Show #9408 - Wednesday, October 8, 2025

TJ Fisher game 5.

Contestants

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Chris Turner-Neal, a writer from New Orleans, Louisiana

Josh Ng, a middle school teacher originally from West Nyack, New York

TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $76,524)

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Jeopardy! Round

DATING PROFILES FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
(Ken: You'll have to name the creature whose profile we're quoting.)
I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK
SHIFT THE STRESS
(Ken: Please give us two pronunciations in your responses.)
LET'S FIX THAT CAR
YOU COME AT THE QUEEN
(Ken: Yep, had to be...)
YOU BEST NOT MISS
    $200 25
Female insect: Putting my long, green front legs together & asking God for a male who'll fight for me & I can later eat
    $200 26
Way back in 1937 a weeklong "Fiesta" allowed San Franciscans to walk across this newly opened structure
    $200 6
To find someone guilty & someone in jail after being found guilty
    $200 30
Some squealing & grinding--must be time to replace the pads & rotors in these
    $200 17
She got to keep her head in the bust seen here, but that wasn't the case when Parisians came at her on October 16, 1793
    $200 29
In 2023 Sabrina Ionescu set a WNBA single-season record by draining 128 of these
    $400 21
Heading upstream to my home river by Bristol Bay, Alaska for the summer; looking for a red-y mate to fertilize my 2,000 to 5,000 eggs
    $400 20
In the Catholic Church, Holy Week is celebrated between these 2 holidays
    $400 11
An electoral procedure to remove a public official & to remember
    $400 27
Dim lights, stalling, battery won't recharge--needs a new one of these electricity-generating components
    $400 16
A civil war took up the first 4 years of her reign that began in 1474 but she won; never go in against a Castilian when death is on the line
    $400 28
In the 1998 regular season, 39-year-old Minnesota Viking Gary Anderson went 35 for 35 & 59 for 59 on these 2 types of scoring
    $600 14
Dislikes: When my name is confused with the "Someone Like You" singer
Likes: When my penguin partner gives me rocks
    $600 19
After marrying in 1969, this musical couple held weeklong bed-ins where they invited the press to their boudoir
    $600 10
A political demonstration & to object
    $600 24
We need to recharge this system--& remember, we can't use Freon, which was banned in 2020
    $600 4
In the 1890s the Queen of this got Pres. Cleveland to agree not to annex the land, but local guy Sanford Dole said coup's still on
    $600 1
This actress made the top 32 to make the Olympic archery tryouts in 1999
    $800 13
Looking for what my "wandering" parents had: a mating ritual, raising a hatchling for a bit & then flying out to sea for years
    $800 18
WHO for short, this organization sponsors World Immunization Week to protect people from preventable disease
    $800 9
To make & vegetables
    $800 23
Misfires, rough idling, poor acceleration... time to replace these ceramic & metal parts that screw into the cylinders
    DD: $1,000 5
Oops, this royal missed! Already imprisoned, she plotted to kill Elizabeth I, but Liz found out in 1586 & was so not thrilled
    $800 2
In 2025 this Great 8 had some career goals, Russian around & breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL scoring record with No. 895
    $1000 12
Female bottom-dwelling fish with a bountiful glowing lure seeking an arrangement with a male to parasitize off my largesse
    $1000 15
If you're free the week before Labor Day, head to this colorful desert in Nevada for the trippy Burning Man festival
    $1000 8
To bring together & a harvesting machine
    $1000 22
Yikes, it needs this "job" named for the cylinder head parts that have to be reconditioned--a new engine might be cheaper
    $1000 7
Determined to keep the gig, Cleopatra took care of biz; this ruler XIII, Cleo's bro, got dead in the Nile & Cleo wed this bro the XIV
    $1000 3
Reacting to winning the U.S. Open by 1 in this sport in 2012, Hall of Famer Pete Weber yelled, "Who do you think you are?! I am!"

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

TJ Josh Chris
$2,400 $400 $5,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

TJ Josh Chris
$1,600 $1,000 $7,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROWING ON THE RIVER
(Ken: You'll name the river.)
IN DECIPHERABLE
(Ken: Now these are words made up of letters in the word "decipherable".)
AN OPEN QUESTION
THE NIC CAGE PLAYLIST
(Ken: Song titles that are also the names of Nicolas Cage films, some better known than others.)
ACCOUNTING, FOR TASTE
BROADWAY PLAY REVIVALS
(James Corden: We're the cast of Art, and as we bring the Tony Award-winning dark comedy back to Broadway, we'll have clues about other revivals of classic plays.)
    $400 20
Harvard's women, from the Weld Boat House
    $400 15
Horsey-handling harness headgear
    $400 18
Does the "ball" type of this phenomenon really exist, & if so, what exactly is it? Plasma, maybe?
    $400 1
This Rolling Stones song repeats, "Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name" quite a few times
    $400 23
This alphanumeric IRS code section lets an employer make an account for a worker to deposit a tax-deferred part of their salary
    $400 2
(Bobby Cannavale presents the clue.) In this movie, Al Pacino was Ricky Roma; in a 2012 revival of the play, I got to play the hotshot real estate salesman, Ricky, & Al was the desperate Shelley Levene
    $800 19
The University of Pittsburgh Rowing Club (the Pitt Crew?)--more often than on the Ohio or Monongahela
    $800 14
Suitable for consumption, or a THC-containing item made for consumption
    $800 17
Did a French plane make it across the Atlantic from Paris in 1927, 2 weeks before this American plane crossed in the other direction?
    $800 21
This Barry Manilow lass "kissed me & stopped me from shaking, & I need you today"
    $800 24
It's a creditor's claim on a property; the involuntary type is put on a home if payment obligations have not been met
    $800 3
(James Corden presents the clue.) I guess it's got to be a revival when the play is well over 300 years old; memorable efforts in this royal Shakespeare role include Lee J. Cobb in 1968, Christopher Plummer in 2004 & Glenda Jackson in 2019
    DD: $1,500 13
The Hoyas, at the Thompson Boat Center
    $1200 4
It's an utter catastrophe! A situation of complete failure! It's this word from the French for "unbar"!
    DD: $3,600 8
What happened to this man last seen in the parking lot of a Detroit area restaurant July 30, 1975?
    $1200 22
This Sheryl Crow song begins, "Life springs eternal on a gaudy neon street"
    $1200 9
An account is "in" this 7-letter word if payments are overdue & default looms
    $1200 26
(Bobby Cannavale presents the clue.) It's not surprising that this work called "The Great American Tragedy" won the Tony for Best Play & also for 1984, 1999 & 2012 revivals. You know what's not getting revived? The title character
    $1600 12
The West Point Crew is at home there
    $1600 5
The works of Rabelais are described as this, a more elegant way to say "raunchy"
    $1600 7
Where is this captain's fabled treasure? Oak Island? Gardiner's Island? The Jersey Shore? Who knows?
    $1600 29
Moon Unit Zappa relates, "Like, my mother is, like, a total space cadet" in this 1980s song
    $1600 10
Not as nice as an ATM, the AMT, or this, assures that an individual with a tidy income will pay at least something to Uncle Sam--right?
    $1600 27
(Neil Patrick Harris presents the clue.) I made my Broadway debut in this David Auburn play about a mentally declining mathematician & his numbers-loving daughter; a 2026 revival has been announced & I wonder who will attempt my part of Hal
    $2000 11
Gonzaga's rowers, from the Charlotte Y. Martin Boathouse
    $2000 6
Seen here, it's a 15th century battle axe & pike mounted on a six-foot handle
    $2000 16
What goes on inside this 2-word boundary of a black hole? (That's one we may never figure out)
    $2000 30
Buddy Holly told us, "She's the one, I've been told, now, she's wearing a band of gold"
    $2000 25
It's windy day fun, but it's also writing checks on insufficient funds & hoping late deposits will cover things before clearance
    $2000 28
(Neil Patrick Harris presents the clue.) A play version of "Dracula" ran 261 performances, opening in 1927; fifty years later, after the movies made the count a household name, it ran almost a thousand starring this man in a role he was boooorn to play

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

TJ Josh Chris
$12,400 -$200 $12,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ANIMATION
Phil Vischer, creator of this show, originally had a candy bar as the lead until his wife nudged him in a healthier direction

Final scores:

TJ Josh Chris
$24,199 -$200 $14,200
5-day champion: $100,723 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

TJ Josh Chris
$9,800 -$200 $14,200
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
7 W		 5 R,
2 W		 22 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $23,800

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Game tape date: 2025-09-09
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