Show #8963 2023-11-01 (taped 2023-09-13) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

Dave Rapp — a writer from Valley Village, California

Nancy Donehower — a retired college admission counselor from Portland, Oregon

Dana Hill — a stay-at-home mom from Thousand Oaks, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dana $1,800 $5,000 $14,200 $0
3rd place: $5,000
$11,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Nancy $1,400 $2,800 $8,400 $6,400
2nd place: $5,000
$8,400
12 R, 2 W
Dave $3,600 $5,600 $18,400 $28,401
Winner: semifinalist
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE NAME THAT TUNESTER GROOVY BYE, GEORGE! YEAH, WE WENT THERE 6-SYLLABLE WORDS
$200 [27]
In 1925this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it three years later
Margaret Mead
Nancy
$200 [23]
"I came in like a wrecking ball, I never hit so hard in love, all I wanted was to break your walls"
Miley Cyrus
Dave
$200 [9]
In carpentry, this body part "& groove" form a joint between 2 boards
tongue
Dana
$200 [8]
After Dec. 14, 1920 Notre Dame could begin winning one for this man
the Gipper (George Gipp)
Dave
$200 [30]
We stopped by the magnificent Cliffs of Moheron this Emerald Isle
Ireland
Dave
$200 [14]
The name of this type of doctor comes from the Latin for "beast of burden"
a veterinarian
Dana
$400 [26]
In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus
Louis Pasteur
Nancy
$400 [1]
"I got my first real six string, bought it at the 5 & dime, played it till my fingers bled, was the summer of '69"
Bryan Adams
Dana
$400 [29]
Seen here are grooves in this Buckeye State; scoured into limestone 18,000 years ago by the great ice sheet
Ohio
Dave
$400 [28]
On Jan. 21, 1950 the clock struck 13 for this novelist
Orwell
Dave
$400 [20]
Made it to the top of 22,600-foot Ojos del Salado one of the highest peaks in this mountain range
the Andes
Dana
$400 [15]
In this type of complex, one has a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment
inferiority
Dana
$600 [6]
In 1667 the U.K.'s Margaret Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at this science society
the Royal Society
$600 [2]
"But I set fire to the rain, watched it pour as I touched your face, well, it burned while I cried"
Adele
Dave
$600 [17]
Much of the cortical surface of this is hidden in grooves called sulci
the brain
Dave
$600 [10]
Thisking's speech ended on February 6, 1952 in Sandringham
George VI
Nancy
$600 [13]
Took in the rugged scenery & the lemon festival along this country's Amalfi Coast
Italy
Dana
$800 [19]
Common in cases of ADHD & autism, "sensory" this is basically too much input
overstimulation
Nancy Dave
$800 [5]
In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16
Luther Burbank
Dave
$800 [18]
"Give it away, give it away, give it away now, give it away, give it away, give it away now, awwww, aw yeah!"
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dana
$800 [7]
This Simon & Garfunkel tune is also known as "The 59th Street Bridge Song"
"Feelin' Groovy"
Nancy
$800 [11]
After this composer met his "Messiah" in 1759, he was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey
Handel
Dave
$800 [12]
Great snorkeling & diving in this largebayoff Chittagong & Chennai
the Bay of Bengal
Dave
$1,000 [21]
Both Betsy Ross & Dolley Madison were disowned by the Quakers for marrying men from this denomination
an Episcopalian
$1,000 [25]
The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle
Hans Krebs
$1,000 [16]
"She's up all night to the sun, I'm up all night to get some, she's up all night for good fun, I'm up all night to get lucky"
Pharrell (Daft Punk)
Dave
$1,000 [4]
The wife of this U.S. president opposed his career as a judge, feeling it was a "fixed groove"
Taft
Dave
$1,000 [24]
It was through the hourglass & bye, this writer, on June 8, 1876
George Sand
Dana
$1,000 [3]
Paid my respects at the Gandan Monasteryin this capital city of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Dave
DD $3,000 [22]
Title for Sir Francis Drake, due to a specific feat he accomplished in 1580
a circumnavigator
Dana

Double Jeopardy! Round

A FISH CALLED... RWANDA MOVIE COMEDIES GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN I'M ON THE CASE GO "OME"
$400 [23]
The "walking" type of this fish, the Clarias batrachus, can travel across land in search of water
the walking catfish
$400 [22]
It's the official language shared by Rwanda & Senegal
French
Nancy
$400 [14]
In "A Fish Called Wanda", she's a woman called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis
Nancy
$400 [4]
Her magic girdle induced love, as magic girdles will do, & Romans had her say, I'm no mighty Aphrodite, I'm your this
Venus
Dana
$400 [30]
Go through Marbury v. Madison to see how this Chief Justice established the power of judicial review
(John) Marshall
Dana
$400 [29]
A covered sports stadium
a dome
Dave
$800 [16]
Thisbeautiful rasbora that shares its name with a romance book brand is sure to be the talk of the tank
harlequin
Dana
$800 [15]
She established a gorilla research center in Rwanda in 1967
Dian Fossey
Nancy
$800 [1]
In addition to playing the titular Deadpool, this actor provided the voice of Juggernaut in the 2018 sequel
Ryan Reynolds
Dana
$800 [6]
Greeks were from Ares, Romans, from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture
Mars
Dave
$1,200 [27]
Look into why these two Italian anarchists were tried in 1921, but not sentenced to death until 1927
Sacco & Vanzetti
Dave
$800 [13]
Friendly garden fellow seen here
gnome
Dana
$1,200 [17]
Popular fly fisherman quarry seen here
rainbow trout
Nancy Dave
$1,200 [21]
Rwanda & this neighboring nation were ruled by Belgium until 1962
Burundi
Nancy
$1,200 [2]
Justin Bartha goes missing in this 2009 film--in his place is a baby in a closet & a live tiger
The Hangover
Dana
$1,200 [9]
What's Dis? It's another name for this Roman god who took over for Hades
Pluto
Dave
$1,600 [26]
Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution
Scopes
Nancy
$1,200 [12]
A weighty book
tome
Dana
$1,600 [18]
Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the massive blue type of this
a marlin
Dana Nancy
$1,600 [20]
Now with a population of about 1.7 million, this city became the capital upon Rwanda's independence
Kigali
Nancy
$1,600 [3]
This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
Airplane!
Nancy
$1,600 [8]
The ancient Romans didn't need this Greek god anymore, not after renaming him Vulcan
Hephaestus
Dana
$2,000 [25]
See how on Earth the justices voted 7-1 in this man v. Ferguson in 1896, advancing the "separate but equal" doctrine
Plessy
Dave
$1,600 [11]
Metal used for plating
chrome
Dana
$2,000 [24]
Thisfilet favorite is the one & only
sole
Dana Dave
$2,000 [19]
This contemporary & rival of Sir Richard Burton became the first European to visit the area of Rwanda in 1858
John Speke
$2,000 [5]
A man's mundane life is interrupted by a zombie apocalypse in this comedy starring Simon Pegg
Shaun of the Dead
Dana
DD $5,000 [7]
Most of the Greek myths for Athena were adopted by the Romans for this goddess whose temple was on Capitoline Hill
Minerva
Dave
DD $9,000 [28]
Brush up on Earl Warren's opinion for the 5-4 majority in 1966 on this man v. Arizona, regarding police questioning
Miranda
Dave
$2,000 [10]
A problem on the one numbered 17 can lead to leukemia
chromosome
Dana

Final Jeopardy!

21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate

2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain)

Nancy "What is 2004?" — wagered $2,000
Dana "Who is For" — wagered $14,200
Dave "What is 2008?" — wagered $10,001

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