Show #9248 2025-01-15 (taped 2024-11-12) Champions Wildcard

2025 Champions Wildcard quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Aiden Orzech — a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Jay Fisher — a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois

Drew Goins — a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Drew	$2,200	$5,000	$23,400	$23,400 Automatic semifinalist	$23,800 27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jay	$200	$2,400	$15,400	$15,400 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$14,800 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Aiden	$-200	$400	$-2,400	$-2,400 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$-2,400 3 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NOT ON MY WATCH	FICTIONAL FEMALES	____ & ____	POP CULTURE PEOPLE	SPITTIN' SCIENCE FACTS	DIRECTION TO PERFECTION
$200 [16] My watch shows the time, but not in these units abbreviated ms milliseconds Drew	$200 [12] In Janet Evanovich's "Top Secret Twenty-One", Stephanie Plum has this job; finding bail-skipper Jimmy Poletti is a typical task a bounty hunter Aiden	$200 [23] It's come to describe a business in a physical building as opposed to simply online brick & mortar Drew	$200 [25] This actress said, "In the first Harry Potter film, if you watch carefully in some scenes, you can see me mouthing Harry & Ron's lines" Emma Watson Aiden	$200 [24] Tephra is a collective term for the pyroclastic material ejected into the air during this event a volcanic eruption Jay	$200 [29] This plural word can mean something is tops, like 4 certain cards in a standard playing deck aces Jay
$400 [15] A lunar phase display, yes; a 2-way wrist radio like the one introduced by this comics detective in 1946, no Dick Tracy Jay Aiden	$400 [27] In a 1996 book her wedding gifts include a silver horse & 3 ancient dragon eggs Daenerys (Targaryen) Aiden	$400 [21] In economics the price of a product is determined by this, how much is available & how bad you want it supply & demand Drew	$400 [28] In 2024, heled the American League with 58 homers & 144 RBIs; our verdict--guilty, of being very good at his job Aaron Judge Jay	$400 [20] This 2-named "colorful" insect differs from other wasps in having wings that fold longitudinally at rest a yellowjacket Drew Jay	$400 [30] We would love to see the coyote sue this company that is not the "pinnacle" of road runner snaring equipment Acme Jay
$600 [14] It's got a glow-in-the dark dial but not one of these radiation detectors named for a German physicist a Geiger counter Jay	$600 [26] Aibileen, why can't you be true... but you're a made-up maid in this novel by Kathryn Stockett The Help Drew	$600 [18] God "rained upon" Sodom & Gomorrah these 2 things, often now seen in the opposite order from the King James Bible's fire & brimstone (brimstone & fire) Drew	$600 [22] Oh, doctor! When it comes to "The Hangover", he's Mr. Chow, that's his name, that name again is Mr. Chow Ken Jeong Jay	$600 [19] Symbiotically speaking, it's the 9-letter word for when both organisms get to thrive mutualism Drew	$600 [17] A town in Texas has this name, like a hypothetical Thomas More society Utopia Drew
$800 [5] The movement uses aquartz crystal, not one of these transparent gem crystals prized for shimmering colors an opal Drew	$800 [4] In the first book of the Millennium series, she tattoos the villainous Nils Bjurman Lisbeth Salander Drew	$800 [3] In the '90s this company dropped its man in the moon logo after rumors spread that it had satanic elements Procter & Gamble	DD $600 [11] In 2024 she made news by using her voice to question OpenAI's practices after a new ChatGPT voice sounded an awful lot like her Scarlett Johansson Drew	$800 [6] Thislargest moon of Jupiter is the only known moon in the solar system to have its own magnetic field Ganymede Drew Jay	$800 [1] As a noun, this 5-letter word is the concept of a goal in its highest perfection; as an adjective, existing in imagination alone ideal Drew
$1,000 [13] The housing is stainless steel, not this super-hard element No. 74 long used in light bulb filaments tungsten Drew	$1,000 [9] In this novel Becky Sharp inspires George to leave his wife, but he gets killed at Waterloo Vanity Fair	$1,000 [10] In an Edward Lear poem, this pair "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat" the Owl & the Pussy-Cat	$800 [8] 2 differing Hot 100 tunes in Oct. 2024: Tate McRae's "It's OK I'm OK" & "I Am Not Okay" by this singer with a sponge cake name Jelly Roll	$1,000 [7] Hermann Muller named these regions of DNA sequences thatcapchromosomes from the Greek "telos", meaning "end" telomeres Drew	$1,000 [2] This word that sounds like a geometric figure often precedes "of virtue" a paragon

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 19th CENTURY	SHADES OF RED	TEARJERKERS	STATE CAPITALS	FIDDLIN' AROUND	EVERYTHING FROM B TO Y
$400 [24] This inventor who built a lab there in 1876 was nicknamed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" Edison Drew	$400 [25] It's the shade of red worn by Hester Prynne scarlet Drew	$400 [30] The 3-hanky "Beaches" stars Barbara Hershey as a lawyer & this star singer as a star singer Bette Midler Drew	$400 [26] The birthplace of the Oldsmobile, it was first called the Village of Michigan Lansing Jay	$400 [27] Sappy trails! The sugar type of this tree is used to make the backs of violins maple Jay	$400 [1] A provocative character in film or literature often has a compelling one of these that explains their past a backstory Jay
$800 [17] In 1819's McCulloch v. this state, the Supreme Court expanded the reach of Congress by saying it has implied powers Maryland Jay	$800 [23] Cerise can be bright pinkish red or closer in color to this fruit that cerise is French for cherry Drew	$800 [6] We'll spare you the full ending of this 1957 Disney film, but yes, the title dog does have rabies Old Yeller Jay Aiden	$800 [2] French explorer Bernard de la Harpe gave what's now this capital the name "La Petite Roche" in 1722 Little Rock, Arkansas Jay	$800 [28] The Messiah, made in 1716, is one of these violins; it's worth an estimated $20 million & is on display in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum a Stradivarius Drew	$800 [13] Notorious B.I.G. & Jay-Z were mainstays of the Brooklyn neighborhood with this hyphenated nickname Bed-Stuy Jay
$1,200 [16] In 1846 this president sent the Army into disputed territory in Texas, provoking war with Mexico James K. Polk Drew	$1,200 [14] In 1910 it was designated the official color of Harvard crimson Drew	$1,200 [7] If you don't cry during Sally Field's cemetery speech in this 1989 film, you must be made of the same stuff as the title flowers Steel Magnolias Drew	$1,200 [3] Named for a German chancellor, this capital got a boost in popularity after gold was discovered in them thar Black Hills Bismarck Jay	$1,200 [20] In a 1979 hit a human soul is put up against a fiddle of gold when Johnny takes on the devil, visiting this state Georgia Jay	$1,200 [11] One of these that's accessible by glass doors or windows is called a Juliet a balcony Drew
$1,600 [9] Caused by this 6-letter plague, meaning a nasty plant disease, the Great Famine sent Ireland into chaos blight Drew	$1,600 [8] A shade of reddish gold is named for this Venetian Renaissance master who used it in hispaintings Titian	$1,600 [19] Saoirse Ronan got her first Oscar nomination for her role as a 13-year-old who causes endless regret in this WWII-set film Atonement Drew	DD $2,000 [4] This state capital lies where the Severn River flows into Chesapeake Bay Annapolis Jay	DD $1,800 [21] You need violins to represent this human part of a 1936 Prokofiev title duo Peter Jay	$1,600 [10] Ahoy, matey! It means to fasten a rope around a cleat belay Drew
$2,000 [18] A style of decorative arts is named for this period of time from 1811 to 1820 when the future George IV was in charge the Regency Drew	$2,000 [15] Going back to the Latin word for "worm", it's the shade & species of the flycatcher seen here vermilion Aiden	$2,000 [29] No doubt you recall Mandy Moore as a terminally ill teen in this 2002 weeper A Walk to Remember Drew	$2,000 [5] Named for a nearby mountain range, this capital is located on Budd Inlet Olympia Jay	$2,000 [22] The Oscar-winning score of "Schindler's List" featured solo violin work from this Tel Aviv born man (Itzhak) Perlman Drew	$2,000 [12] If your baby is going to receive a sacramental dunk, it usually happens in this part of the church a baptistery Jay

Final Jeopardy!

BOOKS OF THE 1960s

In 1962 The New York Times said the release of this controversial book "presages a noisy fall"

Silent Spring

Jay "What is Lolita?" — wagered $0

Drew "What is Silent Spring? (hope this works!)" — wagered $0

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