Show #9401 - Monday, September 29, 2025

Contestants

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Rebecca Thompson, a French teacher and researcher from Buffalo, New York

Zach Knecht, a law clerk originally from Spring Hill, Florida

Prasad Patil, an assistant professor of biostatistics from Burlington, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $35,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY
FICTIONAL FEMALES
PROPOSITIONAL PHRASES
WRITING MATERIAL
5, 5
(Ken: Each response here two five-letter words.)
SECOND CHANCE QBs
(Glen: I'm Glen Powell. Everybody deserves a second chance, like Chad Powers, my character in a new series, and some other quarterbacks that I'll have clues about.)
    $200 25
This news magazine was first published in March of 1923 with former speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon on the cover
    $200 23
This loyal friend's original last name was going to be Puckle until it was changed to Granger
    $200 29
Are you this brand of marker used by Terrell Owens to sign a football during an end zone celebration? 'Cause you're extra fine!
    $200 30
A letter can be as tall as one mile & take 90 seconds to create in this form, where the writing material is the ether
    $200 28
The Cleveland Clinic says the heart is one, meaning you can't survive without it
    $200 14
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) A star at great, great, great grandpa Brigham's University, Steve Young went 3-16 in Tampa before finding gold out West & going 91-33 with this team
    $400 24
October 1967's March on this Virginia building was a major event in the opposition to the Vietnam War
    $400 11
Married to a minor aristocrat injured during World War I, she soon ignites new passions in a 1928 novel
    $400 26
Let's rearrange the alphabet & put these letters, the 21st & 9th, right next to each other
    $400 16
Near extinction in the Nile Delta, this plant has been used as writing material for some 4,000 years
    $400 27
This hyphenated rhyming phrase can refer to a sexual dalliance or to unethical behavior
    $400 5
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) With the number one pick in 2016, the Rams took Jared Goff but traded the QB just five years later; in 2024, Jared was metaphorically biting kneecaps off like Coach Dan Campbell requested, restoring the roar to this team & leading them to a 15-2 record
    $600 7
Canada's first PM of this name invoked the martial law-like War Measures Act during the 1970 crisis of Quebec separatist activity
    $600 8
Ursula K. Le Guin's "Lavinia" retells the story of this work by Virgil, but from the wife's point of view
    $600 22
As said to Ginger Rogers in a 1942 film, why don't you get out of that wet coat & into a dry this drink?
    $600 17
IWB for short, an interactive this is a "colorful" name for a smart display used in schools
    $600 15
This caramel lollipop was called Papa Sucker when it was introduced in 1925
    $600 4
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) Released by the Patriots, supposedly too small Doug Flutie won three Grey Cups & was the Most Outstanding Player in this league six times; Doug even came back to the Pats & made the NFL's first successful dropkick since 1941
    $800 3
A coup in this nation in 1932 resulted in a constitutional monarchy & the end of the absolute rule of Rama VII
    $800 9
Lenina Crowne, an upper-caste hatchery worker, is a character in this dystopian work
    $800 21
Let's do this, a 3-word phrase first recorded on Twitter in 2009, & I don't really care if the streaming service is working or not
    DD: $3,000 18
Magazines were once differentiated as either shiny "slicks" or these, cheaply made with rough wood
    $800 13
Barrelman is another name for this performer who keeps the crowd entertained & bullriders safe
    $800 1
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) A labrum tear, rotator cuff damage & a dislocated shoulder--I can see why the Chargers let this QB walk, but he went on to win a Super Bowl & be a virtual lock for the Hall of Fame after signing with the Saints
    $1000 6
Born Angelo Roncalli, he became this pope in 1958, embracing openness & change in the church & convening the Second Vatican Council
    $1000 10
The daughter of a judge, this new girl in town has Tom falling for her at first sight
    $1000 12
Come up & see my these, designs printed from acid-incised metal plates
    $1000 20
This rock often used as the material for chalkboard menus at a hipster restaurant shares its name with an online magazine
    $1000 19
In "The Chronicles of Narnia", Jadis also has this alliterative moniker
    $1000 2
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) Playing with 14 NFL teams starting in 2008, Josh Johnson got a lot more than two chances; too bad Josh didn't play in Seattle with his cousin, this back known as "Beast Mode", who's now acting--maybe Chad Powers could hand-off to him someday

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

Prasad Zach Rebecca
$5,200 $800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Prasad Zach Rebecca
$11,400 $2,000 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & NATURE
A WORLD OF MOUNTAINS
I MARRIED MY CO-STAR
NEAR & FAR PHRASES
CAVEAT
MENTOR
    $400 28
These fish of the Amazon are less ferocious in real life than in the movies & some are even vegetarians
    $400 3
Where Europe & Asia meet, the Caucasus Mountains are found between these two large seas
    $400 19
He & Rachel Weisz formed a "Bond" as a married couple in the film "Dream House" in 2010 & married the following year
    $400 29
Near:
A narrow escape, or what Gillette promises
    $400 30
Makes sense--a caution flag in NASCAR is this color, so slow down!
    $400 25
On the passing of this Apple co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg thanked him "for being a mentor and a friend"
    $800 23
In the 10th edition of his "Systema Naturae" in 1758, he introduced binomial nomenclature for animals
    $800 18
Looking to go skiing in Africa? Try the city of Ifrane, often referred to as "Morocco's Switzerland ", in these mountains
    $800 15
Anna Osceola had a small part in the final episode of "Mad Men", leading to her 2023 marriage to this star of the series
    $800 7
Near:
A house 1 block east of Doheny Drive might be marketed as "Beverly Hills" this, from Latin for "to lie near"
    $800 27
"All hope abandon ye who enter here" is a line from this 14th century work
    $800 26
This important annual ritual of the Plains Indians that celebrated the celestial body involved the support of spiritual mentors
    $1200 2
You've got grace, you've got poise, you've got this narrow tube on a flower below the stigma
    $1200 11
The spine of Greece, the Pindus Mountains are a southeastern continuation of this mountain system, the largest in Europe
    $1200 8
Life imitates TV--on "Once Upon a Time", Ginnifer Goodwin was Snow White & Josh Dallas was this love interest; they lived happily ever after
    $1200 6
Far:
MTV's first game show, it had categories spewed from the Zenith TV in Ken Ober's basement
    $1200 13
5 is the lowest alert level in this readiness system used by our military; 1 is the most dire
    $1200 24
After a chance meeting in Rome, Father Michael van der Peet became a spiritual advisor to this "Saint of the Gutters"
    $1600 1
Subatomic particles called hadrons are made up of these, anti-these & gluons
    DD: $2,400 4
Found in Table Mountain National Park, Lion's Head & Lion's Rump are 2 peaks overlooking this coastal city
    $1600 12
An on-again, off-again couple on "That '70s Show" & in real life, she & Ashton Kutcher tied the knot in 2015
    $1600 5
Far:
You & I won't agree on much if there's this watery feature between us, such as the Saronic one
    DD: $2,000 16
Rattlesnakes warn us by shaking their tails; the sound is the motion of this fibrous stuff that makes up hair & nails
    $1600 22
He called Gwendolyn Brooks' "A Street in Bronzetown" the biggest little $2 worth of intriguing reading found in bookshops
    $2000 10
Warm-blooded animals are described by this 11-letter adjective, meaning they generate & maintain their own body heat
    $2000 17
Part of the Amazon watershed, the Acaraí Mountains are shared by Brazil & this small English-speaking nation to the north
    $2000 14
(Alan Ruck presents the clue.) I definitely found out that it's good for a TV & film actor to do a little theater when I met my wife, this luminous actress, as we co-starred in "Absurd Person Singular" on Broadway
    $2000 9
Near:
This saying of the guy with property beside Robert Frost's ends the poem "Mending Wall"
    $2000 20
Shakespeare used this word for the unnamed character who warned Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March"
    $2000 21
This Dutch-born scientist discovered a "belt" of small iceballs beyond Neptune & also discovered a smart kid named Carl Sagan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Prasad Zach Rebecca
$13,400 $8,400 $3,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

MEDIEVAL NAMES
He was accused of killing William de Heselrig & also pled not guilty to being a traitor, saying he was never a subject of the King of England

Final scores:

Prasad Zach Rebecca
$9,999 $13,401 $3,300
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $13,401 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Prasad Zach Rebecca
$11,200 $10,400 $3,800
22 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $25,400

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Game tape date: 2025-09-08
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