2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 3, semifinal game 2.
Rachel Cohen — a consultant originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland
Randall Rayford — a solar project developer from Houston, Texas
Andrew Whatley — an academic administrator originally from Beauregard, Alabama
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $2,600 | $4,400 | $6,400 |
$12,800
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Randall | $4,400 | $6,400 | $19,600 |
$26,401
Finalist |
$11,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Rachel | $4,600 | $6,000 | $13,200 |
$12,801
2nd place: $3,000 |
$12,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| JOHN GREEN | TV CONNECTIONS | WHERE'D YOU GO? | ____ & ____ BUSINESS | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY | STARTS & ENDS WITH "T" |
|
$200
[30]
(John Green presents the clue.) I co-created Crash Coursewhich offers hundreds of free educational videos on YouTube; in one video, I discuss this female poet from New England, just a bit obsessed with death, who began a poem, "I heard a fly buzz when I died"
Emily Dickinson
Andrew
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$200
[27]
L.A.____& Order
Law
Randall
|
$200
[28]
Three generations of the d'Aluye family were on these expeditions to the Holy Lands; theeffigyof one shows him in armor with praying hands
the Crusades
Randall
|
$200
[29]
On its website, it boasts of being "the Internet's largest bookstore"
Barnes & Noble
Randall
|
$200
[21]
Named for a hometown general, MacArthur Park in this Arkansas city contains his birthplace
Little Rock
Andrew
|
$200
[19]
Itcontrols the temperature in your house
a thermostat
Randall
|
|
$400
[26]
(John Green presents the clue.) Two books that I often recommend & that inspired me to write for teens are "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson& one by Walter Dean Myers; Steve is on trial for murder, but is he really this, the title of the book?
a monster
Randall
|
$400
[15]
In the Heat of the____Court
Night
Randall
|
$400
[24]
The departure of the Israelites from Egypt is fittingly covered in this second book of the Torah
Exodus
Rachel
|
$400
[13]
This root beer has been around since 1919 & offers "float how-tos" & "float recipes"
A&W
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
Little & Big Diomede islands are found in this strait that separates the U.S. & Russia
the Bering Strait
Rachel
|
$400
[20]
A small piece of food, or a small juicy piece of gossip
a tidbit
Andrew
|
|
$600
[25]
(John Green presents the clue.) In my podcast "The Anthropocene Reviewed", I review very different human-centered facets of our world, includingprom, the plague&this keyboard, named for a series of 6 letters on the left
QWERTY
Rachel
|
$600
[5]
Modern_____Is Blind
Love
Rachel
|
$600
[16]
This "Great" northward move by Black Americans ramped up with the need for industrial workers in World War I
the Great Migration
Randall
|
$600
[14]
This company's dizzying array of brands includes Old Spice, Pepto Bismol, Gillette & Cascade
Procter & Gamble
Rachel
|
$600
[2]
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park lies within this scenic California region that's just south of Monterey
Big Sur
Andrew
|
$600
[9]
Some runners favor this ensemble seen here
a tracksuit
Randall
|
|
$800
[6]
(John Green presents the clue.) In "The Grass", part two of my novel "Paper Towns", a copy of "Leaves of Grass" by this poet may hold clues to Margot & her whereabouts
Walt Whitman
Randall
|
$800
[4]
Orphan____Mirror
Black
Andrew
|
$800
[12]
Back in the 1880s Wellesley College specified this type of leave from teaching should be spent in Europe, with 1/2-year pay
a sabbatical
Rachel
|
$800
[3]
The Black Eyed Peas song "My Humps" mentions this upscale fashion brand, then Fendi & Donna Karan
Dolce & Gabbana
Randall
|
$800
[1]
Thought to have been used by Hannibal, Little Saint Bernard Pass lies between the Graian Alps & this 15,800-foot French-Italian peak
Mont Blanc
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
This violent windstorm is sometimes found "in a teacup"
a tempest
Randall
|
|
$1,000
[23]
(John Green presents the clue.) In my first novel, "Looking for Alaska", Miles "Pudge" Halter has an obsession with famous last words; my favorite are those of this Irish writer in 1900, something to the effect of, "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do"
Wilde
Randall
|
$1,000
[7]
Ash vs. Evil____Ringers
Dead
Rachel
|
DD
$1,600
[8]
This term for a trip taken by a politician at public expense can also be used for a P.R. event for a film or TV show
junket
Rachel
|
$1,000
[17]
This jeweler bears the last names of a married couple, the son of a diamond broker & the daughter of a dealer in precious stones
Van Cleef & Arpels
|
$1,000
[18]
Big Cypress National Preserve abuts this more expansive national park in Florida
the Everglades
Andrew
|
$1,000
[11]
Joel Osteen's résumé includes author, pastor & this 13-letter word
televangelist
Randall
|
| HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS | 11-LETTER WORDS | SCIENTISTS | PAINT, BY NUMBERS | MIL. ABBREV. | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE |
|
$400
[25]
This empire of the Andes had some 25,000 miles of roads & a relay system that was like the Pony Express but on foot
the Inca
Randall
|
$400
[26]
Let's horse around on this far straightaway on an oval racecourse; it might also be a way to limber up your lumbar region
the backstretch
Randall
Rachel
|
$400
[28]
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle's work with these creatures was documented in the film "Gentle Giants of the Pacific"
humpback whales
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
In 2015 "Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)", his 1892 oil painting, sold for more than $200 million
Gauguin
Rachel
|
$400
[30]
AWOL:i.e., not where you're supposed to be
absent without leave
Andrew
|
$400
[29]
The title of this band's album, "Songs of Innocence", references a Blake poetry collection
U2
Randall
|
|
$800
[23]
Canada's biggest city, Toronto once had this name, in honor of the same noble title as the USA's biggest city
York
Randall
|
$800
[20]
Keep up! The son of your brother's child is this relationship to you, old-timer
great nephew (grandnephew)
Andrew
Randall
|
$800
[24]
Captain Robert FitzRoyhad doubts inviting this naturalist aboard an 1831 voyage due to the shape of his nose
Darwin
Randall
Rachel
|
$800
[10]
In 2011 a portrait of surrealist poet Paul Éluard by this Spaniard sold for more than $21 million
Dalí
Randall
Rachel
|
$800
[22]
LZ:Another name for an airfield
landing zone
Rachel
|
$800
[8]
The name of this band fronted by Jim Morrison comes from a Blake passage via Aldous Huxley
The Doors
Randall
|
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1590 one of the only traces of the "Lost Colony" on this island off North Carolina was the word "Croatoan" carved on wood
Roanoke
Andrew
|
$1,200
[6]
A college football player normally gets 5 years of it, & can compete in 4 seasons
eligibility
Rachel
|
$1,600
[5]
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkindiscovered that stars are made primarily of these 2 elements
hydrogen & helium
Andrew
|
$1,200
[4]
Nature can be expensive! In 2014 "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" by this New Mexico woman went for $44.4 million
Georgia O'Keeffe
Rachel
|
$1,200
[3]
XO:He's second in command to the CO
executive officer
Randall
|
$1,200
[9]
Replicant Roy Batty adapts a passage from Blake's book "America, a Prophecy" in this futuristic film set in 2019 Los Angeles
Blade Runner
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[13]
El Pípila is the nickname of a Mexican folk hero who was said to have aided this revolutionary priest in 1810
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Rachel
|
$1,600
[14]
Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there
combustible
Andrew
|
$2,000
[16]
Born into freedom in Maryland, this surveyor & astronomer successfully calculated a solar eclipse in 1789
(Benjamin) Banneker
Andrew
|
$1,600
[11]
In 2022 "Empire of Light" set a record for a canvas by this 20th century Belgian artist: almost $80 million, including fees
Magritte
Rachel
|
$1,600
[7]
OCS:If you graduate from this, expect to be ready to lead
Officer Candidate School
Randall
Rachel
|
$1,600
[17]
A chapter that follows Rorschach in this graphic novel draws inspiration from William Blake's poem "The Tyger"
the Watchmen
Randall
|
|
DD
$3,600
[1]
In 1899 an intl. ruling gave the oil-rich Essequibo region to Britain; now it's part of this country & some Venezuelans covet it
Guyana
Andrew
|
$2,000
[15]
It's--sob!--an 11-letter word for weeping, or the secretion of tears
lacrimation
Rachel
|
DD
$9,200
[19]
In 1843 this genetics pioneer awoke & found himself transformed into a novice in an Augustinian monastery in Brno
(Gregor) Mendel
Randall
|
$2,000
[12]
Looted by Nazis, "The Father", a 1911 work by this Russian Empire-born painter, got $7.4 million for the rightful heirs in 2022
Chagall
Rachel
|
$2,000
[18]
MOS:It's what your job is
military occupational specialty
Rachel
|
$2,000
[21]
Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with a Blake painting in "Red Dragon" by this author
Thomas Harris
Andrew
|
With murder, shadows, a nosy reporter & Peter Lorre, 1940's "Stranger on the Third Floor" is the first example of this, some say
film noir