Show #9391 - Monday, September 15, 2025

Paolo Pasco game 4.

Contestants

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Ryan Sharpe, a student from Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Kelsi Tyler, a nonprofit program director from Austin, Texas

Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $79,741)

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Jeopardy! Round

WARS & BATTLES
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
IT'S A SIGN
NOT LIKE US
OPPOSITES
SESAME STREET
(Elmo: Jeopardy! is brought to you today by the letter S, for Sesame Street; we'll have clues from some of its residents, like Elmo.) [Elmo giggles; audience laughs.]
    $200 11
Don't get your history from ABBA: Napoleon didn't surrender until 4 weeks after this disastrous battle
    $200 17
The "Eliot Indian" this, the first version printed in America, was translated into an Algonquin dialect by a Puritan clergyman
    $200 14
This Los Angeles landmark situated on Mount Lee was originally built as an advertisement for real estate
    $200 27
The Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint, or THOR, is commonly called this; prior to its development cadavers were used
    $200 28
Benjamin Moore sells these 2 opposite paint types, one for indoors, one for outdoors
    $200 30
(Elmo presents the clue.) Elmo is best friends with Zoe, but not her pet; Zoe thinks this pet is alive--it's not alive, it can't talk or do anything [Groans]
    $400 10
A turning point of this war was the 11-month Siege of Sevastopol, which ended in September 1855
    $400 16
A reconstruction of this man's library includes 2,000 volumes he sold to Congress in 1815
    $400 13
The iconic arch in the heart of downtown this Nevada city welcomes visitors to "The Biggest Little City in the World"
    $400 25
In a 1987 film Andrew McCarthy falls in love with Kim Cattrall, one of these figures that's come under an ancient spell
    $400 24
Put these 2 words together to get a type of dark chocolate & a commonly cited oxymoron
    $400 29
(Oscar the Grouch presents the clue.) Throughout the years, lots of people have stopped by to visit Sesame Street, like Alex Trebek & Ken Jennings--why can't they leave a grouch alone?!--but the very first was this guy, who recited the alphabet for us
    $600 3
George Orwell fought on the Aragon front of this war & recounted his experiences in "Homage to Catalonia"
    $600 7
A 1906 proclamation by this city's mayor says police "have been authorized by me to kill any & all persons found engaged in looting"
    $600 12
As part of a 2001 restoration, the sign outside this city's Ebenezer Baptist Church was fixed & lit for the first time in years
    $600 18
Ryan Gosling falls in love with a life-size doll named Bianca who is not under an Egyptian curse in this film
    $600 2
Referring to Ursa Major, these 2 opposite geographic regions derive their names from Greek for "bear" & "opposite the bear"
    $600 26
(Cookie Monster presents the clue.) Oh, hello there, me, Alistair Cookie, host of this segment where me present drama for viewers to devour, like "Me, Claudius" & "Chariots of Fur"
    $800 4
At the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great delivered a devastating blow to the Persian forces of this king III
    $800 6
A 1928 Northwest Airways ad offered early passenger service between Minneapolis-St. Paul & Cicero Field in this city
    DD: $2,000 9
In Paris' Montmartre neighborhood, the sign & red windmill atop this cabaret were first illuminated in 1889
    $800 19
Japanese roboticist Masahiro Miro first proposed this phenomenon where not quite human likeness gives us the creeps
    $800 1
This pair of adjectives can describe 2 types of sentences or 2 kinds of carbohydrates, based on their molecular structure
    $800 21
(Grover presents the clue.) We know that on "Jeopardy!" you like for the answer to be a question, so here goes; a song we love starts "Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away" & ends with this question
    $1000 5
This leader of Germany's Afrika Korps was called der Wüstenfuchs at home
    $1000 8
A 1776 broadside is the first printed report of Washington's crossing the Delaware to attack this N.J. town
    $1000 15
A relic of its manufacturing heyday, a light-up Domino Sugars sign has graced this city's Inner Harbor since 1951
    $1000 20
John Donne, Percy Shelley & Goethe all claimed to see these German-named ghostly doubles of loved ones
    $1000 23
The word piano is a shortening of pianoforte, meaning these 2 opposites
    $1000 22
(Bert & Ernie present the clue.) (Bert: With all due respect to Ken Jennings, over here on Sesame Street, this is our favorite game show host.) (Ernie: He's hosted such classics as "Name That Sound" & "Mystery Mix-Up".)

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

Paolo Kelsi Ryan
$1,000 $1,800 $5,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Kelsi Ryan
$4,800 $3,400 $7,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
AMERICAN POETRY
METAL MANIA
FOREVER YOUNG
SONGS IN GANGSTER MOVIES
"Q" UP THE ADJECTIVES
(Ken: Each response beginning with the letter Q.)
    $400 11
The first of these theme parks opened in Denmark in 1968; others would be built around the world brick by brick
    $400 19
In the words of Joyce Kilmer, "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can" do this
    $400 26
Discovered in the late 18th century, this radioactive metal was named for a then-recently discovered planet
    $400 28
Later Detroit's first Black mayor, Coleman Young also served in WWII in this first Black flying unit in the U.S. military
    $400 29
"Goodfellas" ends with Sid Vicious' cover of this Sinatra signature song
    $400 30
It's the hyphenated adjective for a mattress fit for a female monarch, or, for any sleeper
    $800 10
A French army officer became king of Sweden in 1818, ruling as Karl XIV Johan & converting to this Protestant branch
    $800 15
This 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes helped save the title warship from being dismantled
    $800 21
South Africa is the leading producer of this precious silver-white metal rarer & denser than gold
    $800 27
No. 7 of "Strategic Objectives" of this university: "Focus on mission-aligned hiring"
    $800 24
An acoustic version of "Crazy" by this singer appears in Spike Lee's film "Clockers"
    $800 25
Charming & old-fashioned, like the town seen here
    $1200 7
Called "The Chopin of the North", he composed works including "Norwegian Peasant Dances"
    DD: $3,400 1
A fan of repetition, she began her poem "Susie Asado", "Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea"
    $1200 13
Atomic number 29, this reddish metal has an antimicrobial effect on bacteria & is used to coat frequently touched surfaces
    $1200 16
Malcolm Young was the non-schoolboy-uniform-clad Young in this band that always leaves us "Thunderstruck"
    $1200 4
A radio station in "GTA: III" has songs such as "Push It To The Limit" from this Miami-set film directed by Brian De Palma
    $1200 12
In algebra it describes a polynomial equation of the second degree
    DD: $8,400 5
A series of clashes between the U.K. & Iceland over territorial rights in the North Atlantic were called these "fishy" wars
    $1600 2
In this famous anthology, Edgar Lee Masters gave voice to some 200 residents at rest, including Isa Nutter & Anne Rutledge
    $1600 14
Alkali metals like sodium & cesium are so called because when they react with water, they form these, high-pH substances
    $1600 17
Last name of bros Theodore & Alwin(!); it precedes "& Young" in an accounting firm with more than 700 offices worldwide
    $1600 22
Michael Madsen improvised his dance to Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You" in this caper film
    $1600 8
More commonly a noun, but if you know your elements, it's another word for mercurial
    $2000 6
American diver Pat McCormick won 2 gold medals at the northernmost Summer Olympics, the 1952 Games in this city
    $2000 3
In the 1950s, he launched the "City Lights Pocket Poet Series" with his own "Pictures of the Gone World"
    $2000 20
Named after the founder of the Greek city of Thebes, this metal is used in nuclear reactors & rechargeable batteries
    $2000 18
John Young blasted into space aboard this mission, the penultimate one to the Moon & the first to land in the lunar highlands
    $2000 23
"That's Entertainment" by the mod band The Jam closes out "The Gentlemen" by this British director
    $2000 9
Latin for "every day" gives this adjective meaning... well, occurring every day

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Kelsi Ryan
$16,800 $4,800 $27,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

VOCABULARY
Today it's used as a verb on social media; in previous centuries its meanings included an enemy & not a Quaker

Final scores:

Paolo Kelsi Ryan
$27,601 $1,000 $21,599
4-day champion: $107,342 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Paolo Kelsi Ryan
$16,800 $8,200 $19,600
20 R,
0 W		 10 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $44,600

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Game tape date: 2025-08-07
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