2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 3.
John Vigna — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Jilana Cotter — a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida
Steve Crupi — a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $3,800 | $6,400 | $9,600 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$9,600
20 R, 3 W |
| Jilana | $4,400 | $4,600 | $19,000 |
$19,801
Winner: semifinalist |
$15,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| John | $0 | $-400 | $900 |
$2
2nd place: $5,000 |
$1,600
6 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| WAR & PEAS | THE USTA | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? | NOVEL IDEAS | INVENTED FIRST | "POUND" KEY |
|
$200
[29]
To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops
Australia
Jilana
|
$200
[27]
USTA youth tennis progression goesred: age 5-7, orange: 7-9, green: 9-11, the colors referring to this
the color of the balls they play with
|
$200
[30]
You should begin by knowing that this "royal" term refers to the part of the hat that covers the head
the crown
Jilana
|
$200
[14]
Dr. Constantine examines the corpse aboard this 1934 title conveyance, which had a "Murder on" it
the Orient Express
Steve
|
$200
[25]
Stereoscope, bifocal lens, X-ray tube
bifocal lens
Steve
|
$200
[26]
This word can come before microscope or fracture; the first is definitely better
compound
Steve
|
|
$400
[28]
Pea soup was a staple in the ships of this navy that beat the French & Spanish at Trafalgar
the English Navy (the Royal Navy)
Steve
|
$400
[9]
To become a USTA umpire or linesman, you must submit a form from a physician or one of these specialists with an O.D. degree
an optometrist
Jilana
|
$400
[5]
Have long silk these on hand for a fez or a mortarboard, where one hangs to the right side before graduation
a tassel
Steve
|
$400
[13]
One year after 1844's "Les Trois Mousquetaires", he gave us "Vingt ans après", or "Twenty Years After"
Dumas
Jilana
|
$400
[24]
Microwave oven, fiberglass, canned food
canned food
Steve
|
$400
[19]
Traditionally, one of these requires 16 ounces each of butter, sugar & flour
a pound cake
John
|
|
$600
[16]
During the Revolutionary War, Congress passed a resolution making peas a part of this army's rations
the Continental Army
Jilana
|
$600
[8]
In 2017, the USTA opened a 100-courtcenterin this state where stars like Evert & Courier were born & many others trained
Florida
Steve
|
$600
[3]
Obviously, you know that this felt hat got its name in the late 1800s
a fedora hat
Jilana
|
$600
[10]
Alexander Smollett is the captain of the Hispaniola in this Stevenson adventure
Treasure Island
Jilana
|
$600
[23]
Cotton gin, guncotton, bubble gum
cotton gin
Steve
|
$600
[15]
Where you go to retrieve your car after it gets towed for being parked in front of a fire hydrant
the impound lot
Jilana
|
|
$800
[17]
In the 1940s General Mills helped the war effort with dried pea soup; also, cereal bars for these "alphabetical" army rations
the K-rations
Jilana
|
$800
[7]
Alice Marble, a mentor to Billie Jean King, won the USTA's mixed doubles title in 1940, playing with, of all people, him
Bobby Riggs
Steve
|
$800
[4]
It's up to you, but the Merino & worsted types of this fabric are highly regarded in our trade
wool
Steve
|
$1,000
[12]
A 13-year-old boy is drawn into the underworld of art in "The Goldfinch" by this author
Donna Tartt
Steve
Jilana
|
$800
[22]
Linoleum, Bakelite, aspartame
linoleum
Steve
John
|
$800
[2]
2-word official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom
pound sterling
Jilana
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Every Thursday, this country's armed forces get served a traditional pea soup called ärtsoppa
Sweden
|
$1,000
[6]
Thisboroughis the longtime home of the USTA's championship in Forest Hills & now in the world's largest dedicatedtennis stadium
Queens
Steve
|
$1,000
[21]
Naturally, you're familiar with the 5-letter term for the hat-shaping mold seen here
a block
|
DD
$1,200
[11]
"Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel
Brave New World
Jilana
|
$1,000
[20]
Bunsen burner, Geiger counter, Leyden jar
the Leyden jar
|
$1,000
[1]
A harsh debt payment insisted upon, it was Antonio's obligation to Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
a pound of flesh
Steve
|
| GARDENS | GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA | COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS | CONTRONYMS |
|
$400
[17]
You'll find the USA's oldest public Japanese Garden in this city's Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
John
|
$400
[1]
Tobey Maguire is jockey Red Pollard in this 2003 flick about a down-&-out racehorse
Seabiscuit
Jilana
|
$400
[6]
The Met's home in this complex opened in 1966 with Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra"
Lincoln Center
Steve
|
$400
[30]
The border between India & this nation includes the village of Wagah with its rival army parades performed there daily
Pakistan
Steve
|
$400
[26]
President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, she used the nickname Cory
Corazon Aquino
Steve
|
$400
[8]
It's the mildest type of burn but the harshest type of murder
first degree
John
|
|
$800
[14]
The U.S. Botanic Garden is on the National Mall & its acting director is the person in the post "Architect of" this
the Capitol
|
$800
[21]
Passionate about horses, Elizabeth Taylor wins one in a town lottery in this 1944 classic
National Velvet
Jilana
John
|
$1,200
[4]
Enrico Caruso is seenhereas this biblical hero in a Met production of a Saint-Saens opera
Samson
Jilana
|
DD
$700
[28]
In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state
China
John
|
$800
[22]
In February 2019, this New Jersey Democratic senator announced for president & hoped to "channel our common pain back into our common purpose"
Cory Booker
Steve
|
$800
[9]
It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons
clip
Jilana
|
|
$1,200
[13]
As well as offering gambling & a gallery of fine art, this Las Vegas hotel also boasts a conservatory & botanical gardens
the Bellagio
Steve
|
$1,200
[20]
In 2010 Diane Lane played the real-life owner who took a chance that paid off with this 1973 Triple Crown winner
Secretariat
Jilana
|
$1,600
[3]
The Met gave the American premiere ofhis"Turandot" & the world premiere of his "Girl of the Golden West"
Puccini
Steve
|
$800
[29]
India's longest land border, some 2,500 miles, is with this nation that gained independence in 1971
Bangladesh
Steve
John
|
$1,200
[23]
Cory Doctorow's somewhat Orwellian look at the near future isn't called "Big" this but "Little" this
Brother
|
$1,200
[10]
If you get it on your food, it's a little bonus; if a court does it to your wages, it's anything but
garnish
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[15]
The Desert Garden at this San Marino, California library features more than 2,000 species of desert plants
the Huntington Library
Jilana
|
$1,600
[19]
Robert Redford played the title character, a Montana rancher who is a mystical horse healer, in this 1998 film
The Horse Whisperer
John
|
$2,000
[2]
In 2021 the Met premiered its first opera by a Black composer, this jazz trumpeter 5 months younger than Wynton Marsalis
Terence Blanchard
|
$1,600
[27]
India shares an 1,100-mile border with this former kingdom & the practice of Hinduism by the majorities of both their peoples
Nepal
Jilana
John
|
$1,600
[24]
Corey Hawkinsplayed Dr. Dre in this hip-hop biopic
Straight Outta Compton
|
$1,600
[11]
This adjective describes both something that moves quickly & something that doesn't move at all
fast
|
|
$2,000
[16]
A National Historic Site of Canada, these gardens on Vancouver Island include the beautiful Sunken Garden seen here
the Butchart Gardens
Steve
|
$2,000
[18]
The title equine of this 2002 animated film is a Kiger Mustang, the leader of the Cimarron herd
Spirit
Jilana
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
Emma Calvé might have tired of the habanera when she set a Met record singing this role 138 times
Carmen
Jilana
|
$2,000
[7]
In the northeast, India's Arunachal Pradesh state shares a border with this nation's Kachin state
Myanmar (Burma)
John
|
$2,000
[25]
Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote a poem about this rich, enviable gentleman who yet kills himself
Richard Cory
Jilana
|
$2,000
[12]
It can mean to withstand something (a storm, for instance) as well as to erode under it
weather
Jilana
|
As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan