Show #9459 2025-12-18 (taped 2025-11-03) Second Chance

2025-2026 Second Chance competition week 1, final game 1.

Contestants

Eugene Huang — a teacher from Paramus, New Jersey

Dave Widmayer — a trivia host from Portland, Oregon

Pete Johnston — a filmmaker and educator originally from Alma, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Pete	$2,800	$600	$7,400	$0	$12,200 20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Dave	$3,000	$4,600	$4,000	$0	$8,200 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Eugene	$4,200	$6,000	$12,000	$6,000	$12,000 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

'TIS THE SEASON	ART & ARTISTS	THE 14th CENTURY	NEW IN THECAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY	CIVICS	BEFORE CHILDREN
$200 [25] Tennis' Grand Slam season ends in September at this Flushing Meadows event the U.S. Open Eugene	$200 [23] "Impression, Sunrise" was a painting by this artist that led to the name of an art movement Monet Dave	$200 [30] Nearly a hundred died in 1355's St. Scholastica's Day Riot between local citizens & students at this English university Oxford Pete	$200 [29] You're willfully naive if you don't know this variant of delusional with an interior rhyme is a big thing with TikTokers delulu Pete	$200 [28] Some states require an excuse to request this 8-letter type of ballot that implies you can't show up in person absentee Dave	$200 [27] ...you can do late-night activities, like going to this type of 4-letter bar with a Polynesian theme a tiki bar Eugene
$400 [24] 2001 was the first time this event extended into November; it's happened 9 times since the World Series Dave	$400 [22] She became the first 20th century Mexican artist in the Louvre's collection when it chose "The Frame" Frida Kahlo Eugene	$400 [8] This city became Poland's capital--for a while--& the Jagiellonian University was founded there Kraków Dave	$400 [21] This 5-letter shortening refers to anything that gives you an idea, especially as gleaned from an Internet posting inspo Pete	$400 [26] One letter longer than a type of tent cloth, it means to travel through a district to garner political support canvass Pete	$400 [20] ...you can have lots of this sleep known by an abbrev.--a study in the journal "Neurology" said it might protect against dementia REM Pete
$600 [1] This 3-letter org. kicked off (maybe not the right term) its 2025 season in January at the Plantation Course in Maui the PGA Eugene	$600 [2] This work by Leonardo da Vinci was a fitting scene for a refectory, the room where Friars ate, at Santa Maria delle Grazie The Last Supper Dave	$600 [5] Like many today, John de Rupescissa was looking to extend life, but using this pretend science instead of supplements alchemy Dave	$600 [9] It can mean bad or good depending on context, but this word comes before toilet in memes skibidi Dave	$600 [15] These orders come directly from POTUS as the name implies, & all presidents except William Henry Harrison have used them executive orders Pete	$600 [14] ...you don't have to have dino-shaped nugs for dinner--you can splurge & have the A5 Kobe type of this Japanese steak Wagyu Pete
$800 [12] Fall & winter are the seasons for this off-track running sport that grew out of an event called paper chasing or hare & hounds cross-country Pete	$800 [3] Edward Hopper's wife Jo served as the model for the red-haired woman in this 1942 painting Nighthawks Pete	$800 [6] 6' high & capable of shooting an arrow 300 yards, it was the chief weapon of the English when the Hundred Years' War began the longbow Eugene	$800 [10] What's old is new again, & what's young, like folks born between 2010 & 2024, is this Greek-named generation the Alpha Generation Eugene	$800 [18] This word for a political influencer comes from their old custom of loitering about in certain rooms a lobbyist Dave	$800 [13] ...don't worry about a 529--you can invest all your money in this cryptocurrency with a name based on a meme of a Shiba Inu Dogecoin Dave
$1,000 [17] February pro football was far off in 1967, when Vince Lombardi & this team won the "Ice Bowl" for the NFL title on New Year's Eve the Green Bay Packers Eugene	$1,000 [4] Born into a poor Jewish family, this Russian-French artist painted the dreamy "Lovers in the Moonlight" Chagall Pete	$1,000 [7] A 1303 earthquake is said to have destroyed this Egyptian one of the Seven Ancient Wonders after 1,500 years the Great Lighthouse of Alexandria Pete Eugene	$1,000 [11] There's SAHG (stay at home girlfriend) & this portmanteau word for a married woman who stays in the home & posts online about it a tradwife Eugene	DD $2,800 [16] The 5th & 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution enshrine this 2-word guarantee of a fair trial due process Pete	$1,000 [19] ...you can spontaneously book that adults-only resort Samanvaya on this island in Indonesia directly east of Java Bali Pete

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	LITERARY AWARDS	THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL	USEFUL PLANTS	LAW & ORDER	BEFORE CHILDREN
$400 [29] The Göta Canal connects Lake Vänern, this Scandinavian country's largest lake, with the Baltic Sea Sweden	$400 [30] Crime fans are on a first-name basis with these Mystery Writers of America awards that honor the "Father of Detective Fiction" the Edgars Eugene	$400 [26] The 2024 film "The Last Showgirl" starredheras Shelly, looking for a future when her long-running show is closing Pamela Anderson Dave	$400 [27] Barbecue pit masters know all about this shrub that's the name of cities in Texas & Nevada mesquite Dave	$400 [23] L.A. Deputy Sheriff Sonia Montejano became this courtroom order keeper for Judge Joe Brown & on "Hot Bench" the bailiff Pete	$400 [21] Thissheer, light fabric is often used for bridesmaids' dresses chiffon Pete
$800 [28] The 2 major subdivisions of the North Indian Ocean are the Arabian Sea & this bay Bay of Bengal Pete	$800 [5] The National Basketball Association debuted in 1949; these other NBAs began honoring U.S.-published volumes in 1950 the National Book Awards Pete	$800 [25] "Showgirls" starred her as Nomi Malone, a very different character from Jessie Spano on "Saved by the Bell" Elizabeth Berkley Eugene	$800 [24] Resorted to along the trail & maybe during COVID-era shortages, mulleinis also called cowboy's this bathroom stuff toilet paper Pete	$800 [22] Counting the votes is often one task in this position, like Leslie Bibb in "Juror #2" foreperson Dave	$800 [20] To chastise is to really rip someone; this 5-letter word means to scold mildly chide Eugene
$1,200 [2] Haiphong is a major port on this gulf the Gulf of Tonkin Eugene	$1,200 [3] The Poetry Society of America's Lifetime Achievement medal is named for this man Robert Frost Eugene	$1,200 [9] Per a Barry Manilow song, "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl" at this club, "the hottest spot north of Havana" the Copacabana Pete	$1,200 [6] This seed plant of the genus Fagopyrum gives good pancake & pillows from it are said to help align your spine buckwheat Pete	$1,200 [10] An Alford this, often part of this type of deal between defendant & prosecution, sort of means "guilty, but really innocent" a plea Pete	$1,200 [17] El Movimiento was the 1960s movement to assert pride & identity & reclaim this term for Mexican Americans Chicano Eugene
$2,000 [15] Sugar Loaf Mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro & the entrance to this bay Guanabara Bay	$1,600 [4] A dark & stormy night (maybe) in 2025 saw the end of the long-running bad writing contest named for this hyphenated man Edward Bulwer-Lytton	$1,600 [16] The 1930 film "The Blue Angel" made an international star out of this German actress who played Lola Lola Marlene Dietrich Eugene	$1,600 [7] Thepainted daisyis not so pretty to some tiny creatures, as it's a source of pyrethrin, a natural one of these substances insecticide Pete	$1,600 [11] The Mich. Supreme Court upheld Samuel Elliott's conviction for armed robbery, so he's not Misdemeanor but this crime type Elliott felony Dave	$1,600 [18] This milky latex from the sapodilla tree was a primary gum ingredient for many years chicle Pete Dave Eugene
DD $4,200 [14] Care to Gdansk? Then come on down to the mouth of this river, its country's longest the Vistula Dave	$2,000 [13] An award celebrating green values takes its name from the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem "The Chambered" this sea mollusk Nautilus Dave	DD $2,000 [1] This American was a sensation at the Folies Bergère, dancing while wearing not much but a skirt ornamented with bananas Josephine Baker Pete	$2,000 [8] This herbal partner of goldenseal is no recent fad--it was introduced in the 1880s as "Meyer's Blood Purifier" echinacea	$2,000 [12] As of 2017 there's video of traffic stops in Dubuque, as the police department began a program of using these body cameras Pete	$2,000 [19] French gives us this word for a twisted hairstyle worn at the nape of the neck a chignon Eugene

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

His mom Eliza, the first mother to attend her son's inauguration, survived him by about 6 years; his wife, by 36

James Garfield

Dave "Who is William Henry Harrison?" — wagered $4,000

Pete "Who William Henry Harrison? Hi Katie!" — wagered $7,400

Eugene "Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?" — wagered $6,000

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