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Show #9323 - Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Ben Ganger game 2.

Contestants

Roni Ackner, a product manager from Brooklyn, New York

Jordan Stefanski, a psychiatric nurse from Dunellen, New Jersey

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (1-day champion whose cash winnings total $24,999)

Jeopardy! Round

STATELY GEOGRAPHIC
RELIGION
A VOWEL OF SILENCE
(Ken: You'll need to give us the silent vowel in the word we define here.)
WINEMAKER'S GLOSSARY
EXERCISE YOUR...
DEMONS
    $200 12
You don't have to be a martial arts expert to visit this Mississippi & Alabama prairie named for its fertile dark soil
    $200 29
The Four Noble Truths of this religion inform us that desire & ignorance are the source of all suffering
    $200 7
In an 8-letter synonym for danger that you're in right now. Seriously. Right now. In front of millions of people
    $200 30
Retsina is a Greek white or rosé wine flavored with the resin from this cone-producing evergreen (sounds delish!)
    $200 27
...cardiovascular system with these plyometric exercises also called star jumps
    $200 15
As demon on this NBC show, Adam Scott compared Kristen Bell to a wet pile of mulch
    $400 28
Part of the Navajo reservation, this valley, familiar from Western movies, straddles the border of Arizona & Utah
    $400 26
A Bar Mitzvah is the entry of a Jewish boy into the adult community & typically occurs at this age
    $400 25
In a word that follows "monkey" & "mind your own"
    $400 23
From Latin for "heavy", this 4-letter word refers to a style of dry champagne
    $400 24
...triceps by doing these exercises, whether modified, clap or Sphinx; they use your own bodyweight
    $400 14
Clive Barker didn't care for Pinhead as the name of the villain in this film franchise; he liked "Hell Priest" or "Lead Cenobite"
    $600 21
This plateau that shares its name with a river covers much of eastern Oregon & eastern Washington
    $600 22
Appearing there as the mother of one of Islam's prophets, she's the only woman mentioned by name in the Koran
    $600 18
In a strand of a textile fiber or a series of online newsgroup messages
    $600 19
Think it over--Glühwein is a German wine that has gone through this heating & spicing process
    $600 20
...largest muscle, this one, with squats & step ups
    $600 13
King Paimon is a dastardly demon that creates chaos for Toni Collette & fam in this Ari Aster flick
    $800 1
Counting its 40,175 square miles of water, it's the largest of the lower 48 east of the Mississippi
    $800 6
A Pentecostal as a teen, J.D. Vance was baptized into this faith in 2019
    $800 17
In a word meaning to defend against something, like an NFL lineman at the same-named position
    $800 11
Red wine, fruit juice, spices & sugar go into this Spanish offering sometimes served as an iced punch
    $800 16
...balance & reduce your risk of falls with this martial art; try the Chen or Yang style
    $800 4
You can't swing a stick without hitting a demon on this show starring Katja Herbers & Mike Colter
    $1000 2
Including Otisco & Owasco, New York has 11 of these bodies of water, though 10 would seem the more fitting number
    DD: $1,400 8
First published in 1830, this text laid out the foundations of a new faith begun that same year
    $1000 9
In a type of flute paired with drum in an army corps
    $1000 10
This verb refers to adding extra alcohol to wine to produce liquors like port or sherry
    $1000 5
Exercise your whole body with this exercise program that uses a piece of equipment called the Reformer
    $1000 3
Reading from this flesh-bound tome in "The Evil Dead" brings about all kinds of demon shenanigans for Ash & company

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

Ben Jordan! Roni
$5,000 $1,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jordan! Roni
$10,000 $1,400 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC BUILDINGS
SUN SONGS
ART COLLECTORS
WORLD UNIVERSITIES
LITERARY CHARACTERS
____ THE ____
    $400 22
Stockholm's Grand Hôtel was the site of the first of these banquets in 1901, & winners & their families still stay there
    $400 24
"Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter", but luckily for The Beatles, this title was now happening
    $400 30
This actor named for a Renaissance painter leans more toward Basquiat & Ed Ruscha in his own collection
    $400 28
It's a 10- to 15-minute walk from the university of this city, established in the 1300s, to the famous Leaning Tower
    $400 26
If you "study", you know this character sees the "scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life"
    $400 1
Making reference to a timepiece, it means continuously, 24 hours a day
    $800 21
The Golden Rock, this type of Buddhist structure, has been perching on a mountainside in Myanmar since the 6th century B.C.
    $800 23
In 2018 Luke Bryan heated up the country chart with "Sunrise", this unfortunate skin issue, "Sunset"
    $800 29
The Rembrandt Room & many others at this museum can be traced back to a buying spree by Catherine the Great
    $800 27
Founded by Henry VIII, Trinity is the largest college, in number of undergraduate students, at this English university
    $800 25
This trickster figure from the Uncle Remus tales is seen in Kara Walker's artwork of the Black experience "African't"
    $800 17
Ponder over, or what cows literally do
    $1200 2
Now a museum, the Topkapi Palace in this city was built by Mehmed II in the 15th century
    $1200 18
"We had joy, we had fun, we had" this Terry Jacks No. 1 hit in 1974 that pretty much covered the opposite of joy & fun
    $1200 19
A building in Paris displays the art collected by François Pinault, & if he wants to sell any, he also owns this auction house
    $1200 7
USP for short, the University of this city has ranked No. 1 in Brazil & in Latin America
    DD: $2,500 20
This 2008 novel by Liu Cixin follows physicist Ye Wenjie & Wang Miao, a nanotech researcher, across different timelines
    $1200 16
Debuting in 1947, it's the longest-running program on network TV
    $1600 3
In 1911 & 1969 Caernarfon Castle was the site of investiture ceremonies in which young men received this royal title
    $1600 14
"Black Hole Sun" grunged hard & topped the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 1994 for this band
    $1600 15
"The Lioness of Boston" is a novel about this intellectual & well-off woman with a museum to her name
    $1600 6
In Bangladesh, European & Mughal influences can be found in Curzon Hall at the University of this city
    $1600 12
This Defoe title character was married to 5 men, one of whom was her brother (oops)
    DD: $2,800 11
Referring to part of her habit, it means to become a nun
    $2000 4
A masterpiece of Gothic architecture, Strasbourg Cathedral replaced a church built in this earlier medieval style
    $2000 13
"Let Me Go On"... the Violent Femmes' debut album memorably begins with this song
    $2000 8
69 Cézannes are part of the collection of this man, moved after his death to Philadelphia, whose art establishment he despised
    $2000 5
2025 marks the 450th anniversary of the Netherlands' oldest university, located in this city, 10 miles northeast of The Hague
    $2000 9
The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to a house that is eventually owned by the former Margaret Schlegel
    $2000 10
9th century king of Wessex who defeated invaders & promoted learning

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jordan! Roni
$16,100 $1,000 $1,600
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS & TELEVISION
This TV show that debuted in 1960 licensed its name 8 years later to a childrens' health product that's still around today

Final scores:

Ben Jordan! Roni
$16,816 $1,000 $1,600
2-day champion: $41,815 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Jordan! Roni
$14,400 $1,000 $4,400
27 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 6 R,
5 W		 10 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $19,800

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