2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 6.
Lucy Ricketts — a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia
Camron Conners — a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Phil Hoffman — an analyst from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | $-400 | $400 | $990 |
$189
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Camron | $0 | $2,400 | $6,800 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,800
15 R, 5 W |
| Lucy | $6,800 | $10,600 | $16,200 |
$16,700
Winner: semifinalist |
$14,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST | 3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF | TRAVEL TEXAS | BODY SHOTS | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD |
|
$200
[28]
Thyme honey from the Iblei Mountains on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries
Sicily
Phil
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$200
[29]
Dear Worried: It's a slippery slope--a venial one of these disposes you to a mortal one
a sin
Camron
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$200
[26]
Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient
zero
Camron
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$200
[27]
Lined with statues & monuments, the Great Walk leads up to the Capitol building in this city
Austin
Lucy
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$200
[21]
Go against your best interest & you shoot yourself here
in the foot
Camron
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$200
[22]
A wild day for thisex-champ in 1997: "I lost my last professional boxing match, but I received a check for $1 million for the grill"
George Foreman
Lucy
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|
$400
[4]
Thyme is part of this plant family
the mint family
|
$400
[1]
Dear Baffled: As St. Augustine says, the image of this in man is in the 3 parts--mind, knowledge & love
the Trinity
Camron
|
$400
[8]
Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters
won't
Camron
Lucy
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$400
[13]
One of the top attractions in Texas is this city's River Walk, featuringboat rides, shopping & plenty of food & fun
San Antonio
Lucy
|
$400
[17]
A quick & reckless reaction has you shooting from this body part
the hip
Lucy
|
$400
[23]
Some stats from a 1966 title bout: Over three rounds, hethrew 100-plus punches, took less than 10, & knocked down his foe four times
Muhammad Ali
Lucy
|
|
$600
[11]
This "Elder" Roman encyclopedist referred to thyme as a fumigant
Pliny
Lucy
|
$600
[2]
Dear Struggling: Sorry, but the poor must pay these, whether the traditional tenth of income or more
tithe
Lucy
|
$600
[5]
The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does
the subject
Phil
|
$600
[3]
On Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, a visual arts center with a guitar-shaped gallery honors the life & legacy of this early rocker
Buddy Holly
Camron
|
$600
[18]
Something that has a good effect on you (like a vaccine) is a shot in this
the arm
Lucy
|
$600
[24]
The champ for an amazing 12 years, this"Brown Bomber" joined the Army in 1942 & served in a segregated unit with Jackie Robinson
Joe Louis
Phil
|
|
$800
[12]
Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liquor, one of the "B"s in B&B
Bénédictine
|
$800
[9]
Dear Confused: Baptism is the sacrament of faith; the sacrament of charity is this, the Lord's Supper
the Eucharist
Camron
|
$800
[6]
The size of this body part changes, depending on the light
pupil
Lucy
|
$800
[14]
Blast off on a tour of this place, including stops at Mission Control & an astronaut training facility
the Johnson Space Center
Lucy
|
$800
[19]
When you brag or boast, you shoot off this body part
the mouth
Camron
|
$800
[25]
In 1990, this manhereknocked out Buster Douglas to become the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champ
Evander Holyfield
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Thyme contains about 1% this type of "oil" used in fragrances & pharmaceuticals
essential
Lucy
|
$1,000
[10]
Dear Scared: No, your parish priest can't give you this, a release from secular punishment; go get it over with
an indulgence
Phil
Camron
|
$1,000
[7]
The 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th & 26th ones of these are specifically concerned with voting
Amendments to the Constitution
Lucy
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
Named for its location on the Rio Grande, this national park is popular with birders as it is home to over 400 species
Big Bend National Park
Lucy
|
$1,000
[20]
1775 Bunker Hill order on when you were allowed to shoot
when you saw the whites of their eyes
Camron
|
$1,000
[30]
Rocky before "Rocky", this1950s legend retired as the sole undefeated heavyweight champ in history, going 49-0 with 43 KOs
Rocky Marciano
Lucy
|
| A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME | I'M STILL STANDIN' | CANDLE IN THE WIND | CIRCLE OF LIFE | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE | ELTON JOHN SONGS |
|
$400
[28]
On Dec. 31, 2005 a this second (not a this year) was added at 23:59:60, the first extra second in 7 years
a leap second
Phil
|
$400
[13]
In "Oliver Twist":Fagin, Nancy, Artful Dodger
the Artful Dodger
Camron
|
$400
[24]
This cord can be saturated with inorganic salt solutions & dried prior to molding into candles
the wick
Camron
|
$400
[26]
Enchantress who made Odysseus' men pig-headed
Circe
Lucy
|
$400
[27]
This puzzle is so-named for the tool used to create the intricate lines & curves of its pieces
a jigsaw
Lucy
|
$400
[30]
"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell"
"Rocket Man"
Phil
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1687 this Brit differentiated "absolute, true, and mathematical time" & "relative, apparent, and common time"
Newton
Phil
|
$800
[9]
In "The Iliad": Hector, Agamemnon, Patroclus
Agamemnon
Camron
|
$800
[23]
Candles have been made of animal fat or this nonglycerine substance used as early as 3000 B.C.
beeswax
Camron
|
$800
[25]
Last name of the lyricist who worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Rice
|
$800
[8]
Solving one of these in London's Daily Telegraph in 1942 could've made you a Bletchley codebreaker in WWII
a crossword
Lucy
|
$800
[29]
"Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band"
"Tiny Dancer"
Lucy
|
|
$1,600
[5]
TAI, the French abbreviation for "international" this "time", was introduced in 1955
atomic time (Temps Atomique International)
Phil
|
$1,200
[10]
In "Beowulf":Grendel, Beowulf, Wiglaf
Wiglaf
Camron
|
$1,200
[19]
Meaning "offered" or "dedicated", they're the type of candles seen here
votive
Phil
|
$1,200
[18]
Its name is from the Middle English for "an object of religious veneration"
a relic
Phil
|
$1,200
[7]
On this game show 2 contestants revealed a rebus picture puzzle by matching pairs of prizes & then had to solve the puzzle
Concentration
|
$1,200
[1]
"I remember when rock was young, me and Suzie had so much fun"
"Crocodile Rock"
Lucy
|
|
DD
$1,990
[4]
An 1884 conference chose the meridian of this facility's transit instrument as the "prime" starting point for time zones
the Observatory of Greenwich
Phil
|
$1,600
[11]
In "Othello":Iago, Othello, Desdemona
Iago
Camron
|
$2,000
[21]
We'd know the type of candle seen here from this to post
a pillar
Camron
|
$1,600
[16]
To cause annoyance or ire
to rile
|
$1,600
[15]
A confused mess, or a syndicated newspaper puzzle with letters in circles & squares
a jumble
Phil
|
$1,600
[2]
It's the classic heard here
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Phil
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Clocks flown around the Earth in 1971 diverged from stationary ones, confirming the relativity concept "time" this
dilation
Camron
|
$2,000
[12]
In "Les Miserables": Fantine, Cosette, Jean Valjean
Cosette
|
DD
$5,000
[20]
From Latin for "barely connected", this solid white substance is water-insoluble & can precede "oil"
paraffin
Phil
|
$2,000
[17]
In many fantasy role-playing games, it's a healing class
a Cleric
Camron
|
$2,000
[22]
A classic logic puzzle from 1962 deals with the surnames of 3 train employees: the brakeman, the fireman & him
the engineer
Phil
Camron
Lucy
|
$2,000
[3]
"I can't light no more of your darkness, all my pictures seem to fade to black and white"
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
|
In "A Room of One’s Own", the "four famous names" are Austen, 2 Brontës & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time
George Eliot