Show #9412 2025-10-14 (taped 2025-09-15) Regular

Contestants

Chris McGinn — an editor from Indian Land, South Carolina

Evan Argyle — a data scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah

Allegra Hill — a foreign affairs professional from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Allegra $-1,400 $800 $8,600 $12,700
3rd place: $2,000
$7,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Evan $3,400 $6,000 $17,400 $12,799
2nd place: $3,000
$15,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Chris $3,200 $6,200 $11,000 $22,000
New champion: $22,000
$9,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

CREEPY THINGS INGOOSEBUMPSTITLES WORLD HISTORY 3-LETTER MUSICAL GROUPS TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONAL VERBS DESSERT
$200 [27]
This apparition "Next Door"
a ghost
Allegra Evan
$200 [8]
The English might be speaking French or the French, English if the last major one of these periods hadn't ended about 12,000 years ago
an ice age
Allegra
$200 [29]
"Straight Outta Compton", Dr. Dre, Ice Cube & Eazy-E were members of this group
N.W.A.
Evan
$200 [25]
Constructed of iron & wood, a velocipede was an early (& uncomfortable) version of this vehicle
a bicycle
Allegra Chris
$200 [30]
To evaluate & determine the winner of a talent contest
(to) judge
Allegra
$200 [26]
Also called a half moon cookie, it goes back to N.Y. bakeries in the early 20th century; Obama called it a "unity cookie"
a black & white
Evan
$400 [20]
"The Curse of" this ancient creature's "Tomb"
a mummy
Allegra
$400 [7]
In 1755 Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of this czar, established Moscow State University
Peter the Great
Evan
$400 [28]
This '90s girl group was at first an acronym for the first names of Ms. Watkins, Ms. Lopes & original member Crystal Jones
TLC
Evan
$400 [24]
Introduced in 1997, this Toyota model was the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle
a Prius
Allegra
$400 [23]
To alter or adapt a speech for the needs of a specific audience
tailor
Evan
$400 [22]
This dessert of Sicilian origin consists of cigar-sized tubes of pastry filled with sweet ricotta cheese
a cannoli
Allegra
$600 [4]
This hirsute brute "of Fever Swamp"
a werewolf
Allegra Chris
$600 [6]
This Prussian who united many states became Germany's first chancellor in 1871
Bismarck
Chris
$600 [9]
If you know Nate Ruess was a member of this band, "Carry On"
Fun.
Evan
$600 [17]
The world's largest public BRT, or bus rapid transit system, is the Transjakarta bus system in this country
Indonesia
Evan
$600 [11]
Legal job meaning to give recommendations to someone in need of advice or guidance
counsel
Evan Chris
$600 [21]
This fried cruller-like delicacy from Mexico is dredged & dunked in sweet, beautiful cinnamon sugar
a churro
Evan
$800 [2]
"Attack of" these autumn illuminators
jack-o'-lanterns
Evan
$800 [5]
Site of the first Ottoman conquest in Europe in 1356, this peninsula was assaulted by a combined Allied force in 1915
Gallipoli
Evan Chris
$800 [18]
This Scandinavian band's unusual name was chosen because it was an "international way of expressing recognition"
a-ha
Allegra
$1,000 [15]
In the shipping & freight biz, this term refers to cargo that's being transported; a "bill of" it is kind of like a receipt
(a bill of) lading
Evan Chris
$800 [10]
To make darn sure the person picked to run for vice president is fit for the job
(to) vet
Chris
$800 [13]
Angel food or red velvet on a stick--that's this 2-word treat
a cake pop
Evan
$1,000 [3]
This agricultural frightener "Walks at Midnight"
a scarecrow
Evan
$1,000 [1]
Starting with Yekuno Amlak in 1270, the Solomonic dynasty ruled this African nation with a few interruptions until the 20th century
Ethiopia
Evan
$1,000 [19]
"Nightswimming" is a haunting ballad by this group
R.E.M.
Chris
DD $2,200 [16]
Traveling between the host city & Osaka, the first one of these began operating in 1964, just in time for the Tokyo Olympics
a bullet train
Chris
$1,000 [14]
To bring about something through skillful manipulation, such as a takeover
to engineer
Allegra
$1,000 [12]
Literally "mix mix" in Tagalog, this double talk dessert combines shaved ice, condensed milk, jackfruit & other sweets
halo-halo

Double Jeopardy! Round

THEIR FIRST FILM TOGETHER THE "END" SPA TREATMENTS GEOMETRY CIRCUM-FRANCE A CUTE ANGEL
$400 [10]
Before they had mail or were sleepless in Seattle, this pair co-starred in "Joe Versus the Volcano"
Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan
Chris
$400 [26]
Historians debate how hard U.S. Grant hit the bottle, in particular during an 1863 incident called the "Yazoo" this binge
bender
$400 [27]
Use of essential oils is essential to this treatment, which essentially entails inhaling & smelling stuff
aromatherapy
Chris
$400 [28]
This unit of angle measure equals 1/360 of a full rotation
a degree
Evan
$400 [29]
Just west of the French Riviera, it's France's largest seaport
Marseille
Evan
$400 [30]
In the Louvre, you'll feel the love after seeing Hans Memling's painting of an angel holding one of these; he comes in peace
an olive branch
Allegra
$800 [1]
In their first collaboration, Bradley Cooper played a bipolar man opposite Jennifer Lawrence's young widow in this film
Silver Linings Playbook
Allegra
$800 [9]
In 2025, with Trump's policies threatening its finances, many eyes turned to Harvard's $53 billion this
endowment
Allegra
$800 [25]
A form of acupressure, this type of massage with a Japanese name also uses targeted pressure to restore the body's balance
shiatsu
Chris
$800 [24]
It's the high-flying name for the quadrilateral with two sets of congruent & adjacent sides seen here
a kite
Evan
$800 [6]
Lyon is home to what's left of what was known as the Amphitheatreof the Three these, an old name for France
Gauls
Chris
$800 [15]
Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" features these adorable little angels known as "putti" in Italian
cherubs
Evan
$1,200 [2]
Before "Swingers", Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn were in this 1993 film about a dreamer at Notre Dame
Rudy
Evan
$1,200 [7]
As a verb, it can mean to decide on a date, time & venue for a legal case
to calendar
$1,200 [20]
A step included in many facials, this skin-sloughing process can be physical (via scrubbing) or chemical (via peels)
exfoliation
Allegra
$1,200 [23]
It's the much cooler-sounding way to say the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
the hypotenuse
Evan
$1,600 [3]
We're bullish on the prehistoric art found at the Hall of the Bulls in this cave in Montignac
Lascaux
Evan Chris
$1,200 [11]
When he wasn't writing "Songs of Innocence & Experience", this Brit createdwatercolorsof fancy angels
Blake
Chris
$2,000 [22]
Queen Latifah & Jada Pinkett Smith co-starred in this 1996 heist movie
Set It Off
$1,600 [8]
Something common or in here nt in a place is this "to" it, like malaria to parts of Africa
endemic
Allegra
$1,600 [18]
If freezing your... wallet off sounds therapeutic, then this wellness treatment, from Greek for "cold", is for you
cryotherapy
Chris
$1,600 [16]
The equal-sided parallelogram seenhereis called a diamond, or this, from Greek & more fun to say
a rhombus
Chris
$2,000 [4]
Home to Nîmes & Montpellier, this French region was named for the way "yes" was said there--an "oc" instead of "oui"
Languedoc
Evan
$1,600 [12]
A famous painting of the Annunciation featured this sharply attired angel delivering some good news to Mary
Gabriel
Chris
DD $3,000 [21]
These 2 won an Oscar for writing in 1998 but first appeared as extras at Fenway Park in "Field of Dreams"
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon
Allegra
$2,000 [14]
Adjective for someone who doesn't just pretend but lies a lot
mendacious
Evan Chris
$2,000 [19]
Floating in one of these soundproof 3-word contraptions can be a great way to relax, if the price tag doesn't stress you out
sensory deprivation chambers (sensory deprivation tank)
Evan
$2,000 [17]
Geometric shapes that get uniformly leng thened have undergone this transformation you might associate with relativity & time
dilated (dilation)
Evan
DD $3,000 [5]
A theater festival is held in this southeastern city, with performances at the Palais des Papes
Avignon
Evan
$2,000 [13]
Botticelli loved him some angels, painting a few inthis8-letter Christian art theme regarding a certain beginning
the Nativity
Evan

Final Jeopardy!

BESTSELLING AUTHORS

At age 26 in April 1917, she passed the assistant's exam for London's Society of Apothecaries

Agatha Christie

Allegra "Who is Agatha Christie! (Hi Emily)" — wagered $4,100
Chris "Who is Christie?" — wagered $11,000
Evan "Who is Beatrix Potter" — wagered $4,601

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