Responses for Show #9350 - Friday, June 6, 2025

Contestants

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Brian O'Heron, a graduate student from Saint Louis, Missouri

Elizabeth Hawkins, a software engineer from Oakland, California

Nikhil Joshi, a veterinarian originally from Montville, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LONDON LITERARY LANDMARKS
HODGEPODGE
CYBERCRIME
HITS ACROSS THE DECADES
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
SHAPED LIKE
    $200 30
a pub

Elizabeth
    $200 26
red eye

Brian
    $200 22
a virus

Brian
    $200 10
the 1970s

Elizabeth
    $200 15
truer

Elizabeth
    $200 20
the Mitten State

Brian
    $400 29
Holmes & Watson

Elizabeth
    $400 25
Social Security

Nikhil
    $400 19
(Ken: Yeah, those were the days.)

Russia

Nikhil
    $400 11
the 2000s

Brian
    $400 16
thinner

Elizabeth
    $400 21
bow tie

Nikhil
    $600 27
(Nikhil: Who is Elizabeth?)
...
(Ken: [*] is the ditzy one.)

Lydia

Nikhil
Triple Stumper
    $600 24
Hoda Kotb

Nikhil
    $600 12
SIM cards

Nikhil
    $600 4
the 1960s

Brian
    $600 9
For Better or for Worse

Nikhil
    $600 23
(Ken: They call it the [*] for obvious reasons.)

walkie-talkie

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 8
(Elizabeth: What is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?)
(Ken: No, it's [*], the real royal.)
(Elizabeth: Ah.)

The Prince and the Pauper

Elizabeth
    $800 7
Noah

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
spear phishing

Elizabeth
    $800 13
(Ken: Very [**], yes.)

the 1990s ('90s)

Nikhil
    $800 3
(Brian: What is littlest?)
(Elizabeth: What is smallest?)

less

ElizabethBrian
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
a corncob

Elizabeth
    $1000 2
(Elizabeth: What is Hyde Park?)

Regent's Park

Elizabeth
Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
a turtle

Elizabeth
    $1000 18
(Elizabeth: What is Experian?)

Equifax

NikhilElizabeth
    $1000 14
the 1980s

Elizabeth
    $1000 17
(Ken: Maybe you need to bring that one to Vietnam, Elizabeth.)
(Elizabeth: It sounds like it.)

the more, the merrier

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
a boat

Triple Stumper

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

Nikhil Elizabeth Brian
$2,000 $1,200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Nikhil Elizabeth Brian
$4,200 $1,200 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

VOLCANOES ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW
MYTHOLOGY
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
TV CREATORS
AMERICA IN THE 1920s
WE'D LIKE A SHORT WORD WITH "U"
(Ken: These responses will contain but don't begin with the letter U.)
    $400 19
Mexico City

Nikhil
    $400 26
the Titans

Nikhil
    $400 27
a cubit

Nikhil
    $400 20
Abbott Elementary

Nikhil
    $400 21
obey

Elizabeth
    $400 23
a 'burb

Nikhil
    $800 10
Alaska

Nikhil
    $800 4
Iris

Nikhil
    $800 25
avoirdupois

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
[Elizabeth omitted the leading article "The" in the series title.]

The White Lotus

Elizabeth
    $800 22
speakeasies

Elizabeth
    $800 15
a lug

Triple Stumper
    $1200 6
Iceland

Nikhil
    $1200 1
past, present & future

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
a pony

Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
Perry

Elizabeth
    $1200 8
(Elizabeth: Who is Baby Face Nelson?)

Bugs Moran

Elizabeth
Triple Stumper
    $1200 12
jut

Brian
    $1600 5
Kamchatka

Nikhil
    $1600 2
Dido

Brian
    $3,200 18
a pascal

Brian
    $1600 29
Bill Hader

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
Bryan

Nikhil
    $1600 14
a cue

Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
Pinatubo

Nikhil
    $2000 3
Quetzalcoatl

Brian
    $2000 17
(Elizabeth: What is a petaflop?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, tera is trillion.)

a teraflop

ElizabethBrian
    $2000 30
Vince Gilligan

Brian
    $2000 11
Sacco & Vanzetti

Nikhil
    $4,000 16
(Brian: What is... mum?)

cru

Brian

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Nikhil Elizabeth Brian
$16,200 $1,200 $8,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAME THAT -ISM
(Ken: [To Elizabeth] The Leibniz character is Dr. Pangloss in Candide who believes that this is the best of all possible worlds, so [*].)
ElizabethWhat is optimism?
$0
BrianWhat is absurdism?
$7,401
NikhilWhat is existentialism?
$1,401
optimism

Final scores:

Nikhil Elizabeth Brian
$14,799 $1,200 $1,399
2-day champion: $20,199 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Nikhil Elizabeth Brian
$16,200 $2,200 $11,200
20 R,
1 W		 13 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $29,600

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Game tape date: 2025-04-08
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