Show #9364 - Thursday, June 26, 2025

Contestants

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Janis Raye, a marketing and publishing professional from St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Rocco Graziano, a substitute teacher from Staten Island, New York

Kiley Campbell, a teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHS
LET'S "C" THE CRITTER
LITERAL ANSWERS TO RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
(Ken: As always, your response will be a question, this time a more famous one.)
A COUPLE OF THINGS
ALL ABOUT FRIENDS
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
    $200 13
1924,
in Plains,
Georgia
    $200 17
An adult one of these can go from 0 to 60 in three seconds in about three strides; I'm gonna name him Lambo
    $200 23
Yes, Steve Urkel--your ineptitude is clearly to blame for the awkward &/or chaotic situation
    $200 28
They're what the count counts during a baseball at bat
    $200 26
This character lands a great new job as Al Pacino's butt double
    $200 6
You, if you're specifically about 45 to 65 years old, like gen Xers today
    $400 12
1917,
in Brookline,
Massachusetts
    $400 8
This salmon species that can be more than 10 times the weight of a coho swims 2,000 miles up the Yukon to spawn
    $400 1
Nothing--I'm not interested in performing tasks in exchange for ice cream; love the polar bear logo, though!
    $400 27
From 1994 through 2024, Sam Waterston appeared on 405 episodes of this series
    $400 25
Ross gets a pet one of these named Marcel
    $400 7
Insincere or deceitful, or a physical feature of Janus
    $600 2
1913,
in Yorba Linda, California
    $600 9
Bred to rout vermin in Scotland, this of terrier is known for its loyalty & snuggle capacity
    $600 3
One solution would be to get her a job as a governess in Salzburg--frankly it would be better for all of us if she left the abbey
    DD: $1,800 20
"First Impressions" was an early title of this 1813 novel but that got taken, so the author went with a couple of attitudes instead
    $600 14
Gunther, who has a crush on Rachel, works at this coffee house where she also gets a job
    $600 21
Often seen in children, it's the avian term for a condition in which the feet turn inward
    $800 11
1874,
in West Branch,
Iowa
    $800 19
Sharing its name with a gator cousin, this lizard has strong choppers, spitting out the broken shells of the turtles it eats
    $800 4
Your question raises an important point, Michael Bolton--many couples find sexual intimacy impossible without emotional connection
    $800 5
You can grab some Arabica or Earl Grey at this chain founded in 1963, & yes, we need the full name
    $800 15
Paul Rudd played Mike Hannigan, the love interest & eventual husband of this character
    $800 18
Quality of Kevlar vests & some glass
    $1000 10
1808,
in Raleigh,
North Carolina
    $1000 22
Found in the Mediterranean & now modeling for us, this eel is scaleless & carnivorous
    $1000 24
Not me, Mr. Albee--in fact, I'm a big fan of her work; my book club wasn't at all intimidated by "The Waves"
    $1000 29
This phrase meaning related to spy business is thought to have come from the French "de cape et d'épée"
    $1000 16
To get away from this crazy ex-girlfriend, Chandler pretends to be moving to Yemen
    $1000 30
Tweak an Emerson title to get this adjective meaning you can do things & make decisions all by your lonesome

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

Kiley Rocco Janis
$1,000 $1,800 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kiley Rocco Janis
$2,200 $4,800 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THINKING ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT
NATION-AL GEOGRAPHIC
(Ken: Places with names relating to a country.)
MUSICAL THEATER
FICTIONAL CLERGY
JUST THE FACTS
"MA*M"
(Ken: Responses here beginning with "M-A" and ending with "M".)
    $400 30
Scottish philosopher Adam Smith was an advocate of this French-named system, capitalism without government interference
    $400 29
The Dolomites lie in the northeast section of the Italian these mountains
    $400 5
In this musical, Sky Masterson, "the highest player of them all", falls for the devout Sarah Grown
    $400 24
Archdeacon Claude Frollo becomes the archvillain in this author's "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"
    $400 20
This act of expelling an evil spirit or demon has been used in both Christianity & Judaism
    $400 18
The Taj Mahal has been described as a marvelous, mesmerizing, magnificent this
    $800 22
Jeremy Bentham expounded this "greatest good for the greatest number" -ism
    $800 28
The Atlantic port of Banana sits at the mouth of this 2,900-mile-long African river
    $800 4
5 years after retiring due to Parkinson's, he sang "Sweet Caroline" at the Broadway opening of his musical "A Beautiful Noise"
    $800 15
For "The Name of the Rose", he created a solver of medieval monastic murders named William of Baskerville
    $800 12
In 2024, Adam Schiff struck out this former Dodger & Padre in the race to fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat
    $800 1
The American Cancer Society says that women at a high risk for breast cancer should have a breast MRI & this screening beginning at age 30
    DD: $4,000 8
Known as the "German Socrates", Moses of this last name was a major Jewish voice in the Enlightenment & grandfather of a famous composer
    $1200 10
This directionally named body of water connects the Taiwan Strait with the Korea Strait
    $1200 3
Ben Platt was the first to play this title high schooler; at 27, Ben went back to high school to star in the film adaptation
    $1200 11
This tubby clergyman of Sherwood Forest turns up in "Ivanhoe" & punches King Richard on the ear
    $1200 19
When threatened or attacked, the horned lizard will shoot this from its eyes
    $1200 13
It's a proverbial saying or principle to live by
    $1600 7
The categorical imperative was an ethical rule of conduct devised by this leading 18th century German philosopher
    $1600 21
This "Shield" is millions of square miles of Precambrian rock centered on Hudson Bay
    $1600 2
Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote the book for this musical set in a largely Dominican neighborhood in Upper Manhattan
    $1600 16
This work includes tales from a friar, a monk, a nun & a parson, all on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
    $1600 26
Both the National Institutes of Health & the National Library of Medicine are located in this Maryland community
    $1600 14
It's one of the ingredients typically found in Herbes de Provence
    $2000 9
This Swiss-French philosopher's "Confessions" created a fashion for similar intimate autobiographies
    $2000 23
Lake Nicaragua connects to this capitally named lake via the intermittent Tipitapa River
    DD: $2,000 6
Famous for a notorious green character, she returned to B'way in 2025 with a show about some notorious greenery, "Redwood"
    $2000 25
G.K. Chesterton created this unassuming crime-solving priest, played on TV by Ron Weasley's dad
    $2000 27
Listen, my children, & you shall hear of this first American writer to be honored in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey
    $2000 17
Seeds & nuts are good sources of this essential mineral

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kiley Rocco Janis
$5,800 $17,200 $7,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY FIGURES
Ironic in light of her name, she was remembered in a eulogy as "the most hunted person of the modern age"

Final scores:

Kiley Rocco Janis
$0 $17,200 $3,999
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $17,200 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kiley Rocco Janis
$7,600 $14,400 $7,800
20 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $29,800

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Game tape date: 2025-04-30
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