2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 4, semifinal game 3.
John Guszkowski — a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
Allison Strekal — a nonprofit development director from Missoula, Montana
Long Nguyen — a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | $1,200 | $2,200 | $15,000 |
$19,001
Finalist |
$15,000
18 R, 4 W |
| Allison | $1,400 | $2,600 | $19,000 |
$1
3rd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| John | $7,200 | $14,200 | $18,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: $3,000 |
$15,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE BIBLE BOOK SAITH... | ON THE MOVIE BILL | NOTORIOUS | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | IT'S UP 2 U | OLD YORK, OLD YORK |
|
$200
[26]
"And the evening and the morning were the fifth day"
Genesis
Long
|
$200
[27]
Bill Murray, mis-hearing "gophers" in this pic: "If I kill... the golfers, they're gonna lock me up & throw away the key"
Caddyshack
Allison
|
$200
[24]
Nicknamed for his facial hair, this 18th c. buccaneer who terrorized the East Coast reputedly amassed a still-hidden treasure
Blackbeard
John
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$200
[28]
Jacket, spine, leaves
a book
John
|
$200
[29]
Will & shall form this verb tense
future
Long
Allison
|
$200
[30]
York is "the Chocolate City" & in 1935 was the birthplace of this candy bar made up of breakoffable fingers
a Kit Kat
Long
Allison
John
|
|
$400
[22]
Living up to its name: "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning"
Proverbs
John
|
$400
[12]
In "While You Were Sleeping", Bill Pullman doubts--& should--that this actress is who she seems
Sandra Bullock
John
|
$400
[23]
Beginning in 1932, this couple went on a crime spree that lasted 21 months before both were killed
Bonnie & Clyde
John
|
$400
[20]
Bridge, temple tip, lens
eyeglasses
Long
|
$400
[25]
Iowa uses this type of local party meeting to select presidential candidates
a caucus
Long
|
$400
[19]
A York native, shebegan bonding with 007 as M in 1995's "Golden Eye"
Judi Dench
Allison
|
|
$600
[15]
"And I saw in the right hand of him... a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals"
(Book of) Revelation
John
|
$600
[9]
The late, great Bill Paxton was out of this world as astronaut Fred Haise in this 1995 real-life adventure
Apollo 13
John
|
$600
[3]
Ronnie & Reggie Kray, twins who ran a 1960s criminal empire in England, were among the last prisoners held in this fortress
the Tower of London
John
|
$600
[11]
Safety glass, blue line, face-off circle
a hockey arena or ice rink
Long
Allison
|
$600
[17]
Derived from French, it's a small, specialized retail store
a boutique
Allison
|
$600
[13]
Also meaning a totalmess, as in "left the place in" these, it's the name for an area of Yorkwith narrow, medieval streets
shambles
John
|
|
$1,000
[21]
"Ye shall not... print any marks upon you: I am the Lord" (so no tattoos)
Leviticus
John
|
$800
[7]
This "SNL" alum played Amy Schumer's love interest in "Trainwreck"
Bill Hader
John
|
$800
[1]
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal in this Dutch city in 2016
The Hague
Allison
|
$800
[4]
Belts, sidewall, tread
a tire
John
|
$800
[6]
You should know this swinging item like clockwork
a pendulum
Long
|
$800
[14]
The Sixth, a York-based Roman legion, was big in the making of the wall begun in 122 A.D. on the orders of this emperor
Hadrian
John
|
|
DD
$4,000
[16]
"For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas"
Jonah
John
|
$1,000
[8]
This Brit has been in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", "Shaun of the Dead" & a slew of other films
Bill Nighy
Allison
|
$1,000
[2]
In June 2022 this man who tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981 was released without conditions
Hinckley
Long
|
$1,000
[5]
Lhotse Face, the Death Zone, Khumbu Icefall
Mount Everest
John
|
$1,000
[10]
Time to drink in this hearty reddish color... ohhhh yes... bold, with a hint of je ne sais quoi
burgundy
Allison
John
|
$1,000
[18]
Born in York in 1570, he would have an annual day in November named for him, but he probably would not appreciate it
Guy Fawkes
John
|
| THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION | FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES | NOVELS | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM | CLOCKS | 7-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[22]
The convention was originally called to revise these, but delegates soon created a new framework for government
the Articles of Confederation
Long
|
$400
[28]
Under the Moors this European capital was called Olissibona
Lisbon
Long
John
|
$400
[26]
Early in this city "Blues", the first of about a dozen Tess Monaghan novels, ex-reporter Tess is rowing toward Fort McHenry
Baltimore
John
|
$400
[27]
"Pawnee Rangers" & "Swing Vote"
Parks and Rec
John
|
$400
[29]
Yokohama's Cosmo Clock 21 features a ginormous digital clock face at the center of this amusement park ride
Ferris wheel
Long
|
$400
[30]
Your pain & sadness from past experiences is known as your emotional this, also carried on a journey
baggage
Allison
|
|
$800
[18]
Delegates met in secret in this building's assemblyroom with the windows sealed despite the hot summer
Independence Hall
John
|
$800
[23]
4th century A.D. Roman emperor Jovian was born in Singidunum, now this Serbian capital
Belgrade
Long
|
$800
[21]
The book that started it all, 1993's "Along Came a Spider", was this author's first novel to feature detective Alex Cross
(James) Patterson
Allison
|
$800
[11]
"The Hofstadter Isotope" &"The Wedding Gift Wormhole"
The Big Bang Theory
Long
|
$800
[24]
A clock on Prague's Town Hall Towerfeatures wooden carvings of these followers of Christ
the Apostles
John
|
$800
[25]
A city in the Czech Republic gives this type of beer its name
Pilsner
Long
|
|
$1,200
[17]
This oldest delegate's proposal that presidents should serve without pay was disregarded without vote or debate
Franklin
Allison
|
$1,200
[3]
This former name of Kinshasa reflects its nation's history as a colony of the Belgian monarchy
Leopoldville
Long
|
$1,200
[12]
Cathy Queen of Cats is a character in "The House on Mango Street" by this author
Sandra Cisneros
|
$1,600
[6]
"Will Gets a Job" &"The Philadelphia Story"
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Allison
John
|
$1,200
[15]
The clock tower in this city's Piazza San Marco was once used to spot incoming ships
Venice
John
|
$1,200
[19]
It's a place where skins & hides of animals are treated to make leather
a tannery
Long
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Much of what we know about the convention is from this future president's copious notes of the debates
Madison
Allison
|
$1,600
[1]
Dushanbe, capital of this landlocked "stan", was called Stalinabad until 1961
Tajikistan
Long
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Escapists" comic series features an "Amazing" superhero conjured up in this novel by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Long
John
|
$2,000
[7]
"Blanche and the Younger Man" & "Dateline: Miami"
The Golden Girls
John
|
$1,600
[14]
The almost 2,000-foot tall Makkah Clock Royal Towerin Mecca overlooks this sacred cube-shaped building
the Kaaba
Long
|
$1,600
[16]
A Lil Wayne line that caused some linguistic controversy said, "Real Gs move in silence like" this pasta dish
lasagna
|
|
DD
$5,800
[9]
This state's plan where all states would have equal representation regardless of size was proposed by William Paterson
New Jersey
Allison
|
$2,000
[2]
Called Ciudad Trujillo from 1936 to 1961 in honor of its dictator, this city returned to its old name after his assassination
Santo Domingo
Long
|
$2,000
[5]
Hissci-fi story "Burning Chrome" & his novel "Neuromancer" had some of the first uses of the term "cyberspace"
Gibson
John
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
"The Two Mrs. Sheffields" &"Where's Fran?"
The Nanny
Allison
|
$2,000
[13]
A clock keeping this time, from Latin for "starry", gains 3 minutes, 56 seconds a day over a standard clock
sidereal
Long
|
$2,000
[20]
It refers to a virtuoso solo toward the end of a movement; Joseph Joachim wrote one for Brahms' violin concerto
cadenza
Long
|
Originally called Fruit Scones, the name of this food brand introduced in 1964 was influenced by an art movement of that time
Pop-Tarts