Show #9038 2024-02-14 (taped 2024-01-18) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

Elliott Kim — a television editor from Los Angeles, California

Ilhana Redzovic — an investment associate from Chicago, Illinois

Vince Bacani — a risk manager from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vince	$4,000	$5,600	$16,600	$21,600 Winner: semifinalist	$13,200 18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Ilhana	$3,000	$3,400	$10,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$10,600 21 R, 6 W
Elliott	$1,600	$2,200	$4,600	$4,599 2nd place: $5,000	$6,600 12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE	LOW TECH	THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS	5 FOR THE ROAD	I RAN	SO FAR AWAY
$200 [25] Lizzo sang, "It's About Damn" this Time Vince	$200 [24] A seesaw is an example of this simple machine, which is just a long beam on a fulcrum a lever Vince	$200 [29] In 1915 Richard Strauss brought in wind & thunder machines to conduct his work depicting a climb in these mountains the Alps Ilhana	$200 [28] The road to hell is proverbially paved with these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be nice good intentions Ilhana	$200 [30] Stop, thief! Though we think of him just trotting around the bases after his home runs, Mike Trout led the A.L. in these in 2012 with 49 steals Ilhana	$200 [21] Here's the Alexander Mosaic with Darius III vs. the Great, nicely preserved as it was found in 1831 in this doomed Italian city Pompeii Ilhana
$400 [23] Lawyers use it as a courtesy title esquire Vince	$400 [17] One book in the "Fold & Fly" series teaches how to make these; a 2007 M.I.A. song is named for them paper planes Ilhana	$400 [22] Hear tunes from "E.T.". "Jaws" & "Always" on the album he "Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of Steven Spielberg" John Williams Elliott	$400 [26] Now an idiom for any sort of adventurous path, this colorful route in a 1900 novel was "very uneven" at times the Yellow Brick Road Elliott	$400 [27] In 1995 Emmitt Smith ran for 25 touchdowns for this team but was far from its Lone Star the Cowboys Vince Elliott	$400 [20] Hardanger, Bokna & And (yes, And!) are these long narrow sea arms in Norway fjords Vince
$600 [9] From the French, it basically means "enjoy your food!" bon appétit Vince	$600 [16] During World War I Edith Wilson had a flock of these on the White House lawns--to cut the grass sheep Ilhana Elliott	$600 [12] Prokofiev conducted the U.S. premiere of his own "classical" symphony (less redundant than it sounds) at this NYC hall in 1918 Carnegie Ilhana	$600 [10] Ray Charles started off a song with these 4 words; now it means scram! Hit the road, Jack Ilhana	$600 [19] In 2011 this Jamaican sprinter was too fast for some school zones, hitting a top speed of 27.33 mph in a race Usain Bolt Ilhana	$600 [15] This Winter Olympics city is on the coast of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains Sochi Vince
$800 [13] It's now also a verb meaning to strike poses like a model vogue Vince	$800 [4] The original cover for The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" came with a functioning one of these fasteners a zipper Ilhana	$800 [8] The first time audiences were taken on this "ride" was when Wagner conducted extracts from his "Ring" cycle in 1862 "Ride Of The Valkyries" Elliott	$800 [1] A child's game fronts this phrase used in politics for postponing a needed action to kick the can down the road	$800 [18] Badwater & the Lake Saroma 100K are two of these races whose name indicates you've got to run farther than 26.2 miles an ultramarathon Ilhana Elliott	$800 [14] We heart this heart-shaped island state 150 miles south of Victoria where you can have a devil of a time Tasmania Elliott
$1,000 [11] Irish playwright J.M. Synge wrote of this "of the Western World" Playboy Vince	DD $1,000 [3] A French word for "hook" gives us the name of this craft that uses a hooked needle crochet Vince	$1,000 [7] You can hear him lead the Columbia symphony in his "Rite of Spring" or the Columbia jazz combo in his "Tango" Stravinsky Ilhana	$1,000 [2] You may have an enlightening moment on the "road to" this city, like Saul did in the Bible Damascus Vince	$1,000 [5] This Manchester City goal scoring master from Norway has been clocked at 22.5 miles per hour running down the field Haaland Ilhana	$1,000 [6] This wedge-shaped country seems small next to its 2 giant S. Amer. neighbors, but it has 5x more land than Holland & 5x fewer people Uruguay Vince Ilhana

Double Jeopardy! Round

SNAKES IN A BOOK	"AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS	TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS	THE AIR THAT I BREATHE	1970s MOVIES	THOSE MEDDLING KID KINGS & QUEENS
$400 [30] To tempt Eve in this 17th century epic poem, Satan takes the form of a serpent (he sneaks into its mouth as it sleeps) Paradise Lost Elliott	$400 [29] This organization founded in 1881 was inspired by one based in Switzerland the American Red Cross Ilhana	$400 [20] To shorten so that a part stands for the whole abbreviate Ilhana	$400 [19] In the 1970s Nik-O-Lok, pioneer of pay toilets, began making folks pay for air at these facilities a gas station Vince	$400 [8] "Dammit Janet" & "Over At The Frankenstein Place" are songs from this 1975 movie; can you sense my antici...pation? The Rocky Horror Picture Show Vince	$400 [26] In 1547 this teen became the first crowned czar of Russia; later on, he had filicide to his name Ivan the Terrible Ilhana
$800 [28] On his third voyage, this hero of "The Arabian Nights" lands on an island home to a man-eating snake as big as a palm tree Sinbad Ilhana	$800 [27] The third Thursday in November is the Great American Smokeout, hosted by this organization for more than 40 years the American Cancer Society Elliott	$800 [25] Geometric name for an open square found on many a campus quadrangle Ilhana	$800 [18] Meteorologist Cindy Day says that like an honest talk, thunderstorms do this when dry westerly winds are behind them they clear the air	$800 [7] 2 things about this 1971 guy--he's "the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about" & "no one understands him but his woman" Shaft Elliott	$800 [24] The life of child emperor Puyi & his time in this "City" in Beijing is the subject of the film "The Last Emperor" the Forbidden City Elliott
$1,200 [23] In the 4,000-year-old epic of him, this hero finds a plant that grants immortality, but a snake snatches it away & eats it Gilgamesh Ilhana	$1,200 [1] This organization, the AOS for short, is literally for the birds the American Ornithological Society Vince Ilhana Elliott	$1,200 [21] The artwork seenhereis titled this, a weird-looking baby substituted by fairies for a newborn a Changeling	$1,200 [17] The main gas from an erupting volcano is this 2-word one that also forms clouds, but there's also less benign sulfur dioxide water vapor Vince	$1,200 [6] Reaching for a gun to take on Mongo, Sheriff Bart gets warned in this film: "No, no... if you shoot him, you'll just make him mad" Blazing Saddles Elliott	$1,200 [22] An 1889 New York Times article called Alphonso XIII"the happiest living monarch"; he would go on to rule this country until 1931 Spain Ilhana Elliott
$1,600 [16] In Kipling's "The Jungle Book", this old python is a friend & savior to Mowgli Kaa Vince	DD $2,000 [2] Chartered by Congress in 1919, it's the largest veterans' organization in the U.S., with nearly 2 million members the American Legion Elliott	$1,600 [14] This 10-letter word for a means for producing copies comes from the Greek for "dry" & "written" xerography Ilhana	$1,600 [10] 140 bucks worth of propane will keep you aloft in this specific type of craft for about 2 hours a hot air balloon Ilhana	$2,000 [4] In a space oddity, this singer was "The Man Who Fell to Earth" to save his own dying planet Bowie Vince	$1,600 [12] In 1543 she was crowned queen at 9 months old at a ceremony officiated by the Archbishop of St. Andrews Mary, Queen of Scots Ilhana Elliott
$2,000 [15] The Green Witch turns into a snake to attack Prince Rilian in this Narnia book whose title refers to what Rilian sits in The Silver Chair Ilhana	$2,000 [3] In 1972 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a founder of this organization's Women's Rights Project; full name, please the American Civil Liberties Union Vince	$2,000 [13] "O", it means excessively compliant or servile obsequious Elliott	$2,000 [9] The first noble gas discovered on Earth, it makes up almost 1% of standard dry air argon Vince	DD $5,000 [5] This 1976 drama ends with the typed out words "Gerald Ford to become 38th president at noon today" All the President's Men Vince	$2,000 [11] Crowned at 13, King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was known as this "King", since he had Hansen's disease the Leper King Ilhana

Final Jeopardy!

BROADWAY PLAYS

Rita Moreno & Sally Struthers were the first to star in the female version of this comedy, their characters becoming Olive & Florence

The Odd Couple

Elliott "What is Happy Valentine's Day EK♡HK" — wagered $1

Ilhana "What is the Two Gentlemen of Verona?" — wagered $10,600

Vince "What is The Odd Couple?" — wagered $5,000

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