Show #9271 - Monday, February 17, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

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Doug Molitor, a novelist originally from Altadena, California

Hannah Wilson, a yarn store owner from Chicago, Illinois

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York

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Jeopardy! Round

WE'RE TALKIN' BASEBALL
THIS & THAT
2-WORD RHYMES
CLOTHES MINDED
NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS
THE PRESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE
(Anthony: I'm Anthony Mackie. In my new movie, Captain America: Brave New World, my character offers the president some help. And today, I'll have clues about past presidents in need of a little saving themselves.)
    $200 26
In 1996 the bottom of this imaginary rectangle over home plate was moved from the top of the batter's knees to just below them
    $200 23
The Mount of Jupiter & the Line of Fortune are both found on this part of the body
    $200 30
They precede "Fat Reducing Grilling Machine" in grills marketed by George Foreman
    $200 28
Don't know what to wear for warmth over a fancy dress? You can do this with your shoulders or choose the same-named sweater
    $200 27
This 1979 character's "Choice" has entered the language often meaning decisions much easier than hers
    $200 29
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) After James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, Alexander Graham Bell invented an early type of this instrument to help locate the bullet lodged in the President's chest
    $400 20
A baseball hat worn in an unusual way by players or fans to inspire a comeback is called by this name
    $400 22
The only Englishman to ever hold this post, Nicholas Breakspear reigned from 1154 to 1159
    $400 24
A name for an average & ordinary man is in this 2-word rhyme for an average & ordinary man
    $400 25
Hindi gives us the name of this women's garment that's basically 5 to 7 yards of cloth wrapped around the body
    $400 9
Dickens wrote of this novel that Nicholas is not intended to appear blameless: "He is a young man of an impetuous temper"
    $400 21
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) On August 24, 1814, James Madison had time to grab a few things from the White House & get out before the British burned it; it's thought he crashed that night at an estate called Salonga near McLean in this state
    $600 16
Added as part of safety protocols in 2020, all half-innings after the ninth now begin with an automatic runner at this location
    $600 12
Racing versions of this vessel with a name from the Tamil can reach 60 miles per hour
    $600 8
It's a hip way to say a convertible as mentioned in the opening salvo of "Bad & Boujee"
    $600 18
On "Big Bang Theory" Amy wanted to be with "a man who wants to know what's underneath my" this sweater. "FYI, it's another" one
    $600 7
I'm reading the first Narnia book, "The Li--"; "Nuh-uh, the first is this one about Digory because the stuff in it happens first"
    $600 19
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) Possibly the greatest personal threat to FDR wasn't from a World War II foe but from the destroyer William D. Porter, which accidentally fired this aquatic missile at the president's ship, USS Iowa; fortunately, it blew up in the water
    $800 15
This new stat that sounds like it's kept by NASA is higher--more than 20 degrees on average--for a fly ball hitter
    $800 13
In a car engine the radiator dissipates heat & this other device circulates the coolant through the engine
    $800 10
Fed up with brain rot & hate mail, TV columnist William Ewald used this phrase for TV in his 1959 resignation article
    $800 3
I say, old chap, if we are saddling up, we should wear these riding breeches with a name from India
    $800 6
In a Lew Wallace novel, this title charioteer witnesses the crucifixion of Jesus
    $800 17
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) The Secret Service didn't have to dodge bullets but rather the shoes of a journalist after they were hurled at George W. Bush during a press conference in this world capital
    $1000 1
Also a soccer term for a lone backline defender, it's a pitch similar to a slider but with more horizontal movement
    $1000 14
It's the name for that little dot over a lowercase i or j
    DD: $4,000 11
Magic phrase that's also a Kurt Vonnegut book title
    $1000 5
The overlapping panels of a certain skirt style make it look like an inverted one of these flowers, hence its name
    $1000 4
This Laurence Sterne character wishes that during his conception, Mom hadn't asked Dad, did you forget to wind the clock?
    $1000 2
(Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) A heroic Secret Service agent caught the hammer of the gun wielded by this Charles Manson acolyte in 1975, preventing Gerald Ford from harm

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

Matt Hannah Doug
$3,200 $8,600 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Hannah Doug
$6,800 $9,600 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES
SUDDEN "DEATH"
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
TAKING LESSONS
ALBUM FILL IN THE BLANK
PHILOSOPHY
    $400 25
The nomadic Scythians prized these; some found in burial mounds were 20 years old at death & interred in elaborate regalia
    $400 26
During glacial times, a large lake occupied this region home to the lowest elevation in the United States
    $400 27
On the heels of Roentgen's discovery of X-rays, Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in a compound of this
    $400 28
You can start by going tandem; take ground training; complete 7 jump levels; congrats, you're cleared to go solo this
    $400 29
Lil Wayne's last name & the top-selling album in the U.S. of 2008:
"Tha ____ III"
    $400 30
In ethics, the opposite of being altruistic is being this, from the Latin for "I"
    $800 24
Numidia was a longtime ally of Rome & received many refugees from this rival place that was sacked in 146 B.C.
    $800 12
King Christian II of Denmark signed this for Torben Oxe, accused of sending poisoned cherries to His Majesty's mistress
    $800 11
This Scot famously said, "I did not invent penicillin, nature did that, I only discovered it by accident"
    $800 23
Want to learn the sidestroke? We'll start with this kick in which top & bottom legs come together to push you forward
    $800 19
Justin Timberlake, seeing clearly in 2013:
"The ____/____
Experience"
    DD: $13,600 15
Nick Bostrom is known for his argument that we are living in this, run by posthuman intelligences on their machines
    DD: $2,000 1
To ancient Greek poli sci, it was rule by the few & not the best few; the Thirty Tyrants of Athens in 403 B.C. are an example
    $1200 10
Cannibal Corpse & Morbid Angel are standout bands in this genre
    $1200 4
In 2005 a new dwarf planet was announced; it was nicknamed Xena & the 10th planet before astronomers settled on this name
    $1200 22
Escoffier teaches nascent chefs to use this type of small knife to peel apples, mince garlic & core tomatoes
    $1200 18
Prince & the New Power Generation, with a bejeweled pair in 1991:
"____ & ____"
    $1200 13
You can be this kind of doubter about religion or UFOs; in philosophy it's a guy like David Hume, saying we can't know much of anything
    $1600 2
In the 2000s B.C. nephrite artifacts from Taiwan were marketed across a wide swath of Asia, an example of this rhyming exchange
    $1600 8
Careful, this common forest dweller has a well-deserved name, due to its potentially fatal gastronomic effects
    $1600 5
This Dutch scientist founded a wave theory of light & also discovered Saturn's largest moon, Titan
    $1600 21
Guitar students learn to make these bell-like overtones by playing a string while gently touching it directly above a fret
    $1600 17
Kanye's 2010 album with "Power" & "Runaway":
"My ____ ____ ____ Fantasy"
    $1600 6
P.I. is philosophy shorthand for this issue, with questions like how do I know I am the same Ken I was 25 years ago?
    $2000 3
In the 700s & 600s B.C., these people of northern Mesopotamia ruled most of the Middle East, all the way to Egypt
    $2000 9
The end or destruction of something may be indicated by this symbolic ringing of a bell
    $2000 7
While studying fermentation, Louis Pasteur discovered these organisms, named for the fact that they can live without air
    $2000 20
Cire-perdue is French for this sculpting process in which soft material is used to make the interior of a mold & then melted away
    $2000 16
Post Malone, goin' country in 2024:
"F-1 ____"
    $2000 14
18th c. esthetics used this adjective for things awesome, not just pretty; Edmund Burke called it "the strongest of all the passions"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Hannah Doug
$30,400 $22,400 -$3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE & SICKNESS
Still around today, this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in "Little Women" & the "Little House on the Prairie" books

Final scores:

Matt Hannah Doug
$45,400 $30,401 -$3,200
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Matt Hannah Doug
$17,600 $19,400 -$1,200
26 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 6 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2025-02-04
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