Show #9374 - Thursday, July 10, 2025

Scott Riccardi game 6.

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Jolynda Chenicek, a teacher from Tallahassee, Florida

Austin Hobbs, a library specialist from San Angelo, Texas

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 5-day cash winnings total $144,902)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE LETTER OF THE LAW
3 "E"
(Ken: Because the most common letter in the alphabet will appear three times in each response.)
LET'S GET LOUD
TONY
MONTANA
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND
    $200 24
C: This synonym for co-conspirator to help do something illegal, a term used in a different way in the Civil War
    $200 30
A "pet" this of mine is when they spell my name "Kevin" on my takeout order
    $200 29
Go about 761 mph in air at sea level & you'll get one of these phenomena for your trouble
    $200 28
Before hosting a late-night talk show, this Brit won in 2012 for his role in the comedy "One Man, Two Guvnors"
    $200 27
The Univ. of Montana recognized this as the name of its sports teams in 1923; you don't want to run into the animal in the wild!
    $200 26
Bob Cratchit was known to cheerfully carry this character on his shoulder
    $400 23
E:
It's also called defalcation or peculation, but either way, don't take funds entrusted to you
    $400 22
Assigned to a lower level; it's specifically used of soccer teams dropped to a less elite division
    $400 21
Loud mating cries are characteristic of this feline with many names, including catamount & painter
    $400 11
Brody Grant got a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut as Ponyboy in this musical based on a novel; the show won, but Brody didn't
    $400 25
Montana became a part of the U.S. by way of this 1803 deal
    $400 20
In a Grimm Brothers tale, this lad's dad, a tailor, gives him a darning needle to use as a sword on his travels
    $600 5
F:
Type of accountant who investigates the money side of crimes & tells the court about it
    $600 1
Tennessee Williams knew that it's a place where wild animals are kept for exhibition
    $600 3
Malicious intent through loud & unreasonable noises & fighting in public are grounds for this 3-word criminal charge
    $600 8
Carol Channing created the title role of Mrs. Levi in this Broadway musical & in 1964 was greeted with a Tony for it
    $600 12
These 2 words, the Spanish names of 2 elements, are separated by "Y" on Montana's state seal
    $600 19
Known to twirl his whiskers, Reepicheep, one of these creatures in Narnia, was "most valiant of all the talking beasts"
    $800 6
A: This objection in court is made due to opposing counsel making conclusions & inferences drawn from facts; sustained!
    $800 2
The IRS defines these as "either a qualifying child or a qualifying relative of the taxpayer"
    $800 15
George H.W. Bush marveled at John Major dealing with PMQs, short for this, with everyone "nose to nose... yelling at each other"
    $800 9
Tony voters swallowed it down, awarding Best Book of a Musical to this show based on Alanis Morissette's music
    DD: $3,000 13
These Native American people of Montana were named for the color of their moccasins
    $800 18
This 1954 book features the line "Some sort of a creature of very small size, too small to be seen by an elephant's eyes"
    $1000 7
S:
From the Latin for "to furnish", it means to persuade someone to commit perjury
    $1000 4
From Latin for "to grasp", this adjective describes graspy monkey tails, elephant trunks & giraffe tongues
    $1000 16
An "earthquake in the air", shock waves from the 1883 volcanic eruption on this island went around the globe 7 times
    $1000 10
He took 1978's Best Choreography for, what else, "Dancin'"; he also won in the same category for "Sweet Charity" & "Pippin"
    $1000 14
Take some time & mull over the pine cone seen here from this, the state tree of Montana
    $1000 17
Éomer tells him, "I would cut off your head, beard & all, master dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground"

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

Scott Austin Jolynda
$3,200 -$800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Austin Jolynda
$6,200 $1,400 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT'S A DISASTER
THE HUMAN BODY
ARCHITECTURE
U.S. ARMY CADENCES
RECENT SCI-FI FLICKS
WORDS OF WISDOM
    $400 24
In 2012 this company pled guilty to 12 felony counts in connection with its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
    $400 25
A roller coaster ride through the nephrons of this organ would include the loop of Henle
    $400 23
17th century French architect François Mansart lent his name to a type of this part of a building with 2 slopes on every side
    $400 27
Unit pride is strong here, son / In Fort Drum's 10th Mountain one
    $400 30
She plays Chani, a blue-eyed Fremen linked to Paul Atreides in the 2020s "Dune" movies
    $400 29
It's the "I" in DNI, a presidential advisory position created in 2004
    $800 18
In 2023 high winds & dry conditions fueled the wildfires that devastated Maui & destroyed this town, the former royal capital
    $800 16
Looking directly at the Sun during an eclipse can burn this light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye
    $800 22
Meant to resemble Yosemite's Half Dome, Wilshire Grand Center in this city is the tallest building west of the Mississippi
    $800 26
Your kid tells you what to get her / at this base store that's 2 letters
    $800 4
This film franchise that began in 2018 has predators with exceptional hearing that fans call "Death Angels"
    $800 28
Now meaning a supremely smart person, in Roman times it referred to the attendant spirit of a person or place
    $1200 7
In 2003 tragedy struck NASA again when, returning to Earth after a 17-day mission, this Space Shuttle broke apart on reentry
    $1200 5
Humans have apocrine & eccrine these, found in the skin; the eccrine ones help regulate temperature
    $1200 6
Charles Barry & A.W.N. Pugin designed Big Ben's tower in the 19th century revival of this style
    $1200 21
35 a year he banks / This "base of the NCO ranks"
    $1200 3
For your face-hugging pleasure, try the 2024 "Alien" movie with this subtitle familiar from myth
    $1200 13
This 4-letter word can mean mentally sharp or physically sharp, like a blade
    $1600 8
The devastating 2004 tsunami in Asia was triggered by a 9.1 seaquake off the coast of this second largest of the Sunda Islands
    DD: $4,000 10
The ball of the ball-&-socket shoulder joint is the head of this arm bone
    $1600 11
As part of Expo '67, Moshe Safdie designed the prefabricated Habitat '67 residential complex in this city
    $1600 20
Show this tank so you & they / See it weighs more than singer Gracie
    $1600 1
Ryan Reynolds is the title NPC turned hero in this 2021 flick, in which Jodie Comer plays the PC, Molotov Girl
    DD: $3,000 14
Latin for "rude" or "rough" gives us this adjective that means scholarly
    $2000 9
In 1984 a toxic gas leak from a subsidiary of Union Carbide killed thousands in this Indian city
    $2000 17
The heart's alternating periods of contraction & relaxation are called these 2 similar words
    $2000 12
He joined Mead & White in a firm & designed the Beaux Arts style Boston Public Library
    $2000 19
It's 12 letters, it means sniper / Aim with calm, don't get too hyper
    $2000 2
In this 2023 film John David Washington is looking for the title A.I. architect & the odds are stacked against him
    $2000 15
From Greek for "having learned much", it's a person who knows about a lot of topics, not just every kind of algebra & calculus

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Austin Jolynda
$6,400 $2,200 $7,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

CHART TOPPERS
His mother named him after her dream car but he topped the charts in 2019 under this moniker

Final scores:

Scott Austin Jolynda
$4,999 $1,000 $2,799
6-day champion: $149,901 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Scott Austin Jolynda
$16,400 $2,200 $7,800
22 R,
3 W
(including 3 DDs)
10 R,
5 W
11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $26,400

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Game tape date: 2025-05-06
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