2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 1.New opening featuring show crew.
Mike Elliott — a meat cutter originally from Derry, New Hampshire
Eva Thomas — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
Jason Carpenter — a stand-up comic from Santa Rosa Valley, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $2,400 | $3,600 | $12,000 |
$12,000
Finalist |
$12,000
17 R, 4 W |
| Eva | $2,600 | $4,200 | $5,800 |
$5,800
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,800
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $-400 | $3,400 | $2,799 |
$2,754
3rd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| MAMMALS IN LATIN | CAUTIONARY RHYMES | KING'S CROSSING | ALWAYS IN FASHION | UNOFFICIAL TEAM NICKNAMES | FAMOUS LAST WORDS |
|
$200
[30]
Porcus
a pig
Jason
|
$200
[27]
An old adage tells us, "Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take" this
warning
Eva
|
$200
[11]
In a late 18th century National Convention vote he could not afford to lose, this French king was condemned to death, 387 to 334
Louis XVI
Eva
|
$200
[29]
Thisanimal pattern is found in a variety of colors on everything from clothing & fashion accessories to furniture
leopard (print)
Jason
|
$200
[26]
The 'Aints:This city's NFL squad during a 1980s lean stretch
the New Orleans Saints
Mike
|
$200
[1]
It's the station at the end of a transport line, like Grand Central
terminal
Eva
|
|
$400
[22]
Ursus
a bear
Mike
|
$400
[25]
Scouts should know that the phrase "leaves of three, let it be" refers to this plant
poison ivy
Mike
|
$400
[15]
Hark! the Harald angels sang in 1066 for Harald the Ruthless, king of this country, who was killed going up against Harold II
Norway
Jason
|
$400
[28]
In 2023 Levi Strauss & Co. celebrated the 150th anniversary of these numeric jeans
501s
Eva
|
$400
[23]
The Peach Clobbers:The hard-hitting 2013 edition of this MLB team
the Atlanta Braves
Eva
|
$400
[24]
Revelation contains the line "I am Alpha &" this, "the beginning & the end"
Omega
Mike
|
|
$600
[21]
Cetus
a whale
Jason
|
$600
[10]
Do this "in white, you will have chosen all right" but do it "in green, ashamed to be seen" & worse, "in red, you'll wish yourself dead"
marry
|
$600
[14]
Unhorsed! Unhorsed! On Aug. 22, 1485 he lost his kingdom & his life after getting unhorsed
Richard III
Eva
|
$600
[16]
Always in fashion is this type of coat; the name referring to the color & the hair it's traditionally made from
camel
Jason
Eva
|
$600
[18]
The Broad Street Bullies: This NHL city's Flyers
Philadelphia
Mike
|
$600
[7]
Grammatically, this 2-word phrase refers to a period; California drivers are asked to come to one before a crosswalk
a full stop
Mike
|
|
$800
[8]
Vacca
a cow
Jason
|
$800
[20]
"Red touch yellow, kill a fellow" refers to the lethal coral snake; "red touch black, friend of jack", to this harmless "royal" one
a king snake
Jason
|
$1,000
[13]
On May 31, 1740, Friedrich Wilhelm Imade his royal exit in Potsdam in this German-ruled kingdom founded 39 years before
Prussia
Jason
|
$800
[2]
Popularly associated with Ray-Ban, these were originally created to protect military pilots' eyes from glare
Aviator sunglasses
Eva
|
$800
[17]
Phi Slama Jama:The 1983 Houston Cougars, led by this "Nigerian Nightmare" & future Hall of Famer
Hakeem Olajuwon
Mike
|
$800
[6]
"Blow of mercy" in French, it's a finishing blow at the end of combat
a coup de grâce
Eva
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Cervus
a deer
Mike
|
$1,000
[19]
These 2 days of the week are rough, as day 1's "child is full of woe" & day 2's child "has far to go"
Wednesday & Thursday
Mike
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
In 1516, 11 years after losing the queen he called the "most excellent wife king ever had", this Castile royal left the castle
Ferdinand
Eva
|
$1,000
[3]
This French couture designer's New Look included A-line skirts & dresses in his 1955 spring collection
Christian Dior
Eva
|
$1,000
[4]
The Greatest Show on Turf:The late '90s-early 2000s edition of this team, then in St. Louis
the Rams
Eva
|
$1,000
[5]
On televisions it refers to clarity of visual detail; legally, it's a verdict or final decision
a resolution
Jason
|
| FROM THE FRENCH | CORNERSTONES | SUPER SUCCESSFUL SEQUELS | AUSTRALIAN BOOKS & AUTHORS | IT HAPPENED IN 2023 | COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES |
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$400
[6]
The flying Montgolfier brothers used this word for a fabric device that slows your fall
a parachute
Jason
|
$400
[26]
Thecornerstonefor their monument was laid atop Kill Devil Hillon December 17, 1928
the Wright brothers
Jason
|
$400
[27]
2022:Captain Pete Mitchell is back in the cockpit
Top Gun: Maverick
Mike
|
$400
[30]
Marcus Clarke's "For the Term of His Natural Life" is partly set on this island, then called Van Diemen's Land
Tasmania
Jason
|
$400
[29]
Tragedy struck this island in August as wildfires ravaged the historic town of Lahaina
Maui
Eva
|
$400
[28]
Inside the name Somalia, you can find this other conflict-plagued land to the west
Mali
Eva
|
|
$800
[5]
Naturally, the French gave us this word for the year a wine was bottled
vintage
Eva
|
$800
[24]
In the cornerstone for the Thompson Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, N.Y., she placed a coin with a profile of John Brown
Harriet Tubman
|
DD
$799
[23]
2015:A new theme park creates Indominus rex, a genetically modified dinosaur
Jurassic World
Mike
|
$800
[19]
Patrick White's "The Eye of the Storm", about a matriarch & her children, has been called a Down Under version of this 1608 play
King Lear
Jason
|
$800
[21]
In February, one of these, reportedly carrying spy tech from China, was shot down off the coast of South Carolina
a balloon
Mike
|
$800
[25]
A nation on Hispaniola carries within its name this other Caribbean island country
Dominica
Mike
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Words meaning "one-eyed" led to this word from French for a single eyeglass
a monocle
Mike
|
$1,600
[13]
In 1759 the cornerstone for the oldest synagogue in the U.S., the Touro Synagogue, was laid in this Rhode Island city
Newport
Jason
Eva
Mike
|
$1,200
[7]
2009:This first "Transformers" sequel was No. 1 in domestic box office for the year
Revenge of the Fallen
Mike
|
$1,200
[20]
The title of a novel about settler/indigenous conflict is from a quote about "a secret river of" this in Australian history
blood
|
$1,200
[10]
On September 15, some 13,000 members of this union went on strike against Ford, G.M. & Stellantis
the United Auto Workers
Jason
|
$1,200
[12]
2 of the 3 countries that carry the nation of Guinea within their own names
(2 of) Papua New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau & Equatorial Guinea
Mike
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Beans are a necessity in this dish, whose name in French originally meant a dish used on the stove
cassoulet
Eva
|
$2,000
[14]
At the laying of the cornerstone for the Bunker Hill Monument, the Marquis de Lafayette & this famous orator led the ceremony
Daniel Webster
|
$1,600
[8]
2010:Jeff Bridges & Bruce Boxleitner reprise their roles in a digital world
Tron: Legacy
Jason
|
$1,600
[22]
This sweeping, multi-decade Colleen McCullough novel includes an ill-fated affair between a priest & a young woman
The Thorn Birds
|
$1,600
[1]
When park rangers in Queensland found Toadzilla, a nearly 6-pound one of these invasive amphibians, they had first thought it was fake
a cane toad
Jason
|
$1,600
[18]
Inside the name of the most populous nation in Africa, you'll find this uranium-rich desert nation
Niger (in Nigeria)
Jason
|
|
$2,000
[4]
This side post of a window or doorway gets its name from Middle French for "leg"
a jamb
Jason
|
DD
$10,600
[15]
The cornerstone for this U.S. school's oldest building, the Wren Building, was placed in 1695
William & Mary
Mike
|
$2,000
[9]
2020:Detectives played by Will Smith & Martin Lawrence fight drug lords in Miami
Bad Boys for Life
Mike
|
$2,000
[16]
A group of Yanks & Aussies await the arrival of nuclear fallout from the Northern Hemisphere in this Nevil Shute novel
On the Beach
Jason
|
$2,000
[11]
On January 8, government buildingsin Brazil's capital were stormed by supporters of this ousted president
Jair Bolsonaro
Jason
|
$2,000
[17]
This Arabian Peninsula nation's name can be found within the name of a European country with a Black Sea coast
Oman (from Romania)
|
Invented in 1816, it takes its name from Greek for "chest" & "observe"
a stethoscope