2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts final game 1.
Gary Hollis — a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia
Tyler Vandenberg — a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany
Yungsheng Wang — a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yungsheng 永勝 | $4,400 | $6,800 | $16,800 | $8,000 |
$16,800
20 R, 2 W |
| Tyler | $1,600 | $2,000 | $8,800 | $17,600 |
$8,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Gary | $6,800 | $9,400 | $14,600 | $6,000 |
$14,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| COUNTRY ADD A LETTER | NOT REALLY MARRIED | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | DOUBLE Y-ed | TRAILER PARK |
|
$200
[24]
Add a letter to the country shown here& you get this painful wrenching of the ligaments around a joint
sprain (from Spain)
Gary
|
$200
[28]
This country diva serenades this "Huck Finn" author with her hit "You're Still The One"
Mark & Shania Twain
Gary
|
$200
[29]
On Jan. 1, 1863 Lincoln issued this edict, & would later call it "the central act of my administration"
the Emancipation Proclamation
Tyler
|
$200
[30]
In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"
sleigh bells
Tyler
|
$200
[26]
This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me"
mayday
Gary
|
$200
[27]
A hatching dinosaur is a highlight in a trailer for this 1993 blockbuster movie
Jurassic Park
Yungsheng 永勝
|
|
$400
[19]
Add a letter to the country highlighted here& you'll get this acronym for a device usable offshore
scuba (from Cuba)
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$400
[20]
This "Fame" co-star & choreographer shows this leader of the Green Mountain Boys how to dance
Debbie Allen & Ethan Allen
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$400
[10]
A draft document called the Articles of the Barons preceded this one to which the king set his seal in 1215
the Magna Carta
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$400
[25]
This long-necked lute of India is played with a plectrum
a sitar
Gary
|
$400
[15]
From Greek words for "true" & "study", it's the study of the origin & development of words
etymology
Gary
|
$400
[14]
A "Mansfield Park" trailer noted that this author valued the story above "Emma" & "Sense and Sensibility"
Jane Austen
Gary
|
|
$600
[6]
Add a letter to the country featured here& you get this word for a female
woman (from Oman)
Tyler
|
$600
[18]
This film legend asks this TV Batman to come up & see her sometime
Mae West & Adam West
Yungsheng 永勝
Tyler
|
$600
[3]
Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, James Monroe & a French treasury minister signed the treaty for this 1803 deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$600
[23]
This is a term for a stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, including "The Well-Tempered" one
a clavier
Tyler
|
$600
[21]
Mozart's "Haffner", for example
symphony
Gary
|
$600
[13]
In a trailer for this animated feature from 1999, Satan is in bed with Saddam Hussein
South Park: The Movie ( South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut )
Yungsheng 永勝
|
|
$800
[5]
Add a letter to the country shown here& you get this word describing a fully-equipped business opportunity
turnkey (from Turkey)
Gary
|
$800
[4]
It's a whirlwind courtship for this actress who plays Captain Marvel & this cartoonist behind The Far Side
Brie & Gary Larson
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$800
[2]
A 1945 charter says, "We the peoples of" these "determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war"
the United Nations
Gary
|
$1,000
[22]
Head to the end of the alphabet for this stringed instrument
a zither
Gary
|
$800
[17]
Ingrained prejudice against women
misogyny
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$800
[12]
A trailer for the adaptation of this Neil Simon play opens with Robert Redford & Jane Fonda smooching in NYC
Barefoot in the Park
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Add a letter to the country that'shighlighted& you get this word meaning "harmless"
benign (from Benin)
Gary
|
$1,000
[11]
This NASA mathematician of "Hidden Figures" fame is swept off her feet by this blond-mopped recent British leader
Katherine Johnson & Boris Johnson
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$1,000
[9]
Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tyler
|
DD
$2,600
[8]
Ricola ads have featured this Swisshorn
an alpenhorn (alphorn)
Gary
|
$1,000
[16]
A peculiar habit or mannerism
an idiosyncrasy
|
$1,000
[1]
Julian Fellowes penned this 2001 Robert Altman murder mystery with a trailer showing Clive Owen as a valet
Gosford Park
Yungsheng 永勝
|
| SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER | AN "L" OF A TEAM | WATER WORLD | FLOWERS | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES | WISH I'D SAID THAT! |
|
$400
[30]
The Mission Bay neighborhood is home to champions, with MLB's Giants in Oracle Park & this NBA squad playing in nearby Chase Center
the (Golden State) Warriors
Tyler
|
$400
[28]
They "bolt"ed into the NHL in 1992
the (Tampa Bay) Lightning
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$400
[27]
It's the controlled application of water for agricultural purposes through manmade systems
irrigation
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$400
[26]
It's noted for the size & color of its autumnal flowers
the chrysanthemum
Tyler
Gary
|
$400
[25]
Linguist Marc Okrand created this language spoken by Worf (among others) on television
Klingon
Gary
|
$400
[29]
Sage advice from Fran Lebowitz: "Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's" doing this
buying
Yungsheng 永勝
Tyler
Gary
|
|
$800
[12]
It's a 1.7-mile walk across this; it's windy, so wear layers--& remember, there are restrooms at both ends, but none in the middle
the Golden Gate Bridge
Gary
|
$800
[24]
They were still based in the Midwest when they won the first NBA title in 1950
the Lakers
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$800
[23]
This adjective for water safe to consume is from the Latin for "drink"
potable
Gary
|
$800
[22]
The name of this flower comes from the Greek geranos, or "crane"
geranium
Gary
|
$800
[3]
You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo
Dothraki
|
$800
[21]
When asked what his favorite one of these was, Jack Palance joked, "Poppy seed"
role
Yungsheng 永勝
|
|
$1,200
[11]
An elaborate 1915 San Francisco expo celebrated the completion of this, which made it much easier to sail to the city
the Panama Canal
Tyler
|
$1,200
[18]
They chop down opponents for Cal Poly Humboldt, & they're okay
the Lumberjacks
Tyler
|
$1,200
[8]
Any smaller river or branch that's a feeder of a larger river or stream
a tributary
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$1,600
[13]
The moccasin flower is also known by this other shoe name
the lady's slipper
|
$1,200
[4]
Harry Potter acquired the ability to speak this language of snakes from Voldemort
Parseltongue
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$1,600
[15]
Attributed to Jeremy Bentham: these are "the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished"
lawyers
|
|
$1,600
[2]
28 S.F. restaurants have received a total of 39 of these coveted awards, including 3 for chef Corey Lee's Benu on Hawthorne Street
Michelin stars
Gary
|
$1,600
[7]
It's the gender-specific name of the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team
the Lady Volunteers
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$1,600
[9]
Using pressure & a membrane to remove particulates from seawater is called reverse osmosis, one method of this process
desalinization
Gary
|
$2,000
[17]
Rise & shine & sing out the name of this flower that often blooms early in the day
the morning glory
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$1,600
[5]
Tolkien created this language whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around
Elvish
Yungsheng 永勝
|
$2,000
[16]
Eubie Blake, 1887-1983, is among those credited with "If I'd known I was gonna live this long", he'd have done this
taken better care of himself
Gary
|
|
$2,000
[1]
Known for hotels & great shopping, this iconic square got its name from the pro-North rallies held there during the Civil War
Union Square
Tyler
|
$2,000
[19]
They howl for the University of New Mexico, entiende?
the Lobos
Gary
|
$2,000
[10]
Channels called these ways take wateraround a dam when the reservoir is full
spillways
Tyler
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
Oh, the vanity! These flowers represent egotism, as their mythological name indicates
narcissus
Gary
|
$2,000
[6]
This language in "Avatar" was created by linguist Paul Frommer & consists of several thousand words
Na'vi
Yungsheng 永勝
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be" this word
happy
Gary
|
In 1888's "Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail" Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were "able to travel" like this animal
a bull moose