Show #9332 2025-05-13 (taped 2025-03-11) Regular

Contestants

Katie Tarara — a nonprofit comedy theater executive director from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Aaron Dmiszewicki — an attorney from Pompano Beach, Florida

Andrew Jones — a graduate student from Queens, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andrew	$2,000	$2,600	$10,400	$20,800 2-day champion: $26,400	$8,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Aaron	$1,600	$2,600	$9,000	$3,599 2nd place: $3,000	$9,000 13 R, 2 W
Katie	$600	$3,800	$7,200	$1 3rd place: $2,000	$15,000 23 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	THE CHILDREN'S AUTHOR WHO WROTE...	CHANGE A LETTER	METRO STATIONS	SITCOMS	PROUST'S REMEMBRANCE OF SMELLS PAST
$200 [25] Defeating a combined Russian & Austrian army, this general had one of his greatest victories at 1805's Battle of Austerlitz Napoleon Andrew	$200 [30] "Piglet said (it) was a... good trap... he wouldn't see the very deep pit until he was half-way down, when it would be too late" Milne Katie	$200 [29] A paper that lists a voter's choices elects to change one letter & dances in as a classic theatrical art form ballot & ballet Aaron	$200 [28] The Wakefield 241st Street subway station, the northernmost station in the New York City Subway System, is in this borough the Bronx Andrew	$200 [21] In a "30 Rock" episode, this Tina Fey character learns from her high school reunion that she was actually a mean girl Liz Lemon Katie	$200 [27] If only, like Hasbro, I might trademark the smell of this modeling compound: hints of cherry, vanilla, salt & youth itself Play-Doh Andrew
$400 [7] Christianity reached this vast island with Leif Eriksson in the 11th century & a bishop's seat was established there in 1124 Greenland Katie	$400 [18] "The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. 'Off with his head!' she said, without even looking around" Lewis Carroll Aaron	$400 [16] Mom or dad changes a letter & gets an exclusive right granted for an invention parent & patent Andrew	$400 [24] Bank & Brixton are stops on London's Metro, better known as the Tube or by this subterranean name the Underground Aaron	$400 [20] (Yvette Nicole Brown presents the clue.) I played Shirley Bennett, a Greendale College student--that's nice!--alongside Donald Glover & Alison Brie onthisNBC show Community Katie	$400 [26] Zealously lifting my nostrils to the window, I noted what science calls petrichor--the pleasant, earthy smell caused by this rain Andrew Katie
$600 [8] In August 1601 Olivier van Noort returned to Rotterdam after a 3-year voyage that made him the first Dutchman to do this circumnavigate the globe Katie	$600 [9] In one translation, "The most ghastly sight of all was a little mermaid whom they had caught and strangled" (Hans Christian) Andersen Katie	$600 [3] Uh oh... you're in a synonym of peril because after a letter change, someone is threatening you with a stabbing weapon danger & dagger Andrew Katie	$600 [6] In Chicago the Blue Line takes you to O'Hare, while the Orange Line takes you to the station for this other airport Midway Katie	$600 [1] "Sorry, we're closed" was the last line of this show in an episode entitled "One for the Road" Cheers Katie	$600 [14] Memory awoke as I detected the xylene fumes: a permanent marker, perhaps of this brand launched in 1964 Sharpie Katie
$800 [11] In 1917 Britain turned down an offer to save the family of 7 with this last name, who were later killed Romanov Aaron	$800 [10] '"Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great big greedy nincompoop!... so unutterably vile, so greedy, foul, and infantile"' Roald Dahl Aaron	$1,000 [17] The "value" of a car once you buy it from the dealer changes into this verb meaning to amuse, as with a story resale & regale	$800 [5] The artwork on the walls of this Paris Metro station named for a demolished edifice includes key moments of the French Revolution Bastille Andrew	$800 [2] Ed O'Neill was a longtime TV dad on "Married... with Children" & then again on this sitcom that ran from 2009 to 2020 Modern Family Katie	$800 [15] Its smell called to mind the essential oils of drum circles past: that most Bohemian of flora, Pogostemon cablin, aka this patchouli Andrew
$1,000 [19] In 1508 Diego Columbus, Christopher's son, was named governor of these (no compass direction given) the Indies Aaron Katie	$1,000 [12] "Soon Fudge would be a famous television star and I would be plain old Peter Hatcher--fourth grade nothing" (Judy) Blume Katie	DD $5,200 [13] To conclude by reasoning switches a letter & now means to bury infer & inter Katie	$1,000 [23] A Metro stop that serves George Washington University has this 2-word name that includes a murky adjective Foggy Bottom Katie	$1,000 [4] And there's this actress who played the sitcom roles of Maude Findlay & Dorothy Zbornak Bea Arthur Andrew	$1,000 [22] Its foul stink affronts my senses; never shall I deign to revisit this soft cheese or the Belgian province whence it came Limburger Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT TAKES A VILLAGE	OPERA	I ACED MY BIOCHEM TEST	IT'S YOUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY	& THE OSCAR FOR ACTING GOES TO...	SPECIAL "EFF"ECTS
$400 [4] Once a rustic colonial hamlet, today it's the home of NYU & the apartment building from "Friends" Greenwich Village Andrew	$400 [1] In Massenet's opera of this fairy tale, the stepmother is named Mandame de la Haltière (a play on the word dumbbell) Cinderella Katie	$400 [30] Good thing I crammed about lipids & knew they're not only fats & oils but also these, like the kind made by bees waxes Aaron	$400 [29] 75 years ago, this trademarked device entered TV production as CBS soap opera actors read lines that scrolled by a teleprompter Aaron	$400 [28] No score & 12 years ago, he won the election as "Lincoln" Daniel Day-Lewis Andrew	$400 [27] This type of 2-word specialist is brought in to improve performance in a business' operations efficiency Katie
$800 [9] The Greek village of Oiaboasts Instagram-famous views of the sun setting over this northern arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean Andrew Aaron Katie	$800 [8] Escamillo is the matador who sings the "Toreador Song" in this opera Carmen Katie	$800 [26] It just came to me that hemoglobin binds more or less strongly to oxygen in this effect named for Niels' dad, Aage's grandpa Bohr	$800 [23] Seen here, scorecard in hand, Patty Berg was one of the founders of this organization in 1950 the LPGA Katie	$800 [3] We could go on & on about how this actor set a record in 2025 for the longest Oscar acceptance speech--5 minutes & 36 seconds Adrien Brody Aaron	$800 [25] High-spirited adjective that describes a bubbly drink like club soda effervescent Aaron
$1,200 [11] This country's ancient village ofAït Benhaddouwas once a stop on the trade route between Marrakesh & the Sahara Desert Morocco Aaron	$1,600 [15] More like Mademoiselle Butterfly! This character also called Madam Butterfly is just 15 years old Cio-Cio-San Aaron	$1,200 [14] This adjective means "relating to the synthesis of complex molecules"; it's also a type of steroid that coach warned us about anabolic Andrew	$1,200 [2] This assoc. to fight degenerative disease was founded in June 1950 & 18 months later, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis made a radio appeal for it the Muscular Dystrophy Association Katie	$1,200 [5] Robbed, we say, as Crewman No. 6 in "Galaxy Quest", he won Best Supporting Actor for "Three Billboards..." (Sam) Rockwell Andrew	$1,200 [20] Pointe magazine uses this adjective for the graceful physicality of dancer Ashton Edwards effortless Andrew Katie
$1,600 [12] The 33-flight Lardarina Staircaseis a must-climb in Cornelia, one of five Italian villages together known as this Cinque Terre Katie	$2,000 [16] Wagner wrote this, his final opera, specifically for the Bayreuth Festival & it was only supposed to be performed there Parsifal	$1,600 [17] Man, you're stuck in 1899 if you thought all carbon is tetravalent; there's this "free" form with 3 bonds & one wild electron a free radical Andrew	$1,600 [19] The 75 years of the Natl. Sci. Found. includes grants key to this process of manufacturing that in fact needs no ink or toner 3D printing Katie	$1,600 [6] She triumphed after giving James Caan pure "Misery" Kathy Bates Katie	$1,600 [21] You'll deserve this 8-letter type of unrestrained & gushy praise for a correct response now effusive Andrew
$2,000 [13] England's Bourton-on-the-Water is sometimes called "the Venice of" this idyllic village-y region the Cotswolds Aaron	DD $3,000 [10] This iconic chorus from Act II of "Il trovatore" can actually use a hammer striking the blacksmith tool for which it's named the "Anvil Chorus" Andrew	$2,000 [18] Yup, knew my amino acid codes--his: histidine, lys: lysine, trp: this one you need to get in your diet tryptophan Katie	DD $2,600 [24] Club Med began in 1950 in Alcúdia on this 1,400-square-mile Spanish island Majorca Katie	$2,000 [7] She won an Oscar for helping "My Cousin Vinny" win a court case Marisa Tomei Andrew	$2,000 [22] I'm shocked! It means brazen audacity or presumptuousness the effrontery

Final Jeopardy!

BROADWAY PREMIERES

To avoid licensing fees, this play used bits of "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush" in place of the Disney tune that inspired its title

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Katie "What is Zip a deedoo" — wagered $7,199

Aaron "What is Merilly We Roll Along" — wagered $5,401

Andrew "What is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" — wagered $10,400

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