Responses for Show #9290 - Friday, March 14, 2025

Contestants

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Jamie Hare, a library worker from Decatur, Georgia

Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York

Jack Goldfisher, a screenwriter and director from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,401)

Jeopardy! Round responses

YESTERDAY'S NEWS
ALLITERATION
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT POTATO?
MID-ATLANTIC TRAVEL
VIRGINIA & MARY-LAND
NEW JERSEY
    $200 9
Athens

Jamie
    $200 4
drop-dead

Jack
    $200 7
vodka

Jack
    $200 14
Arlington

Alex
    $200 15
Mary Magdalene

Jamie
    $200 12
the Commanders

Jack
    $400 28
the Holy Roman Empire

Alex
    $400 29
cold case

Alex
    $400 30
(Ken: Yes, in The Martian.)

Mars

Jack
    $400 21
the University of Delaware

Alex
    $400 19
(Jack: Great one.)

Sideways

Jack
    $400 18
Robinson

Jack
    $6,800 26
(Alex: What are mercenaries?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
...
(Ken: Yes, from the state of Hesse, the [*].)

Hessian mercenaries

Alex
    $600 2
helmet hair

Jack
    $600 6
catcher

Alex
    $600 10
the Meadowlands

Jack
    $600 20
Mary Todd Lincoln

Jamie
    $600 13
Kraken

Alex
    $800 11
(Ken: Yeah, the [*] Purchase.)

Gadsden

Alex
    $800 3
the Merry Men

Alex
    $800 25
(Jamie: What is the Northwest Pacific?)
(Jack: What's the North Pacific?)
...
(Ken: Alex shaking his head; it's [*].)

the Northern Pacific

JackJamie
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
Williamsport

Alex
    $800 23
Roanoke

Alex
    $800 1
Marta

Alex
    $1000 27
Franco

Jamie
    $1000 5
Russian roulette

Jack
    $1000 8
Wolfgang Puck

Alex
    $1000 22
Ocean City

Jamie
    $1000 24
(Jamie: What is... Young?)

(Virginia) Johnson

Jamie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Ken: Yeah, then in Vancouver.)

the Grizzlies

Jack

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

Jack Alex Jamie
$2,800 $4,800 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Alex Jamie
$4,200 $14,400 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WRITERS IN BOOKS
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
INN THE CITY
CELEBRITY HOMETOWNS
TRIPLE RHYME TIME
    $400 5
sportswriter

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Alex: What's the Forbidden City?)

the Great Wall of China

AlexJamie
    $400 7
fusion

Jamie
    $400 30
a giraffe

Alex
    $400 17
(Ken: Yeah, Dirty Harry.)

Clint Eastwood

Alex
    $400 26
a late bait date

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Ellison

Jamie
    $800 11
the Berlin Wall

Alex
    $800 8
Icarus

Alex
    $800 29
Rio

Jack
    $800 18
Chapman

Jack
    $800 27
a drunk monk dunk

Jack
    $1200 3
Nantucket

Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
(Alex: What's Centurion?)
...
(Ken: Yes, [*], less than a minute.)

(Roman) Legion

AlexJamie
    $1200 23
Pluto

Jamie
    $1200 28
Parker House

Alex
    $1200 19
Mobile

Alex
    $1200 21
(Ken: Yeah, [**], either way, you don't want one.)
(Alex: Wonderful.)

a simple pimple dimple (a simple pimple)

Alex
    $3,200 2
(Ken: It is an early work by [*].)

(Margaret) Atwood

Jamie
    $1600 25
The Troubles

Jack
    $7,200 6
Titan

Jamie
    $1600 22
(Jack: What's Anglaise?)

Angleterre

JackJamie
    $1600 13
Bird

Jack
    $1600 15
shun Hun run

Alex
    $2000 1
(James) Baldwin

Jamie
    $2000 9
Ishtar

Jamie
    $2000 20
heliopause

Alex
    $2000 16
the Raffles

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
(Jack: Who is... Shelton?)
...
(Ken: That's right, the other show.)

Luke Bryan

JackAlex
    $2000 14
spy's prize disguise

Alex

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Alex Jamie
$6,200 $26,400 $21,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

21st CENTURY BROADWAY
(Ken: [To Jack] Yes, the 2011 irreverent hit, still running today.)
JackWhat is The Book of Mormon? Hi Isabella ♡
$2,200
JamieWhat is Book of Mormon?
$5,201
AlexWhat is The Book of Mormon Mormon
$16,001
The Book of Mormon

Final scores:

Jack Alex Jamie
$8,400 $42,401 $26,401
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $42,401 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jack Alex Jamie
$6,200 $20,200 $14,000
15 R,
3 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 15 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $40,400

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Game tape date: 2025-01-28
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