2023 Champions Wildcard Spades semifinal game 2.
Dane Reighard — a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California
Kendra Blanchette — a registered dietitian from Elk Grove, California
Josh Saak — a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $1,400 | $1,000 | $12,200 |
$14,405
Finalist |
$12,200
16 R, 4 W |
| Kendra | $2,400 | $4,600 | $10,200 |
$5,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$11,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dane | $1,600 | $4,400 | $14,400 |
$7,400
2nd place: $10,000 |
$14,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND | A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? | BRITISH SPELLING BEE | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS | KICKIN' AZTEC | & TAKIN' NAMES |
|
$200
[2]
Enlargement of this walnut-size gland found only in males is common in men over 50
the prostate
Kendra
|
$200
[13]
"Friday Night Sniffles" could have been a prequel--to this 1977 film
Saturday Night Fever
Dane
|
$200
[16]
Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare
T-H-E-A-T-R-E
Dane
|
$200
[29]
In August 1940 this Russian got the ice pick of the litter from a Spanish assassin
Trotsky
Dane
|
$200
[30]
The Templo Mayor was dedicated to the sun god & to Tlaloc, god of this weather condition
rain
Dane
|
$200
[19]
World poverty fighter, Time magazine Person of the Year & occasional rock star Paul Hewson
Bono
Kendra
|
|
$400
[6]
Thesetriangular glands that sit on top of the kidneys produce epinephrine
the adrenal glands
Josh
|
$400
[14]
"The Somewhat Impressive Six"--to this 1960 tale
The Magnificent Seven
Dane
|
$400
[1]
In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this
C-O-L-O-U-R
Kendra
|
$400
[11]
In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called mêlées began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport
joust
Dane
|
$400
[28]
It was an honor to be sacrificed to the gods by having this organ, yollotl to the Aztecs, torn from your body
your heart
Kendra
|
$400
[9]
Troubled Texas nightclub owner Jacob Rubenstein
Jack Ruby
Josh
|
|
$600
[5]
This gland in the front of the neck below the larynx makes calcitonin to deal with high levels of calcium in the blood
the thyroid gland
|
$600
[18]
"Conceived on the Fourth of October"--to this 1989 biopic
Born on the Fourth of July
Dane
|
$600
[7]
Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches
M-E-T-R-E
Dane
|
$600
[27]
Carl Icahn's 2012 bid for CVR Energy was considered this kind of unfriendly "takeover"
a hostile takeover
Josh
|
$600
[10]
In trade, Aztecs used a system known by this term, from the French for "to exchange", using items like cacao beans
barter
Josh
|
$800
[21]
The pseudonym he used for "The Running Man" in 1982 came to this author as he listened to a song by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Stephen King (Richard Bachman)
Dane
|
|
$800
[4]
Robert Wadlow's overactive this gland cranked enough growth hormone to make him 8'11" tall
a pituitary
Josh
Kendra
|
$800
[17]
"Add Primer to Your Conestoga"--to this 1969 musical
Paint Your Wagon
Dane
|
$800
[8]
With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these?
C-H-E-Q-U-E
Josh
|
$800
[24]
Wilde said this "Man and Superman" author didn't have "an enemy in the world and none of his friends like him"
George Bernard Shaw
Dane
|
$800
[25]
What the object seenherewas used as; it certainly wasn't a pocket variety
a calendar
Dane
|
$1,000
[22]
Here's "A Modest Proposal"; Isaac Bickerstaff was once this man's nom de plume
Jonathan Swift
|
|
$1,000
[3]
This tiny organ in the brain secretes melatonin & could be rated "P.G."
the pineal gland
Josh
|
$1,000
[15]
"Adding the Mallard to the Stock"--to this 1933 comedy
Duck Soup
Josh
|
$1,000
[12]
Good Britons recycle this metal in their soft-drink cans
A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M
Kendra
|
$1,000
[23]
Exodus 23:4 says if you find one of these large animals of your enemy that's gone astray, you have to return it
an ox (an ass)
|
$1,000
[26]
The Aztecs founded 2 cities where Mexico City now stands: Tlatelolco & this one, their capital
Tenochtitlan
Josh
Kendra
|
DD
$2,600
[20]
Matoaka, Amonute & Rebecca Rolfe (hey, things happened fast in the 17th century)
Pocahontas
Kendra
|
| O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? | IN THE BASEBALL TEAM'S LINEUP | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... | YOU DO THE MATH | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? | CHANGE A LETTER |
|
$400
[12]
Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,300-foot Sugarloaf Mountain, verily
Rio
Dane
|
$400
[6]
1969:Ed Kranepool, Bud Harrelson &Tom Seaver... what an amazin' team
the (Miracle) Mets
Kendra
|
$400
[7]
"Interesting, though elementary... it gives us the basis for several deductions"
Holmes
Dane
|
$400
[28]
Jim has 6 apples, Billy has 4, Michele has 2 &Debbie has 8 for an average of this many
5
Josh
|
$400
[30]
The objects seenhereare made mainly from this super expensive metal
platinum
Kendra
|
$400
[25]
We won't dance around it, this app says it "is the leading destination for short-form mobile video"
TikTok
Josh
|
|
$800
[13]
What? You drove all the way from Duncansby Head to Land's End in this country? No wonder you're tired!
the UK
Josh
Kendra
|
$800
[5]
1975:Fred Lynn, Bernie Carbo &Carlton Fisk, who will always wave it fair
the Boston Red Sox
Kendra
|
$800
[8]
"He hasn't taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain't got time to teach me anything"
Scout Finch
Dane
|
$800
[4]
It's the sum of any integer & its negative
0
Josh
|
$800
[29]
The prototype of his "Cube" was made of 27 wooden blocks; it took him a month to solve it
Rubik
Dane
|
$800
[16]
Merriam-Webster defines it as "a subculture... whose amusements include rap music, graffiti & break dancing"
hip-hop
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Huzzah! Thou hast undertaken a tour of Iqaluit & Yellowknife, territorial capitals in this country
Canada
Josh
|
$1,200
[1]
1994:David Justice, Greg Maddux &Deion Sanders, moonlighting from the gridiron
the Atlanta Braves
Kendra
|
$1,200
[9]
"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, & I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life"
Jay Gatsby
Kendra
|
$1,200
[15]
It's 44 plus 7, minus 23, times 10, divided by 2
140
Josh
|
$1,200
[20]
The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethyl-methacrylate
contact lenses
Kendra
|
$1,200
[19]
It's to swindle or trick someone, like George C. Scott does in a 1967 film
flim-flam
Kendra
|
|
$1,600
[17]
Thy travels have taken thee to Wels, Graz & Innsbruck in this country
Austria
Dane
|
$1,600
[2]
1906:Charley O'Leary, Pinky Lindsay & here's one who might help a bit... Ty Cobb
the Detroit Tigers
Josh
|
$2,000
[11]
"Mother, if only you knew how cruelly I've been tricked by a conspiracy of sub-humans. Ironically, the book of Fortuna is itself bad luck"
Ignatius J. Reilly
|
$1,600
[27]
If 5 chickens each lay an egg every Monday, Wednesday & Friday only, it'll take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet
2
Josh
|
$1,600
[23]
"In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in"
tin
|
$1,600
[22]
Nonsense, it's just a butter toffee popcorn treat from Conagra
Fiddle Faddle
Kendra
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Zoinks! Thou findest thyself at this South American country's border with Panama
Colombia
Dane
|
$2,000
[3]
2009:2B Chase Utley, SS Jimmy Rollins, P Cole Hamels
Philadelphia Phillies
Josh
|
DD
$3,200
[10]
"What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that"
Philip Marlowe
Kendra
|
$2,000
[26]
The fractionherereduces to this
4k 3
Josh
|
$2,000
[21]
Gumboots are traditionally made mainly of this (do not say gum)
rubber
Dane
|
$2,000
[24]
Weak or indecisive; can't decide between desires or doing laundry
wishy-washy
Dane
|
Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor
(Albert) Einstein