2026 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Allegra Kuney — a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey
Tom Devlin — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $2,600 | $8,200 | $41,200 |
$41,200
Finalist |
$18,800
22 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Tom | $5,400 | $7,400 | $19,000 |
$19,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$19,000
24 R, 1 W |
| Allegra | $200 | $1,200 | $7,600 |
$900
3rd place: $10,000 |
$7,600
10 R, 3 W |
| CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHIC | LIVING FOSSILS | IT HAPPENED IN 2025 | YOU'RE MY SODA POP | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT | A HARD SCRABBLE UPBRINGING |
|
$200
[30]
Its City Hall, which replaced one destroyed in an earthquake, sports a 307-foot dome, taller than the U.S. Capitol's
San Francisco
Scott
|
$200
[25]
Living fossils are organisms that haven't changed much in millennia, like theseso-called crabs related to the extinct trilobites
a horseshoe crab
Scott
|
$200
[29]
Likely a result of thawing permafrost, the Birch one of these collapsed in Switzerland, causing damage to the town of Blatten
a glacier
Tom
|
$200
[28]
It was introduced in 1961 to rival 7Up
Sprite
Tom
|
$200
[26]
"This is for my people, my culture", he said when he was announced as the headliner of the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show
Bad Bunny
Scott
|
$200
[27]
20 points:Type of "kids" who had to let themselves in after school because their folks were working
latchkey
Tom
|
|
$600
[13]
Known as "The Del", this San Diego hotel opened in 1888 with a $2.50 per day room rate that also covered three daily meals
the Hotel del Coronado
Tom
|
$400
[24]
The nose of thegoblin sharkis covered in organs called ampullae of Lorenzini for detecting prey & this phenomenon
electricity
Tom
|
$400
[19]
In 2025 Clipse gave the first-ever rap performance in this city-state during the "Grace for the World" concert
the Vatican
Scott
Tom
Allegra
|
$400
[23]
This brand better known for its grape juice also makes sparkling grape & sparkling strawberry sodas
Welch's
Allegra
|
$400
[21]
The 2025 "Superman" film included this cape-wearing dog whose antics were based on James Gunn's not-so-well-be have d rescue
Krypto
Allegra
|
$400
[22]
The name of this 4th grade level of Cub Scouts is actually an acronym that earns you 12 points
Webelos
Tom
|
|
$800
[12]
When not playing piano in the bar at the Mission Ranch, Clint Eastwood found time to be mayor of this-by-the-sea from 1986 to 1988
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Scott
|
$600
[8]
Native to India, thepurple froglives mostly underground, surfacing only for a few weeks during this season
monsoon season
Scott
|
$600
[4]
The FDA revoked the green light for this food coloring in January due to cancer concerns
Red Dye No. 3
Scott
Allegra
|
$600
[7]
Ya-hooo! for this soda, whose name is slang for moonshine & was created as a mixer for cocktails
Mountain Dew
Tom
|
$600
[16]
It was most excellent when these 2 actors better known as Bill & Ted headlined a 2025 Broadway revival of "Waiting for Godot"
Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter
Allegra
|
$600
[6]
This pioneering speed metal band co-founded by Scott Ian brings the noise & 17 points, but no cattle disease, despite the name
Anthrax
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[1]
Enjoy Copenhagen Drive in the Danish capital of America, this Santa Barbara area city whose name means "sunny field"
Solvang
Allegra
|
$800
[5]
A 2024 study found that, ingars, evolution was at a virtual standstill at .00009 of these genetic changes per million years
mutations
Allegra
|
$800
[3]
This colorful company introduced its very own giant reusable rocket that took flight in early 2025
Blue Origin
Tom
|
$800
[2]
Calling itself "the original energy drink", this 4-letter cola is back, & with 200 mgs of caffeine, it lives up to its name
Jolt (Cola)
Tom
|
$800
[15]
This Paul Thomas Anderson film features a plague of frogs pelting the streets of Los Angeles
Magnolia
Scott
|
$800
[17]
You need both Bs & 2 Ls to spell this kids' game, a variant of tag; when do I get to be It, who has their eyes covered?
blind man's bluff
Scott
|
|
DD
$3,800
[20]
Formerly Ocean View Avenue, this Monterey street processed around 240,000 tons of sardines in 1945
Cannery Row
Scott
|
$1,000
[10]
Sadly, this fish that made headlines with its 1938 return from supposed extinction is now critically endangered
the coelacanth
Tom
|
$1,000
[11]
The Louvre robbers took a tiara of this empress, wife of Napoleon III, but dropped her crown with 1,354 diamonds
Eugénie
Allegra
|
$1,000
[14]
Originally from Mexico, the name of this apple-flavored soda translates to "little apple sun"
Manzanita Sol
Scott
|
$1,000
[9]
The chameleon circuit isn't always up to snuff on this "Doctor Who" transport, which is bigger on the inside
the TARDIS
Tom
|
$1,000
[18]
In winter some parents make kids wear this Crimean-named face warmer; it's a lotta vowels but still gets 16 points
balaclava
Tom
|
| LIGHTING UP THE ENLIGHTENMENT | PEN NAMES | ORGANIZATIONS | IT'S A FACT | WOMEN IN SONG | LATIN LOVERS |
|
$400
[30]
He was still a student at Cambridge when he sorta casually discovered the binomial theorem in 1665
(Isaac) Newton
Tom
|
$400
[29]
She grew up in Lorain, Ohio as Chloe Wofford & took her pen name in part from her baptismal name, Anthony
Toni Morrison
Allegra
|
$400
[28]
The American Foundation for this Prevention wants you to call or text 988 if you are in crisis
Suicide
Tom
|
$400
[25]
Characterized by misshapen erythrocytes, this form of anemia disproportionately affects people of African descent
sickle cell anemia
Scott
|
$400
[26]
In a No. 1 hit, Drake asked her, "Do you love me? Are you riding?"
Kiki
Scott
|
$400
[27]
Usually shortened to initials, it's the Latin phrase used in academia as a stand-in for one's resume
a CV ( curriculum vitae )
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[11]
OK, this Prussian did touch off years of war in 1756, but he was also an enlightened despot who hobnobbed with intellectuals
Frederick the Great
Scott
|
$800
[20]
Unable to use his real name, author & real life spy David Cornwell wrote spy thrillers under this name
John le Carré
Scott
|
$800
[24]
A1A is a scenic highway in Florida; AIA is the American Institute of these design pros, founded in 1857
Architects
Tom
|
$800
[21]
Though the accident occurred in 1986, energy was still being produced here until 2000
Chernobyl
Tom
|
$800
[23]
In "Sorry" Beyoncé sings, "He only want me when I'm not there, he better call" this woman
Becky with the good hair
Scott
|
$800
[22]
A certain flower's status as a symbol for secrecy led to this 2-word Latin phrase for anything done secretly
sub rosa
Allegra
|
|
$1,600
[6]
Female stars of the Enlightenment included this famous mom & author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Wollstonecraft
Tom
|
$1,200
[12]
Helen Lyndon Goff was the original name of this"Mary Poppins" author
P.L. Travers
Allegra
|
$1,200
[8]
Starting in 1905, meetings for this civilian service club revolve around many offices, hence its name
the Rotary Club
Tom
|
$1,200
[9]
It's an old name for China & it's also part of the name of Hong Kong's home airline
Cathay
Tom
|
$1,200
[1]
In a hit from 2005, she was asked, "What's it like in New York City, I'm a thousand miles away, but girl, tonight, you look so pretty"
Delilah
Tom
|
$1,200
[5]
Literally "guilty mind", this phrase is heard in courtrooms regarding a defendant's criminal intent
mens rea
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Denis was the first name of this alliterative editor of the Encyclopédie
Diderot
Allegra
|
$1,600
[2]
It was the pen name of Alexei Maximovich Peshkov; a park in Moscow is named in his honor
Maxim Gorky
Scott
|
$1,600
[7]
This last name precedes Zuckerberg in the name of a science-focused philanthropic initiative
Chan
Tom
|
$1,600
[10]
Panthera uncia is the scientific name for this animal that can be found in summer 18,000 feet up in the mountains of Asia
a snow leopard
Scott
|
$1,600
[13]
The Goo Goo Dolls song named for this lass says, "You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be"
Iris
Scott
|
$2,000
[17]
These 2 words follow "Carthago" in an ultimatum given by Cato the Elder in the Third Punic War
delenda est
Tom
|
|
DD
$15,400
[15]
We're all signatory to this, the title of a 1762 work by Rousseau
The Social Contract
Scott
|
$2,000
[4]
Hector Hugh Munro may have taken this pen name from a character in "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"
Saki
|
$2,000
[14]
Here's the Director General of this international agency as it signed a new agreement with Iran in 2025
the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
|
$2,000
[18]
Just weeks after Lee's surrender, over 1,000 Union soldiers died when this overcrowded steamboat exploded on the Mississippi
the Sultana
Scott
|
$2,000
[19]
Fountains of Wayne had their only mainstream hit with this anthem about a lady who's "got it going on"
"Stacy's Mom"
Allegra
|
DD
$6,000
[16]
Euripides was famous for this Latin-phrased plot resolution; in "Orestes", Apollo shows up & restores order
deus ex machina
Scott
|
Writing from prison to her père in 1793, she quoted the dramatist Corneille, "Crime makes the shame, and not the scaffold"
Charlotte Corday