2023 Champions Wildcard Spades final game 1.
Lucy Ricketts — a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia
Josh Saak — a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
Sam Stapleton — a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $4,600 | $4,600 | $12,600 | $15,200 |
$10,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Josh | $800 | $5,000 | $16,600 | $25,200 |
$16,600
19 R, 3 W |
| Lucy | $2,200 | $4,400 | $9,200 | $14,200 |
$13,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1600s | A DAY AT THE RACES | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK | OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS! | "SMOKE" | MIRRORS |
|
$200
[19]
After observing a comet in 1682, he proved it was the same one seen in 1607, 1531, 1456...
(Edmund) Halley
Sam
|
$200
[30]
Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this
across the board
|
$200
[21]
There are likely fewer sheep there nowadays, but Sheep Meadow is in this 843-acre area, not far from Tavern on the Green
Central Park
Lucy
|
$200
[27]
In song, he "had a very shiny nose... you would even say it glows"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam
|
$200
[15]
A building used for curing meat
a smokehouse
Lucy
|
$200
[28]
Minimum number of mirrors needed to make a kaleidoscope
2
|
|
$400
[5]
For nearly 40 years, until 1679, New Hampshire was part of this colony
Massachusetts
Lucy
|
$400
[3]
In this type of race, a licensed horse owner may bet on the winner & then buy it
a claiming race
|
$400
[20]
We suspect vodka lovers more than tea aficionados gravitate to this restaurant dating back to 1927
the Russian Tea Room
Sam
|
$400
[25]
Referring to its rapid movement & shiny surface, quicksilver is an old name for this liquid metal
mercury
Josh
|
$400
[14]
In song, the 5 words that precede "all covered with snow"
On top of Old Smokey
Sam
|
$400
[26]
In 1668 Newton placed a mirror in one of these devices to create a much better image
a telescope
Lucy
|
|
$600
[4]
The oldest opera for which complete music still exists is Jacopo Peri's 1600 work about this lover of Orpheus
Eurydice
Josh
|
$600
[18]
Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race
3
Josh
|
$600
[10]
Enjoy the raw bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913
Grand Central Station
Lucy
|
$600
[17]
By making them durable, Herbert Lieberman was the Henry Ford of these shiny discs, seen on skates & Michael Jackson
sequins
Josh
|
$600
[13]
Industrial chimney attached to a factory
a smokestack
Sam
|
$600
[16]
Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind
rearview mirror
Josh
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
After hoarding food rations, he & his son were kept at bay, literally, by mutineers who set them adrift in 1611
Henry Hudson
Lucy
|
$800
[24]
The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this
the finish line
Sam
Lucy
|
$800
[8]
Robert De Niro co-owns this grill named for the neighborhood it's in
Tribeca
|
$800
[22]
These artificial gems are named for a river that begins in the Alps & flows through Germany
rhinestones
Lucy
|
$800
[1]
Proverbial location where political deals are struck away from the eyes of the public
a smoke-filled room
Sam
|
$800
[11]
There is evidence that Precolumbian Mesoamericans used this black volcanic rock with a Roman name to make mirrors
obsidian
Sam
Josh
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In the early 1600s this British king said that he could make a man a lord but "only God almighty can make a gentleman"
James I
Sam
|
$1,000
[29]
It means to assign weights to equalize the competition
handicap
Josh
|
$1,000
[9]
Per Se is a NYC restaurant where this chef of the French Laundry has augmented his reputation
(Thomas) Keller
Sam
|
$1,000
[23]
Small bits of pyrite in this alliterative blue rock give the appearance of gold specks
lapis lazuli
Josh
|
$1,000
[2]
A parachuting firefighter
a smoke jumper
Josh
|
$1,000
[12]
"Equine" name for a mirror mounted on a frame that can be tilted
a cheval glass
|
| IN CRISIS MODE | YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE COUCH | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY | 3 LITTLE WORDS |
|
$400
[21]
On Dec. 19, 1776 he published "The American Crisis. Number I" (of 16)
Thomas Paine
Sam
|
$400
[26]
Soccer-playing teens are prone to Osgood-Schlatter disease, mainly seen as a swelling just below this joint
the knee
Lucy
|
$400
[20]
"Nowhere Man" is Robert Rosen's take on "The Final Days of" this Beatle
John Lennon
Josh
|
$400
[27]
I'm just talkin' 'bout this composer who won a 1971 Oscar for best original song for "Theme From Shaft"
Isaac Hayes
Sam
|
$400
[28]
This fabric used in coats usually comes from the Bactrian type
camel hair
Josh
|
$400
[18]
In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary"
full of grace
Sam
|
|
$800
[13]
As part of this crisis, JFK announced a naval blockade Oct. 22, 1962
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Sam
Josh
|
$800
[5]
This contact sport injury resulting from a blow to the head has several grades; with grade I, you stay conscious
a concussion
Lucy
|
$800
[8]
"Gold Dust Woman" can only be a biography of this member of Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Lucy
|
$800
[17]
Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition
Isaac Stern
Josh
|
$800
[11]
Fabric made from this tall grass is all the rage in part due to its antibacterial properties
bamboo
|
$800
[7]
I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you
go to bat
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[16]
It began Nov. 4, 1979 & lasted 444 days
the Iran Hostage Crisis
Lucy
|
$1,200
[12]
It's the most common sports sprain & also common is your buddy telling you to just walk it off
a twisted (sprained) ankle
Josh
|
$1,200
[9]
A book claims that "the year that rock exploded" was 1971, the year of this Carole King album including "I Feel The Earth Move"
Tapestry
Sam
|
$1,600
[1]
In 1786 this German immigrant founded his fur business that would make him one of the richest men in America
John Jacob Astor
Lucy
|
$1,200
[23]
This lace named for a town in France was paired in song with "a pretty face and a ponytail hanging down"
Chantilly lace
Sam
|
$1,200
[19]
In a 1988 political speech, they came before "no new taxes"
read my lips
Josh
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Speculative attacks on the baht triggered this continent's financial crisis of 1997-98
Asia
Sam
|
$1,600
[10]
This type of neck injury results from a sudden jerking of the head in one direction like from a rear-end collision
whiplash
Josh
|
$1,600
[4]
Danny Sugerman wrote a few books about The Doors & one called "Appetite for Destruction" about this group
Guns N' Roses
Josh
|
$2,000
[2]
Heresigned from the Supreme Court in 1969 amid criticism of his financial dealings
Abe Fortas (Abraham Fortas)
Lucy
|
$1,600
[30]
This woven fabric used for suits sounds like a poetic contraction referencing the future
twill
Josh
|
$1,600
[24]
Proverbially, it "is better than none"
half a loaf
|
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
The first armed U.N. Peacekeeping Force was established on Nov. 7, 1956 in response to this Mideast crisis
the Suez Crisis
Sam
|
$2,000
[22]
Acute mountain sickness can develop into the pulmonary or cerebral type of this accumulation of fluid
edema
Sam
Josh
|
$2,000
[6]
"Waging Heavy Peace" is this musician's tale from Ontario boyhood to rock star & member of CSNY
Neil Young
Josh
|
DD
$4,000
[3]
He won the 1984 Best Actor Oscar for a movie named for a different character
F. Murray Abraham
Lucy
|
$2,000
[29]
Sails & beach umbrellas are 2 items traditionally made of this hempen or flaxen cloth
canvas
Lucy
|
$2,000
[25]
This phrase for a non-working appliance contains a diminutive of "Friedrich"
on the fritz
Josh
|
The Washburn-Langford-Doane expedition happened upon it in 1870 & named it for the regularity of its activity
Old Faithful