Responses for Show #9265 - Friday, February 7, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania

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

Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
FLIGHTS OF FANCY
12-LETTER WORDS
LANDMARKS
POLE
POSITION
(Ken: These are songs on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Chart.)
    $200 19
life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness

Adriana
    $200 30
(Ken: No cursed [*]ies on the Titanic, yes.)

a mummy

Neilesh
    $200 28
labyrinthine

Isaac
    $200 20
dome

Neilesh
    $200 29
totem

Neilesh
    $200 7
"When Doves Cry"

Isaac
    $400 18
(Neilesh: What is tax?)

slavery

Neilesh
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
rice

Isaac
    $400 27
onomatopoeia

Adriana
    $400 14
the Acropolis

Isaac
    $400 24
barbers

Adriana
    $400 8
"Blinding Lights"

Isaac
    $600 15
Fort Knox

Neilesh
    $600 1
a chupacabra

Isaac
    $600 6
(Isaac: What is... replication?)

a reproduction

Isaac
Triple Stumper
    $600 11
(Ken: Yes, Jefferson.)

Monticello

Adriana
    $600 23
(Ken: [*] for the rest of us, yes.)

Festivus

Isaac
    $600 9
"Paper Planes"

Isaac
    $800 17
(Isaac: What... is... Canada?)
(Neilesh: Uh, what is Massachusetts?)

Virginia

IsaacNeilesh
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Zelenskyy

Adriana
    $800 25
a carpetbagger

Adriana
    $1,800 5
(Adriana: What is Aconcagua?)

Machu Picchu

Adriana
    $800 22
tentpole

Isaac
    $800 10
Wiz Khalifa

Neilesh
    $1000 16
John Locke

Neilesh
    $1000 3
Mencken

Neilesh
    $1000 26
somnambulist

Neilesh
    $1000 4
Habsburg

Adriana
    $1000 21
Sergey Bubka

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
Santana

Adriana

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

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$1,600 $2,000 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$3,400 $2,800 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HEART WORM-ING MOVIES
CEOs
POETRY-POURRI
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER
INTO AFRICA
10/10 WINDS
    $400 19
(Ken: That's correct, I advise you not to Google them.)
[Laughter]

popcorn bucket

Neilesh
    $400 30
Chipotle

Adriana
    $400 29
haiku

Neilesh
    $400 28
dairy & diary

Adriana
    $400 25
Victoria Falls

Neilesh
    $400 21
monsoon

Neilesh
    $800 18
How to Eat Fried Worms

Adriana
    $800 26
Foot Locker

Isaac
    $800 27
blank

Neilesh
    $800 24
(Isaac: What are... reload and, uh, I don't know.)

ordeal & reload

IsaacNeilesh
    $800 11
Kilimanjaro

Isaac
    $800 15
a dust devil

Isaac
    $1200 5
Tremors

Adriana
    $1200 4
(Isaac: What is... Allegiant?)
(Neilesh: Uh, what is United Healthcare?)
...
(Ken "O say can you see" because it's [*].)

Anthem

IsaacNeilesh
Triple Stumper
    $1200 1
a canto

Isaac
    $1200 12
bolster & lobster

Isaac
    $3,000 8
Kinshasa

Isaac
    $1200 16
Neptune

Adriana
    $1600 6
the Corpse Bride

Isaac
    $1600 23
Smithfield

Isaac
    $1600 2
Sappho

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 13
(Ken: You found them both in this round, Isaac.)
(Isaac: Yeah, but I'm not good at anagrams, so we'll do $2,000.)
...
(Ken: That is right, maybe you are good at anagrams.)

gallery & allergy

Isaac
    $1600 9
Togo

Neilesh
    $1600 17
(Ken: That's a memorable description of [*].)

the Santa Ana winds

Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
(James) Gunn

Isaac
    $2000 22
Sundar Pichai

Neilesh
    $2000 3
villanelle

Adriana
    $2000 14
taser, aster & stare

Adriana
    $2000 10
(Isaac: What is Liberia?)

Angola

Isaac
Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Beaufort

Neilesh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$11,400 $13,800 $11,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN HISTORY
[Neilesh's response was revealed first.]
...
(Ken: [To Isaac] His attempt? Louis's actual dynasty. No. In fact, he was called Citizen Louis [*] at his trial, Marie Antoinette was the widow [*], so an even older French dynasty.)
AdrianaWhat is Merovingian?
$6,000
NeileshWhat Valois
$11,400
IsaacWhat is Bourbon?
$9,001
Capet

Final scores:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$5,400 $4,799 $0
Winner: 1 match point 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$13,200 $11,600 $11,400
15 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 17 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $36,200

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Game tape date: 2024-12-05
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