Show #9031 2024-02-05 (taped 2024-01-17) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Jesse Chin — an accounting director from Bayside, New York

Mira Hayward — a podcast host from Portland, Oregon

Kate Campolieta — a corporate communications specialist from Simsbury, Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kate	$4,400	$4,400	$8,000	$8,000 2nd place: $5,000	$8,000 11 R, 1 W
Mira	$0	$200	$16,400	$16,400 Winner: semifinalist	$19,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jesse	$200	$2,600	$1,800	$1,800 3rd place: $5,000	$3,800 12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY	2 ACTORS, ONE TV SHOW	LAKES & RIVERS	THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE	IT'S GIVING...	TOOLS
$200 [24] It still had "Bay Colony" in its name when it issued America's first paper money in 1690 to help fund military expeditions Massachusetts Mira	$200 [8] Allison Janney & Dulé Hill did some walking & talking in the White House on this NBC drama The West Wing Jesse	$200 [27] More than 12,000 feet up Ecuador's Lake Quilotoaoccupies one of these remnants, formed about 800 years ago a (volcanic) crater Kate	$200 [23] This type of drum is named for the strings often made of coiled wire that stretch across the lower head snare Kate	$200 [28] In 1997 Kofi Annan thanked Ted Turner for the $1 billion given to this org., which was meant to invite other individual donations the United Nations Jesse	$200 [30] Dewalt's 20v Max XR lithium-ion cordless compact 1/2-inch is a lot of words but bottom line, it's a power type of this a drill Jesse
$400 [25] This Native American's depiction on a $20 banknote in the 1860s was the first time a real woman was seen on American currency Pocahontas Kate Jesse	$400 [6] In a group project, Gillian Jacobs & Yvette Nicole Brown schooled you from 2009 to 2015 on this college-set NBC sitcom Community Kate	$400 [26] Herodotus believed geometry began when farmland had to be remeasured after this river's annual floods the Nile Mira	$400 [21] High-flying Jeb Corlissis often described as one of these; careful Jeb a daredevil Jesse	$400 [2] A New York Times headline read this oil man's "gifts total $530,853,632", remarkably specific on the day after his death in 1937 (John D.) Rockefeller Mira	$400 [29] With steel shot or sand inside, a dead blow type of this won't bounce back after striking a hammer Jesse
$600 [22] Between 1837 & 1840 this republic & future state issued a paper currency called star money for the small star on the bill's face Texas Jesse	$600 [7] In 2001 Jeri Ryan & Tim Russ completed a "trek" through the Delta Quadrant on this title starship Voyager Kate Mira	$600 [19] At about 7,300 square miles in area, it's the smallest of the 5 Great Lakes & also the easternmost Lake Ontario Mira	$600 [20] A sanctioned & medically supervised promotion founded in 2018 presents this style of boxing--John L. Sullivan would be proud bare knuckle Jesse	$600 [1] 2022's Red Kettle campaign from this charity brought in more than $100 million, & its name should ring a bell the Salvation Army Kate	$600 [18] Used on bolts or screws, metric hex keys are known by this letter, their shape a letter L
$800 [3] The "Educational Series" of silver certificates was issued in 1896; one featured Robert Fulton & this code guy Morse Mira	$800 [10] Rebecca Wisocky & Brandon Scott Jones are scary good as the dearly departed Hetty & Isaac on this CBS comedy Ghosts Kate	$800 [12] A type of fatal hemorrhagic fever bears the name of this sub-Saharan river Ebola Mira	$800 [11] These tenant farmers, about 1/3 of whom were Black, gave their proceeds to the landowners in a post-Civil War system sharecroppers Mira	$800 [17] Apparently really into science, Ross Brown, the founder of Cryogenic Industries, pledged $400 million to this Pasadena college Caltech	$800 [4] Let's tighten things up: use the flex-head, standard-head & thumbwheel types to this tool it "up a notch" ratchet Mira
$1,000 [14] This Treasury Secretary under Lincoln put his own mug on the first$1 dollar bill, seven years before Washington appeared on one Salmon P. Chase	$1,000 [9] We're sanguine you'll recall Michelle Forbes & Tara Buck takin' in life in Loo'siana on this fangs-tastic HBO series True Blood Kate	$1,000 [16] Europe's longest river, the Volga flows more than 2,000 miles south into this large inland body of water the Caspian Sea Mira	DD $3,000 [13] "Ruffles And Flourishes" is one of these short pieces of music played prior to "Hail To The Chief" for the president fanfare Mira	$1,000 [15] Named for anathlete whose brotherwas a doctor, this Seattle cancer center has gotten gifts, like $700 million from Jeff Bezos' parents the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$1,000 [5] It's not a magnetic tool to help you detect a virile man, but rather its namesake item as well as nails hidden within a wall a stud detector (stud finder) Kate

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH LITERATURE	NOTHING BUT MAMMALS	SOME LAZY WORDS	TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE	SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS	FINAL RESTING PLACES
$400 [24] Chapter 43 of this novel explains "How the Artful Dodger Got into Trouble" Oliver Twist Mira	$400 [27] It has webbed feet & a bill, lays eggs & is venomous--but yes, it's a mammal! a platypus Mira	$400 [28] There's a shell-less mollusk at the start of this word meaning slow & lazy sluggish Mira	$400 [30] For an acting scene where you find out your grandma, dog & dreams are all dead, menthol applied under the eye will help you do this cry Mira	$400 [10] That's Mrs. Knowles-Carter, to you Beyoncé Jesse	$400 [22] After an attempted grave robbery soon after his death, Elvis Presley's body was moved from Forest Hill Cemetery to this estate Graceland Mira
$800 [23] The unexpected death of a small town council member is a mystery at the heart of "The Casual Vacancy" by this author J.K. Rowling Mira	$800 [26] Popular as pets, most of the golden type of these rodents descend from a single group caught in Syria in the 1930s hamsters Kate	$800 [25] The mid-1800s gave us this hyphenated word for an employee who keeps a close eye on the hour & minute hands a clock-watcher Mira	$800 [29] Post-pandemic, these have moved from in person with casting directors to self-tapes; always shoot yourself horizontally auditions Mira	$800 [8] "Ben" is a 2023 solo album by this member of a Grammy-winning duo Macklemore Jesse	$800 [21] Following her 1997 death, she was buried on a small island in a lake in Althorp Park, the Spencer family estate Princess Diana Jesse
$1,200 [14] The 24 Pilgrim storytellers in "The Canterbury Tales" include this bawdy woman who tells of her 5 husbands the Wife of Bath	$1,600 [2] Check out the big feet on this hare, perfect for what it walks & runs on a snowshoe hare Mira	$1,200 [19] Oscitant is an adjective that means doing this--& don't start, because I will too yawning	$1,200 [18] To learn this basic circus skill, remember: if you start to lose your balance, lifting one leg can actually help tightrope walking Mira Jesse	$1,200 [9] Hope you still know this Belgian-Australian man who had a smash hit in 2012 with "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye Kate	$1,200 [11] This director's tombstone at Westwood Memorial Park in L.A. reads, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder
$1,600 [1] A man stopped on his way to a wedding feast is told of tragic events aboard a ship in this 1798 narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner	DD $2,000 [12] These Pacific pinnipeds get their name from the roars they emit while defending their harems sea lions Jesse	DD $1,800 [3] A prefix meaning "bad" begins this word for feigning illness in order to avoid work malingering Mira	$1,600 [16] Film composers sync their scores using this measurement that's also big in EDM; 60 goes well with a slow scene, 140 is more pumped BPM (beats per minute) Mira	$1,600 [5] In 2022 this "Pieces Of You" singer returned with "Freewheelin' Woman", her first album in 7 years Jewel	$1,600 [6] This scientist's sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey shows him leaning on 4 books that include "Opticks" & "Philo. Prin. Math" Newton Kate
$2,000 [4] 2020's "The Mirror & the Light" completed Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Thomas Cromwell that began with this lupine novel Wolf Hall Mira	$2,000 [13] Secretions from the glands of these catlike carnivores are used in perfumes civet Mira Jesse	$2,000 [15] Meaning inert or drowsy, it comes from Greek for "forget", like the name of a mythological river lethargic Mira	$2,000 [17] The tracks this producer lays down with help from Team Timbo often start with him simply makings sounds with his mouth Timbaland Jesse	$2,000 [7] An icon of '60s cool, this German model & actress rose to musical fame with The Velvet Underground Nico Jesse	$2,000 [20] No one knows why theblank scrollin Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx on the gravestone of this seafaring novelist Melville Mira

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD FLAGS

The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century

Cambodia

Jesse "What is Congratulations Mira!" — wagered $0

Kate "What is Cambodia? hi nana! ♥" — wagered $0

Mira "What is Cambodia?" — wagered $0

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