Show #9423 2025-10-29 (taped 2025-09-17) Regular

Aaron Levine game 3.

Contestants

Katie Mantoan — an attorney from Lake Oswego, Oregon

Eli Bondar — an HR administrator and puppeteer from Franklin, Massachusetts

Aaron Levine — a sports anchor from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Aaron $3,200 $6,000 $18,600 $20,000
3-day champion: $48,999
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Eli $800 $1,400 $400 $393
3rd place: $2,000
$9,400
16 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Katie $2,600 $4,800 $7,200 $13,200
2nd place: $3,000
$9,200
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A HISTORIC GAME OF CLUE RAISING ARIZONA WHAT'S YOUR GOVERNMENT NAME? GO RED BIRDS! X, Y, Z ABBREVIATIONS MORE THAN A FOOTBALL PLAYER
$200 [28]
4 men, with swords, in Canterbury Cathedral (as the victim verbally accepted death defending Christ's Church)
Becket
Aaron
$200 [18]
Theodore Roosevelt said of this landmark, "Leave it as it is... the ages have been at work on it & man can only mar it"
the Grand Canyon
Katie
$200 [26]
Sometimes the "ship" of state seizes absolute power, as in this govt. type under Mussolini in Italy or Salazar in Portugal
dictatorship
Aaron
$200 [11]
Tanagers, which often have red plumage, are in the same family as this bird named for the robes & caps of Catholic clergy
cardinal
Aaron
$200 [30]
A high number of these, XBH, would be a great stat for a baseball player
extra base hits
$200 [15]
Also working in family medicine, Kansas City Chief, Laurent Duvernay-Tardifwanted to put this two-letter abbreviation on his jersey too
MD
Eli
$400 [27]
Charles Guiteau, with a British Bulldog revolver, at a D.C. rail station
Garfield
Aaron
$400 [17]
When it came to state flowers, who could say no to the pure white waxy blossom of the giantsaguaro this? Not Arizona in 1931
a cactus
Katie
$400 [25]
It can refer to a group of countries banding together, or to the official designation of a state like Kentucky
a commonwealth
Katie
$400 [10]
The name of this bird is actually a nickname that stuck; they were originally called redbreast
a robin
Katie
$400 [29]
Put some miles on your shoes with this type of running event, XC
cross-country
Aaron
$400 [19]
Jack Kemp served Buffalo as a Bill & a congressman but as this Kansas senator's running mate in 1996, got hit for a loss
Bob Dole
Katie
$600 [2]
Jack McCall, with a gun, in a Deadwood saloon (with the victim holding aces & 8s)
Wild Bill Hickok
Aaron
$600 [12]
Part of the farewell message of this Az. sen., shared after his death in 2018: Americans "never hide from history. We make history"
McCain
Aaron
$800 [13]
A deity is the supreme ruler in this government type but ecclesiastic officials interpret the laws; the Taliban is one
a theocracy
Katie
$600 [9]
If it's the red-winged type of this bird singing in the dead of night, you may not see that only males bear the namesake marking
a blackbird
Katie
$600 [24]
ZEV stands for this type of environmentally friendly transport
a zero-emission vehicle
Eli
$600 [20]
A former all-pro punter, he's had some controversial guests on his self-named ESPN talk show
McAfee
Aaron
$800 [1]
A bodyguard named Pausanias, with a dagger, in 336 B.C. (but maybe at the behest of son Alexander, soon to be great)
Philip of Macedonia
Aaron
$800 [5]
In 1966 Earl Warren wrote the 5-4 majority opinion in favor of this man v. Arizona in a case about police interrogations
Miranda
Eli
$1,000 [16]
Back when there was a West Germany, these 2 words preceded "of Germany" in the official name of the country
Federal Republic
Eli
$800 [7]
The cinnamon teal species of this water bird has males with reddish plumage & even red eyes
a duck
Katie
$800 [23]
We're going to kill those cancer cells & shrink that tumor using XRT, this
X-ray therapy
Eli
$800 [21]
In 1994 this CB made a CD--"Prime Time", with tracks like "Time For Prime", "Prime Time Keeps On Ticking" & "House Of Prime"
Deion Sanders
Katie
$1,000 [3]
Charlotte Corday, with a knife hidden in her clothes, in a Paris bathtub
Marat
Eli
$1,000 [4]
O.K., then! The chamber of commerce of this city says it "will be the most historic fun you will ever have"
Tombstone
Aaron
DD $2,000 [14]
Brunei is an Islamic one of these monarchies; the 29th & current title holder is Hassanal Bolkiah
a sultanate
Katie
$1,000 [8]
This shade of red precedes ibis in the name of a South American wadingbird
scarlet
Katie
$1,000 [6]
YST is this, used in the north of Canada, where they don't spring forward or fall back
Yukon Standard Time
Eli Katie
$1,000 [22]
(Jason Kelce presents the clue.) Athletes can enjoy thespianism; you may recall my Brando-esque turn as Charlie's blood-loss hallucination on "It's Always Sunny", or in "Blazing Saddles", this Detroit Lion who noted, "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
(Alex) Karras
Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

THIS OLD OPERA HOUSE MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT THE JUDGE HAS SPOKEN LUCKY "SEVEN" WORD ORIGINS TV DINNERS
$400 [28]
In 1957 judges said "Good on ya!" to Danish architect Jørn Utzon's dramatic design for this city
Sydney
Aaron
$400 [29]
One of his "Voyages Extraordinaires" is called "Around the Moon"
Jules Verne
Eli
$400 [26]
John M. Harlan, dissenting in Plessy v. Ferguson: "Our Constitution is" this, unable to distinguish between various hues
color-blind
Eli Katie
$400 [27]
6th century Pope Gregory I listed "babbling" & "foolish mirth" as consequences of gluttony when he wrote down these
the seven deadly sins
Aaron
$400 [30]
From the French for "shelter", it's a place to store your Rolls-Royce or to have it worked on
garage
Aaron
$400 [25]
Made with Thanksgiving leftovers, the Moist Maker was on the episode of this show called "The One with Ross' Sandwich"
Friends
Eli
$800 [13]
La Scala's opera season opens annually on December 7, aka St. Ambrose's Day, the feast day of this city's patron saint
Milan
Aaron
$800 [21]
Baudelaire's "The Generous Gambler" includes "the loveliest trick of" this being "is to persuade you that he does not exist!"
the Devil
Eli
$800 [19]
Robert Jackson, opening a trial here in November 1945: "These prisoners represent sinister influences that will lurk in the world"
Nuremberg
Eli
$1,200 [15]
Deke Slayton & Gus Grissom were members of this group announced on April 9, 1959
the Mercury Seven
Aaron Eli
$800 [22]
A Latin word for a round-bodied fish swam full speed ahead into English to become this naval weapon
torpedo
Eli
$800 [24]
On her introductory afterlife tour on this sitcom, Eleanor Shellstrop is fascinated by the variety of frozen yogurt shops
The Good Place
Katie
$1,200 [6]
Luciano Pavarotti's U.K. debut, as this caddish Lt. in "Madam Butterfly" at Belfast's Grand Opera House, made him a star overnight
Pinkerton
$1,200 [20]
Imprisoned often, this controversial nobleman published his "Philosophy in the Bedroom" in 1795
the Marquis de Sade
Eli
$1,200 [8]
William Brennan, in New York Times v. Sullivan: "The facts do not support a finding of actual" this type of hostile intent
malice
Katie
$1,600 [10]
A speech in "As You Like It" defines this--it includes infant, schoolboy & soldier
the seven ages of man
Eli
$1,200 [17]
Old Norse words for "bear" & "shirt" give us this adjective for out of control
berserk
Eli
$1,200 [3]
A perplexed John Cleese, playing this title hotelier, says we're "out of Waldorfs" after a request for a certain salad
Basil Fawlty
$1,600 [5]
A setting in an Andrew Lloyd Webber show, this city's Teatro Colónhas anauditoriumknown for crystal-clear acoustics
Buenos Aires
Aaron Eli
$2,000 [11]
Molière has the title guy of this play manipulate Orgon (another character) quite nastily
Tartuffe
Aaron
$1,600 [14]
In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall opined, "The power to" do this "involves the power to destroy"
tax
$2,000 [4]
Polyneices joined forces with 6 other doomed champions in this work by an ancient Greek
Seven Against Thebes
Aaron
$1,600 [16]
It can be an internal organ or part of a book; it's from Latin for "to hang"
appendix
Eli
$1,600 [2]
Hey brother, how about some good ol' Albuquerque-style fried chicken from this place run by Gus Fring on "Breaking Bad"
Los Pollos Hermanos
Eli
$2,000 [12]
Per its website, this venue has no dress code; patrons may dress up or come straight from a day out in Covent Garden
the Royal Opera House
DD $5,000 [7]
An open door beckons in this Sartre play as Garcin is "condemned to be free"
No Exit
Aaron
$2,000 [9]
Potter Stewart: "I shall not today attempt further to define" pornography, "but" these 7 words
I know it when I see it
Eli
DD $9,000 [23]
Jack White got this title after mispronouncing one of the world's biggest Christian charities
"Seven Nation Army"
Eli
$2,000 [18]
Now a type of comedy act, this technique from Latin for "one who speaks from his belly" goes back to ancient oracular divination
ventriloquy
Aaron
$2,000 [1]
Enthusiasts of curry & "Seinfeld" can try their hand making this Soup Nazi special with a name from Tamil
mulligatawny
Eli

Final Jeopardy!

OLYMPIC HOST CITIES

This city would have hosted in 1916 but for cancellation due to WWI; it would be the last city to host before they were canceled again

Berlin

Eli "What Seoul" — wagered $7
Katie "What is Berlin? ♡L+D+V" — wagered $6,000
Aaron "What Berlin Hi Kal!" — wagered $1,400

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