixth symphony, nicknamed "Pastoral"
Beethoven
Cindy
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$400
[14]
The tough guy born Temüjin got this new name at a meeting of Mongol representatives in 1206
Genghis Khan
Aaron
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$800
[1]
Here I am, just a lowly Hobbit from the Shire who finally took the field for Notre Dame; hey! I got a sack
Sean Astin
Cindy
Jessica
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$800
[5]
In computer programming, this 2-word "statement" means that when a specific condition is met, a specific action follows
if-then
Aaron
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$800
[8]
One of man's best friends:DADS HUNCH
dachshund
Jessica
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$800
[22]
Frederick Sanger is the only 2-time winner of the Nobel Prize in this, for work on proteins in 1958 & nucleic acids in 1980
the Chemistry Prize
Jessica
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$800
[16]
"The Calf Bearer"from the 500s B.C. discovered on this Athens elevation in 1864--sad that parts are missing, but now we can show it
the Acropolis
Aaron
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$800
[13]
In what's now the city of Sovetsk in 1807, Napoleon & the ruler in this jobmeton araftso it wouldn't be on anyone's home turf
the czar (Alexander I)
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$1,200
[7]
Despite being brittle-boned Elijah Prince, I'm still firmly in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Samuel L. Jackson
Cindy
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$1,200
[4]
In "Field of Dreams", Kevin Costner first hears this phrase while walking through his corn
If you build it, he will come
Aaron
Jessica
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$1,200
[9]
A chef's finishing touch:REPLAYS
parsley
Aaron
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$1,200
[19]
The Gonin Medal is awarded every 4 years for outstanding work in this medical specialty of the eye
ophthalmology
Aaron
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$1,600
[18]
This bandleader's classical-influenced 1940s compositions "Black, Brown & Beige" & "Liberian Suite"
Duke Ellington
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$1,200
[12]
On May 30, 1593 4 men met in Deptford: 3 were associated with the Elizabethan spy service & 1 was this playwright, who ended up dead
Marlowe
Jessica
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$1,600
[26]
Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston
Lucy Liu
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$2,000
[2]
In a rousing 1765 Patrick Henry speech criticizing Britain, these 4 words preceded "make the most of it"
if this be treason
Aaron
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$1,600
[24]
It's got a West Indian vibe:SCALP YO
calypso
Jessica
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$1,600
[20]
The 2016 Turing Award, the "Nobel Prize of computing", went to this hyphenated Brit "for inventing the World Wide Web"
Berners-Lee
Cindy
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$2,000
[15]
"Child with Toy Hand Grenade" from 1962, a famous image by this woman who often photographed social outcasts
(Diane) Arbus
Cindy
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$1,600
[11]
Dormant since its last meeting in 1669, this trading league started meeting again in 1980 in Zwolle, the Netherlands
the Hanseatic League
Aaron
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$2,000
[27]
Being half of a legendary Wild West outlaw duo gave me the courage to take the ice for the Charlestown Chiefs
Paul Newman
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DD
$2,500
[3]
The Department of Homeland Security designates Sept. 25 as awareness day for this 6-word reminder to report suspicious activity
If you see something, say something
Jessica
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$2,000
[25]
It can have a beach on both sides:SALINE PUN
peninsula
Jessica
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$2,000
[21]
Winners of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for popularizing science include this knighted narrator of BBC's "Life"
(Sir David) Attenborough
Jessica
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DD
$3,000
[17]
From Rubens & his workshop, "The Lion Hunt", "The Tiger Hunt" & this Roman goddess "& her Nymphs on the Hunt"
Diana
Aaron
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$2,000
[10]
An ostensible duck hunt in 1910 was actually 6 guys meeting to plan this central banking authority of the United States
the Federal Reserve
Aaron
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In September 1964 The New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, "used as symbol of honesty in 1952"
Checkers