Responses for Show #9271 - Monday, February 17, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

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Doug Molitor, a novelist originally from Altadena, California

Hannah Wilson, a yarn store owner from Chicago, Illinois

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WE'RE TALKIN' BASEBALL
THIS & THAT
2-WORD RHYMES
CLOTHES MINDED
NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS
THE PRESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE
(Anthony: I'm Anthony Mackie. In my new movie, Captain America: Brave New World, my character offers the president some help. And today, I'll have clues about past presidents in need of a little saving themselves.)
    $200 26
strike zone

Matt
    $200 23
hand (the palm)

Matt
    $200 30
Lean Mean

Matt
    $200 28
shrug

Matt
    $200 27
Sophie

Matt
    $200 29
(Hannah: What is a stethoscope?)
...
(Ken: Early [*], yes. Our thanks to Anthony Mackie for that category; Captain America: Brave New World is in theaters now.)

a metal detector

MattHannah
    $400 20
a rally cap

Hannah
    $400 22
pope

Doug
    $400 24
Joe Schmo

Matt
    $400 25
sari

Matt
    $400 9
Nicholas Nickleby

Hannah
    $400 21
Virginia

Matt
    $600 16
second base

Matt
    $600 12
a catamaran

Hannah
    $600 8
(Matt: Oh, what's... crop--crop top?)
...
(Ken: But you were one letter away, Matt--it's [*].)

a drop top

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
cardigan

Doug
    $600 7
The Magician's Nephew

Doug
    $600 19
torpedo

Matt
    $800 15
launch angle

Matt
    $800 13
(Doug: What's the compressor?)
(Matt: What's carburetor?)

the water pump

MattDoug
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
boob tube

Hannah
    $800 3
[Ken reads the clue in a British accent.]

jodhpurs

Matt
    $800 6
Ben-Hur

Hannah
    $800 17
Baghdad

Hannah
    $1000 1
sweeper

Matt
    $1000 14
tittle

Matt
    $4,000 11
(Ken: All right, going for it here early.)
[Applause]

hocus pocus

Hannah
    $1000 5
tulip

Matt
    $1000 4
Tristram Shandy

Hannah
    $1000 2
"Squeaky" Fromme

Hannah

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

Matt Hannah Doug
$3,200 $8,600 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Hannah Doug
$6,800 $9,600 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT TIMES
SUDDEN "DEATH"
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
TAKING LESSONS
ALBUM FILL IN THE BLANK
PHILOSOPHY
    $400 25
horses

Hannah
    $400 26
Death Valley

Hannah
    $400 27
uranium

Doug
    $400 28
skydiving

Doug
    $400 29
Carter

Hannah
    $400 30
egotistic (egoistic)

Matt
    $800 24
Carthage

Matt
    $800 12
a death warrant

Hannah
    $800 11
Fleming

Matt
    $800 23
the scissor kick

Doug
    $800 19
(Ken: There it is, you found a musician you love, Matt.)

20/20

Matt
    $13,600 15
a simulation

Matt
    $2,000 1
(Ken: You can wager up to $2,000.)
(Doug: Let's make it a True Daily Double.)
(Ken: So you're wagering $800, is that right?)
(Doug: Oh, no, I'm sorry, um, $2,000.)
(Ken: You want to do the maximum?)
[Doug nods.]
...
(Doug: What is... meritocracy?)
(Ken: Sorry, no. Kind of the opposite sometimes--it's [*].)
(Doug: Oh.)

an oligarchy

Doug
    $1200 10
death metal

Matt
    $1200 4
Eris

Triple Stumper
    $1200 22
paring

Matt
    $1200 18
(Ken: Ooh, we tried a different era, but still no luck, huh?)
...
(Ken: Matt, where to?)
(Matt: It's going well, ALBUM $800.)
[Laughter]

Diamonds & Pearls

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
skeptic

Matt
    $1600 2
a jade trade

Hannah
    $1600 8
(Doug: What's a toadstool?)

a death cap (mushroom)

HannahDoug
    $1600 5
Huygens

Hannah
    $1600 21
harmonics

Hannah
    $1600 17
(Hannah: What is... Dark Twisted Beautiful?)
...
(Ken: You had the right adjectives, Hannah, but in the wrong order--My [*] Fantasy. Matt, we're gonna stick with ALBUMs?)
(Matt: Yeah, ALBUM $1,200, having fun.)

Beautiful Dark Twisted

Hannah
Triple Stumper
    $1600 6
(Ken: You are correct and now I'm kind of in my head about that.)
[Laughter]

personal identity

Matt
    $2000 3
Assyrians

Matt
    $2000 9
a death knell

Hannah
    $2000 7
anaerobes

Hannah
    $2000 20
lost-wax

Hannah
    $2000 16
Trillion

Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
(Doug: What is... awe?)

the sublime

Doug
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Hannah Doug
$30,400 $22,400 -$3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE & SICKNESS
(Ken: [To Hannah] That's what Beth March has in Little Women; it's what makes Mary Ingalls go blind in the Little House books.)
HannahWhat is scarlet fever?
$8,001
MattWhat scarlet fever
$15,000
scarlet fever

Final scores:

Matt Hannah Doug
$45,400 $30,401 -$3,200
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Hannah Doug
$17,600 $19,400 -$1,200
26 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 6 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2025-02-04
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