Show #8996 2023-12-18 (taped 2023-11-08) Champions Wildcard

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts final game 2.

Contestants

Gary Hollis — a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia (subtotal of $6,000)

Tyler Vandenberg — a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany (subtotal of $17,600)

Yungsheng Wang — a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana (subtotal of $8,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Yungsheng 永勝 $4,600 $8,400 $33,800 $33,800 $20,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tyler $2,600 $3,800 $11,400 $0 $11,400
14 R, 0 W
Gary $0 $2,400 $14,800 $6,500 $17,400
21 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HERE COMES THE SUN COLORFUL SPORTS "P" IN FASHION PLAY SETTINGS NOT CHESS AGAIN! POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS
$200 [21]
Of next Tuesday, in 10 million years or in 5 billion years, it's when the Sun is scheduled to become a red giant
5 billion years
Gary
$200 [30]
The area surrounding a golf hole; the average size on the pro tours is about 6,000 square feet
a green
Gary
$200 [28]
It's the spritely name for a very shorthairstylethat's worn close to the head & combed in points around the face
a pixie
Gary
$200 [27]
The musical "Evita":Set in this country
Argentina
Yungsheng 永勝
$200 [26]
When things are hopeless, rather than waiting for checkmate, it's considered polite to do this, like Richard Nixon
resign
Gary
$200 [29]
Colorado +Nebraska =this geometric figure
a cone
Yungsheng 永勝
$400 [20]
Particles energized by the Sun's heat escape from the corona & create this, not literally a breeze
a solar wind
Tyler
$400 [25]
Notorious nickname of the Chicago team that threw the 1919 World Series
the Black Sox
Tyler
$400 [19]
Thistype of leather is traditionally processed on the grain side & coated with paint & linseed oil
patent leather
Tyler
$400 [1]
"The Crucible":1692 in this Massachusetts city
Salem
Yungsheng 永勝
$400 [24]
If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing
a pawn
Yungsheng 永勝
$400 [13]
Delaware +Missouri =this, something you might give to a record producer
a demo
Gary
$600 [8]
"H" is for this model of our solar system that puts the Sun in the middle
the heliocentric
Gary
$600 [22]
Hard Rock Stadium in Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins & this college bowl game
the Orange Bowl
Gary
$600 [18]
J. Crew offers this classic skirt in a style appropriately called "No. 2"
pencil
Yungsheng 永勝
$600 [4]
Grover's Corners, New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913:This drama
Our Town
Yungsheng 永勝
$600 [12]
In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses
kings
Gary
$600 [15]
Georgia +Mississippi =these body parts, slang grandpa might use
gams
Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [7]
From the Greek for "light" comes this visible layer of the Sun, some 300 miles thick
the photosphere
Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [10]
This cup awarded to the Canadian Football League champion was named for a governor general of Canada
the Grey Cup
Tyler
$800 [6]
Thistype of folkloric blouse is usually white with puffed sleeves & has a square embroidered neckline
a peasant blouse
Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [2]
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Within & around the action of this other play
Hamlet
Tyler
$800 [17]
White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname
equality
Yungsheng 永勝
$1,000 [16]
"The Pelican State" + "The Pine Tree State" = this word for someone with an injured leg
lame
Gary
$1,000 [9]
The Sun is a G2 V star, meaning it's of the second hottest in the "G" class & the "V" refers to its being in this "sequence"
the main sequence
Gary
$1,000 [11]
This pro hockey team took their name from the 1914 hit heard here
the St. Louis Blues
Yungsheng 永勝
$1,000 [5]
A Latin word for "sun" ends this word for a stylish item that protects you from the rain as well as the Sun
a parasol
Tyler
$1,000 [3]
The Kellers' home in Tuscumbia, Alabama: This drama
The Miracle Worker
Yungsheng 永勝
$1,000 [23]
(Jennifer Shahade presents the clue.) 32 of the 34 games in the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match began with this opening that was in the news again 93 years later thanks to the fictional Beth Harmon
the Queen's Gambit
Yungsheng 永勝
DD $2,600 [14]
Hawaii +North Dakota =this "backward" word
hind
Gary

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. FIRSTS DANCE REVOLUTION PANCHO VILLAGE ODDS & "N"s IN YOUR FACE! WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME...
$400 [25]
The first successful nationally distributed low-calorie beer was Lite from this brand
Miller
Tyler
$400 [26]
Call it the backslide or call it this, Michael Jackson's signature smooth move of the '80s
the moonwalk
Gary
$400 [27]
Before heading U.S. forces in France in WWI, this general led a punitive raid into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa
Pershing
Gary
$400 [28]
Fitting one inside the other, they're the type of dolls seen here
nesting dolls
Yungsheng 永勝
$400 [30]
It's the 8-letter top part of your face, from your eyebrows to your hairline
the forehead
Tyler
$400 [29]
To be sick, or a foamy beverage
ail (ale)
Gary
$800 [17]
In 1929 "Wings" took the first Best Picture Oscar &this swashbuckler, Sr., was the first host of the ceremony
Douglas Fairbanks
Gary
$800 [24]
"Come on baby, let's do" this dance, performed by Chubby Checker on "American Bandstand" in 1960
the Twist
Tyler
$800 [2]
To visit the birthplace of Pancho Villa, drive your Dodge SUV to this Mexican state of the same name
Durango
Tyler
$800 [19]
Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut
New England
Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [23]
The vermilion border defines these
your lips
Gary
$800 [1]
A group of young ladies, or one married one
misses & Mrs.
Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler
$1,600 [15]
The Downing Urn was the first memorial to be placed in this Capitol area that now has many
the National Mall
Tyler
$1,200 [6]
For years partygoers have been flapping their wings doing this dance (not to be confused with the "Funky" version)
the "Chicken Dance"
Yungsheng 永勝
$1,200 [3]
After 1911, Pancho Villa used this Texas city of 600,000 on the Rio Grande as a supply center
El Paso
Yungsheng 永勝
$1,200 [8]
Thisdried seaweed that's sold in sheets can go on the inside or the outside of yoursushi
nori
Tyler
$1,200 [12]
This part of your face can also mean impudence; the "Barefoot Boy" had one "of tan"
cheek
Gary
$1,200 [22]
An emotional state, or what the cow did
mood (mooed)
Gary
$2,000 [16]
The firstnuclear explosionwas set off at the New Mexico site with this religious name, aka Jornada del Muerto
the Trinity site
$1,600 [5]
In 1975 Van McCoy had everyone lined up at the disco to do this dance
the Hustle
Gary
$1,600 [9]
This agrarian reformer who sided with Pancho Villa is considered a Mexican national hero
Emiliano Zapata
Tyler
$1,600 [7]
Irish composer John Field is considered the originator of these romantic compositions evocative of night
nocturnes
Gary
$1,600 [13]
Your ciliary processes are in these
your eye
$1,600 [20]
A legal claim, or with little adipose tissue
lien (lean)
Yungsheng 永勝
DD $7,000 [4]
The first woman mayor of a major U.S. city was Bertha Landes in Seattle; soon after came Dorothy Lee in this city 172 miles south
Portland (Oregon)
Yungsheng 永勝
$2,000 [18]
In the early '90s, it was billed as Brazil's "forbidden dance"
the Lambada
Gary
$2,000 [10]
This "Devil's Dictionary" author disappeared after going to Mexico, reportedly to write about Pancho Villa
Ambrose Bierce
Gary
$2,000 [11]
Note the family resemblance between King George V of England on the right & this first cousin on the left
Nicholas II (of Russia)
Yungsheng 永勝
$2,000 [14]
It's thatindentationin the middle of your upper lip, just below your nose
a Cupid's bow (or the philtrum)
Yungsheng 永勝
DD $10,000 [21]
Any channel to walk down, or Guernsey in the English Channel
aisle (isle)
Yungsheng 永勝

Final Jeopardy!

NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Designated in 2016, a New York City monument named for this place of business includes nearby Christopher Park

(the) Stonewall (Inn)

Tyler "What is the World Trade Center Memorial" — wagered $11,400
Gary "What is the NY Stock Exchange?" — wagered $8,300
Yungsheng 永勝 "What is Stonewall?" — wagered $0

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