2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 4.
Suzanne Goldlust — a marketing manager from Reston, Virginia
Ed Petersen — a planning technician from Orlando, Florida
Alex Gordon — a surgical resident originally from Somers, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $3,400 | $6,000 | $26,000 |
$19,000
Winner: semifinalist |
$17,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Ed | $0 | $1,400 | $1,000 |
$593
3rd place: $5,000 |
$1,000
13 R, 8 W |
| Suzanne | $3,200 | $4,600 | $16,300 |
$12,300
2nd place: $5,000 |
$15,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| A REGIONAL TREASURE | SIMPLE SPANISH | MILITARY SLANG | A WILD MOOSE CHASE | THE MOURNING NEWS | SUPER BOWL STARS |
|
$200
[8]
Seen here is the magnificent Potala Palace in this autonomous region of China
Tibet
Ed
|
$200
[21]
There is a rose in Spanish & it's this word, not much different
rosa
Ed
|
$200
[26]
Many in the military prefer "bird", not "chopper", for this type of transport
helicopter
Ed
|
$200
[29]
Moose are ungulates, meaning they have these; specifically, splayed ones helpful in snowy & boggy conditions
hooves
Ed
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$200
[30]
This songwriter did not compose "God Bless Cuba", where his 20-year-old wife fell fatally ill on their honeymoon
Irving Berlin
|
$200
[19]
(I'm Nate Burleson representing wideouts.) I set an NFL record with 3 punt returns of 90 yards or more; in 2023 speedy Kadarius Toney's 65-yard punt return broke a Super Bowl record & helped this team prevail
the Chiefs
Ed
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$400
[1]
You'll find Gravensteen, the Castle of the Counts, in this region, the northern half of Belgium
Flanders
Alex
Ed
Suzanne
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$400
[5]
Completes a Spanish title of a beloved tale, "Ferdinando el..."
Toro
Suzanne
|
$400
[27]
A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II
an aircraft carrier
Alex
Ed
Suzanne
|
$400
[28]
It's said this city 45 miles from Regina, Saskatchewan got its name from a nearby river whose contours looked like... guess what
Moose Jaw
Ed
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$400
[23]
A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader
Alexander the Great
Ed
|
$400
[20]
(I'm Phil Simms for the right-handed QBs.) In 1987, I led the Giants to a Super Bowl win; two decades later this other righty would win one for the Giants, making ittwo brothersin the family with rings
Eli Manning
Alex
|
|
$600
[2]
Care to tour Moët & Chandon? Veuve Clicquot? Mais oui, drink 'em in when you get to this appropriate region of France
Champagne
Alex
|
$600
[9]
It's a form of "named", as in "Como se ____ usted?"; pronounced the Anglo way, it's a South American pack animal
llama
Suzanne
|
$600
[11]
These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I.
a Joe
Ed
|
$600
[15]
In this film Chevy Chase is politely told, "Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya"
National Lampoon's Vacation
Alex
|
$600
[13]
This grief-stricken actor kept a vigil until rescue teams recovered his wife Carole Lombard's remains after a 1942 plane crash
Clark Gable
|
$600
[22]
(I'm Boomer Esiason representing left-handed quarterbacks.) Us southpaws need someone solid at right tackle like John Vella for Ken Stablerin Super Bowl XI, to protect this area where we can't see the big guys coming
the blind side
Alex
|
|
$800
[3]
A commission for this 13-state region that gave us Joe Manchin & Loretta Lynn uses the map seen here
Appalachia
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[17]
On the graph seen here, note this only Spanish month that starts with a different letter from the English one
Enero
Suzanne
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$800
[6]
This rifle accessory is a "cheese toaster" & takes its real name from a French town where it was once made
bayonet
Ed
|
$800
[4]
In 2014 this preppy specialty store chain said, "A&F!" (aloha & farewell!) to its moose logo in the United States
Abercrombie & Fitch
Alex
|
$800
[12]
After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained
Queen Victoria
Suzanne
|
$800
[24]
(J.J. Watt here speaking for the defensive linemen.) After leading the NFL in sacks a few times, I love to see 'em in the big games; in 1986, this team had a record-tying seven, including ones by Richard Dent & Dan "The Danimal" Hampton
Da Bears
Ed
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Want to get to theBMW Museum? Get your motor running, head out on the Autobahn & go looking for adventure in this region
Bavaria
Alex
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
In Spanish it means "loud"; in music, it describes some female parts in choruses
alto
Alex
|
$1,000
[18]
This title of a 2012 film is military slang for "so late it's early"
Zero Dark Thirty
Ed
|
$1,000
[10]
Formally the Progressive Party, it got 27% in the 1912 presidential election & even won California by 174 votes
the Bull Moose Party
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[14]
This British author kept 2 initials & a 5-letter last name as N.W. Clerk to write "A Grief Observed" about his wife's death
C.S. Lewis
|
$1,000
[25]
(I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975
Chuck Noll
|
| THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES | PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER | END OF STORY |
|
$400
[28]
Researchers have found that these Colosseum fighters likely drank a Gatorade-like drink made of ash after a long day of killing
gladiators
Alex
|
$400
[13]
Anne Hathaway is tortured, but not in that way, by a nonetheless vicious Meryl Streep in this 2006 film
The Devil Wears Prada
Alex
|
$400
[10]
An M.D. in this medical branch deals in the treatment of mental, emotional & behavioral disorders
psychiatry
Alex
|
$400
[30]
Eucharist bread(4 letters)
host
Ed
|
$400
[21]
In England this professional who can help you buy a house is known as an estate agent
a Realtor
Suzanne
|
$400
[29]
By Steinbeck: "Curley and Carlson looked after them. And Carlson said, 'Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?"'
Of Mice and Men
Alex
Ed
|
|
$800
[1]
To bring in water from distant sources, the Romans were great builders of these structures, partly from the Latin for "water"
aqueducts
Suzanne
|
$800
[11]
There's not haunting in "Ghosts of the Abyss", a documentary by this director
James Cameron
Alex
|
$800
[9]
Nuclear medicine is a subspecialty of this field that involves the use of X-rays to diagnose & treat disease
radiology
Alex
|
$800
[17]
Don't go to Helvetica! Use a baptismal one(4 letters)
font
Suzanne
|
$800
[20]
A command used to activate the transporter on "Star Trek", this verb normally means to fill with vigor
energize
Alex
Ed
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$800
[24]
A monster hit from 1818: "He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance"
Frankenstein
Suzanne
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Poor Geoffrey was on the menu at Pompeii; archaeologists have dug up a bone of this tall African animal in the ancient city
a giraffe
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
Grisly ghost? No, this Bond title from 2015 refers to the criminal organization that's vexing him
Spectre
Alex
|
$1,200
[6]
Palliative medicine goes hand in hand with this type of end-of-life care, providing comfort to both the patient & their family
hospice
Suzanne
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$1,200
[16]
What a "bully" church podium!(6 letters)
pulpit
Ed
|
$1,200
[14]
This adjective can refer to feeling ill due to a lack of liquids, or food that's been preserved by having its water removed
dehydrated
Suzanne
|
$1,200
[23]
"'It isn't fair, it isn't right', Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her" is the scary end of this Shirley Jackson tale
"The Lottery"
Alex
|
|
$2,000
[27]
Before Rome found Jesus, emperors in the 3rd century evangelized for the god Sol Invictus, meaning this
Invincible Sun
Ed
Suzanne
|
$1,600
[12]
Jane Fonda had no bolts in her neck as the title family relation in this 2005 flick, but J. Lo wanted to scream anyway
Monster-in-Law
Alex
|
$2,000
[4]
This type of surgeon operates specifically on the organs in the chest including the heart, the esophagus & the lungs
cardiothoracic (thoracic)
Alex
|
$1,600
[15]
Pastor B. wants your money to slide into this plate(10 letters)
collection
Ed
|
$1,600
[2]
This devilish Philistine god mentioned in the Bible has a name meaning "lord of the flies"
Beelzebub
Ed
|
$1,600
[22]
A dystopian first-person tale: "But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. And all that cal"
A Clockwork Orange
Alex
|
|
DD
$2,500
[26]
After the great fire of 64 A.D., this emperor built himself a palace with an artificial lake & revolving dining room
Nero
Suzanne
|
$2,000
[19]
Daniel Day-Lewis dealt with frocks, not frights, in this 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson period piece
Phantom Thread
Alex
|
DD
$9,200
[5]
From Greek & Latin for "new birth", this type of doctor specializes in the care of newborns & premature babies
a neonatologist
Alex
|
$2,000
[18]
An arm of a cruciform-shaped church(8 letters)
the transept
Ed
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$2,000
[7]
It's the asexual early stage of a jellyfish's life cycle, shown, or an underside growth in your body, not shown
a polyp
Suzanne
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$2,000
[25]
"I'll pray, and then I'll sleep" is the balm at the end of this Pulitzer-winning Marilynne Robinson novel
Gilead
|
"It was kind of a prodding to myself to play it straight", said Johnny Cash of this 1956 hit
"I Walk The Line"