Show #9258 2025-01-29 (taped 2024-12-04) Tournament of Champions

2025 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Neilesh Vinjamuri — a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania

Weckiai Rannila — an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Greg Jolin — a system specialist and accountant from Raymond, New Hampshire

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Greg	$600	$1,400	$800	$1,031 3rd place: $5,000	$6,600 13 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Weckiai	$2,800	$3,000	$4,600	$7,599 2nd place: $5,000	$4,600 8 R, 2 W
Neilesh	$6,200	$10,600	$28,200	$28,200 Winner: guaranteed semifinalist	$28,200 33 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PARTS OF SPEECH	AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK	3 OF A KIND	ERNEST HEMINGWAY	MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES	THE REST IS HISTORY
$200 [5] Leaving the seat up is 100% contemptible: contemptible adjective Greg	$200 [24] Often served in a bowl with rice, this dish from Hawaii has a name meaning "to cut or slice into pieces" poke Greg	$200 [30] Hosea, Philemon, Colossians books of the Bible Neilesh	$200 [29] Hemingway lived for over 20 years at the hilltop estate known as Finca Vigia, or "Lookout Farm", outside this Caribbean capital Havana Weckiai	$200 [16] Start your engines:"The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" Talladega Nights Neilesh	$200 [18] (Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook present the clue.)(Tom: The 1948 Costa Rican Civil War had a twist ending; José Figueres emerged at the head of this type of group, Spanish for "meeting".)(Dominic: But surprise, heabolished the army, sex discrimination in voting rights & his own government & went back to democratic elections) junta Neilesh
$400 [4] We will repair the submarine ourselves if you will just stop your frenzied yammering:ourselves pronoun Neilesh	$400 [22] They're the 2 beverages that when added together make an Arnold Palmer iced tea, lemonade Neilesh	$400 [28] Incus, hyoid, vomer bone Neilesh	$400 [23] Hemingway, an avid angler, caught many of these large sport fish; his "Old Man" character only managed one blue one marlin Neilesh	$400 [20] Sea what happens:"The Curse of the Black Pearl" Pirates of the Caribbean Weckiai	$400 [17] (Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook present the clue.)(Dominic: Our listeners have to deal with some Britishisms--in 1790, jailers were gobsmacked to find that Louis XVI & Marie Antoinettehad scarpered.)(Tom: They were trying to get to the protection of Marie's brother, Leopold II, of this country; but they were captured & really copped it) Austria Weckiai Neilesh
$600 [1] Joe versus the volcano:versus preposition Neilesh	$600 [6] If you're "makin'" the classic version of this state treat of Maine, you'll need some Marshmallow Fluff for the filling whoopie pie Neilesh	$600 [27] Charmander, Rattata, Jigglypuff Pokémon Neilesh	$600 [19] Titled "Fiesta" in England, this novel told of Lost Generation Yanks & Brits in France & Spain in the 1920s The Sun Also Rises Greg	$600 [25] Rebels on the run: "Catching Fire" The Hunger Games Neilesh	$600 [15] (Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook present the clue.)(Dominic: The French went their own way with the passengers on their early rockets, including the firstcatstronaut.)(Tom: She was dubbed Félicette in honor of this star of early cartoons & had the distinction of actually survivinghersub-orbital flight) Felix the Cat Greg
$800 [2] Sarah chose to go to the meditation tent, whereas I went to Vegas:whereas conjunction Neilesh	$800 [10] This rum cocktail with a rhyming name borrowed from Tahitian was created stateside by the owner of Trader Vic's Mai Tai Weckiai	$800 [9] Butterhead, cress, escarole lettuce Greg	$800 [8] Hemingway looked back on his life as a young writer in 1920s Paris in this memoir A Moveable Feast	$800 [21] Institutionalized:"Battle of the Smithsonian" Night at the Museum Neilesh	$800 [14] (Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook present the clue.)(Dominic: Despite her stature on the political & the Broadway stage, Eva Perón's career in public life only lasted six years.)(Tom: Her first world exposure came when she made a rockstar-like rainbow tour in 1947, starting with a visit to this Spanish leader) Franco Neilesh
$1,000 [3] After climbing the mountain, Antoine thought that never in his 26 vampiric lifetimes had he been so tired:so adverb Neilesh	$1,000 [7] This seafood stew was created by Italian immigrants in San Francisco from the day's catch off the Wharf cioppino Weckiai	$1,000 [11] Alef, samekh, gimel Hebrew letters (letters of the Hebrew alphabet) Greg Neilesh	DD $1,000 [12] Ernest was an ambulance driver in World War I, just like his hero Frederic Henry in this novel A Farewell to Arms Neilesh	$1,000 [26] Could spell trouble:"The Secrets of Dumbledore" Fantastic Beasts Neilesh	$1,000 [13] (Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook present the clue.)(Tom: The women of this city-state, the most powerful in Greece around 400 B.C., were as tough as the men.)(Dominic: Plutarch reports that her mother would tell her son to come back from war carrying hisshieldor dead on top of it) Sparta Weckiai

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	HOW FAR IS IT?	RELIGIOUS WORDS & PHRASES	BROADWAY DEBUTS	CHEMISTRY	PIANO LESSON
$400 [5] Egypt's Nubian Valley is now submerged beneath the waters of this lake named for an Egyptian president Nasser Neilesh	$400 [17] All the way around a Major League Baseball diamond, from home to 1st to 2nd to 3rd to home again: this many feet 360 Neilesh	$400 [30] This word precedes many exclamations, some indecent, but also "terror" to refer to a wild child holy Greg	$400 [28] Nicole Scherzinger's 2024 performance as Norma Desmond in this musical garnered a 6-minute standing ovation on opening night Sunset Boulevard Greg	$400 [15] A 2008 study did God's honest work & found out how the structure of this "Freshmaker" candy causes Diet Coke to effervesce Mentos Greg	$400 [29] French for "study", these piano pieces were originally designed to improve certain techniques étude Neilesh
$800 [4] This part of Niagara Falls is named for its curved crest, some 2,200 feet wide Horseshoe Neilesh	$800 [9] From the Woodrow Wilson Service Area in Hamilton Township to the Joyce Kilmer Service Area in East Brunswick on this turnpike: 4 exits the New Jersey Turnpike Neilesh	$800 [26] This Jewish dietary word is used in other contexts, like "Father O'Leary says miniskirts at mass are not..." kosher Greg	$800 [24] In 2022 Greg Kinnear made his debut in "To Kill a Mockingbird" when he took over this role from Jeff Daniels Atticus (Finch) Neilesh	$800 [11] Remember your Greek roots--glycogen is a polymer, but glucose is this type of -mer a monomer Weckiai	$1,200 [25] The piece heardheremay have been named for a club in Missouri where this composer played piano Scott Joplin Weckiai
$1,200 [1] There's a bit of a debate about the largest lake in South America: is it Lake Titicaca or this Venezuelan one? Maracaibo Neilesh	$1,200 [8] From Q to T on a standard keyboard: across this many intervening keys 3 Neilesh	$1,200 [23] First name of the man seen here& of his character on "The Office" Creed Greg	$1,200 [14] This Brit made his debut opposite Glenn Close in "The Real Thing" before starring with her in the movie "Reversal of Fortune" (Jeremy) Irons Neilesh	$1,200 [10] A theory has it that the heat & pressure on Neptune & Uranus can produce rain made of this form of carbon diamond Neilesh	$1,600 [19] Bartolomeo Cristofori, a well-known maker of this instrument, adapted it to invent the piano the harpsichord Weckiai
$1,600 [3] This 4-letter German canal connects the North Sea & the Baltic Sea Kiel Neilesh	$1,600 [16] From Launch Complex 14 at this site to the Moon: roughly 240,000 miles Canaveral Neilesh	$1,600 [21] Louis XIV was christened "Dieudonné", meaning this, so he really thought he was this alliterative phrase God's gift	$1,600 [12] In his first 2 Broadway roles, he played Eugene Jerome in the premieres of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" & "Biloxi Blues" Matthew Broderick Greg	$1,600 [7] Give a clock using this element at the Natl. Institute of Standards & Tech. 300 million years & it will gain or lose one second cesium Greg	DD $2,000 [27] Of the 4 main instrument families in an orchestra, the piano actually belongs to both of these percussion & strings Greg
$2,000 [2] Bombed in 1950 & never rebuilt, the broken bridge over this river allows a glimpse from China into North Korea Yalu Neilesh	DD $3,800 [22] From L.A. to this atoll, about 3,500 miles; from there to Shanghai, about 3,500 more Midway Island Greg	$2,000 [20] The 11th, 12th & 13th holes at Augusta National, or an area of a church for parishioners giving often fervent responses Amen Corner Greg Weckiai	$2,000 [13] Bette Midler made her Broadway debut, first in the chorus, then as daughter Tzeitel, in this musical Fiddler on the Roof Greg	$2,000 [6] Fluorine is part of this group of elements on the periodic table named for their salt-forming ability halogen Greg Neilesh	$2,000 [18] "Chiarina", one of the 21 pieces in his piano composition called "Carnaval", was inspired by his future wife Clara Wieck Schumann Neilesh

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Part II of this 17th century work says, "I see myself now at the end of my journey; my toilsome days are ended"

The Pilgrim's Progress

Greg "What is Pilgrim's Progress?" — wagered $231

Weckiai "What is Pilgrim's Progress?" — wagered $2,999

Neilesh "What is Pilgrim's Progress" — wagered $0

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