Responses for Show #9258 - Wednesday, January 29, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania

Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Greg Jolin, a system specialist and accountant from Raymond, New Hampshire

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PARTS OF SPEECH
AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK
3 OF A KIND
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES
THE REST IS HISTORY
(Tom: I'm Tom Holland.) (Dominic: And I am Dominic Sandbrook. We host the podcast The Rest Is History.) (Tom: And we'll have clues that we hope bring our favorite topic to life.)
    $200 5
(Ken: Yes, stealing the sweep from Neilesh, you're on the board.)

adjective

Greg
    $200 24
poke

Greg
    $200 30
books of the Bible

Neilesh
    $200 29
Havana

Weckiai
    $200 16
Talladega Nights

Neilesh
    $200 18
junta

Neilesh
    $400 4
pronoun

Neilesh
    $400 22
iced tea, lemonade

Neilesh
    $400 28
bone

Neilesh
    $400 23
marlin

Neilesh
    $400 20
Pirates of the Caribbean

Weckiai
    $400 17
(Weckiai: What is Belgium?)
(Neilesh: What is the Holy Roman Empire?)

Austria

WeckiaiNeilesh
Triple Stumper
    $600 1
preposition

Neilesh
    $600 6
whoopie pie

Neilesh
    $600 27
Pokémon

Neilesh
    $600 19
The Sun Also Rises

Greg
    $600 25
[Neilesh omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Hunger Games

Neilesh
    $600 15
(Ken: Yes, good news for Félicette who survived, and good news for you, Greg, you're on the board with $600.)

Felix the Cat

Greg
    $800 2
conjunction

Neilesh
    $800 10
Mai Tai

Weckiai
    $800 9
lettuce

Greg
    $800 8
A Moveable Feast

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
Night at the Museum

Neilesh
    $800 14
(Ken: Yeah, he looks kind of fed up there.)

Franco

Neilesh
    $1000 3
adverb

Neilesh
    $1000 7
cioppino

Weckiai
    $1000 11
(Greg: What are... months in Hebrew?)
(Neilesh: What is the letters--[*]?)

Hebrew letters (letters of the Hebrew alphabet)

GregNeilesh
    $1,000 12
A Farewell to Arms

Neilesh
    $1000 26
Fantastic Beasts

Neilesh
    $1000 13
Sparta

Weckiai

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

Greg Weckiai Neilesh
$600 $2,800 $6,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Weckiai Neilesh
$1,400 $3,000 $10,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BODIES OF WATER
HOW FAR IS IT?
RELIGIOUS WORDS & PHRASES
BROADWAY DEBUTS
CHEMISTRY
PIANO LESSON
    $400 5
(Ken: Correct, you have run the category.)
[Applause]

Nasser

Neilesh
    $400 17
(Ken: Yes, 90 per base.)

360

Neilesh
    $400 30
holy

Greg
    $400 28
Sunset Boulevard

Greg
    $400 15
Mentos

Greg
    $400 29
étude

Neilesh
    $800 4
Horseshoe

Neilesh
    $800 9
the New Jersey Turnpike

Neilesh
    $800 26
kosher

Greg
    $800 24
Atticus (Finch)

Neilesh
    $800 11
a monomer

Weckiai
    $2,000 27
(Greg: It doesn't really matter but I'll do the $2,000 anyway.)
...
(Greg: [Shakes head] What are... [*] and woodwind?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry. [*] is right 'cause of the hammers, but the hammers hit [**].)

percussion & strings

Greg
    $1200 1
Maracaibo

Neilesh
    $1200 8
(Ken: W-E-R, right.)

3

Neilesh
    $1200 23
Creed

Greg
    $1200 14
(Jeremy) Irons

Neilesh
    $1200 10
diamond

Neilesh
    $1200 25
Scott Joplin

Weckiai
    $1600 3
Kiel

Neilesh
    $1600 16
Canaveral

Neilesh
    $1600 21
God's gift

Triple Stumper
    $1600 12
(Greg: Who is Neil Simon?)
...
(Ken: Neil Simon wrote those plays, but [*] played the lead.)

Matthew Broderick

Greg
Triple Stumper
    $1600 7
cesium

Greg
    $1600 19
the harpsichord

Weckiai
    $2000 2
Yalu

Neilesh
    $3,800 22
(Greg: What is the Bikini Atoll?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, about halfway across the ocean, [*].)

Midway Island

Greg
    $2000 20
(Weckiai: What is the choir?)

Amen Corner

GregWeckiai
    $2000 13
Fiddler on the Roof

Greg
    $2000 6
(Greg: What is alkali?)
(Neilesh: What is hal--[*]?)

halogen

GregNeilesh
    $2000 18
Schumann

Neilesh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Weckiai Neilesh
$800 $4,600 $28,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Ken: [To Greg] John Bunyan's allegory about Christians' journey to the Celestial City.)
GregWhat is Pilgrim's Progress?
$231
WeckiaiWhat is Pilgrim's Progress?
$2,999
NeileshWhat is Pilgrim's Progress
$0
The Pilgrim's Progress

Final scores:

Greg Weckiai Neilesh
$1,031 $7,599 $28,200
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: guaranteed semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Greg Weckiai Neilesh
$6,600 $4,600 $28,200
13 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)
8 R,
2 W
33 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,400

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Game tape date: 2024-12-04
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