2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 2.
Alisa Hove — a botany professor from Asheville, North Carolina
Ciara Donegan — a post-bachelor research associate from Washington, D.C.
Tyler Vandenberg — a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | $3,800 | $6,200 | $15,800 |
$31,600
Winner: semifinalist |
$16,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ciara | $4,000 | $6,800 | $15,200 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$15,200
23 R, 1 W |
| Alisa | $1,800 | $3,800 | $7,800 |
$2,800
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
10 R, 1 W |
| ECON 101 | I MARRIED A BEATLE | WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA? | THAT'S "CORN"Y | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED | CHECK IT & SEE |
|
$200
[8]
Governments deal with monopolies by using these sorts of laws that sound like they literally don't have faith
an antitrust law
Tyler
|
$200
[27]
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Ciara
|
$200
[1]
Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos
the Earth
Ciara
|
$200
[22]
Pipe type used by MacArthur & Frosty the Snowman
a corncob pipe
Tyler
|
$200
[23]
In 2007 this bird was removed from the U.S. threatened & endangered species list; nice, with it being a natl. symbol & all
bald eagle
Ciara
|
$200
[24]
Thishairstyle used to have serious buzz
beehive
Ciara
|
|
$400
[9]
The monetary system called this standard allows holders to exchange currency for No. 79 on the periodic table
the gold standard
Tyler
|
$400
[28]
Linda Eastman
Paul McCartney
Tyler
|
$400
[11]
Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor
Turkey
Ciara
|
$400
[20]
An oak tree wannabee
an acorn
Alisa
|
$400
[5]
Thisporcupine-like mammal doesn't turn into a ball to roll quickly & gain video game points, but it does eat snakes & bird eggs
a hedgehog
Ciara
|
$400
[16]
MADAM, I'M ADAMis one
palindrome
Ciara
|
|
$800
[25]
"Diminutive" term for selling unowned stock shares on the gamble that the price will fall
to short
Tyler
|
$600
[21]
Barbara Bach
Ringo
|
$600
[12]
Theon's greatest work, available online, has mathematics useful for understanding this founder of the Academy
Plato
Tyler
|
$600
[15]
In a nursery rhyme, "the lion and" this mythical equine "were fighting for the crown"
unicorn
Ciara
|
$600
[2]
This Aafricaan maammaal is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata, or "tube-toothed"
aardvark
Ciara
|
$600
[17]
This San Francisco street gets all the press, but technically, Vermont St. is more crooked
Lombard St.
Alisa
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Give us an "A" for this word that can mean paying off a debt in installments or by paying into a sinking fund
amortization
|
$800
[29]
Pattie Boyd
George Harrison
|
$800
[13]
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
numbers
Ciara
|
$800
[6]
John with this last name means booze personified
John Barleycorn
|
$800
[3]
Theai, a type of this mammal has three toes on each front foot
a sloth
Alisa
|
$800
[18]
As a cloth is wrung out in space, check the results of this propertythat makes water act like a stretched membrane
surface tension
Ciara
|
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
A strongly free-market school of economics is named for the university of this Midwestern city
the University of Chicago
Tyler
|
$1,000
[30]
Cynthia Powell
John Lennon
Alisa
|
$1,000
[14]
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
Hadrian
Ciara
|
$1,000
[7]
Despite that whole Yorktown debacle, he later fought in Asia & Ireland with great success
Lord Cornwallis
Tyler
|
$1,000
[4]
Melospiza melodia is the song type of this small common brown bird
a (common) sparrow
Alisa
|
$1,000
[19]
Music is the most powerful connector says this Biden administration Secretary of State, seen performing "Hoochie Coochie Man"
(Antony) Blinken
Tyler
Ciara
|
| ISLANDS & PENINSULAS | WE SELL FUN | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… | HATS | QUOTABLE QUOTES | Y_O_Y |
|
$400
[29]
Moses received the law from God on this peninsula now part of Egypt
Sinai
Ciara
|
$400
[1]
It's been Wonder Woman's corporate home since the 1940s
DC Comics
Ciara
|
$400
[15]
Degas often worked with these chalk-like sticks of powdered pigment whose name also means delicate in color
pastels
Tyler
|
$400
[28]
Featured in the "Harry Potter" movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts school
a Sorting Hat
Ciara
|
$400
[23]
The first words he spoke on the telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you"
Alexander Graham Bell
Tyler
|
$400
[30]
Young fellow seenhereon his special day
birthday boy
Ciara
|
|
$800
[2]
Gran Malvina is the name in Argentina for a major island in this group
the Falkland Islands
Alisa
|
$800
[3]
Farmville & Words with Friends are social games from this end-of-the-alphabet company
Zynga
Ciara
|
$800
[12]
1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist
Pollock
Ciara
|
$800
[27]
Douli, the Chinese word for the hat seen here, indicates that it's made of this material
bamboo
Tyler
Ciara
|
$800
[18]
Following the 1992 L.A. riots, he asked, "Can we all get along?"
Rodney King
Alisa
|
$800
[17]
A letter with no signature was sent this way
anonymously
Alisa
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Not pokeland or protrudeland but this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark
Jutland
Ciara
|
$1,200
[4]
Dungeons & Dragons comes from the company called these "Wizards"
Wizards of the Coast
Ciara
|
$1,600
[7]
Georges Seurat painted "A Sunday on" this island, literally "the big platter"
La Grande Jatte
Tyler
|
$1,200
[26]
The name of this often brimless hat, popular in the 1920s, is French for "bell", after the shape of the hat
a cloche
|
$1,200
[16]
In 2005 he urged Stanford's graduating class, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life"
Steve Jobs
Alisa
|
$1,200
[13]
To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words
your alley
Tyler
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In the 1760s this island's attempt at independence was quashed when Genoa sold it to France
Corsica
Tyler
|
$1,600
[5]
Companies like Hasbro have sold this Pokeproduct, a handheld encyclopedia of Pokemon characters
the Pokédex
Tyler
|
$2,000
[8]
This late graffiti artist's paintings are paired with Maya Angelou's poems in the children's book "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
Basquiat
Alisa
|
$1,600
[21]
This Grand Ole Opry comedy star used to wear a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached
Minnie Pearl
Alisa
|
$1,600
[19]
At the Brandenburg Gate in 1987, President Reagan gave "Mr. Gorbachev" this 4-word challenge
tear down this wall
Ciara
|
$1,600
[14]
This officious person always has meddling to do
a busybody
|
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Vietnam & China both claim the Paracel islands, which include Rocky Island & Woody Island, in this body of water
the South China Sea
Tyler
|
$2,000
[22]
This gaming company merged with Blizzard in 2008; Microsoft bought the combined co., maker of Candy Crush & Call of Duty
Activision
Tyler
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
A 1912 work by Marc Chagall is titled after this musician found in the title of a Broadway show
The Fiddler
Tyler
|
$2,000
[25]
In Wagner's operas, this eldest Valkyrie is stereotypically dressed in a horned helmet & breastplate
Brünhilde
|
$2,000
[20]
In April 1970, this mission commander informed Houston, "We've had a problem"
Jim Lovell
|
$2,000
[24]
Degenerative muscular disease
dystrophy
Ciara
|
Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee
the Warren Commission