2025-2026 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 1.
Jasmine Zhou — an ASIC engineer from Woodland, California
Guy Branum — a writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California
Rachael Gray — a graduate student from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael | $1,800 | $4,600 | $8,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
16 R, 3 W |
| Guy! | $4,600 | $6,200 | $9,400 |
$17,201
Finalist |
$8,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jasmine | $3,800 | $6,000 | $4,800 |
$9,599
2nd place: $3,000 |
$19,200
24 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| LET'S GET TO THE POINT | LITERARY LODGINGS | AS THE CROW FLIES | CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH | "HOT" LINES | YOU SEEM TENSE |
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$200
[8]
In January 1778 American General Samuel Parsons' Brigade crossed the Hudson & set up camp at this spot
West Point
Jasmine
|
$200
[28]
Sherlock Holmes made his home at 221B this street
Baker
Rachael
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$200
[30]
It's the term for wrinkles extending out from the outer corners of your eyes
crow's feet
Jasmine
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$200
[14]
The addition of this item makes a man's suit a 3-piece suit
a waistcoat (vest)
Rachael
|
$200
[16]
Nelly resolves the title problem of this song with the solution: "so take off all your clothes"
"Hot In Herre"
Guy!
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$200
[22]
As a verb, it means to vex someone mentally; as a noun, it's a very unexpected defeat in a big game
upset
Rachael
|
|
$400
[9]
The French gave this suburban area near Detroit a name meaning "big point"
Grosse Pointe
Rachael
|
$400
[25]
Head to this country to visit Astrid Lindgren's Värld & check out Villa Villekulla, a recreation of Pippi Longstocking's home
Sweden
Rachael
Jasmine
|
$400
[26]
Sheryl Crow won 2 Grammy Awards for this catchy number that contains the lyric "I got a feelin' I'm not the only one"
"All I Wanna Do"
Guy!
|
$400
[19]
A jacket of this woolen fabric with elbow patches is part of the classic professorial look
tweed
Jasmine
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$400
[20]
This song was aptly released in August 2019; one of the lines we can quote follows the title & says, "So you know she got it lit"
"Hot Girl Summer"
Jasmine
|
$400
[23]
Feeling jumpy? You're "on" this duo of sharp, idiomatic items
pins & needles
Guy!
|
|
$600
[27]
The Somali Peninsula is the projecting tip of the region known by this 3-word name
the Horn of Africa
Rachael
|
$600
[1]
The spacious country house Manderley looms large in this Daphne du Maurier classic
Rebecca
Rachael
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$600
[17]
Possessive term for the vantage point seen here
the crow's nest
Guy!
|
$600
[3]
There's confusion as to whether the now-iconic yellow plaid suit the character Cher wore in this film was by D&G or Jean Paul Gaultier
Clueless
Guy!
|
$600
[10]
In a 2004 No. 1 hit featuring Pharrell, Snoop Dogg gave this title command about one's booty vis-à-vis the dance floor
"Drop It Like It's Hot"
Rachael
|
$600
[29]
I'm uneasy about doing that thing you mentioned; "I have some" these, a 6-letter word beginning with "Q"
qualms
Jasmine
|
|
$800
[4]
Mainland South America's northernmost point, Point Gallinasbelongs to this country
Colombia
Guy!
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$1,000
[6]
It's the fictional country estate owned by Mr. Darcy in "Pride & Prejudice"
Pemberley
Guy!
|
$800
[18]
Painted around 1890, "Wheat Field with Crows" was one of this artist's last works
van Gogh
Rachael
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$800
[2]
The name of this striped fabric popular for summer suits comes from Persian for "milk & sugar"
seersucker
Jasmine
|
$800
[15]
Call the doctor! This Foreigner song mentions "I got a fever of a hundred & three"
"Hot Blooded"
Jasmine
|
$800
[11]
This hyphenated adjective means very sensitive; it might also describe a Wilson H6 tennis racquet
high-strung (tightly strung)
Guy!
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The city of Stevens Point, home to a famous trivia contest since 1969, is northwest of Appleton in the middle of this state
Wisconsin
Jasmine
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
Though it sounds possessive, the name of this country estate in an E.M. Forster title has no apostrophe
Howards End
Guy!
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$1,000
[24]
The Crow people, or Apsáalooke, lived in the valleys of the Powder & Bighorn Rivers in this state where their reservation is now
Montana
Rachael
|
$1,000
[13]
If you want a bespoke suit, this London street is synonymous with custom tailoring; Henry Poole & Co. is a good choice there
Savile Row
Jasmine
|
$1,000
[21]
Let us spell it out for you: this recent hit tells you to "snap & clap & touch your toes, raise your hands, now body roll"
"Hot To Go!"
Jasmine
|
$1,000
[12]
Is it about you? The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" is "tense and" this synonym, "and I can't relax"
nervous
|
| SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON THE DARK AGES | CROSSWORD CLUES "U" | NEPO BABIES | PHILOSOPHERS | TOXIC CREATURES | YOU SEE TENTS |
|
$400
[30]
This social system was based on lords granting property & assets to vassals in exchange for military & other services
feudalism
Jasmine
|
$400
[19]
A thespian on standby(10 letters)
an understudy
Jasmine
|
$400
[21]
Supermodel Hailey Bieber, the daughter & niece of actors with this last name, has gratefully embraced her nepo baby status
Baldwin
Jasmine
|
$400
[22]
He said "Das Kap" to a capitalistic mentality in 1867 with the first volume of "Das Kapital"
Marx
Jasmine
|
$400
[24]
This "blazing" insect originally from South America may live in colonies of 100,000 & can inflict a painful sting
fire ants
Jasmine
|
$400
[25]
Here's this tent, synonymous with the circus itself; can't wait to see what goes on under it
the big top
Jasmine
|
|
$800
[29]
This game spread from India, where it was known as chaturanga, to Europe, where it would become known as "the royal game"
chess
Jasmine
|
$800
[20]
It keeps the hair off your neck(4 letters)
an updo
|
$800
[14]
Mia Threapleton, star of 2025's "The Phoenician Scheme", is the daughter of this Oscar winner who said, "I'll never let go"
Kate Winslet
Rachael
|
$800
[10]
His "Republic" introduced the idea of wise rulers called philosopher-kings
Plato
Jasmine
|
$800
[11]
North America's longest venomous snake is the Eastern variety of this rattlesnake that lends its name to a pro sports team
a diamondback
Rachael
|
$800
[26]
In 2024, tents in Grants Pass in this state prompted a Supreme Court ruling that saidhomeless camping could be treated as a crime
Oregon
Rachael
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Called the kingdom of al-Andalus, most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by this Muslim group starting in 711
the Moors
Rachael
Guy!
|
$1,200
[6]
Authority figure who cries foul(6 letters)
an umpire
Jasmine
|
$1,200
[13]
Singer Robin Thicke's dad is Alan Thicke, who became a household name as Jason Seaver on this '80s & '90s sitcom
Growing Pains
Rachael
|
$1,200
[4]
"Either/Or" is a pretty depressing album by Elliott Smith & a pretty depressing work by this Danish thinker
Kierkegaard
Rachael
|
$1,200
[3]
With its bite, the cute but deadly slowlorisis the only known venomous member of this group of higher mammals
primates
Guy!
|
$1,200
[17]
With a name that fits its shape & honors a formation in Yosemite, thisREI tent beloved by campers turns 45 in 2025
Half Dome
Jasmine
|
|
$2,000
[27]
The founder of monasticism, this saint founded a monastery in Italy & established his rule for the lives of monks circa 530 A.D.
Benedict
Rachael
Guy!
|
$1,600
[8]
Final offer or demand(9 letters)
an ultimatum
Guy!
|
$1,600
[1]
Jaden Smith shared the screen with dad, Will, for the first but not the last time inthis2006 film with a misspelled title
The Pursuit of Happyness
Jasmine
|
$1,600
[23]
A DITL of this 18th c. transcendental idealist: Rise at 5, smoke, critique some "Pure Reason", strut around Königsberg, hang out with bestie
Kant
Jasmine
|
$1,600
[5]
In Japan the potentially poisonous pufferfish is known by this 4-letter name & when eaten, must be specially prepared
fugu
Jasmine
|
$1,600
[15]
This British Army officer who gained fame in the Middle East wrote excitedly about his first time "getting a tent of my own"
T.E. Lawrence
Guy!
|
|
DD
$7,600
[2]
Around 900 the French king ceded to Rollo the Viking a large northern territory that became known as this duchy
Normandy
Jasmine
|
DD
$6,800
[18]
All over the place(10 letters)
ubiquitous
Jasmine
|
$2,000
[12]
"Big Little Lies" star Zoë Kravitz has doubly talented genes: Dad is Lenny Kravitz & mom is this former sitcom actress
(Lisa) Bonet
Guy!
|
$2,000
[9]
In 1647 René Descartes got into a debate over the concept of a vacuum with this French man who "wagered" there was one
Pascal
Rachael
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$2,000
[7]
Hornet venom contains histamines that can cause the severe allergic reaction called type 1 this
anaphylaxis
Jasmine
|
$2,000
[16]
A pavilion with atentdesign at this Washington city's 1974 World's Fair has been turned into a permanentgathering place
Spokane
Rachael
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Secularized during the Revolution, this Latin Quarter building has a porch of columns & triangular pediment modeled on an ancient building
the Panthéon