Responses for Show #9325 - Friday, May 2, 2025

Ben Ganger game 4.

Contestants

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Sam Sabulis, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Shweta Balasubramanian, a marketing manager from Pomona, California

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $76,415)

Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
A LITTLE BIT OF LIT
BEAVER FEVER
4-LETTER SYNONYMS
"POP"-POURRI
RADIO
    $200 24
Africa

Ben
    $200 29
Old Mother Hubbard

Sam
    $200 30
a stovepipe (hat)

Ben
    $200 27
fate

Shweta
    $200 26
popcorn

Sam
    $200 25
(Sam: What is Philadelphia?)

Pittsburgh

BenSam
    $400 20
NATO

Ben
    $400 28
(C.S.) Lewis

Sam
    $400 21
(Ken: This goes back pretty far; Ipana's [*].)

a toothpaste

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
diva

Ben
    $400 23
Mary Poppins

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
(Ben: What are requests?)

podcasts

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $600 13
the serfs

Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Proust

Shweta
    $600 3
Penn State

Ben
    $600 16
orca

Ben
    $600 12
(Gregg) Popovich

Ben
    $600 10
fireside chats

Sam
    $800 1
Copernicus

Ben
    $800 17
Santiago

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Oklahoma

Ben
    $800 14
a bard

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
(Ken: Yeah, that takes me back.)

Pop-Up Video

Sam
    $800 9
the Grand Ole Opry

Sam
    $1000 2
(Ben: Who is Pinochet?)
...
(Ken: Before Pinochet, [*].)

Salvador Allende

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(Ken: She wrote "Rose [*] [*] [*]".)

is a rose

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
the nutria

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
(Shweta: What's butter?)
(Sam: What is ghee?)
...
(Ken: Used to be [*]margarine.)

oleo

ShwetaSam
Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Top of the Pops

Ben
    $1,200 6
[Ben omitted the leading article from his response.]

"The War of the Worlds"

Ben

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

Ben Shweta Sam
$4,000 -$1,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Shweta Sam
$5,600 -$200 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNORS
"A" IS FOR CAPITAL
CLASSICAL MUSIC
FROM THE BRONX
ECHO-NOMICS
FANCY A WORD?
    $400 30
[Ben and Ken both do a Schwarzenegger impression when saying the correct response.]

the Governator

Ben
    $400 1
Athens

Ben
    $400 6
the EU

Ben
    $400 27
Jennifer Lopez

Sam
    $400 29
a bubble

Sam
    $400 23
ritzy

Ben
    $800 25
(Ken: That's "The Kingfish", [*].)

Huey Long

Triple Stumper
    $800 20
Amsterdam

Ben
    $800 5
(Sam: What is the Boston Philharmonic?)
(Ben: What's the Boston Symphony?)

the Boston Pops

BenSam
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
(Sam: Who is Bacardi?)
...
(Ken: That's the right rum, but it's [*] who's named for it.)

Cardi B

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $800 28
cartel

Ben
    $800 22
debonair

Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
Mitt Romney

Shweta
    $1200 21
(Ben: What is Aden?)

Abu Dhabi

BenSam
    $1200 4
New World Symphony

Ben
    $1200 19
Ralph Lauren

Sam
    $1200 15
(Ben: What are oranges?)
(Sam: What are bananas?)
...
(Ken: That's the [*] boycott that Cesar Chavez called for.)

grapes

BenSam
Triple Stumper
    $1200 14
cosmopolitan

Triple Stumper
    $3,500 8
Nikki Haley

Ben
    $5,000 10
(Ken: [*], Turkey, yes.)

Ankara

Ben
    $1600 3
Holst

Ben
    $1600 18
(Ken: Or if you don't, I can help you out, [*].)

Irene Cara

Triple Stumper
    $1600 13
hyperinflation

Sam
    $1600 12
refined

Ben
    $2000 7
Governor Ann Richards

Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
(Ken: What is [*] in Kazakhstan?)

Astana

Triple Stumper
    $2000 2
Bartók

Ben
    $2000 17
LaMotta

Sam
    $2000 11
fiat

Sam
    $2000 16
(Ken: To make "swellegant", well done.)

elegant

Ben

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Shweta Sam
$22,500 $1,000 $7,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BOATS & SHIPS
(Ken: [To Sam] What a terrible name--who would book tickets on the SS Rotting Hulk?)
...
(Ken: [To Ben] No, this is a reference to the first [*]'s Cup race, so called because it was won by a yacht named [*].)
ShwetaWhat is Titanic?
$680
SamWhat is SS Rotting Hulk
$2,611
BenWhat?
$2,500
the America

Final scores:

Ben Shweta Sam
$20,000 $320 $5,189
4-day champion: $96,415 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Shweta Sam
$17,000 $1,000 $7,800
25 R
(including 3 DDs),
5 W
3 R,
1 W
13 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $25,800

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Game tape date: 2025-03-05
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