Show #9249 - Thursday, January 16, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont

Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington

Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina

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Jeopardy! Round

DAMS
10-LETTER VOCAB
WHERE'S THE BEEF?
HISTORY
LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH
    $200 12
Hatcheries funded by the Grand Coulee Dam help restock the populations of steelhead trout & the Chinook type of this
    $200 27
A work based on something previously published, or any alteration a species makes to survive
    $200 25
In 2023 this fast food chain tweaked its famous slogan, introducing "Square's the Beef"
    $200 6
In 1724 he traveled from America to London for the first time to purchase printing equipment
    $200 29
Take me down to the Vatican City where the grass is green & this basilica is pretty
    $200 30
Awkwafina, in this film: "They came to Singapore... & they built all of this... these people are so posh & snobby, they're snoshy"
    $400 11
Once the tallest of its kind in the world, Grande Dixence Dam is in this country's Valais canton
    $400 26
It's a compound word for something like acetaminophen that slays that headache
    $400 24
This huge steak that includes a ribeye is named after a Native American weapon
    $400 5
France's Minister of War between 1929 & 1932 advocated for this defensive barrier that would later bear his name
    $400 17
In 1938, a species of this became Mississippi's state tree; it can be very shady but in a positive way
    $400 18
Ty Burrell as him on "Modern Family": "I'm the cool dad... I text... omg, oh my god, wtf, why the face?"
    $600 9
17 giant turbines create more than 2,000 megawatts of this kind of power inside Hoover Dam
    $600 8
It's to pull a Mr. Fantastic & really swivel your noggin to look at a car accident
    $600 23
Actually, there's no beef at all in the beefsteak variety of this (& no boy in the big boy)
    DD: $1,000 1
Before a papal tribunal in 1633, he stated, "I abjure, curse & detest the aforesaid errors"
    $600 13
The National Museum is a highlight of Um Al Quwain, one of the seven entities of this federation, but not one of the two you hear much about
    $600 15
Belushi & Aykroyd wonder about the usual music in a bar in this film & learn, "Oh, we got both kinds--we got Country & Western"
    $800 3
A website about the Gordon Dam, a marvel of this island, proudly notes it holds back more water than is in Sydney Harbour
    $800 7
Uncontrollable sleepiness
    $800 22
Wrapped in pastry, it makes an elegant dish at Christmas
    $800 2
The War of the Pacific grew out of a disagreement between Chile & Bolivia over a portion of this desert
    $800 14
Vienna-born filmmaker Fritz Lang sported this aid to vision even after he came to Hollywood
    $800 19
Det. Rosa Diaz talks in her sleep on this sitcom: "I'm gonna rip your head off. I'm gonna rip your damn head off, grandma"
    $1000 10
Syria's Tabqa Dam is on this, the longest river in the country
    $1000 28
Rhyming verb meaning to speak showily to impress onlookers, as a politician might
    $1000 21
Including the Spanish word for meat in its 2-word name, it's spicy marinated strips of steak served with rice & beans
    $1000 4
Haters of Constantine V of this empire called him "the dung-named", due to an alleged accident at his baptism
    $1000 16
She's the older woman on the right in the 1897 photo seen here
    $1000 20
"Cruel Shoes" by this comedian & book writer includes stories like "Women Without Bones" & "How to Fold Soup"

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

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$3,000 $3,400 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$6,200 $6,600 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHORT STORIES
COMMON BANDS
TRAVEL USA
THE JETÉ SET
MAKE MINE MATH
"MORE" OR "LESS"
    $400 25
The Manor of Canterville Chase is where the ghost of Sir Simon lives in a short story by this Irish-born wit
    $400 24
He was a drummer for Nirvana & plays guitar & sings as a Fighter of Foo
    $400 23
In Florida, your kiddos will squeal with delight at the theme pork, er, park, based on this British cartoon
    $400 26
In a 1960s production, the New York City Ballet's Edward Villella is the Nutcracker Prince & Melissa Hayden is this fairy
    $400 27
The perimeter of a circle is equal to 2 pi r or to pi d, with d standing for this
    $400 28
Britney Spears assured fans that this line didn't mean physically but give me a sign
    $800 15
In this classic horror tale from W.W. Jacobs, the title simian appendage is rumored to grant 3 wishes
    $800 12
Damon Albarn co-created Blur & this band known for "Feel Good Inc."
    $800 21
You won't actually set sail but you can book a suite or stateroom aboard this historic ocean liner in Long Beach, California
    $800 29
Eugene Loring was the Great American Goof in the 1940 inaugural production of this company with no "American" in its name yet
    $800 16
2 angles that add to 90 degrees are this appreciative-sounding type
    DD: $11,000 22
The pope endorsed neither candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election but said voters should choose this
    $1200 4
This O. Henry classic tells the story of a young, poor couple who try to get the perfect Christmas presents for each other
    $1200 8
He brought us to our knees as a guitarist for Cream, The Yardbirds & Derek & the Dominos
    $1200 1
Open to visitors, the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island is one of the lavish former homes of this family
    $1200 19
Not Olga Tchikaboumskaya but Olga Lepeshinskaya danced in "The Red Poppy", a Soviet ballet about this country's revolution
    $1200 5
It's the type of conic section seen here
    $1200 7
A 2006 to 2009 sitcom set at a grocery store was called this, another name for the express checkout lane
    $1600 3
In a story by Herman Melville, 12-year-old Ginger Nut works in the office with this reluctant title guy
    $1600 9
He was "frontin'" The Neptunes & N.E.R.D.
    DD: $7,800 2
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city displays one of the world's largest collections of space memorabilia
    $1600 20
Around 1960, a Riga choreography school had 2 future dance stars & film actors: Alexander "Sasha" Godunov & him, young Misha
    $1600 11
A fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator is this out-of-line type
    $1600 13
This Bret Easton Ellis novel is named for an Elvis Costello song
    $2000 18
Faulkner penned a tale called "A Rose for" this reclusive Southern belle
    $2000 10
He's raged on guitar in Prophets of Rage & Rage Against the Machine
    $2000 6
With its aquarium & museum, this quaint seaport village is one of Connecticut's top places to visit
    $2000 30
Margot Fonteyn famously danced this title water nymph who loves a mortal
    $2000 17
In coordinate geometry, m represents this measure of a line's inclination
    $2000 14
In Shakespeare, Brutus' answer: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I" did this

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$24,000 $19,600 $9,600

Final Jeopardy! Round

TREES
Order Arecales, this tree gets its name from Roman times; a leaf from one was placed in a victor's hands after a contest was won

Final scores:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$24,000 $19,600 $0
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$13,400 $13,400 $9,600
20 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $36,400

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Game tape date: 2024-11-12
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