2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 9.
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
| 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) |
| 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
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$800
[11]
After this composer met his "Messiah" in 1759, he was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey
Handel
Dave
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$800
[12]
Great snorkeling & diving in this largebayoff Chittagong & Chennai
the Bay of Bengal
Dave
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$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
|
| 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
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$400
[14]
In "A Fish Called Wanda", she's a woman called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis
Nancy
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
|
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)