Show #8945 2023-10-06 (taped 2023-08-29) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Jamie Logan — a freelancer from Augusta, Maine

Matt Glassman — a bar owner from Los Angeles, California

Daniel Nguyen — a high school math teacher and doctoral student from San Jose, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Daniel	$2,000	$4,600	$20,800	$20,800 Winner: semifinalist	$16,200 20 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Matt	$2,000	$5,600	$19,200	$17,599 3rd place: $5,000	$16,400 23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jamie	$0	$1,600	$9,200	$18,400 2nd place: $5,000	$9,200 11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CANADIAN CITIES	THE GENE POOL	DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY	PICK A NUMBER BETWEEN 5 & 477	THE VIRTUES	2 WORDS IN ONE
$200 [10] On the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, this city is home to about 10% of Canada's population Toronto Matt	$200 [22] Originally named Chaim Witz, he's the performer seen here (Gene) Simmons Matt	$200 [15] This Russian famously conditioned dogs to salivate every time a bell rang Pavlov Matt	$200 [23] Number of Jay-Z' title "Problems", or "Bottles Of Beer On The Wall" 99 Daniel	$200 [30] It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance justice Jamie	$200 [28] Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt) Matt
$400 [6] Some pilgrims go on their knees up thestepsof Canada's largest church, St. Joseph's Oratory in this city in Quebec Montreal Matt	$400 [21] He married Gilda Radner in 1984 Wilder Matt	$400 [14] Henri Becquerel shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics with these 2 other scientists the Curies (Pierre & Marie)	$400 [17] The second line in a haiku typically has this many syllables 7 Matt Jamie	$400 [29] We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it hope Daniel	$400 [27] To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place beginning (beg + inning) Matt
$600 [3] Also the site of the largest mall in Canada, this oil city of Alberta is "The Gateway to the North" Edmonton Daniel Matt	$600 [20] Dustin Hoffman shared New York City digs with both Robert Duvall &this"French Connection" star Hackman Matt	$800 [11] This American was a real rocket scientist, launching his first liquid-propelled one March 16, 1926 Goddard Daniel	$600 [2] Oh, craps! On the first dice roll I threw boxcars, this number 12 Matt	$600 [26] You "gotta have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael faith Matt	$600 [5] One piece of butter plus public group violence gives us this nation lover patriot (pat + riot) Daniel
$800 [4] Flooding in 1950 in Winnipeg by this river of the north led to the building of floodways there to bypass the city the Red River of the North Daniel	$800 [19] With Jules Munshin & Frank Sinatra, this hoofer was "On the Town" in 1949 (Gene) Kelly Matt	DD $1,000 [13] This 19th century Italian physicist lends his name to a law & a number relating equal volumes of gases & molecules Avogadro Daniel	$800 [1] It's the atomic number of iridium; it also used to be a famous TV address on the Sunset Strip 77 Jamie	$800 [25] This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & a "Dear" Beatles song character Prudence Jamie	$800 [7] A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter a massacre (mass + acre) Jamie
$1,000 [9] Fredericton is the capital of this Atlantic province New Brunswick Daniel	$1,000 [18] He created Mr. Spock & Captain Kirk (Gene) Roddenberry Daniel	$1,000 [12] E.I. du Pont de Nemours, founder of the DuPont company, was a student of this French founder of modern chemistry Lavoisier Daniel	$1,000 [16] In 1929 Congress limited the House of Representatives to this many members 435 Daniel	$1,000 [24] It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU Temperance Jamie	$1,000 [8] A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion finale (fin + ale) Daniel

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CRIMEAN WAR	LITERARY POP	THIS OR THAT	SWORDS	IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE...	TRY "TRI" AGAIN
$400 [28] Historian Yakup Bektas called the war the "most illustrated war to date", mentioning this new tech less than 30 years old photography Matt	$400 [1] Welsh singer Thomas John Woodwardtook this name after his manager suggested this Henry Fielding character Tom Jones Matt	$400 [26] A box for fishing gear, or a defensive football play tackle Matt	$400 [30] A katana is a close combat sword that was traditionally used by these swordsmen the samurai Daniel	$400 [29] "We seceded where others failed" is the motto of the Conch Republic, formed for 1 minute by these Florida islands the Keys Matt	$400 [25] It straightens the arm at the elbow the tricep Jamie
$800 [19] Thistype of cold weather headgear takes its name from a battle site in the war where it was worn a balaclava Jamie	$800 [3] The band Veruca Salt took its name from the spoiled rich girl in this Roald Dahl children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Daniel	$800 [2] Last name of the singer of "What A Wonderful World" in '67 & the man who got a Moon's-eye view of it in '69 Armstrong Jamie	$800 [10] Also a car from Oldsmobile, it was a short sword with a curved blade that was favored by sailors & pirates cutlass Jamie	$800 [27] It was the first U.S. state to secede, leading to the Civil War South Carolina Daniel	$800 [24] Swimming, cycling & running all in one event a triathlon Jamie
$1,600 [4] Much of the war focused on an 11-month siege of this seaport that finally fell after the Russians retreated Sevastopol	$1,200 [11] Thistechnomusician got his name from a book about a big ocean mammal Moby Matt	$1,200 [17] The organ that weighs around 3 pounds in an adult, or Pinky's cartoon pal voiced by Maurice LaMarche the brain Daniel	$1,200 [9] With the same name as the raised part at the front of a saddle, it's the round knob at the end of a sword's hilt pommel Daniel	$1,600 [14] In 2011 the south part of this northeast African nation became independent Sudan Daniel	$1,200 [23] The period that lasted from about 250 million to 200 million years ago Triassic Daniel
$2,000 [18] For throwing a live shell off the deck of HMS Hecla, Charles Davis Lucas was in the first group awarded these on June 26, 1857 a Victoria Cross Daniel	$1,600 [12] These mega-cool rockers took their band name from an Aldous Huxley book about using mescaline The Doors Matt	$1,600 [7] A vice president under Thomas Jefferson, or the funky leader of Parliament Funkadelic George Clinton Matt	$1,600 [6] Thissharp-pointed 6-letter sword used for thrusting lost its cutting edge in the 18th century a rapier Matt	$2,000 [15] This nation has fought several battles over territory with Ethiopia since seceding from it in 1993 Eritrea Jamie	$1,600 [22] From the Latin for "platform for magistrates", it's a court of justice tribunal Daniel
DD $5,400 [5] Stark "Sketches" that this Russian wrote from his experience in the war helped advance his literary career Tolstoy Daniel	$2,000 [16] This band was born to be wild enough to take its name from a Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf Matt	$2,000 [20] Last name of a Watergate burglar, or a nickname of Robert Dole's wife, who has lived at the Watergate Liddy Jamie	$2,000 [13] The national flag of Sri Lanka depicts one of these animals holding a sword a lion Daniel	DD $4,000 [8] In 1965 this island city-state peacefully seceded from Malaysia Singapore Matt	$2,000 [21] A group of 3 men collectively responsible for the administration of ancient Rome triumvirate Daniel

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

He was given piano lessons by Madame Mauté de Fleurville, the mother-in-law of Paul Verlaine, whose poetry he would later set to music

(Claude) Debussy

Jamie "Who is Debussy?" — wagered $9,200

Matt "Who Beethoven" — wagered $1,601

Daniel "Who is Radu Toma?" — wagered $0

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