2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 1.
Kristin Hucek — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
William Chou — a foreign policy think-tank research fellow from Cheverly, Maryland
Dave Pai — a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $2,600 | $11,200 | $13,200 |
$20,001
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| William | $-200 | $1,200 | $3,600 |
$7,200
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,600
7 R, 2 W |
| Kristin | $4,800 | $4,200 | $10,000 |
$2,500
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WE MADE IT | JUSTIN TIME | SPORTS AROUND THE WORLD | NOT YOUR AVERAGE OPERA | BODY LANGUAGE | HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS |
|
$200
[2]
Joop Sinjou & Toshitada Doi played a role in changing the music industry when this product debuted in 1982
the compact disc
Dave
William
|
$200
[10]
Schoolteacher Justin Morgan lent his name to a breed of this animal developed in the U.S. in the 1800s
a horse
|
$200
[29]
Aruba is a mecca for this board & sail sport & hosts an annual event with long distance & slalom competitions
windsurfing
Dave
|
$200
[28]
X marks the spot where the New York City Opera premiered "X: The Life and Times of" this activist
Malcolm X
William
|
$200
[11]
Come on, champ, you have to be brave & "keep a stiff" this
upper lip
Dave
|
$200
[30]
Dye some gauze in black tea for an aged look & wrap yourself up as this guy whom Abbott & Costello met in a 1955 film
the Mummy
|
|
$400
[3]
In the 1960s Robert Moog became a household name for the invention of one of these instruments that bears his name
a synthesizer
Dave
|
$400
[7]
2009's "My World" was the debut EP from this then 15-year-old
(Justin) Bieber
Dave
|
$400
[23]
This racket sport named for what the soft rubber balls do when hit against a wall is popular in Bermuda
squash
Dave
|
$400
[27]
Once called "America's most lurid talk show", it inspired a 2001 opera that took London by storm
Jerry Springer
Dave
|
$400
[13]
It's an honest & sincere talk between 2 people (& their cardiac muscles)
a heart to heart
Kristin
|
$400
[26]
If the guys are gangsters, wear fringed dresses & be these '20s gals found in a Fitzgerald title
flappers
Dave
|
|
$600
[1]
He substituted mercury for alcohol in a tube around 1714, creating the modern thermometer
Fahrenheit
Kristin
|
$600
[4]
Him, as Sean Parker in "The Social Network": "You don't even know what the thing is yet, how big it can get, how far it can go"
Justin Timberlake
Kristin
|
$600
[18]
The Clericus Cup is a soccer tournament for teams around this tiny state
Vatican City
Dave
Kristin
|
$600
[16]
The 2000 opera "In the Penal Colony" is based on a gruesome 1914 story by this author of "The Metamorphosis"
Kafka
William
|
$600
[12]
Someone as naive or innocent as a newborn baby is said to be this "moist" phrase
wet behind the ears
Kristin
|
$600
[21]
A costume for 2:This double-crossing pair from Mad magazine, one in black & one in white, created by Antonio Prohías
Spy vs. Spy
William
|
|
$800
[8]
This amusement park claims the invention of the hot dog & the roller coaster
Coney Island
Dave
|
$800
[5]
This world leader's 2014 book "Common Ground" told of growing up at 24 Sussex Drive
Trudeau
Kristin
|
$800
[19]
This ancient sport also known as hawking is still popular in Saudi Arabia
falconry
Dave
|
$800
[17]
Sister Aloysius suspects Father Flynn of illicit acts in an opera version of this John Patrick Shanley play
Doubt
|
$800
[14]
When you're idle or just plain bored, you do this with your pollex digits, literally or figuratively
twiddle your thumbs
Kristin
|
$800
[24]
Roll up the sleeves of a blue denim workshirt, put a red bandana in your hair & you can be this feminist WWII icon
Rosie the Riveter
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[9]
In the 1830s Samuel Colt got cocky with the invention of this type of handgun
the revolver
Kristin
|
$1,000
[6]
Justin Henry earned an Oscar nomination as Dustin Hoffman's son in this film
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
A combination of sport, dance & martial art, capoeirais popular in this country where it was created
Brazil
Dave
|
$1,000
[22]
"Nixon in China" is an opera by this composer with the name of a Founding Father
John Adams
|
$1,000
[15]
To attack where someone is most vulnerable is to go for one of these large veins, here or here
jugular
Dave
|
$1,000
[25]
Dress in black with a red plastic flowerpot for a hat & you can "Whip It" good like a member of this New Wave group
Devo
Dave
|
| OLDE ENGLAND | AMY POEHLER IS AWESOME | WHAT'S NEXT? | FAMILY DRAMA | HOUSEPLANTS | GOOD "P.R." |
|
$400
[20]
Her reign from 1558 until her death in 1603 is often called the golden age of English history
Elizabeth I
Dave
|
$400
[28]
Amy Poehler cohosting the Golden Globes--"This Oscar winner is not here tonight; she has the flu, & I hear she's amazing in it"
Meryl Streep
Kristin
|
$400
[24]
Apollo missions that landed on the Moon:11, 12, this
14
William
|
$400
[29]
His "All My Sons" centers on Joe Keller, whose shoddy plane parts led to the death of his son & other pilots in WWII
Arthur Miller
|
$400
[30]
Unlike many plants, these, which include the barrel & snowball types, prefer to get completely dry
cacti
Dave
|
$400
[26]
Use this tool for relatively large areas, like if you're doing the whole bedroom in Sherwin-Williams mindful gray
a paint roller
Dave
Kristin
|
|
$800
[19]
The first section of this 1215 document states that "the English Church shall be free"
the Magna Carta
William
|
$800
[27]
As Leslie on this show: "Hey, honey! Good morning! How did you sleep? I adopted 32 cats & dogs. Do you want pancakes?"
Parks and Recreation
Dave
|
$800
[23]
On the periodic table: carbon, nitrogen, this
oxygen
William
|
$800
[22]
The Pollitts get together to celebrate Big Daddy's 65th birthday in this play; family drama ensues
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
|
$800
[13]
If other plants are too exciting for you, try lithops or living this, seen here
stone
|
$800
[12]
A rodent that carries off items to store in its nest gives us this term for one who hoards useless articles
pack rat
Dave
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Some call the 1487 Battle of Stoke won by Henry VII the last battle in this war between 2 royal houses
the Wars of the Roses
Dave
|
$1,200
[3]
In the 3rd "Shrek" it's no problem for Amy as this woman to give a live-in babysitter to Fiona, as "I've got 6 more at home"
Snow White
|
$1,200
[15]
States, alphabetically: New Mexico, New York, this
North Carolina
Dave
William
|
$1,200
[7]
In an August Wilson play, Troy Maxson builds these title structures around the family home
fences
Kristin
|
$1,200
[5]
Put in raised planters for an herb garden & be sure to grow this "royal herb"
basil
Dave
|
$1,200
[6]
It has the domain extension.pr
Puerto Rico
Kristin
|
|
$2,000
[18]
A London hospital founded for the Order of the Star of Bethlehem became known as this, also meaning a state of chaos
Bedlam
Dave
|
$1,600
[4]
Amy Poehler's performance was pure Joy in this 2015 Pixar film
Inside Out
|
$1,600
[16]
U.S. presidents:Van Buren, Harrison, him
John Tyler
William
|
$2,000
[9]
This "vulpine" Lillian Hellman play set in 1900 sees southern gentility fall prey to greed & revenge
The Little Foxes
|
$1,600
[14]
Though its name means "loving tree", it'svery popular indoors as a houseplant
philodendron
Kristin
|
$1,600
[10]
It's a system in which one's work is evaluated by those in the same field; NIH grants are subject to dual ones
peer review
Dave
|
|
DD
$5,600
[2]
This title was re-created in 1301 when Edward I gave it to his son who was born in Caernarfon
the Prince of Wales
Dave
|
$2,000
[21]
She's got this old-fashioned word for spirited determination; it's also the title of a 2021 Amy Poehler film
moxie
|
$2,000
[17]
Geologic time eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, this
Cenozoic
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
The title character of this Ibsen play is revolted to discover she's pregnant & commits suicide with her father's pistol
Hedda Gabler
Kristin
|
$2,000
[25]
Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants
bromeliads
|
$2,000
[11]
It's the beef that Lawry's restaurants are famous for serving
prime rib
Kristin
|
Meaning "palace", this word in the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site follows Jal & Lal in the names of other historic structures
Mahal