Responses for Show #9326 - Monday, May 5, 2025

Ben Ganger game 5.

Contestants

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Rhyne Modlin, a scientist and entrepreneur from Hickory, North Carolina

Ellen Goldlust, a historian, editor and yoga teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 4-day cash winnings total $96,415)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WHAT CENTURY?
"BIG" NICKNAMES
LAKES & RIVERS
EIGHTH NOTES
IN THE BANK
9-LETTER WORDS
    $200 27
(Ellen: What is the 15th century?)

the 17th century

BenEllen
    $200 21
Big Mac

Ben
    $200 28
the Platte

Ellen
    $200 30
fines & bails

Rhyne
    $200 29
(Ellen: Bring it.)

checks

Ellen
    $200 26
(Ellen: What is the microphone?)

a bombshell

Ellen
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
the 19th century

Ben
    $400 18
Mr. Big

Ellen
    $400 23
British Columbia

Ellen
    $400 7
the Encyclopædia Britannica

Ben
    $400 25
an adjustable-rate mortgage

Ben
    $400 20
a gladiator

Ben
    $600 19
the 15th century

Ben
    $600 17
Big Gay Al

Rhyne
    $3,600 10
(Ellen: What is... Warsaw?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, [*] in [Ukraine.)

Kyiv

Ellen
    $600 6
Schubert

Rhyne
    $600 24
the Federal Reserve

Ellen
    $600 14
backswing

Ellen
    $800 3
the 18th century

Ellen
    $800 11
Big Red

Ben
    $800 15
Lago di Coma (Lake Como)

Ben
    $800 1
the tasks of Hercules

Ben
    $800 9
maturity

Ellen
    $800 13
leukocyte

Rhyne
    $1000 4
the 13th century

Ben
    $1000 5
Big Sean

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
the Congo

Ellen
    $1000 2
(Ben: What is hell?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Ben: What is inferno?)

the circles of hell

BenEllen
    $1000 16
debt to income

Ellen
    $1000 12
catechism

Ben

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

Ben Ellen Rhyne
$3,800 $600 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Ellen Rhyne
$6,000 $3,000 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY DRESS-UP
MOVIE TITLE ROLES
FROM THYME TO TIME
(Ken: These are responses that come between those two words in the dictionary.)
WARS OF THE ROSES
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
LANCASTER
    $400 14
(Rhyne: Who is the Wizard of Oz?)
(Ellen: Who is Paddington?)

the Scarecrow

EllenRhyne
Triple Stumper
    $400 30
Annie Hall

Rhyne
    $400 29
a tiara

Triple Stumper
    $400 1
The Bachelor

Ben
    $400 23
the Rockettes

Ben
    $400 28
Hershey

Ben
    $800 15
a girdle

Ben
    $800 25
Forrest Gump

Ben
    $800 26
tilt

Ben
    $800 27
thorns

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
Columbia

Ellen
    $800 24
Burt Lancaster

Ellen
    $1200 20
Panama

Triple Stumper
    $1200 2
Emilia Pérez

Ben
    $1200 21
the thyroid

Ellen
    $1200 17
(Ellen: What is Queen of the Roses? Queen of the Rose Parade?)

Rose Queen

Ellen
Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
A Chorus Line

Ellen
    $1200 7
Susquehanna

Ben
    $1600 19
the grey flannel suit

Ellen
    $1600 4
(Rhyne: What is Up in the Air?)
...
(Ken: Aw, perfect movie--[*].)

Michael Clayton

Rhyne
Triple Stumper
    $3,400 10
(Ellen: What is...)

tikka

Ellen
    $1600 16
an English rose

Ben
    $1600 3
Truman Capote

Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
(Ben: What's the Hudson Bay?)
(Ellen: What is the Bay of Fundy?)

Baffin Bay

BenEllen
Triple Stumper
    $2,500 12
(Ben: Who is Eliza Doolittle?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, different Audrey Hepburn movie--[*] from Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

Holly Golightly

Ben
    $2000 13
Pam Grier

Rhyne
    $2000 9
timbales

Ellen
    $2000 11
Colombia

Ben
    $2000 8
(Ken: "Take [*]", yes.)

the A Train

Ellen
    $2000 6
(Ellen: What is Bourbon?)

Plantagenets

Ellen
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Ellen Rhyne
$11,500 $4,000 $2,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
(Ken: There's one quite a bit smaller than Suriname, Rhyne.)
...
(Ken: [To Ben] Brazil, Portuguese, Suriname is Dutch, Mexico, no official language, interestingly, but French-speaking [*], French and Creole the official languages. Quite a bit smaller than Suriname.)
RhyneWhat is Suriname?
$1,000
EllenWhat is Suriname? Thanks Suz, you're my hero!
$1,201
BenWhat is Suriname
$2,000
Haiti

Final scores:

Ben Ellen Rhyne
$9,500 $2,799 $1,600
5-day champion: $105,915 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Ellen Rhyne
$14,000 $11,000 $2,600
22 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
8 W
(including 2 DDs)		 6 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $27,600

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Game tape date: 2025-03-10
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