Show #8962 2023-10-31 (taped 2023-09-13) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

Katie Hargrove — a professional organizer from Redondo Beach, California

Hari Parameswaran — a hardware engineer from Cupertino, California

Aaron Craig — an attorney originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aaron	$4,400	$7,600	$14,000	$10,798 Winner: semifinalist	$13,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Hari	$2,800	$4,800	$17,200	$6,200 2nd place: $5,000	$22,800 25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Katie	$-400	$0	$3,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$3,600 5 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN	SOURCE OF THE LATE NIGHT BIT	SHOW ME THE MONKEY	HMMM, I WONDER	SEXY STUFF	"E"ASY DOES IT
$200 [26] The Capricorn Highway lies on the Tropic of Capricorn in the state of Queensland in this country Australia Hari	$200 [25] "Jaywalking" Jay Leno Aaron	$200 [30] Eagles & leopards are known to hunt De Brazza's monkeys, but intrusion by these primates is their biggest threat humans Hari	$200 [5] Florida, Puerto Rico & this form the apexes of a triangle within which ships & planes disappear Bermuda Hari	$200 [29] A queen ant of one species coats these with a pheromone that stops other ants from destroying them her eggs Aaron	$200 [20] These are found at the duller end of a pencil erasers Hari
$400 [18] This South American behemoth is the only country crossed by both the Tropic of Capricorn & the equator Brazil Aaron	$400 [24] "Freestylin' with The Roots" Jimmy Fallon Katie	$400 [28] Old World monkeys like our friend thepottosdon't have prehensile these; many New Worldmonkeysdo prehensile tails Aaron	$400 [27] The Witiko creature of Algonquian myth may be a forerunner of this mystery of the Northwest Bigfoot Hari	$400 [23] "Warm" 4-letter word for a period of sexual receptiveness heat Aaron	$400 [16] Theobelisk in St. Peter's Squarewas brought to Rome by Caligula from Heliopolis in this country Egypt Aaron
$600 [17] The largest island through which the Tropic of Capricorn passes is this one off Africa's eastern coast Madagascar Aaron	$600 [14] "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" Jimmy Kimmel Katie	$600 [22] Saki monkeysare diurnal which means this is when they like to get things done daytime Hari	$600 [13] A reader of these checks out the line of Mars & mount of Venus palms Aaron	$600 [19] In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails (Ulysses S.) Grant Aaron	$600 [10] One of the 2 official languages of the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga English Hari
$800 [1] The Tropic of Capricorn separates two climatic zones--the tropical one &this zone that extends south to the Antarctic Circle a temperate zone (the southern temperate zone)	$800 [2] "Will It Float?" David Letterman	$800 [21] Thehanuman languris named for a monkey god of this religion Hinduism Hari	DD $1,000 [4] Appropriately, Champ is the name of this lake's version of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster Lake Champlain Aaron	$800 [3] Muskrat love includes the formation of these monogamous "bonds" for the duration of breeding season pair bonds	$800 [9] Despite an investment of over $250 million this car model seenheredid not sell well in the U.S. the Edsel Aaron
$1,000 [12] In 2000 a monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn was built in this Chilean desert Atacama Hari	$1,000 [15] "This Week in Numbers" Seth Meyers	$1,000 [11] It's the 5-letter name of the monkey seen here; what a tool drill Katie	$1,000 [6] Meaning "far movement", it's the strange power of moving things without touching them telekinesis Aaron	$1,000 [7] Vajrayana is another name for this type of Buddhism that's associated with sexuality tantric Hari	$1,000 [8] As a verb it means to consider valuable or regard with admiration; as a noun, it often follows "high" in a positive sense esteem Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS	THE WORLD SERIES	FRANK GEHRY	NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM	MONSTER MANUAL	WORDS IN HALLOWEEN
$400 [30] Aptly, this author of "Tropic of Capricorn" was, in fact, a Capricorn Henry Miller Hari	$400 [17] In even-numbered years of 2010, 2012 & 2014, Madison Bumgarner & Tim Lincecum pitched in as this team won the World Series the San Francisco Giants Aaron	$400 [26] Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 2.9 million Toronto Aaron	$400 [29] Faces are garishly lit by gas lamp in "At the Moulin Rouge", one of his many depictions of Parisian nightlife Toulouse-Lautrec Aaron Hari	$400 [28] A wyvern is a smaller, 2-legged, 2-winged, usually non-fire-breathing type of this a dragon Katie	$400 [27] You might spin one "of fortune" a wheel Aaron
$800 [21] Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" MLK (Martin Luther King) Hari	$800 [16] Truly Mr. October, this outfielder hit 10 home runs in 98 World Series at bats Reggie Jackson Aaron	$800 [24] Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives cardboard Hari	$800 [22] Edward Hopper captured the isolation of urban life in this 1942 masterpiece depicting a diner that's open late Nighthawks Hari	$800 [23] Monsterologists are in debate on how this ugly demon differs from the version with "hob" in front a goblin Hari	$800 [25] It may be short-eared or great horned an owl Hari
$1,200 [14] In emergencies, Capricorns are resourceful, like this woman who nursed the wounded in the 1st Battle of Bull Run Clara Barton Aaron	$1,200 [15] This team refused admission to a local tavern owner's billy goat in 1945, & the ensuing curse lasted until the 2016 World Series the Cubbies Aaron Hari	$1,200 [12] The Gehry-designed Nationale-Nederlanden building seenhereis informally known as this film dancing pair Astaire & Rogers (Fred & Ginger) Hari	$1,200 [2] "Circus Sideshow", completed in 1888, was this artist's first night painting using the pointillist technique Seurat Hari	$1,200 [6] The Orkney & Shetland Islands are where selkies, creatures that appear as these "S"ea mammals, call home seals Hari	$1,200 [9] Temporary financial aid a loan Aaron
$1,600 [20] Capricorns like privacy, but this ultra-rich man born Dec. 24, 1905 took that love of privacy to an unhealthy extreme Howard Hughes Katie	$1,600 [11] In the 1919 World Series, this "Black Sox" player hit .375 & did not commit an error, footwear & all Shoeless Joe Jackson Katie	$1,600 [1] The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry Bilbao Aaron Hari	$2,000 [4] In Rousseau's "Sleeping Gypsy", a full moon hangs in the night sky while this animal catches the scent of the title figure a lion Hari	$1,600 [8] It had a woman's head & a bird's body & met up with the Argonauts; c'mon, get... harpies Hari	$1,600 [7] Saintly nimbus a halo Hari
$2,000 [19] John C. Fremont was glad to have this sure-footed Capricorn guiding him along the Oregon Trail in 1842 Kit Carson Hari	$2,000 [10] In 1981 there were 3 World Series MVPs: Ron Cey, Steve Yeager & Pedro Guerrero, all of this team the Los Angeles Dodgers Aaron	$2,000 [5] In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "the Nobel of Architecture" the Pritzker Prize Hari	DD $7,600 [3] He painted "Night Fishing at Antibes" just before the outbreak of World War II Picasso Hari	DD $4,000 [13] In "The Once and Future King" this beast is described as "falco leonis serpentis" a griffin Hari	$2,000 [18] Rodin sculpted the "Gates of" this Hell Hari

Final Jeopardy!

NAME'S THE SAME

This first name is shared by a character introduced in 1941 & a member of royalty who is sixth in line to the British throne

Archie

Katie "What is Beat" — wagered $3,600

Aaron "What is Charlotte Hi Evan & Camille ♡" — wagered $3,202

Hari "What is James?" — wagered $11,000

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