Show #9363 - Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Contestants

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Greg Harris, an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Kiley Campbell, a teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah

Micah Fritz, a teacher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

A DOG OF A STORY
ON THE MAP
ALL ALONE
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
I LOVE YOU, MAN
FIGURES OF SPEECH
    $200 30
A classic book ends with "'And here is"' this dog "'too. and oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"'
    $200 28
The only tropical rainforest in the U.S. national forest system is El Yunque on this island
    $200 23
The name of this brand of disposable cups means unaccompanied
    $200 5
It's a handy 2.-word tool like a Wusthöf classic 9-inch hollow edge one, but please, leave those poor 3 blind mice alone
    $200 26
3 MVP awards,
50 homers & 50 steals in a season... Oh, & you pitch too? No wonder you're the idol of 2 continents!
    $200 14
It's what Ferris Bueller "breaks" when he asks the camera, "How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?"
    $400 29
"'But they're mongrels--all white, no spots at all!"' this character cried--"'You must drown them at once"'
    $400 27
This Down Under city boasts the world's largest natural harbor, covering 11 miles from North Head to the mouth of the Parramatta River
    $400 6
A doomed FedEx flight delivers Chuck Noland (oh, Noland, I get it!) to a deserted island for 4 years in this movie
    $400 1
A tool with an angled blade to get unwanted plants out at the root is called a Cape Cod type of href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2025-06-25_J_01.jpg" target="_blank">this
    $400 25
Royals,
secret agents,
Elizabeth's Darcy,
Bridget's Darcy--
Is there anything you can't do?
    $400 12
This term for intensive questioning derives from freemasonry; it refers to the level attained by a master Mason
    $600 17
In a Stephen King novel, a sick bat takes a bite out of this nice ol' St. Bernard who becomes a not-so-nice ol' St. Bernard
    $600 11
Melilla & Ceuta in Morocco are exclaves, small territories controlled by this European nation
    $600 7
At a certain point, you have to announce the title of this card game in a timely fashion or you will have to draw more cards
    $600 2
Let's see how you deal with this type of saw seen here, used to make precise, intricate wood cuts
    $600 15
"Goldfinger",
"Highlander",
the chest hair,
the Scots brogue... och, man!
    $600 9
This term for, say, a Triple Red Hot 7s or Mega Moolah machine doesn't always apply, the way Vegas casinos look today
    $800 18
India Opal Buloni gets a lot more from the supermarket than expected, but that's "Because of" meeting this dog
    DD: $2,400 21
Geologically a microcontinent, this island separated from Africa about 160 million years ago
    $800 8
In 2024 the Supreme Court voted 8-1 that domestic abusers can be temporarily disarmed--this justice appointed in 1991 was the 1
    $800 3
All a board! Time to adjust the throat plate on a block this, used to smooth surfaces
    $800 16
Jefferson Smith,
Glenn Miller,
George Bailey... what's not to love
    $800 10
2/5 of a ton appears in this phrase for a company powerful enough to dominate an industry; meeting one in Africa is no picnic either
    $1000 19
In "Oliver Twist", Bull's-eye has "faults of temper in common with his owner", this evil man
    $1000 20
Legend says the city of Petra, today in this kingdom, is where Moses brought forth water from the rock
    $1000 22
This writer got some serious me-time while living "Life in the Woods" from 1845 to 1847
    $1000 4
A curved blade on a handle used for shaping wood, it can be written ending in "Z" or "ZE"
    $1000 24
"What's going on",
"Let's Get It On",
"Sexual Healing"...
How sweet it is!
    $1000 13
"Custody presumes ownership" is a rough translation of this fractional idiom, though it's bad legal advice any way you say it

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

Micah Kiley Greg
$3,600 $1,000 -$800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Micah Kiley Greg
$5,800 $7,800 -$200

Double Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY WITH JOHNNY GILBERT
(Ken: You give us the song title.)
WELCOME TO YOUR MICROBIOME
3-LETTER RESPONSES
BIG IN FEUDAL JAPAN
WORLD LEADERS
Xs & Os
(Ken: Each response has an X and an O in that order, not necessarily together.)
    $400 3
"I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep & find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap"
    $400 1
Even the medicos use this simple 3-letter word for your digestive tract when talking about microbes residing there
    $400 28
Since 1970, this government agency has worked to reduce pollutants & to ensure that we have clean air, land & water
    $400 27
It didn't get bigger than the Shogun, though technically he was under the control of this figurehead
    $400 26
During World War II the "Big Three" Allied leaders were FDR, Churchill & him
    $400 30
Called the Peacemaker, the colt .45 was one of these numerical firearms in the Old West
    $800 11
"Century Boulevard (We love it),
Victory Boulevard (We love it),
Santa Monica Boulevard
(We love it)"
    $800 4
They're the microorganisms that comprise your mycobiome--dozens of them at the very yeast
    $800 2
A flavor enhancer "generally recognized as safe", or a New York City sports & concert venue for short
    $800 18
In the 12th century, Dogen & Eisai started the Soto & Rinzai schools of this type of Buddhism
    $800 15
His IMDb credits include playing d'Artagnan in the 2005 TV movie "Tri Mushketyora"
    $800 29
A former member of the State Cattle Sanitary Board, William C. McDonald became the first governor of this state in 1912
    $1200 12
"Oh, there's blackjack & poker & the roulette wheel, a fortune won & lost on every deal"
    DD: $2,000 5
Looking to up your helpful bacteria Pucker up, buttercup & have some kefir, sauerkraut or kimchi, which undergo this process
    $1200 8
In states including California & Texas, it's a 3-letter name for carpool lanes (as opposed to express lanes)
    $1200 19
Sen No Rikyu is credited with elevating this ritual to an art form; to this day, it is a symbol of Japanese culture
    $1200 16
This dictator's full name ended with al-Tikriti, Tikrit being the city near where he was born in 1937
    $1200 17
This verb means to place 2 objects or images side by side, often for contrast
    $1600 13
"He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na"
    $1600 6
Not all viruses are bad: bacteria-eating ones, known as these, can do everything from fight infection to aid digestion
    $1600 9
Among other things, this plastics material is used to make pipes & flooring
    DD: $2,000 20
Samurai are associated with the katana or sword, but also had to master the yumi, this weapon, even on horseback
    $1600 24
Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of this country, was later sent to prison for corruption & embezzlement
    $1600 25
Lacrimal & salivary are examples of these glands that produce secretions released through a duct
    $2000 14
"He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent, lately he's been overheard in Mayfair"
    $2000 7
Microbes break down nutrients your body can't, like this fiber from the cell walls of plants; that salad you're eating is full of it
    $2000 10
It's the postal abbreviation for Australia's most populous state
    $2000 21
In 1274 & 1281 typhoons called kamikaze, meaning divine wind, turned away the fleets of this Mongol leader, a famous grandkid
    $2000 23
In 1923 the man born Mustafa Kemal became a world leader under this name
    $2000 22
This soldier & historian's works like "Anabasis" & "Hellenica" remain major sources of ancient Greek history

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Micah Kiley Greg
$15,800 $14,200 $6,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY ALLUSIONS
One of the first chatbots was named for this language-learning character from a 1913 play & 1956 musical

Final scores:

Micah Kiley Greg
$10,800 $24,201 $0
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $24,201 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Micah Kiley Greg
$15,400 $12,600 $5,400
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $33,400

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Game tape date: 2025-04-30
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