Show #9255 - Friday, January 24, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard final game 2.

Contestants

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Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of $27,200)

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii (subtotal of $17,600)

Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas (subtotal of $5,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

PLACES TO VISIT
IN THE EARTH
THINK PINK
THERE WILL BE MOVIE VENGEANCE
TIME FOR A MEAL BREAK
EDUCATIONAL ANAGRAMS
    $200 5
A giant Ferris wheel was erected in this European capital in 1897 to honor Emperor Franz Joseph; you can still ride it
    $200 16
One of the 2 metals that make up most of the center core of the Earth
    $200 17
Conjunctivitis is the formal name for the condition also called this
    $200 30
Turns out Jeremy Irons wasn't pleased how things ended for Alan Rickman in this first film, so a sequel returned "with a Vengeance"
    $200 26
From 7 to 10, the Grand Lobby at the Hotel Giraffe in NYC has the light meal called this; fruit, muffins, juice & coffee are available
    $200 29
A college student who has yet to receive a degree:
GUARDED NATURE
    $400 4
Even The Beatles made it to Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga & a holy city on this sacred river in India
    $400 15
The 14-pound Fricot Nugget is the largest intact mass of this in crystalline form from 19th century California
    $400 18
Pakistan is the source of most of the pink seasoning known as Himalayan this
    $400 27
Chloë Grace Moretz has blood on her hands--& pretty much her entire body--at the prom in this 2013 remake
    $400 25
More substantive fare is served at this 2-word British meal that bridges lunch & dinner; the "afternoon" one is lighter & fancier
    $400 12
Type of training in a specific skill to be pursued as a job:
TACO IN OVAL
    $600 1
Prepare for more than 600 turns & dozens of one-lane bridges if you drive the scenic Road to Hana, on this Hawaiian isle
    $600 6
It's the shale-cracking, fluid-maxing, gas-extracting method
    $600 19
6 films in the "Pink Panther" series had this man as Inspector Clouseau
    $600 22
In his quest for vengeance against Francis, this hero learns a laundry lesson--"seltzer water & lemon for blood... or wear red"
    $600 10
It's the colorful term meaning to bring your own liquor to a restaurant or your own food from home for lunch
    $600 11
UCLA's league for this type of sports includes cornhole:
MARITAL URN
    DD: $1,000 2
This river has been called the "Lifeline of the Southwest"; you can see where it meets the Green River in Canyonlands National Park
    $800 7
A Nevada mine for this element used in electric car batteries hires a hazer to scare birds away from evaporation ponds
    $800 20
To raise hope & awareness, a pink ribbon is the symbol of this disease
    $800 23
If Judge Turpin stole my family & had me convicted like this barber, I'd be upset too, but aiding cannibalism? I dunno
    $800 8
When Swanson sold its first of these in the early 1950s, the meal consisted of turkey, dressing, peas & sweet potatoes
    $800 13
The process of enrolling at a college or university:
UNTIL AROMATIC
    $1000 3
Learn about the Thunder Dragon on the flag when you head to this nation
    $1000 14
AKA lodestone, this "attractive" gray-black mineral can have distinct north & south poles
    $1000 21
The pink family of flowers is also known as this family of flowers, & they go great with white sport coats
    $1000 24
In "Promising Young Woman", she played Cassie, who can't get over what happened to her friend, Nina, in med school
    $1000 9
This French phrase refers to a meal of several courses at a set cost; Comice in Paris offers 4 courses for 120 euros
    $1000 28
Approval that an institution has met official requirements:
RAINCOAT EDICT

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

Will Drew Mehal
-$1,000 $5,800 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$1,200 $9,200 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC STATES & TERRITORIES
'90s NO. 1 HITS
CHANGE THE MIDDLE LETTER
(Ken: Each response will be two words.)
FAMOUS NAMES
RUNNING
LIKE THE DICKENS
(Ken: A category about stories inspired by Dickens' works.)
    $400 12
The north of what's now this country was once the kingdom of Fez
    $400 27
In 1990, this trio had back-to-back No. 1s with their first two singles, "Hold On" & "Release Me"
    $400 14
You can sit on one in a park, change the middle letter & boom, you're at a new location laying out & catching rays
    $400 21
In 1960 Israeli agents captured this Holocaust architect in Argentina & took him to Jerusalem for trial
    $400 30
This 3,000-meter track event at the 2024 Olympics included 28 barriers (sort of like hurdles) & 7 water jumps
    $400 29
In "Miss Marley" Clara & Jacob Marley are orphans whose fates turn once the latter partners with this man
    $800 13
From 1569 to 1795 Lithuania was part of a commonwealth with this big neighbor to the southwest
    $800 26
Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by him
    $800 15
A rodent eats up the only vowel & becomes a word of decomposition
    $800 20
After accidentally absorbing some of this, creator Albert Hofmann "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures"
    $800 24
Track & field at the University of Oregon began back in 1895, helping this city earn the nickname of "Tracktown U.S.A."
    $800 28
In "Jack Dawkins" the character known by this nickname returns to London after being sent to Australia on a prison ship
    $1200 1
In 1966 this new South American country dropped "British" from its name & swapped its "I" for a "Y"
    $1200 5
This Savage Garden hit is sometimes called "TMD" for short
    DD: $4,000 11
Heroic bravery in battle becomes a visible exhalation of steam
    $1200 7
Born in Athens, she took a degree at Cambridge before coming to America, getting into politics & founding a famous "Post"
    $1200 4
Gunder "The Wonder" Hägg held the record in running the fastest mile until 1954, when this man ran a sub-4-minute mile
    $1200 17
"The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep" finds the title villain "summoned" from the pages of this Dickens tale by young Charley
    DD: $3,400 2
Until 1949 islands including Sumatra & Java made up a territory known by this 3-word name
    $1600 6
"The things you say, your purple prose just give you away, the things you say, you're" this title from EMF
    $1600 9
The underlying subject of a literary work isn't love or guilt but a seasoning great for pasta & roasts
    $1600 8
"My Fair Lady" was one of the hit collaborations between composer Frederick Loewe & this lyricist
    $1600 10
Not one but 2 reality series have focused on Jakob Ingebrigtsen & his brothers, elite runners from this Nordic country
    $1600 18
In "The Great Fire of London", a film of this book is planned, & Audrey has spectral contact with the title imprisoned lass
    $2000 3
The "Reconquista" ended with the 1492 Spanish capture of this last Moorish kingdom in Iberia
    $2000 25
Sharing its title with an earlier, more upbeat Huey Lewis hit, it was No. 1 for Céline Dion in 1994
    $2000 16
A description of one bearing a message (or worse, a disease) gets fancy as a French luxury brand name
    $2000 19
In a 1906 lecture, this German described "an unusual disease of the cerebral cortex" afflicting a patient in her 50s
    $2000 23
You will "Race Across the Sky" in the LT100, a 100-mile trail run into the Rockies, starting & ending in this Colorado city
    $2000 22
Inspired by this Dickens masterwork, "Tom-All-Alone's" catches up with Inspector Bucket & wily solicitor Tulkinghorn

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$3,600 $10,200 $19,000
(lock tournament)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS
"Troll Hill" is the name of his country home, the grounds of which include a concert hall & a lakeside cabin where he worked

Final scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$0 $0 $19,000

Cumulative scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$5,600 $17,600 $46,200
2nd runner-up: $40,000 1st runner-up: $40,000 Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2025 Tournament of Champions

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$3,600 $13,600 $16,000
14 R,
4 W		 19 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $33,200

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Game tape date: 2024-11-13
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