Show #9003 - Wednesday, December 27, 2023

2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Tammy Groner, a legal assistant from Hamilton, New Jersey

Greg Czaja, a cardiologist from San Diego, California

Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round

2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL
PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING
IN MY CEILINGS
VÁMONOS A MEXICO!
POETRY ABOUT PROSE
RHYMING TREE PAIRS
    $200 19
A field goal with 8 seconds left gave this team a 38-35 win over the Eagles in Super Bowl 57
    $200 23
According to Carl Sandburg, this jacked 6'4" skilled wrestler was known to taunt, "I'm the big buck of this lick"
    $200 30
In 2023 this was suspended at $31.4 trillion; it's a 2-word term for the cap that limits the money the govt. is allowed to borrow
    $200 28
Around Tulum, visit the water-filled sinkholes called cenotes & explore the pre-Columbian ruins of this people
    $200 29
1969 / Corleones are new / No horses were harmed / In making this clue
    $200 15
A funny story with a punchline about an acorn-bearing tree
    $400 20
For the first time, the U.S. women didn't reach the semifinals of this, getting knocked out by Sweden in the round of 16
    $400 10
In the 1830s this presidential nepo baby's epic poem "Dermot MacMorrogh" was poorly reviewed
    $400 27
Two food names for the type of ceiling seen here are popcorn & this dairy one
    $400 25
Take in the beautiful blue agave fields near this town in Jalisco that gave its name to a potent potable
    $400 26
A tale of London / In times that were hard / Detailing the far north / & a shepherd-St. Bernard
    $400 18
A house of worship built from a fine-grained tree with thin, peeling bark
    $600 1
He won 3 of 4 men's Grand Slam singles titles, but lost at Wimbledon to young Carlos Alcaraz
    $600 5
He read "Anna Karenina" aboard a boat while chasing 3 thieves down a river in the Dakota Territory
    DD: $1,800 8
In 2016 Hillary Clinton said, "We have still not shattered that highest & hardest" this, "but someday someone will"
    $600 7
Won't you have another glass of Mexican wine at a vineyard in the Valle de Guadalupe on this peninsula
    $600 9
4 Kansas murders / Which led to conviction / In a new type of novel / That was somehow nonfiction
    $600 14
A placard made from evergreen
    $800 2
In the most-viewed women's college game ever, Angel Reese & these Tigers beat Iowa for the NCAA basketball crown
    $800 3
This man told a friend, "Palladio is the Bible", as he was something of a fanboy for the 16th century Italian architect
    $800 17
In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned some frescoes for the ceiling of this place; took 5 years to paint, but yeah... worth it
    $800 22
The origins of this taco filling seen here that means "shepherd style" is linked to Lebanese immigrants in Mexico
    $800 11
Doubles! they're doubles! / But they're thought quite insane / A royal mistake / Time to catch an old Twain
    $800 13
Hard, brown valuable wood of Asia polished to an attractive shine
    $1000 6
In August, this YouTube star turned fighter beat MMA star Nate Diaz in a 10-round boxing match
    $1000 4
A big cockfight enthusiast, this man was known to yell "Twenty dollars on my Bernadotte!" outside the Old Nashville Inn
    $1000 21
A vaulted ceiling that follows the sloping sides of a roof is this type, like a grand building of Chartres or Cologne
    $1000 24
To some experts, the chirping echo you hear when you clap next to a pyramid in Chichen Itza mirrors the sound of this "Q"ute bird
    $1000 16
A disfigured guy / Falls for a woman in Paris, it's true / Sounds like it's "Hunchback" / But it's by a man named Leroux
    $1000 12
Syrup-giving tree wood for the Bishop of Rome

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ben Greg Tammy
$3,400 $4,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Greg Tammy
$5,600 $6,400 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

BAYS
BIBLE QUOTES
12-LETTER SCIENCE WORDS
REPORTING THE NEWS
POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER
"OB"VIOUS RESPONSES
    $400 27
This bay on the southern side of Cuba is home to a U.S. naval base
    $400 23
Ecclesiastes 8: Do this & this & "be merry"
    $400 28
In physics it's the rate of change of velocity with respect to time, not necessarily an increase in speed
    $400 30
In 2003 this neurosurgeon of Indian & Pakistani descent reported for CNN in Iraq but also did brain surgery on wounded soldiers
    $400 24
Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott
    $400 26
It's the state of being able to make decisions based on facts, not on opinions or emotions
    $800 25
Chesapeake Bay is an estuary that's home to this "colorful" crustacean that's best eaten on the bay with bae & with some Old Bay
    $800 22
1 Peter 4: "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of" these
    $800 4
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere
    $800 29
After a bone marrow transplant, she told viewers on Feb. 20, 2013, "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!"
    $800 15
Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones"
    $800 21
This condition, OCD, is characterized by recurring, time-consuming behaviors that interfere with normal functioning
    $1200 3
A South Florida national park with this bay in its name is home to more than 500 species of reef fish
    DD: $3,000 6
Matthew 21: "My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it" this burrow for burglars
    $1200 7
Sugars & starches are this type of organic compound with a name meaning "watered carbon"
    $1200 8
Let's go "Face to Face"--this Peabody winner was the first Asian person & the second woman to anchor a major U.S. network newscast
    $1200 14
The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty
    $1200 20
These muscles seen here cover the sides of the abdomen & help rotate your trunk
    $1600 2
In song, "The boys of the NYPD choir were singing" of this Irish place
    $1600 18
2 Timothy 4: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have" succeeded in this retention of belief
    DD: $10,400 5
Studies have shown that some shrews use this process, emitting high-pitched squeaks as a guide in the dark
    $1600 16
One of Time's "25 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.", he began anchoring "Noticiero Univision" at age 28 in 1986
    $1600 1
A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC
    $1600 11
This 4-sided style of column typically tapers towards the top & ends in a pyramid
    $2000 12
Originally named Rio de Janeiro Bay, this bay means "bosom of the sea" in the Tupi language
    $2000 19
Genesis 37: "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children... and he made him" this showy item
    $2000 17
From Latin for "heap" & "rain cloud", this mushroom-shaped cloud brings the thunder
    $2000 13
She moderated two vice presidential debates & with Judy Woodruff on PBS, became part of U.S. network broadcasting's first female co-anchor team
    $2000 10
A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA & Ghostface Killah
    $2000 9
In music this term means mandatory, to be played without omission; it often refers to an instrumental accompaniment

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Greg Tammy
$11,600 $29,000 $8,800
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICANA
After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power

Final scores:

Ben Greg Tammy
$17,601 $29,000 $8,800
2nd place: $3,000 Finalist 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ben Greg Tammy
$11,600 $17,200 $8,800
20 R,
5 W		 21 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 12 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $37,600

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Game tape date: 2023-11-29
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