Show #9277 - Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

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Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Atlanta, Georgia

Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round

CITIES ON THE LAKE
2 WORDS, 4 SYLLABLES
OH, "I.C."
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
NONFICTION TV
SOMETHING TO READ
    $200 29
Montreux &
Lausanne
    $200 28
Good morning, in Spanish
    $200 10
Once upon a time "Jeopardy!" clues were typed (yes, with a typewriter) on 3 x 5 these
    $200 30
George Brett said teammate Jamie Quirk "looks like" this dog breed but "runs like a bus"
    $200 27
John Carpenter said, "Hi, Dad. I don't... need your help. I just wanted to let you know... I'm gonna win the million" on this show
    $200 3
Parker Pyne is a lesser-known detective in works like "The Regatta Mystery" by this author
    $400 26
Mwanza &
Kampala
    $400 19
Dating to the 16th century, this synonym for 13 is said to come from an old retail custom
    $400 12
I.C. can stand for one of these, another name for a microchip
    $400 23
The new Madison part of this transportation hub has New York City's longest escalator, which takes 1 minute & 38 seconds to ride
    $400 5
"Gumbo", covering the years to 1917, is Episode 1 of a 2001 Ken Burns documentary series exploring this music genre
    $400 2
"The Edge of Reason" continues this fictional diarist's misadventures that involve ending up in a prison in Thailand
    $600 7
Rochester &
Mississauga
    $600 18
It's a quicker way to say runners on first, second & third
    $600 13
One of the first women on a major pro baseball team, Toni Stone was signed to replace Hank Aaron on this team in 1953
    $600 11
vox.com noted "The Rise and Fall of" this, "America's Most Needlessly Masculine Vehicle" & its near-6,000-pound footprint
    $600 20
(Blake Anderson presents the clue.) I joined my "Workaholics" friends Anders Holm & Adam Devine to go diving in a secret lair of possibly the world's largest gathering of the tiger variety during this multi-day event on Discovery+
    $600 1
Including to not injure humans, the 3 laws governing the behavior of these first appeared in the short story "Runaround"
    $800 8
Slidell &
Kenner
    $800 16
Our language spoken uncertainly, or the title track of a classic Marianne Faithfull album
    $800 14
A 20th century speech called "The Sinews of Peace" said that this "had descended across the continent" of Europe
    $800 24
Obviously hearing about North Haverbrook, Seattle got on track with a 1997 initiative for a citywide this but it didn't get done
    $800 21
Casa Amor puts new couples to the test on this franchise, in that Casa Amor really messes with some new couples on this franchise
    $800 4
Uncovering the secret society the Priory of Sion & its part in a religious mystery helps stir the plot in this thriller
    $1000 9
Neenah &
Oshkosh
    $1000 17
Smaller & lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it looked like it sailed across the plains, hence the name
    $1000 15
As a specialist in this field, you might manage deliveries & check stock in a company's warehouse
    DD: $1,200 25
In 1942 rails in Utah were removed as war scrap & this commemorative item (OK, a replica) was pulled up after 73 years
    $1000 22
This woman sang "I Dreamed A Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent" & proved the show wasn't kidding
    $1000 6
A novel of lost memory & family trauma, "Portrait in Sepia" completes a trilogy by this Chilean author

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

Ray Robin Ryan
$2,200 $1,000 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ray Robin Ryan
$2,800 $5,200 $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

FASCISM
(Ken: First, unfortunately, we have…)
GETTING POSSESSIVE
OLDEN LANGUAGE
YOU SAY YOU WANT AN EVOLUTION
FILM COMPOSERS
WORLD RELIGION
    $400 30
In the 1930s Engelbert Dollfuss hoped to replace Austria's political parties with his Vaterländische Front, meaning this
    $400 27
Despite its bargain price, a 19th c. land purchase from Russia by a Secretary of State was derisively called this
    $400 22
It's a Lincolnesque "80"
    $400 25
A huge arched brow ridge was prominent in a fossil discovered in 1856 from this type of human that lived 200,000 years ago
    $400 6
Terence Blanchard collabed with this director on more than 15 projects, including "Jungle Fever"
    $400 7
In Greek Orthodoxy September 8 is the feast day of the Nativity of the Theotokos ("god-bearer"), or this person
    $800 29
After the murder of socialist Giacomo Matteotti in 1924, this leader was nearly toppled but ended the crisis with more power
    $800 18
First published in 1852 by an English philologist, this lexicon of synonyms is still popular today in modern editions
    $800 13
In sooth, sooth means this, which rhymes with sooth
    $800 24
50 million years ago, the dawn horse, genus Hyracotherium, was dog-sized & multi-toed, but today's horse, this genus, well, isn't
    $800 5
Billy Strayhorn partnered with this jazz composer & his orchestra for the trial film "Anatomy of a Murder"
    $800 8
Chametz, food with leavening agents, is forbidden during this Jewish holiday
    $1200 1
This man no better liked in his time than posthumously represented Norway at a 1934 fascist conference in Montreux
    $1200 19
Designed by William Railton, this monument towers 169 feet over Trafalgar Square
    $1200 12
Old school, it was a merchant or peddler; it was also Johnny Appleseed's real last name
    $1200 3
Hey, baby, I'm your alliterative "handy man", if I'm this Latin for "handy man" & extinct for 1.5 mil. years species
    $1200 4
He composed the soundtracks for "Three Tough Guys" & "Shaft"
    $1200 9
In 1573 the last Ashikaga shogun lost power, made this major change in his personal appearance & became a Buddhist monk
    DD: $4,000 2
George Soros survived the rule of the Arrow Cross Fascist Party in this country late in World War II
    DD: $3,000 20
Named for a 5th c. Greek philosopher, they're logical conundrums springing from flawed assumptions about what we know
    $1600 15
Archaically, it means worthless, you dog, but today, it's a vitamin deficiency
    $1600 21
Alexander Oparin theorized life on Earth evolved from organic molecules in what's now called this 2-word medium--perhaps a bisque?
    $1600 14
Quincy Jones received an Academy Award nomination for this 1967 crime film based on a work by Truman Capote
    $1600 10
Joseph Smith said that he translated the golden plates that became the Book of Mormon under guidance from this angel
    $2000 28
Elvis Costello's first single attacks "Mr. Oswald with his swastika tattoo", this longtime British fascist leader
    $2000 26
In legend, this island cavern named for a fabled Irish warrior was the home of a giant who fled at the warrior's disguise
    $2000 16
Once used to replace the zero in years like 1805 or 1903, it could also mean "anything at all"
    $2000 23
In Florida, over 15 years, the green this lizard developed larger toe pads to stay in higher branches & avoid the brown type below
    $2000 17
Tamar-kali, who is part of New York City's classical & punk scene, scored this 2024 film about boxer Claressa Shields
    $2000 11
The sacred book known as the Avesta contains all that remains of the law, liturgy & teachings of this ancient Persian prophet

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ray Robin Ryan
$17,000 $9,200 $9,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Located on an island, in 2016 this world capital began following 2 different time zones

Final scores:

Ray Robin Ryan
$14,399 $8,599 $100
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ray Robin Ryan
$13,200 $9,000 $9,800
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $32,000

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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