Show #9299 2025-03-27 (taped 2025-02-10) Regular

Josh Weikert game 5.

Contestants

David Weir — a retired court administrator from Palm Springs, California

Neha Narayan — a research assistant originally from Plainsboro, New Jersey

Josh Weikert — a politics professor from Collegeville, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $59,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Josh	$5,800	$7,200	$21,000	$21,000 5-day champion: $80,202	$22,000 27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Neha	$0	$2,000	$6,400	$5,599 2nd place: $3,000	$8,600 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
David	$-1,200	$0	$3,600	$799 3rd place: $2,000	$3,600 9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BAY AREA	BIBLE FILL IN THE BLANK	PASS THE "OX"	AT THE MALL	HOT TOPIC	DICK'S SPORTING: GOOD
$200 [28] An active volcano that famously erupted in 79 A.D. looks over this 10-mile-wide bay Bay of Naples David	$200 [30] From the Lord's Prayer:"Lead us not into ___, but deliver us from evil" temptation Josh	$200 [25] The CDC says the last natural outbreak of this disease in the United States occurred in 1949 smallpox Josh	$200 [26] Though it sounds like it honors a maritime force, the name of this store comes from a Paris bar Old Navy Josh	$200 [27] Known for a.I.-powering chips, it became the world's most valuable co. in 2024, then in 2025 had a record 1-day stock value loss Nvidia David	$200 [29] 7-time all-star Dick Allen said, "I'll play 1st, 3rd, left. I'll play anywhere, except" this city, home to a Phanatic Philadelphia Josh
$400 [13] The Hip Strip runs along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in this Caribbean city with "Bay" in its name Montego Bay Neha	$400 [11] Samson:"If I be shaven, then my ___ will go from me" strength David	$400 [23] Often found in stew, as in Jamaican cooking, it's a cow's flyswatter that's braised until it's tender & succulent oxtail Neha	$400 [22] Let's get mom a charm bracelet from this jewelry store that has the name of a mythic woman Pandora Neha	$400 [24] Donald Trump became the first to win a nonconsecutive presidency since this man, well over 100 years prior Grover Cleveland Neha	$400 [9] Dick Vermeil butted heads with greatness, coaching this team to a Super Bowl win in 2000, 16 years before they moved back West the Rams Josh
$600 [12] This city that shares its name with a motorcycle company sits between Tokyo & Yokohama on the Tokyo Bay Kawasaki David	$600 [2] From Luke 4:23:"Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, physician, ___ ___" heal thyself Josh	$600 [10] Botulinum toxin shortens to this aesthetic product that reduces skin wrinkles botox Josh	$600 [21] Fittingly, Aerie is an offshoot of this clothing retailer American Eagle Josh	$600 [19] A hot topic of conversation in August 2024 was thatshehad become the most decorated female U.S. Olympian of all time Katie Ledecky Neha	$600 [8] Played by Tom Cruise, Cole Trickle in this movie shares his last name with real-life NASCAR legend Dick Trickle Days of Thunder Josh
$1,000 [15] Forming a triangle of about 86,000 square miles of water, this North Atlantic bay is also called the Golfe de Gascogne the Bay of Biscay Josh	$800 [1] From the 23rd Psalm:"Thou anointest my head with oil; my ___ ___ ___" cup runneth over Josh	$800 [4] To publish someone's private info online with malicious intent to dox Neha	$800 [16] Founded by Dominique Mandonnaud, this store for all your cosmetic & beauty needs is known for its black & white stripes Sephora Josh	$800 [18] This 4-letter co. was a very hot topic in early 2025 after plans to drop fact-checking to combat "censorship"; we won't follow suit Meta Josh Neha David	$800 [6] Canadian swimmer & anti-doping activist Dick Pound was a 44-year member of this body that oversees some big games the IOC (the Olympic Committee) Josh
DD $2,200 [14] Abu Qir Bay was the site of this 1798 battle, one of the greatest victories of Horatio Nelson the Battle of the Nile Neha	$1,000 [3] Often cited as the Bible's shortest verse, John 11:35"___ ___" Jesus wept Neha	$1,000 [5] A daring round chapeau with a flat top & no brim a pillbox David	$1,000 [17] Stop for lunch at this alliterative burger chain that began as a single kiosk in New York; have its namesake frozen drink Shake Shack Neha	$1,000 [20] After one of these spacecrafthad issues, Butch Wilmore & Sunni Williams got an extended stay aboard the ISS a Boeing Starliner	$1,000 [7] Okay, hewent 34 & 60 as the Pistons' coach before getting the axe; but he became a PTP'er as an ESPN college hoops analyst, baby Dick Vitale Josh

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE	GRAINS OF SALT	"-ED" CREATURES	FROM THE GREEK	GOOD READS	CELEBRITY FIRST NAME GAME
$400 [24] His vast amount of correspondence post-White House included 158 letters exchanged with John Adams Thomas Jefferson David	$400 [29] This almost 1,000-square-mile body of water of the Western U.S. is fed in part by the Bear & Jordan Rivers the Great Salt Lake David	$400 [10] The tamarin species seenherehas this name, implying it has been caught right while doing an illegal act the red-handed tamarin	$400 [15] A synonym for conceit, this -ism comes from a myth where, on reflection, a youth really got into himself narcissism Josh	$400 [30] Back in 1520 (& in German), this reformer wrote "A Treatise on Good Works" Martin Luther Josh	$400 [6] Singer Groban &snowman Gad Josh Neha
$800 [23] After the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Kofi Annan appointed this ex-president a special envoy for relief efforts (Bill) Clinton Josh David	$800 [28] In Genesis, Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt after turning back to look at this place she had just fled Sodom Neha	$800 [9] This bass named for its head-to-tail markings is the state fish of Rhode Island & South Carolina striped Josh	$800 [14] Lewis Carroll or Acton Bell could tell you it's from the Greek for "falsely named" pseudonym Josh	$800 [19] This novel by Pearl S. Buck was the top-selling fiction book of 1931 & 1932 The Good Earth Neha	$800 [3] Rocker Joe Armstrong &jazzer Holiday Billie Neha
$1,200 [20] From 1913 to 1921 he served as a constitutional law professor at Yale University Taft Neha	$1,200 [25] Thisrap act had hits like "What A Man" & "Shake Your Thang" Salt-N-Pepa Josh	$1,200 [8] Shaw & Nodder, kind of a proto Currier & Ives, made theprintof a pangolin with their hyphenated name for a very obvious feature long-tailed Neha	$1,200 [13] Dr. Swanson in the movie "Office Space" is a practitioner of this, from Greek for "put to sleep" hypnosis (hypnotist) Josh	$1,200 [18] Aaron Sorkin got the idea for this play from his JAG lawyer sister, who represented a Marine in a court-martial at Guantánamo A Few Good Men Josh	$1,200 [1] "Whiplash" actor Teller &jazz great Davis Miles Josh
$1,600 [21] In 1841 John Quincy Adams argued before the Supreme Court the case of this slave ship & won the Amistad Neha	$2,000 [27] The SALT I treaty aiming to reduce the manufacture of nuclear missiles was signed by these 2 leaders in Moscow in 1972 Nixon & Brezhnev Josh	$1,600 [4] This bear of the Andes is named for its markings that resemble eyewear spectacled Josh	$1,600 [11] This opposite of agony puts into one word the Greek for "to drive a person out of his wits" ecstasy Josh	$1,600 [16] This John Berendt "Savannah Story" features the Lady Chablis & murder victim Danny Hansford Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Josh David	$1,600 [2] Multiple Tony award winner McDonald &"Three's Company" actress Lindley Audra David
$2,000 [22] After the White House, he kept an office at Gettysburg College, where he wrote his memoirs & held meetings Eisenhower David	DD $4,000 [26] He was jailed in May 1930 after a march protesting a British tax on salt Gandhi Josh	$2,000 [7] G'day, apes, this type of Aussie lizard gets its name from the nearly foot-wide display it employs when threatened the frilled(-necked) lizard	DD $3,400 [12] If my math is correct, it comes in part from Greek for "earth survey" geometry Josh	$2,000 [17] This Friedrich Nietzsche work published in 1886 was meant to further define his idea of the Superman Beyond Good and Evil	$2,000 [5] Strokes singer Casablancas &director Schnabel Julian

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

This landmark features a relief of Agrippa approving the design of an aqueduct as well as Pietro Bracci's statue of Oceanus

the Trevi Fountain

David "What is the Aqueduct of Rome?" — wagered $2,801

Neha "What is the[a couple of letters]Colosseum?" — wagered $801

Josh "What does the last-place finisher in the TOC earn?" — wagered $0

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