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    $1000 11
(Back to Aaron Sorkin.) When I took on the task of writing the screenplay for "The Trial of the Chicago 7", I struggled with understanding this Yippie activist, but came to understand the seriousness beneath his clownish facade
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Jeopardy! Masters game #44 - Wednesday, May 14, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Masters knockout round game 6.

Contestants

Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California

Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania

Jeopardy! Round

RIVERS
WEATHERING SOME BOOK TITLES
DROP A LETTER
SHOP TALK
HEY THERE, SPEEDY!
AARON SORKIN, WRITER
(Aaron Sorkin: I'm Aaron Sorkin, here to present clues about some of the stories and characters I've created.)
    200 26
Not the Amazon but the more than 1,900-mile-long São Francisco is the longest river entirely within this country
    200 27
I'll admit, reading about creepy, orphaned twin boys in "Red Rain" by this author gave me goosebumps
    200 28
Finished &
vie
    200 29
To a firefighter, "the stick" is this, extending 100 feet or more upward from a truck
    200 30
Even if you order slow-roasted chicken with caliente sauce, this chain perennially leads in drive-thru speed, about 4 minutes
    200 25
(One more time, here's Aaron Sorkin.) Director David Fincher said working with my writing wasn't for the faint of heart, but my 160-page dialogue-heavy script for this film delivered the goods, winning an Adapted Screenplay Oscar
    400 1
Dawson City, population 30,000 in the late 1890s, population 1,500 today, sits at the confluence of these 2 rivers
    400 24
This No. 1 nonfiction bestseller detailed lives lost aboard a doomed fishing vessel in 1991
    400 23
Poetry &
a Gaelic language
    400 22
A restaurant "cover" is one guest; this follows a number to indicate how many guests a table seats, as in a "4-" or "6-" this
    400 21
This is pretty nimble for something that weighs 925,000 pounds--it's going 17,500 mph right now
    400 20
(Back to Aaron Sorkin.) I spent 13 months in a hotel room writing "The American President", so to unwind, I watched a lot of ESPN, which led me to create this TV series; I even got to visit ESPN's Bristol campus where I got the inspiration for Felicity Huffman's character
    600 10
Australia's longest river, it bears the name of a Scottish soldier & British Colonial secretary
    600 4
Now making a big move on the outside is the beloved horse "Misty of" this Virginia resort island
    600 17
A bit of color &
Pulitzer-winning playwright William
    600 19
The pilots on an airline flight are the cockpit crew; the flight attendants are part of this other crew
    600 18
19th century surgeon Robert Liston could carry out this, which he called "the last alternative", in less than 30 seconds
    600 7
(Here's Aaron Sorkin.) Jeff Daniels is one of the best actors I know, which is why I cast him to play Atticus Finch in my Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" & as a jaded anchor seeking redemption on this series
    DD: 2,000 8
This name of a great river means "son of" a Hindu creator god
    800 2
In 2016 George R.R. Martin blew in with an excerpt from this very anticipated but unpublished novel (sorry, folks, it'll come when it comes)
    800 16
A goat &
a marketplace
    800 6
To a London cabbie, a long shift is a this, the composer of "Night And Day"
    800 15
On Sept. 13, 1935 he set a world speed record above Santa Ana, California by flying 352 mph in an aircraft bearing his name
    800 14
(Aaron?) On "The West Wing" I based some of the character of C. J. Cregg on this woman, the first female press secretary; she also served as a political consultant on the show
    1000 9
"Y", yes, this giant river of Central Asia flows through Kyzyl, Russia & empties into the Arctic Ocean
    1000 3
We learn "That Smilla is a damn great lady... one hundred percent" in this Peter Høeg novel
    1000 13
To intimidate &
a certain female family member
    1000 5
If you work in the rag trade, you're familiar with this hyphenated French equivalent of "ready-to-wear"
    1000 12
This last name of Ettore was on the 1910 Type 15, which broke 55 mph, & the Mistral, the fastest open-top car at 282 mph
    1000 11
(Back to Aaron Sorkin.) When I took on the task of writing the screenplay for "The Trial of the Chicago 7", I struggled with understanding this Yippie activist, but came to understand the seriousness beneath his clownish facade

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Neilesh Juveria Brad
1,600 4,400 9,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
AFRICAN FOOD
POP CULTURE
BIOLOGIST BIO
    400 26
In 2008 the New Mexico History Museum acquired one of these hats, left when Pancho Villa raided the village of Columbus in 1916
    400 27
In court it's a person who testifies about something based on what they heard, not what they saw
    400 23
Bonjou, komen to yê? Louisiana's Cane River site bears the name of these people of mixed ancestry who occupied the land for 200 years
    400 28
Ila Alasepo in Nigeria is named for this vegetable that's also central to gumbo
    400 29
Angelina Jolie said this role was her favorite Disney character when she was little; she was afraid of her & she loved her
    400 30
The 1936 book "Birds of the West Indies" was a huge success; Ian Fleming loved it & this author's name on its cover
    800 8
The Bible George Washington used for his first inauguration has a permanent home at this building where he took the oath
    800 25
Contrary to its name, this animal is actually in the hyena family
    800 19
At over 11,300 feet, Eagle Peak in Wyoming is the highest point in this national park
    800 24
This tree with 3 "B"s in its name produces a fruit that's used in smoothies for its health benefits
    800 22
Not surprisingly, this "party game for horrible people" has an entire nasty bundle of expansion packs
    800 21
In 1930, this man published a book on the gall wasp; 18 years later, he'd get more public notice with work on the birds & the bees
    1200 6
Bottles endure of these products like J.W. Poland headache killer, of dubious effect despite the imprimatur in the name
    DD: 4,000 10
From 936 to 1531 most German kings were crowned in this city
    1200 17
The national scenic trail named for this 6-state area (but only going through 2 states) is especially scenic in autumn
    1200 18
Many West African nations debate who has the best version of this tomato & rice dish, also known as riz gras, but we will not wade into it
    1200 20
To coincide with the Moon landing, this David Bowie song was released in the U.K. in July 1969 & became his first hit
    DD: 7,600 5
In 1929, way before she wrote a few bestsellers, she did post-grad work at the marine biological lab. in Woods Hole, Mass.
    1600 3
One namesake of this 1928 treaty aiming to end war is shown signing it with a pen now held by the National Museum of American Diplomacy
    1600 15
It's another name for the tenor tuba that's used in military parades
    1600 14
A national military park in Ga. & Tenn. is named for Chickamauga & this other "Ch" battle, one a Confederate & one a Union victory
    1600 16
Borrowed from Amharic, it's the word for a spongy flatbread used in East African cuisine
    1600 9
This real-life star of "Free Willy" finally swam in the open ocean in 2002
    1600 4
In 2009 Elizabeth Blackburn won a Nobel Prize for her work discovering the nature of these structures that cap chromosomes
    2000 7
A find in Galilee has unearthed hairpins & horseshoes of the Crusader army wiped out in this 1187 battle
    2000 11
Usually conical, it's a kiln for drying hops
    2000 12
The smallest National Park Service site is a 0.2-acre Philly national memorial named for this Polish-born man & rhyming with "moose go"
    2000 13
Made by pounding cassava, this double-talk West & Central African food is often dipped in stews
    2000 2
"Wicked" author Gregory Maguire said this last name of Elphaba refers to "the sound... a house makes when it falls on your sister"
    2000 1
His support for Chucky D & his theories earned this man the moniker "Darwin's Bulldog"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Neilesh Juveria Brad
4,000 26,800 15,800

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN COMPOSERS
After he died in 1990 at age 90, his ashes were scattered at Tanglewood, where he taught for 25 years & where his music was performed

Final scores:

Neilesh Juveria Brad
0 20,800 4,799
3rd place: 0 match points: eliminated: $15,000 Winner: 3 match points 2nd place: 1 match point: eliminated: $15,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Neilesh Juveria Brad
4,000 16,400 15,800
7 R,
3 W		 23 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 21 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: 36,200

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