Responses for Show #9388 - Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Paolo Pasco game 1.

Contestants

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Leslie Oakerson, a financial services manager from Red Bank, New Jersey

Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California

Ian Morrison, an airline ramp agent originally from Aurora, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,009)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FINISH HIM!
A STONE QUARRY
PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S
TV REBOOT CAMP
A QUICK WORKOUT
THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY
(Michelle: I'm Michelle Dockery. As Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale comes to theaters, some members of the Crawley family will bring you clues about the world of the great houses a century ago.)
    $200 20
(Oscar) Wilde

Ian
    $200 29
the devil

Ian
    $200 28
W. Bush

Paolo
    $200 17
Will Smith

Paolo
    $200 30
an elliptical

Ian
    $200 11
chauffeurs

Ian
    $400 8
(Yves) Saint Laurent

Paolo
    $400 22
cobblestones

Ian
    $400 27
Jimmy Carter

Ian
    $400 7
Lurch

Ian
    $400 12
a bench press

Leslie
    $400 13
the tomb of Tutankhamun

Leslie
    $600 2
(Kiefer) Sutherland

Ian
    $600 19
(Paolo: [Sighs] What are gravestones?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Paolo: Headstones?)

footstones

PaoloLeslie
    $1,200 18
(Paolo: Who is Truman?)
...
(Ken: The [*] Doctrine--you were one off.)

Eisenhower

Paolo
    $600 1
MacGyver

Paolo
    $600 9
deadlift

Ian
    $600 14
Winston Churchill

Leslie
    $800 3
(Pablo) Picasso

Paolo
    $800 23
amethyst

Paolo
    $800 25
Andrew Johnson

Ian
    $800 5
(Paolo: What is Pleasure Island?)

Fantasy Island

IanPaolo
    $800 10
CrossFit

Leslie
    $800 15
(Ian: What's an infirmary?)

a convalescent home

IanLeslie
    $1000 4
Saint-Exupéry

Ian
    $1000 24
Mason & Dixon

Paolo
    $1000 26
(Ian: Who is Madison?)

John Adams

Ian
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Ken: He played "The Untouchable" [*].)

Eliot Ness

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
(Leslie: What are calisthenics?)

burpees

PaoloLeslie
    $1000 16
(Ken: Our thanks to Michelle, Elizabeth and Hugh for that category; Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is in theaters this Friday.)

George V

Leslie

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

Ian Paolo Leslie
$2,800 $1,000 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ian Paolo Leslie
$4,000 $2,400 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HOPE GEOGRAPHY IS YOUR 4-TE
SHE WROTE THAT
(Ken: Name the woman who penned each line.)
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLOSSARY
IN CONCERT
MEDIA ANNIVERSARIES
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER
    $400 26
[Ken reads "N.W." as "Northwest".]

the Four Corners

Ian
    $400 27
Alice Walker

Ian
    $400 28
a jetty

Ian
    $400 29
the Renaissance Tour

Ian
    $400 30
(Ken: That's why they love Uncle Sven.)

Sweden

Leslie
    $400 5
listen & silent

Paolo
    $800 25
Singapore

Ian
    $800 9
(Ian: Who is Julia Child?)
...
(Ken: Yes, [*], Forks, Washington.)

(Stephenie) Meyer

IanPaolo
    $800 24
(Paolo: What are the doldrums?)

a depression

Paolo
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
Mariah Carey

Ian
    $800 22
the Grand Ole Opry

Ian
    $800 4
nude & dune

Ian
    $1200 8
Honshu & Hokkaido

Paolo
    $1200 6
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Ian
    $1200 13
a flash flood

Paolo
    $1200 18
Live Aid

Paolo
    $1200 11
(Leslie: What is The Washington Post?)

HuffPo (Huffington Post)

PaoloLeslie
    $1200 2
meteor & remote

Paolo
    $1600 16
the Armenian Quarter

Triple Stumper
    $1600 7
(Ian: Who is Emily Dickinson?)
...
(Ken: The last line, but it's "Death for Bonnie and Clyde", a poem by [*], not Emily Dickinson but maybe a similar style.)

Bonnie Parker

Ian
Triple Stumper
    $2,100 14
an isobar

Paolo
    $1600 19
Mötley Crüe

Paolo
    $1600 12
(Ian: What is The Socialist?)
(Leslie: What is The Atlantic?)

The Nation

IanLeslie
Triple Stumper
    $1600 1
antagonist & stagnation

Paolo
    $2000 17
the Pearl River

Triple Stumper
    $3,300 10
(Paolo: Who is Dickinson?)

Dorothy Parker

Paolo
    $2000 15
Fujita

Paolo
    $2000 20
London Calling

Ian
    $2000 21
Svengoolie

Ian
    $2000 3
teardrop & predator

Paolo

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ian Paolo Leslie
$10,000 $14,800 $1,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC PHRASES
(Ken: [To Leslie] The phrase predates Churchill by decades.)
LeslieWhat is an Iron Curtain?
$1,000
IanWhat is a dark cloud?
$7,991
PaoloWhat is iron curtain?
$5,201
an iron curtain

Final scores:

Ian Paolo Leslie
$2,009 $20,001 $2,200
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,001 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ian Paolo Leslie
$10,000 $18,800 $1,200
23 R,
5 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 8 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $30,000

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Game tape date: 2025-08-06
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