2022 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 3.
Rowan Ward — a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, Illinois
Do Park — a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nikkee Porcaro — an educational consultant and business owner from Silver Spring, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikkee | $0 | $0 | $7,200 |
$1,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
7 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Do | $1,600 | $2,000 | $6,800 |
$6,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
14 R, 4 W |
| rowan | $3,200 | $9,400 | $26,800 |
$36,800
Finalist |
$17,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| QUICK LIT | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC | PEAKS & VALLEYS | SNAP CHAT | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS | HIDDEN BRAIN PODCAST |
|
$200
[20]
Cervantes published the first volume of this novel about a delusional hero in 1605
Don Quixote
Do
|
$200
[19]
This late, great rapper went by the alphanumeric version of his name when he joined forces with Dr. Dre on "California Love"
2Pac
rowan
|
$200
[12]
What's known as the Bernese these includes the Jungfrau & Aletschhorn peaks
the Alps
Do
|
$200
[30]
Now a synonym for photograph, it originally referred to the rapid firing of a gun without aiming
snapshot
rowan
|
$200
[28]
There's a certain braveness to this black bird
the raven (in b raven ess)
Do
|
$200
[24]
(Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) As part of our "You 2.0" series, we discussed information aversion--why our brains want to avoid painful or negative information, be itnewsworthy, medical, or financial, something called this bird effect
ostrich
rowan
|
|
$400
[13]
In a Coleridge poem, "at length did cross" this bird
the albatross
rowan
|
$400
[18]
Later an actor & a Grammy winner, he teamed with Big Boi, with whom he went to high school in Atlanta
André 3000
rowan
|
$400
[11]
A 1994 eruption of Mount Popocatepetl caused ash to rain down on this country's Puebla state
Mexico
Do
|
$400
[29]
In 2021 this Canadian prime minister called a snap election
Justin Trudeau
rowan
|
$400
[27]
A little knowledge of this bird goes a long way
an owl (in kn owl edge)
rowan
|
$400
[23]
(Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) I talked with psychologist and "Generation Me" author, Jean Twenge, about the rise of this -ism in society, an inflated view of one's self, named for a mythologicalyouth
narcissism
rowan
|
|
$800
[2]
Maxine Hong Kingston won over critics & fans with the 1976 memoir "The Woman" this
Warrior
|
$600
[17]
In 2004 Jay-Z had a hit with this many title "Problems" but hopefully, our clue ain't one
99
rowan
|
$600
[10]
Numerousfumarolesin a volcanic region of Alaska gave it the name Valley of the Ten Thousand these
Smokes
Do
|
$600
[21]
In kabuki theatre, a trap door used for dramatic entrances is called a suppon, which means this "snapping" reptile
a snapping turtle
rowan
|
$600
[26]
It lives in Europe & Asia, but not in Brooklyn
a rook (in B rook lyn)
rowan
|
$600
[22]
(Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) A couple of weeks into 2016, we talked about the psychology of these New Year's promises & why we often failed to stick to them
resolutions
rowan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
He's a real bit player in "Hamlet"--just a skull
Yorick
Nikkee
|
$800
[16]
It would be a (disorganized) crime if you didn't know this group won an Oscar for their song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp"
Three 6 Mafia
rowan
|
$800
[9]
Scale the peak of Great Ararat in this country & you can see into Iran & Armenia as well
Turkey
Do
|
$800
[3]
In addition to the spice in the name, these cookies are made with molasses
ginger snaps
Do
|
$800
[25]
While riding my scooter, I spotted this old bird
a coot (in s coot er)
rowan
|
$800
[5]
(Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) Resilience researcher Lucy Honeshares techniques that helped her cope with a devastating loss of her daughter, going beyond the five stages of this& how to actively deal with it
grief
rowan
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez stayed in his study for 18 months writing this 1967 novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Do
|
$1,000
[7]
Noted for neckware, he was in Playaz Circle before teaming with Drake to go platinum with "No Lie"
2 Chainz
|
$1,000
[4]
A power-generating authority set up in 1933 serves the people of this valley in its name
Tennessee Valley
Nikkee
|
$1,000
[6]
The hinged "jaws" of this flower are pried open by bumblebees, its main pollinator
snapdragon
Do
rowan
|
$1,000
[15]
We're amazed by this sea eagle's cleverness
erne (in clev erne ss)
|
$1,000
[14]
(Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) I interviewed neuroscientist Sophie Scott, who studies the science of laughter, truly the best medicine, because it releases serotonin &this other neural transmitter that can create a sense of euphoria
dopamine
rowan
|
| LAW SLAW | HISTORIC SECONDS | ANIMAL-TITLED MOVIES | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS | SCULPTURE | A STANDING MIDDLE O |
|
$400
[29]
Instituted in 1970, the legal classifications of these go from Schedule 1 to Schedule 5
drugs
rowan
|
$400
[28]
The 1145 papal bull "Quantum Praedecessores" helped launch the second of these
a crusade (Second Crusade)
Do
rowan
|
$400
[30]
Truffle hunter Nicolas Cage searches for his kidnapped foraging animal in this 2021 film with a 3-letter title
Pig
rowan
|
$400
[25]
Most open daily, 16 museums & the National Zoo make up the D.C. parts of this complex founded in 1846
the Smithsonian Institution
rowan
|
$400
[26]
Not far from the New York Stock Exchange is Arturo di Modica's over-3 1/2-ton sculpture of a charging this
a bull
Do
|
$400
[27]
It's a small collapsible bed
a cot
Do
|
|
$800
[24]
Schenck v. U.S. addressed if sending antiwar pamphlets to drafted men in the midst of war was protected by this amendment
the First Amendment
Nikkee
|
$800
[15]
In the 1890s the Socialist federation the Second International expelled believers in this no-government doctrine
anarchism
Do
|
$800
[13]
Dr. Robotnik returns to menace Earth in the 2022 sequel starring this furry blue video game character
Sonic the Hedgehog
rowan
|
$800
[3]
184 steel & granite benches honor those who died here on 9/11
the Pentagon
Do
|
$800
[18]
Louise Bourgeois famously created giant sculptures of these creatures partly as an ode to her mother, who was a weaver
spiders
Nikkee
rowan
|
$800
[9]
To sign the back of a check, or to say, "Pervis Q. Turbleburk Jr. for mayor!"
endorse
Nikkee
|
|
$1,200
[7]
In legalese, CC can refer to cepi corpus ("I have taken the body") or this federal venue for appeals
circuit court
Nikkee
|
$1,200
[6]
The 1139 meeting known as the Second one of these councils invalidated marriages of priests, monks & nuns
the Lateran councils
Do
rowan
|
$1,200
[23]
Quentin Tarantino took home the Critics' Prize at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival for this cops & robbers tale
Reservoir Dogs
rowan
|
$1,200
[1]
A statue of the Comte de Rochambeau is across from the White House in this square named for a more famous Frenchman
Lafayette (Square)
rowan
|
$1,200
[16]
The little boy fountain sculpture "Manneken Pis" is a symbol of this Belgian city's spirit & sense of humor
Brussels
Do
|
$1,200
[8]
In geologic time, it's less than a period but greater than an age
an epoch
Do
|
|
$2,000
[14]
Evidence that exonerates someone from guilt is called this, which also starts with "ex"
exculpatory
Nikkee
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1862 the second of these Virginia battles took place 13 months after the first & ended the same way, with a Confederate victory
Bull Run
rowan
|
$1,600
[22]
In this 1988 comedy, Kevin Kline enjoys chips & the unfortunate title creature, much to Michael Palin's dismay
A Fish Called Wanda
|
$1,600
[2]
Thislibrary has been known to host Renaissancemusicto honor Shakespeare's birthday
the Folger
Nikkee
rowan
|
$1,600
[11]
Afteritsdiscovery & purchase by a French ambassador, it was presented to Louis XVIII who donated it to the Louvre
the Venus de Milo
Nikkee
|
$1,600
[10]
A camera's one-legged support, as opposed to 3
a monopod
Do
rowan
|
|
DD
$10,600
[5]
Political advertising was at the heart of the 2010 case pitting this group against the Federal Election Commission
Citizens United
rowan
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
The second one lasted from 218 to 201 B.C. & at the end, Rome was boss of the Mediterranean
the Second Punic War
rowan
|
$2,000
[21]
Daisy Edgar-Jones plays a rural southern woman suspected of murder in this 2022 film based on a bestseller
Where the Crawdads Sing
|
$2,000
[12]
Unlike JFK's, this president's grave at Arlington National Cemetery lacks an eternal flame but does have a 14-foot monument
Taft
rowan
|
$2,000
[17]
Rodin's sculpture "The Burghers of" this city was commissioned to commemorate an event during the Hundred Years' War
Calais
rowan
|
$2,000
[20]
It's an encampment of troops with little or no shelter, as seen here
a bivouac
rowan
|
A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily
the Trevi Fountain