2023 Champions Wildcard Spades semifinal game 3.
Lucy Ricketts — a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel Nguyen — a high school math teacher and doctoral student from San Jose, California
Joe Feldmann — a technology professional from Bethesda, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $400 | $2,800 | $400 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$3,200
11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Daniel | $800 | $3,200 | $4,800 |
$4,800
2nd place: $10,000 |
$4,800
14 R, 4 W |
| Lucy | $3,000 | $3,200 | $11,600 |
$11,600
Finalist |
$20,000
23 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS | "B" GIRLS | DUST TO DUST | COUNTDOWN | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN |
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$200
[28]
Known as "the Father of Pennsylvania", healso fathered 8 children with his first wife
Penn
Daniel
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$200
[26]
On hiatus from Destiny's Child, she played Foxxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember"
Beyoncé
Daniel
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$200
[29]
During the 1930s this drought-ridden area of the Great Plains included parts of Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas
the Dust Bowl
Joe
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$200
[27]
British Hanoverian kings: 4. George IV3. George III2. this king
George II
Lucy
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$200
[30]
If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital
Wellington
Joe
Lucy
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$200
[13]
Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo
a chicken
Daniel
|
|
$400
[24]
It's the last name of Moses, the father of Stephen, who settled 300 families in Texas in the 1820s
Austin
Lucy
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$400
[25]
Guðmundsdóttir is the last name of this one-time Sugarcube singer
Björk
Lucy
|
$400
[23]
A dust bunny is found under furniture; this more "demonic" term is a dusty whirlwind found in a dry region
dust devil
Daniel
|
$400
[22]
The presidents:5. Monroe4. Madison3. this guy
Jefferson
Daniel
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$400
[20]
Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company
Hershey
Joe
Daniel
|
$400
[12]
This animal, gatto, got your lingua?
a cat
Joe
|
|
$600
[16]
Termed by history "the father" of it, in 1696 Peter the Great created this branch of the Russian military
Navy
Daniel
Lucy
|
$600
[3]
At the age of 11, she joined Justin & Christina in the cast of the new "Mickey Mouse Club"
Britney Spears
Daniel
|
$600
[17]
In Genesis "God said unto" this creature "dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life"
the serpent
|
$600
[21]
The periodic table:4. beryllium3. lithium2. this element
helium
Joe
|
$600
[15]
Mr. Jenkins has 3 nickels, 13 dimes & 54 pennies; he can't afford a Phantom from this car company
Rolls-Royce
Lucy
|
$600
[11]
After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these
a whale
Lucy
|
|
$800
[5]
Married to King Henry VIII, she was the mother of Edward VI
Jane Seymour
Lucy
|
$800
[1]
10 days after her release from rehab following a 1947 narcotics arrest, this "Lady" sold out Carnegie Hall
Billie Holiday
Lucy
|
$1,000
[8]
In "King Lear", Albany tells her, "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face"
Goneril
|
$800
[4]
"The 12 Days Of Christmas" gifts:7. swans a-swimming6. geese a-laying5. these
golden rings
Joe
Lucy
|
$800
[14]
The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall?
Emma Lazarus
Lucy
|
$800
[9]
Tell Leon il cavallo, this animal, has arrived
a horse
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[6]
St. Ambrose credits this mother of Constantine with finding the True Cross of Jesus
St. Helena
|
$1,000
[2]
This"Empress of the Blues" performed with Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong, among others
Bessie Smith
|
DD
$2,400
[7]
In a poem named for him, Rudyard Kipling calls this man a "limpin' lump o' brick-dust"
Gunga Din
Lucy
|
$1,000
[18]
The states:49. Alaska48. Arizona47. this
New Mexico
Joe
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$1,000
[19]
Bo makes 86 snow-balls in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues?
frostbite
Daniel
|
$1,000
[10]
Farfalle are these creatures, but please don't eat them
butterflies
Lucy
|
| THE MOUNTAIN WEST | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES | WORLD WRITERS | WEEDER'S DIGEST | ASTROLOGY TIME | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[30]
Mount Whitney in this western range is the highest peak in the lower 48 states
the Sierra Nevada
Lucy
|
$400
[23]
In 1980 the U.S. & 64 other countries boycotted the Olympics held in this city
Moscow
Lucy
|
$400
[29]
In Vladimir Nabokov's "The Luzhin Defense", a master of this game loses his grip on reality
chess
Daniel
|
$400
[27]
Thismember of the parsley family that grows wild in Europe & the U.S. is a main flavoring agent in pickles
dill
Lucy
|
$400
[24]
From the Greek for "time observer", it's an astrological forecast based on time of birth & other factors
horoscope
Daniel
|
$400
[21]
A pig's digs
a sty
Lucy
|
|
$800
[20]
Shira is the westernmost of the 3 volcanic cones that make up this highest peak in Africa
Kilimanjaro
Daniel
|
$800
[22]
This city hosted the Summer Games in 1964, a first for Asia
Tokyo
Lucy
|
$800
[28]
Long a bestseller in this native land, Olga Tokarczuk found a world audience after her 2018 Man Booker & Nobel Prizes
Poland
Daniel
|
$800
[26]
Its name is from the French for "lion's tooth"
dents-de-lion (dandelion)
|
$800
[15]
Considered the first sign of the zodiac, it's often represented by a ram
Aries
Joe
|
$800
[19]
40 winks
a nap
Lucy
|
|
$1,200
[6]
It's the highest peak in the Cascade Range of the northwest
Mount Rainier
Joe
Daniel
Lucy
|
$1,200
[3]
Athens hosted the first Modern Olympics in 1896; this other European capital hosted the second games in 1900
Paris
Daniel
|
$1,200
[9]
Bertolt Brecht fled Germany in 1933 & left the U.S. in 1947 after being required to testify before this committee
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
Daniel
|
$1,200
[25]
Of the genus Digitaria, this common weed has a crustacean name
crabgrass
Daniel
|
$1,200
[14]
This 4-letter word describes a spot on the border of 2 zodiac signs
a cusp
Lucy
|
$1,200
[18]
Anonymous John's last name
Doe
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[4]
These mountains west of the Hudson possibly take their name from the Dutch for "wildcat creek"
the Catskills
Joe
Lucy
|
$2,000
[2]
It took until 1956, but finally a Southern Hemisphere city hosted--this one
Melbourne
Joe
Lucy
|
$1,600
[7]
Honoré was the first name of this French "Human Comedy" author
Balzac
Lucy
|
$1,600
[10]
In 2018 Monsanto was found liable for damages caused by this weed killer containing glyphosate
Roundup
Joe
|
$1,600
[12]
As Kris Kristofferson knows, the nativity of Jesus made him this zodiacal sign
a Capricorn
Daniel
Lucy
|
$1,600
[17]
A small child, or a form of tater
a tot
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy
Morocco
|
DD
$2,800
[1]
This city between Lake Mälaren & the Baltic Sea hosted the 1912 Olympics
Stockholm
Joe
|
$2,000
[8]
The first non-European winner of the Nobel Prize for lit, this Calcutta-born man is seen here with another Nobel winner
Rabindranath Tagore
|
$2,000
[11]
Orange hawkweedis also called the devil's type of this artistic tool
paintbrush
Lucy
|
DD
$6,000
[13]
According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Pallas & Vesta
asteroids
Lucy
|
$2,000
[16]
Not sew, but you do this to make lace using knots & loops
to tat
|
A 1918 article titled "Do Not Shoot at" these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps' training of them
(carrier or homing) pigeons