Responses for Show #9406 - Monday, October 6, 2025

TJ Fisher game 3.

Contestants

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Kate Kostelnik, a personal trainer from Orlando, Florida

Brian Dixon, a server from Atlanta, Georgia

TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,889)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STUFF HAPPENED IN OCTOBER
ADVERTISING
3-LETTER NAMES
HOCKEY
POSSESSIVE PHRASES
WE GOT THE BEACH
    $200 30
the Model T

TJ
    $200 29
Apple

TJ
    $200 28
(Ken: Yes, he's the pope now.)

Leo

Kate
    $200 2
a face-off

Kate
    $200 27
dealer's choice

Kate
    $200 19
Mexico

Brian
    $400 6
the (U.S.) Navy

TJ
    $400 14
(Ken: Yes, it does.)
(TJ: Uh, it sure does.)

Dunkin'

TJ
    $400 11
(TJ: What is Eve?)
...
(Ken: [*] more popular than Eve.)

Ava

TJKate
    $400 3
(Ken: If you have to spray the ice, you're a [*], eh.)
[Laughter]

hoser

Triple Stumper
    $400 26
(TJ: What is [*]?)
(Ken: You're right.)
(TJ: The mind's--)
(Ken: That's correct.)
[TJ laughs.]

my mind's eye

TJ
    $400 23
(Brian: What is Ipanema?)
...
(Ken: Right city, but this is [*].)

Copacabana Beach

Brian
Triple Stumper
    $600 9
the Bayeux Tapestry

TJ
    $600 15
becoming your parents

Brian
    $600 12
(TJ: What is Rami?)
...
(Ken: That's [*] Patel.)

Dev

TJ
Triple Stumper
    $600 1
the Florida Panthers

Kate
    $600 16
doctor's orders

TJ
    $600 22
Muscle Beach

Kate
    $800 7
Claudius

TJ
    $800 24
(Kate: Who is the [*] Girl?)

Morton Salt

Kate
    $800 10
Ira Gershwin

Kate
    $800 4
checking

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 17
the director's cut

TJ
    $800 20
Bondi

TJ
    $1000 8
Defender of the Faith

Kate
    $1000 25
Greyhound

TJ
    $1000 13
Kai

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Kate: What is defender?)
(TJ: What is goalie?)

defenseman

TJKate
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(TJ: What is a dog's dinner?)
...
(Ken: That's it, muesli for breakfast.)
[TJ laughs.]

a dog's breakfast

TJKate
    $1000 21
(Brian: What is Réunion?)
(TJ: What is Sri Lanka?)

the Seychelles

TJBrian
Triple Stumper

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

TJ Brian Kate
$200 $600 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

TJ Brian Kate
$2,400 -$600 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PRE-21st CENTURY FANTASY LITERATURE
AWARDS & HONORS
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
A COUNTRY BUT NOT A COUNTRY
BAND OF SISTERS
FEEDING TIME AT THE ZOO
    $400 26
unicorn

TJ
    $400 27
Canada

TJ
    $400 28
a freebie

Kate
    $400 29
the Basque Country

Brian
    $400 30
Heart

TJ
    $400 25
(Ken: Less than a minute, Kate.)

hay

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 17
(Kate: Who is Odysseus?)
(Ken: I'm sorry, we needed the ancient epic poem, which is called [*], of course.)

the Odyssey

Kate
    $800 20
Architecture

TJ
    $800 21
a filibuster

TJ
    $800 22
the Old Country

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
The Bangles

Brian
    $800 24
manatees

Kate
    $1200 16
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Kate
    $1200 7
the Peabody

TJ
    $1200 4
a fortnight

Brian
    $1200 1
"the North Country"

TJ
    $1200 12
The Pointer Sisters

TJ
    $1200 9
(Kate: What is a boa?)

a python

BrianKate
    $1600 18
the Lady of Shalott

Triple Stumper
    $3,200 8
(TJ: Ooh, I sure hope--uh, who is [*]?)

(J.M.W.) Turner

TJ
    $1600 5
fletcher

TJ
    $1600 2
Big Sky Country

Triple Stumper
    $1600 13
Deal

Triple Stumper
    $1600 10
browse

TJ
    $2000 19
Robert E. Howard

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
Bataan

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
fingerprint

TJ
    $2000 3
the Hill Country (of Texas)

Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
Haim

TJ
    $2000 11
mealworms

TJ

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

TJ Brian Kate
$21,200 $3,000 $3,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TV 2025
[Kate's response was revealed first.]
(Ken: [To Kate] That would be an unusual season of The Biggest Loser...)
[Laughter]
(Ken: ...if no one gained or lost weight.)
...
(Ken: [To TJ] What is the very sad diet?)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Yeah, I think I've been on that diet before where nobody loses a pound. No, nobody could change their appearance because the whole show is set in a single ER shift. What is [*]?)
...
(Ken: TJ will be back tomorrow going for a third win. We'll see you then.)
[ERRATUM: Ken's statement was incorrect. TJ won his third game.]
BrianWhat is Severence?
$3,000
KateWhat is the Biggest Loser?
$0
TJWhat is the very sad diet??
$165
The Pitt

Final scores:

TJ Brian Kate
$21,035 $0 $3,000
3-day champion: $59,924 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

TJ Brian Kate
$19,400 $3,000 $6,000
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 6 R,
2 W		 13 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $28,400

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Game tape date: 2025-09-09
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