2022-2023 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 9.
Cari Champion — a journalist from Pasadena, California
Brendan Hunt — an actor from Chicago, Illinois
B.J. Novak — an actor from Newton, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.J. | $700 | $2,100 | $5,700 |
$6,800
2nd place: $30,000 to Stand Up 2 Cancer |
$8,400
20 R, 1 W |
| Brendan | $3,200 | $6,700 | $16,600 |
$28,000
Winner: semifinalist |
$35,600
58 R (including 5 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Cari | $0 | $0 | $1,400 |
$100
3rd place: $30,000 to NAACP Empowerment Programs |
$1,100
4 R, 2 W |
| COACH: BEARD | A TRASHY CATEGORY | LANDMARKS | I AM A CHAMPION! | "NN"YTIME | THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES |
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$100
[7]
For beard inspiration, watch videos by this classic end-of-the-alphabet rock band; even its drummer's last name is Beard
ZZ Top
Cari
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$100
[26]
If walking in the Smithsonian with a used gum wrapper, don't put it in the trash can occupied by him on "Sesame Street"
Oscar the Grouch
Brendan
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$100
[20]
The heads that make up this national memorial are each about 60 feet tall & each was dedicated at separate times during the 1930s
Mount Rushmore
Brendan
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$100
[8]
It's the last name of boxer Laila, who outdid even her dad by retiring undefeated after winning world titles in 2 weight classes
Ali
Cari
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$100
[21]
In one word, not guilty
innocent
Brendan
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$100
[1]
A line from this dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury: "The books leapt & danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze"
Fahrenheit 451
Brendan
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$200
[13]
To keep your beard nice & tidy, Cremo offers a brush whose bristles are made of the thick, sturdy hairs of these wild pigs
boars
Brendan
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$200
[27]
You can't spell "garbage" without this kind of boat; the Mobro wandered around the Atlantic in 1987 with 3,000 tons of New York trash
a barge
Brendan
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$300
[18]
We'll point out this 605-foot landmark opened in 1962 for the World's Fair in Seattle & was built for a reasonable $4.5 million
the Space Needle
Brendan
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$200
[9]
Rod Laver is the only 2-time winner of all 4 major tennis singles titles in one year, a feat called this, like a big home run
a grand slam
Brendan
Cari
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$200
[22]
In the 1970s these department store models for clothing displays began to have belly buttons
mannequins
B.J.
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$200
[2]
The title of this Dostoyevsky novel refers to murder & 8 years of hard labor in Siberia
Crime and Punishment
B.J.
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$300
[14]
Get some candles & build a little altar in your home tothisNBA legend who for some is the patron saint of awesome beards
James Harden
Brendan
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$300
[28]
Kitchen Aid makes a stainless steel one to turn your overflowing stinky bag into a handy brick--not a garbage smusher, a...
(trash) compactor
Brendan
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$400
[17]
As long as you're here, let's also play the Pyramid & check out the Venus de Milo & the Galerie des Antiques in this museum
the Louvre
Brendan
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$300
[10]
On May 30,1911, Ray Harroun became the first champ of this race, going 75 mph; Marcus Ericsson won it in 2022, going 100 mph faster
the Indy 500
Brendan
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$300
[23]
Born in the '80s & early '90s, they're often depicted as tech-savvy & maybe just a bit entitled
millennials
B.J.
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$300
[3]
The first Nebula Award winner for Best Novel was this Frank Herbert novel set on the desert planet Arrakis
Dune
Brendan
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$400
[15]
Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone
testosterone
Brendan
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$400
[29]
One of these in Jersey City, once full of garbage, toxic waste & just maybe Jimmy Hoffa, is becoming a park
a dump (or landfill)
B.J.
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$500
[6]
Frank Gehry said the landmark seenherethat opened in this city in 1973 "changed the image of an entire country"
Sydney
Brendan
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$400
[11]
In 2019 she surpassed Vitaly Scherbo to become the most decorated gymnast in world championship history
Simone Biles
Brendan
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$400
[24]
This verb can mean to have your hiking companion for dinner, or to take resources from one project to finish another
cannibalize
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$400
[4]
Locals call Kya the "Marsh Girl" in this recent bestseller by Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing
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$500
[16]
Beard growers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your razors to emulate the beard of this"Communist Manifesto" author
Marx
Brendan
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$500
[30]
A 2012 first-in-the-nation Vermont law says scraps from home cooking may not go in regular trash but must become this
compost
Brendan
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DD
$1,000
[19]
Now that's a construction project! 13,000 miles long & found in part in Gansu province, this dates to the 600s B.C.
the Great Wall of China
Brendan
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$500
[12]
Pitching ringers on 85% of his throws, in 2022 Alan Francis captured his record 26th world championship in this
horseshoes
Brendan
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$500
[25]
"Astrophel and Stella" is a 16th century sequence of more than 100 of these 14-line poems
sonnets
B.J.
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$500
[5]
From bad to worse in this novel: escaping nuclear war, a plane crashes, killing all the adults; the boys form their own society on an island
Lord of the Flies
B.J.
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| WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY | POP CULTURE | U.S. STAMPS | SHOE BIZ | STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER | THOMAS EDISON |
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$200
[10]
A new day dawned for civil rights in 1920 when the 19th one of these gave women the right to vote
an amendment
B.J.
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$200
[1]
In accepting her 1991 Grammy for "Unforgettable", she thanked her dad Nat for leaving such a "wonderful heritage"
(Natalie) Cole
B.J.
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$200
[16]
"Go Beyond", says the stamp featuring this animated Disney space ranger
Buzz Lightyear
B.J.
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$200
[13]
In 2016 co-founder Phil Knight officially stepped down as chairman of this sports brand
Nike
B.J.
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$200
[29]
The biting midge, or no-see-um, is one of these small, pesky flies whose "G" is a no-hear-um
a gnat
B.J.
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$200
[28]
Edison was good friends with this industrialist, who hoped to use Edison's nickel-iron batteries to power his cars
Ford
Brendan
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$600
[8]
This northeast state got its name in the 1620s from a county in England where the scene was dull--time for something "new"
New Hampshire
Brendan
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$400
[6]
Sheshowed her serious side in "The Farewell" & her comedy chops in "Ocean's Eight"
Awkwafina
B.J.
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$400
[25]
Seen here, this adorable marine mammal is one of the stars of the National Marine Sanctuary stamps
an otter (a sea otter)
Brendan
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$400
[27]
After moving to Southern California in 1978, Aussie surfer Brian Smith launched this brand of sheepskin boots
Uggs
Brendan
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$400
[30]
Bakers do it to prepare dough & masseuses do the same to your knotty muscles to make you feel better
knead
B.J.
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$400
[20]
The kinetograph, developed by Edison in the 1890s, was one of these, basically the same type used for the next century-plus
a movie camera
B.J.
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$800
[4]
Around 1001 a whole New World beckoned this Norse explorer who established a settlement in Vinland in North America
Leif Erikson
Brendan
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$600
[5]
"Sincerely, Me" is a song from this Broadway show that won the 2017 Tony for Best Musical
Dear Evan Hansen
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$600
[24]
To honor Charles M. Schulz' centennial, a series of stamps features the "Peanuts" gang, including this kid in a cloud of dust
Pig-Pen
Brendan
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$600
[26]
Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers
(blue) suede shoes
Cari
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$600
[23]
Whether it begins with a silent "T" or a silent "C", it's the title for a former ruler of Russia
a czar
B.J.
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$600
[19]
In the 1860s Edison worked as a roving operator of this communication device for companies like Western Union
a telegraph
B.J.
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$1,000
[7]
To get back in sync with the solar year, this new calendar named for a pope made Oct. 15, 1582 the day after Oct. 4
(the) Gregorian (calendar)
Brendan
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$800
[2]
Real name Archibald Leach, hewas the dashing star of films like "Bringing Up Baby" & "To Catch a Thief"
Cary Grant
Brendan
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$800
[12]
The musician wears a traditional outfit called traje de charro on the stamp seenherehonoring this Mexican style of music
mariachi
Cari
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$800
[15]
This end-of-the-alphabet website that began selling shoes in 1999 takes its name from the Spanish word for "shoes"
Zappos
Brendan
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$1,000
[21]
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want", begins No. 23 of these in the Bible
Psalms
Brendan
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$800
[17]
Less renowned patents include a swaging machine, a rheotome & a cement-burning one of these big ovens, also a pottery term
a kiln
Brendan
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DD
$2,500
[9]
In January 1959 moderate liberal Manuel Urrutia was Cuba's new president, but by July, this man was fully in charge
Fidel Castro
Brendan
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$1,000
[3]
She's no hack playing legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance on "Hacks"
(Jean) Smart
B.J.
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$1,000
[11]
A Forever stamp celebrates this Hindu festival of lights that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness
Diwali
Brendan
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$1,000
[14]
Whether they're 6-inch heels, flats or flip-flops, shoes from this designer have the iconic red soles
Louboutin
Brendan
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DD
$3,000
[22]
As a noun, it is a tool in your toolbox; as a verb, it refers to something you don't want to do to your back
wrench
Brendan
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$1,000
[18]
Tom's own recording of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" in 1877 was a breakthrough in the invention of this "talking machine"
the phonograph
Brendan
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Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot
Alcatraz