First game of Season 40.2023 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 1.Ken Jennings hosts.
Derek Allen — an accountant originally from Cassopolis, Michigan
Gabriel Ostler — a script writer from Orinda, California
Jill Tucker — an operations manager from Mulino, Oregon
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $800 | $3,400 | $16,200 |
$32,400
Finalist |
$14,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gabriel | $1,600 | $2,200 | $4,800 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Derek | $4,600 | $6,200 | $8,600 |
$16,201
2nd place: $3,000 |
$8,600
16 R, 2 W |
| SCIENCE CLASS | WELCOME TO MIAMI | A LATIN BESTIARY | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD | WORLD OF BARBIE | KIN |
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$200
[25]
In natural form a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust & in the human body
oxygen
Jill
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$200
[30]
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum boasts the train from which this pres. held a paper telling of his 1948 election "defeat"
Truman
Derek
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$200
[29]
This creature puts the leap in Lepus, its Latin name
the hare (jackrabbit)
Jill
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$200
[23]
Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk
a cookie
Gabriel
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$200
[28]
In 2023 she & Ryan Gosling were the leads for a big-screen live-action "Barbie" adventure
Margot Robbie
Derek
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$200
[27]
This Oscar winner is a descendant of "Mayflower" passenger & Plymouth Colony founder William Bradford
Sally Field
Jill
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$400
[24]
Used as a common medical treatment in the 19th century, laudanum is a tincture of this narcotic dissolved in distilled spirits
opium
Jill
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$400
[1]
Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea
Royal Caribbean
Derek
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$400
[21]
That Bubo, this avian, was making noise all night & I couldn't sleep
an owl
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$400
[22]
Related to Old Norse "hvina", it's a complaining cry or sound
a whine
Derek
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$400
[26]
Creators Ruth & Elliot Handlernamed Barbie & Ken for their children & also co-founded this company that still makes the dolls
Mattel
Jill
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$400
[18]
On an episode of "Finding Your Roots", Edward Norton learned that his 12th great-grandparents were John Rolfe & her
Pocahontas
Gabriel
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$800
[10]
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite by mixing kieselguhr, a type of chalky earth, with this liquid explosive
nitroglycerin
Jill
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$600
[12]
Don't look to crash with this Miami Heat legend & wife Gabrielle Union--they sold their mansion for $22 million
(Dwyane) Wade
Gabriel
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$600
[2]
Instead of its deadly moniker, you can call the creature seenhereby this 4-letter Latin name
an orca
Gabriel
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$600
[4]
Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s
petroleum jelly
Jill
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$600
[5]
In an immersive & interactive experience, you can enter the World of Barbie & visit this iconic home of hers, brought to life
her Dreamhouse
Derek
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$600
[8]
In 2004 this distant cousin of "Trees" poet Joyce took to the L.A. stage as Moses in "The Ten Commandments"
Val Kilmer
Gabriel
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$1,000
[11]
Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity
a fruit fly
Derek
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$800
[13]
The Brickell Section of town has one end of the Tamiami Trail; 264 miles away, the other end is, naturally, in this city
Tampa
Derek
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$800
[6]
A horse is this, also a Peter Shaffer play title
Equus
Derek
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$800
[3]
While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them
drumsticks
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$800
[19]
In 2016 Barbie got 3 new & diverse body types in addition to her original: tall, petite & this 5-letter adjective
curvy
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$800
[16]
Anderson Cooper descends from this shipping & railroad magnate who left a fortune of more than $100 million when he died in 1877
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
Derek
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|
DD
$1,600
[9]
Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal
iron
Jill
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$1,000
[14]
Calle Ocho, or Southwest 8th Street, is the main thoroughfare of this area, home to many exiles
Little Havana
Derek
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$1,000
[7]
Pullus, "chicken", gives us this English word for a young & yummy hen
a pullet
Jill
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$1,000
[15]
It sounds like you're making pasta when engaging in this activity that involves catching catfish with your bare hands
noodling
Gabriel
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$1,000
[20]
In 1989 Barbie became an ambassador for this U.N. agency that helps children around the world
UNICEF
Jill
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$1,000
[17]
(Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I descend from twoU.S. presidents, my father & grandfather, but I'm also related tothis19th century president from New Hampshire though my grandmother, Barbara Bush; just think of her maiden name
Franklin Pierce
Jill
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| HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS | HISTORICAL FILMS | GREEK GEOGRAPHY | RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | MISSISSIPPI LEARNING | STARTS WITH "G" |
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$400
[30]
Playing center is the Holy C, the Bishop of Rome & the Thunderdome, from Argentina to the arena--this pope turned Trotter
Pope Francis
Gabriel
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$400
[21]
One of the silent masterworks is 1928's "The Passion of" this 15th century woman
Joan of Arc
Jill
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$400
[27]
At about 9,570 feet, it's Greece's highest & arguably best-known peak
Mount Olympus
Jill
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$400
[28]
Influenced by Petrarch, Joachim du Bellay brought this poetic form into French with a collection of 50 of them
sonnets
Gabriel
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$400
[29]
Known for his rock & rolling, this Tupelo man also had dozens of country hits
Elvis Presley
Derek
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$400
[24]
Grab some shade in one of these turreted garden houses that as the name suggests is good for a nice view
a gazebo
Derek
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$800
[19]
Before coaching the Knicks in "Eddie", this comic & "Ghost" star became an honorary member
Whoopi Goldberg
Jill
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$1,200
[2]
Seen here, this actress played an astronomer in 4th century Alexandria in "Agora"
Rachel Weisz
Jill
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$800
[22]
Thessaloniki is the capital city of Central this region, also the name of Philip II's ancient kingdom
Macedonia
Gabriel
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$800
[26]
The play "Antonius", Mary Sidney's translation of a French work, helped revive this form of "lone speaking" monologue
the soliloquy
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$800
[25]
Mississippi is called this state, after the state tree
the Magnolia State
Derek
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$800
[23]
Eugene Field's poem "The Duel" featured the Calico Cat & this dog
a Gingham Dog
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$1,200
[18]
This Laker known for his skyhook is an honorary member & was once on a team that actually defeated the Globetrotters
Abdul-Jabbar
Gabriel
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$1,600
[3]
The Charlton Heston film "55 Days at Peking" is set during this 1900 rebellion
the Boxer Rebellion
Gabriel
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$1,200
[13]
Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war
the Peloponnesian (Peninsula)
Gabriel
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$1,200
[12]
A romantic epic, him "Innamorato" was followed nearly 30 years later by him "Furioso" in 1516
Orlando
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$1,200
[7]
Central location--huge! In 1821 Miss. put the capital at LeFleur's Bluff but would rename it this, honoring a future president
Jackson
Gabriel
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$1,200
[8]
This type of full-rigged sailing ship popular in the 16th & 17th centuries might have one or 2 tiers for guns
a galleon
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$1,600
[9]
This co-anchor of "Good Morning America" & former guest host of "Jeopardy!" was made an honorary Globetrotter in 2015
Robin Roberts
Derek
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$2,000
[11]
This 2023 film is based on the true story of Joseph Bologne, a Black violinist & composer in 18th century France
Chevalier
Jill
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$2,000
[17]
Corfu is in this sea on Greece's west coast
the Ionian
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$1,600
[14]
Poet Henry Vaughan wrote a book of religious devotions bearing the name of this "Mount" near Jerusalem
the Mount of Olives
Gabriel
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$1,600
[6]
Let's get down & dirty! In chocolate desserts, this word comes between Mississippi & either pie or cake
mud
Derek
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$1,600
[5]
The mascot seenhererepresents these University of South Carolina sports teams
the Gamecocks
Derek
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$2,000
[10]
Nixon's Secretary of State, he worried about how he would "look in short pants" when he was made an honorary Globetrotter
(Henry) Kissinger
Jill
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DD
$4,000
[20]
As her, Natalie Portman says, "There won't be another Camelot"
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jill
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DD
$2,600
[16]
The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt
Thebes
Gabriel
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$2,000
[15]
Margaret of Navarre's 16th century book of stories "The Heptameron" was modeled on a longer work by this Italian
Boccaccio
Derek
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$2,000
[4]
The former home of this civil rights legend, slain in 1963, is now a national monument
(Medgar) Evers
Gabriel
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$2,000
[1]
Latin for "sword" gives us the name of this flower
a gladiola (gladiolus)
Jill
Gabriel
Derek
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The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle
Queen Victoria