Show #9270 2025-02-14 (taped 2024-12-04) Tournament of Champions

2025 Tournament of Champions exhibition game for players with byes into the semifinals.Played between the quarterfinals and the semifinals but televised after the finals.Originally aired 2025-01-24 as audio-only on TuneIn.

Contestants

Drew Basile — a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan

Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California

Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adriana	$2,400	$3,200	$10,800	$20,800 3rd place	$11,800 15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Isaac	$3,600	$8,200	$15,000	$21,600 2nd place	$15,000 26 R, 4 W
Basile	$1,600	$3,000	$19,200	$38,400 Winner	$10,600 13 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SOUNDS LIKE AN ACTOR'S NAME	THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD	NEWSPAPER TERMS	"IME" ON IT	THE VICE PRESIDENCY: AMERICA DECIDES	GIMME SOME BACKUP
$200 [5] Sounds like Angelina's ex:Pumpernickel or sourdough + a golf stroke done on the green bread putt Isaac	$200 [24] It's the southernmost nation in which traffic on the left side is standard New Zealand Adriana Isaac	$200 [23] It's a short explanation beneath a picture or other graphic a caption Isaac	$200 [25] A diversion, perhaps "the national" one pastime Isaac	$200 [26] Hewas still walking jauntily in 1920 when he lost the vice presidency to Calvin Coolidge FDR Adriana	$200 [17] Him &the Heartbreakers Tom Petty Isaac
$400 [1] Sounds like a son of West African U.K. immigrants:A Lincolnesque formal speech + where your arm bends address elbow Adriana	$400 [27] One of the few non-British colony left-side nations, it shares a border with right-traffic Laos, Myanmar & Cambodia Thailand Basile	$400 [22] A bad location for your ball in bowling, or the white space between facing newspaper pages the gutter Adriana	$400 [6] 3-word term for a misdeed committed in the heat of the moment a crime of passion Isaac	$400 [18] In 1980 George Bush (he didn't need "H.W." yet) decisively defeated this Minnesotan Mondale Basile	$400 [13] Her &the Supremes (Diana) Ross Isaac
$800 [3] Sounds like a "Strange" Marvel actor:A brand of allergy & itch relief medicine + a tuxedo's waist sash Benadryl cummerbund Isaac	$600 [28] From Donegal down to Waterford, it's driving on the left you'll be in this country Ireland Isaac	$600 [10] In October 2024 the publisher of The Washington Post wrote that the paper "will not be making" one of these in the presidential race an endorsement Isaac	$600 [7] womenshealth.gov mentions fatigue, morning sickness, mood swings & heartburn as features of this 12-week period the first trimester Isaac	$600 [19] Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Nixon's running mate in 1960, was defeated by this man on the ticket with JFK LBJ Basile	$600 [14] Her +the Machine Florence Isaac
DD $1,000 [2] Sounds like a Batman:3-letter term meaning to prohibit + a company with a duck symbol ban Aflac Adriana	$800 [29] As part of Indonesia this "East"ern Asian country switched from right to left in 1976 & has remained that way in independence East Timor Isaac	$800 [11] A mock-up page indicating story, picture & headline position, it's also a ventriloquist's pal a dummy Basile	$800 [8] British equivalent of gadzooks! blimey Isaac Basile	$800 [20] Dick Cheney narrowly won the office, meaning this man did not become the first Jewish veep Lieberman Isaac	$800 [15] Him &the Revolution Prince Isaac
$1,000 [4] Sounds like "Bad Santa":A kid who preys on weaker ones + a plastic cover for eating lobster + an unlucky number bully bib thirteen Adriana	$1,000 [30] It's the only "stan" country with left-side traffic Pakistan	$1,000 [12] The place where back issues & clippings are stored, it sounds like a spot where cadavers are kept the morgue Adriana	$1,000 [9] Unseasonably or inopportunely; Macduff was from his mother's womb that way ripped untimely Adriana	$1,000 [21] The 1996 race to be a heartbeat away was between Al Gore & this ex-football pro (Jack) Kemp Isaac	$1,000 [16] Her &the Banshees Siouxsie Isaac

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONVERSATIONAL ESPERANTO	BIRD "E"s	AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS	SPORTS MOVIES	ANAGRAMMED BIBLE PEOPLE	LET'S TALK ABOUT 6
$400 [30] Relatively speaking, these 2 are frato & fratino brother & sister Isaac	$400 [28] They soar as Boston College's sports teams the Eagles Isaac	$400 [18] His lawyer characters Jake Brigance, Adam Hall & Reggie Love could start a firm Grisham Basile	$400 [26] Denzel Washington starred as the dad of a hoops phenom in "He Got Game", written & directed by this man Spike Lee Isaac	$400 [22] Roman boss in Judaea:ALE PIT Pilate Basile	$400 [27] It's the Greek-derived name for a 6-sided polygon a hexagon Basile
$800 [29] "Felican Novan Jaron!" is likely more often said this way at the Rose Parade Happy New Year Adriana	$800 [25] "We send our"these wading birds, a type of heron egret(s) Adriana	$800 [15] Thidwick, the Dr. Seuss "Big-Hearted Moose", barely survives his decisions to let a multitude of animals do this live on him (living in his antlers) Isaac	$800 [17] Sam Wood directed the Marx Brothers in "A Night at the Opera" & Gary Cooper as this ballplayer in "The Pride of the Yankees" Gehrig Isaac	$800 [19] Extremely senior citizen:HULA THEMES Methuselah Isaac	$800 [23] One of the 6 classic weapons in Clue is this, usually more for tightening a bolt than killing a professor a wrench Isaac
$1,200 [9] Saluton & adiau are these 2 words that take people in different directions hello & goodbye Isaac Basile	$1,600 [16] Often nesting incactus, the world's tiniest owl is not a dwarf owl or fairy owl, but this diminutive species elf Adriana	$1,200 [14] His "Gift" was Saul Bellow's 1975 gift to readers Humboldt Basile	$1,200 [3] In a 1962 movie this singer/actor joins boxing trainer Charles Bronson & becomes "Kid Galahad" Elvis Adriana	$1,200 [2] Wasteful wastrel welcomed back:DROOLING SAP Prodigal Son Adriana	$1,200 [6] He created a successful sextet when in the late '70s, he gathered 5 musicians to be the News Huey Lewis Isaac
$1,600 [10] You gotta have koro, 'cause you can't live without it heart Adriana Isaac	$2,000 [21] What a dad! The male of this penguin that can weigh around 90 pounds stands guard & warms a single egg for about 65 days emperor Adriana	$2,000 [8] She's the youngest & possibly the most annoying of Jane Austin's Bennet sisters Lydia Adriana	$1,600 [4] If you've seen them ovie with Luke Perry as Lane Frost, you know this is the minimum ride time per the Professional Bull Riders 8 seconds	$1,600 [11] King in the first verse of the book of Daniel:ACNE HEN BUZZARD Nebuchadnezzar Adriana	$1,600 [7] When the musical "Six" about Henry VIII's wives opened on Broadway, Abby Mueller played this third wife, aka "Died" (Jane) Seymour Basile
$2,000 [24] Esperi, related to the word Esperanto, is to do this hope Adriana	DD $8,400 [13] In the 1930s Australia declared a war of sorts on these large flightless birds emus Basile	DD $3,000 [1] In a 1973 book by her, Deenie has to deal with scoliosis as well as regular 7th grade issues Judy Blume Basile	$2,000 [5] In "American Underdog", Zachary Levi plays this man who went from stocking grocery shelves to star Rams quarterback (Kurt) Warner Isaac	$2,000 [12] Prophetess & military leader of pre-monarchic Israel:ORB HEAD Deborah Basile	$2,000 [20] This city is the capital of Western Australia, one of Oz' 6 states Perth Isaac

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGY

On an early book of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator's maps, an image of this Titan holding the world was used

Atlas

Adriana "Who is Atlas?" — wagered $10,000

Isaac "Who is Atlas?" — wagered $6,600

Basile "Who is Atlas?" — wagered $19,200

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