Show #8989 2023-12-07 (taped 2023-11-07) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

Robin Lozano — a technology chief of staff from Shavertown, Pennsylvania

Yungsheng Wang — a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana

Scott Shewfelt — a writer originally from Tavistock, Ontario, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Scott	$2,400	$2,000	$14,400	$4,400 2nd place: $5,000	$10,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Yungsheng 永勝	$2,200	$4,800	$12,000	$23,000 Winner: semifinalist	$12,000 15 R, 4 W
Robin	$3,200	$5,000	$4,800	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$7,600 18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

OKLAHOMA!	SUPER BOWL STARS	FIRE PLACE	ON THE "T"ABLE	4 YOUR CONSIDERATION	A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY
$200 [26] This nickname for Oklahomans stems from those who jumped the homesteading starting gun in 1889 a Sooner Scott	$200 [28] After throwing for 286 yards & 2 TDs, he was named the chief reason for Kansas City's victory in Super Bowl 54 Mahomes Robin	$200 [14] 1871:The Hôtel de Ville in this city is burned during the Commune Paris Yungsheng 永勝	$200 [13] You can serve stew or soup out of one of these deep-lidded dishes a tureen Robin	$200 [29] The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one bass Robin	$200 [30] Having a fixed or lifeless expression glazed Robin
$400 [25] It's Oklahoma's leading crop & is especially big in the north, near the Kansas border wheat Robin	$400 [27] Only 10 Super Bowl MVPs have been defensive players; 4, like Super Bowl 50 star Von Miller, played this position linebacker Scott	$400 [22] 1871:The "Great Fire" of this city starts in a barn on De Koven Street Chicago Scott	$400 [4] A fancy fungus & a chocolate confection are both called this a truffle Scott	$400 [16] Of the 4 seasons, the one when you'll most likely find an animal in its hibernaculum winter Robin	$400 [9] A light drizzle a sprinkle Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$600 [21] Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation Cherokee Scott	$600 [1] The career leader in Super Bowl points is this 49er & Raider who was on the receiving end of 8 TD passes Jerry Rice Yungsheng 永勝	$600 [15] 1925:A fire melts a whole lot of wax at this landmark London place Madame Tussaud's Scott	$600 [11] "T"-errific hot sauces include Tapatío & this brand from the McIlhenny company Tabasco Robin	$600 [17] For Christmas cards & bills alike, these got their new +4 format in 1983 ZIP Codes Robin	$600 [10] Someone intimidating is said to "reduce you to" this jelly Scott
$800 [20] Thishumorist & native son lends his name to Oklahoma City's main airport Will Rogers Robin	$800 [5] Franco Harris holds the career Super Bowl record for these yards, 354 in 4 games, all Steelers' victories rushing Yungsheng 永勝	DD $1,000 [3] Circa 50 B.C.:This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say) Alexandria Robin	$800 [12] Pewter is a traditional material for this vessel with a lid a tankard Robin	$800 [18] For UFO fans, a close encounter of the 3rd kind is meeting aliens; this is one of the 4th kind getting captured by them (abduction) Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [23] No longer in vogue old-fashioned Yungsheng 永勝
$1,000 [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center is in this city, also home to the University of Oklahoma Norman Robin	$1,000 [8] Tom Brady threw 2 interceptions in Super Bowl 49 but ended up MVP after this Seahawk tossed his one interception in the last minute Russell Wilson Scott	$1,000 [7] A 1776 fire destroyed this city's Teatro Regio Ducale; La Scala was built to replace it Milan Scott	$1,000 [6] A Moroccan stew is named for this implement in which it'scooked a tagine Yungsheng 永勝	$1,000 [19] Four patterns of Greek letter-named brain waves are beta, alpha, delta &this one from 4 to 8 hertz that allows access to the unconscious theta waves Robin	$1,000 [24] Surname of a late 1830s Dickens title character Twist Yungsheng 永勝

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS	AMPHIBIANS	DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK	LABOR UNIONS	IT'S RAINING MENSA	STAR WARS BEFORE & AFTER
$400 [24] It's a symbol of the all-American way of life apple pi Yungsheng 永勝 Robin	$400 [17] The wood frog of the Arctic can live with 65% of its body frozen due to using this sugar in its blood as an antifreeze glucose Robin	$400 [30] Thisman came & went in the highest office in the land Hoover Scott Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [18] Also a journal they may keep, the Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these sailors Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [19] Nolan Gould played less than Mensa-esque Luke Dunphy on this sitcom but Nolan's 150 IQ made the grade Modern Family Scott	$400 [23] 14th century European pandemic that destroyed Alderaan the Black Death Star Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [25] What baby needs, according to craps players a nu pair of shoes Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [5] Sirens are aquatic salamanders that can breathe through lungs as well as through these gills Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [29] The long, strange trip of this drug began with its synthesis on Nov. 16, 1938 LSD Robin	$800 [8] The UP of the AAUP, they teach your older children well university professors	$800 [20] Before he passed away in 2012, this general who led the Persian Gulf War went "stormin'" to a Mensa membership Schwarzkopf Scott	$800 [1] Han Solo's son paired with an edgy cartoon Chihuahua & cat Kylo Ren & Stimpy Scott
$1,200 [26] Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system a hi-phi Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [6] Snakes have these on the outside of their skin, but caecilians, which resemble snakes, have them embedded in folds in the skin scales Robin	$1,200 [11] A photographic plate taken at the Lowell Observatory on January 23, 1930, helped identify this object Pluto Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [9] In 2012 SAG merged with this union & together they went on strike in 2023 AFTRA Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [13] Part of the "Foundation" of the life of this prolific sci-fi author was being honorary vice president of Mensa Isaac Asimov Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [2] "Wake up" to this 1971 Rod Stewart song that's a perfect greeting for any Jedi "Maggie May" the force be with you
$1,600 [27] In song, she's asked, "What's that flower you have on?" Delta Dawn Yungsheng 永勝	$2,000 [21] This 3-letter term is the terrestrial juvenile stage of development of the eastern newt when the body turns bright orange an eft Robin	$1,600 [10] In 1928 he won the general election for Louisiana governor using the slogan "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown" (Huey) Long Scott	$1,600 [12] California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians correctional officers	$1,600 [14] Come up with the geodesic dome like this engineer & you can be president of Mensa like he was Fuller Robin	$1,600 [3] TV's "Love Boat" who's now reached the rank of general the Pacific Princess Leia
$2,000 [28] A type of violent windstorm a psi-clone	DD $3,000 [7] Although this "biblical" frog is the world's largest at around 12 inches long, its tadpoles are the same size as other frogs' a goliath frog Robin	DD $6,400 [16] He became the Cook County Jail's most famous inmate on Oct. 24, 1931 Al Capone Scott	$2,000 [22] When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time postal employees Robin	$2,000 [15] Leslie Charteris had the smarts for Mensa & also to come up with the character of Simon Templar, star of this book series The Saint Scott	$2,000 [4] Sylvia Plath novel about an annoying floppy-eared outcast from Naboo The Bell Jar Jar Binks Robin

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language

Esperanto

Robin "What is English?" — wagered $4,800

Yungsheng 永勝 "What is Esperanto?" — wagered $11,000

Scott "What is French?" — wagered $10,000

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