Responses for Show #9396 - Monday, September 22, 2025

Steven Olson game 2.

Contestants

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Jonathan Goldman, a futures trader from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

David Shutoff, a product development manager from Salem, Massachusetts

Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,602)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

KING JAMES BIBLE TALK
EPONYMS
HOBBIES & PASTIMES
THE TRAITORS
PROJECT RUNWAY
A DOSE OF REALITY TV
    $200 30
goeth

Steven
    $200 16
sandwich

Steven
    $200 27
a language

David
    $200 21
Benedict Arnold

Steven
    $200 28
the Caribbean

Steven
    $200 26
(Steven: What's American Idol?)
(Jonathan: What is X Factor?)

America's Got Talent

StevenJonathan
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
(Ken: Yes, I was hoping David or Jonathan would know that one.)

the mighty

David
    $400 12
a boycott

Jonathan
    $400 8
knitting

Steven
    $400 18
Judas

Steven
    $400 25
tarmac

Steven
    $400 23
Jersey Shore

Steven
    $600 9
(David: What are kings?)
(Steven: What are sons?)

generations

StevenDavid
Triple Stumper
    $600 6
(Steven: What's Bluetooth?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

Harald Bluetooth

Steven
    $600 5
swirl

Steven
    $600 11
Quisling

Steven
    $600 15
touchdown (zone)

David
    $600 17
Big Brother

David
    $2,600 10
smite

Steven
    $800 2
nicotine

Steven
    $800 7
calligraphy

David
    $800 1
Jesse James

Steven
    $800 14
crosswind

Steven
    $800 19
Octomom

Steven
    $1000 24
an abomination

Triple Stumper
    $1000 3
St. Elmo's fire

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
scrimshaw

Steven
    $1000 4
Erdoğan

David
    $1000 13
touch & go

Jonathan
    $1000 29
Married at First Sight

Jonathan

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

Steven David Jonathan
$6,600 $1,800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steven David Jonathan
$10,200 $3,000 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

"CROSS" WORDS (& PHRASES)
PHYSICS CLASS
DIS-BAND-MENTS
IN THE BOOKSTORE
ASIAN CITIES
ARI SHAPIRO ON TALKING & LISTENING
(Ari: I'm Ari Shapiro, marking ten years as a host of NPR's All Things Considered, and I'll share some of what I've learned about the arts of listening and of talking.)
    $400 27
cross-examination

Jonathan
    $400 24
(David: What are thermodynamics?)

motion

StevenDavid
    $400 28
Oasis

David
    $400 29
(Ken: Robert Langdon gets into so much trouble.)

Dan Brown

Steven
    $400 16
(Ken: Yeah, mean review of [*].)

Delhi

David
    $400 30
a bachelor party

David
    $800 22
a crossbow

Jonathan
    $800 11
gamma

Steven
    $800 14
Daft Punk

Steven
    $800 19
Captain Underpants

Steven
    $800 9
Vladivostok

Steven
    $800 26
patter

Steven
    $4,000 13
crossing the Rubicon

Steven
    $1200 10
concave

Steven
    $1200 17
Van Halen

Steven
    $1200 7
Long Island

David
    $1200 8
Doha

David
    $1200 25
the American Bar Association

Steven
    $1600 3
crossed the aisle

Steven
    $1600 5
spin

Steven
    $1600 20
The Smashing Pumpkins

David
    $1600 4
(Amor) Towles

Steven
    $7,000 6
(Ken: Steven?)
(Steven: What's Beirut?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, after Beirut, the second-largest city is called [*], just like Libya.)

Tripoli

Steven
    $1600 15
Kurdistan

David
    $2000 1
a crossroads

David
    $2000 23
(Niels) Bohr

Jonathan
    $2000 21
Zayn Malik

David
    $2000 12
George Saunders

Triple Stumper
    $2000 2
the Uyghurs

Jonathan
    $2000 18
Nina Totenberg

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steven David Jonathan
$20,400 $13,400 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POLITICAL HISTORY
JonathanWhat divine? Hi Eric + Lily
$0
DavidWhat is Monroe Doctrine
$7,001
StevenWhat is... Divine right of kings?
$6,404
the divine right of kings

Final scores:

Steven David Jonathan
$26,804 $6,399 $7,400
2-day champion: $46,406 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steven David Jonathan
$22,800 $13,400 $7,400
31 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
2 W		 7 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $43,600

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Game tape date: 2025-08-08
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