Show #8940 2023-09-29 (taped 2023-08-18) Second Chance

2023 Second Chance competition week 3, final game 2.

Contestants

Barb Fecteau — a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts (subtotal of $6,400)

Jilana Cotter — a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida (subtotal of $29,200)

Michalle Gould — a librarian from Laguna Beach, California (subtotal of $21,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michalle $1,800 $4,600 $11,000 $300 $11,000
12 R, 0 W
Jilana $3,000 $5,800 $16,400 $14,199 $12,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Barb $4,200 $5,600 $7,600 $7,600 $14,800
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE SHIP OF STATE WEIRD AL PARODIES THAT'S A VEGAS CASINO CHEMICAL FORMULAS BACK TO SCHOOL WORDS THAT END WITH "E"
$200 [25]
Designated SSN-780, the current USS Missouri isn't a battleship but a nuclear-powered one of these
a submarine
Barb
$200 [5]
With permission from this performer, Weird Al parodied her songs in "Polka Face" & "Perform This Way"
Lady Gaga
Jilana
$200 [18]
It's a deceptive image of a distant object; in this case, both are in the desert
a mirage
Jilana
$200 [28]
HCl is this, & don't spill any on yourself
hydrochloric acid
Jilana
$200 [8]
English: his "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death
Tolkien
Jilana
$200 [21]
It's zero in tennis, the last name of a Beach Boy & all you need
love
Barb
$400 [26]
2 schooners called the Oregon Fir & the Oregon this carried lumber from the U.S. to Australia in the 1920s
the Oregon Pine
$400 [4]
Parodying a hit by this singer, "Weird Al" had his own "Party In The CIA"
Miley Cyrus
Jilana
$400 [24]
Lesser in name only, millions of these pink wading birds gather to breed on large lakes in East Africa
flamingos
Michalle
$400 [30]
It's sweet, it's simple, it's C6H12O6
glucose
Jilana Barb
$400 [12]
Econ: GDP, this, is the market value of all goods made within a nation's boundaries during a given period
gross domestic product
Barb
$400 [22]
The phrase "stay in your" this is bad advice if you're being told not to try new things but good advice if you're driving
lane
Barb
$600 [27]
The Pearl Harbor Memorialto this ship reminds visitors it was the scene of great loss & asks them to dress appropriately
the Arizona
Michalle
$600 [3]
Encyclopedias & a case of Turtle Wax were among the prizes Al didn't win in this song & video that's near & dear to our hearts
"I Lost On Jeopardy"
Jilana
$600 [16]
You'll find "fifteen men on the dead man's chest--yo-ho-ho, & a bottle of rum!" at the start of this novel
Treasure Island
Jilana
$600 [6]
C2H5OH is this solvent that also gets added to gasoline
ethanol
Jilana
$600 [9]
Social studies: In 1984 this Baptist minister established the National Rainbow Coalition
Jesse Jackson
Barb
$600 [15]
The United Nation's IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on this phrase
Climate Change
Barb
$1,000 [20]
In 1862, the captured & rebuilt USS Merrimack was relaunched as the CSS this state
the Virginia
Michalle
$800 [1]
In "My Bologna" Al rhymes "I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer" with "filling up my basket with" this brand
Oscar Mayer
Barb
$800 [17]
Lyrics in this song include "these vagabond shoes are longing to stray" & "these little town blues are melting away"
"New York, New York"
Michalle
$800 [7]
To get the formula for ammonia, put this letter before H3
N
Michalle Jilana
$800 [10]
History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Jilana
$800 [14]
This type of corporal is the third enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps
lance corporal
Barb
DD $2,200 [19]
In the 1860s a paddle-wheeler named this plied the waters of the same-named river around Fort Yuma
Colorado
Jilana
$1,000 [2]
This favorite mentions "a malpractice suit" & "cuttin' for the very first time"
"Like A Surgeon"
Barb
$1,000 [23]
A granite shrine of Alexander the Great is in the temple of this capital of Al-Uqsur in Upper Egypt
Luxor
Barb
$1,000 [29]
Also known as quicklime, CaO is this
calcium oxide
$1,000 [11]
French: I hope you remember that oublier means this; don't do it now!
forget
Michalle
$1,000 [13]
An early appearance of this 2-word term describing a macho perspective was in a 1975 essay about film by Laura Mulvey
the male gaze
Jilana

Double Jeopardy! Round

COW COUNTRY FACTS ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE WINNER THE VIKINGS POEMS ABOUT POETRY FURNITURE COMPLETE THE OXYMORON
$400 [30]
With California & this as the top 2 states, the U.S. leads all other countries in producing cow's milk
Wisconsin
Jilana
$400 [9]
James Earl Jones' father plays a mentor to Robert Redford's con artist character in this film
The Sting
Barb
$400 [27]
A recent paper posits the herb henbane as the probable source of this legendary Viking "rage" during battle
berserker
$400 [1]
This poem about 600 men / Righteously stirred the denizens / A scene from a war / In 1854 / Is anyone up for some Tennyson?
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Michalle
$400 [25]
With bookshelves, drawers & a writing surface, an escritoire or a secretary is one of these
a desk
Jilana
$400 [28]
To summarize a complicated case, the attorney submitted a lengthy...
a brief
Jilana
$800 [29]
With more than 300 million including water buffalo, this nation leads the world in cattle & many there hold them sacred
India
Jilana
$800 [10]
This actress gave the nickname "Vanguard" to her character Fern's means of conveyance in "Nomadland"
Frances McDormand
Barb
$800 [26]
Many Vikings wore pendants made in the form of Mjolnir, this symbol of Thor, to protect them from danger
a hammer
Michalle
$800 [2]
If you really think about it / It isn't so ridiculous / Knowing these are the first 5 words / In "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
'Twas the night before Christmas
Jilana Barb
$1,200 [17]
A little bird gave us this term for the space-saving furniture seen here
nesting tables
Barb
$800 [23]
Only 52 degrees today in Tallahassee? That's a low...
high
Jilana
$1,200 [3]
Criollo cattle include Texas longhorns & a breed named for this South American country of champion beef eaters
Argentina
Michalle
$1,200 [11]
Raymond A. Mendez is credited as "moth wrangler & stylist" for this 1991 film
The Silence of the Lambs
Barb
$1,200 [8]
The need for wood in Greenland prompted visits to Markland, which today is this mainland partner of Newfoundland
Labrador
Michalle
$1,200 [4]
Youth poet laureate of L.A. in 2014 / Already quite the sensation / But she made her name / & rocketed to fame at the '21 inauguration
(Amanda) Gorman
Michalle
$1,600 [18]
This chair, a molded plywood seat & back connected by stainless steel tubing, is named for its designer
Eames chair
Barb
$1,200 [21]
Those diamonds are stolen! Or, in criminal slang, that's some hot...
ice
Barb
$1,600 [14]
There are both red & black varieties of this breed developed in Scotland
Angus
$1,600 [12]
A 1935 article highlights Gable's negging of Colbert in this film: "Peter... tells her she's... spoiled & selfish"
It Happened One Night
Barb
$1,600 [7]
Under the terms of a 911 treaty, Norse leader Rollo received this region at the mouth of the Seine River
Normandy
Jilana Barb
$1,600 [5]
This Whitman sampler / Was full of introspection / With "The Wound-Dresser" & "Full of Life Now" / It's a heck of a collection
Leaves of Grass
Michalle
$2,000 [19]
Seen here is a set from this Scottish-born furniture maker who was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style
Duncan Phyfe
$1,600 [20]
Lemonheads are a sour...
sweet
Jilana Barb
$2,000 [15]
Cattle breeds from this Horn of Africa country include the Ogaden Zebu & the Nilotic Sanga
Ethiopia
Jilana
DD $7,200 [13]
Doug Jones said the latex rubber suit he wore in this film acted "as a sponge"
The Shape of Water
Barb
$2,000 [16]
Viking shipbuilders greatly improved the seaworthiness of their vessels by adding a wood this to form the backbone
a keel
$2,000 [6]
In 1816 he wrote "Mont Blanc" / & there'd be other gems / But you try rhyming "Ozymandias" / Do I look like Eminem?!
Shelley
Jilana
DD $3,000 [24]
This name was once used for a divan introduced to Europe from Turkey; today it's a low footstool
an ottoman
Jilana
$2,000 [22]
Yom Kippur seemed to last forever; it was a slow...
fast
Barb

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. SENATE HISTORY

In 1805, after 4 years presiding over the Senate, he left the chamber, calling it "a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order"

Aaron Burr

Barb "Who Richard Todd❤" — wagered $0
Michalle "Who Jefferson" — wagered $10,700
Jilana "Who is James Madison?" — wagered $2,201

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