2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 semifinal game 2.
Taylor Clagett — a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
Deb Bilodeau — a restaurant server from San Francisco, California
Diandra D'Alessio — a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diandra | $4,200 | $4,800 | $15,200 |
$21,200
2nd place: $10,000 |
$14,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Deb | $1,000 | $5,800 | $17,200 |
$30,401
Finalist |
$14,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Taylor | $-200 | $1,000 | $4,600 |
$4,623
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,600
12 R, 3 W |
| ON STATES' HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS | THEIR NAME'S A BIBLE BOOK | POTENT QUOTABLES | TV COACHES | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF | HEAVY |
|
$200
[30]
Drivers entering from Maryland once saw the welcome signs for this state that called it "Small Wonder"
Delaware
Taylor
|
$200
[24]
Writer Prawer Jhabvala, helpful Dr. Westheimer
Ruth
Diandra
|
$200
[22]
The New Testament's I Timothy says, "Drink no longer water, but use a little" of this "for thy stomach's sake"
wine
Taylor
|
$200
[29]
Who else but this Apple TV+ coach would say, "If God wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn't have invented numbers"
Ted Lasso
Deb
|
$200
[28]
Despite the name, it can be 25 feet long in the abdominal cavity
the small intestine
Deb
|
$200
[27]
Fully loaded, this ship launched in 1911 weighed, or displaced, more than 52,000 tons--no match for a monster iceberg
the Titanic
Taylor
|
|
$400
[23]
This farming state has welcomed visitors with "Fields of Opportunities"
Iowa
Diandra
Taylor
|
$400
[9]
The real-world Mr. Law, the fictional Mr. Fawley
Jude
Deb
|
$400
[21]
Cole Porter wrote, "I get no kick from" this, "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all"
champagne
Taylor
|
$400
[15]
Coach Sue Sylvester, on this Fox show: "You think this is hard? I'm passing a gallstone as we speak. That is hard!"
Glee
Diandra
|
$400
[16]
This type of special tribunal is set up for simplified litigation of damages below a certain amount of money
small claims court
Deb
|
$400
[26]
"The head that wears" this might ache wearing the solid gold, nearly 5-pound St. Edward's one used in a 2023 ceremony
the crown
Deb
|
|
$800
[18]
Louisiana's sign includes both "Welcome" & this French equivalent
Bienvenue
Deb
|
$600
[8]
A Coen brother, a "Last of Us" father
Joel
Diandra
|
$600
[20]
This cocktail may be dry, like the wit of H.L. Mencken, said to have called it "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet"
a martini
Taylor
|
$600
[14]
Bill Fagerbakke had a nice 9-year run on "Coach" as Dauber, an assistant coach, but an even longer one voicing this cartoon starfish
Patrick
Diandra
|
$600
[3]
A group of young fish, or a dismissive term for the young or insignificant
small fry
Deb
|
$600
[25]
Kind of light & heavy at the same time, the net weight of one of these cotton units is around 500 pounds
a bale
Deb
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Once on Michigan's welcome signs, this 2-word phrase that doesn't just refer to size was also on its license plates from 1983 to 2007
Great Lakes
|
$800
[6]
Reynolds of the visual arts, Bell of classical music
Joshua
Deb
|
$800
[5]
In "Anna Christie" Greta Garbo requested this, "ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby"
whiskey
Deb
|
$800
[13]
On this 2010s sitcom, Jess had a roommate named Coach (played by Damon Wayans Jr.)
New Girl
Diandra
|
$800
[1]
In July 2004 in Thailand, Angelina Jolie had a tiger tattooed here
the small of her back
Diandra
|
$800
[11]
Detroit's big fist honoring this "Brown Bomber" & boxing champ is a heavyweight itself at about 8,000 pounds
Joe Louis
Taylor
|
|
DD
$2,200
[19]
A southern sign says, "Welcome to" this Lynyrd Skynyrd title
"Sweet Home Alabama"
Deb
|
$1,000
[7]
Digital media titan Peretti, actor Hill
Jonah
Diandra
|
$1,000
[4]
It's the line in "Treasure Island" that precedes & follows "drink and the devil had done for the rest"
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum
|
$1,000
[12]
On "Friday Night Lights", this actor played a coach with a simple message for his players, "Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose"
Kyle Chandler
|
$1,000
[2]
Established in 1953, this government agency provides support to start-ups & existing companies with programs & loans
the Small Business Administration
Diandra
Taylor
|
$1,000
[10]
Benedictine, this breed of dog known for its rescues, was reported to weigh in at 357 pounds... woof!
a St. Bernard
Diandra
|
| NATIONAL STATUARY HALL | AWARDS & HONORS | PLANT LORE | GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES | POP | THE QUESTION? |
|
$400
[1]
In 2003 Kansas became the first state to replace a statue, swapping out Gov. George Washington Glick for this president
Eisenhower
|
$400
[29]
The climax of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show is this award
Best in Show
Taylor
|
$400
[30]
You've heard of their fungal rings, but this supernatural being finds its name in front of flax & foxglove
fairy
Deb
|
$400
[27]
Beautiful spy Tatiana Romanova is the perfect bait for this man in "From Russia with Love"
James Bond
Deb
|
$400
[28]
She teamed up with dad Billy Ray to sing "I Learned From You"
Miley Cyrus
Taylor
|
$400
[26]
After a horse walks into a bar in a classic joke, it's the inevitable question asked of it by the bartender
Why the long face?
Taylor
|
|
$800
[25]
A statue of this Pennsylvania-born inventor steamed into the Hall in 1889
Fulton
Taylor
|
$800
[18]
Max Dale Cooper got a Robert Koch Award & 100,000 euros in part for figuring out how leukocytes, also called these cells, work & fail
white blood cells
Deb
|
$800
[22]
Legend says a limb from one of these trees taken from Lebanon & now in Derbyshire fell at the death of Lord Carnarvon
cedar
Deb
Taylor
|
$800
[21]
Generations have loved Hubert Selby Jr.'s tale of dope fiends, hoodlums & thieves in "Last Exit to" this place
Brooklyn
Diandra
|
$800
[24]
Saying "family over everything", this NBA star said he'd skip an NBA game to watch his son Bronny debut at USC in 2023
LeBron James
Deb
|
$800
[20]
Used for 2 decades on Monday nights, a reworked version of "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" asked this question
Are you ready for some football?
Taylor
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Nebraska honors Standing Bear, who won an 1879 ruling that this right of a prisoner to appear in court applied to Native Americans
habeas corpus
Deb
|
$1,600
[16]
In 2023 Paul Giamatti, a graduate of this university & son of its 19th president, got an honorary doctorate there
Yale
|
$1,200
[12]
Legend says St. David, patron saint of Wales, had his countrymen wear this veggie in their hats in battle
a leek
Diandra
|
$1,200
[5]
In this Giles Foden novel, a doctor working for Idi Amin is a witness to much of the dictator's madness
The Last King of Scotland
Diandra
|
$1,200
[8]
Trying to get back to his daughter, Nic Cage as Cameron Poe picks up no frequent flier miles in this 1997 flick
Con Air
Deb
|
$1,200
[19]
If the Lord ever asks you, "Where is... thy brother?", we advise against responding with this 5-word query of Cain's
Am I my brother's keeper?
Diandra
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Hawaii is represented by these two figures, a king & a priest
Kamehameha & Father Damien
Taylor
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for "Ode to Sport"
Olympic medals
Diandra
|
$1,600
[13]
Kids in the day smashed the horse type of these to try to break them in the hard-hitting game called Conkers
chestnuts
Deb
|
$1,600
[3]
In "The Boys from Brazil", a Nazi hunter chases clones of Hitler created by this fugitive doctor
Dr. Mengele
Deb
|
$1,600
[7]
This main character of the God of War video game franchise has issues with his dad, Zeus, who hasn't done right by his mom, Callisto
Kratos
|
$2,000
[10]
Used to address overreach of the powerful, the Latin phrase "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" translates as this
who watches the watchers (watchmen)
Deb
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Charleston took down a statue of him in 2020, but this pro-slavery VP still stands in the Hall for South Carolina
John C. Calhoun
|
$2,000
[15]
As is often said when a Tony Award is given out, they're from this "American" organization
the American Theatre Wing
|
$2,000
[14]
The wreath named for this 6-letter religious season has 4 candles that symbolize the 4 Sundays before Christmas
Advent
Diandra
|
$2,000
[2]
Deep in the African rain forest, an ancient lost city holds a shocking secret in this Michael Crichton work
Congo
|
$2,000
[6]
He took over from his father Ivan in directing the "Ghostbusters" film franchise
Jason Reitman
Diandra
Deb
|
DD
$2,600
[11]
The answer to this question includes "to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"
How do I love thee?
Deb
|
Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this
cough(ing)