Show #9257 2025-01-28 (taped 2024-12-04) Tournament of Champions

2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

David Erb — a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington

Grant DeYoung — a delivery driver from Prescott, Arizona

Amy Hummel — an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$800	$2,200	$6,600	$6,401 Winner: guaranteed semifinalist	$7,600 14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Grant	$600	$2,800	$3,200	$399 3rd place: $5,000	$2,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 10 W
David	$1,800	$3,000	$7,200	$1,199 2nd place: $5,000	$5,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II FACTS	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES	NOISES	POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS	LITERARY SWINE	UNCLE KEN'S CASA DE PRE-OWNED VEHICLES
$200 [25] More than 2,000 people of Japanese descent were shipped from Latin American countries to the U.S. & put in these, like Crystal City internment camps Amy	$200 [26] I wanna wish you a merry Christmas--in Spanish, so I'm saying this 2-word phrase Feliz Navidad David	$200 [28] Here's the sweet sound of one of these clubs, which in many golf bags start at No. 4 an iron Grant	$200 [29] Almost ____By The Dashboard Light Paradise Grant	$200 [30] In a beloved book Charlotte the spider goes to great lengths to help save this pig from the axe Wilbur Grant	$200 [23] Go ahead, kick the tires on a 1953 Eldorado convertible one of these, six figures in the right condition, which mine is not a Cadillac Grant David
$400 [24] Papers planted by the British on a corpse detailed an Allied invasion of Sardinia, allowing a surprise July 1943 attack here instead Sicily David	$400 [6] This Hebrew toast means "to life!" l'chaim David	$400 [27] To imitate a cash register or just mean "Here comes money!", this word has sometimes been used without the usual ka- or cha- ching Amy	$400 [21] A country mash-up: Should've BeenA ____Take Me Away Cowboy Amy	$400 [17] 4 pigs including Snouter & Tusker pull the Hogfather's sleigh in one of the "Discworld" books by this author (Terry) Pratchett Amy	$400 [22] This automaker may have stopped production on its Celicain 2006, but I've got a 1994 one that gets 26 MPG ready to go Toyota David
$600 [1] Vasily Zaitsev killed 225 people at this 1942 battle & later was played by Jude Law in a 2001 film Stalingrad Amy	$600 [3] It's a German way to say, "thank you very much" even though the second word actually means "beautiful" Danke schön Grant	$600 [9] 2-note come-on heard in the 1943 cartoon "Red Hot Riding Hood" wuh-woo! (wolf whistle) Amy	$600 [18] Truth ____So Good Hurts Grant	$600 [16] Gub-Gub the pig is this man's friend & accompanies him on his overseas adventures Doctor Dolittle Grant	$600 [13] That convertible? A 1990 Mazda MX-5 one of these from when it first hit the U.S.--I see you appreciate a sweet ride, my friend a Miata David
DD $1,000 [2] Force K6, made up of Muslims from the Punjab, was among British units evacuated from this French seaport in spring 1940 Dunkirk Amy	$800 [4] Headed to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? Use this Cajun French phrase that means "Let the good times roll" Laissez les bons temps rouler David	$800 [8] To take arcades by storm with your new "This Is Us" one of these machines, carefully craft how the bumpers & flippers sound pinball Amy	$800 [20] Tell It To ____ ____ Will Go On My Heart Grant	$800 [15] In a work by Dick King-Smith, "Ace: The Very Important Pig", the title swine is a great-grandson of this fellow Babe David	$800 [12] Okay, okay, Ralph Nader called this model that debuted in 1960 a one-car accident, but ain't it cute the Corvair David
$1,000 [10] Prompted by the 1942 raid on Tokyo named for this man, Japan developed balloon bombs made from rubberized silk Doolittle Grant	$1,000 [5] It's how an ancient Roman would tell you "Beware of dog" Cave canem Amy	$1,000 [7] The makers of the Inspire implant measure its success partly in reduction of this noise snoring Grant David	$1,000 [19] Shut up And ____The Night Away Dance Grant	$1,000 [14] Jodie, a phantom pig with red eyes, shows up in this Jay Anson book about a terrifying possessed house in suburban New York The Amityville Horror	$1,000 [11] Ah, this'76 AMC ride--remember the one Dana Carvey drove in "Wayne's World"? 71 grand at auction; the one on my lot is a steal a Pacer David

Double Jeopardy! Round

A WINGED CATEGORY	FROM TV SHOW TO FILM	LET'S KEEP IT ABOVE THE WAIST	ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES	GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORS	IN COMPATIBILITY
$400 [25] This beverage brand informs us that it "gives you wiiings" Red Bull Grant	$400 [26] Johnny Depp & Peter DeLuise have cameos at the end of this 2012 back-to-school cop comedy 21 Jump Street Amy	$400 [27] The left & right hilum anchor these organs in place & are where the bronchi enter lungs Grant	$400 [28] Ice Agefootprintshave been discovered in a dry ancient lake bed in White Sands National Park in this state New Mexico Grant	$400 [29] Drive west across the Mississippi River from East Hannibal, Illinois & you'll find yourself in this state Missouri Amy Grant	$400 [30] It's pretty obvious there's one in the cleu a typo Grant
$800 [20] Take an Olympian like Poseidon, a Gorgon like Medusa & of course those 2 will produce this winged offspring; that's just science Pegasus Grant	$800 [18] A 2022 headline said, "'Jackass Forever' was attuned to the passing of wind & time", & called this actor the first "Jackass" silver fox Johnny Knoxville Amy Grant	$800 [7] In humans, it's the roof of the mouth; in some whales, baleen hangs from it the palate David	$800 [17] The remains of this English king, showing signs of battle wounds & scoliosis, were located beneath a parking lot in 2012 Richard III Amy	$1,200 [11] Tortola, the largest of these islands, is about 50 miles from St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. ones the British Virgin Islands Amy Grant	$800 [24] It somehow means both pleasant, mild weather & foolish or insane balmy Amy
$1,200 [1] Harry Potter earned the respect of Buckbeak, one of these winged hybrid creatures a hippogriff David	$1,200 [19] Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson filled the title roles in this 2004 film based on a 1970s cop show Starsky & Hutch David	$1,200 [4] A deficiency of iodine is the most common cause of this, an enlargement of the thyroid gland goiter David	$1,200 [16] In 2024 researchers announced the discovery of the skeletons of a man & a woman trapped at this Italian site by a deadly eruption Pompeii David	$1,600 [10] Eastern Greece, southern Bulgaria & western this country come together at a point a few miles from Edirne (western) Turkey	$1,200 [15] "Jaws" taught everyone that this, "as you know, means friendship" amity
$1,600 [2] The Tony Award is named for this actress, director & co-founder of the American Theater Wing Antoinette Perry	$1,600 [22] A clumsy Rowan Atkinson took a "Holiday" in a 2007 film based on this Britcom Mr. Bean Grant	$2,000 [6] The C2 vertebra is also called this; it allows you to rotate your head the axis Amy	$1,600 [12] Using descriptions from the "Iliad", Heinrich Schliemann began excavating this city, or cities one on top of another, in 1870 Troy Grant	DD $2,000 [23] It's about a 30-mile drive on the A4 between these 2 Dutch cities named for their locations along rivers Amsterdam & Rotterdam Grant	$1,600 [14] It precedes "approval" for something agreed to without actually speaking on the subject tacit Amy
$2,000 [3] Born in Lebanon, he wrote "The Broken Wings", a poetic novel set in Beirut & first published in Arabic in 1912 Kahlil Gibran Grant	$2,000 [21] When this movie based on an '80s show begins, "Numb/Encore" plays over a scene at a Florida nightclub Miami Vice	DD $3,000 [5] Blood that's depleted of oxygen returns to the heart via this, either superior or inferior the vena cava David	$2,000 [8] Plato had his Academy & Aristotle had this school, the ruins of which were discovered in Athens in 1996 the Lyceum Grant David	$2,000 [9] It's about a 90-mile jaunt across the Torres Strait from the northern tip of Queensland to this big island New Guinea Amy Grant	$2,000 [13] Medieval disputes might be settled via "single" this; the romance "Guy of Warwick" tells of a hero who saves a land by winning one combat Grant

Final Jeopardy!

PALINDROMIC DATES

This 7-digit date saw the premiere of Handel's "Water Music"

7/17/1717

Grant "What is 1/17/1771" — wagered $2,801

Amy "What 1/17/1717?" — wagered $199

David "What 1/12/'17" — wagered $6,001

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