2023 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 2.
Elizabeth Devereaux — a middle school teacher from Lawrence, Kansas
Morgan Halvorsen — a chief copy editor from Silver Spring, Maryland
Rob Kim — an attorney from Portland, Oregon
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob | $0 | $1,400 | $9,800 |
$18,801
Finalist |
$9,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Morgan | $1,200 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$1,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
12 R, 3 W |
| Elizabeth | $5,800 | $7,600 | $9,400 |
$2,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| YOU BETTER BELIZE IT | THE ASIAN GAMES | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! | FOWL PLAY | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS | SCRAMBLING TO FIND A JOB |
|
$200
[29]
1981's constitution set up a bicameral national assembly of these 2 familiar-sounding bodies, but members of each serve 5-year terms
the Senate & the House of Representatives
Morgan
|
$200
[3]
The Asian Games were first held in 1951 in this "New" Indian city
New Delhi
Morgan
|
$200
[26]
May 1, 1941:Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York
Citizen Kane
Morgan
|
$200
[25]
2-word oval object term for a zero on the scoreboard
a goose egg
Elizabeth
|
$200
[19]
The innermost yellow rings on one in Olympic archery score 9 or 10 points
target
Morgan
|
$200
[24]
A water watchdog:FEUDAL RIG
a lifeguard
|
|
$400
[27]
Discovered in 1937, Caracol, Spanish for "snail" was a city of this Mesoamerican people & flourished in the 600s
the Mayans
Rob
|
$400
[22]
The 2018 games in Indonesia saw the debut of 3 on 3 half-court this in addition to full-court 5 on 5
basketball
Elizabeth
|
$400
[20]
May 1, 1961:This victorious Cuban declares his nation a socialist state
Fidel Castro
Morgan
|
$400
[21]
Yoiks! & away! This Warner Bros. fowl got quite animated playing Robin Hood
Daffy Duck
Rob
|
$400
[18]
The Lone Star State's sax & violins
Texas instruments
Elizabeth
|
$400
[30]
Aka a bibliothecary:BRAIN LAIR
a librarian
Morgan
|
|
$600
[2]
Belizeans call this animal a red tiger; we call it a mountain lion & everyone can agree it's also a German sneaker company
puma
Morgan
|
$600
[8]
Insepak takraw, or "kick" this, teams of three use feet, knees, chest & heads but no hands to hit the ball over the net
(kick) volleyball
Elizabeth
|
$800
[13]
May 1, 1218:Rudolf I, the first German king of this royal house, is born
Hapsburg
Rob
|
$600
[5]
On the May 21, 2016 tally, this rapper set a record by having 20 of Billboard's Hot 100 songs
Drake
Morgan
|
$600
[17]
Something belonging jointly to actors Bautista & Keaton
Dave & Buster's
Rob
Morgan
|
$600
[28]
A bid taker:ROUTINE ACE
an auctioneer
|
|
$800
[1]
Belize's Great Blue Hole was featured in a 1970s episode of "The Undersea World of"himwho called it one of Earth's best diving sites
Jacques Cousteau
Elizabeth
|
$800
[7]
This country dominated table tennis at the 2018 games, winning every gold medal
China
Morgan
|
$1,000
[12]
May 1, 1851:London's Great Exhibition opens in this glittering glass & iron "Palace"
the Crystal Palace
Elizabeth
|
$800
[6]
The donkey did not always represent the Democratic Party; this fowl had a lot to crow about in the mid-1800s
rooster
Rob
|
$800
[16]
For foreign workers in the states, one might be H-1B or H-2A
visa
Elizabeth
|
$800
[23]
A capital expert:STOIC OMEN
an economist
|
|
$1,000
[10]
After a hurricane & a tidal wave hit Belize City in 1961, the capital was moved 50 miles inland to this city to avoid flooding
Belmopan
|
$1,000
[9]
2018 competition on these 1-person runabouts took place at Indonesia's Ancol Beach
Jet Skis
|
DD
$2,400
[14]
May 1, 2004:Latvia, Slovakia & 8 other states join this
the European Union
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[11]
Something easily done is said to be this "shoot", which does seem less than sporting
a turkey shoot (a duck shoot)
Rob
|
$1,000
[15]
One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager
proctor & gamble
Rob
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[4]
A postnatal practitioner:INDICATE PAIR
pediatrician
Morgan
|
| PHYSIOLOGY | SUPER TROUPERS | MAILED IT! | WHAT COULD IT "B"? | FUN & GAMES | PHRASES & IDIOMS |
|
$400
[30]
This word can refer to a network of nerves; you don't want to get punched in the solar one
plexus
Morgan
|
$400
[23]
Shefounded Upright Citizens Brigade with three friends in the '90s
Amy Poehler
Rob
|
$400
[29]
In 1958, Harry Winstonmailedthis 45.52-carat item to the Smithsonian for $2.44 first class, plus $142.85 for $1 million in insurance
the Hope Diamond
Rob
|
$400
[27]
This annual event falls on the feast day of St. Stephen
Boxing Day
|
$400
[28]
Black & white pieces in this game are often called stones, which you want to get back home & then "bear off" to win the game
backgammon
Elizabeth
|
$400
[13]
You don't have to be a Marvel hero to have this awareness of danger introduced in a 1962 comic book
Spider-sense
Elizabeth
|
|
$800
[26]
Red blood cells are formed in the red this, also called myeloid tissue
bone marrow
Rob
|
$800
[22]
This Chicago comedy institution awards a fellowship named for Bob Curry, its first African-American mainstage performer
Second City
Elizabeth
|
$800
[17]
Oops... on a stamp in 2010--& 3 billion stamps, eventually--the USPS used a replica in Vegas instead of this New York landmark
the Statue of Liberty
Rob
|
$800
[8]
The name of this street & area in Lower Manhattan comes from Dutch for "farm"; the area was a 19th century skid row
the Bowery
Rob
|
$800
[3]
A 2023 film pulled back the curtain on how this video game took over the world, one falling block at a time
Tetris
Rob
|
$800
[12]
18th century essayist Richard Steele coined this phrase for a payment made to get someone to keep quiet
hush money
Elizabeth
|
|
$1,600
[21]
When your body burns fat instead of glucose for energy, this metabolic state occurs
ketosis
Rob
|
$1,200
[18]
The Nudge Nudge guy & a guy selling stones for a biblical stoning are two of this Monty Pythoner's roles
Eric Idle
Rob
|
$1,600
[15]
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of scams by fake sweepstakes purporting to be from this company founded in 1953
Publishers Clearing House
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[6]
This70-room palazzo, built in the style of the Italian Renaissance, is in Newport, Rhode Island
the Breakers
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[2]
Ludo is another name for this board game, sometimes called India's national game
Parcheesi
Morgan
|
$1,200
[11]
Jane Austen wrote in a letter, "It was 12 before we reached home. We were all" this hyphenated canine phrase
dog-tired
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
The superior this brings blood from the head, neck, arms & chest to the heart, specifically to the right atrium
the vena cava
Rob
|
$1,600
[19]
Paul Reubens & Maya Rudolph honed their skills with this group named for those in the cheap non-seats during Elizabethan plays
The Groundlings
Rob
|
$2,000
[14]
Lawrence O'Brien was appointed to this government job by LBJ in 1965; in '75 Larry did a nifty crossover & got the NBA commissioner gig
Postmaster General
Morgan
|
$1,600
[5]
Thesetrees of Africa & Madagascar are often called upside-down trees
baobab trees
Rob
|
$1,600
[1]
Bamboos & winds are names for some of the tiles called pais in this game
mahjong
Rob
|
$1,600
[9]
The practice of putting ailing seamen below decks is a possible origin of this phrase meaning not feeling too good
under the weather
Elizabeth
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The small intestine is lined with a mucous membrane &these finger-like projections
villi
Rob
|
$2,000
[20]
On "Key & Peele" Keegan-Michael Key did this job for Obama; Improv Olympic alumna Stephnie Weir did it for Hillary
anger translator
Morgan
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
RFD, short for this, began in 1896; previously, about 65% of Americans lived in the "R" area & had to pick up mail at the P.O.
Rural Free Delivery
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[7]
He's the 18th century author of the farce "The Barber of Seville" & the comedy "The Marriage of Figaro"
Beaumarchais
|
$2,000
[4]
Cutthroat is one type of this card game that has a name derived from French for "two-eyed"
pinochle
|
$2,000
[10]
A James Thurber character who's full of expressions not only uses "the catbird seat" but "tearing up" this garden area
the pea patch
|
Of Spain's colonial possessions in the Americas, this 3,400 square mile one in the Antilles never gained independence, but did change hands
Puerto Rico