Responses for Show #9373 - Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Scott Riccardi game 5.

Contestants

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Rahul Kak, a law student from Brooklyn, New York

Sarah Mulligan, a lawyer from New York, New York

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 4-day cash winnings total $132,402)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
SPORTY STUFF
WE ARE LITERARY FAMILY
HOW NOW, DOW JONES 30 SYMBOL
NUMBER, PLEASE
"STRAIGHT" TALK
    $200 20
Franklin

Sarah
    $200 14
a balance beam

Sarah
    $200 21
Lannister

Triple Stumper
    $200 30
Boeing

Rahul
    $200 27
31

Scott
    $200 29
straight and narrow

Rahul
    $400 3
steam

Sarah
    $400 15
(Ken: That's the great [*].)

Tony Gwynn

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
Brontë

Scott
    $400 22
Sherwin-Williams

Scott
    $400 26
11

Scott
    $400 28
straight ticket

Scott
    $1,000 1
(Ken: Scott?)
(Scott: What is... mustang?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, his name was Samuel [*]; where the word [*] comes from.)

maverick

Scott
    $600 16
a dolphin kick

Sarah
    $600 5
Berenstain

Scott
    $600 12
Coca-Cola

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
(Scott: What is... three?)
(Rahul: What is one?)

two

ScottSarahRahul
    $600 9
(Scott: What is a... straight flush?)

an inside straight

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Reagan & Tip O'Neill

Sarah
    $800 17
(Rahul: Who is Caitlin Clark?)

Paige Bueckers

Rahul
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Ingalls Wilder

Rahul
    $800 13
Travelers

Sarah
    $800 24
seven

Scott
    $800 10
straight edge

Scott
    $1000 4
(Ethel) Rosenberg

Scott
    $1000 18
Axel

Scott
    $1000 8
(Sarah: What is The Forsythe Saga?)
(Ken: Can you say that again?)
(Sarah: The Forsythe Saga?)
...
(Ken: So close, Sarah, but they're the [*]s--The [*] Saga.)

Forsyte

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
Honeywell

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
uranium-235

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
straight, no chaser

Triple Stumper

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

Scott Sarah Rahul
$1,200 $1,200 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Sarah Rahul
$3,800 $2,600 -$200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SKETCHES GIVE STITCHES
OLD REVIEWS
EARTH SCIENCE
FRENCH PROVERBS
TAKE A LONG WALK
OFF A NOT-SO-SHORT PIER
    $400 1
All That

Scott
    $400 16
(Ken: You had to think about Starry Night there; he was a fan of [*].)

van Gogh

Triple Stumper
    $400 30
a tornado

Triple Stumper
    $400 25
the night

Scott
    $400 28
Fitbit

Scott
    $400 17
the North Sea

Scott
    $800 5
Bill Hader

Scott
    $800 13
Rodin

Scott
    $800 29
tides

Sarah
    $800 24
(Scott: What is an ant?)
...
(Ken: mouche is [*].)

a fly

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $800 27
500 miles

Triple Stumper
    $800 26
lifeguard

Scott
    $1200 2
Jenny Slate

Triple Stumper
    $1200 12
Nas

Rahul
    $1200 6
granite

Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
(Rahul: What is.. a dog? Sleeping dogs?)

a barking dog

Rahul
Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
[ERRATUM: Wild is about Strayed’s hike of the Pacific Crest Trail; there is no Pacific Coast Trail.]

Cheryl Strayed

Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
Feinstein

Scott
    $1600 3
In Living Color

Scott
    $1600 14
Dreiser

Scott
    $4,000 7
convection

Scott
    $1600 22
good bread

Scott
    $5,000 9
(Ken: Scott?)
(Scott: What is the... Pacific
Coast Highway?)

the Pan-American Highway

Scott
    $1600 19
South Africa

Triple Stumper
    $2000 4
[Rahul did not include the leading article in his response.]

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Rahul
    $2000 15
Delmonico's

Sarah
    $2000 10
(Scott: What are thermal vents?)

hydrothermal vents

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
there's no smoke without fire (where's there's smoke, there's fire)

Rahul
    $2000 11
the Camino de Santiago

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
the Øresund

Scott

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Sarah Rahul
$12,000 $5,400 $3,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT BUILDERS
(Ken: [To Rahul] You got a runner-up prize to spend on merch at the Beyoncé show.)
...
(Ken: [To Scott] Yes, a reference to his namesake wall.)
RahulWho is. . . I dunno! ❤︎
$1,601
SarahWho i
$2,201
ScottWho is Hadrian?
$500
Hadrian

Final scores:

Scott Sarah Rahul
$12,500 $3,199 $2,199
5-day champion: $144,902 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Scott Sarah Rahul
$15,600 $5,400 $3,800
23 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 2 DDs)
9 R,
1 W
6 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $24,800

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Game tape date: 2025-05-06
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