2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs semifinal game 2.
Amy Bekkerman — a copy editor from Durham, New Hampshire
Ed Hashima — a community college history professor from Sacramento, California
Jen Jazwinski — a youth services librarian from Algonquin, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen | $2,800 | $2,800 | $20,200 |
$40,400
Finalist |
$12,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Ed | $5,000 | $7,000 | $23,000 |
$5,000
3rd place: $10,000 |
$19,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Amy | $1,400 | $6,600 | $14,600 |
$29,100
2nd place: $10,000 |
$14,600
16 R, 0 W |
| THE "A" LIST | BIBLICAL ZOO | WHATCHAMACALLIT | THEY COME IN SEVENS | PUT ME IN | COACH |
|
$200
[30]
The word embassy comes from this job of working in an embassy
ambassador
Jen
|
$200
[18]
Symbolic animals in the KJV include the dragon & this single-horned animal mentioned in Numbers 23:22
a unicorn
Amy
|
$200
[23]
You're ready for a home project with a whole set of this tool that includes a trademark name
an Allen wrench
Jen
|
$200
[28]
The only one of the Seven Wonders of the World that still remains is the Pyramidsof this city
Giza
Amy
|
$200
[12]
Put me, this nut, into a milk chocolate bar & you have the "Joy" I've provided since 1946
an almond
Ed
|
$200
[7]
In 2008 "Coach K", the hoops headman at this school, led the USA to Olympic gold in Beijing
Duke University
Ed
|
|
$400
[29]
It's the absence of any form of political authority
anarchy
Ed
|
$400
[17]
The Old Testament talks about the jungle on the Jordan's banks & this animal roaring within
a lion
Amy
|
$400
[22]
Traditionally in India, a riding seat called a howdah is howdah person rides on the back of this animal
an elephant
Amy
|
$400
[27]
Can I get an amen for Pope Gregory, who thankfully reduced the list of these to 7
deadly sins
Amy
|
$400
[13]
You can't use plain old rice if you're going to make sushi; it's got to be treated with me, the "rice" type of this
vinegar
Jen
|
$400
[8]
Before moving to the NFL in 1954, heserved for 5 years as an assistant coach at Army
Vince Lombardi
Ed
|
|
$600
[4]
Theseinsects, also known as plant lice, are captured & milked by many ants for the honeydew liquid they produce
aphids
Jen
|
$600
[1]
Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields
foxes
Jen
Amy
|
$600
[19]
Thishybrid breed gets its curls from the dog alluded to in the latter part of its name
a Labradoodle
Jen
|
$600
[24]
Steve McQueen's "Magnificent" movie was actually a remake of a film about 7 of these guys
Seven Samurai
Ed
|
$600
[14]
Any cowboy knows a Roy Rogers requires me, this pomegranate-flavored syrup
grenadine
Jen
|
$600
[9]
I've got this team that jingle, jangle, jingles under head coach Gregg Popovich
the San Antonio Spurs
Ed
|
|
$800
[5]
The name of this refractive defect of the eye comes from the Greek
astigmatism
Ed
|
$800
[2]
According to Deuteronomy 17:1, if your bullock is blemished you can't use it as this
a sacrifice
Jen
|
$800
[20]
That part of the comb that holds the teeth, it's also named for a body part
a spine
Amy
|
$800
[25]
Tolkien should have consulted with the Brothers Grimm before having 13 of these accompany Bilbo in "The Hobbit"
Dwarves
Amy
|
$800
[15]
Sure, put mozz & parm in lasagna--as long as you have me, this spreadable wonder Bon Appetit calls "fluffiest cheese in the land"
ricotta
Amy
|
$800
[10]
They may have tried to win one for the Gipper, but Notre Dame won a lot for this coach, too: he went 105-12-5
Knute Rockne
Ed
|
|
$1,000
[6]
You can control light entering a camera by varying the diameter of this, which acts like the iris in the human eye
aperture
Ed
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
After crossing this, Miriam led a chorus of "the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea"
the Red Sea
Jen
|
$1,000
[21]
It's the 5-letter word for the end of a shoelace, made of either plastic or metal, so it's easier to thread
aglet
Amy
|
$1,000
[26]
This group of defendants included Abbie Hoffman & Tom Hayden, who were convicted in 1970
the Chicago Seven
Ed
|
$1,000
[16]
Is it a fruit or is it a vegetable? Who cares? It's also called a Mexican green tomato& I put it in your salad
a tomatillo
Jen
Amy
|
$1,000
[11]
Geno Auriemma led this university to back-to-back 39-0 championship years in women's hoops
the University of Connecticut
Ed
|
| NORDIC LITERATURE | CARTOON THEME SONGS | NAME THAT REBELLION | MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES | ____ OF ____ | OXYMORONS |
|
$400
[13]
There are no singing Jamaican crabs in the original version of this Andersen tale about a sea-dweller who comes ashore
The Little Mermaid
Ed
|
$400
[4]
"They're the world's most fearsome fighting team... they're heroes in the half shell & they're green"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Amy
|
$400
[9]
China, 1900:"Fighters" versus foreigners & Christians
the Boxer Rebellion
Ed
|
$400
[30]
This city's Our Lady of the Angels Cathedralis said to be a postmodern interpretation of Spanish missions
Los Angeles
Ed
|
$400
[29]
In football, it's theboundary between the teamsprior to the snap of the ball
the line of scrimmage
Ed
|
$400
[16]
Alliterative expression of dismay favored by "Peanuts" characters
good grief
Ed
|
|
$800
[6]
Created by Astrid Lindgren, this little redheaded literary girl thinks her father lives far away as a cannibal king
Pippi Longstocking
Jen
|
$800
[3]
"Here he comes... he's a demon on wheels"
Speed Racer
Ed
|
$1,200
[11]
Ulster & Wexford, 1798: One of many called by this national adjective
the Irish Rebellion
Jen
|
$800
[27]
Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired cantilevers abound in the style called "New" this Dutch seat of government
the New Hague School
|
$800
[28]
Had Julius Caesar heeded the warning about this day, he might have survived it
the Ides of March
Ed
|
$800
[20]
1980 Travolta movie about mechanical bulls & bravery
Urban Cowboy
Ed
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Sweden is a grim place in this first book of the "Millennium" series in which Lisbeth & Mikael solve a 40-year-old crime
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Jen
|
$1,200
[1]
"I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause"
Pokémon
Ed
|
$1,600
[14]
Virginia, 1676:A "hammy" colonist & his followers versus Native Americans & the governor
Bacon's Rebellion
Ed
|
$1,200
[21]
Brutalism influenced the design ofthisD.C. building, named for a long-serving law enforcement official
the Hoover Building
Ed
|
$1,600
[24]
Made from gypsum, this white powder mixed with water is used in sculpture to make molds & casts
plaster of Paris
Jen
|
$1,200
[17]
A substitute master of ceremonies for a TV talk show
guest host
|
|
$1,600
[8]
"Faceless Killers" was book No. 1 in the series about this soul-searching police inspector played on TV by Kenneth Branagh
Wallander
Ed
|
$1,600
[2]
"Long tails and ears for hats"
Josie and the Pussycats
|
$2,000
[15]
Virginia, 1831:Led by this man, it was the bloodiest in the history of American slavery
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Ed
|
$1,600
[22]
Architect Oscar Niemeyer was an exponent of modern design in South America, like his own work designing this capital city
Brasilia
Jen
|
$2,000
[25]
As seen on the map, this islandlies between England & Ireland, & about 20 miles south of Scotland
the Isle of Man
Ed
Amy
|
$1,600
[18]
It's the oxymoronic name for the comparatively small instrument seen here
a baby grand
Amy
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Early works by this Norwegian playwright include the tragedy "Catiline", published under a pseudonym in 1850
Ibsen
Jen
|
$2,000
[5]
"We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks"
Animaniacs
Amy
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
Pennsylvania, 1794:The Feds versus farmers over a tax on liquor
the Whiskey Rebellion
Ed
|
$2,000
[26]
High-tech architecture is on view with this Paris landmark
the Centre Pompidou
Ed
|
DD
$9,000
[23]
Similes, metaphors& personification, for example
figures of speech
Jen
|
$2,000
[19]
"People talking without speaking" is from this Simon & Garfunkel song
"The Sound Of Silence"
Amy
|
First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun
helium