Show #9383 - Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Scott Riccardi game 15.

Contestants

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Andrew Crowley, a freelance writer from Henderson, Nevada

Gerri Budd, an adjunct professor and small business owner from Nutley, New Jersey

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 14-day cash winnings total $390,902)

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Jeopardy! Round

TRY ME A RIVER
BLANK CANVAS
NO LONGER IN PRINT
POTPOURRI
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
A JAVIER BARDEM RETROSPECTIVE
(Javier: Hello, I am Javier Bardem. I'll have clues about my acting career in both film and television.)
    $200 11
The U.S. has the Red River of the North; this country has the Red River of the North Island, flowing into the Akitio River
    $200 7
"____ Receives the Head of John the Baptist" by Caravaggio
    $200 30
Published weekly from 1936 to 1972, this companion of Time magazine was known for its vivid photojournalism
    $200 19
Japan's tallest mountain, it's actually a volcano that hasn't erupted since 1707
    $200 22
This avian term for a type of competition once meant a petition written in a circle to conceal the order of signing
    $200 5
(Javier Bardem presents the clue.) After I got the role of King Triton, I told my seven-year-old daughter I was going to be in this movie; she then asked if I was going to play the title girl & I told her the role was already in amazing hands with Halle Bailey
    $400 29
Liechtenstein's capital, Vaduz, lies in a valley of this river that starts in the Swiss Alps
    $400 8
"The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a ____)" by René Magritte
    $400 28
Gillian Flynn & Ryan Murphy both wrote for this mag, a "Pop-Culture Bible" that ceased print publication in 2022
    $400 20
Popular Science wrote about how this N.Y. troupe puts the tallest members in the center, giving an illusion of equal height
    $400 23
Stogie, slang for a cigar, goes back to this type of covered wagon; perhaps its drivers liked to chomp on a big fat stogie
    $400 15
(Javier Bardem presents the clue.) In the TV series "Monsters", I played José, the real-life father of these Beverly Hills brothers
    $600 1
Arkansas' White River was a favorite of the late Dave Whitlock, part of the "Mount Rushmore of" this, angling with fake bugs
    $600 9
"Vase with Twelve ____" by Vincent van Gogh
    $600 4
This gen-Z favorite ceased print publication in 2017, but its "big sister" at Condé Nast still prints ginormous hard copies
    $600 21
A 2025 book by John Green is called "Everything is" this disease that usually affects the lungs
    $600 24
The word for this savory jelly takes its name from a snake that supposedly killed an ancient queen
    $600 16
(Javier Bardem presents the clue.) Five married couples have been nominated for acting Oscars in the same year; when my wife & I joined the club, I was up for "Being the Ricardos" & she for "Parallel Mothers"
    $800 2
For about 80 of its 1,560 miles, this sacred river is shared by India & Bangladesh
    $800 14
"Cow's ____: Red, White, and Blue" by Georgia O'Keeffe
    $800 6
This magazine ended its print edition in 2010, but its annual rankings guides are still helping us decide where to go to school & retire
    $800 26
This type of fortified wine is from the area around the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Spain's Andalusia region
    DD: $1,000 12
It's the 1714 document regarding insurgents that's a phrase sometimes used in an angry confrontation
    $800 17
(Javier Bardem presents the clue.) In this 2012 film, I played Silva, a former agent bent on revenge against M, a mission he completes when Judi Dench's character dies
    $1000 3
The Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, is on the border of these 2 nations that start with the same letter
    $1000 10
"The Great ____ off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai
    $1000 25
This paper's print edition ended in 2009, but its iconic neon globe still reminds Seattle residents, "It's in the P-I"
    $1000 27
This St. Louis landmark in a national park of the same name represents a door to the Western United States
    $1000 13
A Greek god of magic "sealed" the deal as the origin of this word--sealed it airtight
    $1000 18
(Javier Bardem presents the clue.) We were fortunate to have Gabriel García Márquez send us script notes for this 2007 film based on his novel, in which I played Florentino Ariza

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

Scott Gerri Andrew
$4,000 -$400 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Gerri Andrew
$7,600 -$800 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

RUSSIAN HISTORY
GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS
HERE COMES TRUFFLE
NOT OUR WEDDING SONG
3 "O"s
    $400 27
Weighing nearly 3,000 pounds, the third of these Soviet satellites was launched on May 15, 1958
    $400 29
In "The Divine Comedy", this Roman poet serves as an informative guide through purgatory & hell
    $400 28
Mexican ecologist Rodrigo Medellín captured the first video of a birth by this animal, with the mother hanging upside-down
    $400 23
Keen-nosed animal breeds used to find truffles include Lagotto romagnolo dogs & Spanish black these
    $400 30
With all due respect to Mr. Sumner & The Police, this No. 1 single of 1983 simply reeks of unsavory clinginess
    $400 22
It's been called the most famous rock music festival of the 1960s
    $800 26
In 1867 Czar Alexander II sold Alaska to the U.S. & sweetened the deal by throwing in these islands
    $800 25
Goethe's "Faust" tracks a disillusioned scholar's despair at life leading to a dangerous wager with this devil
    $800 24
The six species of these long-necked birds are born gray or white; their diet turns them pink
    $800 21
Out to harvest the Oregon truffle? Try looking around the roots of the Douglas type of this 3-letter tree
    $800 19
Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" is lovely... but also a tragic reminder of Izzie sobbing over Denny's deathbed on this TV show
    $800 20
It's time to hit the lake & have some fun on this type of boat
    $1200 3
Stalin laid down the law with what's called "The Great" this, which found many old Bolsheviks jailed & executed
    $1200 4
A seaman travels into the African interior in search of an ivory trader in this work exposing colonialist evils
    DD: $4,000 9
The nine-spotted species of this beetle is the state insect of New York
    $1200 13
Once a chef on "Friends", she shared Brandi Carlile's recipe for coffee-truffle steak with her 15 million Instagram followers
    $1200 16
Though both charming & apropos, "Marry You" by this Super Bowl halftime veteran is entirely out of the question: overused!
    $1200 6
It's the style of music associated with The Marcels & Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
    $1600 1
In 1613 Mikhail became the first czar of this dynasty that would rule Russia for 300 years
    DD: $5,000 5
A man makes numerous failed attempts to gain access to a the title edifice to improve his situation in this Franz Kafka novel
    $1600 11
The Detroit Zoo has 2 of the Eurasian type of this tough animal of the weasel family that in some ways is more like a bear
    $1600 14
Flatter than linguine, & with a silent G, this pasta is a traditional base for truffles
    $1600 17
Sadly, a string quartet can't nail the barefoot hippie vibes essential to this diamond-certified Jason Mraz hit
    $1600 7
This surgical procedure, in which nerve connections in the brain are severed, is no longer used to treat mental illness
    $2000 2
Russian for "restructuring", this policy was launched by Gorbachev to "borscht up" the economy
    $2000 10
Giuseppe di Lampedusa's only novel was about an aging aristocrat with this title animal on his family crest
    $2000 12
The name of this rodent comes from a native people of the Andes who ate them as well as wearing their precious fur
    $2000 15
Between January & March, Bianchetto truffles are found in this Italian region just south & east of Tuscany
    $2000 18
The pottery scene in the movie "Ghost" is too messy for me, a neat freak, so this Righteous Brothers ballad is a hard pass
    $2000 8
It's the study of mountains & how they are formed

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Gerri Andrew
$32,200 $3,200 $9,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS BUILDINGS
Opened in 1902, it's 87 feet in width on the 22nd Street side & less than 7 feet wide at its narrowest point on 23rd Street

Final scores:

Scott Gerri Andrew
$40,008 $6,300 $9,000
15-day champion: $430,910 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Scott Gerri Andrew
$26,000 $3,000 $9,400
29 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 15 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $38,400

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Game tape date: 2025-05-08
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