2025-2026 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 2.
Ivanna Lopez — a librarian originally from Tampa, Florida
Evan Argyle — a data scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah
Dave Widmayer — a trivia host from Portland, Oregon
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $800 | $2,600 | $14,000 |
$12,599
Finalist |
$13,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Evan | $2,400 | $4,400 | $7,600 |
$2,599
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,600
14 R, 2 W |
| Ivanna | $2,200 | $4,000 | $15,400 |
$800
3rd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| SECOND CHANCERY | IN MEMORIAM 2025 | SOMETHING'S "OFF" | WALKING | WINTER | WONDERLAND |
|
$200
[25]
One Urban Dictionary definition regarding this "rule" about dropped food calls it a "very complex rule of physics"
the 5-second rule
Dave
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$200
[19]
Just 2 weeks after performing at Black Sabbath's farewell concert in Birmingham, this heavy metal icon passed away at 76
Ozzy Osbourne
Dave
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$200
[28]
Originally it meant away from a railway; these days, it mostly means away from your computer
offline
Evan
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$200
[29]
Writer Tim Pegram hiked this state from Raleigh to Cold Mountain in the footsteps of Inman, hero of the Charles Frazier novel
North Carolina
Evan
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$200
[30]
A block of ice could serve as a window in one of these, a temporary winter dwelling of some Inuit people
an igloo
Ivanna
|
$200
[24]
Alice begins her adventures in Wonderland by literally going "down" this
the rabbit hole
Ivanna
|
|
$400
[20]
After Drew Bledsoe got knocked out in 2001, this second-year, second-string QB took over for the Patriots for a while
Tom Brady
Evan
|
$400
[18]
This boxing champ & grill master left behind 12 children, including 5 sons who share his name
George Foreman
Ivanna
|
$400
[27]
You use this phrase when you don't want to be quoted for publication
off the record
Ivanna
|
$400
[26]
A 3-hour hike on what's sometimes called the William Tell Path begins in the Rütli Meadow, "the birthplace of" this country
Switzerland
Dave
|
$400
[22]
Bears eat almost constantly during a period called hyperphagia to prepare for this winter stage
hibernation
Evan
|
$400
[23]
Oddly, Alice is offered wine at this event in Chapter VII, but there isn't any at the table anyway
the (Mad) Tea Party
Dave
|
|
$600
[7]
A section of a stage play, or a late stage in life when you move on from the past; Fitzgerald said there are none in American lives
second act
Dave
Evan
|
$600
[17]
An Emmy nominee & Grammy winner, he'll probably be best remembered by many for playing Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show"
(Malcolm-Jamal) Warner
Dave
|
$600
[3]
You may do it "to Buffalo" or to "this mortal coil"
shuffle off
Ivanna
|
$600
[14]
The service Wild Frontiers has you trekking Northern Kenya with these hot-weather beasts carrying your gear
camels
Evan
|
$600
[21]
December 26 marks the first day of this African-American holiday
Kwanzaa
Ivanna
|
$600
[11]
The chief difficulty Alice had while playing this game was in managing her flamingo
croquet
Ivanna
|
|
$800
[6]
In this alliterative group of rules for assemblies of all sorts, a proposed motion usually gets a "second" before a vote
Robert's Rules (parliamentary procedure)
Dave
|
$800
[16]
At Cinema Con, Tom Cruise paid tribute to this "Top Gun" co-star, calling for a moment of silence & wishing him well on his next journey
Val Kilmer
Evan
|
$800
[1]
Mama Kelce hosted this in 2024 when the winning recipe was mini beef Wellingtons
the Pillsbury Bake-Off
Evan
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$800
[13]
A seven-mile hike between villages in Guangxi Province takes you through the Longji Terraces of these agricultural fields
rice paddies
Dave
|
$800
[12]
This Norwegian skater was only 11 when she competed in her first Olympics--the very first Winter Olympics in 1924
Sonja Henie
|
$1,000
[9]
One of these smokes a hookah & gives Alice advice, like "Keep your temper"
a caterpillar
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[4]
In "Second Nature", Michael Pollan told of buying a Connecticut farm & following in the path of this "Walden" man
Thoreau
Evan
|
$1,000
[15]
Food Network fans were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of this chef who taught even the "Worst Cooks in America" some skills
Anne Burrell
|
$1,000
[2]
In the Air Force song, these 8 words precede "climbing high into the sun"
Off we go into the wild blue yonder
|
$1,000
[8]
You don't want the Wonderland Trail around this mountain in Washington state to be too wintry; go when there's no snow
Rainier
Evan
|
$1,000
[5]
Observed January 6, Three Kings Day is also known as the Feast of this
Epiphany (the Magi)
Dave
Ivanna
|
DD
$2,200
[10]
After eating a cake that makes her grow, Alice uses this word that means "even more peculiar" (& knows she is not using good English)
curiouser
Dave
|
| BRITISH HISTORY | YOU'LL NEED SOME INTELLIGENCE | VAMPING IT UP ON TV | SCIENCE | THAT'S A REAL MYTH-CONCEPTION | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[10]
In a 1940 speech to the House of Commons, Churchill said, "What is our aim? I can answer in one word": this, "at all costs"
victory
Ivanna
|
$400
[29]
Based in New York, the Culper Spy Ring provided crucial intelligence during this war
the American Revolution
Dave
|
$400
[26]
This Anne Rice novel got the small screen treatment in 2022 with Sam Reid playing the ageless Lestat de Lioncourt
Interview with the Vampire
Dave
|
$400
[24]
When Judd Nelson in "The Breakfast, Club" says, "Molière really pumps my nads", he's using a short form of these reproductive organs
gonads
Dave
|
$400
[22]
This peak was home to the Greek gods as well as Zeus' throne
Olympus
Dave
|
$400
[30]
An 18th century invention for separating seeds from fiber that adds a mixer flavored with an alkaloid from tree bark
a cotton gin & tonic
Dave
|
|
$800
[9]
This failed plan in 1605 was an attempt to blow up Parliament & King James I along with it
the Gunpowder Plot
Ivanna
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$800
[28]
This organization for people with high IQs was founded in 1946 & has an online test to see where you fall on the intelligence scale
Mensa
Dave
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$800
[25]
Marceline the Vampire Queen on this animated show shreds with her axe & sings for Jake, Finn & company
Adventure Time
Dave
|
$800
[23]
The National Funeral Directors Assoc. says this organic compound is an essential tool & poses no excessive risk to embalmers
formaldehyde
Evan
|
$800
[21]
The sculpture seenhereof Artemis is also known as this goddess of Versailles
Diana
Ivanna
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$800
[27]
Fun-loving Seussian feline who's the humble way you go to ask for a big favor
Cat in the Hat in hand
Evan
Ivanna
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Fought over in a 1982 war, it voted to remain a British overseas territory in 2013
the Falkland Islands
Evan
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$1,200
[16]
We share more of our DNA with these animals than any other; they're known to use tools & live in complex social groups
chimpanzees
Evan
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$1,200
[8]
This Stephen King tale of vamps plaguing a Maine hamlet was turned into an HBO movie in 2024
Salem’s Lot
Ivanna
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$1,600
[6]
First produced in 1994, this element is named for the discoverer of X-rays, & yep, it's radioactive
roentgenium
Dave
Ivanna
|
$1,200
[13]
A fake film & a real film about the fake film were named for this mythic ship; the latter won 3 Oscars
the Argo
Evan
|
$1,600
[18]
Anglo-Saxon king of medieval Britain who prowls coastal waters as a dangerous predator of the genus Carcharodon
Alfred the Great white shark
Ivanna
|
|
$1,600
[3]
Edward, who died in 1376 without becoming king, had this sobriquet, likely from the color of his armor
the Black Prince
Ivanna
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$1,600
[15]
In 2025 tech companies OpenAI, Soft Bank & Oracle launched this A.I. project that sounds like a portal to the heavens
Stargate
|
$1,600
[1]
In "American Horror Story: Double Feature", sheplays Tuberculosis Karen, a woman who hates bloodsuckers but becomes one
Sarah Paulson
Ivanna
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$2,000
[5]
A colloid, with fine particles dispersed in liquid, is midway between a solution & this, a mixture with chunks
a suspension
|
$1,600
[12]
Here's a painting of Cupid gazing upon this sleeping beauty during one of his secrets visits to her
Psyche
Ivanna
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$2,000
[19]
A fossil human ancestor found in Indonesia, viewed as a perceived face suggested by dark & bright lunar areas
Java Man in the Moon
|
|
$2,000
[2]
Chancellor & Archbishop of Canterbury Simon of Sudbury was killed during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt led by this man
Wat Tyler
Ivanna
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$2,000
[14]
ABerlin Wall memorialis at the CIA's main HQ, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in this Virginia community
Langley
Dave
Ivanna
|
$2,000
[17]
This British vampire's crypt on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" had electricity, a TV & a secret passage
Spike
Dave
|
DD
$4,200
[7]
Maximizing this, the rotational version of force, is why it's easier to open a door by pushing far from the hinges than next to them
torque
Dave
|
$2,000
[11]
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" is the first line of John Keats' poem named for this beautiful youth
Endymion
Dave
Evan
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DD
$4,200
[20]
Oscar-winning epic D-Day film about rescuing Vanna's co-host
Saving Private Ryan Seacrest
Ivanna
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Today a state 309,000 square miles in area, on its founding it occupied half a continent
New South Wales