Responses for Show #9279 - Thursday, February 27, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Jackson Jones, a conflicts analyst assistant from Louisville, Kentucky

Seth Wilson, an editor and adjunct professor from Oak Park, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 15th CENTURY
OF (GREEK) MYTHICAL PROPORTIONS
"X" MARKS THE BRAND
STATE THE FACTS
POP CULTURE 2000
LOOK & SEE THE DOUBLE VOWELS
    $200 25
Beijing

Juveria
    $200 26
Apollo

Juveria
    $200 27
Exxon

Jackson
    $200 28
(Jackson: Thank God, what is [*]?)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Yes.)

a mint julep

Jackson
    $200 29
Jennifer Aniston

Juveria
    $200 30
taxiing

Jackson
    $400 16
the Hundred Years' War

Jackson
    $400 24
Midas

Juveria
    $400 21
X-ACTO

Jackson
    $400 19
Helen Keller

Seth
    $400 23
(Juveria: What's... As Good As It Gets?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, a volleyball.)

Cast Away

SethJuveria
    $400 22
(Ken: Correct, can your daughter do that, by the way?)
[Laughter]
(Juveria: Don't tempt her.)

an auctioneer

Juveria
    $600 1
the Aztec Empire

Juveria
    $600 20
the River Styx

Jackson
    $600 18
(Ken: Brand of gum with an "X"--what is it? [*]; [*] gum.)

Extra

Triple Stumper
    $600 17
Atlantic City

Jackson
    $600 3
The Sims

Jackson
    $600 15
(Jackson: What is a whistle?)

a kazoo

SethJackson
    $800 2
(Ken: Yeah, that's when he did his impaling.)

Vlad the Impaler

Seth
    $800 11
the Hesperides

Juveria
    $800 12
(Jackson: What is Xbox?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

the Xbox 360

Jackson
    $800 5
Sleepy Hollow

Juveria
    $800 13
[Juveria did not include the leading article in her response.]

The Marshall Mathers LP

Juveria
    $800 14
a continuum

Jackson
    $1,400 6
(Juveria: What's Edo?)
[Ken does not rule.]
(Juveria: "Ay-do"?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, [*] is the structure.)
(Juveria: Oh.)
(Ken: We needed the structure called this--[*].)

Edo Castle

Juveria
    $1000 7
the Echidna

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(Juveria: What's Armani Express?)

Armani Exchange

SethJuveria
    $1000 4
the Northwest Territory

Jackson
    $1000 9
Halle Berry

Juveria
    $1000 10
bloomers

Seth

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

Seth Jackson Juveria
$3,400 $2,600 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Seth Jackson Juveria
$4,200 $5,200 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH ISLES GEOGRAPHY
TALES OF ADVENTURE
BODY HUMAN
ONE-WORD ANAGRAMS
SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS & FOOD
WHAT'S THE USE?
    $400 30
the Thames

Juveria
    $400 22
(Juveria: What's Five Weeks in [*]?)

a balloon

Juveria
    $400 28
(Seth: What is the atrium?)

the (aortic) arch

SethJuveria
    $400 27
a search

Jackson
    $400 20
[ERRATUM: The singer's surname is Buffett.]

a cheeseburger

Juveria
    $400 29
lipstick

Juveria
    $800 23
Glasgow

Jackson
    $800 21
Zorro

Seth
    $800 24
red blood cells

Jackson
    $800 25
(Ken: That's it, well done.)
(Juveria: Whoa!)
[Laughter]

trounce

Juveria
    $800 19
(Ken: "Just [*]", yeah.)

"Eat It"

Seth
    $800 26
(Jackson: What is molasses?)
...
(Ken: [*]'s good on copper.)
(Seth: Yuck.)

ketchup

SethJackson
    $1200 6
(Ken: That's where [*] comes up--[**].)

the Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel)

Triple Stumper
    $5,800 2
(Seth: What is the Order of St. George?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, the era of the book means it's [*].)

the Victoria Cross

Seth
    $1200 5
the pituitary gland

Jackson
    $1200 7
dictionary

Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
(Seth: My mom loves that song.)
[Laughter]

"Cake By The Ocean"

Seth
    $1200 9
(Seth: What is championship gear?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
...
(Ken: Merch for the non-winning team.)

Super Bowl champion gear

Seth
    $1600 12
Devon

Triple Stumper
    $1600 1
The Sea-Wolf

Seth
    $1600 4
(Juveria: Should've known that.)

the pia mater

Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
(Ken: These are tough, your tax liability to be specific, those are [*].)

deductions

Triple Stumper
    $1600 16
skyscraper

Jackson
    $1600 10
sulfur dioxide

Jackson
    $2000 3
Swansea

Juveria
    $2000 14
Christopher Paolini

Triple Stumper
    $6,600 13
the zygomatic bone

Juveria
    $2000 17
(Ken: I would've been very impressed--what is [*]?)

inconsistent

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
"Castle On The Hill"

Seth
    $2000 11
hypertension

Juveria

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Seth Jackson Juveria
$6,400 $10,800 $16,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ART & ARTISTS
(Ken: [To Seth] Founder of De Stijl, Dutch artist.)
SethWho is Mondrian??
$6,399
JacksonWho is Mondrian? ♡
$5,201
JuveriaWho is Mondrian? ♡ H+Z
$5,601
(Piet) Mondrian

Final scores:

Seth Jackson Juveria
$12,799 $16,001 $21,601
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Seth Jackson Juveria
$12,200 $10,800 $12,800
13 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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