Show #9375 - Friday, July 11, 2025

Scott Riccardi game 7.
The production staff, crew, and their families wish Johnny Gilbert happy birthday in a video compilation played in the break before Final Jeopardy!

Contestants

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Edaureen Muhamad Nor, a book critic from Silver Spring, Maryland

Andrew Wang, a medical student from Winnetka, Illinois

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 6-day cash winnings total $149,901)

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Jeopardy! Round

BOOK EXCERPTS
WHERE NOT ON EARTH...?!
OFF THE RECORD
SORORITY NOW!
TOUGH TO SPELL
(Ken: But you don't have to spell your response.)
FINISH THE DRINK
    $200 21
"'There is no maiden fairer than the Empress of La Mancha, the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso'"
    $200 28
Some numbers on this planet: 2.8 billion miles from the Sun; 16 moons, including Proteus; 0 tridents
    $200 26
From this '80s album get down to "Darling Nikki" or
"Let's Go Crazy"
    $200 30
In 1998 the eyes of this state univ. were upon Kappa Phi Gamma, founded as the USA's first women's South Asian Greek-lettered org.
    $200 29
It's the "R" in the musical genre name "R&B", & it's a bit tougher to spell than the "B"
    $200 25
Martinis can have many garnishes but to be called a Gibson, it must have this one
    $400 20
"'So they fought a duel and Mr. Butler shot the girl's brother and he died, and Mr. Butler had to leave Charleston'"
    $400 27
Here's the Little Dumbbell Nebula, courtesy of this telescope that started out a little fuzzy but came into focus in 1993
    $400 22
"Remedy"
&
"All I Ask"
are on her "25"
    $400 23
"The second-oldest secret society for women in the U.S.", Phi Mu has a motto--"Les Soeurs Fideles", which translates to this
    $400 18
A handy spelling mnemonic: this word referring to writing paper has an "E" for "envelope"; its homonym has an "A" for "at rest"
    $400 24
Making a Shandy can be as simple as combining a tart soda & this alcoholic beverage
    $600 1
"'We, the party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?'"
    $600 2
Carolyn & Gene Shoemaker got top billing, but how about props for this astronomer whose co-comet crashed into Jupiter in 1994
    $600 5
This artist's 2024 release
"GNX"
includes
"Dodger Blue" &
"Squabble Up"
    $600 17
Around 1951 Tri Sigma began funding research to beat this disease, aka infantile paralysis; happily, they soon needed a new goal
    $600 16
To avoid spelling this Yiddish word for, say, your BTS snow globe, try an easier-to-spell synonym like "curio" or "doodad"
    $600 15
After a hot summer day, unwind with ranch water, a combination of soda, lime & the Blanco variety of this potent potable
    $800 3
"I had of course long been used to a halter... & to be led about in the fields & lanes quietly, but now I was to have a bit & bridle"
    $800 7
Mintaka is one of the three supergiant stars that make up this celestial fashion accessory
    $800 6
"The Great Gig in the Sky" &
"Brain Damage"
are deep cuts from this 1973 Pink Floyd album
    $800 19
The Bee Gees were a band of brothers; the DGs are this Greek org. founded in 1873 before the term "sorority" was even used
    $800 11
At least to the James Beard Foundation, there's no "N" on the menu when spelling this word for the owner of an eatery
    $800 14
The bright green grasshopper combines cream, Crème de Cacao & this herbal liqueur
    $1000 4
A 5-word title (the last line): "And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Soldier Island"
    $1000 8
The closest star to our sun & a bit more than half as hot, this red dwarf is on pace to last for 4 trillion years, or even 4 trillion & 1
    $1000 12
"Red Hill Mining Town" &
"Trip Through Your Wires" are on this U2 album whose cover model fell over & died
    DD: $1,500 9
Sen. Blanche Lincoln & Nancy Walton Laurie, a daughter of Walmart's co-founder, were Chi Omegas at this state school
    $1000 10
These pups were called "badger dogs" to disassociate them from Germany after WWI; as a bonus, the non-German name was easier to spell
    $1000 13
Want an old fashioned? Combine whiskey, sugar & bitters from this company based in Trinidad & Tobago

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

Scott Andrew Edaureen
$4,200 $6,500 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Andrew Edaureen
$5,400 $8,100 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY FOLKS
ANIMAL PLANET
MYTHELLANEOUS FEMALES
OSCAR WINNERS ON TV
2-WORD PALINDROMES
MARRIAGE
    $400 29
Following the War of 1812, she became the first first lady to publicly take on a cause, helping to found an orphanage in Washington
    $400 28
In 1966 Artesia, Colorado changed its name to this, reflecting its proximity to a fossil-rich national monument
    $400 27
Oh, the drama! Melpomene is the muse of lyre playing & of this branch of drama
    $400 26
An Oscar winner in 2025, he's also an Emmy winner for playing Roman Roy
    $400 25
A sinister Kalamata
    $400 30
Historian Susannah Gibson says 18th c. British wedding announcements might include the amount of this, money that came with the bride
    $800 24
This philosopher said, "God is dead" but also said, "We are not rid of God because we still have faith in grammar"
    $800 22
No, I do not want to swim in the river named for these reptiles; it forms part of the boundary of Kruger National Park
    $800 21
She & Tristan drink a love potion meant for her & Tristan's uncle
    $800 20
You've liked her, you've really liked her on shows like "Brothers and Sisters" & recently as Jerry Buss's mom on "Winning Time"
    $800 19
A drinking receptacle used to hold Juicy Fruit or Trident
    $800 23
George Clooney spent 20 minutes in this traditional proposal position before Amal said yes
    $1200 13
He painted the sand with what you might call grainillism in 1885's "Low Tide at Grandcamp"
    $1200 7
You can visit Eagle Lake, Elk Lake, Heron Lake, Moose Lake, Sturgeon Lake & quite a few more in this U.S. state
    DD: $3,200 1
Stheno & Euryale are her equally monstrous sisters, though she is the only one who is mortal
    $1200 10
Before her 2025 Oscar win, Mikey Madison played Max Pamela Adlon's oldest daughter on this FX series
    $1200 2
Your holdings of
Au
are chronicled in a written record or diary
    $1200 18
A 2010 discovery was the purported marriage bed of King Henry VII & Elizabeth of York, symbolizing the end of these wars
    $1600 14
The Ether Dome at this New England hospital is where William T.G. Morton made the first use of modern surgical anesthesia in 1846
    $1600 8
This mountain that looms over Phoenix gets its name from its fancied resemblance to a kneeling dromedary
    $1600 5
To learn hidden secrets & mysteries is to "lift the veil" of this Egyptian goddess associated with death & rebirth
    $1600 11
For 3 seasons he played Rodrigo Borgia, who becomes Pope Alexander VI
    $1600 3
A treat after a long day of work in a sliding box in a chest
    $1600 17
It's a mellow, marital kind of love; in some states, a homewrecker can be sued for "alienation of" it
    $2000 15
Not a popular figure today, British Empire booster Cecil Rhodes was PM 1890-1896 of this alliterative area in South South Africa
    $2000 9
Mariners in the age of sail often got stuck in these latitudes that extend from around 30 to 35 degrees north & south
    $2000 6
The daughter of the Cretan King Minos, she helps Theseus escape the labyrinth by giving him a thread to help him find his way out
    $2000 12
In the '80s, future 2-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington played Dr. Philip Chandler on this series
    DD: $5,000 4
I've done this, dug in the earth to find blue twill-woven fabric used to make jeans
    $2000 16
Maintaining & repairing marriages, sometimes on her podcast in real time, is a focus of this Belgian therapist

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Andrew Edaureen
$18,200 $16,300 $12,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC OBJECTS
Described as both a "beautiful violet" & "French Blue" in the 1600s, this object went on tour in the 1900s before landing in the Smithsonian

Final scores:

Scott Andrew Edaureen
$33,000 $32,600 $23,995
7-day champion: $182,901 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Scott Andrew Edaureen
$18,200 $12,800 $10,000
23 R,
1 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $41,000

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Game tape date: 2025-05-06
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