Responses for Show #9283 - Wednesday, March 5, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia

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

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ALL THE NON-HUMAN BOOK CHARACTERS
NOTABLE NAMES
FEELING PUNCHY
SPITTING FIRE
RECENT MOVIES
ADD A LETTER
(Ken: Here, we'll need two words in each response.)
    $200 25
spiders

Triple Stumper
    $200 26
Bezos

Matt
    $200 27
brass knuckles

Roger
    $200 28
the (burning) bush

Roger
    $200 29
Atlantis

Matt
    $200 30
laughter & slaughter

Roger
    $400 7
Ferrari

Juveria
    $400 10
Malala Yousafzai

Juveria
    $400 23
a jab

Juveria
    $400 14
(Ken: Yeah, a little reverse [*], there.)

Hanukkah

Juveria
    $400 22
(Juveria: Who is Cocaine Bear?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry.)
[Laughter]
...
(Ken: Yes, [*], now in the public domain, although I'm sure Cocaine Bear's having some crazy adventures.)
(Juveria: Uh-oh.)
(Matt: [*] in his college days.)
[Laughter]

(Winnie the) Pooh

MattJuveria
    $400 24
trait & strait

Matt
    $600 5
(Matt: Uh... what's... Snowball?)

Napoleon

MattRoger
    $600 6
(Noah) Webster

Juveria
    $3,400 20
(Ken: Close game, as we expected coming in, Juveria. What do you think? Are you feeling punchy?)
(Juveria: I don't know anything about boxing--$3,400.)
[Laughter]
...
(Juveria: [Sighs] What is a... roundhouse?)
(Ken: No, dried grass would be hay--[*].)

a haymaker

Juveria
    $600 12
Flame on

Roger
    $600 21
(Juveria: Who is Brody?)
...
(Ken: Yes, Brody's Toth.)

Guy Pearce

RogerJuveria
    $600 19
(Matt: What's... ooh... acid and... rancid?)

acid & acrid

MattJuveria
    $800 2
Ent

Roger
    $800 4
Graham

Matt
    $800 17
Pacquiao

Juveria
    $800 8
(Matt: What's baked Alaska?)
(Juveria: What's Bananas Foster?)
...
(Ken: Different flammable fruit dish--[*].)

cherries jubilee

MattJuveria
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Ken: That's correct, you gave us the least amount of information possible and we'll give it to you.)
[Laughter]

Paul

Matt
    $800 15
rote & route

Matt
    $1000 1
(Ken: And the Rats of NIMH, right.)

Mrs. Frisby

Roger
    $1000 3
Braque

Matt
    $1000 16
Queensberry

Matt
    $1000 11
Pale Fire

Roger
    $1000 13
Furiosa

Matt
    $1000 18
lithe & blithe

Juveria

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

Matt Roger Juveria
$3,000 $4,000 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Roger Juveria
$4,600 $5,200 -$600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
DOCUMENT DUDES
THE DESIRED OPERA CATEGORY
(Ken: Not dreaded but [*]. That's nice.)
LAYING DOWN THE LAW
REALITY TV
ENDS IN "M"
    $400 21
Lisbon

Roger
    $400 22
(Roger: What is Riyadh?)

Tehran

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
(Ken: Yes, and sorry for the singing.)
[Laughter]
[Matt did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Barber of Seville

Matt
    $400 26
(Roger: What is the... Civil Rights Act?)
...
(Ken: [*], the next year.)

Voting Rights Act

MattRoger
    $400 30
Below Deck

Juveria
    $400 29
[No applause for Matt's run of the category]

Spam

Matt
    $800 19
(Juveria: What's the Gulf of, uh, Bothnia?)

the Baltic Sea

MattJuveria
    $800 7
Monroe Doctrine

Matt
    $800 25
Handel

Roger
    $800 18
loitering

Matt
    $800 28
(Ken: Hey, you watch that one.)
[Laughter]
[Matt did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Traitors

Matt
    $800 11
verbatim

Matt
    $1200 17
Montenegro

Roger
    $1200 4
Balfour

Matt
    $1200 13
Ride of the Valkyries

Roger
    $1200 12
precedent

Juveria
    $1200 27
Teresa Giudice

Juveria
    $1200 8
(Ken: Yeah, like in Gladiator 2.)

Coliseum

Matt
    $6,600 3
(Ken: $200 off the lead, Matt. What will it be?)
(Matt: $6,600, please.)
(Ken: Thought you might. Trying to double up in EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY. Let's see if he does it; here's the clue...)

Corsica & Sardinia

Matt
    $1600 5
Constantinople

Matt
    $1600 1
Lady Macbeth

Roger
    $1600 14
nolo contendere

Roger
    $1600 24
(Ken: Yes, your brother helped you there.)
[Applause]

Fiji

Juveria
    $1600 9
(Ken: Blame the [*].)

algorithm

Matt
    $2000 16
(Ken: Yes, Jurassic.)

Jura

Matt
    $2000 6
(Juveria: Who is... Douglas?)
...
(Ken: The [*] Proviso, yes.)

Wilmot

MattJuveria
    $2000 2
la donna

Matt
    $9,600 15
(Ken: You can see those scores, Roger.)
(Roger: Yeah, I do. Uh, $9,600.)
(Ken: [Chuckles] All right, to keep this game in sight, he needs to catch up with Matt. Here's your clue in LAYING DOWN THE LAW...)
...
(Ken: We've got a game now.)

aiding & abetting

Roger
    $2000 20
American Ninja Warrior

Roger
    $2000 10
materialism

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Roger Juveria
$30,000 $22,800 $1,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDIEVAL EUROPEANS
(Ken: [To Juveria] Yes, [**], better known as the mathematician, [*].)
...
(Ken: [To Roger] Did he know it was [*]? He's a scientist.)
...
(Ken: [To Matt] Did Matt come up with [*]? He's also a numbers guy.)
...
(Ken: He's now one win away from winning this tournament. Roger and Juveria will be back, looking for a win tomorrow. And I hope you join us as well. We'll see you then.)
JuveriaWho is fibonacci?
$500
RogerWho is Fibonacci?
$7,597
MattWho Fibonacci
$15,601
Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa)

Final scores:

Matt Roger Juveria
$45,601 $30,397 $1,500
Winner: 1 match point 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Roger Juveria
$25,000 $15,200 $4,400
27 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 12 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $44,600

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Game tape date: 2025-02-06
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