Responses for Show #9402 - Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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Curtis Bogetti, a Ph.D. candidate from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Hannah Gómez, a book editor from Tucson, Arizona

Zach Knecht, a law clerk originally from Spring Hill, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GEOGRAPHY
NURSERY RHYME DRAMATIS PERSONAE
BUZZED WORDS
DOG BREED ANAGRAMS
"P" IS FOR POP SONG
SANDWICHES WITH GORDON RAMSAY
(Gordon: I'm Gordon Ramsay. Created by an earl, but now the most basic home meal for all--the sandwich. It's the subject of my new cookbook and the category I'll bring you today.)
    $200 28
Alaska

Zach
    $200 27
(Ken: He didn't think to use Venmo, I guess.)
[Laughter]

Simple Simon

Triple Stumper
    $200 24
(Ken: This time it's [*].)

lit

Zach
    $200 21
bloodhound

Zach
    $200 12
(Ken: Yes, fellow Canadian, well done.)

peaches

Curtis
    $200 30
(Ken: The British eat [**] sandwiches for some reason.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Our thanks to Gordon for that category; his new book, Idiot Sandwich, is on sale now.)

fries (French fry)

Zach
    $400 8
Orlando

Zach
    $400 26
a candlestick maker

Curtis
    $400 22
(Zach: What is... wobbly?)

tipsy

ZachHannah
    $400 9
Pomeranian

Zach
    $400 7
"Pink Pony Club"

Zach
    $400 29
a po' boy

Zach
    $600 5
Oahu

Zach
    $600 23
the Queen of Hearts

Curtis
    $600 6
under the table

Zach
    $600 10
Rottweiler

Curtis
    $600 11
(Ken: Yes, alarming trivia about [*].)
[Hannah laughs.]

"Push It"

Hannah
    $600 25
pimento

Hannah
    $1,000 1
the Continental Divide

Zach
    $800 18
(Hannah: What's... Nod?)

Gotham

Hannah
Triple Stumper
    $800 3
(Ken: Like blotting paper, you're [*].)

blotto

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
Great Dane

Curtis
    $800 14
"Paper Planes"

Hannah
    $800 13
pesto

Curtis
    $1000 4
Myrtle Beach

Curtis
    $1000 19
(Ken: Yes, another nursery rhyme deep cut.)

Gloucester

Curtis
    $1000 2
(Curtis: What is lit?)
...
(Ken: For the first time, a Jeopardy! response--[*].)
[Hannah laughs.]

turnt

Curtis
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
whippet

Zach
    $1000 15
"Pumped Up Kicks"

Zach
    $1000 20
croque monsieur

Curtis

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

Zach Hannah Curtis
$4,400 $1,400 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Zach Hannah Curtis
$6,200 $1,600 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
SPACE STUFF
OLDEN LIT
THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES
POPE CULTURE JEOPARDY!
(Ken: New spinoff, maybe.)
"BE" REAL
(Ken: “B-E” appears somewhere in each response.)
    $400 30
King John

Curtis
    $400 26
Hercules

Curtis
    $400 12
the Green Knight

Zach
    $400 29
turquoise

Hannah
    $400 28
Conclave

Hannah
    $400 11
wannabe

Hannah
    $800 18
Spain

Zach
    $800 21
(Zach: What... is... Jupiter?)
...
(Ken: If not Jupiter, it's [*].)

Saturn

Zach
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
El Cid

Curtis
    $800 1
amber

Zach
    $800 22
Bob Dylan

Curtis
    $800 10
(Zach: What is... obedience?)

disobedience

Zach
Triple Stumper
    $1200 2
Yeltsin

Zach
    $1200 17
Chuck Berry

Curtis
    $1200 19
[Curtis did not include the leading article in his response.]

Le Morte d'Arthur

Curtis
    $1200 27
black diamond

Hannah
    $1200 6
Jude Law

Curtis
    $1200 9
Beats (by Dre)

Hannah
    $1600 3
(Ken: It was Frederick the Great who said that, so what is [*]?)

Prussia

Triple Stumper
    $1600 13
cosmonauts

Hannah
    $8,600 7
(Ken: If you were guessing, that was a lucky guess, Curtis.)

Charlemagne

Curtis
    $1600 15
onyx

Curtis
    $1600 20
Michelangelo

Zach
    $1600 5
bespoke

Zach
    $2000 4
Atahualpa

Curtis
    $2000 16
nursery

Zach
    $2000 25
Elijah

Zach
    $3,000 24
lapis lazuli

Curtis
    $2000 23
Jonathan Pryce

Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
Niobe

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Zach Hannah Curtis
$15,000 $6,800 $26,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

DESTINATIONS
(Ken: [To Zach] Pripyat, the now abandoned industrial city in the Ukraine near [*].)
HannahWhat is Egypt
$6,800
ZachWhat Chernobyl
$15,000
CurtisWhat is Chernobyl?
$3,401
Chernobyl

Final scores:

Zach Hannah Curtis
$30,000 $0 $30,001
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $30,001

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Zach Hannah Curtis
$14,800 $6,800 $18,600
21 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 10 R,
1 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $40,200

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Game tape date: 2025-09-08
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