Show #8990 2023-12-08 (taped 2023-11-07) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

Jon Spurney — a writer and musician from Los Angeles, California

Carmela Chan — a researcher from San Diego, California

Gary Hollis — a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gary	$4,000	$1,600	$21,200	$26,801 Winner: semifinalist	$18,800 19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Carmela	$1,600	$3,000	$13,400	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$13,400 18 R, 2 W
Jon	$800	$3,600	$10,000	$19,999 2nd place: $5,000	$12,000 18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL	WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL	OLIVE ME	THE IVY LEAGUE	GEOGRAPHIC TITLES	AS EASY AS A-B-C
$200 [22] This organ breaks down ingested nutrients into small particles & mixes them with gastric juices to make chyme the stomach Jon	$200 [30] Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games (Pete) Rose Carmela	$200 [28] "When you're" at this restaurant, "you're family" the Olive Garden Jon	$200 [23] It was founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island Brown Carmela	$200 [12] "Death in ____" &"The Merchant of ____" Venice Jon	$200 [26] Horse-riding style without a saddle bareback Carmela
$400 [21] The trigone is a triangular area of this organ between the opening of the urethra & the 2 ureters the bladder Gary Jon	$400 [29] Alphabetically, he's the first player listed in Baseball's Hall of Fame Hank Aaron Jon	$400 [27] Cold-pressed olive oil is naturally low in this & is classified by its ascending level of it acidity	$400 [15] Its official street address is 2960 Broadway Columbia Gary	$400 [11] "Shogun:A Novel of ____ " Japan Gary	$400 [25] It describes Shakespeare's pentameter iambic Gary Carmela
$600 [1] The diencephalon, part of this organ, includes the thalamus the brain Carmela	$600 [16] In 1982, heset a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887 (Rickey) Henderson Carmela	$600 [19] For an authentic Greek salad, you need feta cheese &these almond-shaped Greek olives Kalamata Carmela	$600 [3] Its sports teams are known as the Bulldogs Yale Carmela	$800 [8] "Karma's Embrace: A Novel of ____ " & "A Passage to ____ " India Jon	$600 [14] It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late fabricate Gary Carmela
$800 [5] The epicardium is its outer layer the heart Gary	$800 [20] Thispitcher won 7 Cy Young Awards--one with New York, two with Toronto, three with Boston & one with Houston Roger Clemens Gary Jon	$800 [17] Olive oil is high in this type of fat whose name tells you it has only one type of a certain bond per molecule monounsaturated Gary Carmela Jon	$800 [2] Its school color is crimson & that's the veritas Harvard Jon	$1,000 [9] Michener's one-word 1959 Polynesian title, "____" Hawaii Jon	$800 [4] The title of a Lewis Carroll poem, it now means meaningless words or gibberish "Jabberwocky" Gary
$1,000 [6] Each of these organs has a visceral pleura & a parietal pleura the lungs Carmela	$1,000 [24] Hesaid, "Nice guys finish last", and proved it; he took over the Cubs in 1966 & managed them to last place Leo Durocher Jon	$1,000 [18] Thisthick spread made from capers & black olives hails from Provence tapenade Jon	$1,000 [13] You'll find this school in Hanover, population roughly 10,000 Dartmouth Gary	DD $2,000 [10] JFK's thesis, then bestseller:"Why ____ Slept" England Jon	$1,000 [7] This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth diamondback

Double Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL	CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE?	WORKING ON A BUILDING	CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES	A MUSE ME	WORDS FROM ARABIC
$400 [13] The wood for theorganin this Salt Lake City edifice came from Utah's Pine Valley Mountains the Mormon Tabernacle Jon	$400 [14] "No thanks, Mrs. Robinson. I don't know what a 'cougar' is & I don't think I want to find out. Is Elaine home?" The Graduate Carmela	$400 [24] 82 A.D.: Domitian adds a level of nosebleed seats to this amphitheater so more Romans can watch gladiatorbleeds the Colosseum Gary	$400 [25] It's the job of the fictional Athos musketeer Jon	$400 [30] Look! up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Urania, muse of this science! astronomy Jon	$400 [29] Derived from the Arabic sawahil, meaning "of the coast", it's a language on the African continent Swahili Carmela
$800 [12] One of the world's largest church organs is in Cadet Chapelat this institution in New York State West Point Gary	$800 [7] "Oh, geez... George, it turns out Bedford Falls would be better off if you'd never been born. Now... this is awkward" It's a Wonderful Life Carmela	$800 [22] 1163: Pope Alexander III lays the foundation stone for this Paris cathedral; bells & bell-ringers come later Notre Dame Gary	$800 [4] You need a good line of patter to do this job, heard in action here auctioneer Jon	$800 [16] Need help in this subject in school? Call up Clio--as the muse of it, she'll fill you in on facts & dates history Gary	$800 [28] The fragrant name of this "Aladdin" princess comes from an Arabic word Jasmine Carmela
$1,200 [8] An album of Bach played on the 4 organs of Freiburg was released in 1974 in this type of 4-channel sound quadraphonic Jon	$1,200 [3] "Off the plane, Vic. Ilsa & me, we're headin' back to Paris! Here's lookin' at you gettin' outta my seat, kid" Casablanca Gary	$1,200 [15] 1941-43: 15,000 American workers labor day & night to turn swampland into this federal office complex the Pentagon Gary	$1,200 [1] Profession of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling engineer Gary	$1,200 [10] Whether transverse or end-blown, Euterpe is the muse of these instruments flutes Jon	$1,200 [19] Originally a set of tables recording astronomical movements, today it can be an annual reference book of articles & events an almanac Carmela
$1,600 [9] An organ built at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia has nearly 30,000 of these pipes Carmela	$1,600 [5] "No. Wilson woulda killed you, Terry. You wouldn't have been a contender, just a bum, which is what you are. Sorry" On the Waterfront Carmela	$2,000 [26] 1238: Muhammad Iba Al Amar begins work on this Moorish masterpiece the Alhambra Gary	$1,600 [2] It's another term for a 17th century pirate of the Caribbean a buccaneer Carmela	$1,600 [17] The name of this muse of love poetry is an anagram of ORATE Erato Gary	$1,600 [20] If you don't know that this popular beverage comes from the Arabic qahwah, you get 2 lumps, not one coffee Gary
$2,000 [11] Virgil Fox was the longtime virtuoso on the organ at this NYC church on the West Side drive of the same name Riverside Church	$2,000 [6] "No, no, no, I'm Antoninus! I'm not that guy! You want him! He's right there! The one that looks like Kirk Douglas" Spartacus Jon	DD $4,000 [23] 1902:Daniel Burnham completes NYC's Fuller Building, now known by this household appliance name the Flatiron Building Gary	$2,000 [27] In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus a charioteer Carmela	$2,000 [18] If you've got hap-hap-happy feet you're inspired by this muse of dancing Terpsichore Gary	DD $2,000 [21] We've hit bottom with this 5-letter word from the Arabic for "opposite the zenith" nadir Gary

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won"

Alexander the Great

Jon "Who is Alexander the Great?" — wagered $9,999

Carmela "Who is Genghis Khan?" — wagered $13,400

Gary "Who is Alexander the Great?" — wagered $5,601

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