Responses for Show #9288 - Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Contestants

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Brian Nieves, a substitute teacher from Gambrills, Maryland

Kristen VanBlargan, a writer from Brooklyn, New York

James Corson, a nuclear engineer from Frederick, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $42,000)

Jeopardy! Round responses

WATER EVERYWHERE
BESTSELLING FICTION
EAT LIKE A BRIT
(Ken: Sorry.)
MOVIE TITLE ROLES
U.S. FESTIVALS
IT'S FROM THE GREEK FOR...
    $200 26
Delta

Brian
    $200 27
(Harper) Lee

Brian
    $200 30
(Ken: Yes, they are ruining s'mores with digestive biscuits.)

graham crackers

Brian
    $200 29
Lara Croft

James
    $200 28
Roswell

James
    $200 25
(Kristen: What is [**]?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, they drink [*].)
[Kristen's response was ruled incorrect; reversed after the break]

nectar (ambrosia)

KristenBrian
    $400 19
bayou

James
    $400 13
Grafton

James
    $400 23
bangers

Kristen
    $400 20
Sinatra

James
    $400 21
Idaho

Brian
    $400 24
genesis

Kristen
    $600 1
Lake Michigan

Brian
    $600 3
Exodus

Kristen
    $600 10
(James: What is sausage?)
(Kristen: What is... blood pudding?)
...
(Ken: Mmm, hungry already.)

pig's feet

JamesKristen
Triple Stumper
    $600 5
Marie Antoinette

James
    $600 9
(Ken: You're not going to the [*] Festival this year?)

Blackbeard

Triple Stumper
    $600 6
chaos

Brian
    $800 11
Firth

James
    $1,000 4
Rabbit at Rest

Kristen
    $800 22
treacle

Brian
    $800 14
The Apprentice

Triple Stumper
    $800 18
(James: What is Smallville?)
(Kristen: What is Clarkville?)

Metropolis

JamesKristen
Triple Stumper
    $800 15
architect

Brian
    $1000 12
the Coral Sea

Kristen
    $1000 2
The Vegetarian

James
    $1000 17
aubergine

James
    $1000 7
(Kristen: What is... Burn After Reading?)

Barton Fink

KristenBrian
    $1000 8
Bonnaroo

James
    $1000 16
dialogue

Triple Stumper

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

James Kristen Brian
$3,200 $1,000 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Kristen Brian
$4,600 $1,200 $5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REVOLUTIONARIES
HISTORIC ACTORS & ACTRESSES
A MYTH BUSTER
TECH OF THE TIME
AS SEEN ON TV
BIG "W"
    $400 25
cavalry

James
    $400 26
comedy & tragedy

Brian
    $400 27
Odysseus

James
    $400 30
(Ken: Very early [*], ELIZA, yes.)

a chatbot

James
    $400 29
(Kate) Winslet

Kristen
    $400 28
a whirlpool

Kristen
    $800 24
the Bolsheviks

Kristen
    $800 16
Hamlet

James
    $800 7
Puss in Boots

Brian
    $800 17
Super 8

Kristen
    $800 22
Fresh Off the Boat

James
    $800 23
writhe

James
    $6,000 2
(Brian: What's... Italian summer?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, "giovine" is "young", [*].)

Young Italy

Brian
    $1200 13
typhoon

Brian
    $1200 6
a leprechaun

Kristen
    $1200 9
yoga

James
    $1200 21
Matlock

Brian
    $5,800 10
woke

James
    $1600 1
Ortega

Brian
    $1600 14
Salomé

Kristen
    $1600 4
Reynard

Brian
    $1600 8
(Brian: What's Mozilla?)

Netscape

Brian
Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
(Brian: What's... Jost?)
...
(Ken: Yes, Colin Jost made [*] do it.)

(Michael) Che

KristenBrian
    $1600 11
Warthog

James
    $2000 3
the Zapatistas

Kristen
    $2000 15
the Abbey Theatre

Kristen
    $2000 5
Anansi

Kristen
    $2000 18
CCTV

Brian
    $2000 20
American Dad

Brian
    $2000 12
will-o'-the-wisp

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Kristen Brian
$18,800 $14,000 $6,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS' OTHER WORKS
(Ken: [To Brian] Yes, [*], more famous for a different novel about humans messing with the laws of nature, the author of Frankenstein.)
BrianWho Shelley?
$4,600
KristenWho is Mary Shelley?
$4,801
JamesWho is Mary Shelley?
$10,000
Mary Shelley

Final scores:

James Kristen Brian
$28,800 $18,801 $11,200
2-day champion: $70,800 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Kristen Brian
$14,200 $13,800 $12,600
20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 18 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,600

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Game tape date: 2025-01-27
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