2023 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 1.
Matt Walks — a digital journalist originally from Billings, Montana
Deanna Bolio — a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California
Elliott Goodman — a history and Latin teacher from Culver City, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott | $2,600 | $3,200 | $8,800 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
16 R, 4 W |
| Deanna | $400 | $2,400 | $19,600 |
$18,674
Finalist |
$19,600
19 R, 1 W |
| Matt | $3,200 | $2,400 | $8,000 |
$15,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | BOOK TITLES IN OTHER WORDS | RESTAURANT HIJINKS | IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM | TALK LIKE A PIRATE | ENEMIES--NOT A LOVE STORY |
|
$200
[27]
After fleeing Philly in 1776, Congress entrusted newspaper publisher Mary Katharine Goddard with printing this document
the Declaration of Independence
Matt
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$200
[26]
1957:"A Feline Sporting a Bowler"; it's cute either way
The Cat in the Hat
Deanna
|
$200
[22]
"Have it your way"! In 2016 a Neb. man threatened to rob this fast food place, left, came back & the cops were waiting
Burger King
Elliott
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$200
[30]
The painting "Watson & the Shark" swims around in this Washington, D.C. museum
the National Gallery of Art
Elliott
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$200
[29]
"And you can buy an eye what actually fits & is made of glass" is spoken in this movie franchise
Pirates of the Caribbean
Deanna
|
$200
[28]
This 3-letter enemy completes the query "Friend or...?"
a foe
Elliott
|
|
$400
[15]
Many scientists came from the Nazi rocket program to get NASA off the ground, like Kurt Debus, the first director of this space center from 1962 to 1974
the Kennedy Space Center
Elliott
Matt
|
$400
[7]
1850:"Magician Whose 2019 Net Worth was Pegged at $875 Million"
David Copperfield
Elliott
|
$400
[20]
In 2017 a Florida man called this important number--twice!--to complain the clams he had at a seafood shack were too small
911
Matt
|
$400
[23]
Prince Potemkin once owned the elaborate mechanical Peacock Clock, now in this museum
the Hermitage
Elliott
|
$400
[24]
In this film Cary Elwes as the dread pirate Roberts calls Chris Sarandon a "warthog-faced buffoon"
The Princess Bride
Matt
|
$400
[25]
I'm rhymin', I'm stylin' & I'm profilin' as I'm chillin' like a this in a phrase meaning I'm stress-free, baby
a villain
Deanna
|
|
$600
[21]
In this presidential election year, U.S. women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment
1920
Deanna
|
$600
[8]
1967:"A Century of Chillin' Solo"
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Deanna
|
$600
[19]
"Mine!" In 2018 an Aussie restaurant owner gave customers water pistols to keep these marine birds away at meals
seagulls
Deanna
|
$800
[3]
It is where Ferris Bueller's friend Cameron stood in front of "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"
the Art Institute of Chicago
Elliott
Matt
|
$600
[17]
"It is, it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king", says a song from this Gilbert & Sullivan show
The Pirates of Penzance
Matt
|
$600
[16]
This 5-letter word for a competitor or enemy comes from a word meaning people from an opposite bank
rival
Matt
|
|
$800
[6]
In 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded what's now this Florida city
St. Augustine
Deanna
|
$800
[5]
1973:"A Wheaties Slogan"
Breakfast of Champions
Elliott
|
$800
[4]
A 2018 headline read, "I want my data back, data back, data back": this restaurant chain "hit by data breach"
Chili's
Matt
|
$1,000
[11]
"Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889" by James Ensor parades through this L.A. museum named for an oil magnate
the Getty
Matt
|
$800
[1]
This Steven Spielberg title pirate is described by Smee as being "so deep he's almost unfathomable"
Hook
Matt
|
$800
[2]
A group of secret sympathizers with an enemy who work to subvert a nation from within are this 2-word ordinal group
a fifth column
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Native American leaders at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn included Sitting Bull & this Oglala chief, killed the following year
Crazy Horse
Deanna
|
$1,000
[9]
1992:"Actor Jeff or Beau Living in Huntsville, Alabama"
The Bridges of Madison County
Matt
|
$1,000
[13]
A pop-up restaurant paying tribute to this '90s sitcom had Bayside Burgers & Mac & Screech on the menu
Saved by the Bell
Elliott
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
On Museumstraat, "The Night Watch" & "The Milkmaid"
the Rijksmuseum
Matt
|
$1,000
[12]
"It's the world against us & us against the world", says Errol Flynn as this sanguine title pirate
Captain Blood
Elliott
|
$1,000
[10]
This word for one who deliberately destroys tools or machinery is borrowed from French--note the ending
a saboteur
Elliott
|
| LATIN AMERICA | 21st CENTURY NEWS | SCIENCE | ACTIVISTS | 1990s HITMAKERS | WORD"LE" |
|
$400
[26]
Aka the Columbus Archipelago, this island group known for its tortoises is 600 miles off the mainland in the eastern Pacific
the Galápagos
Matt
|
$400
[19]
Thissupersonic aircraft's last commercial flight took place in October 2003
the Concorde
Matt
|
$400
[24]
Cirriform describes icy these which have a wispy appearance
clouds
Elliott
|
$400
[21]
In addition to her successful children's books about animals, this author was a committed conservationist
(Beatrix) Potter
Matt
|
$400
[7]
In 1992, I hope you'll understandhehauled his "Achy Breaky Heart" to No. 4 on the Top 40
Billy Ray Cyrus
Deanna
|
$400
[27]
In 2019 Volkswagen ended production of this iconic model, at least for now
the Beetle
Elliott
Matt
|
|
$800
[30]
Largeralliesare held in this city's Plaza de la Revolución, which was once known as Plaza Cívica
Havana
Elliott
|
$800
[5]
Promising to increase taxes & cut spending, in 2015 this Mediterranean nation received a 3rd international bailout, $95 billion
Greece
Deanna
|
$800
[29]
It's the term for a device used to speed up particles so that they can be collided & studied; it's also another name for a car's gas pedal
the accelerator
Elliott
|
$800
[23]
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men & women are created equal", said this 3-named woman in 1848
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Deanna
|
$800
[1]
Sadly, on January 8, 1994, this group played its last ever U.S. show, in its hometown of Seattle
Nirvana
Elliott
|
$800
[10]
In other words, your collarbone
clavicle
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Venezuela's second-most populous city, it's the center of the nation's oil industry & bears the name of the nearby lake
Maracaibo
Deanna
|
$1,200
[6]
The COVID-19 virus was first detected in 2019 in this Chinese city located at the confluence of the Yangtze & Han rivers
Wuhan
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
Much in the news, FRBs, fast these bursts, emanate from distant galaxies
radio
Elliott
|
$1,600
[12]
This activist was "Chom"ping at the bit to write 2003's "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance"
Chomsky
Matt
|
$1,200
[2]
Oasis sang, "Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me, & after all, you're my" this
wonderwall
Deanna
|
$1,200
[14]
In physics, it's a hypotheticaltunnelthat could connect different parts of the universe
a wormhole
Elliott
|
|
$1,600
[18]
This capital of Honduras on the Choluteca River has a population of 1.5 million & a name from Nahuatl said to mean "silver hill"
Tegucigalpa
Deanna
|
$1,600
[8]
At 11:35 PM EDT May 1, 2011 President Obama announced the death of this man in Pakistan
bin Laden
Matt
|
$1,600
[25]
It's the time it takes for 50% of a given amount of a radioactive substance to decay
a half-life
Deanna
|
$2,000
[13]
In addition to liquor, this hatchet-wielding woman born in 1846 also railed against tobacco & corsets
Carrie Nation
Elliott
Deanna
Matt
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1994, thisR&B group's "I'll Make Love To You" remained at the top of the charts for 14 straight weeks
Boyz II Men
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
Texas' stateshrubis the crepe this
the myrtle
Deanna
|
|
$2,000
[16]
A large region of this landlocked nation is named for U.S. President Hayes who ruled in its favor in an 1878 territory dispute
Paraguay
Deanna
|
$2,000
[9]
In 2022, hebecame the first Hindu prime minister of the United Kingdom
Sunak
Deanna
|
$2,000
[15]
His uncertainty principle states that events on the atomic level can't be predicted exactly, only their probability
Heisenberg
Elliott
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
Investigative journalist Ida Tarbell's "History of" this petroleum company helped end its monopolistic ways
Standard Oil
Matt
|
$2,000
[4]
The first 1990s hit for this female vocal group was "Wannabe" in '97; their last was appropriately "Goodbye" in '98
the Spice Girls
Deanna
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Meaning honorable & worthy of respect or of being revered, it was an epithet applied to Saint Bede
venerable
Matt
|
He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn
Ernest (Papa) Hemingway