2023 Champions Wildcard Spades semifinal game 1.
Joe Velasco — a director of customer care originally from La Mirada, California
Lawrence Long — a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina
Sam Stapleton — a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $2,200 | $4,000 | $18,400 |
$16,799
Finalist |
$16,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lawrence | $5,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$8,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Joe | $600 | $4,600 | $7,300 |
$7,300
2nd place: $10,000 |
$9,800
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR | LET'S GET MEDICAL | WHO SAID THIS? | AWARDS & HONORS | LIKE A ROCK |
|
$200
[30]
Thiswhistle, also called a swanee whistle, modulates its pitch like a trombone
a slide whistle
Joe
|
$200
[11]
He got his geography degree from the University of North Carolina in 1986--while leading the NBA in scoring with 37.1 points per game
Michael Jordan
Lawrence
|
$200
[29]
Yes, these parasitic annelids of the class Hirudinea can actually help drain a hematoma, but yeeeesh!
leeches
Joe
|
$200
[27]
"Sen. Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run 4 years ago"
McCain
Sam
|
$200
[13]
The Gracie Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media are named for this radio & TV pioneer & wife of George Burns
Gracie Allen
Sam
|
$200
[28]
A record of past performance; some people start over with a clean one
a slate
Lawrence
|
|
$400
[24]
All rise & name this national anthem heard here
"O Canada"
Joe
|
$400
[10]
After finishing online, this big sis stopped by Indiana University East to pick up her BS on the way to a nearby tennis tournament
Venus Williams
Sam
|
$400
[22]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as his disease, claimed his life in 1941
Lou Gehrig
Lawrence
|
$400
[26]
Before Congress in 1951, he announced, "I now close my military career..."
MacArthur
Lawrence
|
$400
[12]
Classical music's Wihuri Sibelius Prize is awarded by members of music institutions from this country
Finland
Lawrence
Joe
|
$400
[25]
The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal
a quarry
|
|
$600
[23]
Our bandleader whistles while you work to name this composer heard here
Beethoven
Sam
|
$600
[3]
MLB All-Star J.J. Putz, who shared a dorm at this school with Tom Brady, went back to finish his degree in 2010
Michigan
Sam
|
$600
[21]
A yellow or orange coloration to the skin is caused by an excess of this pigment, perhaps after eating too many carrots
beta carotene (carotin)
Sam
Joe
|
$800
[7]
He humbly shared with the British in 1936, "A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as king..."
Edward VIII
Sam
|
$600
[6]
Sign language played a big part in this 1980 Tony Award winner for Best Play
Children of a Lesser God
Sam
Joe
|
$600
[18]
In earlier days, this pro-am golf tournament on California's Monterey peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake
Pebble Beach
Sam
|
|
$800
[14]
Christmas comes early when this tune comes whistling in
"Greensleeves" ("What Child Is This?")
Joe
|
$800
[1]
The most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, she started college in 1999 & returned to get her B.A. in 2009
Michelle Kwan
Joe
|
$800
[20]
Athletes sometimes strain this large extensor muscle of the thigh whose name means "four headed"
quadriceps
Joe
|
$1,000
[8]
In a 1775 speech he declared, "I know not what course others may take..."
Patrick Henry
Lawrence
|
$800
[4]
He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955
Tennessee Williams
Sam
Lawrence
|
$800
[17]
Rocky adjective for a harsh, raspy voice
gravelly
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[15]
We provide you the best in classical whistling with this piece heard here
Four Seasons
|
$1,000
[2]
When this former Carolina Panthers QB graduated from Auburn in 2015, he stayed off the stage to keep the focus on the other graduates
Cam Newton
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[19]
In July 1976 a form of pneumonia caused the deaths of 29 members of this organization in Philadelphia
American Legionnaires (American Legion)
Sam
|
DD
$2,200
[9]
In a 1974 national TV address he conveyed, "Our long national nightmare is over..."
(Gerald) Ford
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[5]
For supporting health & education globally, Rihanna received a 2017 humanitarian award from this oldest U.S. college
Harvard
Lawrence
|
$1,000
[16]
This cake's mottled or streaked look is achieved by alternating vanilla & chocolate batters
marble
Joe
|
| LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES | PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS | CRAFTSMANSHIP | VOCABULARY | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT | FELONIOUS MONKS |
|
$400
[8]
Among landlocked countries, this war-torn Asian land is alphabetically first
Afghanistan
Sam
|
$400
[23]
Before he entered "The Matrix", he helped us choose Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Keanu Reeves
Sam
|
$400
[30]
Knowing that "broid" is an obsolete form of "braid" will help you identify this, ornamentation using needlework
embroidery
Joe
|
$400
[20]
Now found in some dictionaries, IMHO, when used in emails & texting, is short for this phrase
in my honest opinion (or in my humble opinion)
Joe
|
$400
[24]
In 1860 this poet wrote about "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
Longfellow
Lawrence
|
$400
[29]
In 1589 a fanatical monk named Jacques Clement assassinated this country's reigning king Henry III
France
Lawrence
|
|
$800
[7]
The 2 that are landlocked because they are completely surrounded by Italy
Vatican City & San Marino
Lawrence
|
$800
[22]
"30 Rock" was far in her future when she suggested we go to Mutual Savings Bank
Tina Fey
Lawrence
|
$800
[21]
Sailors, who need to know their knots, helped spread this knot-based craft that makes lovely wall hangings
macramé
Lawrence
|
$800
[19]
Often a misdemeanor, it means to linger in a place for no real reason
loiter
Sam
|
$800
[14]
"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdietells of the post-colonial era in this nation, where Rushdie was born
India
Sam
|
$800
[28]
John de Roma is one of the brutal monks in the 16th c. Protestant "Book of" these people who died for their faith
Martyrs
Lawrence
|
|
$1,200
[6]
This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week
Mongolia
Lawrence
|
$1,200
[4]
Near the "Inception" of his career, this now-superstar informed the world that Bubble Yum "keeps it poppin"'
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sam
|
$1,200
[12]
In this traditional crafted item often found on mantels, Cutty Sark could be both the interior & exterior part
a ship in a bottle
Lawrence
Joe
|
$1,200
[18]
Mum's a word for this flower with a longer name
a chrysanthemum
Sam
|
$1,200
[11]
Her: "Drink & dance & laugh & lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (but, alas, we never do)"
Dorothy Parker
Joe
|
$1,200
[27]
AKA Saloth Sar, he was a novice monk for a time in Cambodia before becoming infamous for "Killing Fields"
Pol Pot
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This landlocked African country was once called Nyasaland
Malawi
|
$1,600
[3]
With no pandas, kung fu or otherwise in sight, he hawked "Pitfall" for the Atari 2600 (in a pith helmet!)
Jack Black
Joe
|
$1,600
[15]
Skiving is the thinning of this material, using a sharp knife on the flesh side
leather
Joe
|
$1,600
[17]
Depending on how you pronounce it, it can be a substance burned for its fragrance, or it can mean to anger someone
incense
Joe
|
$1,600
[9]
James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire
Midnight Cowboy
Sam
Lawrence
|
$1,600
[26]
Friar Vicente de Valverde gave Atahuallpa the choice of death by fire or garrote; he chose the latter & this empire ended
the Incan
Lawrence
Joe
|
|
DD
$4,000
[1]
Ouagadougou, the capital of this country, is about 500 miles from the seacoast
Burkina Faso
Sam
|
$2,000
[2]
One minute you're selling Corn Pops in a 1999 ad, the next, meth on AMC 9 years later--such is this young actor's life
Aaron Paul
Sam
|
$2,000
[13]
I'm giving an invitation this kind of fancy detail, also called a feather edge
a deckle edge
|
DD
$2,500
[16]
Having all 5 vowels in alphabetical order, it means cleverly amusing, but it can also be snarky in tone
facetious
Joe
|
$2,000
[10]
"The Other Side of Me" is a memoir by this author of "The Other Side of Midnight"
Sidney Sheldon
|
$2,000
[25]
As the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain, this Dominican authorized torture
Torquemada
Sam
|
Before his death in 2005, he said he was "probably the last head of state to be able to recognize all his compatriots in the street"
Prince Rainier (III of Monaco)