Responses for Show #9278 - Wednesday, February 26, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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Shane Whitlock, a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas

Claire Sattler, a comedian and research scientist from New York, New York

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB
(Ken: That'll narrow it down.)
SECOND LETTER "Y"
A NOVEL PROFESSION
(Ken: You'll have to name each character's career choice.)
TELEVISION
WARRIORS
COME OUT & PLAY
    $200 8
Ides

Ben!
    $200 26
synthetic

Shane
    $200 4
(Claire: What is a doctor?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Claire: [Sighs] Sorry.)

a psychiatrist

ClaireShane
    $200 14
Friday Night Lights

Ben!
    $200 27
archers

Ben!
    $200 30
(Ken: [*], named for the game, yes.)

Tag

Ben!
    $400 10
(Ken: You act like you don't celebrate.)
[Laughter]

cherry pie

Ben!
    $400 13
(Ben!: What's cypress?)
...
(Ken: That's actually [*].)

a sycamore

Ben!
Triple Stumper
    $400 5
(Ken: Yeah, a [*] in her prime.)

teacher

Ben!
    $400 18
The Masked Singer

Shane
    $400 17
the Immortals

Shane
    $400 29
Red Light, Green Light

Claire
    $600 21
(the) Nasdaq (Composite)

Ben!
    $600 23
(Ken: Look out, [*].)

Tyrants

Shane
    $600 7
(Ken: He's the [*] protagonist in The Firm.)

attorney

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
Ted Danson

Claire
    $600 12
the Knights Templar

Shane
    $600 28
[Laughter]
(Ken: You--you seem--you seem like an uncertain [*] fan.)
(Ben!: Uh, I never played.)

Pogs

Ben!
    $800 24
Cadbury

Ben!
    $800 22
(Ken: Second letter "Y"... [Ben! jumps] Oh, Ben! just got there but too late.)

hypothalamus

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 1
(Ben!: What's groundskeeper?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, you're halfway there, but he's actually [*] in Lady Chatterley's Lover.)

the gamekeeper

Ben!
    $800 20
The Affair

Shane
    $800 11
Mughal

Shane
    $800 16
the Dozens

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
the U.S. Supreme Court

Shane
    $1000 2
(Ken: That's correct, and you wiped out the -$1,000.)
(Ben!: Right where we started.)

myriad

Ben!
    $1000 3
(Ken: In The Fountainhead, yes.)

architect

Shane
    $1000 6
(Brett) Goldstein

Shane
    $1000 9
the Mamluks

Shane
    $1000 15
jai alai

Shane

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

Ben! Claire Shane
$800 -$200 $5,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Claire Shane
$3,200 $800 $9,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

POETS GO TO THE CINEMA
4-LETTER CITIES
CONTEMPORARIES
SOLD! AT AUCTION
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS
ALLITERATION
    $400 25
Wicked

Claire
    $400 28
Bath

Ben!
    $400 30
(Ken: Yes, unfortunately, you beat Claire to that one who was buzzing in; she almost made it back but--[Claire snaps]--will not be joining us in Final. Thanks for being here, Claire; I hope Colin saw the audition.)
(Claire: I hope so, I hope he wasn't deterred by my score.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: I think he tunes out after the first round. You're good.)
[Laughter and Claire clicks her tongue and makes the okay sign.]

Steinway

Shane
    $400 29
(Shane: What is a dinosaur skeleton?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton

Shane
    $400 27
catfish

Claire
    $400 26
the back burner

Shane
    $800 7
Ledger

Ben!
    $800 11
Agra

Shane
    $800 14
(Ben!: Who's Wilmot?)

(Stephen) Douglas

Ben!Shane
    $800 8
Twitter

Ben!
    $800 17
dewlap

Ben!
    $800 22
bare bones

Shane
    $1200 4
James Dean

Ben!
    $1200 10
Aden

Shane
    $1200 9
[The accent mark in "Così" was not shown in the clue.]

Lavoisier

Shane
    $1200 3
Alcoholics Anonymous

Ben!
    $1200 1
the puffin

Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
the Four Freedoms

Shane
    $1600 5
(Claire: Um, uh, what is Rush Hour?)
(Ken: No.)
(Claire: That's totally wrong.)

Enter the Dragon

Ben!Claire
    $1600 12
(Ken: That's a [*]er torte, yes.)

Linz

Ben!
    $1600 13
the Beer Hall Putsch

Ben!
    $1600 6
Edward VIII

Ben!
    $1600 2
marmoset

Triple Stumper
    $1600 23
(Ben!: What's quotable quotes?)

wit & wisdom

Ben!
Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
Dietrich

Ben!
    $2000 15
(Ken: South Sudan, yes.)

Juba

Shane
    $2000 16
Racine

Ben!
    $2000 18
Brâncuși

Ben!
    $5 20
(Ben!: I'll do the minimum.)
(Ken: You're betting $5, is that right?)
(Ben!: Yeah, yeah, I'm not an "outdoors guy".)
...
(Ben!: Pointy? Pointy? What are... no, that doesn't seem right--sea anemones?)
...
(Ben!: That's--I love [*].)

sea urchins

Ben!
    $3,500 24
(Ken: $3,500 at stake, wants to guarantee the lead heading into Final, if he's right.)
...
(Ken: Shane?)
(Shane: [Sighs] I don't--I don't have it.)

trials & tribulations

Shane

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Claire Shane
$18,395 $0 $14,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
(Ken: [To Shane] Andrew Johnson, also a Democrat, but not elected.)
ShaneWho are Wilson and Cleveland?
$6,000
Ben!Who are B. Harri Garfield and Wilson Wilson?
$3,694
Grover Cleveland & Woodrow Wilson

Final scores:

Ben! Claire Shane
$14,701 $0 $20,700
2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben! Claire Shane
$19,400 $0 $18,200
23 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 4 R,
2 W		 23 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $37,600

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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