2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 5.
Matt Mierswa — an attorney from River Edge, New Jersey
Andrew Chaikin — a musician and teacher from San Francisco, California
Laura Portwood-Stacer — an editor and author originally from Livonia, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $1,600 | $4,400 | $6,400 |
$12,700
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,400
10 R, 0 W |
| Andrew | $2,600 | $3,600 | $18,200 |
$18,242
Winner: semifinalist |
$14,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Matt | $1,800 | $2,600 | $7,200 |
$7,644
3rd place: $5,000 |
$9,800
19 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| PURPLE PROSE & POETRY | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY | TO "L" WITH SCIENCE | SPORTS STUFF | ALSO A SUPERHERO | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH |
|
$200
[22]
This song mentions "purple mountain majesties"
"America The Beautiful"
Andrew
Matt
|
$200
[23]
These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seenheretook place
a séance
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
On average, this organ produces up to 2.5 pints of bile every day
liver
Andrew
|
$200
[30]
This league adopted a rule in 2020 that prevented teams from manipulating the game clock via dead-ball fouls
the NFL
Matt
|
$200
[28]
A 1903 George Bernard Shaw play is called "Man and" him
Superman
Laura
|
$200
[27]
The Connecticut, not the Maine, version of the sandwich called this roll gets my vote but why use a hot dog bun?
a lobster roll
Andrew
|
|
$400
[21]
"After thinking it over for some time", this purple crayon-toting tot went for "a walk in the moonlight"
Harold
Matt
|
$400
[20]
Be careful when you come across one of these, a "double-goer" in German--some can be evil & dangerous
a doppelgänger
Laura
|
$400
[17]
A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun
a limb
Laura
|
$400
[29]
In golf, the driver is referred to as this number wood
1
Matt
|
$400
[24]
Some might say Polyphemus, one of these giants, was rude in eating Odysseus' men, so Odie blinded him
Cyclops
Matt
|
$400
[1]
I love the contrast of the banh mi's julienned veggies with this long, thin French bread, but it's essential you toast it
a baguette
Matt
|
|
$600
[12]
Author who wrote that it angers God "if you walk by the color purple in a field... and don't notice it"
(Alice) Walker
Matt
|
$600
[18]
In the 1930s the Daily Mail printed Robert Wilson's now-famous photo that purported to show its head & neck
the Loch Ness Monster
Matt
|
$800
[8]
When you activate a light stick, the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light
luminescence
|
$600
[16]
In college, this basketball star was the first freshman named National Player of the Year
(Kevin) Durant
Andrew
|
$600
[6]
This Black Sabbath song says, "He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field"
"Iron Man"
Andrew
|
$600
[2]
I like the sweet marshmallow creme with savory peanut butter in this sammy, a New England fave, but don't love the texture
a fluffernutter
Laura
|
|
$800
[13]
Milton wrote of this Roman god, "that first from out the purple grape crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine"
Bacchus
Andrew
|
$800
[7]
Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form
an out-of-body experience
Andrew
|
$1,000
[9]
5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome
a locus
Andrew
|
$800
[25]
This British soccer club was truly fab in 2019, winning the UEFA Champions League
Liverpool
Laura
|
$800
[5]
If you're driving & one of these pointing to the right lights up, turn right!
green arrow
|
$800
[3]
You can count on enjoying this ham, turkey & Swiss sandwich, dipped in an egg & milk mix & then fried, but must you dip it in jam?
a Monte Cristo
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[14]
This lord's poem "Locksley Hall" tells of "pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales"
Tennyson
Andrew
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
From the Greek for "outer" & "form", this supernatural substance is said to exude from a medium & be used by a spirit to manifest
ectoplasm
Laura
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats & oils
a lipid
Andrew
|
$1,000
[19]
Honus Wagner signed a historic contract in 1905 that saw him endorse this baseball bat with a Kentucky city in its name
a Louisville Slugger
Laura
Matt
|
$1,000
[11]
Nondescript name of the Volkswagen seen here
Thing
Matt
|
$1,000
[4]
I'm glad we've gone from paper to wafers to cookies as the "bread" for this "sandwich"; I still like the old name, hokey pokey
an ice cream sandwich
Andrew
|
| ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS | A SONG IN THAT MOVIE | ALMOST ASSASSINATED | THEY COME IN THREES | FLAGS | FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK |
|
$400
[23]
Most visitors to the Capitoline Museums don't turn to stone when they see Bernini's bust of this slithery gal
Medusa
Laura
|
$400
[10]
"Over The Rainbow" (1939)
The Wizard of Oz
Matt
|
$400
[29]
February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami
FDR
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
This Kellogg's trio look pretty spry, considering they turned 90 in 2023
Snap, Crackle & Pop
Matt
|
$400
[28]
It's the rather cheerful name for the flag seen here
the Jolly Roger
Andrew
|
$400
[21]
You may feel one in the room, but we're talking about military conscription
a draft
Laura
|
|
$800
[11]
Legend says that if you toss a coin in to this Baroque masterpiece, you'll return to Rome
Trevi Fountain
Matt
|
$800
[9]
"Lose Yourself"(2002)
8 Mile
Matt
|
$800
[30]
May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal
Pope John Paul II
Andrew
|
$800
[26]
Through WWII, this candy bar had 3 pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, vanilla & strawberry; now it's all chocolate
3 Musketeers
Matt
|
$800
[16]
Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this many flags
50
|
$800
[20]
It's the measure ofcreamatop the brownie
a dollop
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[4]
The Pinacoteca, a collection of religious paintings begun by Pius VI, is one of manymuseumsin this enclave
Vatican City
Andrew
|
$1,200
[5]
Heard here is a song from this 1979 film
Hair
Matt
|
$1,200
[14]
September 5, 1975 while greeting a crowd in Sacramento, California
Gerald Ford
Andrew
|
$1,200
[25]
In 1882 Germany, Italy & Austria-Hungary formed this, renewing it periodically until World War I
the Triple Alliance
Andrew
|
$1,200
[15]
A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road
Black Flag
Laura
|
$1,200
[19]
The nature of a deity; some universities have a "school" for it
divinity
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Roman ceilings, walls & floors display this type of art made of bits of material; you can walk on fineexamplesin Ostia
mosaic
Andrew
|
$1,600
[6]
"When You Wish Upon A Star"(1940)
Pinocchio
Andrew
|
$1,600
[13]
August 22, 1962 when his luxury Citroen was attacked near Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
This name for 3 wars between Rome & Carthage comes from the Greek for "Phoenician"
Punic
Matt
|
$2,000
[2]
Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Flag & this man rode in a parade with one shortly before his 1978 assassination
(Harvey) Milk
Andrew
|
$1,600
[18]
A sheriff in the Old West might do this to someone, making him part of law enforcement
deputize
Matt
|
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
In the Gallery of Borghese, Caravaggio's portrait of this saint shows him with his head still on his shoulders
John the Baptist
Andrew
|
$2,000
[8]
"Puttin' On The Ritz" (1974)
Young Frankenstein
Andrew
|
$2,000
[12]
October 14, 1912 on his way to a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Teddy Roosevelt
Matt
|
$2,000
[22]
In Greek & Roman myth, 3 goddesses who determined human destinies were called these, a synonym for destinies
the Fates
Andrew
|
DD
$2,600
[1]
The main flag on a warship is called this, also a rank in the Navy
the ensign
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
This name for a free-for-all fight comes from an Irish fair known for its rioting
donnybrook
Matt
|
The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC's Upper West Side
Only Murders in the Building