Responses for Show #9276 - Monday, February 24, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

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Luigi de Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

Avi Gupta, a law student originally from Portland, Oregon

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SOME ART, SOME SCIENCE
QUOTABLE 21st CENTURY FILMS
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
I CAN BUY MYSELF FLOUR
SPORT A PHRASE
SEVERANCE
(Adam: I'm Adam Scott. On our show Severance, employees split their consciousness between work and home and today, the cast will present clues about different kinds of severance in literature.)
    $200 26
Rococo

Amy
    $200 24
Mean Girls

Amy
    $200 27
(Luigi: What is a [*] officer?)

Foreign Service

Luigi
    $200 28
(Luigi: What is al--almond flour?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry.)
(Luigi: Almond meal?)

coconut flour

Luigi
Triple Stumper
    $200 29
[Avi simulates throwing a pass as he responds.]

Hail Mary

Avi
    $200 30
(Ken: Our thanks to the cast of Severance for their help with that category. The second season is now on Apple TV+.)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Amy
    $400 15
Cancer

Luigi
    $400 23
Finding Nemo

Luigi
    $400 5
Crime Scene Investigation

Amy
    $400 19
tortillas

Luigi
    $400 14
third base

Amy
    $400 25
Othello

Luigi
    $600 9
[Luigi omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Starry Night

Luigi
    $1,200 20
(Ken: So excited, but that's the Daily Double, Luigi.)
[Luigi shakes his head.]
(Ken: Am I wrong that you didn't seem crazy about the category?)
(Luigi: $1,200.)
...
(Luigi: All right, 20, uh, 21st CENTURY FILMS for $1,000.)
(Ken: See, it wasn't so bad.)

Argo

Luigi
    $600 4
Oracle

Avi
    $600 13
(Ken: Yeah, [*]'s not a real grain.)

buckwheat

Amy
    $600 6
on the ropes

Amy
    $600 17
(Ted) Bundy

Luigi
    $800 8
(Luigi: Who is... Kandinsky?)

Chagall

AmyLuigi
    $800 22
(Ken: Yeah, or in real life, but yes.)
[Laughter]

Gran Torino

Luigi
    $800 3
renal failure

Avi
    $800 11
all-purpose

Luigi
    $800 1
(Ken: Please try to enjoy all the clues equally.)

putt for dough

Luigi
    $800 12
Invisible Man

Amy
    $1000 10
(Luigi: What is mendelev--[*]?)

mendelevium

Luigi
    $1000 21
Whiplash

Amy
    $1000 2
(Ken: [*] Oriented Language, right.)

Business

Luigi
    $1000 16
injera

Avi
    $1000 7
first-past-the-post

Luigi
    $1000 18
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

Luigi

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

Avi Amy Luigi
$1,400 $3,600 $4,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Avi Amy Luigi
$2,600 $5,200 $9,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FORESTS
SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE
PORTMANTEAUS
LOOK MA, NO WHEELS!
CELEBRITIES
HISTORY TO A "T"
    $400 30
bluebells

Luigi
    $400 28
(Luigi: What is muh--what is Minority Leader?)

Speaker

AviLuigi
    $400 26
Bollywood

Amy
    $400 27
a toboggan

Luigi
    $400 29
(Amy: Who is, uh, Gomez?)
...
(Avi: Bring it.)

(Miranda) Cosgrove

AviAmy
    $400 14
Thatcher

Luigi
    $800 21
bamboo

Amy
    $800 5
marsupials

Amy
    $800 1
a Frappucino

Avi
    $800 6
magnetic levitation

Luigi
    $800 25
(Ken: That's [*] in both those movies. Avi?)
(Avi: Most unearned board control ever.)
[Laughter]

Josh Brolin

Triple Stumper
    $800 3
(Avi: What are the Tetons?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, it was a whole scandal.)

Teapot Dome

AviAmy
    $4,600 9
(Avi: This is fun.)
(Ken: And it's a chance for you. Is it fun? What do you want to do here?)
(Avi: Well, let's make it fun. I'll shove. All-in.)
[Applause]
...
(Ken: That's correct--Bohemian means [**].)

Czechia (the Czech Republic)

Avi
    $1200 20
(Ken: That's what Hawaiians call [*].)

the Big Island

Triple Stumper
    $1200 2
a simulcast

Amy
    $1200 17
a sedan

Luigi
    $1200 24
(Amy: Who is, uh, Richardson?)

Gabby Thomas

Amy
Triple Stumper
    $5,000 4
Thermopylae

Amy
    $1600 7
Istanbul

Luigi
    $1600 19
Homo erectus

Luigi
    $1600 10
listicles

Luigi
    $1600 16
(Luigi: What is... sled?)
(Avi: What's a magic carpet?)

hovercraft

AviAmyLuigi
    $1600 23
Rachel

Avi
    $1600 13
Tecumseh

Avi
    $2000 8
taiga

Avi
    $2000 18
a chamber orchestra

Luigi
    $2000 11
(Ken: Yes, you got there just ahead of Amy.)

bourgeois-bohemian

Luigi
    $2000 15
clippers

Luigi
    $2000 22
Marcello Hernandez

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
Trent

Luigi

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Avi Amy Luigi
$11,600 $14,200 $23,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN AUTHORS
(Ken: [To Luigi] No, this is where [*] met Southern belle Zelda, the future Zelda Fitzgerald.)
AviWho is Faulkner? Thank you!
$7,233
AmyWho is Faulkner? Hemingway
$10,000
LuigiWho is Faulkner?
$4,801
(F.) Scott Fitzgerald

Final scores:

Avi Amy Luigi
$4,367 $4,200 $18,799
2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Avi Amy Luigi
$8,200 $10,400 $23,000
11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 27 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $41,600

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Game tape date: 2025-02-04
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