Show #9402 2025-09-30 (taped 2025-09-08) Regular

Contestants

Curtis Bogetti — a Ph.D. candidate from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Hannah Gómez — a book editor from Tucson, Arizona

Zach Knecht — a law clerk originally from Spring Hill, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Zach $4,400 $6,200 $15,000 $30,000
2nd place: $3,000
$14,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Hannah $1,400 $1,600 $6,800 $0
3rd place: $2,000
$6,800
10 R, 1 W
Curtis $1,600 $5,400 $26,600 $30,001
New champion: $30,001
$18,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY NURSERY RHYME DRAMATIS PERSONAE BUZZED WORDS DOG BREED ANAGRAMS "P" IS FOR POP SONG SANDWICHES WITH GORDON RAMSAY
$200 [28]
Recently active volcanoes in this state include Chiginagak & Veniaminof
Alaska
Zach
$200 [27]
This modest fellow "met a pieman going to the fair" & hoped to taste some of his ware, but unfortunately had no cash
Simple Simon
$200 [24]
For over a century this past participle meaning "illuminated" has also been an adjective meaning "intoxicated"
lit
Zach
$200 [21]
Used in law enforcement for centuries:OLD BUN HOOD
bloodhound
Zach
$200 [12]
According to a No. 1 hit, Justin Bieber gets himself these title fruits "out in Georgia"
peaches
Curtis
$200 [30]
(Gordon Ramsay presents the clue.) Just like in fish & chips, the chips in Britain's chip butty sandwich are these
fries (French fry)
Zach
$400 [8]
The former McCoy Air Force Base gave the code MCO to this airport serving Disney World
Orlando
Zach
$400 [26]
The "three men in a tub" included a butcher, a baker & this craftsman; rub-a-dub-dub!
a candlestick maker
Curtis
$400 [22]
The origin of this J-Kwon-approved word for "drunk" is straightforward: drunk people have trouble walking straight forward
tipsy
Zach Hannah
$400 [9]
Toy breed bearing the name of a historic province:OPEN MARINA
Pomeranian
Zach
$400 [7]
Chappell Roan wrote this hit single after her first visit to a gay bar, The Abbey in West Hollywood
"Pink Pony Club"
Zach
$400 [29]
(Gordon Ramsay presents the clue.) Golden fried shrimp topped with mayo or a Creole remoulade sauce go into this sub sandwich, a New Orleans favorite
a po' boy
Zach
$600 [5]
If you go to this island, you can visit both Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve & the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
Oahu
Zach
$600 [23]
This female monarch "made some tarts all on a summer's day" but some dastardly knave stole them all away
the Queen of Hearts
Curtis
$600 [6]
This 3-word idiom means drunk to the point of oblivion; in booze-speak, it's where you "drink someone" if you out-imbibe them
under the table
Zach
$600 [10]
Excellent cattle herder & guard:TOE TWIRLER
Rottweiler
Curtis
$600 [11]
An aquarium once told Salt-N-Pepa that when this late '80s hit played, "the sharks started mating"
"Push It"
Hannah
$600 [25]
(Gordon Ramsay presents the clue.) A sandwich that will take you back to your childhood is fried bologna & cheese, but for the cheese, try this spread that's popular in the South & named for the jar of peppers it's made with
pimento
Hannah
DD $1,000 [1]
In the U.S., this elevated boundary & watershed stretches from New Mexico to Montana
the Continental Divide
Zach
$800 [18]
The "Three Wise Men of" this, now a nickname for NYC, weren't all that wise; they perished when they went to sea in a bowl
Gotham
Hannah
$800 [3]
This word may have been meant to suggest a person soaking up alcohol, the way a certain type of paper soaks up ink
blotto
$800 [17]
Gentle giant noted for courage & dependability:TEA GARDEN
Great Dane
Curtis
$800 [14]
This M.I.A. track samples "Straight To Hell" by The Clash & was memorably featured in "Slumdog Millionaire"
"Paper Planes"
Hannah
$800 [13]
(Gordon Ramsay presents the clue.) For all you Dr. Seuss fans, before work or play, you can start your day with green eggs & ham, the green coming from Swiss chard or spinach, & from this sauce that contains fresh basil leaves, as well as pine nuts
pesto
Curtis
$1,000 [4]
A top tourist destination in South Carolina, this coastal city is named for a type of evergreenshrubsacred to Venus
Myrtle Beach
Curtis
$1,000 [19]
"Doctor Foster went to" this city on the Severn River that rhymes with his name
Gloucester
Curtis
$1,000 [2]
Millennials helped popularize this term meaning both excited & drunk; rapper Roscoe Dash called it the 2010 version of "crunk"
turnt
Curtis
$1,000 [16]
It's a speedy hound:WITH PEP
whippet
Zach
$1,000 [15]
A style of Reebok sneakers is thought to have inspired the title of this Foster The People hit from 2011
"Pumped Up Kicks"
Zach
$1,000 [20]
(Gordon Ramsay presents the clue.) Originating in Parisian cafes in the early 1900s, this sandwich full of cheesy, hammy goodness has a French name that translates to "mister crunch"
croque monsieur
Curtis

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY SPACE STUFF OLDEN LIT THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES POPE CULTUREJEOPARDY! "BE" REAL
$400 [30]
Subjecting himself to the rule of law & outlining the rights of "free men", in 1215 at Runnymede, this king agreed to the Magna Carta
King John
Curtis
$400 [26]
M13is also called this mythic strongman Cluster after theconstellationin which it's located
Hercules
Curtis
$400 [12]
In the tale about this "colorful" knight, a mysterious lord hunts a fox & Sir Gawain gives him 3 kisses upon his return
the Green Knight
Zach
$400 [29]
Jewelry made of this has special significance to many Native American peoples, including the Navajo & Zuni
turquoise
Hannah
$400 [28]
A popular fancam based on this movie showed clips of Ralph Fiennes while Beyoncé's "Diva" plays
Conclave
Hannah
$400 [11]
A tryhard, or a banger by the Spice Girls
wannabe
Hannah
$800 [18]
In 1898 a U.S. fleet under George Dewey destroyed a fleet of this nation at the Battle of Manila Bay
Spain
Zach
$800 [21]
In the 17th century Gian Domenico Cassini discovered Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys & Dione, 4 moons of this planet
Saturn
Zach
$800 [14]
In a medieval poem Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as this man, acquires the sword of Tizón from the Moorish king Búcar
El Cid
Curtis
$800 [1]
A 15- to 23-million-year-old scorpion was found frozen in this gemstone in Mexico
amber
Zach
$800 [22]
In 1997 Pope John Paul II invited this musician to play "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" & "Forever Young" at a youth event
Bob Dylan
Curtis
$800 [10]
Henry David Thoreau said, "It costs me less... to incur the penalty of" this 12-letter word "to the state than it would to obey"
disobedience
Zach
$1,200 [2]
In 1991 this former Moscow Communist Party boss became the first popularly elected president in Russian history
Yeltsin
Zach
$1,200 [17]
Included on the Voyager Golden Records are works by Beethoven & Mozart & "Johnny B. Goode" by this artist
Chuck Berry
Curtis
$1,200 [19]
"How Sir Launcelot & his kinsmen rescued the queen from the fire" starts a chapter in this work by Thomas Malory
Le Morte d'Arthur
Curtis
$1,200 [27]
Also a difficult type ofski slope, one of these two-word gems called the Enigma sold for $4.3 million in 2022
black diamond
Hannah
$1,200 [6]
On "The Young Pope", this actor revealeth he taketh his holy soda Cherry Coke Zero for his papal breakfast
Jude Law
Curtis
$1,200 [9]
This company founded in 2006 by Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine has been an Apple subsidiary since 2014
Beats (by Dre)
Hannah
$1,600 [3]
18th c. Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa's rival, the ruler of this kingdom, said she "could be likened to a great man"
Prussia
$1,600 [13]
After the U.S. chose the Mercury 7astronauts, the USSR chose a less precise number of these, as some died or were quietly unchosen
cosmonauts
Hannah
$2,000 [25]
In "Orlando Furioso" the knight Astolfo travels to the Moon via the chariot that took this Old Testament prophet to heaven
Elijah
Zach
$1,600 [15]
Only four letters but a 14-point Scrabble word, even excluding bonuses, this black stone is used to make intaglios & cameos
onyx
Curtis
$1,600 [20]
In "The Agony & the Ecstasy" Pope Julius II hires this artist played by Charlton Heston to give some razzle-dazzle to the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Zach
$1,600 [5]
It describes custom-made & tailored clothes
bespoke
Zach
$2,000 [4]
Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire & capture of this ruler opened the way for colonization of South America
Atahualpa
Curtis
$2,000 [16]
Shh, you'll wake the proto stars emerging in a formation called a stellar one of these, like the Elephant Trunk Nebula
nursery
Zach
DD $8,600 [7]
In "The Song of Roland", God makes the sun stand still so this emperor can continue a battle
Charlemagne
Curtis
DD $3,000 [24]
Pliny the Elder called this alliterative bright blue gem "a fragment of the starry firmament"
lapis lazuli
Curtis
$2,000 [23]
It's been noted that this man, who played Francis in "The Two Popes", resembles his role; even his son jokingly asked him if he was the pope
Jonathan Pryce
$2,000 [8]
The Uffizi in Florence has a room of sculptures named for this bereaved mother from Greek myth
Niobe

Final Jeopardy!

DESTINATIONS

In 2020 the Pripyat Ferris wheel earned a cameo mention in a N.Y. Times travel essay called "Why Would Anyone Want to Visit" this place

Chernobyl

Hannah "What is Egypt" — wagered $6,800
Zach "What Chernobyl" — wagered $15,000
Curtis "What is Chernobyl?" — wagered $3,401

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