2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 1.
Myles Karp — a journalist and consultant from Weston, Florida
Emily Kawaler — a bioinformatician from New York, New York
Christopher Pennant — a sports journalist and announcer from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | $1,800 | $3,600 | $10,800 |
$20,800
Finalist |
$10,800
17 R, 3 W |
| Emily | $4,400 | $2,200 | $7,600 |
$10,900
2nd place: $3,000 |
$16,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Myles | $2,000 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$4,799
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 1 W |
| TIMES: NEW ROMAN | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS | JUST "E"AT IT |
|
$200
[29]
In 2015 this man with some degree of pull in the Rome area inaugurated a year of jubilee which drew 20 million pilgrims
Pope Francis
Myles
|
$200
[28]
Besides her cat, a witch ends up giving a ride to a dog, a bird & a frog in the rhymingly titled "Room on the..."
Broom
Myles
|
$200
[2]
Reese Witherspoon won for her work in "Walk the Line" playing this country music singer & songwriter
June Carter Cash
Emily
|
$200
[25]
A beloved moose
a dear deer
Emily
Myles
|
$200
[30]
Forks, Washington is the setting for this saga that you can really sink your teeth into
Twilight
Christopher
|
$200
[24]
In the U.S., this French word signifies the main course, but in France it means the first course
the entrée
Christopher
|
|
$400
[19]
In 2004 in Rome, the 25 member states of this organization signed a treaty that established a Constitution for the continent
the EU
Emily
|
$400
[27]
A Newbery Medal winner, "The One and Only" him tells the story from the perspective of a captive gorilla
Ivan
|
$400
[1]
17 Best Actress nominations & 2 wins puts Meryl Streepin a class by herself, with her last win so far for playing this political leader
Margaret Thatcher
Christopher
|
$400
[9]
To select doggie treats
choose chews
Emily
|
$400
[26]
In 2020 this umlauted ice cream brand got rid of those cute little non-recyclable plastic spoons from some mini cups
Häagen-Dazs
Christopher
|
$400
[16]
Thismember of the nightshade family is technically a fruit
the eggplant
Emily
|
|
$600
[4]
1998's Rome statute establishing the ICC, or this, came into play in 2023 when Armenia signed on, angering Putin, who has a warrant
the International Criminal Court
Christopher
Myles
|
$600
[13]
A beloved 1964 book by him begins, "Once there was a tree... and she loved a little boy"
Shel Silverstein
Emily
|
$600
[10]
The ayes had it for Jessica Chastain in 2022 for her Best Actress-winning role in this movie about TV evangelists
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Christopher
|
$600
[8]
Failed to arrive in time for the light fog
missed the mist
Christopher
|
$600
[14]
This iconic product from the Victorinox Company was created by Cutler Karl Elsener in 1897
the Swiss army knife
Myles
|
$600
[5]
This type of milk has had its water content reduced by 60%, giving a creamy taste when used in desserts
evaporated milk
Emily
|
|
$800
[3]
Talk about a circus! In 2023 historians were not happy after fans caused a 1.3 shake at a Travis Scott show at this Rome landmark
the Circus Maximus
Emily
|
$800
[6]
"The Bad Beginning", written under this pen name, is dedicated to the "unfortunate" Beatrice, "darling, dearest, dead"
Lemony Snicket
Emily
|
$1,000
[23]
In 2002, Halle Berrymade history taking the Best Actress award for her role as a grieving mother in this film
Monster's Ball
Christopher
|
$800
[7]
A more heavily fleshed falling star
a meatier meteor
Christopher
|
$800
[15]
A classic TV commercial showed that this brand of knife could cut through a tin can & still slice a tomato with precision
Ginsu
|
$800
[11]
This round yellow Dutch cheese is partly made from skimmed milk & coated in red paraffin
Edam
Myles
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In 2023, "P" was for the 2,000-year-oldpalazzoreopened to the public after 50 years of restoration, as well as this Roman hill it's on
the Palatine
Emily
|
$1,000
[18]
In "Ghost Boys" the ghost of 12-year-old Jerome meets that of this real teen whose 1955 murder helped launch the civil rights movement
(Emmett) Till
Myles
|
DD
$4,800
[17]
In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel
Frances McDormand
Emily
|
$1,000
[21]
To employ ornamental evergreen trees of the Taxus genus
to use yews
|
$1,000
[22]
This Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" is a collection of epitaphs of residents of a fictional small town
The Spoon River Anthology
Emily
|
$1,000
[12]
Thesecan be purple to black in color, sour right off the tree, but good in a jam or pie
elderberries
Emily
|
| MUSIC TERMS | TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE | YELLOW STONE | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES | ADDEND"UM" |
|
$400
[29]
A countertenor is an adult male voice that mostly lies within this female register
alto
Christopher
Emily
|
$400
[11]
The Dunder Mifflin Paper Company
The Office
Christopher
|
$400
[30]
The insects seenhereare forever encased in this fossilized resin
amber
Emily
|
$400
[19]
Following this disaster in 2005, Tulanewas forced to close for several months, the first time since the Civil War
Hurricane Katrina
Emily
|
$400
[27]
Almost as big as the continental U.S., it's the "southern" land
Australia
Myles
|
$400
[28]
A government will sometimes grant this protection from extradition to a political refugee from another country
asylum
Christopher
|
|
$800
[5]
As a symbol, it means the next note should be lowered by a semitone; as a disparaging word, it's applied to out-of-tune singers
flat
Christopher
|
$800
[10]
The Sunshine Cab Company
Taxi
Christopher
|
$800
[25]
In the Bible brimstone refers to this yellow stone whose compounds can be quite stinky
sulfur
Emily
|
$800
[12]
Confusingly, the University of Miami is in Florida, while Miami University is in this state
Ohio
Emily
|
$800
[26]
Not Italy's but this other country's name means "people from Rome"
Romania
Emily
|
$800
[15]
This word for a final demand is in the title of the third Jason Bourne film
an ultimatum
Christopher
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Haydn's "The Creation" is a famed one of these large-scale compositions for solo singers, chorus & orchestra
an oratorio
Emily
|
$1,200
[9]
CONTROL, a D.C.-based counter-intelligence agency
Get Smart
|
$1,200
[24]
The most common type of gallstones is made up of bile & this waxy fatty substance (though we're not sure if it's HDL or LDL)
cholesterol
Emily
|
$1,200
[6]
This school's Brigade of Midshipmen regularly present formal dress parades accompanied by its band
Navy (the Naval Academy)
Christopher
|
$1,600
[21]
This Middle East nation is the "land of the Aryans"
Iran
Emily
|
$1,200
[16]
It can be something especially desirable, or a dark reddish purple color
plum
Christopher
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Italian for "going", it means to play at a walking pace--not too fast, not too slow
andante
Emily
|
$1,600
[7]
Cleveland's Winfred-Louder Department Store
The Drew Carey Show
Emily
|
$1,600
[23]
Named for its lemony yellow color, it's one of twobirthstonesfor November
citrine
Christopher
Emily
Myles
|
$1,600
[17]
This college located in Emily Dickinson's hometown runs a museum that celebrates her life & work
Amherst
Myles
|
$2,000
[20]
According to legend, you've made it "there" when you get to this southeast Asian sultanate
Brunei
Myles
|
$1,600
[14]
In Germany this secondary school prepares one for higher education, not athletics
a gymnasium
Christopher
|
|
DD
$2,200
[1]
You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale
the pentatonic scale
Emily
|
$2,000
[8]
Sacred Heart Hospital
Scrubs
Christopher
|
$2,000
[22]
Like emerald, heliodoris a variety of this hard, 5-letter mineral
beryl
Emily
Myles
|
$2,000
[18]
Site of the Scopes Monkey Trial, Dayton, Tennessee has a college named for this statesman who assisted the prosecution
(William Jennings) Bryan
Myles
|
DD
$4,400
[2]
Throughout its history, it's been the "island of copper"
Cyprus
Emily
|
$2,000
[13]
Peat mossis dead moss at the bottom of a bog, while this moss is found still growing on the surface
sphagnum moss
|
Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him
Algernon