Show #9390 - Friday, September 12, 2025

Paolo Pasco game 3.

Contestants

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Jeff Freymann, a retired radio producer and part-time composer from Berkeley, California

Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, an assistant professor from Waco, Texas

Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $54,197)

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Jeopardy! Round

WHERE IN THE WORLD...?
JUST ONE TEAM
TAKE A NUMBER IN THE BOOKSTORE
A HOW-TO CATEGORY
BIG PILES
(Ken: No comment.)
REAL "O.G."s
    $200 28
Located on an isthmus & opened in 1914, it cuts through the Continental Divide at one of its lowest points
    $200 25
This reliever--19 seasons as a Yankee
    $200 26
"Twenty Years After" is Alexandre Dumas' follow-up featuring this group of title swashbucklers
    $200 27
To solve the problem shown remember PEMDAS, an acronym that tells you to start here
    $200 29
This menu adjective for the portion seen here is heard in "The Beverly Hillbillies" closing theme song
    $200 30
A 19th century sea captain coined this term for the U.S. flag
    $400 23
Pasturelands make up around 75% of this country highlighted here
    $400 24
Michael Strahan--15 seasons with this team
    $400 3
In the book series this many "Lives of Chloe King", a teenager learns that she has special enhanced abilities like a cat
    $400 10
Part of this life-saving process is putting the thumb side of your wrist below the victim's rib cage, 2" above the belly button
    $400 15
Chest-high smelly piles were a feature of NYC streets during a 9-day one of these in 1968
    $400 7
The website for this restaurant mentions "never ending servings of our freshly baked breadsticks"
    $600 16
You can see the McKinley National Memorial in this city, along with Jerry Rice's head (his Hall of Fame bust, to be precise)
    $600 17
This Navy lieutenant, 14 seasons with the NBA's Spurs
    $600 1
It's not just a murder mystery he must solve in "The Sign of Four"--hidden treasure is also involved
    DD: $2,200 8
How to become president of the U.S.? Have this job if the president, veep & Speaker of the House are unable to do the gig
    $600 12
In gambling, it's a four-letter verb meaning to pull in a big pile of chips, or a four-letter noun for part of each pot taken by a casino
    $600 4
In 2025 Miki Yamane of the L.A. Galaxy scored one of these against (well, for) the New York Red Bulls
    $800 13
The East Australian Current (or the EAC, dude!) is a section of the counter-clockwise flow of this sea, just below the Coral Sea
    $800 18
This player-owner--17 seasons a Penguin
    $800 2
The afterlife is more than just a place in Mitch Albom's bestseller about this title group of folks "You Meet in Heaven"
    $800 9
Play the individual notes of a chord in succession, like so... to do one of these, from Italian for "to play upon the harp"
    $800 11
A 52-foot one of these piles was reported in Brooklyn's Gravesend area during the Blizzard of 1888
    $800 5
This type of street musician was often accompanied by a monkey
    $1000 22
This country has 3 neighbors on its borders: Argentina, Brazil & the Atlantic Ocean
    $1000 21
21 seasons as a Royal, hitting .390 in one of them
    $1000 14
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" begins with these 12 words
    $1000 19
To prevail "over the Philistine", according to 1 Samuel 17:50, use these 2 objects
    $1000 20
This country has a duty-free port on the Pacific edge of the Atacama, helping create vast piles of discarded clothing in the desert
    $1000 6
O.G. can stand for this pair of medical specialties; ACOG is the American College of its doctors

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

Paolo Saralyn Jeff
$4,200 $2,800 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Saralyn Jeff
$7,600 $4,400 -$600

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHEN IN THE WORLD...?
ACID TEST
MOVIE SEQUELS
NON-GEOGRAPHICAL FLAGS
12-LETTER WORDS
ARIA OF EFFECT
    $400 27
Scotty on "Star Trek", James Doohan was hit by 6 bullets & lost a middle finger helping take Juno Beach on this date
    $400 30
Oil of vitriol & battery acid are other names for this corrosive stuff
    $400 21
This one goes to... II? "The End Continues" is the subtitle of the 2025 sequel to this, the progenitor of the mockumentary form
    $400 29
An 8-stripe design was tough to make, so pink & turquoise were nixed from the 1979 version of what's known as this 5-letter flag
    $400 28
On a school progress report, it often comes between good & needs improvement
    $400 23
In a Wagner aria this lover looks down on a deceased Tristan & sadly sings, "How he smiles..."
    $800 26
Dogs! In! Spaaaace! On November 3, 1957, a pup named Laika became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard this craft, 2
    $800 25
You probably know acetylsalicylic acid better by this name trademarked in 1899
    $800 11
"Hasta la vista, baby" was one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's memorable lines from "Terminator 2:" this event
    $800 24
On the flag of this branch of the U.S. armed forces, the year 2019 appears in Roman numerals
    $800 9
The muscular part of a horse that includes the pelvis & rear legs is referred to by this plural word
    $800 17
Mozart wrote the "Queen of the Night" aria from this opera for his sister-in-law, who could really belt it
    $1200 18
Paul Revere took a historic ride & Catherine the Great headed off the Pugachev Rebellion--& Pugachev--in this year
    $1200 15
Glycine & lysine are 2 of these acids vital to protein creation
    $1200 10
Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke had adventures "Before Sunrise"; the first sequel was sensibly called "Before" this
    $1200 12
As a tribute to its Swiss founder, this organization's flag is identical to the Swiss flag, but with an inverted color scheme
    $1200 2
Developed from water skiing & later skurfing, it's the sport being enjoyed here
    $1200 8
In this opera Rodolfo sings to Mimì, "Che gelida manina", meaning "your tiny hand is frozen"
    DD: $500 19
In late April 1865 this play was performed for a specific audience: Edwin Stanton & a crew of investigators
    DD: $3,400 16
This acid is produced when your body breaks down glucose during exercise, but it's not what makes your muscles sore
    $1600 5
The THX sound system was first used in this 1983 film in the "Star Wars" franchise
    $1600 13
In the 1880s French militant Louise Michel (who wasn't in a punk band) popularized a flag linked to this radical movement
    $1600 3
It's the proper term for a mapmaker
    $1600 1
At the 1998 Grammys Aretha Franklin sang "Nessun Dorma" when she subbed in at the last minute for this one of "The Three Tenors"
    $2000 22
The Wright brothers took to the air & Henry Ford got going on the ground by incorporating his motor company in this year
    $2000 20
Leafy green vegetables are a good source of this, also called vitamin B9
    $2000 6
Films based on this anime series include "Mugen Train" & now one with Tanjiro facing foes at "the Infinity Castle"
    $2000 14
The colors of the Buddhist flag signify this radiant energy, said to have emanated from the Buddha upon enlightenment
    $2000 4
It's the scientific study of how drugs work & their therapeutic effects
    $2000 7
Henry Purcell gave us this Carthaginian queen's "Lament" after she was spurned by Aeneas

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Saralyn Jeff
$25,500 $6,400 $8,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS BUILDINGS
In 1588 a 10th chapel was added to this building to honor a Yurodivy, or "holy fool", who was canonized that year

Final scores:

Paolo Saralyn Jeff
$25,544 $400 $7,200
3-day champion: $79,741 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Paolo Saralyn Jeff
$23,200 $6,400 $8,600
27 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 11 R,
2 W		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $38,200

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Game tape date: 2025-08-06
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