Responses for Show #9277 - Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

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Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Atlanta, Georgia

Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CITIES ON THE LAKE
2 WORDS, 4 SYLLABLES
OH, "I.C."
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
NONFICTION TV
SOMETHING TO READ
    $200 29
Lake Geneva

Ray
    $200 28
(Ken: Sí, correcto.)

buenos días

Robin
    $200 10
index cards

Ryan
    $200 30
a greyhound

Robin
    $200 27
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Ryan
    $200 3
Agatha Christie

Ray
    $400 26
(Ray: What is Lake Uganda?)
...
(Ken: Right part of the world, Ray, but it's [*].)

Lake Victoria

Ray
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
a baker's dozen

Robin
    $400 12
an integrated circuit

Ray
    $400 23
Grand Central Station

Robin
    $400 5
jazz

Robin
    $400 2
Bridget Jones

Ryan
    $600 7
[Laughter]

Lake Ontario

Ray
    $600 18
bases loaded

Ryan
    $600 13
(Robin: What are the Giants?)

the Indianapolis Clowns

Robin
Triple Stumper
    $600 11
a Hummer

Robin
    $600 20
Shark Week

Ryan
    $600 1
(Ken: Yeah, Asimov's Laws.)

robots

Ryan
    $800 8
Lake Pontchartrain

Robin
    $800 16
broken English

Ray
    $800 14
an iron curtain

Robin
    $800 24
(Ken: [*]!)
[Laughter]

a monorail

Robin
    $800 21
(Ken: I can't believe none of you brilliant people watch [*].)
[Laughter]

Love Island

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
The Da Vinci Code

Ryan
    $1000 9
(Ray: What is Lake Michigan?)
(Ryan: What is Wobegon?)
[Robin laughs.]
(Robin: What is Lake Superior?)
(Ken: No harm, no foul, [*] in Wisconsin.)

Lake Winnebago

RayRobinRyan
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
a prairie schooner

Robin
    $1000 15
inventory control

Ray
    $1,200 25
(Ken: The famous [*], yes, that completed the railroad there.)

the Golden Spike

Robin
    $1000 22
Susan Boyle

Ryan
    $1000 6
(Isabel) Allende

Ray

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

Ray Robin Ryan
$2,200 $1,000 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ray Robin Ryan
$2,800 $5,200 $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FASCISM
(Ken: First, unfortunately, we have…)
GETTING POSSESSIVE
OLDEN LANGUAGE
YOU SAY YOU WANT AN EVOLUTION
FILM COMPOSERS
WORLD RELIGION
    $400 30
fatherland

Ray
    $400 27
Seward's Folly

Robin
    $400 22
fourscore

Ray
    $400 25
Neanderthal

Ryan
    $400 6
Spike Lee

Robin
    $400 7
Mary

Robin
    $800 29
(Robin: $400.)
(Ken: Final clue, hopefully, we'll finish with FASCISM here.)

Mussolini

Robin
    $800 18
Roget's Thesaurus

Robin
    $800 13
truth

Ryan
    $800 24
Equus

Ray
    $800 5
(Ryan: Uh, who is... Henry Mancini?)
(Ray: Who is Coltrane?)
...
(Ken: Billy Strayhorn the long-time collaborator of [*].)

Duke Ellington

RayRyan
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
Passover

Ray
    $1200 1
(Ken: Ray, what appeals to you?)
(Ray: FASCISM for $1200, please.)
(Ken: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.)
[Laughter]

Quisling

Ray
    $1200 19
Nelson's Column

Ray
    $1200 12
(Ken: He was John [*], [*].)

Chapman

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Homo habilis

Ryan
    $1200 4
(Ken: Talkin' 'bout [*], yeah.)

Isaac Hayes

Ryan
    $1200 9
(Ken: Yeah, to be a monk.)

shaved his head

Ray
    $4,000 2
(Ken: Ray, I hate to ask, but how confident are you about fascism?)
[Laughter]
(Ray: I think I'm gonna have to make this a True Daily Double.)
...
(Ken: Originally Hungarian, yes.)

Hungary

Ray
    $3,000 20
Zeno's paradoxes

Ray
    $1600 15
scurvy

Ray
    $1600 21
primordial soup

Ryan
    $1600 14
(Ray: What is In True Blood?)

In Cold Blood

RayRobin
    $1600 10
Moroni

Robin
    $2000 28
(Robin: What is "Less Than Zero"?)

Oswald Mosley

Robin
Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
Fingal's Cave

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
aught

Ryan
    $2000 23
(Ken: That little guy, the green [*].)

anole

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
The Fire Inside

Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
Zoroaster

Ray

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ray Robin Ryan
$17,000 $9,200 $9,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
(Ken: [To Ray] No, this time oddity comes about because Cyprus is divided into Turkish and Greek halves, so what is [*].)
RobinWhat is Paris?
$601
RyanWhat is Bangkok? Go r
$9,700
RayWhat is Copenhagen?
$2,601
Nicosia, Cyprus

Final scores:

Ray Robin Ryan
$14,399 $8,599 $100
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ray Robin Ryan
$13,200 $9,000 $9,800
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $32,000

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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