Show #8961 2023-10-30 (taped 2023-09-13) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

Jay Foster — an engineer from Ranchos Palos Verdes, California

Sarah Reza — a museum program manager from Hyattsville, Maryland

T.J. Tallie — an associate professor of African history from San Diego, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
T.J. $800 $3,200 $20,600 $20,000
Winner: semifinalist
$19,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah $3,000 $1,400 $6,000 $6,000
2nd place: $5,000
$8,200
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jay $800 $1,200 $4,800 $800
3rd place: $5,000
$4,800
6 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S FACE IT IT'S IN YOUR MIND NON-NAUGHTY WORDS THE JOKERS TRIANGLES 5 RHYMES
$200 [19]
International Nurses Day is on May 12, honoring the birthday of this woman
Florence Nightingale
T.J.
$200 [24]
From the Greek for "forgetfulness", it's partial or complete memory loss
amnesia
T.J.
$200 [20]
Singer Faith or actor Jonah; what the...?
Hill
T.J.
$200 [7]
Hisfinal role was as Tony in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" in 2009
Heath Ledger
T.J.
$200 [16]
It's the technical name for a tetrahedron with triangular sides
a pyramid
T.J.
$200 [25]
Honeycomb home
hive
Sarah
$400 [13]
In 1881, the governor of Missouri offered $5,000 for the capture of this man & his brother
Jesse James
T.J.
$400 [21]
A first shot in golf, or a psychological term for a strong motivating instinct
drive
Jay
$400 [14]
Oh, this! Rising 770 feet on the Feather River, Oroville is the highest one in the United States
dam
$400 [6]
In 1984 he was still known as Leaf when he played Robby in the ABC Afterschool Special "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia"
Joaquin Phoenix
T.J. Sarah
$400 [30]
The east side of this large, triangular citadel faces Red Square
the Kremlin
T.J.
$400 [28]
A dirty, shabby bar
a dive
T.J.
$600 [10]
Da, comrade, he's the traveler seen here
Yuri Gagarin
T.J.
$600 [15]
Bipolar disorder was once known as this type of "depression"
manic
Sarah
$600 [1]
This non-naughty 5-letter "B" word means to bungle a task
to botch
$600 [3]
This actor won an Oscar in 1976, '84 & '98
Jack Nicholson
T.J.
$600 [29]
In the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh, the downtown area is known as this Triangle
the Golden Triangle
$600 [27]
Herb with a mild onion flavor
chive
T.J.
$800 [11]
Hewas a world leader from 1983 to 1989; then he began to be led around
Noriega
Jay
$800 [17]
In 1907 this Swiss mister used the term "complex" to describe clusters of mental associations
Carl Jung
Sarah
$800 [2]
1-word energy industry technique that's the subject of the film "Gasland"
fracking
T.J.
$800 [4]
In the '80s Cesar Romero came aboard this "romantic" title ship as Carlos Belmonte
The Love Boat
T.J.
$800 [23]
From the Greek for uneven, it's the term for atrianglein which no sides are the same length
a scalene triangle
T.J. Jay
$800 [26]
To grow vigorous & healthy
thrive
Jay
$1,000 [12]
Ohio-born Nobel Prize winner seen here
Toni Morrison
Sarah
$1,000 [18]
I love Dr. Freud for using this term for strong feelings of attachment by a patient toward an analyst
transference
$1,000 [8]
That's a load of this, a short "riding" whip
crop
Sarah
DD $2,200 [5]
A 2013 Oscar-winning actor; his surname is also the name of Apollo's mother
Jared Leto
T.J.
$1,000 [22]
In 1911 a devastating fire at this company's factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
T.J. Sarah
$1,000 [9]
In Tennyson it precedes "...to seek, to find, and not to yield"
to strive

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRING OUT YOUR FRED SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND FOUND IN ROY G. BIV ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ACCENTÉ
$400 [22]
"Somebody To Love", a Queen song title, provides the name of a biography of this late lead singer
Freddie Mercury
Sarah
$400 [11]
"The lady is enamored of thee, verily, verily, verily"
"She Loves You"
T.J.
$400 [27]
The third one of these existed in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945
the Third Reich
T.J.
$400 [28]
In Ireland, it began in 1981 as the Ecology Party
the Green Party
T.J.
$400 [29]
Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic medicine with the carbolic type of this, today called phenol
acid
$400 [5]
It comes before a married woman's maiden name
née
Sarah
$800 [21]
Northern readers got the lowdown on slavery in 1845's "Narrative of the Life of" this former slave & orator
Frederick Douglass
T.J.
$800 [10]
"Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?"
"When I'm Sixty-Four"
Sarah
$800 [26]
In 1789 the third of these representative groups covered about 26 million of France's 28 million people
the (Third) Estate
T.J.
$800 [14]
Due to fear of communism, in the 1950s this color was followed by "Legs" to make a new baseball team name
Red
Jay
$800 [30]
Atoms in the compoundcarbon dioxideshare two pairs of electrons, forming a double covalent this
a bond
Sarah
$800 [4]
After a legal proceeding, it's the word for Sadie, Sadie, no longer a married lady
divorcée
T.J.
$1,200 [20]
Born in Berlin in 1901, this composer was known for his collaborations with Alan Jay Lerner
(Frederick) Loewe
Sarah
$1,200 [7]
"Aid me if thou canst, I feel sorrow... & my gratitude is large for thy presence here"
"Help!"
Sarah
$1,600 [24]
The last time a U.S. third party finished ahead of a major party in a pres. election was in this year of Teddy's bully bid
1912
T.J.
$1,200 [13]
This title is borne by heirs apparent to the Dutch throne
the Prince of Orange
T.J.
$1,200 [16]
From Greek for "many", it's a large molecule made up of many smaller molecules
a polymer
Jay
$1,200 [2]
First name of literary giants Malraux & Gide
André
T.J.
$1,600 [19]
This 18th century monarch once quipped, "God is always with the strongest battalions"
Frederick the Great
T.J.
$1,600 [8]
"Dear gentleman or lady, wouldst thou peruse my volume? It hath taken me long to pen, wouldst thou peer at it?"
"Paperback Writer"
Sarah
$2,000 [23]
The Third International was better known as this, an organ of Soviet control over other lands' Communist parties
the Communist International (the Comintern)
T.J.
$2,000 [12]
Frank Sinatra covered this "emotional" Duke Ellington composition in 1955
"Mood Indigo"
$1,600 [15]
An alkyl is a hydrocarbon that has lost one of these atoms that has just 1 proton in its nucleus
hydrogen
Jay
$1,600 [1]
This accented word follows "actor" & "artist" to mean failure in those dreams
manqué
Sarah
$2,000 [18]
In 1989, hebecame president of South Africa; a few years later, he was deputy president
Frederik Willem de Klerk
T.J.
$2,000 [9]
"I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence"
"Ticket To Ride"
DD $4,600 [25]
Waged from 149 to 146 B.C., the Third Punic War resulted in the final destruction of this city & its people's enslavement
Carthage
T.J.
DD $2,200 [6]
The Sennar Dam in Sudan impounds the flow of this
the Blue Nile
Sarah
$2,000 [17]
Created in 2002, the NLA is the National Association devoted to these, like fats & oils
lipids
T.J.
$2,000 [3]
Aux lardons is a popular way to serve this leafy salad vegetable, similar to endive
frisée
Sarah

Final Jeopardy!

DRIVING THE USA

It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage

Texas

Jay "What is California?" — wagered $4,000
Sarah "What is Texas?" — wagered $0
T.J. "What is California?" — wagered $600

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