Responses for Show #9416 - Monday, October 20, 2025

Contestants

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Amanda Tholke, a criminal defense attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio

Nick Petrilli, a casino surveillance manager from Binghamton, New York

Dargan Ware, an attorney and writer from Bessemer, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
(Ken: I'll spare you the Ethel Merman impression.)
BOOK TITLE ADJECTIVES
PUMPKIN CARVING
(Ken: Each response here will be carved out of the letters in the word "pumpkin".)
ANIMALS
AUTOMOTIVE OPTIONS
POSTSEASON HEROES WITH MLB ON FOX
(Kevin: I'm Kevin Burkhardt. Every postseason has its stars and stories, and MLB on Fox will bring you the 2025 heroes live, and some from past years, in a category today.)
    $200 29
the Rose Bowl

Amanda
    $200 28
Dark

Amanda
    $200 27
a pun

Dargan
    $200 30
(Dargan: What is an exoskeleton?)

their shell

Dargan
Triple Stumper
    $200 25
a moonroof

Nick
    $200 15
(Ken: You all did very well with the baseball.)

Babe Ruth

Amanda
    $400 22
(Nick: What is Lazarus?)
(Dargan: What is a Jesus plant?)
...
(Ken: You two were thinking along the right lines, but it's [*].)

the resurrection plant</em>

DarganNick
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
Invisible

Nick
    $400 26
ink

Dargan
    $400 23
walruses

Nick
    $400 24
cruise control

Amanda
    $400 14
a perfect game

Amanda
    $600 1
Guns N' Roses

Dargan
    $600 4
Plain & Tall

Dargan
    $600 7
pin-up

Dargan
    $600 10
capybara

Nick
    $600 20
running boards

Dargan
    $600 13
Posada

Amanda
    $800 2
burlesque

Amanda
    $800 5
Lonesome

Amanda
    $800 8
(the) pink (family)

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
beetles

Nick
    $2,800 17
(Nick: What are seat belts?)

(child) car seats

Nick
    $800 12
Vin Scully

Nick
    $1000 3
a window

Dargan
    $1000 6
Blind

Dargan
    $1000 9
(Ken: What is [*], as in municipal bond.)

muni

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Dargan: What are buntings?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Dargan: What are [*] buntings?)
(Ken: That's right, the [*], well done.)

Ortolan

Dargan
    $1000 19
a tachometer

Dargan
    $1000 11
Brooks Robinson

Nick

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

Dargan Nick Amanda
$3,800 $2,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dargan Nick Amanda
$6,400 $1,000 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
THIS IS A HOLDUP...! MOVIE
KINGS & QUEENS
A FEW CLUES ABOUT A WORD
BURY ME NOT
ON THE LONE PRAIRIE
    $400 26
a catalog

Dargan
    $400 25
a clown

Dargan
    $400 30
(Ken: [*] is correct, taking you to $10,800, and meaning Final Jeopardy! is very important today.)

mummies

Amanda
    $400 29
a humor

Dargan
    $400 21
Princess Diana

Amanda
    $400 28
the Mississippi

Amanda
    $800 14
prime numbers

Nick
    $800 24
(Ken: That's correct, you beat Nick to a clue about casino robbing.)
[Laughter]

Ocean's 11

Amanda
    $800 23
loca

Dargan
    $800 22
Zero

Nick
    $800 20
(Nick: What is Nativity?)
(Dargan: What is crèche?)

Crib

DarganNick
Triple Stumper
    $800 27
cowboy

Amanda
    $1200 11
the Argonauts

Amanda
    $1200 3
(Ken: "[*]!", correct.)

Attica

Nick
    $1200 6
Hungary

Dargan
    $1200 7
delirium

Dargan
    $4,800 17
Ivana Trump

Dargan
    $1200 10
the Ingalls

Nick
    $1600 12
(Nick: Who's Ptolemy?)
(Dargan: Who is Pompey?)

Julius Caesar

DarganNick
Triple Stumper
    $1600 1
Point Break

Nick
    $1600 4
(Dargan: Who is... Juliana?)
...
(Ken: It's Juliana's daughter, [*].)

Beatrix

Dargan
Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
a yenta

Amanda
    $1600 18
(Ken: Of Smithsonian fame, well done.)

Smithson

Amanda
    $1600 15
(Ken: Finally time for [*], yes.)

Saskatchewan

Dargan
    $2,000 13
(Amanda: [Sighs] Who are... the playwrights?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, we needed their names; the three great Athenian tragedians were [*].)

Sophocles, Euripedes & Aeschylus

Amanda
    $2000 2
(Ken: Great movie, yeah.)

Hell or High Water

Dargan
    $2000 5
Thailand

Dargan
    $2000 9
a panopticon

Dargan
    $2000 19
(Ken: You got it for $2,000, very nice.)

Montparnasse

Amanda
    $2000 16
tallgrass prairie

Dargan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dargan Nick Amanda
$21,200 $4,200 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CELEBRITY AUTHORS
(Ken: [To Nick] Yes, [*] popularized "The Greatest Generation", with the book of that title.)
NickWho is... Brokaw? ♡Michaela
$0
AmandaWho is Dan Rathers ~Ellie
$10,800
DarganWho is Brokaw ♡
$401
Tom Brokaw

Final scores:

Dargan Nick Amanda
$21,601 $4,200 $0
2-day champion: $47,801 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dargan Nick Amanda
$17,600 $7,000 $12,800
22 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 12 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $37,400

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Game tape date: 2025-09-16
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