Show #9277 2025-02-25 (taped 2025-02-05) Invitational

2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

Ryan Long — a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robin Carroll — an instructional designer from Atlanta, Georgia

Ray Lalonde — a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ray	$2,200	$2,800	$17,000	$14,399 Winner: semifinalist	$13,200 18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Robin	$1,000	$5,200	$9,200	$8,599 2nd place: $5,000	$9,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Ryan	$1,000	$3,400	$9,800	$100 3rd place: $5,000	$9,800 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CITIES ON THE LAKE	2 WORDS, 4 SYLLABLES	OH, "I.C."	TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION	NONFICTION TV	SOMETHING TO READ
$200 [29] Montreux &Lausanne Lake Geneva Ray	$200 [28] Good morning, in Spanish buenos días Robin	$200 [10] Once upon a time "Jeopardy!" clues were typed (yes, with a typewriter) on 3 x 5 these index cards Ryan	$200 [30] George Brett said teammate Jamie Quirk "looks like" this dog breed but "runs like a bus" a greyhound Robin	$200 [27] John Carpenter said, "Hi, Dad. I don't... need your help. I just wanted to let you know... I'm gonna win the million" on this show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Ryan	$200 [3] Parker Pyne is a lesser-known detective in works like "The Regatta Mystery" by this author Agatha Christie Ray
$400 [26] Mwanza &Kampala Lake Victoria Ray	$400 [19] Dating to the 16th century, this synonym for 13 is said to come from an old retail custom a baker's dozen Robin	$400 [12] I.C. can stand for one of these, another name for a microchip an integrated circuit Ray	$400 [23] The new Madison part of this transportation hub has New York City's longestescalator, which takes 1 minute & 38 seconds to ride Grand Central Station Robin	$400 [5] "Gumbo", covering the years to 1917, is Episode 1 of a 2001 Ken Burns documentary series exploring this music genre jazz Robin	$400 [2] "The Edge of Reason" continues this fictional diarist's misadventures that involve ending up in a prison in Thailand Bridget Jones Ryan
$600 [7] Rochester &Mississauga Lake Ontario Ray	$600 [18] It's a quicker way to say runners on first, second & third bases loaded Ryan	$600 [13] One of the first women on a major pro baseball team, Toni Stone was signed to replace Hank Aaron on this team in 1953 the Indianapolis Clowns Robin	$600 [11] vox.com noted "The Rise and Fall of" this, "America's Most Needlessly Masculine Vehicle" & its near-6,000-pound footprint a Hummer Robin	$600 [20] (Blake Anderson presents the clue.) I joined my "Workaholics" friends Anders Holm & Adam Devineto go diving in a secret lair of possibly the world's largest gathering of the tiger variety during this multi-day event on Discovery+ Shark Week Ryan	$600 [1] Including to not injure humans, the 3 laws governing the behavior of these first appeared in the short story "Runaround" robots Ryan
$800 [8] Slidell &Kenner Lake Pontchartrain Robin	$800 [16] Our language spoken uncertainly, or the title track of a classic Marianne Faithfull album broken English Ray	$800 [14] A 20th century speech called "The Sinews of Peace" said that this "had descended across the continent" of Europe an iron curtain Robin	$800 [24] Obviously hearing about North Haverbrook, Seattle got on track with a 1997 initiative for a citywide this but it didn't get done a monorail Robin	$800 [21] Casa Amor puts new couples to the test on this franchise, in that Casa Amor really messes with some new couples on this franchise Love Island	$800 [4] Uncovering the secret society the Priory of Sion & its part in a religious mystery helps stir the plot in this thriller The Da Vinci Code Ryan
$1,000 [9] Neenah &Oshkosh Lake Winnebago Ray Robin Ryan	$1,000 [17] Smaller & lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it looked like it sailed across the plains, hence the name a prairie schooner Robin	$1,000 [15] As a specialist in this field, you might manage deliveries & check stock in a company's warehouse inventory control Ray	DD $1,200 [25] In 1942 rails in Utah were removed as war scrap & this commemorative item (OK, a replica) was pulled up after 73 years the Golden Spike Robin	$1,000 [22] This woman sang "I Dreamed A Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent" & proved the show wasn't kidding Susan Boyle Ryan	$1,000 [6] A novel of lost memory & family trauma, "Portrait in Sepia" completes a trilogy by this Chilean author (Isabel) Allende Ray

Double Jeopardy! Round

FASCISM	GETTING POSSESSIVE	OLDEN LANGUAGE	YOU SAY YOU WANT AN EVOLUTION	FILM COMPOSERS	WORLD RELIGION
$400 [30] In the 1930s Engelbert Dollfuss hoped to replace Austria's political parties with his Vaterländische Front, meaning this fatherland Ray	$400 [27] Despite its bargain price, a 19th c. land purchase from Russia by a secretary of state was derisively called this Seward's Folly Robin	$400 [22] It's a Lincolnesque "80" fourscore Ray	$400 [25] A huge arched brow ridge was prominent in a fossil discovered in 1856 from this type of human that lived 200,000 years ago Neanderthal Ryan	$400 [6] Terence Blanchard collabed with this director on more than 15 projects, including "Jungle Fever" Spike Lee Robin	$400 [7] In Greek Orthodoxy September 8 is the feast day of the Nativity of the Theotokos ("god-bearer"), or this person Mary Robin
$800 [29] After the murder of socialist Giacomo Matteotti in 1924, this leader was nearly toppled but ended the crisis with more power Mussolini Robin	$800 [18] First published in 1852 by an English philologist, this lexicon of synonyms is still popular today in modern editions Roget's Thesaurus Robin	$800 [13] In sooth, sooth means this, which rhymes with sooth truth Ryan	$800 [24] 50 million years ago, the dawn horse, genus Hyracotherium, was dog-sized & multi-toed, but today's horse, this genus, well, isn't Equus Ray	$800 [5] Billy Strayhorn partnered with this jazz composer & his orchestra for the trial film "Anatomy of a Murder" Duke Ellington Ray Ryan	$800 [8] Chametz, food with leavening agents, is forbidden during this Jewish holiday Passover Ray
$1,200 [1] This man no better liked in his time than posthumously represented Norway at a 1934 fascist conference in Montreux Quisling Ray	$1,200 [19] Designed by William Railton, this monument towers 169 feet over Trafalgar Square Nelson's Column Ray	$1,200 [12] Old school, it was a merchant or peddler; it was also Johnny Appleseed's real last name Chapman	$1,200 [3] Hey, baby, I'm your alliterative "handy man", if I'm this Latin for "handy man" & extinct for 1.5 mil. years species Homo habilis Ryan	$1,200 [4] Hecomposed the soundtracks for "Three Tough Guys" & "Shaft" Isaac Hayes Ryan	$1,200 [9] In 1573 the last Ashikaga shogun lost power, made this major change in his personal appearance & became a Buddhist monk shaved his head Ray
$2,000 [28] Elvis Costello's first single attacks "Mr. Oswald with his swastika tattoo", this longtime British fascist leader Oswald Mosley Robin	$2,000 [26] In legend, this island cavern named for a fabled Irish warrior was the home of a giant who fled at the warrior's disguise Fingal's Cave	$1,600 [15] Archaically, it means worthless, you dog, but today, it's a vitamin deficiency scurvy Ray	$1,600 [21] Alexander Oparin theorized life on Earth evolved from organic molecules in what's now called this 2-word medium--perhaps a bisque? primordial soup Ryan	$1,600 [14] Quincy Jones received an Academy Award nomination for this 1967 crime film based on a work by Truman Capote In Cold Blood Ray Robin	$1,600 [10] Joseph Smith said that he translated the golden plates that became the Book of Mormon under guidance from this angel Moroni Robin
DD $4,000 [2] George Soros survived the rule of the Arrow Cross Fascist Party in this country late in World War II Hungary Ray	DD $3,000 [20] Named for a 5th c. Greek philosopher, they're logical conundrums springing from flawed assumptions about what we know Zeno's paradoxes Ray	$2,000 [16] Once used to replace the zero in years like 1805 or 1903, it could also mean "anything at all" aught Ryan	$2,000 [23] In Florida, over 15 years, the green this lizard developed larger toe pads to stay in higher branches & avoid thebrown typebelow anole	$2,000 [17] Tamar-kali, who is part of New York City's classical & punk scene, scored this 2024 film about boxer Claressa Shields The Fire Inside	$2,000 [11] The sacred book known as the Avesta contains all that remains of the law, liturgy & teachings of this ancient Persian prophet Zoroaster Ray

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Located on an island, in 2016 this world capital began following 2 different time zones

Nicosia

Robin "What is Paris?" — wagered $601

Ryan "What is Bangkok? Go r" — wagered $9,700

Ray "What is Copenhagen?" — wagered $2,601

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