Responses for Show #9260 - Friday, January 31, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Kevin Laskowski, an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia

Allison Gross, a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio

Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut

Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD FACTS
"H.R."
LUCKY 13
THE THEATER
OF EQUAL MEASURE
PLAYING SPORTSBALL
    $200 30
(Mark: What... is... Asia?)

Africa

MarkKevin
    $200 22
Human Rights

Mark
    $200 28
Lovell

Mark
    $200 29
Chekhov

Mark
    $200 24
watts

Triple Stumper
    $200 26
the Lakers

Mark
    $400 12
India

Mark
    $400 21
ham radio

Kevin
    $400 27
aluminum

Mark
    $400 23
Robert Downey Jr.

Kevin
    $400 20
minutes

Allison
    $400 25
Federer

Mark
    $600 6
(Mark: What are the Urals?)
(Kevin: What are the Ural Mountains?)

the Caucasus

MarkAllisonKevin
    $600 9
(Allison: What is a high roller?)
...
(Ken: So close, Allison, but the show is [*], plural.)

high rollers

Allison
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
triskaidekaphobia

Mark
    $600 17
Medea

Allison
    $600 19
fathoms

Kevin
    $600 3
water polo

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
Belize

Allison
    $800 8
a hip replacement

Allison
    $800 15
the Teutonic Knights

Mark
    $800 11
(Kevin: What is The Bill of Rights?)
...
(Ken: That one-woman show is [*].)

What the Constitution Means to Me

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $800 18
a bushel

Mark
    $800 2
Messi

Mark
    $1,800 4
Tajikistan & Turkmenistan

Mark
    $1000 7
the Hellenic Republic

Kevin
    $1000 14
the koto

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
[Kevin did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Kevin
    $1000 13
(Ken: It's a British unit or mass or weight--[*].)

the stone

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
[Ken read "M.O.T.s" as "Members of the Tribe".]

BYU

Mark

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Mark Allison Kevin
$4,800 $1,600 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Allison Kevin
$7,000 $2,600 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WHAT AN ARTIST DIES IN ME
ETYMOLOGY
WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY
ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
NATURE
PLAYING NON-SPORTS"BALL"
    $400 26
Whistler

Mark
    $400 27
nepotism

Triple Stumper
    $400 28
Carthage

Allison
    $400 30
Elvis

Mark
    $400 29
a Venus flytrap

Allison
    $400 24
a crystal ball

Mark
    $800 25
Remington

Mark
    $800 16
September

Kevin
    $800 13
Cleopatra

Allison
    $800 7
Pulp Fiction

Mark
    $800 23
(Ken: That's a [*] tail mushroom.)

turkey

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
a matzo ball

Allison
    $1200 19
Mary Cassatt

Allison
    $1200 3
a preamble

Mark
    $1200 14
Confucius

Kevin
    $1200 6
The Princess and the Frog

Triple Stumper
    $1200 9
calving

Allison
    $1200 10
Lucille Ball

Allison
    $5,000 18
Bosch

Mark
    $1600 1
(Mark: What is ahi-ahi?)

mahi-mahi

MarkAllison
    $1600 15
(Kevin: Who is Lucretius?)

Pliny (the Elder)

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
Guardians of the Galaxy

Kevin
    $1600 21
trilobites

Allison
    $1600 12
lowball

Allison
    $2000 17
El Greco

Mark
    $3,000 2
(Allison: What is... platonic?)
(Ken: Oh, sorry, fifth, quint, [*].)

quintessence

Allison
    $2000 8
a ziggurat

Kevin
    $2000 4
2001: A Space Odyssey

Mark
    $2000 20
(Mark: What is... oy.)

chalcedony

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
highballs

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Allison Kevin
$16,400 $10,400 $6,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PLACE NAMES
(Ken: [To Kevin] You're in the right part of the U.S. but that is not correct, Kevin.)
...
(Ken: Kevin was on the right track but this was [*], the capital of Russian Alaska, namesake of the [*] spruce; that was its old Russian name.)
KevinWhat is Juneau?
$6,199
AllisonWhat is Palm Sp
$2,001
MarkWhat Newport
$4,401
Sitka

Final scores:

Mark Allison Kevin
$11,999 $8,399 $1
Winner: guaranteed semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Allison Kevin
$12,200 $13,400 $6,200
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 15 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2024-12-04
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