Show #9359 - Thursday, June 19, 2025

Contestants

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Vivek Upadhyay, a physician from Princeton, New Jersey

Bevin Blaber, a writer originally from Schenectady, New York

Jacob Hale, a nonprofit finance director from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

AT THE KEYBOARD
FOOD
DOUBLE LETTERS
BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS
CROWN HEIGHTS
LET'S GO TO CONEY ISLAND
    $200 2
This is typically the largest key on the keyboard; it's designed that way for easy access since it's used so frequently
    $200 14
Carolina Gold barbecue sauce is so named because its base is made from this & vinegar
    $200 24
A seat to raise a small child, or an enthusiastic supporter who promotes a sports team
    $200 28
Cobble Hill got its name from cobblestones but is better known for this type of "stone" found in 19th C. apartment buildings
    $200 30
While she looms large with the second-longest reign of a British monarch, she was one of the shortest at 4 foot 11
    $200 29
Coney Island's iconic boardwalk & Williams Candy Shop were featured in this 2024 film that won the Oscar for Best Picture
    $400 3
For some users, this combo of keys is known as the TFS, or 3-finger salute; in the early days of Windows, it forced a system reboot
    $400 5
In Britain oatmeal is called this
    $400 22
A cone-shaped utensil with a hole in the bottom of it
    $400 27
Brooklyn Heights' lovely promenade was a concession by Robert Moses to the area for the annoyance of the BQE, short for this
    $400 26
Towering at almost 7 feet tall, this great czar was likened to the biblical Samson
    DD: $1,200 21
In the 1978 film "The Wiz", Dorothy finds the Tin Man under this iconic (& aptly named) Coney Island roller coaster
    $600 4
Say goodbye to "claw hand":
From the Greek for "work", this type of keyboard is designed to optimize comfort & ease hand strain
    $600 19
Often made with crawfish, this Cajun stew gets its name from French for "smothered"
    $600 10
To walk unsteadily, or to arrange items in an overlapping pattern
    $600 7
It's said no other Brooklyn 'hood is as rooted in hip-hop as this hyphenated one, home to Lil' Kim & Big Daddy Kane
    $600 20
Called the tallest man of his time (the 1300s), Dusan the Mighty was king of this country, native land of 7'1" NBA star Vlade Divac
    $600 1
She played an Irish immigrant in the 2015 film "Brooklyn", which of course featured a date at Coney Island
    $800 13
When gaming on a standard computer keyboard, these 4 letter keys are commonly used for directional character movement
    $800 17
Created in Hollywood, this classic salad includes chicken or turkey, Bacon, avocado & blue cheese
    $800 6
Scouse or a brogue, for example
    $800 8
As the last syllable suggests, this neighborhood is the original home of the open-air food court Smorgasburg
    $800 12
5-foot-nothing Victor Emmanuel III was the last king of Italy & from 1936 to 1941, had the title emperor of this East African nation
    $800 15
An abandoned Coney Island arcade was the headquarters of the F Society hackers on this TV series
    $1000 23
In the 1980s this company's "Model M" keyboard with numeric keypad became an industry standard & a user favorite
    $1000 18
Described as soft yet firm & squeaky, this Indian cheese that doesn't melt is often cut into cubes & used in curry
    $1000 11
When migrating in swarms, the short-horned variety of this insect is called a locust
    $1000 9
Duke Snider called his memoir "The Duke of" this area, but lived on Marine Ave. in Bay Ridge during baseball season
    $1000 16
Edward I was known as the Hammer of the Scots & at 6'2", earned this other sobriquet of the time
    $1000 25
"Here I go, here I go, here I go again" to Coney Island, where the video for this Salt-N-Pepa song was shot

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

Jacob Bevin Vivek
$1,200 $1,400 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jacob Bevin Vivek
$3,200 $4,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

LESSER-KNOWN BLACK AMERICANS
SUBTITLES IN THE BOOKSTORE
SLOW SONGS
6-SYLLABLE MEDICAL WORDS
WORLDWIDE PARTY TIPS
PARDON MY FRENCH
    $400 30
Alexander Augustus, the USA's first Black professor of medicine was a founding faculty member at this D.C. university's med school in 1868
    $400 29
"Last Call" is a fitting title for Daniel Okrent's nonfiction work subtitled "The Rise & Fall of" this period of temperance
    $400 28
His song "Luther", which reminds us to "do it real slow", replaced his diss track "Not Like Us" at the top spot of the charts in 2025
    $400 22
Part of the digestive system, it's what the G-I stands for in GI tract
    $400 27
No matter which side of the Liffey you're partying on in this capital on St. Patrick's Day, comfortable green shoes go a long way
    $400 24
In 2025 French Sen. Claude Malhuret called Trump's foreign policy "un drame pour le monde libre", "a tragedy for" this
    DD: $2,000 18
Last name of Automotive Hall of Fame member Alma, who with her husband Victor put out a guide for Black travelers
    $800 16
"Mad About the Boy" is the subtitle of book No. 3 in the exploits of this irrepressible Helen Fielding diarist
    $800 19
A Spotify playlist of these grooves, also a Kanye/Foxx song spelled with a "Z" at the end, has "U Got It Bad" & "Touch My Body"
    $800 15
This adjective means pertaining to the heart & blood vessels
    DD: $2,000 17
Wiesn is another name for this celebration held during autumn; check the online barometer to see when it's not so crazy to visit
    $800 25
It means, more or less, a "good liver", who may or may not have a good liver
    $1200 7
Often cast by director Oscar Micheaux, Bee Freeman was the sepia this other 1930s queen of sex appeal & innuendo
    $1200 9
We curse her Oxford comma subtitles "Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" & "Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy"
    $1200 2
In a No. 2 hit The Pointer Sisters wanted a man with one of these, also a nickname for Eric Clapton
    $1200 5
Slowing bone loss, Boniva is one of the drugs used to treat or prevent this condition
    $1200 1
Visiting family in Mexico City for Day of the Dead festivities? Fit in by displaying one of these flowers, aka cempasúchil
    $1200 4
A beautiful film of the '90s is titled "The Last Days of" here, meaning "our place"
    $1600 8
Henry Baker, who had this 2-word job of judging inventions for the government, compiled a list of hundreds of Black inventors
    $1600 3
20th century writer Joseph Roth gave a novel this title, like a biblical sufferer, & the subtitle "The Story of a Simple Man"
    $1600 6
"Slower" was a 2021 single by this Canadian singer of "Sports Car" (which is most definitely not about taking things slow)
    $1600 10
Sometimes called the "kissing disease", it's typically caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
    $1600 11
When spelling these New Orleans Mardi Gras parade organizations in the names of Rex or Zulu, use a "K" to start
    $1600 12
Something finished & irreversible is this, French for "fact" & "done"
    $2000 23
The 1st Black James Beard Award "Best Chef", Patrick Clark was executive chef at this D.C. hotel with a presidential family in its name
    $2000 13
"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice & Redemption " is by this lawyer who founded the Equal Justice Initiative
    $2000 20
"Slow down, you move too fast", begins this duo's "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
    $2000 14
This painful condition involving the growth of uterine-type tissue outside the uterus is a leading cause of infertility
    $2000 21
Holi is a big party in South Asia & revelers are big fans of this eighth avatar of Vishnu, but watch out for the bonfires
    $2000 26
Don't confuse au jus, a way to serve a roast, with this phrase for the exact right word

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jacob Bevin Vivek
$13,600 $13,600 $12,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. NATIONAL PARKS
Much of this 73-square-mile National Park is located beneath the Chihuahuan Desert

Final scores:

Jacob Bevin Vivek
$0 $600 $2
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $600 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Jacob Bevin Vivek
$10,400 $13,600 $12,000
14 R
(including 3 DDs),
0 W		 18 R,
3 W		 15 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $36,000

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Game tape date: 2025-04-29
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