Show #8967 2023-11-07 (taped 2023-09-14) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds final game 1.

Contestants

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

Jilana Cotter — a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida

Emily Sands — a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Emily $4,000 $6,800 $22,400 $30,400 $15,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jilana $4,000 $7,600 $11,000 $3,000 $20,000
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Aaron $400 $1,600 $7,200 $10,000 $7,200
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ? BANDS IN OTHER WORDS CRITTERS DEATH TAXES LATIN PHRASES
$200 [26]
You'll find San Jose, California about 90 miles southwest of this state capital
Sacramento
Jilana
$200 [24]
Walloping gourds
Smashing Pumpkins
Emily
$200 [29]
It's the world's tallest land animal whose young is known as a calf
a giraffe
Jilana
$200 [12]
From Latin, it means "after death", when an autopsy would be done
post mortem
Aaron
$200 [30]
In New York City, it's 8.875%; in Schenectady, 8.0%
a sales tax
Aaron
$200 [8]
Lapsus linguae, a sudden, unfortunate utterance, translates to this 4-word phrase
a slip of the tongue
Emily
$400 [25]
San Jose in this country is on the main highway from Manila to Aparri
the Philippines
Emily
$400 [23]
Americanbomber planesintroduced in the 1950s
the B-52s
Emily
$400 [28]
The 2 panda species are the 6 to 12-poundred panda& this 200 to 250-pound species
a giant panda
Emily
$400 [1]
The Amanita genus of these includes some that are lethal to humans, including the death cap
mushrooms
Aaron
$400 [27]
Informal 3-letter name for a tax on alcohol, tobacco & other activities considered not beneficial to users or society
a sin tax
Jilana
$400 [6]
Said at funerals, requiescat in pace translates to this
rest in peace
Aaron
$600 [13]
San Jose Succotz in Belize is the starting point for Xunantunich, famous for its ruins of this people
the Mayans
Emily Jilana Aaron
$600 [16]
Unused young goats for sale at an auction
New Kids on the Block
Emily Jilana
$600 [19]
Not tabbies or flabbies, but these house cats are known as Abys
Abyssinians
Jilana
$600 [9]
Docs recommend babies sleep on their backs or sides to ward off this, SIDS for short
sudden infant death syndrome
Emily
$600 [14]
In January 2012, thisGOP candidate said he was "proud of the fact I pay a lot of taxes"
Mitt Romney
Emily
$600 [3]
Agnus Dei is this 4-legged animal "of God"
lamb
Jilana
$800 [7]
If you mean San José de las Lajas, it's in la Habana province in this country
Cuba
Jilana
$800 [18]
.75 foot tacks
Nine Inch Nails
Jilana
$800 [20]
Unlike a human's, a shark's skeleton is made of this elastic tissue, not bone
cartilage
Jilana
$1,000 [11]
A final pose is depictedhereby this French painter
Jacques-Louis David
$800 [15]
Widely used in the European Union, the VAT stands for this
a value added tax
Emily
$800 [4]
In utero means "within the womb"; this other phrase describes something that happens "in glass"
in vitro
Emily
$1,000 [2]
San José Island off Texas in the Gulf of Mexico is this type of narrow island parallel to the shore
a barrier island
Jilana
$1,000 [22]
Communal foe
Public Enemy
Emily
$1,000 [21]
Hey, Dean! 8 species make up this group of weasel-like mammals including the fisher & sable
martens
Emily
DD $1,600 [10]
The London space called this "Green" has a memorial to those, such as Margaret Pole, who were beheaded there
Tower Green
Emily
$1,000 [17]
It ensures that those who get tax breaks pay at least a certain amount; Kiplinger's called it "the tax we love to hate"
the AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax)
Aaron
$1,000 [5]
i.e. is short for this, meaning "that is"
id est
Jilana

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALBERT CAMUS DUDE-ER-ONOMY MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS GOVERNMENT & POLITICS YOU'RE GETTING VERY SLEEPY STARTS WITH...
$400 [7]
On Dec. 10, 1957 Albert Camus received this prize in Stockholm, Sweden
the Nobel Prize (for Literature)
Emily
$400 [27]
Thisactor played a Lebowski, not the Big Lebowski, but the dude abides
Jeff Bridges
Emily
$400 [28]
Heads up! She's the subject in the Caravaggio painting seen here
Medusa
Jilana
$400 [29]
The spoils system of rewarding supporters with jobs is also called this, from the Latin for "father"
patronage
Aaron
$400 [25]
Term for a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness; it comes from the Greek for "deep sleep"
a coma
Aaron
$400 [30]
W:To rouse someone from sleep, or a vigil over someone unrouseable
a wake
Jilana
$800 [6]
Dr. Bernard Rieux fights a rising epidemic (which symbolizes the Nazi occupation of France) in this Camus novel
La Peste ( The Plague )
Jilana
$800 [26]
Be cool, man, & name this 1969 flick where Billy & Captain America hit the road, man; now those were some dudes, man
Easy Rider
Aaron
$800 [23]
A painting by Heinrich Friedrich Füger shows this Greek god seated nude with his trident
Poseidon
Jilana
$800 [12]
This obstructive tactic is used by senators to block potential legislation by debating it as long as possible
a filibuster
Aaron
$800 [24]
This piece of camping gear can be mummy, tapered or rectangular
a sleeping bag
Emily Aaron
$800 [22]
K:Term for a German emperor
a Kaiser
Jilana
$1,200 [3]
Camus was born in this then French colony, the setting of some of his works
Algeria
Jilana
$1,200 [8]
On this drama, Kendall Roy rapped to his dad, Logan, "L to the OG, dude be the OG, A-N be playin', playin' like a pro, see"
Succession
Aaron
$1,200 [18]
A painting by Paul Cezanne shows "Leda and" this bird
a swan
Aaron
$1,200 [11]
Before she was U.S. Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo created this state's Ocean State Investment Pool
Rhode Island
Emily
$1,200 [2]
Robert Frost wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have" this obligation "and miles to go before I sleep"
promises to keep
Jilana
$1,200 [21]
Z:Ardently devoted or diligent
zealous
Aaron
$1,600 [4]
In the original French, the first line of this Camus novel is "Aujourd'hui, maman est morte"
The Stranger
Emily
$1,600 [5]
Whoa! In 1991 these 2 title dudes got a sequel & totally returned to take a "Bogus Journey"
Bill & Ted
Jilana
$1,600 [17]
A painting by Rubens shows Andromeda, chained to a rock, being freed by him
Perseus
Jilana
$1,600 [9]
In 2011 the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct became the much shorter named Committee on these
Ethics
Emily
$1,600 [14]
These brain waves produced during deep sleep are named for the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
delta waves
Jilana Aaron
$1,600 [1]
V:8-letter term for a nomad
a vagabond
Emily
DD $9,000 [15]
Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jilana
$2,000 [13]
Hedidn't say much as Silent Bob in "Clerks", but no one in the film could say anything without him; he wrote the pic too
Kevin Smith
Aaron
$2,000 [16]
In a painting by Agnolo Bronzino, Cosimo de' Medici is portrayed as this poet & lyre player
Orpheus
Jilana
DD $8,000 [10]
Randhawa is the maiden name of this Republican, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Nikki Haley
Emily
$2,000 [20]
He's the Shakespearean character who muses, "...in that sleep of death what dreams may come..."
Hamlet
Jilana
$2,000 [19]
U:The noun you "take" when you feel offended
umbrage
Jilana

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD HISTORY

This African capital renamed an area Mexico Square to honor Mexico's WWII-era support of its sovereignty during Italian occupation

Addis Ababa

Aaron "What is Addis Ababa?" — wagered $2,800
Jilana "What is Ethiopia" — wagered $8,000
Emily "What is Addis Ababa?" — wagered $8,000

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