2024-2025 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 1.
Drew Goins — a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii
Steve Miller — a retired medical transcriptionist from Eugene, Oregon
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds — a theatrical wardrobe technician from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquil | $2,200 | $2,600 | $9,800 |
$9,800
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
11 R, 0 W |
| Steve | $2,200 | $3,400 | $18,400 |
$33,401
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Drew | $7,800 | $11,600 | $33,400 |
$36,801
Finalist |
$28,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| HISTORIC HISTORY | ALBUMS | PALINDROMIC WORDS | KICKIN' BRASS | FLAGS! | SOY WHAT? |
|
$200
[15]
Most Chinese subjects were barred from entering this imperial palace complex in Beijing, hence its name
the Forbidden Palace (or City)
Drew
|
$200
[30]
In 2014 Taylor Swift gave us this album named for a different year
1989
Drew
|
$200
[17]
A bomb that fails to explode
a dud
Steve
|
$200
[19]
Rise, shine & name this instrument heard here
a bugle
Drew
|
$200
[26]
The flags of both the Isle of Man& this Italian island feature thetriskelion, three bent legs joined at the center
Sicily
Drew
|
$200
[21]
Starbucks made this ingredient a menu option in 1997
soy milk
Steve
|
|
$400
[14]
This "Great" pharaoh battled the Hittites & was one of ancient Egypt's most prolific builders
Ramesses
Steve
|
$400
[29]
The soundtrack to this 2018 film includes the duet "Shallow"
A Star is Born
Drew
|
$400
[6]
This short word comes before "economy" in the name of the transitory workforce world
gig
Jonquil
|
$400
[10]
Needing a theme for his new show, Larry David chose "Frolic", featuring this instrument; the piece debuted in a 1974 Italian film
a tuba
Drew
|
$400
[25]
The Rolling Stones song "She's a Rainbow" helped inspire the creation of what's called this 5-letter flag
the pride flag
Jonquil
|
$400
[20]
Kikkoman ages it for several months before it comes to your supermarket
soy sauce
Drew
|
|
$600
[13]
The plot to murder Abraham Lincoln included an attempt on the life of this secretary of state
Seward
Drew
|
$600
[28]
This Beatles album was first reissued on CD June 1, 1987, making the lyrics of the title track accurate
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
|
$600
[5]
A female Merino
a ewe
Steve
|
$600
[9]
In a university marching band tradition, a Buckeye sousaphone player dots the "I" in this word
Ohio
Steve
|
$600
[24]
Theflagof the Vatican depicts a three-tiered tiara & the keys of this saint
(Saint) Peter
Drew
|
$600
[1]
We're sitting down at your basic American Japanese restaurant & here comes a bowl of this soy soup
miso
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[12]
"South" is this explorer's story of his 19-teens expedition: it was stranded for 2 years but his party lost none of its 28 men
Shackleton
Drew
|
$800
[18]
"Montero", from 2021, is his official full-length debut album
Lil Nas X
Drew
|
$800
[4]
Horizontal, or to make something flat
level
Drew
|
$800
[7]
Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden & New Orleans' Mr. Shorty are known for their mastery of this instrument
the trombone
Jonquil
|
$800
[22]
In 2024 this U.S. state got a new flag, the Beehive Flag
Utah
Steve
|
$800
[2]
Soy poultry was pioneered by this company, started by an Oregon hippie, which hit it big with aholiday roastin 1995
Tofurkey
Drew
|
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
The 1973 Arab-Israeli War occurred during these 2 periods, one Jewish & one Islamic, both of which involve fasting
Ramadan & Yom Kippur
Drew
|
$1,000
[27]
"Stoney","Hollywood's Bleeding" & "Beerbongs & Bentleys" were all on the charts for this rapper
Post Malone
|
$1,000
[3]
It's found before "cuff" in your shoulder
rotator
Drew
|
$1,000
[8]
Among the differences betweenit& the trumpet are its less compact shape & the umlaut over its "U"
a flügelhorn
Jonquil
|
$1,000
[23]
The Ikurriña is the name of the flag of this people who live in the foothills of the Pyrenees
the Basques
Drew
|
$1,000
[16]
Kraft bought this soy burger brand in 2000
Boca Burger
|
| ALLITERATION ON THE MAP | A LITTLE LOVE POETRY | STARS OF STAGE & SCREEN | MANUAL EVENTS | RECENT SCIENCE NOBEL PRIZES | SOY QUE? |
|
$400
[14]
This "colorful" waterway stretches from New Mexico to Louisiana
the Red River
Steve
|
$400
[28]
Nikki Giovanni wrote, "I love you / Because the Earth turns round the Sun... I love you / Because no two" these "are alike"
snowflakes
|
$400
[30]
His N.Y. Times obituary said "he gave life to characters like Darth Vader... and Mufasa" & won numerous awards
James Earl Jones
Jonquil
|
$400
[22]
The first convention of these people was held in Ohio in 1926 & opened by Jean Foley & his "Trained Pack of Cards"
magicians
Drew
|
$400
[29]
Neural networks named for laureate John Hopfield give machines associative this, like when the smell of bread makes you think of grandma
memories
Drew
|
$400
[8]
Soy guía turístico, your tour guide, & just look at the very old & beautiful iglesia, this
church
Jonquil
|
|
$1,200
[12]
This capital is a major port on the Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Steve
|
$800
[24]
You may not think of this Milton epic as a love poem, but in one passage, Eve tells Adam, "With thee conversing I forget all time"
Paradise Lost
Steve
|
$800
[16]
Forherrole as Troy's wife, Rose, in "Fences", she won both an Oscar & a Tony
Viola Davis
Jonquil
|
$800
[21]
Every other year France hosts the world's largest gathering of these artists the French call marionnettistes
puppeteers
Steve
|
$800
[27]
The 2022 Prize in Economic Sciences honored 2 men who developed a model of this mass withdrawal of funds leading to a bank collapse
a run on the bank
Drew
|
$800
[6]
Soy bibliotecario, this professional, & though he died in 2002 I'd love to introduce you to Camilo José Cela
a librarian
Drew
|
|
$1,600
[10]
The highest peak east of the Mississippi River is this picturesque one in North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Drew
|
$1,200
[23]
Ben Jonson began a classic love poem with the anatomically impossible request, "Drink to me only with thine" these
eyes
Drew
|
$1,200
[1]
Shewas in her "Prime" when she won the first of her two Oscars for playing Scottish schoolteacher Miss Jean Brodie
Maggie Smith
Jonquil
|
$1,200
[20]
If you can do this real good, consider entering the triennial Franz Liszt Competition held in Utrecht since 1986
play the piano
Drew
|
$1,200
[26]
A 2023 prize was for quantum dots; one is to a soccer ball as the ball is to the Earth, enabling medical use of this teensy technology
nanotechnology
Jonquil
|
$1,200
[5]
Soy delantero, forward, like Cristiano Ronaldo & my dream is to play on this Spanish team for which he scored 450 goals
Real Madrid
Jonquil
|
|
$2,000
[11]
In between the Philippines & Borneo is this vast body of water with a name fit for a Starfleet officer
the Sulu Sea
Steve
|
$1,600
[7]
In "The Raven", the name of this lost love rhymes with "before", "adore" & more
Lenore
Steve
|
$1,600
[2]
This Hollywood family by way of Sweden includes father Stellan & sons Alexander, Gustaf & Bill
the Skarsgårds
Drew
|
$1,600
[15]
Tools, timber & veneers are among the products exhibited at Atlanta's IWF, International this activity Fair
Woodworking
Drew
|
$1,600
[9]
Honored in 2019, a 1995 discovery was of the first extrasolar planet, often shortened to this, orbiting a Sun-like star
an exoplanet
Drew
|
$1,600
[4]
Soy el santo patrón, patron saint, of sufferers from this glucose-related disease like me, Rafael Arnáiz Barón
diabetes
Drew
|
|
DD
$8,200
[13]
Mustang & Padre Islands lie between this Texas town & the Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi
Steve
|
$2,000
[18]
This Shakespeare contemporary worked fast; "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" begins, "Come live with me and be my love"
Marlowe
Steve
Drew
|
$2,000
[17]
His Broadway roles include Max Bialystock in "The Producers" & Walter Burns in "The Front Page"
Nathan Lane
Drew
|
DD
$5,000
[19]
See junipers & pines as you never have before at Kokufu-ten, a major exhibition of skills in this art
bonsai
Drew
|
$2,000
[25]
The 2021 Chemistry winners discovered the enviro-friendly organic type of these substances that accelerate chemical reactions
catalysts
Steve
|
$2,000
[3]
Soy taquero, & my tacos are not ready for you to eat without a few leaves of this parsley family herb, a word from Spanish
cilantro
Jonquil
|
An early version of this app was called Matchbox but that name was too similar to another company that offered the same service
Tinder