Responses for Show #9268 - Wednesday, February 12, 2025

2025 Tournament of Champions final game 4.

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

17th CENTURY FACTS
DIFFERS BY A LETTER
MONOGRAM MADNESS
(Ken: Uh-oh, we have a little [*]; you must account for all the initials in the clue.)
LOUNGE WEAR
BANGERS
THE NEW YORKER AT 100
(David: I'm David Remnick, only the fifth editor of The New Yorker in its 100-year history, and I'll have clues about some of the magazine's best in its first century.)
    $200 25
Globe

Neilesh
    $200 24
(Isaac: What is to--what it to... flight and fight?)

soar, spar

IsaacNeilesh
    $200 27
Neil Gorsuch

Neilesh
    $200 28
(Isaac: What is flannel?)
(Adriana: What is velvet?)
(Ken: Neilesh, no pajama knowledge? These are very fancy [*] pajamas.)

silk

AdrianaIsaac
Triple Stumper
    $200 29
Harry Styles

Adriana
    $200 30
The Cowardly Lion

Isaac
    $400 23
Louis XIV

Adriana
    $400 26
(Ken: That would be [*], as I think Adriana just realized.)

to whisper & to whimper

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
Robert Frost

Neilesh
    $400 21
Lululemon

Neilesh
    $400 18
Oklahoma

Isaac
    $400 20
One World Trade Center

Isaac
    $600 22
(Ken: [*]'s Rebellion, right.)

Bacon

Neilesh
    $600 4
quip quid

Neilesh
    $600 1
Martin Van Buren

Adriana
    $600 17
a durag

Isaac
    $600 7
Pink Pony Club

Isaac
    $600 10
Lurch

Neilesh
    $800 6
the Ming

Isaac
    $800 19
(Ken: That's tricky--[*].)

miniseries & ministries

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Margaret Sanger

Isaac
    $800 15
terrycloth

Isaac
    $800 8
Metallica

Isaac
    $800 13
Brando

Adriana
    $1,000 5
(Peter) Minuit

Neilesh
    $1000 12
vernal & verbal

Isaac
    $1000 3
John Jacob Astor

Adriana
    $1000 11
Alo

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
"Sabotage"

Isaac
    $1000 16
(Ken: It looks like Isaac really wanted to come up with [*].)

John Updike

Triple Stumper

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

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$2,400 $5,800 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$2,800 $7,000 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HILLS I DON'T WANT TO DIE ON
NONFICTION
JUST A LITTLE ASTROPHYSICS
4, 4
(Ken: Each response here, two 4-letter words.)
ON THE RUN
UNESCO's INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
    $400 30
Beverly Hills

Isaac
    $400 24
Dreams

Isaac
    $400 29
gravity

Neilesh
    $400 28
ping-pong

Isaac
    $400 26
a Cinnabon

Isaac
    $400 27
(Ken: [As Isaac rings in first] Isaac, it's your ska clue.)

reggae

Isaac
    $800 23
Beijing

Adriana
    $800 18
[Neilesh omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Art of War

Neilesh
    $800 8
hydrogen & helium

Isaac
    $4,000 22
(Ken: Neilesh?)
(Neilesh: [Shakes head])
(Ken: Does not have it.)

gold leaf

Neilesh
    $800 25
rearview

Isaac
    $800 17
Naples

Adriana
    $1200 19
[ERRATUM: As of January 2024 Stow Lake was renamed Blue Heron Lake.]

Golden Gate Park

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Hawking

Isaac
    $1200 7
Magellanic Cloud

Neilesh
    $1200 10
(Ken: Neilesh from Pennsylvania.)
(Neilesh: What is [*]?)

the Main Line

Neilesh
    $1200 11
(Tom) Hardy

Neilesh
    $1200 14
the Netherlands

Isaac
    $1600 1
the Black Hills

Isaac
    $1600 4
A Room of One's Own

Neilesh
    $1600 6
inflation

Neilesh
    $1600 21
(Adriana: What is... fake meat?)
(Ken: [Chuckles] That does sound less appealing. That's not correct, though.)

bean curd

Adriana
Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
The Old Man

Isaac
    $1600 13
ceviche

Neilesh
    $6,000 2
the Aventine

Isaac
    $2000 9
The Sea Around Us

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
magnitude

Neilesh
    $2000 20
(Adriana: What is a duck tail?)

the drop seat

Adriana
Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
"Take The Money And Run"

Adriana
    $2000 12
(Ken: It is the [*], from Poland, well done.)

a polonaise

Neilesh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$2,800 $22,200 $13,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN ARTWORK
(Ken: We'll begin with Adriana Harmeyer, one of the great Jeopardy! players of the last year. Not her day on the buzzer.)
...
(Ken: [To Adriana] It's a good guess. It's not correct, though.)
[Adriana shakes her head.]
...
(Ken: [To Neilesh] [*], that Rodin sculpture is the correct response.)
...
(Ken: [To Isaac] Is he thinking about Rodin and [*]? He got it. We are taking that; that's a "B".)
...
(Ken: Two for Neilesh, one apiece for Adriana and Isaac. And that means he and Adriana are still alive. Game 5 coming your way tomorrow. We'll see you back here.)
AdrianaWhat is The Raft of the Medusa?
$2,800
NeileshWhat Burghers of Calais
$8,401
IsaacWhat is The Burghers of Calais
$5,401
The Burghers of Calais

Final scores:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$0 $27,601 $22,201
3rd place: 1 match point Winner: 1 match point 2nd place: 2 match points

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Adriana Isaac Neilesh
$2,800 $18,200 $17,800
8 R,
3 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $38,800

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Game tape date: 2024-12-06
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