Responses for Show #9284 - Thursday, March 6, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament final game 2.

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

SPEECH!
2024 WORDLES, DEFINED
CANADIANA
ALSO A BOAT
WOMEN IN SPORTS
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
    $200 22
a democracy

Roger
    $200 28
talon

Juveria
    $200 27
(Ken: "The [*] Forever".)

maple leaf

Matt
    $200 25
junk

Juveria
    $200 29
(Simone) Biles

Roger
    $200 30
an empanada

Roger
    $400 19
Jobs

Matt
    $400 20
tithe

Matt
    $400 21
the RCMP

Roger
    $400 23
Kayak

Juveria
    $400 24
(Caitlin) Clark

Roger
    $400 26
eel

Roger
    $600 3
Ethiopia

Juveria
    $600 17
forte

Juveria
    $600 6
Liberal

Roger
    $600 16
(Matt: What's... half shells?)
...
(Ken: They're [*], like the boat.)

steamers

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
(Misty) May(-Treanor)

Matt
    $600 14
muffalatta (muffaletta)

Juveria
    $800 2
AIDS

Matt
    $800 8
voilà

Matt
    $800 4
Manitoba

Juveria
    $800 13
barge

Matt
    $800 15
(Picabo) Street

Matt
    $800 11
(Juveria: What's shaksuka?)
...
(Ken: So close, but it's more fun to say [*] with another "H".)

shakshuka

Juveria
Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
(Ken: Yes, [**].)

blood, sweat, toil & tears (blood, toil, tears & sweat)

Roger
    $1,000 7
(Ken: Do you do the Wordle? Are you a Wordle guy?)
(Roger: I am a Wordle guy.)
...
(Ken: It helped that it was towards the beginning of the alphabet.)

Bravo

Roger
    $1000 5
(Roger: What is the Yukon?)
...
(Ken: The [*] Gold Rush, yes.)

the Klondike

RogerJuveria
    $1000 10
(Matt: I do want [*].)
(Ken: Right about now?)
[Laughter]

a schooner

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Rhéaume

Juveria
    $1000 9
arrabbiata

Matt

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

Matt Roger Juveria
$4,200 $1,600 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Roger Juveria
$5,200 $3,400 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NAME OF THE PLAY
COLLEGE SEALS
THE MAGMA MOVEMENT
HIP-HOP & RELIGION
5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY
ADVERBS
    $400 27
Oedipus

Roger
    $400 26
Stanford

Juveria
    $400 28
(Ken: Yes, on the surface.)

lava

Matt
    $400 25
Muhammad

Roger
    $400 29
Malay

Matt
    $400 30
(Ken: [*], yes, the dubious adverb.)

bigly

Juveria
    $800 5
Faustus

Matt
    $800 21
(Matt: What's... Troy?)
...
(Ken: The Trojans, yes.)

USC

MattRoger
    $800 10
tectonic

Roger
    $800 24
Yeshiva

Roger
    $800 22
Negev

Matt
    $800 23
(Roger: I thought it was Move My Cheese but that's not an adverb.)
[Ken laughs]
...
(Ken: Don't take it [*], Roger.)

personally

MattRoger
    $1200 3
Mother Courage

Matt
    $1200 19
(Roger: What is... Lux et [*]?)
...
(Ken: For Harvard, it's just [*].)

Veritas

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
(Roger: What is Gila?)

the Rio Grande

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
(Ken: That's correct.)
[Laughter]

"Gangsta's Paradise"

Juveria
    $1200 6
Cusco

Juveria
    $1200 20
unanimously

Matt
    $1600 2
Master Harold

Matt
    $2,000 12
(Ken: Jefferson did go to [*], yes.)

William & Mary

Roger
    $1600 9
(Matt: What's... Pandemoneon?)
(Juveria: What's... Plutonic?)

the Hadean (eon)

MattJuveria
Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
(Ken: Yes, the [*]yana.)

Rama

Matt
    $7,800 7
(Ken: And an opportunity for you, Juveria.)
(Juveria: $7,800.)
(Ken: All right, without hesitation, betting it all on 5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY.)
[Applause]
...
(Ken: Art [*] is the show, yes.)

Basel

Juveria
    $1600 17
(Ken: That podcast is [*] called [*].)

Literally!

Triple Stumper
    $2000 4
Lysistrata

Matt
    $2000 13
Johns Hopkins

Roger
    $2000 1
Kimberley

Juveria
    $2000 14
John 3:16

Roger
    $2000 11
(Roger: What is Nauru?)

Samoa

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
furiously

Roger

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Roger Juveria
$13,600 $9,400 $16,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH ROYALTY
(Ken: Who was in trouble with the Church in the 12th century? We'll begin with Roger Craig. $9,400. Not you, you won't. You're--you're great.)
[Laughter]
...
(Ken: [To Juveria] No, this was doing penance for the murder of Thomas à Becket, so it's [*].)
...
(Ken: It gives Matt Amodio his second win, and he is now the winner of this Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament in two straight games.)
[Matt and Roger shake hands.]
(Ken: $150,000 for Matt, $50,000 each for our runners-up, and Matt, we will be seeing you in Jeopardy! Masters. The tournaments are over, and we are back with a regular game of Jeopardy! tomorrow. We'll see you then.)
RogerWho Edward Richard I Henry
$4,201
MattWho Richard I
$2,401
JuveriaWho is richard the lionheart?
$11,201
Henry II

Final scores:

Matt Roger Juveria
$11,199 $5,199 $4,799
Winner: 2 match points 2nd place: $50,000 3rd place: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Roger Juveria
$13,600 $9,000 $9,800
19 R,
3 W		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $32,400

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Game tape date: 2025-02-06
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