Responses for Show #9255 - Friday, January 24, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard final game 2.

Contestants

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Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of $27,200)

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii (subtotal of $17,600)

Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas (subtotal of $5,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PLACES TO VISIT
IN THE EARTH
THINK PINK
THERE WILL BE MOVIE VENGEANCE
TIME FOR A MEAL BREAK
EDUCATIONAL ANAGRAMS
    $200 5
Vienna

Will
    $200 16
iron (or nickel)

Mehal
    $200 17
pink eye

Drew
    $200 30
Die Hard

Will
    $200 26
continental breakfast

Will
    $200 29
undergraduate

Drew
    $400 4
the Ganges

Drew
    $400 15
(Ken: Yeah, from the [*] Rush.)

gold

Mehal
    $400 18
salt

Mehal
    $400 27
Carrie

Drew
    $400 25
high tea

Mehal
    $400 12
vocational

Drew
    $600 1
(Ken: You beat Drew to [*], yes.)
[Laughter]

Maui

Mehal
    $600 6
fracking

Mehal
    $600 19
(Peter) Sellers

Drew
    $600 22
(Ken: And he does wear red--it's [*].)

Deadpool

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
brown bag

Will
    $600 11
intramural

Drew
    $1,000 2
(Ken: Sounds like a guess but you're correct.)

the Colorado

Mehal
    $800 7
lithium

Drew
    $800 20
breast cancer

Mehal
    $800 23
Sweeney Todd

Will
    $800 8
a TV dinner

Drew
    $800 13
(Will: What is matriculate?)
(Ken: No.)
(Will: Tion?)
...
(Ken: Sorry, Will. That is correct--[*] for the anagram.)

matriculation

WillDrew
    $1000 3
Bhutan

Mehal
    $1000 14
(Will: What is graphite?)

magnetite

WillDrew
    $1000 21
carnations

Will
    $1000 24
(Carey) Mulligan

Drew
    $1000 9
prix fixe

Drew
    $1000 28
accreditation

Drew

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

Will Drew Mehal
-$1,000 $5,800 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$1,200 $9,200 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC STATES & TERRITORIES
'90s NO. 1 HITS
CHANGE THE MIDDLE LETTER
(Ken: Each response will be two words.)
FAMOUS NAMES
RUNNING
LIKE THE DICKENS
(Ken: A category about stories inspired by Dickens' works.)
    $400 12
Morocco

Will
    $400 27
Wilson Phillips

Will
    $400 14
bench & beach

Mehal
    $400 21
Eichmann

Drew
    $400 30
the steeplechase

Mehal
    $400 29
(Ken: Yeah, you don't wanna partner with [*].)

Ebenezer Scrooge

Will
    $800 13
Poland

Mehal
    $800 26
Prince

Will
    $800 15
rat & rot

Mehal
    $800 20
LSD

Mehal
    $800 24
Eugene

Will
    $800 28
the Artful Dodger

Will
    $1200 1
Guyana

Drew
    $1200 5
(Ken: I don't know if I've ever said that for [*].)

"Truly Madly Deeply"

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 11
(Ken: Without any hesitation, that is correct, yes.)

valor & vapor

Mehal
    $1200 7
Huffington

Mehal
    $1200 4
Bannister

Will
    $1200 17
David Copperfield

Drew
    $3,400 2
(Drew: What is... Dutch East India?)
(Ken: Ooh, no; you're so close--[*].)
(Drew: Ah.)
(Ken: Now Indonesia.)
(Drew: Yep.)

Dutch East Indies

Drew
    $1600 6
(Will: Oh!)
[Laughter]

"Unbelievable"

Will
    $1600 9
theme & thyme

Mehal
    $1600 8
Lerner

Drew
    $1600 10
Norway

Mehal
    $1600 18
Little Dorrit

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
(Drew: What is... Al-Andalus?)

Granada

DrewMehal
    $2000 25
[Laughter]
(Drew: Uh-oh.)
...
(Ken: Oh, she's gonna be mad, Drew.)
[Laughter as Drew walks off the stage]
(Mehal: [Hugging Drew] It's all right, man.)
(Ken: Like Huey Lewis, Céline Dion sang a song called [*].)
...
(Drew: I was born in 1994.)
[Laughter]

"The Power Of Love"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
carrier & Cartier

Drew
    $2000 19
(Will: Who is Freud?)
...
(Ken: We still know his name today 'cause it's [*].)

Dr. Alzheimer

Will
Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
(Will: What is Denver?)

Leadville

Will
Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
(Ken: Solicitor because it's his legal novel, [*].)

Bleak House

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$3,600 $10,200 $19,000
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COMPOSERS
(Ken: [To Mehal] You're in the right part of the world, but it is not the Finnish composer, Sibelius; it's [*] who had trolls in Peer Gynt. How much did you wager, Mehal? He didn't wager anything at all. $19,600 today, in combination with yesterday's $27,200 makes him our Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard winner.)
[Drew and Mehal shake hands.]
(Ken: Mehal, you're headed to the Tournament of Champions. Will and Drew, $40,000 apiece. Congratulations. And Mehal doesn't get much time off. The Tournament of Champions starts Monday. We'll see you then. Have a great weekend.)
WillWho is Wagner?
$3,600
DrewWho is Humperdinck?
$10,200
MehalWho is Sibelius? Thanks for
$0
Edvard Grieg

Final scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$0 $0 $19,000

Cumulative scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$5,600 $17,600 $46,200
2nd runner-up: $40,000 1st runner-up: $40,000 Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2025 Tournament of Champions

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$3,600 $13,600 $16,000
14 R,
4 W		 19 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $33,200

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Game tape date: 2024-11-13
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