Responses for Show #9250 - Friday, January 17, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York

Marko Saric, a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Adam Hersh, a lawyer from Brooklyn, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PAULITICS
THE POWER OF 10
"B" PICTURES
BATTER UP!
WE HAD IT GOOD BACK THEN
DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH
    $200 30
Minnesota

Will
    $200 29
a 10-gallon hat

Marko!
    $200 8
Bethlehem

Marko!
    $200 28
a sacrifice

Adam
    $200 25
a buffalo (or bison)

Marko!
    $200 27
[The accent mark in "soufflé" was not shown in the clue.]

(your last) breath

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
a dentist

Marko!
    $400 18
your neighbor

Adam
    $400 9
The Birth of Venus

Marko!
    $400 24
choking up

Adam
    $400 23
(Ken: Yeah, big upgrade over the cursed guy.)

Yaroslav the Wise

Will
    $400 26
(Adam: What is the Moon?)
...
(Ken: [*] in particular, right.)

the moonlight

AdamMarko!
    $600 1
the Labour Party

Adam
    $600 4
lacrosse

Marko!
    $600 10
Bacchus

Adam
    $600 14
a switch hitter

Will
    $600 6
the Golden Age

Marko!
    $600 13
a smile

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Paul Ryan

Will
    $800 17
Hinduism

Will
    $800 11
boogie-woogie

Marko!
    $800 16
(Adam: What is a strike?)

a fastball

AdamWill
    $800 5
copper

Adam
    $800 21
(Marko!: What are nights?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

nights of love

Marko!
    $1000 3
Rwanda

Adam
    $1000 19
Cuba

Will
    $1000 12
[Adam omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Bathers

Adam
    $1000 15
chalk

Adam
    $1,200 7
Genoa

Marko!
    $1000 22
(Marko!: What's a... wedding ring?)

an engagement ring

AdamMarko!

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

Adam Marko! Will
$5,000 $3,800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Marko! Will
$5,800 $4,800 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SWAMPY AMERICA
RHYME TIME
TOTAL DRAMA!
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
MISH MASH
I WAS TAKING A BATH
    $400 30
New Jersey

Adam
    $400 29
(Ken: Which one is beardless?)
(Marko!: [*].)
(Ken: [*], it came to Marko too late.)

mopey Dopey

Triple Stumper
    $400 28
Stanley

Marko!
    $400 26
(Adam: What is a [*] cyclone?)

bomb

Adam
    $400 27
[Ken reads "PM" as "prime minister".]

secretary-general of the UN

Adam
    $400 25
The Big Lebowski

Marko!
    $800 12
Okefenokee

Marko!
    $800 23
(Ken: Hate to be [*], yes.)

a broke bloke

Adam
    $800 22
(Will: What is A Doll House?... [*]?)

A Doll's House

Will
    $800 21
(Will: Uh, uh, what are... the--I'm sorry, nope.)
(Adam: What are the Pleiades?)
(Marko: Don't look at me.)
[Ken laughs.]
(Ken: But you're the only one left, Marko. The lesser group would be [*]. Little Bear, Little Dipper.)

Ursa Minor

AdamWill
Triple Stumper
    $800 20
(Will: Hey! What are [*]?)

seventy-six trombones

Will
    $800 24
The Big Short

Adam
    $1200 1
the Great Dismal Swamp

Marko!
    $1200 13
Missouri fury

Marko!
    $2,700 15
The Crucible

Marko!
    $1200 19
(Marko!: What's thrust?)
...
(Ken: That's what you need to take off--[*].)

lift

AdamMarko!
    $1200 9
Emmentaler

Adam
    $1200 6
Girls

Adam
    $1600 3
(Ken: Big [*] Swamp, yes.)

a cypress

Marko!
    $1600 5
(Marko!: What is a knight fright?)
...
(Ken: Close, but the predicament is [*].)
...
(Marko: I WAS TAKING A BATH--not--not me, but I WAS TAKING A BATH, $1,200.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Let's see who was taking a bath.)

a knight plight

Marko!
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
[The accent mark in "Hôtel" was not shown in the clue.]

Cyrano de Bergerac

Marko!
    $4,500 2
dispersion

Marko!
    $1600 10
(Hermann) Hesse

Adam
    $1600 7
Janeway

Adam
    $2000 4
(Francis) Marion

Marko!
    $2000 16
a proctor doctor

Marko!
    $2000 17
Major Barbara

Marko!
    $2000 18
(Adam: What is East [*]?)

Anglia

Adam
    $2000 11
Goya

Marko!
    $2000 8
Janet Leigh

Adam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Marko! Will
$18,600 $24,400 $5,400

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC STATEMENTS
(Ken: No, by throwing away his first fire, this was somebody planning on not going all out in a duel; it is [*] thinking of letting Aaron Burr pause and reflect. He did not throw away his shot and we know what happened.)
...
(Ken: And joining Marko in the semis will be these four winners of their quarterfinal games.)
(Will: Will Yancey, Banquete, Texas.)
(Evan: Evan Dorey, Toronto, Ontario.)
(Drew: Drew Goins, Honolulu, Hawaii.)
(Joey: Joey DeSena, Raleigh, North Carolina.)
(Ken: And that leaves four wildcards spots, the highest scorers among our nonwinners in this round. They will be...)
(Mehal: Mehal Shah, Seattle, Washington.)
(Jay: Jay Fisher, Lisle, Illinois.)
(Jen: Jen Feldman, Brooklyn, New York.)
(Paul: Paul Clauson, Madison Heights, Michigan.)
(Ken: Those are your nine Champions Wildcard semifinalists. That round begins on Monday. You won't want to miss it. Have a great weekend.)
WillWho is ? (Happy B'Day, Dani!)
$5,400
AdamWho is Baldwin?
$18,600
Marko!Who is Nixon? (Love u Mom & Dad & sis)
$0
(Alexander) Hamilton

Final scores:

Adam Marko! Will
$0 $24,400 $0
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Adam Marko! Will
$18,600 $19,800 $5,400
22 R,
3 W		 24 R
(including 3 DDs),
3 W		 9 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $43,800

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Game tape date: 2024-11-12
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