Show #9389 2025-09-11 (taped 2025-08-06) Regular

Paolo Pasco game 2.

Contestants

Andy Miller — a math professor from Nashville, Tennessee

Jill Frechette — a research data analyst originally from West Boylston, Massachusetts

Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paolo	$3,200	$6,600	$34,400	$34,196 2-day champion: $54,197	$29,800 32 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jill	$0	$1,200	$-400	$-400 3rd place: $2,000	$-400 3 R, 2 W
Andy	$7,800	$8,600	$12,200	$4,400 2nd place: $3,000	$10,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

AROUND NORTH AMERICA	SONGWRITERS	THIS OLD THING?	PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT	DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER	GEE, "OGRAPHY"!
$200 [26] Charles, Landry & Bernard are "Saint"ly parishes in this state Louisiana Andy	$200 [17] Elton John never begins writing the music for a song until he's gotten the lyrics from this longtime writing partner (Bernie) Taupin Paolo	$200 [27] Discovered in a cave in 2008, a remarkably preserved 5,500-year-oldshoeis the oldest known made of this material leather Andy	$200 [28] wizardofodds.com says in blackjack, always do this with a pair of aces or a pair of 8s; never do it with a pair of 5s or a pair of 10s split Paolo	$200 [8] The Alpine forget-me-notwas designated its official flower in 1917, 42 years before it became a state Alaska Paolo	$200 [30] There's an Oscar for this, the art of camera work in filmmaking cinematography Paolo
$400 [25] May hap thou might chance to venture to Stratford, Ontario, & the Shakespearean Gardens on the banks of this river Avon Jill	$400 [18] In 1995 singer-songwriter Jill Sobule hit the Hot 100 with this song; Katy Perry co-wrote a 2008 No. 1 song of the same name "I Kissed A Girl"	$400 [20] An astronomical calculator, the Antikythera mechanism also had a 4-year dial for showing the dates of these contests the Olympics Andy	$400 [14] You're holding 3 of a kind, but you know your opponent has a flush; your odds of drawing a pair for this winning poker hand? Not great a full house Paolo	$400 [9] In this Pixar film, Miguel performs "Remember Me", which reawakens the title character's memories of her father Coco Paolo	$400 [29] It's a catalogue of recordings by a particular performer or composer discography Paolo
$600 [22] "Aunt Jane" could tell you that in the early 1900s, this Mexican border city was home to around 200 people; today, around 2 million Tijuana Paolo	$600 [15] Under the alias Nils Sjöberg, she co-wrote "This Is What You Came For", a hit for future ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris Taylor Swift Paolo	$600 [6] Found preserved in a Swedish bog of this fuel, the Gerum Cloakgives a glimpse into the fashions of the Iron Age peat Andy	$600 [2] Red cards like Zurgo Bellstriker will help you play aggressively in this game with a colon & a subtitle Magic: The Gathering Andy	$600 [10] If you remember the Alamo, you'll know this general of the Mexican forces who overran it Santa Anna	$600 [1] You have to know your codes & ciphers to be an expert in this cryptography Paolo
$800 [23] Saskatchewan's capital, this "Queen City of the Plains" is about 100 miles north of the U.S. border Regina Paolo	$800 [16] Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote this 1957 song so sure to be a hit that its title was given to the film with Elvis as a convict "Jailhouse Rock" Jill	$1,000 [21] This city in Africa was razed by the Romans, but a stone column dedicated to its gods Tanit & Baal-Hammon is in the British Museum Carthage Paolo	$800 [5] In Monopoly, this card says it "may be kept until needed or sold", so do that Get out of Jail (Free) Andy	$800 [11] This word comes before "mémoire" in a French term for a summary of a meeting so everyone remembers what was said aide	$800 [3] Currier & Ives specialized in this printing process from Greek for "stone" lithography Andy
$1,000 [24] Grupo Anderson's is a company based in this Yucatán fun spot; Carlos Anderson was the Carlos of Carlos 'n Charlie's Cancún	$1,000 [19] Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, wed for 62 years, wrote this Righteous Brothers hit that hopefully didn't sum up their relationship "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	DD $3,000 [7] It was found in 1799 by a Frenchman named Bouchard or Boussard, whose name must've been written down in parallel texts the Rosetta Stone Andy	$1,000 [13] One golden rule of this: "On the opening lead never under-lead an ace against a suit contract" bridge Andy	$1,000 [12] The novel "À la recherche du temps perdu" was given this Shakespearean & tautological English title Remembrance of Things Past Paolo	$1,000 [4] This art of taking shorthand still flourishes in court reporting stenography Andy

Double Jeopardy! Round

200 YEARS AGO	OSCAR-WINNING TITLE REFERENCES	I LOVE THAT FOR YURI	ENGINEERING	WRITERS AT REST	OVERLAPS
$400 [28] The presidential election of 1824 was actually decided by the House in 1825, with this man coming out on top John Quincy Adams	$400 [29] 2009:Military slang for a bad or painful situation the hurt locker Paolo	$400 [27] It's the title occupation of the fictional Yuri Zhivago a doctor Andy	$400 [26] Designing roads, bridges, sewers & other pieces of infrastructure falls under this branch of engineering civil Andy	$400 [30] Hisgravestoneat L.A.'s Westwood Memorial Park lists his most popular book Bradbury Jill	$400 [22] A DUI offense! Imbibing a martini while driving hazardously close to someone cocktailgating Paolo
$800 [1] The Decembrist revolt broke out in this country in 1825 &, though quickly defeated, inspired future revolutionaries Russia Paolo	$800 [7] 1996:Count László de Almásy, badly burned the English patient Paolo	$800 [25] Nick Jamesonplayed Yuri Suvarov on multiple seasons of this show about Jack Bauer of CTU, &, before that, bass for Foghat 24 Andy	$800 [24] L.E.D. stands for light-emitting this component, common in electrical engineering diode Paolo	$800 [23] Cremated with a copy of his memoir "Black Boy", he was interred in an urn at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris (Richard) Wright Paolo Jill	$800 [21] A plant representing the Trinity that encompasses the country & blues style of Carl Perkins & his "Blue Suede Shoes" shamrockabilly Paolo
$1,200 [18] Charles X, the last French king of this house, was coronated in Reims on May 29, 1825 the Bourbons	$1,600 [5] 1990:A name given to Lieutenant John Dunbar Dances with Wolves	$1,200 [12] The daughter of this high flyer of the 1960s became director of the Kremlin State Museum Gagarin Paolo	$1,200 [15] Audio & electrical engineers will measure the ratio of this desired information to noise to evaluate clarity signal Paolo	$1,200 [3] Lillian Hellman spoke of his wartime service during a eulogy in 1961 before he was laid to rest at Arlington (Dashiell) Hammett Paolo Jill	$1,200 [8] The art of making films about the organization depicted in "The Godfather" & "Donnie Brasco" cinemafia Paolo
$1,600 [19] No relation to Bill, this New York governor was on hand for the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 DeWitt Clinton	$2,000 [6] 1971:A murder in Marseilles & some heroin central to the action the French connection Paolo	$1,600 [13] There's a strange trip north in Yuri Herrera's "Señales que precederán al fin del mundo", or "Signs Preceding" this event the end of the world Paolo	$1,600 [16] It's the term for a rigid structure that extends horizontally, with one end unsupported, like the terraces at Fallingwater a cantilever Paolo	$2,000 [11] Her grave was unmarked until Alice Walker had a stone made calling her "a genius of the South/novelist folklorist/anthropologist" Zora Neale Hurston Paolo	$1,600 [9] Heap praise on the dominant people of Central Mexico from about 900 to 1200 A.D. extoltecs Paolo
$2,000 [20] Explorer Alexander Laing set off from Tripoli across the Sahara in 1825 to reach this fabled city; he'd make it, but die soon after Timbuktu	DD $4,200 [2] 1988:How a young Charlie Babbitt mispronounced his older brother's name Rain Man Paolo	$2,000 [14] Later briefly leader of the USSR, Yuri Andropovwas ambassador to this country when the Soviets suppressed its 1956 uprising Hungary Andy	$2,000 [17] In summer, subway systems get un-cool as they absorb & trap warmth from streets, functioning as what's called a heat this a sink Paolo	DD $3,200 [4] She may not be fully at rest in an English churchyard, as vandals chiseled away the name Hughes on her gravestone more than once Sylvia Plath Paolo	$2,000 [10] From Italian, describing paint laid thickly on a surface to create a peaceful painting of shepherds impastoral

Final Jeopardy!

TODAY SPELLING COUNTS

The winning word at the first Scripps National Spelling Bee was this, a plant & genus with sword-shaped leaves now on the trophy

gladiolus

Andy "What is laurel" — wagered $7,800

Paolo "What is laurel? ♡ Tatay" — wagered $204

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