Show #9404 2025-10-02 (taped 2025-09-08) Regular

TJ Fisher game 1.

Contestants

TJ Fisher — a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California

Alan Rosenberg — a high school teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa Mueller — an anthropologist from Rochester, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lisa	$2,800	$2,800	$6,400	$700 3rd place: $2,000	$6,200 7 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Alan	$400	$2,400	$6,000	$4,800 2nd place: $3,000	$6,000 10 R, 2 W
TJ	$3,000	$7,200	$24,400	$15,089 New champion: $15,089	$22,800 32 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NON-ENGLISH PLACE NAMES IN ENGLISH	RELATIVE-ITY	A POTABLE OF POTENCY	PEANUTS	WAYS	MEANS
$200 [5] This city where the girl from Ipanema goes walking:January River Rio de Janeiro Lisa	$200 [11] In Greek mythology, Antigone was the daughter of this guy who was also her brother; no wonder he had a complex Oedipus TJ	$200 [16] It's the potent potable in the delightfully named Sly goes to Havana, which also has crème de cacao & green chartreuse rum TJ	$200 [10] Charles Schulz loved Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata, which this tiny virtuoso is playing in an early strip Schroeder TJ	$200 [21] Our handy little preposition via is Latin for "way"; the Via Lactea was this in the sky the Milky Way Alan	$200 [26] This word means to take away someone's legal right to vote disenfranchise TJ
$400 [4] This South American country that reminded Amerigo Vespucci of home:Little Venice Venezuela Alan	$400 [12] Her big family tree earned her the name "Grandmother of Europe"; she was the actual grandmother of George V & Kaiser Wilhelm II Victoria TJ	$400 [17] Maker's Mark Cask Strength this can hit high vanilla & rich oak notes (as well as 114 proof) bourbon TJ	$400 [9] Most of the gang visits Lucy's psychiatric booth, Schulz's update of a lemonade stand; this boy certainly has some issues Pig-Pen TJ	$400 [23] This Jewish new year led to the creation of Waze when Uri Levine wished there was info on the best way home to Tel Aviv after the holiday Rosh Hashanah Alan	$400 [27] From the Greek for "harsh", it's a set of strict economic policies to control rising public debt austerity TJ
$600 [3] This region where Alexander the Great was born:Land of the Tall Ones Macedonia TJ	$600 [13] The ball-playing brothers of this San Francisco family are seen in the uniform of that city's minor league Seals the DiMaggios TJ	$600 [18] You're not driving, so enjoy this drink of brandy, triple sec & lemon juice in the same-named motorcycle attachment a sidecar TJ	$600 [8] A part of this special that was nearly cut has become one of the most beloved sequences"And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.'" A Charlie Brown Christmas Lisa	$600 [24] "Way" roads include Broadway, highway & this kind with the simplified spelling that Melvil Dewey wanted for the New York state one a thruway TJ	$600 [28] Dear players, this adjective describes a book written in the form of letters an epistolary Alan
DD $1,000 [1] This city that's no longer an African capital:Lakes Lagos Lisa	$800 [14] The only sibling Nobel Prize winners are the Tinbergens: Nikolaas in 1973 for Medicine & Jan in 1969 in this category's debut Economics	$800 [19] I'm feelin' international, so mix vodka & Kahlúa to make this drink, & hold the light cream that would change the name a Black Russian Alan	$800 [7] Another Peanuts October milestone came in 1966 when this classic special made its debut"You heard about fury and a woman scorned, haven't you?""Yes, I guess I have.""Well, that's nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats." It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown TJ	$800 [22] It's a seven-mile drive between these two towns in the corner of Freedom's Way National Heritage Area, established in 2009 Lexington & Concord TJ	$800 [29] From Greek for "new convert", it means someone with little to no experience in a subject a neophyte TJ
$1,000 [2] This Asian capital known for its towering Twin Towers:Muddy Estuary Kuala Lumpur Lisa	$1,000 [15] Often called the first programmer, Ada Lovelace was the daughter of this poet who was "mad, bad & dangerous to know" Lord Byron	$1,000 [20] This alliterative drink was invented at the Raffles Hotel in the place in its name; Cherry Heering makes it pink a Singapore sling TJ	$1,000 [6] One of the few "Peanuts"stripsrelated to other parts of the paper was from late 1962; Schulz was a fan of this baseball team the Giants TJ	$1,000 [25] The city of Tianjin has 5 Great Avenues, "wu da" this word that can be a road or a more spiritual way dao Alan	$1,000 [30] In medicine, this 7-letter remedy is the true cure-all, & we do mean all panacea Alan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC LETTERS	PREQUELS & SEQUELS	SHE'S A SAINT	HBCUs	GENERATIONAL TALENTS	CONTRONYMS
$400 [17] In 1964 he wrote to Henry Luce on SCLC letterhead to say thanks for being named Time's Man of the Year King Lisa	$400 [28] Filling in some gaps, Ed Falco (Edie's uncle) wrote "The Family Corleone" as a prequel to this novel The Godfather TJ	$400 [25] Patron saint of soldiers & France, she's celebrated in a yearly festival in France the second Sunday in May Joan of Arc TJ	$400 [16] For more than a century, this institution in Washington, D.C. has been called "The Mecca" Howard TJ	$400 [30] At age 14, Wil Wheaton played Wesley Crusheron this outer space sequel series Star Trek: The Next Generation Alan	$400 [21] To add decorations to a tree, or to cut bits off it to trim TJ
$800 [22] Pearl Buck to her on Anne Sullivan's passing: "I count meeting your teacher as one of the great experiences of my life" Helen Keller TJ	$800 [27] Makes sense that Pamela Redmond's sequel to "Younger", the basis for a TV series, is called this Older TJ	$800 [26] In 2025, 440 years after her death, the remains of this saint of Ávila were briefly put on display Teresa TJ	$800 [12] Fisk U. observes the day in 1871 its jubilee singers set out, bringing these Black hymns of pain & deliverance far & wide spirituals TJ	$800 [29] At age 14 Drake played Jimmy Brooks on this high school sequel series Degrassi: The Next Generation Alan TJ	$800 [20] To remove fine particles from something, or to sprinkle them onto something dust TJ
$1,600 [23] On June 19, 1953, the day of her execution, she wrote to her "precious children... always remember that we were innocent" Ethel Rosenberg TJ	$1,200 [1] Nearly 25 years after "The Witches of" this place, John Updike followed up with "The Widows of" it Eastwick Alan	$1,200 [4] The first Native American to be canonized, Kateri Tekakwitha was left orphaned & scarred by a 1600s epidemic of this disease smallpox TJ	$1,200 [3] This first Black Supreme Court justice got his undergrad degree at Penn.'s Lincoln University, "The Black Princeton" Marshall Lisa	$1,200 [11] Heturned 80 in 2024 & has kept on singing "My Generation" Roger Daltrey Alan TJ	$1,200 [19] It can mean to promote, perhaps an idea for a TV show, or to discard as trash pitch TJ
$2,000 [24] To Lord Alfred Douglas: "I feel that it is only with you that I can do anything at all" Oscar Wilde	$1,600 [2] "Petals on the Wind" & "If There Be Thorns" are the first 2 sequels to this novel Flowers in the Attic Alan	$1,600 [5] After having visions of the Virgin Mary, this saint of Lourdes joined the Sisters of Charity Bernadette TJ	$1,600 [7] Among the youngest historically Black univs., this Valley State University is located in the heart of the Delta & Jerry Rice is an alumnus Mississippi (Valley State University)	$1,600 [13] "Generation" is a song by this artist with a perfect & somewhat Gershwin-esque one-word stage name for hip-hop Rapsody	DD $2,000 [15] Watchful supervision or care, as by a congressional committee, or an inadvertent error or omission oversight TJ
DD $2,400 [10] In 1805 this ex-veep wrote to his son-in-law that he would "seek another country" due to his legal problems Aaron Burr TJ	$2,000 [9] According to the title of Douglas Adams' first sequel in "The Hitchhiker's Guide" series, Milliways is this place the restaurant at the end of the universe	$2,000 [6] Born in Peru in 1586, Isabel Flores de Oliva is better known by this name Saint Rose (Rose of Lima)	$2,000 [8] Not to be confused with UMass, UMES stands for the University of Maryland this area on one side of Chesapeake Bay the Eastern Shore TJ	$2,000 [14] A tough act in films like "Girlfight", shestood up for millennials when she narrated the documentary "The Revolution Generation" Michelle Rodriguez	$2,000 [18] To give official approval to, or to impose an official penalty upon, perhaps an economic one sanction Lisa

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS

This 4-legged celebrity was named by his owner's employee, who once worked for a diplomat at the League of Nations

Secretariat

Alan "Who is Benji" — wagered $1,200

Lisa "Who is... Toto" — wagered $5,700

TJ "Who is Francis? :)" — wagered $9,311

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