Responses for Show #9273 - Wednesday, February 19, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

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Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida

Rachael Schwartz, a scientist from Berkeley, California

Emily Sands, a benefits consultant from Chanhassen, Minnesota

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING
LET'S PLAY SPORTS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
LIQUOR IS QUICKER
LACK OF ENERGY
I'M "DRAGON" TODAY
    $200 30
(Jonathan: Who is White?)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $200 22
(Ken: You doubted yourself for a second.)
(Emily: I was gonna go grand slam, but that, no, doesn't apply.)

a single, a double, a triple & a home run

Emily
    $200 28
(Ken: Set in Egypt, right.)

Aida

Jonathan
    $200 14
(Ken: Yes, but the bad news is we're out of LIQUOR.)
[Laughter]

tequila

Emily
    $200 29
salmon

Jonathan
    $200 7
Imagine Dragons

Rachael
    $400 26
Beckett

Jonathan
    $400 18
a wall

Emily
    $400 24
(Ken: [*] is the Norwegian composer, yes.)

Grieg

Rachael
    $400 8
Bombay

Emily
    $400 23
embargo

Rachael
    $400 3
Pendragon

Rachael
    $600 15
(Ken: Yes, [*] of The Jungle is correct.)

(Upton) Sinclair

Emily
    $600 9
spike

Emily
    $600 21
the 1812 Overture

Jonathan
    $600 11
aqua vitae

Jonathan
    $600 1
Yankee

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Rachael
    $800 16
O. Henry

Emily
    $800 10
(Jonathan: Wow, sports question.)
[Chuckles]
(Ken: Congrats.)

a tackle box

Jonathan
    $800 25
(Jonathan: What is the "Minute Sonata"?)

the "Minute Waltz"

EmilyJonathan
    $800 12
rhubarb

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Jonathan: What is Kentucky?)
(Emily: What is West Virginia?)
...
(Ken: That's correct--coal miner strike in [*].)

Pennsylvania

EmilyRachaelJonathan
    $800 5
a Dragon Boat Festival

Jonathan
    $1000 17
Rimbaud

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
[Ken reads "HOFer" as "Hall of Famer".]
(Emily: What is going to the penalty box?)

getting in a fight

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Mahler

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
Kahlúa

Emily
    $1000 20
(Emily: What is your alternator?)

your battery

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
here there be dragons

Jonathan

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

Emily Rachael Jonathan
$2,000 $2,400 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Emily Rachael Jonathan
$2,200 $3,200 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ABCs OF ARCHITECTURE
BROADWAY
RECEDING HEIR-LINES
TOUGH VOCAB
THE ELEMENTS
ISLAND MOUNTAINS
    $400 28
an atrium

Jonathan
    $400 12
the Lomans

Emily
    $400 26
Ivan the Terrible

Jonathan
    $400 27
Rubenesque

Jonathan
    $400 29
(Emily: Bring it.)

magnesium

Emily
    $400 30
Etna

Emily
    $800 22
a gable

Emily
    $800 6
Louis Armstrong

Emily
    $800 25
(Emily: What is Spain?)

Portugal

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
(Jonathan: What is, uh.. grandiosity?)
...
(Ken: That's [*], as I think Jonathan realized too late.)

largesse

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $800 18
silicon

Emily
    $800 23
(Mount) Thor

Rachael
    $1200 7
a minaret

Jonathan
    $1200 3
Rent

Jonathan
    $2,400 11
(Ken: That is correct, yes, Louis XVI's son; the math worked for you there, Jonathan.)

Louis XVII

Jonathan
    $1200 10
an idyll

Jonathan
    $1200 1
hematite

Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
(Mount) Olympus

Jonathan
    $1600 8
(Jonathan: What is Neocolonial?)

Neoclassical

EmilyJonathan
    $1600 4
Angels in America

Jonathan
    $1600 16
Sarajevo

Emily
    $1600 14
(Ken: This is TOUGH VOCAB--what is [*]?)

to cajole

Triple Stumper
    $2,200 2
(Ken: A chance to move into the lead, if you want to bet big.)
(Emily: Let's bet big. I'll bet it all.)
[Applause]

the noble gases

Emily
    $1600 20
Asahi

Emily
    $2000 9
(Jonathan: What is Corinthian?)

caryatid

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
Shaw

Rachael
    $2000 24
Caesarion

Jonathan
    $2000 15
a Myrmidon

Jonathan
    $2000 17
barium

Emily
    $2000 21
(Ken: The native name, [*].)

Mount Aoraki

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Emily Rachael Jonathan
$14,000 $6,000 $12,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ANCIENTS SPEAK
(Ken: ...the parallel between Greece and Rome might've made you think of Parallel Lives by [*]. "Who is [*]?" Or maybe not.)
...
(Emily: I almost had a heart attack writing zero.)
RachaelWho is Herodotus?
$5,000
JonathanWho is Virgil?
$399
EmilyWho? ♡you doug & dana!
$0
Plutarch

Final scores:

Emily Rachael Jonathan
$14,000 $1,000 $12,001
Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Emily Rachael Jonathan
$13,400 $5,600 $11,200
20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $30,200

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Game tape date: 2025-02-04
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