Show #8994 2023-12-14 (taped 2023-11-08) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Andrew Chaikin — a musician and teacher from San Francisco, California

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

Garrett Marcotte — a software engineer from Boulder, Colorado

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Garrett	$1,400	$2,400	$4,800	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$6,600 12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Yungsheng 永勝	$4,200	$5,400	$18,600	$37,200 Finalist	$18,600 22 R, 5 W
Andrew	$0	$2,000	$26,600	$15,999 2nd place: $10,000	$17,200 18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY	TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS	LITERATURE	STATE OF THE COLLEGE	IT'S ALL RELATIVE	A PROVERBIAL MESS
$200 [28] Trace Jesus' steps in this city as he walked down the Via Dolorosatoward Golgotha Jerusalem Garrett	$200 [29] Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers L.A. Andrew	$200 [22] Homer begins this epic poem by telling us it's about the anger of Achilles the Iliad Andrew	$200 [27] Weber State is near a "Great" lake in this state Utah Andrew	$200 [30] It's a pendular timepiece with a case as tall as or taller than a person a grandfather clock Andrew	$200 [21] Son father like like like father like son Yungsheng 永勝
$400 [23] A tour of his infamous trail of murder starts at the Aldgate East tube station Jack the Ripper Andrew	$400 [25] Venus took the 2000 & 2001 singles titles at this British Grand Slam event Wimbledon Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [18] Louis de Pointe du Lac, not Lestat, is the title undead being queried in this novel Interview with the Vampire Garrett	$400 [26] It's the state of Wayne State University, attended by Jack White, Lily Tomlin & Steven Dorfman Michigan	$400 [24] In 1917 he founded Boys Town in Omaha, open to boys of all races & religions Father Flanagan Garrett Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [20] Words louder than actions speak actions speak louder than words Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [2] Hike in the footsteps of settlers & Native Americans on the Natchez Trace, starting in Natchez in this state Mississippi Garrett	$600 [19] In 2001 the Williams sisters got "animated" on the court in the "Tennis the Menace" episode of this Fox series The Simpsons Andrew	$600 [8] For telling the truth about a town's contaminated water supply in an Ibsen play, Dr. Thomas Stockmann becomes this title foe An Enemy of the People	$600 [16] Muncie in this state is home to Ball State University Indiana Andrew	$600 [11] Seen riding a flying gander, this character is usually traced back to a 1697 book by Charles Perrault Mother Goose Garrett	$600 [17] From a blood stone you get can't you can't get blood from a stone Yungsheng 永勝
$1,000 [1] Retracing this 1930sjourneywill take you thousands of miles from Ruijin to Yan'an the Long March Garrett Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [13] In 2003 Serena completed a "Serena Slam", beating Venus 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 at this event in Melbourne the Australian Open Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [5] "A drowsy numbness pains my sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk" is a line from his "Ode to a Nightingale" Keats Garrett	$800 [7] Tufts is a centerpiece of Medford in this state Massachusetts Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [10] Covered in hair from head to foot, this member of "The Addams Family" spoke in a language all his own Cousin Itt Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [15] Bright on the always side look always look on the bright side Yungsheng 永勝
DD $1,800 [3] Starting at the Boston Common& ending at the Bunker Hill Monumentis this 2-word path the Freedom Trail Garrett	$1,000 [12] The way this dad of Venus & Serena managed their careers brought some criticism, but turned out pretty well (King) Richard Williams Garrett	$1,000 [4] In this 1948 Shirley Jackson short story, a village selects a sacrificial stoning victim to ensure a good harvest "The Lottery" Yungsheng 永勝	$1,000 [6] The Campbell Fighting Camels are from near the Cape Fear River in this state North Carolina Garrett Yungsheng 永勝	$1,000 [9] This first novel by Theodore Dreiser tells of a young woman's rise to become a successful Broadway actress Sister Carrie Yungsheng 永勝	$1,000 [14] Never better than late better late than never Yungsheng 永勝

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROWNIAN NOTIONS	SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT	THE SEA'S BOUNTY	A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH"	HELL	HIGH WATER
$400 [12] He soulfully sang it's a "man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl" James Brown Garrett	$400 [23] Before she was a pretty woman, this actress mopped the floor of the title joint in "Mystic Pizza" Julia Roberts Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [29] They're seenhereaccompanying shrimp & lacking their distinctive shells scallops Garrett	$400 [28] Bread, as the mainstay of the human diet, is known as this the staff of life Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [27] In Norse mythology, Hel, daughter of this troublesome god, ruled Niflheim, where sinners were tormented Loki Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [30] After floods in 1966, UNESCO made efforts to save this Italian city & its treasures, like the Biblioteca Marciana Venice Andrew
$800 [11] Referring to the nickname "Governor Moonbeam", he says, "I've earned that moniker" Jerry Brown Andrew	$800 [18] Later movies in the "Rocky" oeuvre include scenes in the restaurant Mr. Balboa opened & named for her Adrian Garrett	$800 [24] In a Japanese restaurant, kani is this crustacean & kani-kamaboko is fake this crustacean crab Andrew	$800 [21] A source of rescue in a crisis; phone a friend is one example a lifeline Garrett	$800 [25] Delacroixdepictedthis Roman poet guiding Dante across the River Styx Virgil Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [26] The Zuiderzee Flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history Amsterdam Yungsheng 永勝
$1,200 [2] He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads" John Brown Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [5] Danny Aiello awkwardly proposes to Cher in an Italian restaurant in this 1987 film Moonstruck Yungsheng 永勝 Andrew	$1,200 [4] Boquerones, which are these, are a favorite on tapas in Spain; they've fallen out of favor on American pizzas anchovies Andrew	$1,200 [20] Alliterative term used to publicize a circus performer who puts himself at great risk death-defying Andrew	$1,600 [7] This French existentialist's play "No Exit" posits that hell is other people Sartre Andrew	$1,200 [22] In 1887, 1931 & 1938 northern China was devastated by flooding of the Huang He, this colorful river Yellow Andrew
$1,600 [1] Before he became U.K. prime minister, he said economic & "environmental objectives now... reinforce each other" Gordon Brown Andrew	$1,600 [3] Mookie throws a trash can through the window of Sal's Famous Pizzeria in Brooklyn in this 1989 film Do the Right Thing Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [19] The Dover type of this fish isn't confined to British waters; it's found in the Mediterranean sole Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [6] Though they sound like they sit on the beach, they're the senior British army regiment & first saw action in the 1600s the Life Guards	$2,000 [14] In Greek mythology the gods consigned their enemies to this region under Hades Tartarus Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [9] A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood Pennsylvania
DD $5,000 [10] She ran Vanity Fair & The Daily Beast but said, "I didn't see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright" Tina Brown Andrew	$2,000 [17] In the final scene of this film, Secondo makes a frittata for Brother Primo in the Paradise restaurant Big Night Andrew	$2,000 [16] Thisshellfish of the family Mytilidae needs its beard removed, a little steaming & yum a mussel Yungsheng 永勝	$2,000 [15] One of the Arabian Nights begins with a proud king who's not so proud when this heavenly being appears to him the Angel of Death Yungsheng 永勝	DD $7,600 [8] Milton used this word for the capital of Hell; now it means wild confusion Pandemonium Andrew	$2,000 [13] 2010-11 floods in Australia were exacerbated by this Pacific Ocean weather phenomenon with a feminine name La Niña Yungsheng 永勝

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS

Of the Big 4 U.S. airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it's the youngest

Southwest

Garrett "What is Delta?" — wagered $4,800

Yungsheng 永勝 "What is Southwest?" — wagered $18,600

Andrew "What is Delta?" — wagered $10,601

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