2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts semifinal game 1.
Henry Baer — a software engineer from San Francisco, California
Julia Markham Cameron — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
Gary Hollis — a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | $800 | $3,800 | $20,800 |
$20,812
Finalist |
$20,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Julia | $2,800 | $4,400 | $800 |
$1,600
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,800
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Henry | $2,000 | $4,800 | $9,600 |
$10,834
2nd place: $10,000 |
$9,600
12 R, 2 W |
| HAVE YOU 8? | AUTO RACING | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION | ANIMALS | SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE |
|
$200
[23]
The main part of this state is its 8 main islands
Hawaii
Henry
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$200
[29]
Designating you as the winner, it's the flag each driver wants to see first at the finish of an auto race
the checkered flag
Gary
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$200
[28]
Partly set in Kingston, the plot of "A Brief History of Seven Killings" includes the attempted murder of this reggae singer
Bob Marley
Julia
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$200
[25]
The distinctiveshoebillis also known as the whale-headed one of these baby deliverers
stork
Julia
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$200
[26]
The top county cop
the sheriff
Gary
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$200
[27]
He was the host of "Jeopardy!" back in 1964
Art Fleming
Julia
|
|
$400
[22]
Ranging in size from 2 inches in the Atlantic to 30 feet in the Pacific, they have 8 muscular tentacles
octopi
Gary
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$400
[30]
It's the aquatic term for the rapid side-to-sidemovementa car's rear end can make while racing
fishtailing
Gary
|
$400
[11]
In "Blacktop Wasteland" Bug Montage is a wheelman, aka this "driver"; often idling out back during a heist
a getaway driver
Julia
|
$400
[9]
The bulls of these African animals can weigh more than 6 tons
elephants
Gary
|
$400
[10]
A minor argument; I'm sorry, honey
a tiff
Julia
|
$400
[18]
There are this many feet in 2 statute miles
10,560
Gary
|
|
DD
$600
[5]
The 8 ranks in this 8-letter biological classification system start with domain & end with species
taxonomy
Gary
|
$600
[24]
As the lead qualifier for an auto racing event, you'll occupy this "position" in the front row at the start of the race
the pole position
Gary
|
$600
[12]
"Zora & Me" by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon is a mystery series loosely based on the life of this early 20th century writer
Zora Neale Hurston
Julia
|
$600
[7]
A nide is a brood of these birds, perhaps the ring-necked ones
a pheasant
Gary
Julia
|
$600
[1]
A small lightboatfor one person
a skiff
Gary
|
$600
[16]
It's an apple developed in Japan in the 1930s or a mountain developed much earlier
Fuji
Henry
|
|
$800
[6]
It's a common knot or an old compulsory move for skaters
a figure 8
Julia
|
$800
[4]
Thistype of auto racing start bears the name of a French town famous for a 24-hour race
Le Mans
Gary
|
$800
[13]
In "White Butterfly" P.I. Easy Rawlins said jazz cats came by Cadillac & bluesmen by bus or by thumb to Watts in this West Coast city
Los Angeles
Gary
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$800
[8]
The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals
rat & pig
Gary
|
$800
[2]
The first "T" in GATT, they're taxes one nation puts on goods imported from another
Tariffs
Gary
|
$800
[17]
This planet is 318 times as massive as Earth
Jupiter
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[20]
When filled, the L-shell around a nucleus will have 8 of these in it
electrons
Henry
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$1,000
[15]
Also a term for architectural drawing, it's the fuel-savingpracticeof one car closely following another
drafting
Gary
|
$1,000
[21]
The name of this underworld author of "Mama Black Widow" & "Pimp" inspired the "Ice" part of Ice-T's stage name
Iceberg Slim
Julia
|
$1,000
[14]
Russian circuses have often featured these animals, a national symbol, trained in the art of juggling with their feet!
bears
Henry
|
$1,000
[3]
A brief passing odor
a whiff
Henry
|
$1,000
[19]
This worldwide secret society founded its first British grand lodge in 1717
the Freemasons (the Masons)
Henry
|
| YES, I'VE ETON | SEINFELDBEFORE & AFTER | ANATOM"E" | STICKY STUFF | McPEOPLE | WORDS OF PEACE |
|
$400
[18]
Hehopefully had a ball at Eton before going on to write "Thunderball"
Fleming
Julia
|
$400
[4]
This George Costanza portrayer was the first U.S. Treasury Secretary
Jason Alexander Hamilton
Gary
|
$400
[26]
Useful in nudging, this hinge joint is formed by the meeting of the humerus with the radius & ulna
the elbow
Gary
|
$400
[29]
After a rugby scrum, you might require what the Brits call a sticking plaster, one of these
a Band-Aid
Julia
|
$400
[30]
He was first elected to the Senate from Arizona in 1986
John McCain
Henry
|
$400
[27]
This peaceful word is also a lack of wind, making sailors feel unpeaceful
calm
Julia
|
|
$800
[5]
As a student at Eton, he did not have his own laptop computer, despite being second in line to the British throne
Prince William
Gary
Julia
Henry
|
$800
[7]
Set on controlling the vichyssoise supply, TV hosts Greg Kinnear & John Henson are vying for the role of this fascist
Talk Soup Nazi
Gary
|
$800
[25]
This outer layer of skin is thicker on the palms of the hands & the soles of the feet
the epidermis
Henry
|
$800
[20]
This brand was conceived in the 1940s by a Swiss engineer after he examined sticky burrs on his dog
Velcro
Gary
|
$800
[22]
This author has written Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies of John Adams & Harry Truman
(David) McCullough
Henry
|
$800
[24]
Be this peaceful word, also the name of a famous lake in Essex County, New York
placid
Gary
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In the 1940s Marshall Field III, who had fun times at Eton, merged his Sun & Times papers in this city
Chicago
Gary
Henry
|
$1,200
[14]
This Wham! frontman continually barges into the apartment of the actor who plays Kramer
George Michael Richards
Julia
|
$1,200
[2]
This hard layer that covers the crown of a tooth is not living & contains no nerves
the enamel
Gary
|
$1,200
[9]
More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky-but-popular LA tourist attraction
the La Brea Tar Pits
Henry
|
$1,200
[6]
Ray Kroc sold milkshake mixers to these brothers & the fast-food industry was changed forever
the McDonald brothers
Julia
|
$1,200
[12]
Although they meant it in another sense, Three Dog Night sang of "an old fashioned love song comin' down in three-part" this
harmony
Julia
|
|
$1,600
[17]
James Oglethorpe went to Eton, did other stuff, then founded this colony in America
Georgia
Gary
|
$1,600
[15]
Avuncular Seinfeld relative who kvetched all the way through writing Russian fiction like "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
Uncle Leo Tolstoy
Gary
|
$1,600
[1]
The name of this flap of cartilage comes from the Greek for "upon" & "tongue"
the epiglottis
Gary
|
$1,600
[10]
Cyanoacrylates are a family of fast-acting adhesives commonly known by this "demented" name
Krazy Glue
Gary
Julia
|
$2,000
[23]
Get to know the real Jackie O at a 2023-2024 exhibit at the National First Ladies' Library at this woman's Canton, Ohio home
Ida McKinley
Julia
|
$1,600
[11]
The spaceship on "Firefly", or a state of peace
Serenity
Henry
|
|
$2,000
[19]
In power in the 1720s & 1730s, this Etonian is considered England's first prime minister
Walpole
Gary
|
$2,000
[28]
The Elaine actress was accused of treason against the French in this scandal
the Julia Louis-Dreyfus Affair
Henry
|
$2,000
[3]
This other name for the auditory tube honors an Italian anatomist
the eustachian tube
Gary
|
$2,000
[21]
The silicone type of this window-sealing material makes an excellent adhesive
caulk
Gary
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
Today an asteroid bears the name of this New Hampshire teacher
Christa McAuliffe
Julia
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
When the Eagle landed in 1969, this 11-letter word of peace was mentioned
tranquility
Gary
|
Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby
Moby-Dick