Show #9404 - Thursday, October 2, 2025

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TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California

Alan Rosenberg, a high school teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa Mueller, an anthropologist from Rochester, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

NON-ENGLISH PLACE NAMES IN ENGLISH
RELATIVE-ITY
A POTABLE OF POTENCY
PEANUTS
(Ken: Because today is the 75th anniversary of the very first Peanuts comic strip.)
WAYS
MEANS
    $200 5
This city where the girl from Ipanema goes walking:
January river
    $200 11
In Greek mythology, Antigone was the daughter of this guy who was also her brother; no wonder he had a complex
    $200 16
It's the potent potable in the delightfully named Sly goes to Havana, which also has crème de cacao & green chartreuse
    $200 10
Charles Schulz loved Beethoven's "Hammerklavier Sonata", which this tiny virtuoso is playing in an early strip
    $200 21
Our handy little preposition via is Latin for "way"; the Via Lactea was this in the sky
    $200 26
This word means to take away someone's legal right to vote
    $400 4
This South American country that reminded Amerigo Vespucci of home:
little Venice
    $400 12
Her big family tree earned her the name "Grandmother of Europe"; she was the actual grandmother of George V & Kaiser Wilhelm II
    $400 17
Maker's Mark Cask Strength this can hit high vanilla & rich oak notes (as well as 114 proof)
    $400 9
Most of the gang visits Lucy's psychiatric booth, Schulz's update of a lemonade stand; this boy certainly has some issues
    $400 23
This Jewish new year led to the creation of Waze when Uri Levine wished there was info on the best way home to Tel Aviv after the holiday
    $400 27
From the Greek for "harsh", it's a set of strict economic policies to control rising public debt
    $600 3
This region where Alexander the Great was born:
land of the tall ones
    $600 13
The ball-playing brothers of this San Francisco family are seen in the uniform of that city's minor league Seals
    $600 18
You're not driving, so enjoy this drink of brandy, triple sec & lemon juice in the same-named motorcycle attachment
    $600 8
A part of this special that was nearly cut has become one of the most beloved sequences

"And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.'"
    $600 24
"Way" roads include Broadway, highway & this kind with the simplified spelling that Melvil Dewey wanted for the New York state one
    $600 28
Dear players, this adjective describes a book written in the form of letters
    DD: $1,000 1
This city that's no longer an African capital:
lakes
    $800 14
The only sibling Nobel Prize winners are the Tinbergens: Nikolaas in 1973 for Medicine & Jan in 1969 in this category's debut
    $800 19
I'm feelin' international, so mix vodka & Kahlua to make this drink, & hold the light cream that would change the name
    $800 7
Another Peanuts October milestone came in 1966 when this classic special made its debut

"You heard about fury and a woman scorned, haven't you?"
"Yes, I guess I have."
"Well, that's nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats."
    $800 22
It's a seven-mile drive between these two towns in the corner of Freedom's Way National Heritage Area, established in 2009
    $800 29
From Greek for "new convert", it means someone with little to no experience in a subject
    $1000 2
This Asian capital known for its towering Twin Towers:
muddy estuary
    $1000 15
Often called the first programmer, Ada Lovelace was the daughter of this poet who was "mad, bad & dangerous to know"
    $1000 20
This alliterative drink was invented at the Raffles Hotel in the place in its name; cherry heering makes it pink
    $1000 6
One of the few "Peanuts" strips related to other parts of the paper was from late 1962; Schulz was a fan of this baseball team
    $1000 25
The city of Tianjin has 5 great avenues, "wu da" this word that can be a road or a more spiritual way
    $1000 30
In medicine, this 7-letter remedy is the true cure-all, & we do mean all

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Lisa Alan TJ
$2,800 $400 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lisa Alan TJ
$2,800 $2,400 $7,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC LETTERS
PREQUELS & SEQUELS
SHE'S A SAINT
HBCUs
GENERATIONAL TALENTS
CONTRONYMS
    $400 17
In 1964 he wrote to Henry Luce on SCLC letterhead to say thanks for being named Time's Man of the Year
    $400 28
Filling in some gaps, Ed Falco (Edie's uncle) wrote "The Family Corleone" as a prequel to this novel
    $400 25
Patron saint of soldiers & France, she's celebrated in a yearly festival in France the second Sunday in May
    $400 16
For more than a century, this institution in Washington, D.C. has been called "The Mecca"
    $400 30
At age 14, Wil Wheaton played Wesley Crusher on this outer space sequel series
    $400 21
To add decorations to a tree, or to cut bits off it
    $800 22
Pearl Buck to her on Anne Sullivan's passing: "I count meeting your teacher as one of the great experiences of my life"
    $800 27
Makes sense that Pamela Redmond's sequel to "Younger", the basis for a TV series, is called this
    $800 26
In 2025, 440 years after her death, the remains of this saint of Ávila were briefly put on display
    $800 12
Fisk U. observes the day in 1871 its jubilee singers set out, bringing these Black hymns of pain & deliverance far & wide
    $800 29
At age 14 Drake played Jimmy Brooks on this high school sequel series
    $800 20
To remove fine particles from something, or to sprinkle them onto something
    DD: $2,400 10
In 1805 this ex-veep wrote to his son-in-law that he would "seek another country" due to his legal problems
    $1200 1
Nearly 25 years after "The Witches of" this place, John Updike followed up with "The Widows of" it
    $1200 4
The first Native American to be canonized, Kateri Tekakwitha was left orphaned & scarred by a 1600s epidemic of this disease
    $1200 3
This first Black Supreme Court justice got his undergrad degree at Penn.'s Lincoln University, "The Black Princeton"
    $1200 11
He turned 80 in 2024 & has kept on singing "My Generation"
    $1200 19
It can mean to promote, perhaps an idea for a TV show, or to discard as trash
    $1600 23
On June 19, 1953, the day of her execution, she wrote to her "precious children... always remember that we were innocent"
    $1600 2
"Petals on the Wind" & "If There Be Thorns" are the first 2 sequels to this novel
    $1600 5
After having visions of the Virgin Mary, this saint of Lourdes joined the Sisters of Charity
    $1600 7
Among the youngest historically Black univs., this Valley State University is located in the heart of the Delta & Jerry Rice is an alumnus
    $1600 13
"Generation" is a song by this artist with a perfect & somewhat Gershwin-esque one-word stage name for hip-hop
    DD: $2,000 15
Watchful supervision or care, as by a congressional committee, or an inadvertent error or omission
    $2000 24
To Lord Alfred Douglas: "I feel that it is only with you that I can do anything at all"
    $2000 9
According to the title of Douglas Adams' first sequel in "The Hitchhiker's Guide" series, Milliways is this place
    $2000 6
Born in Peru in 1586, Isabel Flores de Oliva is better known by this name
    $2000 8
Not to be confused with UMass, UMES stands for the University of Maryland this area on one side of Chesapeake Bay
    $2000 14
A tough act in films like "Girlfight", she stood up for millennials when she narrated the documentary "The Revolution Generation"
    $2000 18
To give official approval to, or to impose an official penalty upon, perhaps an economic one

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lisa Alan TJ
$6,400 $6,000 $24,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS
This 4-legged celebrity was named by his owner's employee, who once worked for a diplomat at the League of Nations

Final scores:

Lisa Alan TJ
$700 $4,800 $15,089
3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $15,089

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Lisa Alan TJ
$6,200 $6,000 $22,800
7 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 10 R,
2 W		 32 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $35,000

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Game tape date: 2025-09-08
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