2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds semifinal game 3.
Brian Adams — a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California
Jilana Cotter — a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida
Dave Pai — a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $3,800 | $5,600 | $11,200 |
$10,800
2nd place: $10,000 |
$15,400
22 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jilana | $1,000 | $1,800 | $11,500 |
$22,400
Finalist |
$10,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brian | $800 | $1,600 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,200
10 R, 3 W |
| IT'S GONNA BLOW! | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD | MESSAGE IN A BATTLE | HAIKU ABOUT THE POET | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS | KISS MY GRITS! |
|
$200
[17]
Thiswind instrument evolved from the aura & the symphonium of the 1820s
the harmonica
Jilana
|
$200
[19]
Hewas only 15 when he became an international Grandmaster in 1958
Fischer
Dave
|
$200
[22]
Cornwallis surrendered on this Virginia peninsula in 1781; message to George III:Game over
Yorktown
Dave
|
$200
[23]
Born in Beatrice / Worshiped a girl named Florence / Oops, got that backwards
Dante
Jilana
|
$200
[30]
AKA a pancake or hotcake(26 points)
a flapjack
Dave
|
$200
[28]
Eaten for breakfast or as a side dish, hominy grits are made from this
corn
Dave
|
|
$400
[16]
In first position this instrument's slide is fully retracted; in 7th position, fully extended
trombone
Brian
|
$400
[18]
Known for playing a TV lawyer, he got buff & turned action-movie star for 2021's "Nobody"
Odenkirk
Dave
|
$400
[21]
3 legions were massacred in the 9 A.D. Battle of the Teutoburg Forest; message to this empire:Don't cross the Rhine!
the Roman Empire
Jilana
|
$400
[20]
"Queen Mab" was so fab / Was the groom of Frankenstein / Not waving, drowning
Shelley
Dave
|
$400
[29]
To make the pressure between 2 forces the same(26 points)
equalize
Dave
|
$400
[27]
Developed in Louisiana, praline is a sweet traditionally made with brown sugar & these nuts
pecans
Brian
|
|
$600
[3]
A thin membrane helps this instrument produce its distinctive sound
a kazoo
Brian
|
$600
[6]
He conquered the charts with "Dream Lover", "Splish Splash" & "Mack The Knife"
Bobby Darin
Jilana
|
$600
[1]
The Viet Cong launched a major offensive on this lunar festival in 1968; message to LBJ:Hell, no!
Tet
Dave
|
$600
[14]
American guy / "The Wreck of the Hesperus" / That's all you should need
Longfellow
Jilana
|
$600
[10]
Rusted, from a chemical point of view(26 points)
oxidized
Jilana
|
$600
[7]
The hip-hop group that sings "Let's Get It Started" shares its name with this ingredient of Hoppin' John
the Black Eyed Peas
Jilana
|
|
$800
[5]
There are bass & alto versions of this popular orchestra instrument heard here
a flute
Dave
|
$800
[11]
After years of yelling at soldiers as a first sergeant in the Air Force, this man vowed to use a more soothing voice painting on TV
(Bob) Ross
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The English crushed the Highland clans at Culloden Moor in 1746; message to this would-be king:Stop pretending!
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward, the Pretender)
Dave
|
$800
[24]
"Aurora Leigh", whoa! / 19th century lady / Let me count the ways
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Dave
|
$800
[15]
8-letter adjective meaning similar to a fake doctor or to a duck's call (26 points)
quackish
Dave
Brian
|
$800
[8]
It's said that yapping dogs were fed these fried dumplings to keep quiet, hence their name
hush puppies
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Heard here, its name is from the German for "flank horn", from its use in battle
a flugelhorn
Jilana
|
$1,000
[12]
This was Janis Joplin's only No. 1 hit as a solo performer
"Me And Bobby McGee"
|
$1,000
[13]
On "Black Thursday" 1943, the U.S. lost 60 of these bombers on a single raid; message:Need escort fighters!
the Flying Fortress (the B-17)
|
$1,000
[25]
A joy forever / Big "into Chapman's Homer" / Tuberculosis
Keats
Jilana
|
$1,000
[26]
8-letter adjective describing the science of animals(20 points)
zoologic
Dave
Jilana
|
$1,000
[9]
This "colorful" southern gravy is made from ham drippings, hot coffee & water
red-eye (red gravy)
Dave
Brian
|
| TO THE EXOPLANETS! | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX | A "LA" CARTE | WHAT A BODY | POTPOURRI | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[24]
NASA has found Earthlike planets within a "habitable zone"--the area in a star system where this could exist in liquid form
water
Jilana
|
$400
[30]
1979:Dudley Moore & Bo Derek in"____"
X
Brian
|
$400
[19]
The musical "Rent" was loosely based on this Puccini opera
La bohème
Brian
|
$400
[18]
These gland-like nodes only have a "Y" to serve as their vowel
lymph nodes
Jilana
|
$400
[26]
Fuego, Nitro & Blue Heat are flavors of these rolled corn tortilla chips
Takis
Jilana
Brian
|
$400
[22]
It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on"
blah
Dave
|
|
$800
[23]
In 2013 Caltech scientists announced there are more than 100 billion planets in this alone--about one per star
the Milky Way
Dave
|
$800
[29]
1968:Keir Dullea in"____:a Space Odyssey"
MMI
Dave
|
$800
[11]
It's the administrative capital of Bolivia
La Paz
Dave
|
$800
[17]
The colon is the major part of this "large" body tube
the large intestine
Brian
|
$800
[25]
Travel guides dubbed the area seen here this color coast; the name of the color comes from the country it's in
the Turquoise Coast
Jilana
|
$800
[21]
Led Zeppelin knows that this word refers to a concluding passage of a musical piece or a ballet
a coda
Brian
|
|
$1,200
[4]
The first Earth-size exoplanets were found by the NASA satellite launched in 2009 & named for this 17th c. German astronomer
Kepler
Brian
|
$1,200
[7]
2009:Sharlto Copley in"District ____"
IX
Dave
|
$1,200
[9]
Stick around after visiting the L.A. County Museum of Art & you can see this gooey attraction right next door
the La Brea Tar Pits
Jilana
|
$1,200
[8]
Three cuneiform bones, along with the metatarsals, help form each of these foot parts that may leave you flat
your arches
|
$1,200
[12]
This word meaning to raise anchor has nothing to do with how heavy it is; it's from old Saxon for to lift or carry
weigh
Jilana
Brian
|
$1,200
[20]
A symbol of life in Egypt, it's also known as an ansate cross
an ankh
Jilana
|
|
$1,600
[5]
In 1992 the first exoplanets were found orbiting one of these rotating stars that emit regular bursts of radiation
pulsars
Dave
|
$1,600
[28]
2009:Zooey Deschanel in"(____) Days of Summer"
D
Dave
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1682 he led the first European expedition to follow the Mississippi to its mouth
La Salle
Dave
|
$1,600
[15]
Vitamin D is activated when the skin is exposed to this radiation
ultraviolet
Jilana
|
$1,600
[13]
Thisdoozy of a car won the 1924, '25 & '27 Indy 500s
a Duesenberg
Brian
|
$1,600
[1]
This word from Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" means "to communicate sympathetically"
to grok
|
|
DD
$3,200
[6]
In 1995 astronomers confirmed the first exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star, in this "equine" constellation
Pegasus
Dave
|
$2,000
[27]
2007:Gerard Butler & Lena Headey in"____"
CCC
|
DD
$2,900
[10]
It's the celebrated region in Spain that's shown here
La Mancha
Jilana
|
$2,000
[16]
Bradycardia refers to a slow resting heartbeat; this is the opposite, a fast one
tachycardia
Jilana
|
$2,000
[14]
It's the Hebrew name for the prayer shawl seen here
a tallit
|
$2,000
[2]
This rhyming Latin term is used to describe a judgment or decree that is not yet final
nisi
|
John Steinbeck called this "one of the great songs of the world" & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels
"The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"