Responses for Show #9261 - Monday, February 3, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

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Lucas Partridge, a high school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada

Amar Kakirde, a policy analyst from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
KID STUFF
JUST TAKE THE W
VOYAGING THROUGH HISTORY
NICKNAMES
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    $200 30
(Ken: Classic [*], yes.)

Paul Bunyan

Goins
    $200 22
board books

Lucas
    $200 20
(Ken: That's it, from whip.)

hip

Goins
    $200 28
seven

Amar
    $200 23
(Lucas: What... is... the Air Force Academy?)

West Point (Army)

AmarLucas
    $200 29
the decathlon

Amar
    $400 26
Rip Van Winkle

Lucas
    $400 21
a romper

Goins
    $400 16
(Ken: When to [*], right.)

hen

Lucas
    $400 25
the Northwest Passage

Goins
    $400 19
(Ken: Yeah, bad rap for Charles [*].)

the Bald

Goins
    $400 14
(Amar: What is the Mets?)
...
(Ken: A little early for the Mets, it's [*].)

the Brooklyn Dodgers

Amar
Triple Stumper
    $600 2
Pluto

Goins
    $600 5
pumping

Amar
    $600 13
(Ken: From lawn, right.)

LAN

Lucas
    $600 9
canoe

Lucas
    $600 10
B.B. King

Lucas
    $600 15
a hat trick

Goins
    $800 1
Pecos Bill

Triple Stumper
    $800 3
Don't Break the Ice

Goins
    $800 11
(Ken: Wane to [*], right.)

anew

Goins
    $1,400 8
(Amar: Uh... what is the--la [*]?)

Trinidad

Amar
    $800 7
Sin City

Amar
    $800 27
(Lucas: Who is... Foreman?)

(Joe) Frazier

AmarLucas
    $1000 6
Quetzalcoatl

Goins
    $1000 4
(Ken: You know your General Mills iconography, yes.)

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Lucas
    $1000 12
(Ken: Sewer to [*], yes.)

seer

Goins
    $1000 24
(Drew: Who's Coriolis?)
...
(Ken: That's [*]--the [*] Current.)

Alexander von Humboldt

Goins
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
"Jackass"

Lucas
    $1000 17
(Ken: That's [*]; go, [**].)

Breanna ("Stewie") Stewart

Triple Stumper

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

Goins Amar Lucas
$4,800 $2,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Goins Amar Lucas
$5,400 $3,800 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANAGRAMMED NUCLEAR PHYSICS
BRAND NAMES
WETLANDS
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
SUBTITLES OF BOOKS
ANCIENT ROME IN THE MOVIES
    $400 16
yellowcake

Amar
    $400 26
Audi

Lucas
    $400 18
the Amazon

Lucas
    $400 15
bibliography

Goins
    $400 19
World War Z

Lucas
    $400 28
Brutus

Lucas
    $5,400 12
(Ken: I don't know how you feel about NUCLEAR PHYSICS, Drew, but you like anagrams. What do you want to wager?)
(Drew: Let's do... $5,400, please.)
(Ken: Okay. $20,800 if you're right. Here's your clue in ANAGRAMMED NUCLEAR PHYSICS...)

enrichment

Goins
    $800 21
Modelo

Amar
    $800 23
a bog

Goins
    $800 14
exfoliation

Triple Stumper
    $2,800 13
(Drew: Let's do... $2,800.)
(Ken: [Chuckles] I thought were you were gonna say $20,000. Okay.)
[Drew laughs.]
(Ken: $2,800 at risk.)
(Drew: Is it too late to change it?)
[Ken laughs.]

Prometheus

Goins
    $800 27
Maximus

Goins
    $1200 5
a daughter

Triple Stumper
    $1200 1
[Amar selected the first clue.]

Aveeno

Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
(Lucas: What is... water buffalo?)

a waterbuck

Lucas
Triple Stumper
    $1200 6
idiomatic

Lucas
    $1200 7
the Lusitania

Goins
    $1200 20
(Ken: "Burned up the screen"... because they're playing [*].)

Nero

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
neutrino

Goins
    $1600 2
(Ken: No baby shoppers here? "What is [*]?")

Carter's

Triple Stumper
    $1600 22
the Tagus

Goins
    $1600 9
terpsichorean

Goins
    $1600 3
Slaughterhouse-Five

Goins
    $1600 29
legion

Amar
    $2000 11
(Ken: Wow, tough anagram, you got it.)

transmutation

Goins
    $2000 17
Titleist

Goins
    $2000 25
a billabong

Goins
    $2000 10
(Ken: That would explain the snake, yes, reptile scientist.)

herpetologist

Goins
    $2000 8
And the Band Played On

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Attila the Hun

Lucas

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Goins Amar Lucas
$31,200 $6,600 $7,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PLACES OF DISASTER
(Ken: [To Amar] Yes, the famed eruption of 1883.)
...
(Ken: [To Lucas] You lose $1,989. Taylor Swift tribute, maybe?)
[Lucas grins.]
...
[The audience laughs when Drew's response is revealed.]
(Ken: Lisa Ann Walter's work schedule has been very instrumental in your life lately, Drew.)
(Drew: Very good to me.)
...
[Drew holds up the shaka sign when his wager is revealed.]
...
(Ken: And the semis start tomorrow. We'll see you right back here then.)
AmarWhat is Krakatoa?
$6,599
LucasWhat is ?
$1,989
GoinsWhat is Krakatoa? Lisa Ann I will worship you the rest of my days.
$808
Krakatoa

Final scores:

Goins Amar Lucas
$32,008 $13,199 $5,411
Winner: guaranteed semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Goins Amar Lucas
$24,600 $6,000 $7,400
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 14 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $38,000

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Game tape date: 2024-12-04
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