Show #9420 2025-10-24 (taped 2025-09-16) Regular

Tom Devlin game 4.

Contestants

Shaan Mishra — a management consultant from Carmel, Indiana

Kristina Pohribnij — a stay-at-home mom from Palatine, Illinois

Tom Devlin — an attorney from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $73,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$7,400	$9,000	$22,800	$14,399 2nd place: $3,000	$18,000 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Kristina	$2,600	$4,400	$10,800	$5,800 3rd place: $2,000	$10,800 16 R, 1 W
Shaan	$600	$2,600	$15,600	$15,600 New champion: $15,600	$12,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SOMETIME LAST CENTURY	THE NATIONAL TOY HALL OF FAME	COMPARATIVE WORDS	MOVIE LAST LINES	LET YOUR GREEK FLAG FLY	USC & UCLA
$200 [24] The U.S. Supreme Court was no longer an all-boys club after she was confirmed unanimously by the Senate Sandra Day O'Connor Kristina Shaan	$200 [30] Thisstackinggamemade the cutin 2020withoutfalling over Jenga Tom	$200 [25] Perfect for a language category, it's the math symbol seen here greater than Shaan	$200 [22] 1939:"Oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home" The Wizard of Oz Tom	$200 [27] We'd be honored if you named this oldest Greek letter society in the U.S., whose flagflies for you now Phi Beta Kappa Tom	$200 [26] If working out at the center named for this UCLA basketball coach, make sure your socks are on right--he cared about those details (John) Wooden Shaan
$400 [20] 206 years after becoming the capital of Russia, it retired from that status in 1918, but it didn't move to Florida St. Petersburg Kristina	$400 [18] Original inductees in 1998 included Barbie, Play-Doh & this mechanical drawing toy with a screen & control knobs Etch A Sketch Tom	$400 [19] In a saying about family connections, it describes blood vs. water thicker Shaan	$400 [21] 1995:"That'll do, pig. That'll do" Babe Kristina	$400 [29] The flagherefeatures the wise symbol of this Greek goddess Athena Shaan	$400 [23] He was married, but could have done well with coeds while getting his USC master's in 1970 by asking, "See me last July on the Moon?" Armstrong Shaan
$600 [7] On Black Monday, October 28 of this year, the Dow lost 13% & 3 years later, was 89% below its peak 1929 Shaan	$600 [12] Things were really cooking when this, inspired by New York City pretzel vendors, made it into the Hall the Easy-Bake Oven Tom	$600 [5] This irregular comparative adjective for "many"--how do you like it? How do you like it? more Tom	$800 [10] 2002:"And all... that... jazz! That jazz!" Chicago Tom	$600 [28] Both the flag seen here& a big old statue of antiquity are associated with this island & owe a debt to Helios Rhodes Shaan	$600 [16] Willard Libby, the first UCLA prof to win a Nobel Prize, favored nuclear testing & built this type of shelter in his Bel-Air yard a fallout shelter Tom
$800 [8] On March 24, 1989 this tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef & began spilling about 11 million gallons of oil the Exxon Valdez Tom	$800 [1] Josefina Montoya & Addy Walker are part of the historical characters series of these dolls inducted in 2021 the American Girl dolls Kristina	$800 [3] Wishing the U.S. to be "a force for good", George H.W. Bush paired this comparative word with "gentler" to describe the nation kinder Kristina	$1,000 [11] 1959:"Well, nobody's perfect" Some Like It Hot	$800 [17] Here's the flag that was first unfurled in 1898, representing this large Greek island, then an autonomous state Crete Kristina	$800 [15] UCLA's music school is named for this generous '60s trumpeter, "A" in A&M Records Herb Alpert
$1,000 [9] This brutal Communist movement ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, killing millions Khmer Rouge Tom	$1,000 [2] "It is decidedly so" that this 1946 creation got the nod in 2018 the Magic 8 Ball Tom	$1,000 [4] The University of Rochester translates its motto "Meliora" as this comparative word better Kristina	DD $1,600 [6] 1987:"Grandpa? Maybe you could come over & read it again to me tomorrow"; "As you wish" The Princess Bride Tom	$1,000 [13] Come on, use your heads & hail theflagflown on this carless Greek island off the eastern tip of the Argolis peninsula Hydra	$1,000 [14] USC's Fisher Museum of Art, L.A.'s first, has aportraitby Angelica Kauffman, a founding member of London's RAA, this of Arts the Royal Academy Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

THOSE ARE PILLARS!	CHICKEN DISC JOCKEY	EUROPEAN CITIES	ACRONYMS	WOMEN AUTHORS	YOU "SC" & YOU "CLA"
$400 [29] Sawm, one of the 5 pillars of Islam, is this practice observed during the month of Ramadan fasting Shaan	$400 [30] On "Ain't No Thang" OutKast rhymes "thang" with this chicken part wang (wing) Tom	$400 [27] This city's Hofburg Chapel is where its famous boys' choir sings on Sundays Vienna Kristina	$400 [28] According to the Wall Street Journal, in 2024 the USA's highest-paid CEO was the guy making this electric dart weapon a TASER Tom	$400 [16] In 2010 she published "The Short Second Life of" newbie vampire Bree Tanner, first introduced in "Eclipse" (Stephenie) Meyer Tom	$400 [25] This fear of enclosure can lead to anxiety & cause panic attacks claustrophobia Kristina
$800 [17] His dedication for "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" says, "I... wrote my will across the sky in stars" T.E. Lawrence Tom	$800 [9] Rufus Thomas sings about raising up both left & right arms & "start both of 'em to flapping" to "do" this 1969 hit the "Funky Chicken" Tom	$800 [4] Uppsala is home to this country's oldest university, which was founded in 1477 Sweden Kristina	$800 [24] If someone is faking, you may say they should win an Oscar; in the U.K. that person "should win" this, first awarded in 1949 a BAFTA Shaan	$800 [15] After the original "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote 4 sequels to it Madeleine L'Engle Kristina	$800 [26] The name of this disorder comes from words meaning "split" & "mind", referring to being disconnected from reality schizophrenia Kristina
$1,200 [7] On the southern shores of this body of water, you'll find several pillars of salt locally named Lot's Wife the Dead Sea Shaan	$1,200 [10] What a melting pot! In 2019 Becky G. & J-Hope released a trilingual remake of this 2006 Harlem classic "with a soda on the side" "Chicken Noodle Soup" Shaan	$1,200 [3] This capital of Croatia lies along the Sava River Zagreb Kristina	$1,600 [21] Named for a German surgeon, Nissen fundoplication is a procedure for acid reflux, also known by this acronym GERD Shaan	$1,200 [11] Actress Joan's sister, this author of the Lucky Santangelo novels was the subject of a documentary called "Lady Boss" Jackie Collins Kristina	$1,200 [18] Also called the collarbone, it's one of the most commonly broken bones the clavicle Kristina
$1,600 [8] After he seized the cattle of Geryon, a mythological figure is said to have created this world landmark the Pillars of Hercules Tom	$1,600 [14] Thisfrontman sang about liking a Friday night with chicken fried, cold beer, a pair of jeans that fit & the radio up Zac Brown Kristina	$1,600 [2] "O", this city on Funen Island was the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen Odense	$2,000 [22] Take the acronym of theguyon the left in 2016, insert an "L" & you have this acronym for the less powerful job of the guy on the right PLOTUS Tom	$1,600 [12] Shewrote film reviews for a British magazine before writing historical novels like her "Wolf Hall" trilogy Mantel Shaan	$1,600 [19] Using electrical stimulation instead of braces began in the '80s to help with this, a side-to-side curve of the spine scoliosis Shaan
$2,000 [13] Found within the Eagle Nebula is this oft-photographed site with a name that shows it's in the star-making biz the Pillars of Creation Tom	$2,000 [23] "Rooster" was a single for this band, whose name riffed on the title of a Lewis Carroll novel Alice in Chains	$2,000 [1] The museum seenheremade this Basque city world famous Bilbao Kristina Shaan	DD $5,000 [6] 5-letter acronym for an Aussie or Kiwi soldier ANZAC Tom	$2,000 [5] This sci-fi & fantasy author was honored on a 2021 stamp along with an image based on her "The Left Hand of Darkness" novel Le Guin Tom	DD $5,000 [20] If you don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes, you're waiting to see this, which covers 5/6 of the eyeball the sclera Shaan

Final Jeopardy!

RELICS

Missionary William Ellis reported in 1825 that his "bones were preserved... & were considered sacred by the people" of Hawaii

(Captain) Cook

Kristina "Who isFather Damien? ♡ you William & Walt" — wagered $5,000

Shaan "Who is Cook ???" — wagered $0

Tom "Who is Father Damien" — wagered $8,401

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