2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 9.
Josh Saak — a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
Valerie Castelo — a legal training and development manager from San Leandro, California
Steve Clarke — a lawyer from Chesapeake, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,400 | $5,400 | $19,100 |
$5,399
2nd place: $5,000 |
$19,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Valerie | $1,000 | $-400 | $5,200 |
$5,200
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,200
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Josh | $3,600 | $5,200 | $16,400 |
$19,105
Winner: semifinalist |
$16,400
18 R, 0 W |
| SPOOKY LITERATURE | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS | AARON BURR | GOT MILK? | THEJEOPARDY!WORLD ORCHESTRA |
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$200
[18]
(Justin Long presents the clue.) To pass the time on a rainy day in Geneva, she& her husband & friends were telling each other ghost stories; she came up with "Frankenstein"--not bad for starting your first novel at age 18
(Mary) Shelley
Josh
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$200
[1]
Down 3 match points in 2012, Sam Groth hit one of these balls a record 163 mph & won the point--but lost the match
a tennis ball
Steve
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$200
[30]
Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win
Emmy (M-E)
Steve
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$200
[23]
The man he tied with 73 electoral votes in 1800
Jefferson
Steve
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$200
[14]
1 of this unit of milk weighs about 8.5 pounds
a gallon
Josh
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$200
[11]
Heard here is the Vietnamese version of this "wood voice" instrument
a xylophone
Valerie
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$400
[17]
(Justin Long presents the clue.) On the way home at midnight Ichabod Crane thinks this alliterative specter is in pursuit & has thrown its cranium at the schoolmaster; in the morning, a broken pumpkin shell is found, but not Ichabod Crane
the Headless Horseman
Valerie
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$400
[2]
Here's some action from the 2022 World Championships of this
dodgeball
Josh
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$400
[15]
I can name this Native American dwelling in 2 letters
a tepee (T-P)
Valerie
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$400
[19]
The current name of the New Jersey college he graduated from at age 16
Princeton
Steve
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$400
[9]
A Frenchman created this process that kills microorganisms in milk by heating it
pasteurization
Valerie
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$400
[7]
Used in pairs, these instruments areheardin many kinds of Latin music
maracas
Josh
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$600
[10]
(Justin Long presents the clue.) "Welcome to Dead House" from 1992 was the first of the books in the "Goosebumps" series by this author that by now has sold a spooky number of copies
(R.L.) Stine
Steve
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$800
[5]
Red leather is traditional for the cork-filledballsused in this sport
cricket
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$600
[26]
In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running On" these 2 letters
Empty (M-T)
Josh
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$600
[24]
The man he went to New Jersey to meet on July 11, 1804
Hamilton
Valerie
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$600
[20]
Commercial cow's milk is commonly enriched with these 2 vitamins
A & D
Steve
Valerie
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$600
[3]
The didgeridoo heardhereoriginated on this continent
Australia
Steve
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$800
[12]
(Justin Long presents the clue.) The burial of Stephen King's daughter's cat Smuckyhelped inspire this novel that the author has said is just as dark as can be
Pet Sematary
Josh
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DD
$1,000
[4]
The guy who invented this sport in 1895 called it mintonette, but the over-the-net exchanges soon got it a new name
volleyball
Steve
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$800
[28]
These 2 letters can often be seen growing on the sides of college buildings
ivy (I-V)
Steve
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$800
[25]
The man he introduced the widow Dolley Todd to in 1794
Madison
Valerie
Josh
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$800
[21]
This type of sugar that's less sweet than sucrose is found only in milk
lactose
Steve
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$800
[8]
This ancient instrument issoundedon a New Year's Day
a shofar
Josh
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$1,000
[16]
(Justin Long presents the clue.) "The story had held us round the fire, sufficiently breathless", is how this author began "The Turn of the Screw", about a governess trying to protect children from the effects of malevolent spirits
(Henry) James
Steve
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$1,000
[6]
In 1764 this storied Scottish golf club trimmed its Old Course from 22 holes to 18, setting a new standard
St. Andrews
Josh
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$1,000
[27]
These 2 letters give you an adjective meaning squalid & unkempt
seedy (C-D)
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$1,000
[29]
The Chief Justice who presided over his treason trial
John Marshall
Steve
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$1,000
[22]
In 1856 Gail Borden received a patent for his process to do this to milk
condense
Steve
Valerie
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$1,000
[13]
The best thing about using this instrument is that you can do your laundry when you're done
a washboard
Steve
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| PRESIDENTS' EXECUTIVE ORDERS | HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS | "L" ON EARTH | GEOMETRY | RANK-LY SPEAKING | YOU NEED TO CLEAR THAT UP |
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$400
[16]
"There shall be... an office of Lend-Lease Administration"
FDR
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$400
[9]
"You're not going to drown, Jack." "Why, Rose?" "I have an inflatable life raft. I probably should've said something earlier"
Titanic
Valerie
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$400
[22]
This state's largest inland body of water is the brackish Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
Valerie
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$400
[3]
In 1795 John Playfair simplified Euclid's axiom about these, still saying they never meet
parallel lines
Josh
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$400
[24]
Principal field of study for a college student
major
Steve
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$400
[30]
This word precedes "Shade Of Winter" in a Bangles song title
Hazy
Josh
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$800
[15]
"I hereby appoint a commission to ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late president"
Lyndon B. Johnson
Valerie
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$800
[8]
"I see dead people, Dr. Crowe... but you're not one of 'em. You're very, very much alive & happily married"
The Sixth Sense
Steve
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$800
[10]
Maseru is the capital of this African kingdom
Lesotho
Josh
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$800
[5]
A prismhas the same relationship to a pyramid as cylinder does to this
a cone
Valerie
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$800
[12]
Dr. Vivek Murthyis the current holder of this government job
Surgeon General
Steve
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$800
[18]
"Big" is found within this big word that means "open to interpretation"
ambiguous
Josh
|
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$1,200
[14]
"You or any officer you may designate will, in your discretion, suspend the writ of habeas corpus"
Lincoln
Steve
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$1,200
[1]
"Forget it, Jake, it's... hold on--Evelyn's okay. The bullets missed her in the car. She's fine & the cops are letting her go"
Chinatown
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$1,200
[4]
This principality of Central Europe covers a scant 62 square miles in area
Liechtenstein
Steve
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$1,600
[19]
A scalenohedron is a crystal of 8 or 12 faces, each of which is one of these shapes
a (scalene) triangle
Josh
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$1,200
[25]
In economic terms, free enterprise is also known as this enterprise
private
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$1,200
[17]
"V" know this word meaning not clear is from the Latin for "wandering"
vague
Valerie
|
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$1,600
[20]
"Prohibiting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine"
Obama
Steve
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$1,600
[2]
"Hold the execution. John Coffey's been found innocent. He is a free man." "Phew. That was close"
The Green Mile
Steve
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$1,600
[13]
It's the longest river entirely in France
the Loire
Josh
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DD
$2,000
[6]
Between 2 & 2:50 p.m., the minute hand on your watch covers this many degrees
300
Valerie
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$1,600
[26]
Aye aye! I got this style of chair for $129.99 at Walmart
a captain's chair
Josh
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$1,600
[23]
Verbiage from the State Department may leave you in this state; it comes before "Bottom" in the D.C. area where state is located
Foggy
Steve
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|
DD
$2,500
[21]
"Providing assistance for the removal of an obstruction of justice within the state of Arkansas"
Eisenhower
Steve
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$2,000
[7]
Whoa...we're killing off Wolverine?! The film's made over $600 million! No! He heals up just fine, dusts himself off & makes a sequel
Logan
Valerie
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$2,000
[11]
It's "jar"ring to note that before sailing to America in 1620, the Pilgrims lived in this Dutch city for more than 10 years
Leiden
Josh
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$2,000
[27]
In the world ofcircles, it's theoppositeof concentric; it's also used to describe people
eccentric
Josh
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$2,000
[29]
Job title of the chief law enforcer of the House of Representatives
Sergeant at Arms
Steve
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$2,000
[28]
Grammatically, the word "an" is this type of article
an indefinite article
Valerie
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Though it meant "seasickness" in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness
nausea