Responses for Show #9263 - Wednesday, February 5, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut

Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California

Jeopardy! Round responses

ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
ELEMENTAL NAMES
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
A HALF HOUR OF TELEVISION
ENGLISH CLASS
    $200 30
ciao

Isaac
    $200 28
(Ken: Yes, an old [*].)

a grenade

Amy
    $200 26
Freddie Mercury

Isaac
    $200 24
caffeine

Amy
    $200 22
Veep

Isaac
    $200 20
it's

Mark
    $400 29
primavera

Isaac
    $400 27
a nunnery (a convent)

Isaac
    $400 25
(Ken: It just occurred to Mark. This is a story we've all heard; they came across [*], it's The Wizard of Oz.)

the Tin Man

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
chlorine

Isaac
    $400 21
Bateman

Isaac
    $400 19
farther & further

Mark
    $600 7
ventimiglia

Amy
    $600 1
Noah's Ark

Isaac
    $600 10
(Amy: What is Muscle Beach?)
...
(Ken: That was the first [*]--gold, elemental name.)

Gold's Gym

Amy
Triple Stumper
    $600 4
(Ken: 88 was her husband's jersey number; he was a [*].)

football player

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
Broad City

Amy
    $600 16
passive

Mark
    $800 8
DOC

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Qantas

Isaac
    $3,200 11
(Isaac: What is... a... iron cobra?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry. Different element--[*].)
(Isaac: Oh.)

a copperhead

Isaac
    $800 5
a roofer

Isaac
    $800 14
(Mark: Who is... Adolf?)

The Rock

IsaacMark
    $800 18
(Ken: Here's the creator and star of English Teacher. It's Brian Jordan Alvarez...)

thesis

Mark
    $1000 9
an intermezzo

Isaac
    $1000 3
a katana

Amy
    $1000 12
Nate Silver

Isaac
    $1000 6
cat scratch fever

Amy
    $1000 15
Ghosts

Isaac
    $1000 17
a gerund

Amy

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

Isaac Mark Amy
$2,800 -$200 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac Mark Amy
$5,000 $1,200 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
MOVIES AFTER YOU PRESS PLAY
LIT-POURRI
AROUND THE WORLD
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
LET'S GET QUI"ZZ"ICAL
    $400 30
Haiti

Mark
    $400 29
(Ken: Yeah, he's still in Saigon.)

Apocalypse Now

Isaac
    $400 28
Eugene

Isaac
    $400 27
(Mark: What is the... Ring of Fire?)

the Aleutian Islands

IsaacMark
    $400 26
(Ken: Equality State, yeah.)

Wyoming

Isaac
    $400 25
bedazzle

Isaac
    $800 21
the Congo

Mark
    $800 20
Scream

Mark
    $800 10
The Nickel Boys

Mark
    $800 22
the Shannon

Isaac
    $800 23
Boy Scouts

Mark
    $800 24
hizzoner

Isaac
    $1200 3
U Thant

Mark
    $5,000 17
(Isaac: Uh, what... is... Six Days of the Condor?)
(Ken: Sorry, no--that's the opening shot of [*].)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Isaac
    $1200 9
The Third Man

Isaac
    $1200 6
(Isaac: What is... Rabat?)

Tunis

IsaacMark
    $1200 11
[The accent mark in "HaĊĦek" was not shown in the clue.]

the Sabres

Isaac
    $1200 14
(Ken: [*] stallions, yes.)

Lipizzaners

Isaac
    $1600 2
Albright

Isaac
    $1600 18
The Substance

Mark
    $1600 8
Ellery Queen

Triple Stumper
    $4,400 5
(Ken: The capital of Mongolia is correct.)

Ulan Bator

Mark
    $1600 12
American Buffalo

Mark
    $1600 15
Shabazz

Amy
    $2000 1
Guterres

Isaac
    $2000 19
Hercules

Amy
    $2000 7
Guy de Maupassant

Mark
    $2000 4
Chiapas

Mark
    $2000 13
(Isaac: What is a [*] fly?)

tsetse

Isaac
    $2000 16
(Amy: Who is Nebuchadnezzar?)

Belshazzar

IsaacAmy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac Mark Amy
$13,600 $18,400 $5,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENTISTS' NAMES
(Ken: [To Isaac] Yes, the scientist Van Leeuwenhoek--"leeuwen" meaning [*] in Dutch. [*]'s Corner was his name.)
...
(Ken: [To Mark] Ooh, I think he's thinking of the right guy, but he guessed Leviathan.)
AmyWhat is a goose?
$5,599
IsaacWhat is a lion?
$4,000
MarkWhat is Leviathan?
$8,801
a lion

Final scores:

Isaac Mark Amy
$17,600 $9,599 $1
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Isaac Mark Amy
$21,800 $15,600 $5,600
28 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2024-12-05
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