Show #9326 2025-05-05 (taped 2025-03-10) Regular

Ben Ganger game 5.

Contestants

Rhyne Modlin — a scientist and entrepreneur from Hickory, North Carolina

Ellen Goldlust — a historian, editor and yoga teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia

Ben Ganger — a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (whose 4-day cash winnings total $96,415)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$3,800	$6,000	$11,500	$9,500 5-day champion: $105,915	$14,000 22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ellen	$600	$3,000	$4,000	$2,799 2nd place: $3,000	$11,000 18 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs)
Rhyne	$1,400	$2,200	$2,600	$1,600 3rd place: $2,000	$2,600 6 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT CENTURY?	"BIG" NICKNAMES	LAKES & RIVERS	EIGHTH NOTES	IN THE BANK	9-LETTER WORDS
$200 [27] Queen Elizabeth I of England dies & is succeed by her Scottish cousin James I the 17th century Ben Ellen	$200 [21] Listed at 6'5" & 250 at mlb.com, slugger Mark McGwire had this fast food nickname Big Mac Ben	$200 [28] The Loup & Elkhorn are tributaries of this Nebraska river whose name comes from the French for "flat" the Platte Ellen	$200 [30] The 8th Amendment protects against cruel & unusual punishment & "excessive" this fines & bails Rhyne	$200 [29] A 2004 law permitted banks to "truncate" these, create legally valid images of them, & no longer return canceled ones checks Ellen	$200 [26] To make a surprising announcement is to "drop" this projectile a bombshell Ellen
$400 [22] Led by Caballero & Yegros, Paraguay declares independence the 19th century Ben	$400 [18] Arnold Rothstein, who allegedly fixed the 1919 World Series, roamed New York City as this long before "Sex and the City" used the moniker Mr. Big Ellen	$400 [23] Water evaporating in summer leaves mineral-rich pools in Spotted Lakein this westernmost Canadian province British Columbia Ellen	$400 [7] Published 1852-1860, the 8th edition of this reference work had 22 volumes & Lord Kelvin's article on the telegraph the Encyclopædia Britannica Ben	$400 [25] If interest levels rise, this, an ARM, might cost you an arm & a leg an adjustable-rate mortgage Ben	$400 [20] Latin for sword gives us this word for a certain fighter in ancient Rome a gladiator Ben
$600 [19] The Medici family takes power in Florence under Cosimo the Elder the 15th century Ben	$600 [17] He's a scout leader in "South Park" Big Gay Al Rhyne	$800 [15] In 2018 Dolce & Gabbana held the show of their Alta Moda made-to-measure line on this glam lake of northern Italy Lago di Coma (Lake Como) Ben	$600 [6] His8th symphony, famously incomplete, premiered in 1865, 37 years after his death Schubert Rhyne	$600 [24] There are 12 of these banks across the country, numbered from 1 in Boston to 12 in San Francisco the Federal Reserve Ellen	$600 [14] It's the motion of the golf club & body away from the ball before it's hit backswing Ellen
$800 [3] Denis Diderot & friends try to summarize knowledge in the Encyclopédie the 18th century Ellen	$800 [11] Cornell since about 1905, or cinnamon gum since 1975 Big Red Ben	$1,000 [8] This river runs past the largest French-speaking city in Africa & maybe even the world the Congo Ellen	$800 [1] The 8th of these tasks to be completed was to capture the man-eating mares of King Diomedes the tasks of Hercules Ben	$800 [9] It's the developmental term for the due date at which a bond or other financial instrument becomes payable maturity Ellen	$800 [13] It's a 1-word aka for white blood cell leukocyte Rhyne
$1,000 [4] Genghis Khan unites the Mongol tribes & invades China the 13th century Ben	$1,000 [5] "Don Lie" is one of many tracks teaming Lil Wayne &this different-sized Detroit rapper Big Sean	DD $3,600 [10] The Desna River flows into the Dnieper River near this world capital Kyiv Ellen	$1,000 [2] According to Dante, the 8th of these realms was for the eternal punishment of fraudsters like seducers & flatterers the circles of hell Ben Ellen	$1,000 [16] A bank may raise the interest on your credit card if you have a high DTI ratio, DTI standing for this comparison debt to income Ellen	$1,000 [12] An aid to instruction, it's a summary of Christian beliefs & principles in question & answer form catechism Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY DRESS-UP	MOVIE TITLE ROLES	FROM THYME TO TIME	WARS OF THE ROSES	NEW YORK, NEW YORK	LANCASTER
$400 [14] "An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some Munchkin" is part of his ensemble the Scarecrow Ellen Rhyne	$400 [30] Diane Keaton's real-life nickname & surname became this 1977 role for which she won an Oscar Annie Hall Rhyne	$400 [29] A decorative piece of headgear, perhaps for a pope a tiara	$400 [1] Entertainment Weekly ranked the 2024 season of this, when Kelsey beat out Daisy for Joey's final rose, as the best yet The Bachelor Ben	$400 [23] On Dec. 27, 1932 100,000 wanted to see this group first get their kicks & have a hall of a time at Radio City; only 6,200 got in the Rockettes Ben	$400 [28] The Lancaster Caramel Company was an early success for this man before he began his chocolate company Hershey Ben
$800 [15] More like literary dress-down, Donne's "To His Mistress Going to Bed" says, "Off with" this, named for encircling the waist a girdle Ben	$800 [25] "Stupid is as stupid does" is just one of the sayings this character borrows from his mother Forrest Gump Ben	$800 [26] A term used in poker, to be "on" this means to be acting with emotion, not using your head tilt Ben	$800 [27] Excessive prickles, more commonly called these, are a symptom of the grower's foe rose rosette disease thorns	$800 [22] In 1754 what's today this Ivy League university started on Lower Broadway as Professor Johnson taught 8 students Columbia Ellen	$800 [24] One of 5 children of a postal worker, he starred in films like "Birdman of Alcatraz" & "From Here to Eternity" Burt Lancaster Ellen
$1,200 [20] An admiral's uniform with white breeches & gold frogging on the tailcoat is one creation of John le Carré's "The Tailor of" this country Panama	$1,200 [2] In a 2024 film described as a musical story of rebirth, a Mexican cartel leader named Manitas transitions to become her Emilia Pérez Ben	$1,200 [21] It consists of two connected oblonglobeslying on either side of the trachea the thyroid Ellen	$1,200 [17] Defying marigold boosters, the rose was named National Flower &Aimee Lynn Richelieu, holder of this title in Pasadena, was there Rose Queen Ellen	$1,200 [18] Thismusical danced onto Broadway at the Shubert on July 25 & stuck around for 15 years; now from the top, a 5, 6, 7, 8... A Chorus Line Ellen	$1,200 [7] Pennsylvania's Lancaster County borders on this river whose name may come from an indigenous word for "muddy river" Susquehanna Ben
$1,600 [19] Tom Rath, "The Man in" this outfit symbolizing 1950s conformity, works in the mindless, soul-crushing hell of TV public relations the grey flannel suit Ellen	$1,600 [4] George Clooneyreceived an Oscar nomination for his role as a fixer for a prestigious law firm in this 2007 film Michael Clayton Rhyne	$2,000 [9] These Latin American drums come in pairs & are usually played with sticks timbales Ellen	$1,600 [16] Constance Spry, the first cultivar, called this type of rose, appeared in Britain in 1961, just like Diana, also called that kind of rose an English rose Ben	$1,600 [3] Diminutive in size but not style, this writer threw a black-&-white ball that was the talk of the town on Nov. 28, 1966 Truman Capote	$1,600 [5] Lancaster Sound, a western arm of this large Canadian bay west of Greenland, was sighted in 1616 Baffin Bay Ben Ellen
DD $2,500 [12] Later immortalized by Audrey Hepburn, she "wore a slim cool black dress, black sandals, a pearl choker" Holly Golightly Ben	$2,000 [13] In 1974, sheplayed Foxy Brown; in 1997, Jackie Brown Pam Grier Rhyne	DD $3,400 [10] Marinated meat cooked on a skewer, Indian style tikka Ellen	$2,000 [11] This country grows the most roses sold in the U.S., partly because we lowered tariffs to encourage producing more flowers & less coca Colombia Ben	$2,000 [8] We can ride 31 miles on the city's longest subway line: this one that inspired a jazz standard the A Train Ellen	$2,000 [6] The house of Lancaster that fought & lost the Wars of the Roses was a branch of this originally French house Plantagenets Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

Of the 4 independent nations of the Americas without English or Spanish as an official language, it's the smallest in area

Haiti

Rhyne "What is Suriname?" — wagered $1,000

Ellen "What is Suriname? Thanks Suz, you're my hero!" — wagered $1,201

Ben "What is Suriname" — wagered $2,000

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