2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 semifinal game 3.
Jesse Matheny — a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana
Alex Gordon — a surgical resident originally from Somers, New York
Kat Jepson — an artist from Roanoke, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kat | $4,200 | $5,600 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$8,400
10 R, 0 W |
| Alex | $3,000 | $2,600 | $10,200 |
$1,599
2nd place: $10,000 |
$10,200
20 R, 6 W |
| Jesse | $600 | $2,000 | $18,800 |
$20,401
Finalist |
$14,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 13 COLONIES | PILES | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? | JEWELRY | HANSEL CULTURE |
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$200
[5]
With its oldest settlement at Jamestown, it was the first of the 13 colonies to be founded
Virginia
Alex
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$200
[29]
H.C. Andersen's way to identify one of these: have her sleep on a pea under a pile of 20 mattresses under 20 feather beds
a princess
Alex
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$200
[30]
Stronger than dogs but hard to train, these animals took time off from Santa to pull sleds of mail in Alaska in the early 1900s
reindeer
Kat
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$200
[6]
Naturally, this body part can also mean a smell
nose
Alex
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$200
[28]
It's the basic 4-letter type of earring seen here
a hoop
Kat
|
$200
[27]
One-armed basketball player Hansel Enmanuel was featured in an ad campaign from this sports drink invented in Florida
Gatorade
Jesse
|
|
$400
[3]
Its city of Pawtucket was founded in 1671, in time to come in for some burning during King Philip's War
Rhode Island
Alex
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$400
[15]
Regina, Saskatchewan once had an indigenous name translating to "pile of bones"--the bones of this much-hunted animal
a buffalo
Jesse
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$400
[25]
One of the most famous errors in postal history occurred in 1918 when a Jenny biplane was printed on stamps this way
upside-down
Jesse
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$400
[7]
"Eau de" can precede this smelly stuff, also the fourth-largest city in Germany
Cologne
Jesse
|
$400
[23]
This fancy synonym for a fancy pin sounds like a word that means "to introduce a subject"
brooch
Jesse
|
$400
[26]
In a model walk-off in "Zoolander", this actor, as Hansel, defeats Ben Stiller by doing something indescribable with his underwear
Owen Wilson
Jesse
|
|
$600
[2]
George Calvert was instrumental in the founding of this colony in 1632
Maryland
Alex
|
$600
[24]
The first man-made nuclear reactor was a 20-foot pile of graphite blocks with blocks of this element mixed in
uranium
Alex
|
$600
[8]
The stamp seenhereis sold at a surcharge to help raise money to find a cure for this
breast cancer
Alex
|
$600
[9]
This smelly word precedes "-Eaters" in a brand that hopes to keep your feet smelling fresh
odor
Jesse
|
$600
[12]
The succulent seen here& a Glenn Miller tune both have this name, a type of necklace
string of pearls
Kat
|
$600
[20]
In 1991 3-year-old Hansel won this race, the third leg of the Triple Crown
the Belmont
Jesse
|
|
$800
[1]
Originally a single province, they became 2 distinct southern colonies after separating beginning in 1712
North & South Carolina
Alex
|
$800
[19]
This term from late winter streets means a sad accumulation of unsolicited manuscripts
the slush pile
Alex
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$1,000
[16]
Until this delivery service began in 1860, mail could take 25 days to get from coast to coast, some by steamship via Panama
the Pony Express
Jesse
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$800
[10]
This 5-letter word can mean the distinct smell left by an animal & used to track prey
scent
Kat
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$800
[11]
This synonym for "forever" is used for a ring with diamonds all the way around the band to symbolize everlasting love
eternity
Kat
Alex
Jesse
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$800
[21]
This actor had a "Hawkeye" for hunting evil as Hansel in the 2013 film "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"
Jeremy Renner
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Saybrook was its own colony until 1644, when it joined this one
Connecticut
Alex
|
$1,000
[18]
In 2022, Sheikh Hasina, leader of this country, inaugurated the Padma Bridge; not shown, its anchoring piles, 400 feet deep
Bangladesh
|
DD
$1,600
[17]
As an experiment in 1959, mail was dispatched by guided missile from one of these to a naval air station in Florida
a submarine
Jesse
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$1,000
[14]
This word for a wine's smell is most appropriate before, for example, "of honeysuckle" or "of geranium"
bouquet
Kat
|
$1,000
[13]
You can make your mark with this ring that has a seal on it
a signet
Kat
|
$1,000
[22]
A line from this musical says, "Herr Hansel Schmidt becomes Mrs. Hedwig Robinson"
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kat
|
| TAKING FLIGHT | BODIES OF WATER | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS | 4, 4 | LITERARY HELPERS | ACTION MOVIES |
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$400
[28]
It's nicknamed "the president's office in the sky"
Air Force One
Alex
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$400
[29]
This strait narrows to about 50 miles between Asia & North America
the Bering
Alex
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$400
[30]
In aworkby John Everett Millais, young Jesus is helping out in the carpentry shop & has prophetically been cutby one of these
a nail
Jesse
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$400
[22]
Goldilocks falls asleep in the bed of this character
Baby Bear
Alex
Jesse
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$400
[21]
In "Casino Royale" she's described as "M's private secretary"
Miss Moneypenny
Jesse
|
$400
[15]
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham & Jet Li are among the less than precious title mercenaries in this 2010 film
The Expendables
Alex
|
|
$800
[27]
3 major airports serve New York City including this one that's not even in the same state
Newark
Alex
|
$800
[11]
Called Östersjön in Swedish, this sea separates Scandinavia from the rest of Europe
the Baltic
Alex
|
$800
[23]
This Impressionist set the scene on the Seine with "Luncheon of the Boating Party"
Renoir
Alex
|
$800
[19]
The Eagles had a song about "Life In" this, which the California DMV says is also known as the left or number 1
the fast lane
Jesse
|
$800
[20]
Gandalf said to him, "You shall go away with Mr. Frodo!"
Samwise
Jesse
|
$800
[7]
"Pain don't hurt" is one of Patrick Swayze's iconic (?) lines from this 1989 cheese- & slugfest
Road House
Jesse
|
|
$1,200
[26]
For its defensive firepower, World War II'sB-17was alliteratively nicknamed the "Flying" this
Fortress
Kat
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$1,200
[10]
There's a Colorado River in the U.S. & another one in this South American nation where it flows across the Pampas
Argentina
Jesse
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$1,200
[14]
Though he depicted a different river in "Rapids of the Susquehanna", Frederic Edwin Church was a big man in this "School"
the Hudson River School
Alex
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$1,600
[2]
When printing photos (yes, people still do that), the intermediate rinse called this comes before fixing & washing
stop bath
|
$1,200
[16]
In this Cormac McCarthy novel John Grady Cole & his pal Rawlins are hired to tame some equines
All the Pretty Horses
Jesse
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$1,200
[6]
Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by using this racing simulation video game, also the 2023 biopic about him
Gran Turismo
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[25]
The first African-American woman in space, on her first shuttle mission in 1992, she carried with her a photo of pilot Bessie Coleman
Jemison
Alex
|
$2,000
[8]
Thisdeepest lake in Africa has a name that may come from Swahili words for "sail" & "wilderness"
Lake Tanganyika
Jesse
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$1,600
[12]
Pamplona's Museo de Navarra has an 1804 portrait of the Marquis of San Adrian, a masterpiece by this Spanish painter
Goya
Kat
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
"Pray for us sinners" is a line from it
Hail Mary
Jesse
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$1,600
[17]
In this Wilde work Algernon's manservant is named Lane, while Jack has a butler named Merriman
The Importance of Being Earnest
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$1,600
[5]
This star-filled 1963 film featuring some epic Steve McQueen motorcycle scenes was (very) loosely based on a true story
The Great Escape
Alex
|
|
$2,000
[24]
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette were in attendance when these brothers demonstrated their hot air balloon in 1783
the Montgolfier brothers
Alex
|
DD
$6,800
[9]
Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan Channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water
the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea
Jesse
|
$2,000
[13]
Oh, her, the tale of this woman "and the Elders" is a common subject & Lorenzo Lotto's from 1517 is one of those with minimal boobage
Susanna
Alex
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$2,000
[1]
To help with physical therapy, this type of cognitive training might have a patient walk while counting by 2s
dual task
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$2,000
[18]
Frank helps Cora kill her hubby but is wrongly convicted of a murder he didn't commit in this James M. Cain novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
|
$2,000
[4]
"El Mariachi", "Desperado" & "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" make up this director's "Mexico Trilogy"
Rodriguez
Alex
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He's the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor
Al Gore