2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 2.
Tammy Groner — a legal assistant from Hamilton, New Jersey
Greg Czaja — a cardiologist from San Diego, California
Ben Hebert — a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $3,400 | $5,600 | $11,600 |
$17,601
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,600
20 R, 5 W |
| Greg | $4,000 | $6,400 | $29,000 |
$29,000
Finalist |
$17,200
21 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Tammy | $1,200 | $3,200 | $8,800 |
$8,800
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
12 R, 1 W |
| 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING | IN MY CEILINGS | VÁMONOS A MEXICO! | POETRY ABOUT PROSE | RHYMING TREE PAIRS |
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$200
[19]
A field goal with 8 seconds left gave this team a 38-35 win over the Eagles in Super Bowl 57
Kansas City
Ben
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$200
[23]
According to Carl Sandburg, this jacked 6'4" skilled wrestler was known to taunt, "I'm the big buck of this lick"
Lincoln
Ben
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$200
[30]
In 2023 this was suspended at $31.4 trillion; it's a 2-word term for the cap that limits the money the govt. is allowed to borrow
the debt ceiling
Greg
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$200
[28]
Around Tulum, visit the water-filled sinkholes calledcenotes& explore the pre-Columbianruinsof this people
the Mayans
Greg
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$200
[29]
1969 / Corleones are new / No horses were harmed / In making this clue
The Godfather
Tammy
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$200
[15]
A funny story with a punchline about an acorn-bearing tree
an oak joke
Tammy
|
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$400
[20]
For the first time, the U.S. women didn't reach the semifinals of this, getting knocked out by Sweden in the round of 16
the Women's World Cup
Tammy
|
$400
[10]
In the 1830s this presidential nepo baby's epic poem "Dermot MacMorrogh" was poorly reviewed
John Quincy Adams
Greg
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$400
[27]
Two food names for the type of ceiling seenhereare popcorn & this dairy one
cottage cheese
Ben
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$400
[25]
Take in the beautiful blue agave fields near this town in Jalisco that gave its name to a potent potable
Tequila
Tammy
|
$400
[26]
A tale of London / In times that were hard / Detailing the far north / & a shepherd-St. Bernard
The Call of the Wild
Ben
|
$400
[18]
A house of worship built from a fine-grained tree with thin, peeling bark
a birch church
Ben
|
|
$600
[1]
Hewon 3 of 4 men's Grand Slam singles titles, but lost at Wimbledon to young Carlos Alcaraz
Djokovic
Greg
|
$600
[5]
He read "Anna Karenina" aboard a boat while chasing 3 thieves down a river in the Dakota Territory
Teddy Roosevelt
Greg
|
$800
[17]
In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned some frescoes for the ceiling of this place; took 5 years to paint, but yeah... worth it
the Sistine Chapel
Ben
|
$600
[7]
Won't you have another glass of Mexican wine at a vineyard in the Valle de Guadalupe on this peninsula
the Baja Peninsula
Ben
Greg
|
$600
[9]
4 Kansas murders / Which led to conviction / In a new type of novel / That was somehow nonfiction
In Cold Blood
Ben
|
$600
[14]
A placard made from evergreen
a pine sign
|
|
$800
[2]
In the most-viewed women's college game ever, Angel Reese & these Tigers beat Iowa for the NCAA basketball crown
LSU
Ben
|
$800
[3]
This man told a friend, "Palladio is the Bible", as he was something of a fanboy for the 16th century Italian architect
Jefferson
Ben
|
$1,000
[21]
A vaulted ceiling that follows the sloping sides of a roof is this type, like a grand building of Chartres or Cologne
a cathedral
Greg
|
$800
[22]
The origins of this taco filling seenherethat means "shepherd style" is linked to Lebanese immigrants in Mexico
al pastor
Ben
|
$800
[11]
Doubles! they're doubles! / But they're thought quite insane / A royal mistake / Time to catch an old Twain
The Prince and the Pauper
Ben
|
$800
[13]
Hard, brown valuable wood of Asia polished to an attractive shine
a sleek teak
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In August, thisYouTube star turned fighter beat MMA star Nate Diaz in a 10-round boxing match
Jake Paul
Ben
Tammy
|
$1,000
[4]
A big cockfight enthusiast, this man was known to yell "Twenty dollars on my Bernadotte!" outside the Old Nashville Inn
Andrew Jackson
Ben
|
DD
$1,800
[8]
In 2016 Hillary Clinton said, "We have still not shattered that highest & hardest" this, "but someday someone will"
the glass ceiling
Greg
|
$1,000
[24]
To some experts, the chirping echo you hear when you clap next to a pyramid in Chichen Itza mirrors the sound of this "Q"ute bird
a quetzal
Ben
Greg
|
$1,000
[16]
A disfigured guy / Falls for a woman in Paris, it's true / Sounds like it's "Hunchback" / But it's by a man named Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera
Tammy
|
$1,000
[12]
Syrup-giving tree wood for the Bishop of Rome
a papal maple
Ben
|
| BAYS | BIBLE QUOTES | 12-LETTER SCIENCE WORDS | REPORTING THE NEWS | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER | "OB"VIOUS RESPONSES |
|
$400
[27]
This bay on the southern side of Cuba is home to a U.S. naval base
Guantanamo Bay
Greg
|
$400
[23]
Ecclesiastes 8: Do this & this & "be merry"
eat & drink
Ben
|
$400
[28]
In physics it's the rate of change of velocity with respect to time, not necessarily an increase in speed
acceleration
Greg
|
$400
[30]
In 2003 this neurosurgeon of Indian & Pakistani descent reported for CNN in Iraq but also did brain surgery on wounded soldiers
(Dr. Sanjay) Gupta
Tammy
|
$400
[24]
Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott
Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald
Greg
|
$400
[26]
It's the state of being able to make decisions based on facts, not on opinions or emotions
objective (objectivity)
Greg
|
|
$800
[25]
Chesapeake Bay is an estuary that's home to this "colorful" crustacean that's best eaten on the bay with bae & with some Old Bay
a blue crab
Ben
|
$800
[22]
1 Peter 4: "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of" these
sins
|
$800
[4]
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere
the stratosphere
Greg
|
$800
[29]
After a bone marrow transplant, she told viewers on Feb. 20, 2013, "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!"
Robin Roberts
Greg
|
$800
[15]
Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones"
a Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon
Greg
|
$800
[21]
This condition, OCD, is characterized by recurring, time-consuming behaviors that interfere with normal functioning
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ben
|
|
$1,200
[3]
A South Florida national park with this bay in its name is home to more than 500 species of reef fish
Biscayne
Tammy
|
$1,600
[18]
2 Timothy 4: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have" succeeded in this retention of belief
kept the faith
Ben
Tammy
|
$1,200
[7]
Sugars & starches are this type of organic compound with a name meaning "watered carbon"
a carbohydrate
Tammy
|
$1,200
[8]
Let's go "Face to Face"--this Peabody winner was the first Asian person & the second woman to anchor a major U.S. network newscast
(Connie) Chung
Ben
|
$1,200
[14]
The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty
Ice Spice Girls
Tammy
|
$1,200
[20]
These muscles seenherecover the sides of the abdomen & help rotate your trunk
the obliques
Tammy
|
|
$1,600
[2]
In song, "The boys of the NYPD choir were singing" of this Irish place
Galway Bay
Greg
|
$2,000
[19]
Genesis 37: "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children... and he made him" this showy item
a coat of many colors
Ben
|
$2,000
[17]
From Latin for "heap" & "rain cloud", this mushroom-shaped cloud brings the thunder
cumulonimbus
Greg
|
$1,600
[16]
One of Time's "25 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.", he began anchoring "Noticiero Univision" at age 28 in 1986
Jorge Ramos
|
$1,600
[1]
A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC
"The Roman Empire State Of Mind"
Ben
Greg
|
$1,600
[11]
This 4-sided style of column typically tapers towards the top & ends in a pyramid
an obelisk
Greg
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Originally named Rio de Janeiro Bay, this bay means "bosom of the sea" in the Tupi language
Guanabara
Tammy
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
Matthew 21: "My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it" this burrow for burglars
a den of thieves
Greg
|
DD
$10,400
[5]
Studies have shown that some shrews use this process, emitting high-pitched squeaks as a guide in the dark
echolocation
Greg
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$2,000
[13]
Shemoderated two vice presidential debates & with Judy Woodruff on PBS, became part of U.S. network broadcasting's first female co-anchor team
Gwen Ifill
Ben
|
$2,000
[10]
A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA & Ghostface Killah
Constance Wu-Tang Clan
Ben
|
$2,000
[9]
In music this term means mandatory, to be played without omission; it often refers to an instrumental accompaniment
an obligato
|
After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power
a bull