Show #9043 2024-02-21 (taped 2024-01-19) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 final game 1.

Contestants

Mira Hayward — a podcast host from Portland, Oregon

Jesse Matheny — a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana

Deb Bilodeau — a restaurant server from San Francisco, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Deb $5,200 $7,200 $13,600 $21,600 $13,600
19 R, 1 W
Jesse $3,800 $6,800 $5,400 $2,800 $13,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Mira $2,800 $3,800 $9,800 $2,800 $9,800
13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE QUIZ 1990s MUSIC FUN & GAMES BOOZY IT'S REIGNING MEN! HALLELUJAH!
$200 [25]
This fourth state of matter occurs when atoms in a gas are ionized
plasma
Jesse
$200 [15]
"Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year
1979
Jesse
$200 [28]
A tossed beanbag that has run afoul of the rules is deemed a stanker in this pastime
cornhole
Jesse
$200 [27]
When it comes to this potent potable, go for one labeled "100% blue agave"
tequila
Deb
$200 [29]
In a job that does not seem short of perks, theking of this nation hands each Nobel laureate a diploma & a medalannually
Sweden
Jesse
$200 [30]
Ending in -ee, this interjection expresses delight; the -ie version was a member of the Youth International Party
yippee
Deb
$400 [24]
A key to quantum mechanics is the notion that both radiation & matter can act as either particles or these
waves
Deb
$400 [14]
(Diane Warren presents the clue.) This song that Toni Braxtonwasn't too keen to record became her signature hit & won her a Grammy
"Un-Break My Heart"
Deb
$400 [22]
Scott Salvadore won the "mane event" for the championships of this hairstyle with his 'do named "The Lord's Drapes"
a mullet
Jesse
$400 [26]
An in-escape-able song by Rupert Holmes wonders if you like these cocktails & getting caught in the rain
piña coladas
Jesse
$400 [18]
The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C.
Ramses
Jesse
$400 [20]
Also starting & ending with H, this exultant cry was greatly used on Hulu's "The Great"
huzzah
Mira
$600 [23]
Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch
an omnivore
Jesse
$600 [13]
This Brit pop group made listeners feel bubbly with the song "Champagne Supernova"
Oasis
Deb
$600 [21]
In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings"
Magic: The Gathering
Deb
$600 [16]
This golfer has his name on the drink of iced tea & lemonade; spike it with vodka & you've got a John Daly
Arnold Palmer
Jesse
$600 [17]
A 1920 sovereign ordinance of this nation had the future Rainier III receive his mother's family name of Grimaldi
Monaco
Mira
$600 [19]
dictionary.com has 3 consecutive A's in this slang word, but you can draw it out even more before queen if you want to really show elation
yaaas
Deb
$800 [12]
Chloroplasts are where this energy conversion process takes place in plants
photosynthesis
Deb
$800 [8]
Clips from the show "Happy Days" were used in this band's video for the song "Buddy Holly"
Weezer
Deb
$800 [6]
"Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons
Deb
$800 [4]
Though quite sweet, the name of this almond-flavored liqueur means "little bitter"
amaretto
Mira
$800 [1]
Ivan the Terrible's murder of his son in 1581 led to this family's dynasty that began in 1613 & would have the last czarring role
the Romanovs
Deb
$800 [9]
American music fans best know the band Blur for their song that starts with this shriek of triumph
woo-hoo!
Jesse
$1,000 [3]
This 12-letter word describes the richness of life forms in a given environment
biodiversity
Mira
$1,000 [7]
This Red Hot Chili Peppers tune implores, "Take me to the place I love, take me all the way"
"Under The Bridge"
Jesse
$1,000 [11]
In this centuries-old game with a hyphenated name, you throw a knife at your opponent's feet; what could go wrong?
mumblety-peg
$1,000 [5]
Many a classic cocktail calls for a wee bit o' this Scotch whisky liqueur flavored with heather honey
Drambuie
Mira
$1,000 [2]
In his royal.uk bio: "mentally unfit to rule during the last decade of his reign"; "most attractive of the Hanoverian monarchs"
George III
Deb
DD $1,800 [10]
As an interjection, it means freakin' awesome, dude! As a noun, a less freakin' awesome unit of scientific measurement
rad
Jesse

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLACES TO VISIT AMERICAN AUTHORS ART & ARTISTS ENDS IN "IR" EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS MR. STEVE MARTIN
$400 [23]
Italy has 59 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including this city & its lagoon
Venice
Mira
$400 [24]
In 2023 this author of "Jazz" & "The Bluest Eye" was honored on a U.S. stamp, unveiled at Princeton, where she taught
Morrison
Deb
$400 [28]
A Brussels museum has a "Landscape with the Fall of" him, later than the famous one, this time with Daedalus still up in the air
Icarus
Mira
$400 [29]
It's a tchotchke or doodad, perhaps the "Virginia is for lovers" key chain picked up on a vacation
souvenir
Mira
$400 [30]
Total degrees in a circle divided by justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
40
Jesse
$400 [27]
Waking up in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", Steve realizes the hand of this late, great actor is not between 2 pillows
(John) Candy
Deb
$800 [22]
Head to this Thai capital to see the Grand Palace or the Emerald Buddha
Bangkok
Mira
$800 [19]
She's the author of "The Kitchen God's Wife" & "The Bonesetter's Daughter"
Amy Tan
DD $1,000 [21]
Picasso liked to draw this bird, also his daughter's name translated from Spanish
dove
Jesse
$800 [18]
According to National Geographic, the world's largest man-made one by surface area is Lake Volta in Ghana
a reservoir
Jesse
$800 [20]
Traditional number of Hercules' labors times books in the Pentateuch
60
Jesse
$800 [26]
In 2021 Mr. Steve Martin co-created this Hulu series where New Yorkers are just droppin' like flies
Only Murders in the Building
Jesse
$1,600 [3]
The Bab Agnaou is one of the gates in the wall around the medina of this Moroccan city
Marrakesh
$1,200 [16]
Early in his career, this author of "The Corrections" earned extra money working in a seismology lab at Harvard
Franzen
Deb
$1,200 [6]
Van Gogh is among those who painted the parable of this "Good" guy who helped someone in need
the Good Samaritan
Mira
$1,200 [17]
Gurez & Chang thangi are sheep breeds from this disputed place on the Indian subcontinent
Kashmir
Mira
$1,200 [11]
ML in Roman numerals minus Douglas Adams' answer to "life, the universe and everything"
1,008
$1,200 [25]
This title Daryl Hannah character says to Steve, "You have a big nose! You have a beautiful, great, big, flesh-&-bone nose!"
Roxanne
Deb
$2,000 [2]
Among China's many tourist offerings is this temple in Hunan, famous for its kung fu monks
Shaolin
Mira
$1,600 [1]
This alliterative author of Western novels wrote several Hopalong Cassidy books under the pen name Tex Burns
Louis L'Amour
$1,600 [4]
17th century Dutch people you can see at the Rijksmuseum include 34 in"The Night Watch"by Rembrandt & one in the work seenhereby him
Vermeer
Deb
$1,600 [7]
This word for a slaughterhouse is borrowed from French
abattoir
Mira
$1,600 [14]
Number of U.S. states in 1958 divided by the number of our solar system's planets after Pluto's demotion
6
Jesse
$1,600 [12]
OK, so it's complicated--in "It's Complicated", Steve's co-star was this man, also Steve's co-host for the Oscars
Alec Baldwin
Deb
DD $8,800 [10]
Tourists who make their way to these islands 600 miles off South America often miss the fur seals, which love rocky & shady areas
the Galápagos
Jesse
$2,000 [9]
This1895 graduate of the University of Nebraska was both managing editor of the school paper & literary editor of her yearbook
Willa Cather
Jesse
$2,000 [5]
The violence of the works in this early 20th century art style made critic Louis Vauxcelles call the painters "wild beasts"
Fauvism
Deb
$2,000 [8]
This word can refer to a pirate in the Mediterranean Sea from the 16th to 19th century
a corsair
$2,000 [15]
Forbes' annual wealthiest Americans minus Fortune's annual biggest U.S. companies by revenue
-100
Deb Mira
$2,000 [13]
After Steve asks Lily Tomlin why she thinks she'll come back from the dead in this 1984 film, Lily replies, "Because I'm rich"
All of Me

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICANS

In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match

Wyatt Earp

Jesse "Who is Braddock?" — wagered $2,600
Mira "Who is Doc Holiday?" — wagered $7,000
Deb "Who is Wyatt Earp?" — wagered $8,000

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