Show #9433 - Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Harrison Whitaker game 2.

Contestants

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Lynette Perloff, an assessment specialist originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Greg Saunders, an insurance reinspector from Bridgeport, Connecticut

Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

PLAYING A CLASSICAL NUMBER
THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
3 OF A KIND
I'M A SWOLE MAN
ABOVE DECK
(Ken: All these responses begin with "D" but precede "deck" alphabetically.)
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(Ken Burns: I'm Ken Burns. I've made films about practically every era of our country and now I've gone back to where the United States of America began. I'll have clues about the American Revolution.)
    $200 23
In 1948, at age 84, this Strauss not of the waltzing family wrote "Four Last Songs"
    $200 27
2023's Jackie Robinson Sports Award went to this tennis legend; as she won 7 Wimbledon singles titles, we'd say she deserved it
    $200 26
Bells of Ireland,
aster,
narcissus
    $200 30
Stop! Hammer curl time--elbows at your sides, then curl a dumbbell up slowly & squeeze this muscle with two heads at the top of the movement
    $200 28
This 8-letter word that's juuuust above deck means to figure out a cryptic message
    $200 29
(Ken Burns presents the clue.) A mix of Black, Native American & white sailors helmed the flotilla of troops during Washington's crossing of the East River after a defeat in New York & during Washington's crossing of this river before his victory at Trenton
    $400 22
His 1875 Symphony No. 3 in D major quickly became music to Russian ears
    $400 11
Swoon! Regé-Jean Page took home Best Actor in a Drama Series as the Duke of Hastings on this streaming show
    $400 21
Domain,
phylum,
order
    $400 25
No doubt, I've gotten super ripped doing this exercise, but 49 reps at 225 pounds like Stephen Paea at the 2011 NFL combine? Not yet
    $400 24
This word that means an inadequate supply of something contains an entire planet
    $400 20
(Ken Burns presents the clue.) The 1777-'78 winter headquarters for the patriots would briefly be the 4th largest city in America; up to 20,000 men, women & children of many cultures & creeds lived in log cabins in this area, the site of a former ironworks that George Washington called "a dreary place"
    $600 2
This part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 was chosen as the anthem of the E.U. in 1985
    $600 4
Best Music Video / Visual Album in 2025 went to Kendrick Lamar for this track dissing Drake
    $600 10
Juventus,
Ajax,
AC Milan
    $600 12
It's a synonym for nothing, but you get something from even one of these, a quads & hamstrings exercise; but 12-15 is better
    $600 7
It can refer to a sunken log, a heavy post on a wharf or a big fan of Jerry & the band, man
    $600 19
(Ken Burns presents the clue.) During the Battle of Long Island, Washington made the error of failing to protect a pass in the Gowanus Heights that allowed the British to successfully flank his army, a slip-up made more surprising since George did this job from ages 17-20
    $800 1
His 1910 Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major is dubbed the "Symphony of a Thousand" due to the legion of musicians needed
    $800 9
This "Doubt" actress booked a win for Nonfiction Literary Work for "Finding Me"
    $800 8
Pentatonix,
straight no chaser,
the Whiffenpoofs
    $800 15
Time to check out a dude doing some walking these; your hips & glutes will thank you, bro
    $800 6
It's the term for a 10-legged crustacean; look it up
    $800 5
(Ken Burns presents the clue.) When artillery had to get from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, 55 guns were shipped 300 miles, often gliding on snow by sled, in a logistical operation led by this man, later the nation's first Secretary of War
    DD: $1,400 3
This composer who raised the profile of English music made his opus 33 in 1897 the patriotic-sounding "Banner of St. George"
    $1000 16
This late Georgia U.S. representative; "Good Trouble" was good indeed, winning Outstanding Documentary in 2021
    $1000 17
Steller's sea cow,
golden toad,
Labrador duck
    $1000 18
Go "up" & build your delts with these 2 feet-off-the-ground exercises, one done palms facing out, one palms in
    $1000 14
In the Anglican Church, every priest is first ordained as one of these serving the church
    $1000 13
(Ken Burns presents the clue.) In 1781, General Cornwallis was tasked with finding a deep water port in Virginia that could serve the Royal Navy's largest warships; his engineers chose this harbor--the port became the site of Cornwallis's surrender

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

Harrison Greg Lynette
$6,600 $1,400 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Harrison Greg Lynette
$11,000 $2,200 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
MASHED-UP PLAY TITLES
(Ken: You need to name the two plays, by the same author, whose names we've combined.)
I'M INSIDE YOUR HEAD
SPILL THE "T"
MOVIE SETTINGS
COLORFUL LANGUAGE
    $400 20
Bordered on one side by the Negev Desert, this desert is also a peninsula that covers some 23,500 square miles
    $400 18
"The Merry Wives of Errors"
    $400 30
The filiform & foliate papillae are on this organ; the foliate have taste buds but the filiform don't
    $400 26
What a mess! I've spilled a bottle of this, used as a paint thinner & obtained from conifer resins
    $400 1
"Anora" auteur Sean Baker previously made "the Florida Project" using footage shot on an iPhone at this theme park
    $400 24
The center of a town or hamlet; The Kinks were the "Preservation Society" for it
    $800 19
About 3,800 miles west of Pearl Harbor, Apra Harbor in this U.S. territory that's part of the Marianas saw fighting in 1944
    $800 17
"The Glass Tin Roof"
    $800 29
My hypophysis is: if it sits below the hypothalamus & helps control the adrenal glands, then it's this gland aka hypophysis
    $800 27
I was making a chicken coconut curry & spilled the bottle of this ground yellow seasoning all over the kitchen counter
    $800 10
Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como was used as the setting for the wedding of this pair in "Attack of the Clones"
    $800 25
We're so sorry, but your frequent flier miles can't be used on the 27th because that's one of these
    $1200 6
This 220-square-mile Alpine lake formed by the Rhone River is also known as Lac Léman
    DD: $4,600 3
"The Piano's Black Bottom"
    $1200 9
The buccinator isn't an Ahnold movie about terminating male deer--it's a flat muscle on the inner wall of this part of your face
    $1200 2
Blimey! How did I spill this lidded mug of ale? Probably by imbibing one too many?
    $1200 11
In "Die Hard", Bruce Willis welcomed pals to the party at this fictional building
    $1200 21
The Minnesota Vikings of the 1970s had formidable defenders known as these after a novelty song
    DD: $5,400 7
The borders of this capital city, the birthplace of Simón Bolívar, spill into the state of Miranda
    $1600 4
"A Woman Being Earnest"
    $1600 16
Not as tough as the surrounding enamel, this material making up the bulk of your teeth is still harder than bone
    $1600 14
I was visiting the bride-to-be & spilled the contents of a trunk containing this, from Old French for bundle
    $1600 12
2025 marks the 100th anniv. of Robert Altman's birth & the 50th of this movie of his about musicians & politics in the title city
    $1600 22
When I realized that Dimwitty had been brutally killed along with Papa Smurf, I screamed this
    $2000 8
Darwin is the capital city of this part of Australia
    $2000 5
"You Can't Take It with Dinner"
    $2000 28
The hammer, anvil & stirrup form a Rube Goldberg-esque segment of the ear collectively known as these, from Latin for "small bone"
    $2000 15
Mistakes were made--I spilled a vial containing this isotope of hydrogen in water; yes, it's radioactive
    $2000 13
This starring Brendan Gleeson & Colin Farrell was filmed on several Irish islands to create the title locale
    $2000 23
One who attacks another for being a Communist; actor Adolphe Menjou said, "I am" one

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Harrison Greg Lynette
$23,800 $5,800 $4,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESSES
A 2018 book about this company once valued at $9 billion was titled "Bad Blood"

Final scores:

Harrison Greg Lynette
$25,000 $8,001 $7,995
2-day champion: $59,801 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Harrison Greg Lynette
$27,200 $5,800 $4,000
35 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 10 R,
1 W		 6 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $37,000

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Game tape date: 2025-10-07
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