Show #8982 2023-11-28 (taped 2023-10-19) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs final game 2.

Contestants

Nick Cascone — an orthopedic physician assistant originally from Queens, New York (subtotal of $9,300)

Dennis Chase — a biotech project manager from Palm Springs, California (subtotal of $3,000)

Jen Jazwinski — a youth services librarian from Algonquin, Illinois (subtotal of $5,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jen $800 $1,600 $3,800 $7,600 $7,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dennis $4,000 $7,200 $16,400 $4,900 $16,400
22 R, 1 W
Nick $3,600 $5,800 $14,600 $29,200 $14,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WRITERS' WORDS SECONDS SLINGING ARROWS A CAPITAL IDEA? THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE
$200 [25]
The formal, concise statement of the meaning of a word; I worked out for weeks to get it for my muscles
definition
Dennis
$200 [1]
The largest library in the world is the British Library in London; this American library is second, even at 145 million items
the Library of Congress
Dennis
$200 [23]
This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen
Jen
$200 [15]
Thiscomposer was dreaming of a white Christmas right up until his death in 1989 at age 101
(Irving) Berlin
Dennis
$200 [26]
The agency FAMS puts these people on planes; they rank among those with the highest handgun accuracy
air marshals
Nick
$200 [10]
Here's the truth--it's Russian for "truth"
pravda
Nick
$400 [7]
It's a French word for a trite phrase, & the French have their own, like "J'ai dormi comme une souche", "I slept like a stump"
a cliché
Nick
$400 [8]
He was the second president of the Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Nick
$400 [24]
The cruel but cowardly King Joffrey liked the heft of a crossbow on this HBO drama
Game of Thrones
Dennis
$400 [16]
Her father Francissays at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut"
Sofia Coppola
Dennis
$400 [27]
In 2003 this federal agency that protects national VIPs was absorbed into the department
the Secret Service
Nick
$400 [11]
In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes
a bird
Dennis
$600 [4]
From the French for "kind", it's a distinctive category of literature like comedy or horror
genre
Dennis
$800 [2]
From 1577 to 1580 he commanded the second voyage ever to go around the world
Drake
Dennis
$600 [20]
Daryl Dixon put his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show
The Walking Dead
Dennis
$600 [17]
Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C.
a Lhasa apso
Nick
$600 [28]
You may be able to keep your shoes on in airport security with this agency's precheck program
the TSA
Dennis
$600 [14]
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
spinach
Nick
$800 [5]
The use of only a few words to convey meaning, it's said to be "the soul of wit"
brevity
Jen
DD $1,000 [9]
Henry VIII secretly married this second wife in 1533, after she got pregnant
Anne Boleyn
Nick
$800 [21]
Sam Claflin said the bow & arrow was the toughest part of his role as a duke enchanted by Kristen Stewart in this fairy tale
Snow White and the Huntsman
Jen
$800 [18]
Hostages who under stress grow emotionally attached to their captors are exhibiting this syndrome
Stockholm syndrome
Jen
$800 [29]
You'll find this branch of the military under the DHS umbrella
the Coast Guard
$800 [12]
Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
13
Dennis
$1,000 [6]
"Pathetic" or not, it's a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
a fallacy
$1,000 [3]
In 1974 he became the second U.S. vice president appointed under the terms of the 25th Amendment
Nelson Rockefeller
Dennis
$1,000 [22]
In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse
Brave
Nick
$1,000 [19]
A vacuum cleaner salesman & spy named Jim Wormold is the protagonist of this Graham Greene novel
Our Man in Havana
Jen
$1,000 [30]
The Customs & Border Protection website has updated wait times at crossings, like this U.S. city's Windsor Tunnel
Detroit
Dennis
$1,000 [13]
In German, berg is this topographical feature on a map
a mountain
Nick

Double Jeopardy! Round

REMEMBER THE MANE NAME THAT 1990s YEAR STARDUST FLOWER POWER PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING 4 N LANGUAGE
$400 [7]
He's the fight promoter seen here
Don King
Nick
$400 [15]
Bob Dole loses the presidential election
1996
Nick
$400 [18]
This word for a large system of stars comes from the Greek for "milk"
a galaxy
Dennis
$400 [16]
By dropping 2 letters in Osiris' name, you get this Greek goddess who shares her name with a flower
Iris
Jen
$400 [25]
The Teamsters union is formally called an "International" one of these
a Brotherhood
Dennis
$400 [20]
Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song
ninety-nine
Nick
$800 [9]
If you lived through the '70s, you must remember her hair & probably that poster
Farrah Fawcett
Dennis
$800 [27]
Michael Jordan is named MVP of the NBA Finals
1993 ('91, '92, '96, '97 or '98)
Jen
$800 [19]
Noted astronomer Fred Whipple famously defined a comet as an enormous, dirty one of these
a snowball
Nick
$800 [17]
I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "ne m'oubliez mie"
a forget-me-not
Dennis
$800 [26]
Woodrow Wilson lived to see this organization grow out of the last of his 14 Points
the League of Nations
Nick
$800 [21]
"U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this
unintentional
Jen
$1,200 [10]
Bouffant hair & a pillbox hat were part ofherlook that sparked a fashion trend
Jacqueline Kennedy
Nick
$1,200 [28]
Iraq invades Kuwait
1990
$1,200 [4]
Algol is one of these, 2 stars revolving around each other, also called a double star
a binary (system)
Jen
$1,200 [1]
This computing term for a series of peripherals connected to a computer sounds like a flower bracelet
a daisy chain
Jen
$1,200 [3]
A mountain pass is home to the "Christ the Redeemer of the Andes" statue, symbolizing peace between these 2 countries
Argentina & Chile
Dennis Nick
$1,200 [22]
It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary
the Annunciation
Dennis
$1,600 [11]
Whenthis"Felicity" star cut her hair & fans freaked out, a WB exec said, "Nobody is cutting their hair again on our network"
Keri Russell
Dennis
$1,600 [29]
An earthquake levels buildings & overpasses in L.A. on January 17
1994
Nick
$2,000 [8]
The Oort Cloud & its inner region, this belt, are thought to contain billions of comets
the Kuiper Belt
Nick
$2,000 [6]
Type of "Wine" mentioned in the title of a 1957 Ray Bradbury novel
dandelion
Dennis
$1,600 [13]
The E that's "packaged" in this organization's acronym used to stand for Europe; now it stands for everywhere
CARE
Dennis
$1,600 [23]
Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869
transcontinental
Dennis
$2,000 [12]
He's toured & recorded with his Large Band
Lyle Lovett
Jen
$2,000 [30]
The euro currency is officially introduced into financial markets
1999
Jen
DD $5,000 [5]
A faint constellation in the northern sky, Camelopardalis represents this animal
the giraffe
Jen
DD $2,800 [2]
Austria's national flower is this one that Rodgers & Hammerstein described as "small & white, clean & bright"
edelweiss
Jen
$2,000 [14]
Habitat for Humanity's program of short-term international trips is called "Global" this
Global Village
$2,000 [24]
Inopportune or untimely, like the title "Woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel
Inconvenient

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY GEOGRAPHY

This state university's Writers' Workshop has had famous alumni who wrote about the state, like Jane Smiley & W.P. Kinsella

the University of Iowa

Jen "What is Iowa?" — wagered $3,800
Nick "What is Iowa?" — wagered $14,600
Dennis "What is SUNY??" — wagered $11,500

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