Show #9394 2025-09-18 (taped 2025-08-07) Regular

Paolo Pasco game 7.

Contestants

Kelly Anneken — a content designer from Alameda, California

Greg Shipman — a geoscience cartographer from Houston, Texas

Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 6-day cash winnings total $162,117)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paolo	$5,600	$7,800	$29,300	$33,600 7-day champion: $195,717	$25,400 28 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Greg	$3,000	$9,600	$12,400	$17,201 2nd place: $3,000	$8,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kelly	$0	$1,400	$8,600	$3,799 3rd place: $2,000	$8,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

KENTUCKY HISTORY	'80s WORDS IN THEOED	COMMUNICATION INFORMATION	"LITTLE" "BLACK" BOOKS	A BASKET OF CLUES	SKETCHY CHARACTERS
$200 [25] In 1936, the U.S. established a gold bullion depository at this site, now also home to the General Patton Museum of Leadership Fort Knox Paolo	$200 [26] This acronym refers to young people with big-city jobs yuppies Greg	$200 [27] Here's my first name using this, which could have Alfred Vail's name on it, too Morse code Kelly	$200 [28] The daughters in this novel call their mother Marmee & their dad is off serving as a chaplain in the Civil War Little Women Paolo	$200 [29] The tradition of giving treat-filled Easter baskets is said to have begun as a celebration of the end of this period of denial Lent Paolo	$200 [30] As touchy substitute Mr. Garvey, it's how Keegan-Michael Key pronounced a boy's first name, likely first alphabetically in the class A.A. Ron Greg
$600 [11] Few foresaw worldwide expansion when this man opened a restaurant as part of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky in 1929 Colonel Sanders Paolo	$400 [21] It's the name for a pixelated fellow who goes waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka Pac-Man Paolo	$400 [22] Societal changes over the last 40 years had Gallaudet University observe "new pride in using" this language "in public" ASL Paolo	$400 [23] At one point in this Anna Sewell novel, a stable catches fire & the title horse almost perishes Black Beauty Paolo	$400 [24] The passengerbasketbeneath a hot-air balloon also goes by this Italian name gondola Paolo	$400 [18] "SCTV" once aired a "Battle of" this other network's "Stars" with John Candy as Julia Child & Martin Short as Mr. Rogers PBS Kelly
$800 [5] This plant that produces fiber for rope was a big part of Kentucky's slavery economy; it returned to legal status in the 2010s hemp Greg	$600 [3] This ruched hair accessory has made a comeback, though as Cosmo notes, today's version is "more elevated" than its '80s predecessors a scrunchie Kelly	$600 [7] Let's hope at least one of you was online in the '90s & remembers the sound of one of these a (dial-up) modem Greg	$600 [19] The first book in James Ellroy's original L.A. Quartet, it deals with the murder of a young woman in 1947 The Black Dahlia Greg	$600 [15] The Tipitaka, or "Triple Basket", is the canon of the Theravada branch of this religion Buddhism Paolo Kelly	$600 [4] In a "Monty Python" sketch no one expects this, which goes on to torture an old lady (with pillows) for heresy the Spanish Inquisition Greg
$1,000 [16] In the 1850s, while the Washington Monument was under construction, Lexington unveiled the this Whig politicianmonument (Henry) Clay Greg	$800 [2] So erotic it's forbidden, this Brazilian dance was the subject of not one but two films the Lambada	$800 [6] Once a brand name big enough to become an actual verb in Merriam-Webster, this video call service was retired by Microsoft in 2025 Skype Paolo	$800 [1] Izzy turns out to be the arsonist who created the title problem in this Celeste Ng novel Little Fires Everywhere Paolo	$800 [8] A prudent piece of advice from an early translation of "Don Quixote": "'Tis part of the wise man to... not venture all his" these 4 words eggs in one basket Paolo	$800 [17] On "Saturday Night Live", this late, great funnyman played Matt Foley, battling both wayward kids & his falling pants Chris Farley Kelly
DD $4,600 [20] Last name of the man of Scottish ancestry who moved to Eastern Kentucky in 1804 & whose descendants were part of a nasty feud McCoy Greg	$1,000 [10] This compound term for a baby boomer of a certain age was also the title of a hit TV show a thirtysomething Greg	$1,000 [12] In May 1942, the Marines employed the first 29recruitsto be code talkers in this language; there would be around 400 by the war's end Navajo Kelly	$1,000 [14] This book from James Frey was a 2005 pick for Oprah's Book Club, but that all sort of shattered A Million Little Pieces Paolo	$1,000 [9] The many-armedbasket starsare in this phylum of backbone-less marine critters the echinoderms Kelly	$1,000 [13] On "I Think You Should Leave", this comic got kicked off a reality dating show for his obsession with a zip line Tim Robinson Paolo

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS	FIRST NAMES	IN THEORY	SAX TRACKS	GENDERED LANGUAGE?	SKETCHY CHARACTERS
$400 [28] It's the Bulgarian capital seen here, with its St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the center Sofia Greg	$400 [29] The name of this royal, third in line to the British throne, is likely a tribute to her grandfather Princess Charlotte Kelly	$400 [17] In 1920, the year a daughter died, he revised his sex-focused psychoanalytic theory to include the death instinct Freud Paolo	$400 [30] Who's that seen in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video? It's him! The first name & last initial in saxes Kenny G Paolo	$400 [15] Able to reach about 1/4 inch in length, the 7-spotted species is one of the largest of these insects a lady bug Kelly	$400 [16] The Metropolitan Museum says its Manetsketchof a sleeping cat is graphite on paper; that means Édouard used this implement a pencil Kelly
$800 [26] Much of this present-day capital stands on the former bed of Lake Texcoco Mexico City Greg	$800 [25] It's the most popular U.S. first name that's also a color of the rainbow Violet Paolo	$800 [27] Named for a game piece, this foreign policy theory was widely invoked to justify U.S. involvement in Vietnam the domino theory Greg	$800 [22] George Michael said the classic sax line on "Careless Whisper" by this duo was first meant to be the melody & chorus to the song Wham! Paolo	$800 [24] The winner of an election is said to have this, authorization from the voters to carry out a campaign platform a man date Kelly	$800 [20] Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library has dozens of Garry Trudeau's notebooks of early sketches for this comic strip Doonesbury Paolo
$1,600 [12] This capital of a sultanate shares its name with one of the oldest known grape varieties Muscat Paolo	$1,200 [4] An Irish form of Jane or Jeanette; singer O'Connor helped popularize this name outside of Ireland Sinéad Paolo	$1,200 [5] Not for lack of trying, science has yet to find a unified framework--or T.O.E., short for this--to explain how the universe works theory of everything Kelly	$1,200 [18] Henry Mancini's iconic theme song for this cartoon feline is a jazzy saxophone track the Pink Panther Paolo	$1,200 [7] This ancient city was destroyed by the same volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii Her culaneum	$1,200 [10] In 2012, nearly $50 million was paid for asketchof a head by this Renaissance master for his "Transfiguration" Raphael Greg Kelly
$2,000 [13] Chosen for its central location, it replaced Lagos as an official capital back in the 1990s Abuja Paolo	DD $2,000 [1] It's the first name of literature's Dr. Van Helsing as well as the full first name of his creator Abraham Kelly	$1,600 [8] Ostracized in the 1840s for promoting hand washing, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis helped lay the groundwork for this theory of disease germ theory Kelly	$1,600 [19] Their 1983 hit "Rio" featured a blistering sax solo by Andy Hamilton Duran Duran Kelly	$1,600 [6] This city just north of Zanzibar is Kenya's main seaport Mom basa Paolo	$1,600 [9] Taschen sells a $1,000 edition of selections from this underground comics master's sketchbooks, 1964-1982 R. Crumb Paolo
DD $5,100 [3] They're the world capital & its country whose names both end with the Spanish word for water Nicaragua & Managua Paolo	$2,000 [2] This Spanish version of the name of the first Gospel author now ranks among the top 10 U.S. baby names for boys Mateo Paolo	$2,000 [14] This 17th c. thinker & inspo for a "Lost" character supported the tabula rasa or "blank slate" theory that we're all born with empty heads Locke Kelly	$2,000 [21] You may ask, "Who Can It Be Now?" playing sax on the 1982 song of the same name from this band; why, it's Greg Ham Men at Work Greg	$2,000 [23] Abolished by Peter the Great, this historic order of nobility in Russia was next in rank below the ruling princes the boy ars	$2,000 [11] The sketchherewas made by Peter Paul Rubens at the Royal Menagerie in Brussels to prepare for a painting of this biblical man Daniel Paolo Kelly

Final Jeopardy!

AWARD WINNERS

He became the first person to win both an Olympic medal & an Academy Award thanks to a short film he made about his sport

Kobe Bryant

Kelly "Who is Lance Armstrong" — wagered $4,801

Greg "Who is Kobe Bryant Hi Leon! Jenn! #PAXNE" — wagered $4,801

Paolo "Who is Kobe Bryant?" — wagered $4,300

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