Responses for Show #9281 - Monday, March 3, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Emily Sands, a benefits consultant from Chanhassen, Minnesota

Luigi de Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ROCKPILE OF HISTORY
AROUND THE USA
SHORT BUT SWEET
POTPOURR-ONLY-E
(Ken: And the E will be the only vowel in each response.)
MOVIES AT THE MALL
IF YOU'RE SAPPY & YOU KNOW IT
    $200 27
Merlin

Emily
    $200 29
Denali (Mount McKinley)

Emily
    $200 28
Oreo

Luigi
    $200 26
pellets

Luigi
    $200 25
a Segway

Luigi
    $200 30
corny

Matt
    $400 21
(Matt: What's... Balmoral?)
...
(Ken: It's a little lore drop about [*].)

the Blarney Stone

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $400 20
Everglades

Matt
    $400 22
flan

Matt
    $400 17
evergreen

Matt
    $400 23
(Luigi: What is Clerks?)
...
(Ken: Correct, different Kevin Smith movie.)

Mallrats

LuigiEmily
    $400 24
maudlin

Emily
    $600 5
the Stone of Scone

Emily
    $600 3
Cape Fear

Luigi
    $600 19
Jell-O

Luigi
    $600 16
Extreme

Luigi
    $600 18
(Matt: Oh boy... what's... 1917?)
(Ken: Not a pop culture fan. Luigi.)
[Laughter]
...
(Ken: Not very many malls in 1917.)
[Laughter]
(Matt: Not too many Wonder Women, either.)
[Ken laughs.]

1984

MattLuigi
    $600 15
a sob story

Luigi
    $800 2
Isaac

Luigi
    $1,000 6
Terre Haute

Emily
    $800 7
a tart

Emily
    $800 10
Bernese (Mountain Dog)

Matt
    $800 12
Dawn of the Dead

Luigi
    $800 14
cheesy

Emily
    $1000 1
runes

Luigi
    $1000 4
(Ken: From Longfellow, you got it.)

Evangeline

Matt
    $1000 8
Kir

Luigi
    $1000 9
a beret

Luigi
    $1000 11
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Emily
    $1000 13
mushy

Luigi

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

Matt Luigi Emily
$1,800 $6,800 $4,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Luigi Emily
$2,200 $8,800 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

IN YE OLDE 18th CENTURY BOOKSHOPPE
STARS & CONSTELLATIONS
FACTS ABOUT FACTS
BEGINS WITH "K"
CRYPT-O!
CURRENCIES
    $400 25
(Luigi: What is Poesy?)
(Matt: What's Man?)
...
(Ken: That's his Essay on [*], appropriately enough.)

Criticism

MattLuigi
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
Ursa Major

Luigi
    $400 27
statistics

Matt
    $400 28
a keeper

Emily
    $400 29
Wednesday

Matt
    $400 30
(Ken: Yes, you remembered [*] Tuah somehow.)

Hawk

Luigi
    $800 21
(Ken: It is, very authentic.)

Voltaire

Luigi
    $800 6
white dwarf

Matt
    $800 23
fact-checkers

Luigi
    $800 22
(Luigi: What is, uh, constant?)

a known quantity

Luigi
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Stark

Matt
    $800 17
the peso

Luigi
    $1200 20
[Matt omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Social Contract

Matt
    $1200 2
Corona Borealis

Luigi
    $1200 9
Dragnet

Matt
    $1200 15
kopek

Matt
    $1200 19
(Ken: Yeah, more pop culture for Matt.)
[Laughter]

Supernatural

Matt
    $8,000 10
(Ken: And another opportunity for you, Matt. You're now in second place.)
(Matt: I think the math says I do $8,000.)
(Ken: Okay, another attempt at a True Daily Double.)
[Applause]

Kuwait

Matt
    $2,200 1
(Ken: By Adam Smith, yes, you double up.)
[Matt did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Wealth of Nations

Matt
    $1600 3
Vega

Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
(Luigi: Uh, what is an opening statement?)
(Emily: What is an amicus brief?)
...
(Ken: Just [*].)
(Luigi: Oh.)
(Emily: All right.)

briefs

LuigiEmily
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
a keloid

Emily
    $1600 18
Fallout

Emily
    $1600 5
BRICS

Matt
    $2000 11
Goethe

Luigi
    $2000 7
Bellatrix

Emily
    $2000 12
Columbia

Luigi
    $2000 13
ketch

Matt
    $2000 16
What We Do in the Shadows

Emily
    $2000 4
Nigeria

Luigi

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Luigi Emily
$22,800 $16,400 $11,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CABINET MEMBERS
(Ken: [To Matt] [*] was the first attorney general.)
EmilyWho is Marbury?
$400
LuigiWho is Jay?
$16,399
MattWho Randolph
$10,001
(Edmund) Randolph

Final scores:

Matt Luigi Emily
$32,801 $1 $11,000
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Luigi Emily
$15,400 $16,400 $11,200
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 23 R,
4 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2025-02-05
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