Responses for Show #9340 - Friday, May 23, 2025

Contestants

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David Crockett, a congressional liaison from Washington, D.C.

Jim Carpenter, a retired music professor and conductor from Charlotte, Vermont

Brendan Liaw, a recent graduate and stay-at-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $59,398)

Jeopardy! Round responses

SURGERY
SPORTS MASCOTS
EPONYMOUS CAPITAL CITY AIRPORTS
DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL TERMS
(Ken: According to the federal judiciary.)
"GREEN" DAY
WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOM
    $200 24
perspiration

Jim
    $200 30
(Ken: 4-9, that's right.)

the 49ers

David
    $200 29
(David: Who is Michelangelo?)
...
(Ken: That's the right Turtle, yes, Leonardo.)

(Leonardo) da Vinci

JimDavid
    $200 4
habeas corpus

David
    $200 6
the Green Party

David
    $200 26
a Hail Mary

Brendan
    $400 23
a facelift

Brendan
    $400 28
(Ken: Or the South Side, that's why he's called [*].)

Southpaw

Triple Stumper
    $400 8
Bolívar

Brendan
    $400 16
discovery

David
    $400 19
the Green Mountain Boys

Brendan
    $400 25
Arnold

Brendan
    $600 2
(Jim: What is ACL repair?)

knee replaced

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $600 21
the Flyers

Brendan
    $600 10
Belgrade

Brendan
    $600 3
an affidavit

David
    $600 7
(Brendan: What's Arrow?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry.)
[Brendan appears to realize his mistake.]
...
(Ken: We needed that Green.)

the Green Arrow

BrendanDavid
    $600 17
"Over There"

Jim
    $800 22
the carotid

Jim
    $800 27
the Mustangs

Jim
    $800 9
(David: What is Santiago?)
...
(Ken: Martí was Cuban--what is [*]?)

Havana

David
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
statute of limitations

Jim
    $800 13
Greenspan

Brendan
    $800 15
the absent-minded professor

David
    $1000 20
ligation

David
    $1000 12
(Ken: Known to Suns fans only as [*].)

The Gorilla

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
(Ken: Right, Lebanon.)

Beirut

David
    $1000 14
in camera

Brendan
    $1000 11
Bowling Green

Brendan
    $1,000 18
acid test

Jim

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

Brendan Jim David
$3,200 $200 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brendan Jim David
$5,200 $3,800 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
MAGICIANS
"S" IS FOR SMALL
COUNTRY, MUSIC
A LITERARY CATEGORY
POP CULTURE GEMS
    $400 29
the Tet Offensive

Jim
    $400 30
the Statue of Liberty

Jim
    $400 28
a spot

Jim
    $400 11
reggae

Brendan
    $400 19
Brooklyn Bridge

Brendan
    $400 27
a mermaid

David
    $800 18
(Brendan: What's... Memphis?)
...
(Ken: [*] Bus Boycott, right.)

Montgomery

BrendanDavid
    $800 23
Penn & Teller

Brendan
    $800 21
(Brendan: What's mote?)
...
(Ken: [*], had to start with "S".)

speck

BrendanDavid
    $800 1
Poland

Jim
    $800 8
Plath

Brendan
    $8,200 24
(Brendan: What's the Girl with the Pearl Earring?)
(Ken: I'm sorry, [*] is the name of the movie.)

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Brendan
    $1200 16
the Ottoman Empire

Jim
    $1200 22
Houdini

Jim
    $1200 4
suggestion

Brendan
    $1200 2
a didgeridoo

Jim
    $1200 5
Caste

Brendan
    $1200 7
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

David
    $1600 15
Reform

David
    $1600 26
(Brendan: Who is... Criss Angel?)

David Blaine

Brendan
Triple Stumper
    $5,000 12
(Ken: Brendan?)
(Brendan: What's... scent?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, [*].)
(Brendan: Ah.)
(Ken: For scintillating.)

a scintilla

Brendan
    $1600 3
a zither

Brendan
    $1600 6
The Mill on the Floss

Brendan
    $1600 13
(Brendan: Who's Fennell? [*]?)

Emerald Fennell

Brendan
    $2000 17
[The "c." was presented in lowercase, in spite of typographic convention.]

Pompey (the Great)

David
    $2000 25
(Ken: Late, great magician [*].)

Ricky Jay

Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
soupçon

Brendan
    $2000 10
ragas

Jim
    $2000 9
Calypso

Jim
    $2000 20
(Brendan: What's Push?)
...
(Ken: Push is the novel; [*] is the film. Well done, David.)

Precious

BrendanDavid

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brendan Jim David
-$1,600 $13,400 $12,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TIME
(Ken: [To David] Crossed out Chronometer, didn't really get to anything else; I seen an "S", and what was it gonna be?)
(David: Sundial.)
(Ken: No, it's not the sundial either.)
...
(Ken: [To David] And that is correct, yes, used in Europe until the 18th century.)
DavidWhat is a Chronometer Sun
$3,999
JimWhat is the Julian Calendar
$12,201
the Julian calendar

Final scores:

Brendan Jim David
-$1,600 $25,601 $8,801
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $25,601 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brendan Jim David
$11,600 $13,400 $12,800
20 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $37,800

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Game tape date: 2025-03-17
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