2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 8.
Karla Fossett — a senior content administrator from Saco, Maine
Robert Won — a math professor from Washington, D.C.
Sam Stapleton — a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $7,000 | $8,600 | $30,800 |
$30,800
Winner: semifinalist |
$22,800
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Robert | $2,600 | $6,600 | $4,600 |
$4,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$12,600
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Karla | $1,000 | $2,000 | $7,600 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,600
11 R, 2 W |
| STATE THE ITEM | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE | A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER | THE CALIFORNIANS | SURELY YOU JOUST | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! |
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$200
[12]
You get your hole cards & then deal with the flop in this card game, but you're far from done
Texas hold 'em
Robert
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$200
[5]
Since 2014 Michael Che & Colin Jost have co-hosted this "SNL" sendup of TV news programs
Weekend Update
Sam
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$200
[27]
Some of the great sights of Giza are the pyramids & my van on the bank of this river
the Nile
Sam
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$200
[25]
In 2010, the Cali Hall of Fame inducted this Facebook dude, even though he's totally from New York, for reals
Zuckerberg
Robert
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$200
[24]
King Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight
Lancelot
Sam
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$200
[17]
Take this toy I use to "walk the dog"; I tried that "warp drive" trick, & now I'm in traction
a yo-yo
Sam
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$400
[11]
This Disney show about a pop star leading 2 very separate lives debuted in 2006
Hannah Montana
Sam
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$400
[4]
This "SNL" character who is most definitely his own thing starred in a Halloween special in 2017; any questions?!
David S. Pumpkins
|
$400
[28]
I drove on the left to park my van beside this river, right near the U.K.'s Houses of Parliament
the Thames
Karla
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$400
[19]
Shyeah, this Chief Justice known for his commission spoke for the Court in Brown v. Board of Education, you know?
Warren
Robert
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$400
[23]
This synonym for jousting that sounds like a pinball term refers to the barrier between the opponents
tilt (tilting)
Sam
Robert
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$400
[16]
Take this crossbar with 2 U-shaped pieces; my oxen are on strike, & they refuse to wear it
a yoke
Sam
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$600
[8]
One outcome of this educational video game that bore the name of this 19th c. historical route? "You have died of dysentery"
The Oregon Trail
Sam
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$600
[3]
This "SNL" icon: "N.Y.'s hottest club is whimsy... this place has everything ... kufi hats, congas, MTV's Dan Cortese..."
Stefon
Sam
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$600
[29]
Darned van broke down for good on River Road in Baton Rouge, beside this river
the Mississippi
Robert
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$600
[18]
"Yo" as in Yosemite, this bro established a gnarly photography department at the Cali School of Fine Arts in 1946
Ansel Adams
Robert
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$600
[22]
The National Jousting Association says the first recorded joust came in this year, same as the Battle of Hastings
1066
Karla
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$600
[15]
Take this pack animal I brought back from Asia; it grunts so much I can't sleep at night
a yak
Robert
|
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$800
[9]
It's not a Birmingham jail; it's Southern Comfort, sloe gin, amaretto & orange juice
an Alabama Slammer
Sam
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$800
[1]
He debuted the character of Wayne Campbell with a "shwing!" & a prayer on "SNL" in 1989
Mike Myers
Sam
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$800
[30]
Everyone remember where we parked! The van's in Al Qurnah, Iraq, where this 1,700-mile-long river joins the Tigris!
the Euphrates
Robert
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$1,000
[7]
Like, for sure not a native, this father of the H-bomb totally helped create Lawrence Livermore Lab at U.C. Berkeley
Teller
Karla
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$800
[21]
Today, joust fans, a bloody treat! Sir Harry has challenged Sir Gary to battle "à outrance", which means this
to the death
|
$800
[14]
Please take my "Learn to" do this CD; if I hear "Alpine Honeymoon" one more time, I'll go bananas
yodel
Robert
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$1,000
[10]
Check out this equine doing its thing as only it can
a Tennessee Walking Horse
|
$1,000
[2]
In a real "Celebrity Jeopardy!" game, this"SNL" actress blew us away with her knowledge of the Hanseatic League
Jane Curtin
Sam
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$1,000
[26]
Unlike Mr. Knievel, the van doesn't try to jump this river that forms part of the boundary between Idaho & Oregon
the Snake River
Robert
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DD
$2,600
[6]
Whoa, this guy moved to Cali in 1852, got a near-monopoly in its railroads & founded a university? Nice
(Leland) Stanford
Sam
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$1,000
[20]
Most jousting was unregulated & illegal until given official sanction for the first time by this English king in 1194 A.D.
Richard I (the Lionhearted)
Sam
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$1,000
[13]
Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me
Yenta
Robert
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| AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU | OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS | BOOK CLUB | GRAB A "B"ITE | WORDS WITHIN WORDS |
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$400
[27]
Marilyn, I think what was lacking in your marriage to that baseball guy was a Pulitzer, & I have one of those! So whaddya say?
Miller
Robert
Karla
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$400
[19]
"Ease his pain", it said/ A voice that whispered through corn/ Doc Graham got to play
Field of Dreams
Karla
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$400
[14]
One of the few Asian nations to escape imperialism, itsflagtook the colors of liberty used by its allies in World War I
Thailand
Sam
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$400
[30]
Charles Dickens rose to fame with "The Posthumous Papers of" this "Club"
Pickwick
Karla
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$400
[28]
It's just side pork that's been cured & smoked
bacon
Karla
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$400
[29]
I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour
a tire (in an tire ligious)
Karla
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$800
[26]
Imelda, you're a 1950s Manila beauty queen! Nice! But marry me & be my first lady (& you'll get shoes! Lots of shoes!)
Marcos
Robert
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$800
[15]
Jimmy once a pro/ Alas, war calls men away/ Nine gals beats no gals...
A League of Their Own
Robert
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$1,200
[12]
The historic arms of Dubrovnik are included on this Balkan country's red, white & blue-stripedflag
Croatia
Sam
|
$800
[23]
Sherlock's big brother, he could be found every evening at the Diogenes Club
Mycroft
Sam
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$800
[24]
Pears available in winter include the Bosc & this one
Bartlett
Karla
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$800
[20]
The evangelical Protestant claimed to have seen a cherub, a type of this
an angel (in ev angel ical)
Robert
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$1,200
[25]
Sorry about your hubby Marcellus' death, Octavia! But it's 40 B.C. & I love Y--no, I'm not into Egyptian girls. Why?
Mark Antony
Sam
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$1,200
[9]
Lupus & Tanner/ Skilled not inside the diamond/ Buttermaker drinks
The Bad News Bears
Sam
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$1,600
[5]
From 1748 to 1814, this nation flew the Danish flag; it added adark blue cross within the white cross on the red fieldin 1821
Norway
Karla
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$1,600
[7]
7th graders Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia & Stacey founded this club in a 1986 kids novel; around 250 titles later, it's still in business
the Baby-Sitters Club
Robert
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$1,200
[8]
Resembling tiny heads of cabbage, these are referenced as being in Belgium as early as the 13th century
Brussels sprouts
Sam
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$1,200
[18]
If the Low Countries were cut off from other anesthetics, this could be used in the Netherlands
ether (in N ether lands)
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Mary, in 1936, I wanna make you wife number 2! I'm gonna unearth the world for you in East Africa!
Louis Leakey
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$1,600
[2]
Annie's got problems/ Nuke & Crash are enamored/ The "big show" awaits
Bull Durham
Robert
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$2,000
[4]
Britannica says the white disk on this landlocked Asian nation's flag seenherehonors the Japanese
Laos
Sam
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$2,000
[6]
Lord Peter Wimsey frequents the Egotists' Club in mystery stories by this woman
Dorothy L. Sayers
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$1,600
[3]
How about a Caprese salad: fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & this herb
basil
Sam
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$1,600
[17]
The employees commiserated about the avariciousness of the boss--he really is a this
a miser (in com miser ated)
Sam
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|
$2,000
[21]
'Cilla Mullins, it's the 17th c., baby, & I'm speaking for myself. Come on, li'l mama! We'll have 10 kids & make Plymouth rock!
John Alden
Karla
|
$2,000
[1]
Cicotte, Weaver, Joe/ The Black Sox accept their fate/ Gambling mars the game
Eight Men Out
Sam
|
DD
$7,000
[13]
Samoa'sflagincludes stars that represent this constellation
the Southern Cross
Sam
|
DD
$8,000
[16]
A 1989 bestseller begins, "My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at" this
the Joy Luck Club
Robert
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$2,000
[10]
You can bake, steam or simmer this winter squash; it's flesh is sweet
butternut
Karla
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$2,000
[11]
The physician felt a rush of adrenaline when he barely avoided nicking this artery entering the kidney
renal (in ad renal ine)
Sam
Karla
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An early owner of this 1889 painting full of blue & green noted how well the artist "understood the exquisite nature of flowers!"
Irises