Responses for Show #9344 - Thursday, May 29, 2025

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Geoff Barnes, an analyst from Washington, D.C.

Anne LaGatta, a college professor originally from Moorestown, New Jersey

Thomas Sweeney, a survey technician from Morrow, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MORTAL MATTERS
FRUIT
WORDS FOUND IN JUICY BY BIGGIE
GHOSTING
THE GREAT SQUALL
OF CHINA
    $200 29
Henry VIII

Anne
    $200 26
the starfruit

Anne
    $200 28
(Ken: That would be [*]--[*] and Chandon.)

Moët

Triple Stumper
    $200 27
(Ken: Named after the ride, that's the [*].)

Haunted Mansion

Triple Stumper
    $200 30
(Ken: "Raven-black"--it's actually [*].)

Edgar Allan Poe

Triple Stumper
    $200 24
a furnace

Geoff
    $400 11
near-death experiences

Geoff
    $400 5
(Ken: Here, we usually call it [*].)

a kiwi fruit

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
a lumberjack

Anne
    $400 23
Casper

Anne
    $400 25
[Anne includes a leading "the" before her response; Ken repeats [*] without it.]

Life of Pi

Anne
    $400 18
gunpowder

Thomas
    $600 22
Warhol

Thomas
    $600 2
a jackfruit

Geoff
    $600 8
(Thomas: What is a raisin?)
...
(Ken: "It was all [*], I used to read Word Up! magazine.")

a dream

Thomas
Triple Stumper
    $600 6
Patrick Swayze

Anne
    $600 19
Melville

Thomas
    $3,600 12
yin & yang

Geoff
    $800 16
Goliath

Anne
    $800 13
passion fruit

Anne
    $800 7
(Anne: What is a talent?)
...
(Ken: "Five [*] in my baby girl's ear.")

carats

Anne
Triple Stumper
    $800 3
I see dead people

Geoff
    $800 4
(Ken: That's Agatha Christie's long-running [*].)

The Mousetrap

Triple Stumper
    $800 10
oolong

Geoff
    $1000 20
Elizabeth Browning

Thomas
    $1000 14
a breadfruit

Anne
    $1000 17
(Ken: "Used to eat [*] for dinner", yes.)

sardines

Geoff
    $1000 9
Beetlejuice

Thomas
    $1000 21
(Ken: That's [*] calling himself Tom o' Bedlam.)

Edgar

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
a seismograph (a seismometer)

Geoff

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

Thomas Anne Geoff
$400 $2,000 $7,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Thomas Anne Geoff
$3,000 $4,000 $8,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LEADING FROM THE FRONT
ON THE MAP
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES
BLENDED WORDS
CELEBRITY WOMEN
UH OH, HERE COMES "A.I."
    $400 25
an aircraft carrier

Geoff
    $400 26
Greece

Anne
    $400 27
the Ark of the Covenant

Anne
    $400 29
malicious software

Thomas
    $400 22
Jane Fonda

Anne
    $400 30
all-included (all-inclusive)

Thomas
    $800 24
Douglas MacArthur

Geoff
    $800 16
(Thomas: Uh, what is Cairo?)

Algiers

Thomas
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Gothic

Geoff
    $800 17
glamping

Geoff
    $800 21
Gal Gadot

Anne
    $800 18
Allen Iverson

Anne
    $1200 12
(Thomas: Who is Roosevelt?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Thomas: Uh, Teddy Roosevelt's son? [Chuckles])
(Ken: Uh... no, I'm sorry.)
...
(Ken: It was, but his name was [*]. Nice try, Thomas.)

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Thomas
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
the Arabian Peninsula

Geoff
    $1200 6
(Ken: It's also [*], like the one in Salt Lake.)

a tabernacle

Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
Paralympics

Anne
    $1200 15
Lucy Liu

Geoff
    $1200 5
an action item

Geoff
    $3,000 11
the Thirty Years' War

Thomas
    $1600 2
Minneapolis & Memphis

Anne
    $1600 7
Coptic

Geoff
    $1600 13
Imagineers

Geoff
    $1600 19
Tina Turner

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 14
(Ken: Oh, in the nick of time.)

active ingredient

Geoff
    $2000 10
(Geoff: What is Atlanta?)
...
(Ken: Lincoln didn't get down that far; but he went to [*].)

Richmond

Geoff
Triple Stumper
    $2000 1
(Thomas: What is Australia and... Papua New Guinea?)
(Anne: What is Indonesia and Malaysia?)
...
(Ken: You were each half right--it's [*].)

Indonesia & Papua New Guinea

ThomasAnne
Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
Amritsar

Thomas
    $2000 23
cybernetic & organism

Geoff
    $2000 20
Twiggy

Anne
    $2000 28
Anti-Intellectualism

Geoff

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Thomas Anne Geoff
$4,800 $9,600 $23,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PHRASE ORIGINS
[Thomas throws up his arms when his response is revealed.]
(Ken: [To Thomas] Sounds like a tight-knit team.)
...
(Ken: [To Anne] That's a good guess; it's a little early.)
...
(Ken: [To Geoff] Referring to the annexation of Texas, the idea that America would inexorably move west, come what may.)
ThomasWhat is ? Sorry Survey Boys™
$4,800
AnneWhat is a lost cause?
$9,599
GeoffWhat is manifest destiny?
$1,000
manifest destiny

Final scores:

Thomas Anne Geoff
$0 $1 $24,000
3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $24,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Thomas Anne Geoff
$3,400 $9,600 $18,600
9 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 17 R,
2 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $31,600

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Game tape date: 2025-03-18
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