Show #28 2025-01-15 (taped 2024-10-20) Celebrity

2025 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Jackie Tohn — an actor originally from Oceanside, New York

Neil deGrasse Tyson — an astrophysicist, author, and host from New York, New York

Melissa Peterman — an actor and game show host originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melissa	$600	$700	$6,900	$2,899 3rd place: $30,000 to Diana DiSalvatore Nursing Scholarship at St. Catherine University	$11,700 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Neil	$1,700	$3,400	$5,200	$8,399 2nd place: $30,000 to STRIVE	$16,600 29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 3 DDs)
Jackie	$1,000	$1,200	$3,400	$12,400 Winner: semifinalist	$7,900 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRAVEL GUIDES	HISTORICAL RUMORS QUASHED	BEVERAGE BRAND BACKSTORY	SURVIVING THE MOVIE	"BUTT" SERIOUSLY	PICTURE THE BOOK
$100 [27] For the cover of its guide to Italy, Lonely Planet used a photo of this scooter brand whose name is Italian for "wasp" Vespa Melissa	$100 [20] I never said, "Let them eat cake"--but even if I had, I was beheaded in 1793, so what more do you people want from me? Marie Antoinette Jackie	$100 [11] Launched in Austria in 1987, this energy drink brand celebrated "37 years of giving wiiings" in 2024 Red Bull Melissa	$100 [30] "The Shawshank Redemption":Samuel Norton, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Red	$100 [5] Each holiday season over 50 experts man the phones to talk turkey on this company's turkey talk-line Butterball Jackie	$100 [24] Jane Austin's 1815 novel about precocious Miss Woodhouse, or the first name of this actress Emma Jackie
$200 [13] The Berlitz Pocket Guide to this country includes an itinerary for a "perfect day in Zürich" Switzerland Melissa Neil	$200 [16] I never had wooden teeth--& if you don't believe me, go visit my dentures at Mount Vernon & see for yourself Washington Melissa	$200 [10] Soon after it was honored at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Pabst Best Select changed its name to this Pabst Blue Ribbon Neil	$200 [15] "Forrest Gump":Jenny Curran, Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, Lieutenant Dan Taylor Lieutenant Dan Melissa	$200 [1] It's the drink of choice for Hogwarts students visiting Hogsmeade butterbeer Neil	$200 [6] Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic on Arrakis, or this desert feature Dune Melissa
$300 [14] The 2022 Rough Guide to Costa Rica explains that beachgoers might get lucky & see a leatherback one of these a turtle Melissa	$300 [17] Though flattered to have a chocolate company named after me, I never rode a horse nude & I wish you'd all stop saying I did Godiva Melissa	$300 [7] Don Vultaggio first named his iced tea brand Santa Fe before changing it to this name, a state that borders New Mexico AriZona tea Neil	$300 [12] "Avengers: Endgame":Iron Man, Captain America, Thanos Captain America	$300 [2] If the invite says "business attire", don't show up in your birthday suit, aka this way butt naked Neil	$300 [21] George Orwell's dystopian fable, or the year this photo was taken 1984 Neil
$400 [25] Info on Turkish baths & how to take a self-guided tour of the Hagia Sophia is provided in the Rick Steves guide to this city Istanbul	$400 [18] I was about 5'6" which was actually above average for a Frenchman--so no complex named after me, thank you very much Napoleon Neil	$400 [8] The name of the beverage company So Be, as sunbathers in Miami can tell you, is a shortening of this locale South Beach Jackie	$400 [28] "Les Miserables":Cosette, Jean Valjean, Javert Cosette	$400 [3] It's a slang term for somebody who meddles, whether or nyet they're actually Russian buttinski Melissa	$400 [22] James Joyce's lengthy tale that takes place in one day, or the preferred first name of this president Ulysses
$500 [26] They're the 2 cities examined in Time Out's "Essential Guide to Russia's Twin Capital Cities" Moscow & Saint Petersburg Neil	$500 [19] Stop giving me credit for inventing baseball in Cooperstown--I wasn't even there in 1839 & I'm tired of living a lie Abner Doubleday	DD $500 [9] Knowing how to get a customer's attention, a New Jersey man in the 1920s gave his chocolate drink brand this name Yoo-hoo Jackie	$500 [29] "The Outsiders":Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Dallas "Dally" Winston Ponyboy Melissa	$500 [4] "Numbers suck", this pair of MTV imbeciles once told their teacher. "There's, like, too many of 'em 'n' stuff" Beavis & Butt-Head Neil	$500 [23] Walt Whitman's 1855 collection of poems, or these things billowing in the breeze Leaves of Grass Neil

Double Jeopardy! Round

GRUMPY PHILOSOPHERS	DOUBLE TALK	THAR SHE BLOWS!	PARTY LIKE IT'S 1899	VOLCANOES ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW	IN THE KITCHEN WITH INA GARTEN
$200 [30] Sartre declined this Swedish honor after winning it for Literature in 1964; must be nice, Jean-Paul... a Nobel Prize Neil	$200 [7] For most kids, this word for train is more manageable than, say, "Diesel locomotive" choo-choo Jackie	$200 [19] Carvel created this popular ice cream cake in 1977 as a Father's Day promotion Fudgie the Whale Neil	$200 [13] If party equals hangover, don't worry: on March 6, the German company Bayer registered a patent for this aspirin Neil	$200 [22] A flaming volcano is a cocktail you might order at this type of "bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme" a tiki bar Melissa	$200 [18] During her gig as the "Today" food correspondent for the 2024 Olympics, Ina crashed at her pied-à-terre in this city Paris
$600 [26] Schopenhauer said, "Life swings back & forth like" one of these "between pain & boredom"; sounds like someone needs a hug a pendulum Jackie	$400 [1] It's someone who is very, very well-be have d--especially when the teacher's watching a goody-goody Jackie	$400 [10] This heartwarming 1993 family drama starred a real trained orca named Keiko in the title role Free Willy Jackie	$400 [9] Let's hear it for William Pickering, who studied some photos of Saturn & stumbled upon its ninth one of these satellites moon	$400 [8] Let it flow in the shower! It's the leading soap brand that aptly depicts a volcano on its packaging Lava Melissa	$400 [5] The first name of Ina's beloved hubby, dean emeritus at Yale's School of Management & enthusiastic taste tester Jeffrey Melissa
$800 [27] Growing up in this Danish capital city, Kierkegaard's dad thought their family was cursed; no wonder he got existential Copenhagen Neil	$600 [2] Our in-house stylist recommends color coordinating your outfit--but not too much, lest it be deemed this matchy-matchy Jackie	$600 [11] On this animated series, Pearl is a teenage sperm whale & the daughter of Eugene H. Krabs SpongeBob SquarePants Melissa	$600 [14] Grab a broom handle & hit the street for this popular game--a variation of baseball using neighborhood objects as bases stickball Neil	$600 [23] On March 11, 2024, a NASA spacecraft was able to capture apanoramicphotoof Olympus Mons, a massive volcano on this planet Mars Neil	$600 [6] In an April 1, 2020 Instagram post, Ina mixed up a giant cosmopolitan, which included a whopping 2 cups of this spirit vodka
$1,000 [28] This unhappily married Shakespeare character has been called a nihilist; he describes life as "a tale told by an idiot" Macbeth	$800 [3] This nonsense phrase sounds idiotic as a catcall, but the bubble gum brand it inspired isn't so bad hubba-hubba Melissa	$800 [12] Twitter enthusiasts coined this term for "Lifting a Dreamer", the illustration that appeared when the platform had technical issues the Fail Whale	$800 [15] Crank up the ragtime! Songs from that pre-jazz genre were all the rage, like Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" for this instrument piano Melissa	$800 [24] The cyclists' lungs are gonna erupt! The Vittoria Etna marathon is a mountain bike race on this Italian island Sicily	$1,000 [17] Ina's former gourmet shop is said to have inspired a scene in this coastal chic Nancy Meyers film starring Diane Keaton Something's Gotta Give
DD $1,800 [29] He warned that life could be "nasty, brutish, & short"; the comic strip tiger named after him was less of a bummer Hobbes Neil	$1,000 [4] It's a "hare"brained superstition, but lots of people swear by it--saying this for good luck on the first day of each month rabbit, rabbit Melissa	$1,000 [20] In this 1940 Disney feature, Monstro is known as a "whale of a whale" who swallows entire ships whole! Pinocchio	$1,000 [21] Dress for a day of leisure in these eponymous billowing pants, the traditional attire of women riding bicycles bloomers	$1,000 [25] Inside the Volcano is an ecotourism company that lowers visitors into Þríhnúkagígur, a dormant volcano in this country Iceland Neil	DD $2,000 [16] On this sitcom, Liz Lemon imagines a glorious summer vacation that includes an invite to Ina's for bruschetta & wine 30 Rock Melissa

Final Jeopardy!

THE MUPPETS

3 crates are shipped abroad in 1981's "The Great Muppet Caper": "Frog" holds Kermit, "Bear" holds Fozzie & "Whatever" holds this Muppet

Gonzo the Great

Jackie "Who is gonzo?" — wagered $4,500

Neil "Who is... snufalufagus?" — wagered $3,701

Melissa "Who is Animal?" — wagered $10,001

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