Show #9492 2026-02-03 (taped 2025-11-20) Tournament of Champions

2026 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

TJ Fisher — a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California

Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California

Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Scott	$2,200	$2,600	$9,800	$9,800 2nd place	$9,800 13 R, 2 W
Paolo	$5,800	$6,800	$31,200	$32,305 Winner: 2 match points	$19,000 21 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
TJ	$-1,800	$-1,400	$4,600	$7,777 3rd place	$4,600 14 R, 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S SEE SOME I.D.	ON THE ENDANGERED & THREATENED LIST	COVER SONGS	BACK IN THE USSR	BAGS	WORDS OF MOUTH
$200 [30] A 2005 act of Congress mandated the adoption of this; TSA began asking for it in May 2025 Real ID TJ	$200 [26] Several subspecies of this "pocket" rodent, including the Olympia & Roy Prairie a gopher Scott	$200 [29] "Cover Me" is an album of covers of songs written by him, like "For You" & "Atlantic City", though oddly, not "Cover Me" Springsteen	$200 [28] By invading Afghanistan, forcing a boycott, the Soviets denied themselves seeing Tracy Caulkinsswim in this city in 1980 Moscow Scott TJ	$200 [20] In the 1950s Harry Wasylyk & Larry Hansen developed polyethylene trash bags now sold under this 4-letter brand Glad Paolo	$200 [27] This way of saying someone has gotten old is a reference to horses' receding gumlines long in the teeth (long in the tooth) Scott
$400 [21] If you're over 18 & have U.S. permanent resident status, you're required to carry this with you at all times a green card TJ	$400 [24] Manatees & this sea cow cousin of the Indian & South Pacific Oceans dugong Paolo	$400 [22] Indie rock darling Lucy Dacus wowed fans with a dreamy cover of this '90s Cher smash "Believe" Scott	$400 [23] At about 2.5 million, this city was the most populous Soviet city not in Russia at the time of the USSR's end Kiev (Kyiv)	$400 [19] Thesetoiletry bags for men are named for a German leather goods maker from the early 20th century Dopp kits TJ	$400 [25] 2 body parts are involved in this expression that means ironic or flippant tongue in cheek Paolo
$600 [11] Many websites & applications now require a secondary layer of ID abbreviated 2FA, standing for this two-factor authentication Paolo	$600 [7] A member of the weasel family, the black-footed this a ferret Scott Paolo TJ	$600 [5] This genre-crossing 2024 album included a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" Cowboy Carter Paolo	$600 [18] This 1939 pact between the USSR & Nazi Germany to refrain from mutual hostility was concluded mere days before WWII began Molotov–Ribbentrop (the non-aggression pact) TJ	$600 [13] The 1990s saw a rise in popularity of this crossbody bag with a name that honors the bicycle couriers who used them a messenger bag Scott	$600 [15] In "Waking Up In Vegas", Katy Perry sings, "Shut up &" do this (meaning it's time to stop talking & act) put your money where your mouth is Paolo
$800 [12] A 1920 League of Nations conference on these documents recommended they should measure 6 1/8" x 4 1/8" passports TJ	$800 [16] Sadly, hunted for their meat & hides, this mammal of the Americas a tapir Scott	$800 [6] Jeff Buckley & Andrea Bocelli are among the many who have covered this tune, Leonard Cohen's magnum opus "Hallelujah" TJ	$800 [10] This landlocked Central Asian Soviet republic was the last to formally declare independence before the USSR was dissolved in 1991 Kazakhstan TJ	$800 [2] "Bags" is the first single off of this singer-songwriter's 2019 album, "Immunity" Clairo Paolo	$1,000 [4] You are acting very cool but you're insincere if this won't happen; it was already a saying back in the 1540s butter wouldn't melt in your mouth TJ
$1,000 [17] Various types of this card all carry a name & number; one says, "valid for work only with DHS authorization" a Social Security card Scott TJ	$1,000 [9] Thisdouble-talk species of lemur the aye-aye Paolo	$1,000 [8] A Rolling Stone readers' poll ranked Jimi Hendrix' version of this Bob Dylan song as the greatest cover ever "All Along The Watchtower" Scott TJ	$1,000 [1] Convicted in a show trial & executed in 1938, Nikolay Bukharin had been the editor of Pravda & this other Soviet newspaper Izvestia Paolo	$1,000 [14] Bags from this fashion house include the popular Hug Bag & the Fiamma, named for founder Salvatore's daughter Ferragamo	DD $1,800 [3] A WWII ad campaign warned Americans about the risks of giving info to the enemy, leading to this 4-word rhyming slogan loose lips sink ships Paolo

Double Jeopardy! Round

BEFORE, DURING & AFTER	ODD POLITICAL TERMS	THAT'S A LONG TITLE	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	THERE ARE SPIES IN MY TV	AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS
$400 [29] Storybook fowl & her precious ova become a breakfast dish for the man who played Alan Turing on film the goose that laid the golden eggs Benedict Cumberbatch	$400 [25] A 19th century redistrictingmapin Massachusetts resembling a certain amphibian helped create this portmanteau gerrymandering Paolo	$400 [30] "The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of" him, "of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone" keeps going Robinson Crusoe	$400 [22] You don't have to watch MTV to know that this coastal region stretches 130 miles from Sandy Hook to Cape May the Jersey Shore TJ	$400 [28] The 2018 finale of this series was titled "Start", like the 1980s arms control negotiations between the U.S. & the Soviet Union The Americans Scott	$400 [19] For his work in the preservation of plasma, Dr. Charles Drew is known as the "father of" this type of storage place the blood bank TJ
$800 [27] Novel featuring Quasimodo, Esmeralda & the actress who played a "Downton" dowager whilst packing a .357 Magnum The Hunchback of Notre Dame Maggie Smith & Wesson Paolo	$800 [24] Britannica calls Rachel Maddow a "policy" this word; add a "Y" to the end & the word becomes off-kilter a wonk TJ	$800 [26] At 7 words, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" ties for this laconic man's longest story title Hemingway Paolo TJ	$800 [21] This Michigan resort island was once the headquarters of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company Mackinac TJ	$800 [23] Taylor Sheridan's female-focused CIA series starring Zoë Saldañahas this she-beast in the title Lioness Scott	$800 [18] Real first & middle names Edward Kennedy, he was one of the most recorded jazz artists of all time Duke Ellington TJ
$1,200 [5] Intense "equine" leg pain that's slang for a Western movie where you wear small binoculars charley horse opera glasses Paolo TJ	$1,200 [6] Journalist Michael Kinsley wrote that a gaffe is "when a politician inadvertently tells" this the truth Paolo	$1,600 [7] Ntozake Shange won an Obie Award & moved to Broadway with "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when" this "is enuf" the Rainbow Paolo	$1,200 [9] Home to alpine lakes & spectacular scenery, this range of the Rockies in Central Idaho is named for its jagged peaks the Sawtooth Scott	$1,200 [20] Hewas beloved as Bunk Moreland on "The Wire" before doing four seasons as James Greer, the loyal field boss & co-spy of Jack Ryan Wendell Pierce	$1,200 [1] The first African-American woman to serve in Congress, sherepresented the Brooklyn district in the House from 1969 to 1983 (Shirley) Chisholm Paolo
$2,000 [4] Frontierswoman of yore stars on a TV series where a woman is accidentally inseminated & joins Eugenides' literary Lisbon sisters Calamity Jane the Virgin Suicides	$1,600 [12] This alliterative 2-word vehicular barb for a wealthy do-gooder was first used to describe a Republican a limousine liberal Scott	$2,000 [8] With a few revisions, Mark Twain's "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" became more "Celebrated" under this title "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" TJ	$1,600 [10] Pottsville & Reading both lie on this river that enters the Delaware at Philadelphia the Schuylkill Scott TJ	$1,600 [14] Also a novel & '70s film, this streaming series co-stars Lashana Lynch as a British spy playing dog-&-mouse with Eddie Redmayne The Day of the Jackal Scott	$1,600 [16] This dancer & choreographer provided a platform for other Black dancers with the founding of his Amer. Dance Theater Ailey Paolo
DD $8,000 [2] Piscine entry in a Douglas Adams sci-fi series that's in an unusual or uncomfortable situation listening to a Handel suite So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Out of Water Music Paolo	$2,000 [13] George Costanza might have loved Biden's battle with this portmanteau; it's when companies offer less product, like fewer chips shrinkflation Paolo	DD $6,000 [3] This Swift title continues, "for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents..." A Modest Proposal Paolo	$2,000 [11] This largest of Alaska's Aleutian Islands is home to the active Shishaldin volcano Unimak	$2,000 [15] A flatulent Gary Oldmanleads the ragtag spies of "Slow Horses" from this MI5 building, their unsavory base of operations Slough House Paolo	$2,000 [17] Tennis great Arthur Ashe once said he wouldn't have had the chance to do what he'd been able to do ifshehadn't blazed a trail Althea Gibson TJ

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN ARTISTS

His 1967 New York Times obituary called him a "painter of loneliness"

(Edward) Hopper

TJ "Who wasHopper?Hopper" — wagered $3,177

Scott "Who is Hopper?" — wagered $0

Paolo "Who is Hopper?" — wagered $1,105

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