Responses for Show #9280 - Friday, February 28, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Shane Whitlock, a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas

Jaskaran Singh, a consultant from Plano, Texas

Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EYEWITNESS U.S. HISTORY
BOOKS & AUTHORS
BILLBOARD BILLS, BILLYS & A BILLIE
SOCIAL TYPES
USE YOUR WORD WORDS
NOT TODAY, SATIN!
(Ken: That's what we say.)
    $200 21
the San Francisco earthquake

Shane
    $200 17
Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Roger
    $200 22
Billie Eilish

Jaskaran
    $200 23
BRO

Triple Stumper
    $200 26
a homophone

Jaskaran
    $200 30
(Ken: [*], yes, and look at this game; just $600 separating first from third. Very exciting.)

spandex

Roger
    $400 10
Ford's Theatre

Roger
    $400 11
(Shane: Um, who is... uh, um... um... [*]?)
(Ken: No.)
...
(Ken: Shane, you took too much time but it was in fact [*].)

(Umberto) Eco

Shane
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Bill Haley

Shane
    $400 20
(Ken: You look like you didn't want to say that, but yes.)
[Laughter]

a tradwife

Jaskaran
    $400 25
(Ken: Right again, and you did.)

enunciate

Jaskaran
    $400 29
(Jaskaran: What's a... bunt?)
(Ken: [After Roger rings in] But you helped Roger.)

bunting

RogerJaskaran
    $600 4
Appomattox Court House

Shane
    $600 6
the Goon Squad

Roger
    $600 9
Billy Idol

Shane
    $1,800 16
a road warrior

Jaskaran
    $600 24
off the cuff

Jaskaran
    $600 13
gauze

Roger
    $800 3
Trinity

Shane
    $800 1
D.H. Lawrence

Jaskaran
    $800 7
(Billy) Corgan

Roger
    $800 14
(Roger: Oh.. what... uh, I...)
...
(Ken: She said she was [*].)
(Roger: That's it.)

a childless cat lady

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
a dialect

Shane
    $800 28
hemp

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Ken: [*] desegregating the public schools, there.)

(Ruby) Bridges

Shane
    $1000 2
(Sally) Rooney

Shane
    $1000 8
(Bill) Medley

Roger
    $1000 15
dissident

Jaskaran
    $1000 18
(Ken: Yeah, a little [*].)

poetic license

Roger
    $1000 27
(Ken: That's where [*] comes from.)

cashmere

Triple Stumper

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

Roger Jaskaran Shane
$2,600 $1,800 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Roger Jaskaran Shane
$4,400 $5,000 $5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE COUNTY LINE
SYMBOLISM IN ART
METEOROLOGY
CREATORS & CREATIONS
PERIOD ENTERTAINMENT
BEFORE & AFTER
    $400 18
(Roger: What is... Virginia?)

Massachusetts

RogerJaskaran
    $400 19
(Jaskaran: What's a... phoenix?)

a peacock

JaskaranShane
    $400 20
a squall

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Ken: Mo Willems writes "The [*]" books, yes.)

a pigeon

Shane
    $400 26
Chicago

Roger
    $400 25
Fantastic Four-leaf clover

Jaskaran
    $800 17
(Ken: Handed over from the federal government, it's [*].)

Los Alamos

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Peter

Roger
    $800 21
altocumulus

Roger
    $800 12
(Roger: What is Minecraft?)
...
(Ken: I can hear the kids at home yelling at us already--"What is [*]?")

Roblox

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
(Ken: It's been a minute, I guess; Earl of [*].)

Grantham

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Ken: Very convenient, yes.)

a trailer park & ride

Shane
    $1200 4
(Ken: Good math skills, yes.)

24

Jaskaran
    $1200 3
memento mori

Jaskaran
    $1200 10
knots

Shane
    $1200 11
(Ken: Mmm, looks good-- [*] pictured there.)

loco moco

Triple Stumper
    $5,800 15
(Ken: As you can probably see, Shane, you have exactly half Roger's score.)
(Shane: I will wager everything.)
(Ken: Oh, well that would make it a tie game, then.)
[Applause]
...
(Shane: What is, um... Jazz Age?)

Ragtime

Shane
    $1200 30
Seize the Day of the Jackal

Jaskaran
    $4,000 5
(Jaskaran: What is... um...)
(Ken: Quickly.)
(Jaskaran: Baltimore?)
(Ken: No, too late, we're in Chicago land here [*].)

Cook County

Jaskaran
    $1600 1
unicorn

Roger
    $1600 8
tornadoes

Roger
    $1600 13
the golem

Shane
    $1600 22
(Ian) McShane

Jaskaran
    $1600 28
Karen O negative

Shane
    $2000 6
(Shane: What is Knoxville?)
...
(Ken: "Good ol' [*]", yes.)

Rocky Top

RogerShane
    $2000 2
Las Meninas

Jaskaran
    $2000 9
a hygrometer

Roger
    $2000 16
(Ken: From myrrh, right.)

Myron

Jaskaran
    $2000 23
Lenny Bruce

Jaskaran
    $2000 27
Trojan Horse latitudes

Roger

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Roger Jaskaran Shane
$14,400 $12,600 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS NAMES
(Ken: Not so specific.)
(Ken: [To Shane] Yes, he is the favorite son of Appleton, Wisconsin.)
...
(Ken: Now we come to the Sphinx-like face of Roger Craig.)
[Laughter]
ShaneWho is Houdini
$3,200
JaskaranWho is Houdini
$12,598
RogerWho is Houdini
$10,801
Houdini

Final scores:

Roger Jaskaran Shane
$25,201 $25,198 $6,400
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Roger Jaskaran Shane
$14,400 $15,400 $9,000
17 R,
3 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $38,800

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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