Responses for Show #9392 - Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Paolo Pasco game 5.

Contestants

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Susan Harris, a professor from Chicago, Illinois

Alex Rossell Hayes, a political scientist originally from Baltimore, Maryland

Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $107,342)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN HISTORY
IT'S A MYSTERY TO US
WORDS IN FRIENDLINESS
(Ken: In fact, they're made up of letters in the word "friendliness".)
THAT'S QUITE A NOVEL SYNOPSIS
REVENGE
A DISH BEST SERVED COLD
    $200 29
Yugoslavia

Alex
    $200 28
the appendix

Paolo
    $200 30
(Ken: Yes, those are all cats.)

feline

Paolo
    $200 27
Christine

Susan
    $200 26
(Keanu) Reeves

Alex
    $200 25
tuna

Paolo
    $400 20
Cardinal Richelieu

Susan
    $400 8
the Bermuda Triangle

Paolo
    $400 22
a serf

Alex
    $400 12
Ragtime

Paolo
    $400 23
Unforgiven

Paolo
    $400 24
Peru

Alex
    $600 17
Liechtenstein

Alex
    $600 1
Citizen Kane

Paolo
    $600 16
Reels

Paolo
    $600 3
The Sound and the Fury

Susan
    $600 9
(Alex: Who's Neeson?)

Bob Odenkirk

PaoloAlex
    $600 15
(Ken: A [*] salad, named for Capri.)

Caprese

Paolo
    $800 18
the Ottoman Empire

Paolo
    $800 6
D.B. Cooper

Paolo
    $2,400 5
an infidel

Paolo
    $800 2
A Confederacy of Dunces

Paolo
    $800 10
Oldboy

Paolo
    $800 14
(Ken: Yeah, it looks good.)

borscht

Alex
    $1000 19
(Ken: You think about the Franco-Prussian War the right amount of times, I guess.)
(Alex: I guess so.)
[Laughter]

Alsace-Lorraine

Alex
    $1000 7
Vermeer

Susan
    $1000 13
a selfie

Alex
    $1000 4
My Brilliant Friend

Paolo
    $1000 11
Cape Fear

Susan
    $1000 21
carpaccio

Susan

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

Paolo Alex Susan
$8,400 $1,200 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Alex Susan
$10,800 $4,000 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GEOGRAPHY
"GREAT" STUFF
INTERESTING TREES
HODGEPODGE
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
FIERY WORDS & PHRASES
    $400 28
South Dakota

Paolo
    $400 27
the Great Wall of China

Paolo
    $400 29
a dragon

Triple Stumper
    $400 30
a pear

Alex
    $400 26
(Patrick) Stewart

Alex
    $400 25
inferno

Alex
    $800 18
(Alex: What is Oahu?)
(Susan: What is Kauai?)

Maui

AlexSusan
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 23
a great white shark

Paolo
    $800 5
a willow

Alex
    $800 24
the Nike Swoosh

Alex
    $800 19
Cartwright

Paolo
    $800 22
igneous

Paolo
    $1200 10
Shenandoah

Alex
    $1200 11
the Great Seal (of the United States)

Paolo
    $1200 4
(Susan: Uh, what is elm?)
(Alex: What is oak?)
(Ken: Paolo, crossword guy, three-letter tree?)
(Paolo: No, thank you.)
[Laughter]

a yew

AlexSusan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
the La Brea Tar Pits

Susan
    $1200 2
Orange Is the New Black

Alex
    $5,000 7
(Ken: It looks like it came to you after a few seconds.)

baptism by fire

Paolo
    $1600 12
Okeechobee

Alex
    $1600 6
Great Smoky Mountains

Paolo
    $1600 3
(Alex: What's a Methuselah tree?)
...
(Ken: Oh, that's the first missed clue of the game; perfect game so far for you three. You were close, Alex, the Methuselah is a famous example of this species--[*].)

the bristlecone pine

Alex
Triple Stumper
    $1600 1
a bikini

Paolo
    $1600 8
(Alex: What is Gossip Girl?)

Friday Night Lights

Alex
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
conflagration

Paolo
    $2000 16
Mount Shasta

Alex
    $2000 20
a Great Migration

Alex
    $2000 15
a banyan tree

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
Pierpont

Paolo
    $2000 9
Mike Campbell

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
burning your bridges

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paolo Alex Susan
$28,200 $9,600 $3,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC AMERICANS
(Ken: It's a good guess, but it's not Jackson, Susan.)
...
[Laughter after Alex's response is read]
(Ken: I'm glad you had a good time, Alex. [Alex points to himself] It's this guy. You are correct with your own question, well done.)
...
[Laughter as Ken reads Paolo's response]
(Ken: You're taking advantage of Final Jeopardy! to do casting. Uh, I love that; get in touch with Paolo if you want to be in his music video. No, this is [*]; can't be much more working class than born in a log cabin--very compatible with Marxism.)
SusanWho is Andrew Jackson? 💖Liza Jinx
$3,399
AlexWho has two thumbs and is happy to come in second?
$1
PaoloWho wants to recreate that OK Go music video with me?
$1,026
Abraham Lincoln

Final scores:

Paolo Alex Susan
$27,174 $9,599 $1
5-day champion: $134,516 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Paolo Alex Susan
$21,600 $9,600 $3,400
27 R
(including 3 DDs),
0 W		 18 R,
5 W		 7 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2025-08-07
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