Show #9252 - Tuesday, January 21, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas

Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois

Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS
STATE ANIMALS
FOUND ON TEMU
WILD CARD WINNERS
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
FROM THE DUTCH
    $200 15
This author with the given names Elwyn Brooks said he never liked Elwyn but he was a sixth child & his mom ran out of names
    $200 13
Developed in the Great Lakes region, the American water breed of this is Wisconsin's state dog
    $200 28
Perfect for your small fry, you can buy a plush one of these; McDonald's uses white meat for their edible ones
    $200 26
In 2001 Goran Ivanisevic needed a wild card entry to qualify for this tournament but went on to win the gentlemen's singles
    $200 30
Your classic one of these has a square base & 4 triangular faces
    $200 22
Santa Claus derives his name from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a legendary figure based on this saint
    $400 14
A lifelong Baltimorean, this "Red Storm Rising" author was a part-owner of baseball's Orioles
    $400 11
Featured on the reverse of the state flag, it's the state animal of Oregon
    $400 27
How about a sticker for your toilet that makes it look like this rodent, maybe a red or eastern gray one, is popping out to say hi
    $400 25
No wild card team has ever won this trophy, but in 2017 the Nashville Predators became the first to make it to the Finals
    $400 29
It's the shape & style of the pendant seen here, but don't let it get you down
    $400 21
The Dutch may not have invented this distilled spirit, but they did give it its name from words meaning "burnt wine"
    $600 5
In 1990 she put her vampires on hold for "The Witching Hour"
    DD: $1,000 4
It's the state animal of Montana & California, but the California one is extinct
    $600 16
A blanket with the words "Hey Baby Girl" over the huge beautiful nose of this green ogre? Enchanting!
    $600 8
2023 saw an all-wild card World Series, with the Texas Rangers rounding up these snakes
    $600 12
Used to describe noses, aquiline means shaped like the curved beak of this bird
    $600 1
This word from Dutch means to join 2 pieces of something together, like film or fragments of DNA
    $800 6
This author who has set several of his novels in New Hampshire was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942
    $800 9
The name of this pretty kitty includes the state where it's an official symbol
    $800 23
Why go to Houston when you can buy these teeth fronts over on Temu? One place sells them as "hip hop braces"
    $800 18
The 1997 Denver Broncos won a wild card game, 2 more playoff games & then Super Bowl 32 behind this Hall of Fame QB
    $800 17
Named for its shape, it can be pretty harmless, unless it hits the ground
    $800 2
You can have the whole kit & this, or just the whole this, from Dutch for all one's possessions
    $1000 7
All hail this Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Demon Copperhead" & "The Poisonwood Bible"
    $1000 10
It's South Carolina's official game bird, not its state bourbon
    $1000 24
Get a 2025 calendar of the "World's Greatest" types of this hairstyle that's business in the front & a party in the back
    $1000 19
North Korea's Kye Sun-hui used a wild card entry to the 1996 Atlanta Games & some nifty trips & throws to win gold in this sport
    $1000 20
Dentiform means shaped like a tooth; dendriform means shaped like one of these
    $1000 3
Once part of New Netherland, Coney Island is believed to have been named from the Dutch word for these animals found in the area

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

Evan Jay Will
$4,200 -$1,000 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Evan Jay Will
$7,800 -$400 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

1925
BEFORE & AFTER
THE BIBLE
SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
SOME WEAR...
"B" ON THE SEA
    $400 18
Called "Il Duce", he made a speech in January & became dictator of his country
    $400 25
Traditional spiced holiday cookie shaped like a person that's a musical about Don Quixotee
    $400 9
The book of Hebrews tells us the Ark of the Covenant contained Aaron's rod, the 10 Commandments & a jar of this special food
    $400 28
The "T" in TARDIS stands for this, something the Doctor is good at manipulating
    $400 30
Sneakers for a casual look; others opt for these shoes whose name starts with a portion of bread
    $400 27
This country's 40-mile coastline on the North Sea includes the city of Ostend
    $800 17
In March millions tuned in on their radios to hear this president get sworn in for a new term
    $800 24
The name of a Florida NBA team flows into a fantastical literary style employed by José Saramago
    DD: $10,800 8
In the NT we learn Peter's brother Andrew, who also became an apostle, had previously been a disciple of this religious figure
    $800 23
This A.I. from a 1968 film gets its name from its 2 processes of intelligence, the first being Heuristic
    $800 29
Cravats when dressing fancy, or perhaps this variation named for its popularity at a British racetrack
    $800 26
This city on the Mediterranean Sea hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992
    $1200 10
Elected to succeed her husband, Nellie Tayloe Ross of this "Equality State" became the first woman governor in the United States
    $1200 14
"White Lines" pioneer hip-hop DJ who appears as a sudden overflowing of water after a heavy rain
    $1200 5
Name changes in Genesis include Sarai to Sarah, Abram to Abraham & this guy's name changed to Israel
    $1200 2
FTL in "Battlestar Galactica" is short for this type of travel that moves you very quickly
    $1200 20
Apple's smart watch but some prefer the Google watch with this itty-bitty name
    $1200 1
Bridgetown is the capital of this island country of the Caribbean Sea
    $1600 11
This 1925 silent film classic by Sergei Eisenstein commemorated a mutiny from 20 years earlier by Russian sailors
    $1600 15
University city southwest of Toledo, Ohio featuring Sam-I-Am & his edible offering
    $1600 6
Matthew 26 recounts Judas Iscariot making his deal to identify & betray Jesus for this amount of money
    $1600 3
In a 2023 flick Allison Williams vies with M3GAN, whose name refers to a Model 3 generative this as per the last 2 letters
    $1600 21
Skinny jeans & some women wear these wide-legged pants with an Italian name referring to a luxurious residence
    DD: $13,400 12
The name of this small Middle Eastern kingdom means "the 2 seas" in Arabic
    $2000 16
She traveled to American Samoa, where she would spend 9 months observing & interviewing female adolescents
    $2000 19
16th century comedy drama with Costard the Clown & the interplanetary Robinson family
    $2000 7
When the 39 books of the Old Testament in the King James Bible are listed alphabetically, they run from Amos to this prophet
    $2000 4
The beloved sitcom character ALF had a name that stood for this, which described what he was
    $2000 22
Fedoras; others don this similar-looking hat that shares a name with a George du Maurier novel
    $2000 13
This 4-letter world capital is the largest city on the Caspian Sea--so what if the Caspian Sea isn't actually a sea? Who cares?

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Evan Jay Will
$32,400 $2,800 $26,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY
Some myths say the treasure of the Nibelung was hidden under a promontory called this, on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen

Final scores:

Evan Jay Will
$12,400 $2,800 $52,000
2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Evan Jay Will
$20,600 $2,800 $17,000
23 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 5 R,
1 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,400

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Game tape date: 2024-11-13
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