Show #8974 2023-11-16 (taped 2023-10-18) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

Scott Plummer — a software developer from Golden, Colorado

Tim Moon — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Amy Bekkerman — a copy editor from Durham, New Hampshire

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$3,400	$5,000	$12,200	$12,200 Winner: semifinalist	$11,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Tim	$1,800	$1,800	$3,800	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$3,800 16 R, 4 W
Scott	$1,400	$3,200	$2,800	$5,599 2nd place: $5,000	$10,400 13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

UP ABOVE	POP MUSIC	WHAT THE DICKENS!	JAILHOUSE ROCK	DAD, GUM IT	WE'LL SPOT YOU A LETTER
$200 [7] To be superior is to be this shampoo brand "above the rest" Head & Shoulders Amy	$200 [14] Before she was an independent woman, Beyoncé was part of this group that hit with "Independent Women, Pt. 1" Destiny's Child Tim	$200 [5] Charles Dickens called this decorated yuletide item a "pretty German toy" a Christmas tree Amy Scott	$200 [25] Al Capone & Machine Gun Kelly did time on this rock in San Francisco Bay Alcatraz Scott	$200 [18] Nicorette is a gum designed to help your dad stop doing this smoking Tim	$200 [30] Last letter Y:It "breeds contempt" familiarity Tim
$400 [8] Rumors led Caesar to divorce his wife, who we now proverbially say "must be above" this reproach (suspicion) Tim	$400 [11] In 2021 she became the youngest artist to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with her song "drivers license" Olivia Rodrigo	$400 [1] "The Parish Boy's Progress" is the subtitle of this 1838 novel Oliver Twist Amy	$400 [20] From 1964 to 1982 this Nobelist was incarcerated on rocky Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town Mandela Tim	$400 [12] Born Frances Gumm, she made her singing debut at age 2 in her dad's theater & then went on to visit Oz Judy Garland Amy	$400 [26] First letter H:A small village a hamlet Tim
$600 [6] In film budgeting, writers, producers & talent are idiomatically considered this above the line Tim	$600 [15] In 1988 Tracy Chapman had a hit with this auto tune; 35 years later, Luke Combs' cover of it is a country hit "Fast Car" Amy	$800 [3] Nell Trent's grandfather runs the title establishment at the opening of this novel The Old Curiosity Shop Scott	$600 [22] The infamous penal colony on this rocky islet off the coast of South America opened in 1852 Devil's Island Tim	$600 [13] When a man with this last name offered gum with his dad's baking powder, it started a chewing gum empire Wrigley Tim	$600 [27] Third letter V:The conditional agreement made to humanity by God, as revealed in scripture covenant Amy
$800 [9] To hang suspended in place above something, like a helicopter to hover Scott	$800 [19] (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" Scott	DD $1,000 [2] This title character becomes a successful author & marries Dora Spenlow David Copperfield Amy	$800 [23] Kurdish nationalist Abdullah Öcalan is an inmate held on this country's rocky island of Imrali Turkey Amy Scott	$800 [16] This "colorful" gum-chewing girl has a golden ticket that gets her & her dad in to see Willy Wonka Violet Beauregarde Amy Tim	$800 [28] Sixth letter G: Phosphorescence, or the pleasant remembrance of past glory afterglow
$1,000 [10] Wordsworth wrote, "Lines composed a few miles above..."this place Tintern Abbey Amy	$1,000 [21] Ice Spice & this singer whose fans are called Barbz are fittingly on the "Barbie" soundtrack with "Barbie World" Nicki Minaj Tim	$1,000 [4] He takes Charles Darnay's place at the scaffold in "A Tale of Two Cities" Sydney Carton	$1,000 [24] Thischateauon a tiny rock in the Mediterranean was a prison in real life, not just in "The Count of Monte Cristo" the Château d'If	$1,000 [17] Gumby's father has this name, from a Bantu word for "okra" Gumbo	$1,000 [29] First letter P:These wavelike contractions move food through the digestive tract peristalsis Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCULPTURE	ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES	THE NAME OF THE LAW	THAT'S MISLEADING	BRIDGE ON THE RIVER	KAUAI
$400 [19] As opposed to a full statue, this type of sculpture shows only the head & shoulders of a person a bust Tim	$400 [24] "Time to rock it from the delta to the DMZ!" Good Morning, Vietnam Tim	$400 [28] The handgun act named for this man was signed into law in 1993 (James) Brady Tim	$400 [30] A young goat's daytime snooze kid nap Scott	$400 [12] Southwark Bridge the Thames Amy	$400 [29] Dress appropriately if you visit Mount Waialeale, which gets more than 30 feet of this a year rain Amy Tim
$800 [4] c. 1415 Donatello sculpted a relief of St. George slaying this mythical beast a dragon Scott	$800 [13] "My first day as a woman, I'm getting hot flashes" Mrs. Doubtfire Scott	$800 [23] 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act was named for this late congressman who penned a 1965 No. 1 pop hit Sonny Bono Scott	$800 [21] Eyed an equine saw horse Tim	$800 [10] Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi Tim Scott	$800 [25] The most green of Hawaii's islands, Kauai is nicknamed this "Isle", reflecting its botanical bounty the Garden Isle Scott
$1,200 [5] Thisfamous statue of Aphrodite, now in the Louvre, was discovered on an island in the Aegean in 1820 Venus de Milo Tim	$1,600 [15] "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win" Patch Adams Amy	$1,200 [1] A tariff act named for Smoot & this congressman raised import duties to protect U.S. businesses Hawley Amy	$1,200 [20] Hey, yellow fruit, leave, just get on out of here, dig? banana split Amy	$1,200 [8] TheO'Connell & Seán O'CasO'CaseO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'O'CaseygesO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'CaseO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'Caseyges the Liffey Scott	$1,200 [6] One look at Waimea Canyon& you'll see why it's called this of the Pacific after a mainland natural wonder the Grand Canyon Tim
$1,600 [17] In this movement, which is French for "hobby horse", sculptures are made of such items as machine parts Dada	$2,000 [16] "Boys, you must strive to find your own voice" the Dead Poets Society Tim Scott	$1,600 [2] The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 was named for James Byrd Jr. & this Casper, Wyoming man Matthew Shepard	$1,600 [22] A perch rolls strikes & spares fish bowl Amy	$1,600 [9] The 3,580-foot-long Peace Bridge the Niagara River	$1,600 [7] Kauai & its small neighbor Niihau were the only Hawaiian islands not conquered by this king Kamehameha Amy
$2,000 [18] In 1937 this British sculptor said that he associated the openings in his hole-y works with caves Henry Moore	DD $4,400 [14] "Look at me, son. It's not your fault" Good Will Hunting Scott	$2,000 [3] Named for an Illinois representative, 1910's White Slave Traffic Act is better known as this "Act" the Mann Act	DD $3,200 [26] Paintings seen along the sloping path for wheelchairs ramp art Scott	$2,000 [11] Prague's Charles Bridge the Vltava (the Moldau)	$2,000 [27] In the movie version of "South Pacific", Kauai's beautiful North Shorewas used as this exotic isle Bali Hai Scott

Final Jeopardy!

POETS

1793 reports of the killing of Hector Munro by a wild animal in India may have inspired one of this man's best-known poems

William Blake

Scott "Who is Blake?" — wagered $2,799

Tim "Who is Kipling? :)" — wagered $3,800

Amy "Who is Kipling?" — wagered $0

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