Responses for Show #9249 - Thursday, January 16, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont

Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington

Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina

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Jeopardy! Round responses

DAMS
10-LETTER VOCAB
WHERE'S THE BEEF?
HISTORY
LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH
    $200 12
salmon

Joey
    $200 27
an adaptation

Eamonn
    $200 25
Wendy's

Joey
    $200 6
Ben Franklin

Eamonn
    $200 29
St. Peter's

Mehal
    $200 30
Crazy Rich Asians

Joey
    $400 11
Switzerland

Mehal
    $400 26
a painkiller

Mehal
    $400 24
a tomahawk

Mehal
    $400 5
the Maginot Line

Mehal
    $400 17
a magnolia

Mehal
    $400 18
(Phil) Dunphy

Mehal
    $600 9
hydroelectric

Joey
    $600 8
rubberneck

Joey
    $600 23
a tomato

Mehal
    $1,000 1
(Ken: [*] getting sassy, that's correct.)

Galileo

Joey
    $600 13
the UAE

Eamonn
    $600 15
The Blues Brothers

Joey
    $800 3
Tasmania

Joey
    $800 7
(Joey: What is... [Groans] nope?)

narcolepsy

JoeyEamonn
    $800 22
beef Wellington

Mehal
    $800 2
the Atacama

Mehal
    $800 14
a monocle

Mehal
    $800 19
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Joey
    $1000 10
the Euphrates

Mehal
    $1000 28
grandstand

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
carne asada

Joey
    $1000 4
the Byzantine

Eamonn
    $1000 16
(Annie) Sullivan

Joey
    $1000 20
Steve Martin

Triple Stumper

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

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$3,000 $3,400 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$6,200 $6,600 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SHORT STORIES
COMMON BANDS
TRAVEL USA
THE JETÉ SET
MAKE MINE MATH
"MORE" OR "LESS"
    $400 25
(Ken: It is [*], "Canterville Ghost".)
[Ken did not include the leading article, "The", when naming the short story.]

Wilde

Joey
    $400 24
Dave Grohl

Mehal
    $400 23
Peppa Pig

Eamonn
    $400 26
the Sugar Plum Fairy

Mehal
    $400 27
diameter

Joey
    $400 28
hit me baby one more time

Joey
    $800 15
"The Monkey's Paw"

Mehal
    $800 12
(Joey: Who are The Killers?)

the Gorillaz

JoeyEamonn
    $800 21
the Queen Mary

Joey
    $800 29
(Ken: We'll finish off THE JETÉ SET because I know you three are big ballet fans.)
[Laughter]

the Ballet Theatre

Triple Stumper
    $800 16
complementary

Mehal
    $11,000 22
(Joey: [Sighs] What is... [**]?)
(Ken: We will take that, correct--[*] is right.)
...
(Ken: Where to now, Joey? Take a breath.)

the lesser evil (the lesser of two evils)

Joey
    $1200 4
[Mehal did not include the leading article in his response.]

"The Gift of the Magi"

Mehal
    $1200 8
Clapton

Joey
    $1200 1
the Vanderbilts

Mehal
    $1200 19
(Mehal: What is Russia?)
(Eamonn: What is Ukraine?)

China

MehalEamonn
Triple Stumper
    $1200 5
an ellipse

Joey
    $1200 7
10 Items or Less

Joey
    $1600 3
(Mehal: Who is [*]?)
(Ken: You got it.)
(Mehal: The Scrivener?)

Bartleby

Mehal
    $1600 9
Pharrell

Eamonn
    $7,800 2
Huntsville

Mehal
    $1600 20
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Triple Stumper
    $1600 11
improper

Eamonn
    $1600 13
Less Than Zero

Eamonn
    $2000 18
Emily

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Tom) Morello

Mehal
    $2000 6
(Mehal: What is Newport?)

Mystic, Connecticut

Mehal
Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Ondine

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
slope

Joey
    $2000 14
(Ken: That is correct for $2,000, wow.)

loved Rome more

Eamonn

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$24,000 $19,600 $9,600

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TREES
(Ken: No, laurel was given to the victor of something, but I think it's of Greek origin; this tree got its name because it was shaped like the hand it was being placed in.)
EamonnWhat is Laurel?
$9,600
MehalWhat is a laurel?
$0
JoeyWhat is a Laurel? ♡ to Lorelei
$0
a palm tree

Final scores:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$24,000 $19,600 $0
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Joey Mehal Eamonn
$13,400 $13,400 $9,600
20 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $36,400

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Game tape date: 2024-11-12
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