Show #9356 - Monday, June 16, 2025

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Sarah Cox, a chief of staff from Austin, Texas

Tom Thriveni, a writer from Los Angeles, California

Katie Kornacki, a professor of English from Hartford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE SPACE BETWEEN US
NOVEL PLOT POINTS
3-LETTER BODY PARTS?
RARE
MEDIUM
WELL DONE!
    $200 30
A series of 2-man flights between 1965 & 1966, this program included the first American spacewalk
    $200 14
Huxley AF (that's "After Ford"); ain't no fun being an Epsilon; tough day at the lighthouse
    $200 28
To equip with weaponry
    $200 26
A rare occurrence may be described as "once in" this lunar phrase
    $200 22
While spirit boards have existed going back to the Song Dynasty, this name is a trademark of Hasbro
    $200 17
In a rave review for this film, Roger Ebert mentions that the title character inspired "The Church of the Latter-day Dude"
    $400 29
Similar orbits were noted when this was spotted in 1531, 1607 & 1682
    $400 13
Raskolnikov performs the first half of the title; doesn't handle it well; gets the second half of the title
    $400 27
To tease or make fun of
    $400 25
Boringly classed in science as an antelope relative, the saola is the Asian this mythic creature partly due to its rarity
    $400 24
This French loanword associated with spiritualism means "session"
    $400 21
The Spectator's Deborah Ross was oddly compelled to watch this film twice, "haunted by Ian McKellen lapping milk"
    $600 5
Golden phonograph records on both of these spacecraft launched in 1977 included greetings to everybody spoken in Romanian
    $600 4
Opening map quest; Long John Silver doesn't sound good to me; there's the place!
    $600 16
The distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
    $600 6
The only copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" by this hip-hop group sold at auction in 2015 for $2 million
    $600 7
To contact the spirit realm, a medium may need to enter this semi-conscious state that's also the name of an EDM genre
    $600 20
Spike Lee applauded that this 2025 film directed by Ryan Coogler & starring Michael B. Jordan "tapped into our ancestors"
    $800 11
One of the star is Rigel Kentaurus, better known as this triple star system, is but 4.2 light years from our sun
    $800 1
Clothes don't make the man, a Swiss scientist does; that does not go well at all; a dogsled chase
    $800 8
The seed-bearing part of a cereal plant
    $800 9
Three of the few Gutenberg Bibles left in existence are held at the library & museum named for this New York financier
    $800 15
Brazilian medium Chico Xavier would perform psychography, also called this kind of writing
    $800 19
This surreal film that topped a BBC poll for the best film of the 21st century stars Naomi Watts as an aspiring actress
    DD: $1,000 12
A spacecraft sent to study Saturn is named for this Italian-born astronomer who discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
    $1000 3
The narrator's in big trouble atop a skyscraper; gets in some scraps, which he really can't talk about; space monkey business
    $1000 2
A tree of the genus Eucalyptus
    $1000 10
Discovered in Russia's Ural Mountains & rarer than diamonds, this variety of chrysoberyl is named for a czar
    $1000 23
Orson Welles narrated 1981's "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" about this 16th century astrologer & seer
    $1000 18
Quentin Tarantino called "Blow Out", by this director, one of the greatest movies ever made

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

Katie Tom Sarah
$1,400 -$1,800 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Katie Tom Sarah
$3,600 -$800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC OBJECTS
ALLITERATION
WE'RE BUSSIN'
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES
(Ken: You'll have to provide the part outside the parentheses.)
VIKING LORE
(Gerard: I'm Gerard Butler; I play Stoick the Vast in How to Train Your Dragon, and today we'll have clues about the lore of the mighty Vikings.) (Ken: Wow, I can't compete with that accent.) [Laughter]
    $400 18
Denmark's Anointing Throne was purportedly made from unicorn horn, but in reality came from these cetaceans
    $400 19
Something once carried by the family doctor, or in a 2025 movie, the title phrase for secret Intel
    $400 21
In a series of kids' books, Ms. Frizzle takes kids on enchanted rides on this title conveyance
    $400 27
New Zealand sits where 2 tectonic plates collide, the Pacific plate & one named for this big neighboring country
    $400 5
Maybe ask your offspring:
"(For A White Guy)"
    $400 30
(Gerard Butler presents the clue.) Norse legend says this Allfather discovered ruins after hanging himself on Yggdrasil, the world tree, for nine days & nights
    $800 17
In the early 19th century, the Jacquard type of this used interchangeable punch cards to make cloth patterns
    $800 9
Mindy Weiss, who has helped the Kardashians with several celebrations, is famous as one of these
    $800 20
Willie Nelson's tour bus runs on BioWillie, this fuel made of soybean & vegetable oils
    $800 26
6-letter name for a region of Asia & for the School of Art of Gaganendranath Tagore, nephew of Rabindranath
    $800 4
Embrace the C+C Music Factory:
"(Everybody Dance Now)"
    $800 29
(Mason Thames presents the clue.) Exiled from Iceland, Erik the Red went on to explore this land & hoped to colonize it by giving it a name that he hoped would attract colonists
    $1200 14
Believed to have been used at the Battle of Sterling Bridge, the sword named for him is a national treasure of Scotland
    $1200 7
An overtime game-winner in soccer, like by Laurent Blanc in 1998, or hockey, such as Connor McDavid's in 2025
    $1200 10
For his 2012 reelection tour, President Obama had a sleek campaign bus named this, one word different than a plane he rode in
    DD: $3,000 16
With about 2,070 miles of coastline, this Horn of Africa nation has the most of any nation on the continent
    $1200 1
The (Blue Öyster) cult classic:
"(Don't Fear)"
    $1200 12
(Nico Parker presents the clue.) From 885 to 886, the Vikings laid siege to this île, the heart of Paris; they were repulsed by hot wax & pitch & paid off to leave
    DD: $2,000 13
The rocking chair that Lincoln was shot in was claimed by the government but returned to the widow of a man with this last name
    $1600 6
"Supernanny" Jo Frost says the first step for a parent facing one of these meltdowns is to ask why
    $1600 24
The design of "The Partridge Family" bus was inspired by this Dutch painter
    $1600 22
The Society Islands are one of 5 groups that make up this Pacific Ocean territory of a European country
    $1600 2
He's not talking about an old engine:
"(Soulja Boy)"
    $1600 11
(Nico Parker presents the clue.) In one Norse saga, we learn that legendary Viking warrior Björn Ironside is the grandchild of Sigurd & this valkyrie
    $2000 15
A famous one of these in Vienna called Pummerin was forged from Turkish cannonballs collected after a 1683 siege
    $2000 8
It's an unscientific term for when declining testosterone causes emotional & physical symptoms for guys in middle age
    $2000 25
This author & his Merry Pranksters painted a school bus in psychedelic colors & set off across America
    $2000 23
Szczecin has the Polish-est name, but its history is entwined with this capital 90 mi. off; the 1st train to the city came from there
    $2000 3
A 1-word history lesson from They Might Be Giants:
"(Not Constantinople)"
    $2000 28
(Gerard Butler presents the clue.) These bloodthirsty Viking warriors who gave their name to ferocious rage were much feared in combat; some were said to be part of Harald Fairhair's guard in Norway

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Katie Tom Sarah
$5,600 $4,000 $15,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BOOK COVERS
In 1974 Allison Maher Stern posed horizontally on stools & pretended to swim for a cover of this book

Final scores:

Katie Tom Sarah
$2,600 $3,200 $15,050
3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $15,050

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Katie Tom Sarah
$7,600 $5,000 $13,200
11 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $25,800

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Game tape date: 2025-04-29
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