Here are today’s Second Chance contestants: Jeopardy! LET’S GET TO THE POINT // LITERARY LODGINGS // AS THE CROW FLIES // CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH // “HOT” LINES // YOU SEEM TENSE DD1 – 800 – LITERARY LODGINGS – Though it sounds possessive, the name of this country estate in an E.M. Forster title has no apostrophe (Guy doubled to 2,800.) Scores at first break: Rachael 1,800, Guy 4,600, Jasmine 3,800. Scores entering DJ: Rachael 4,600, Guy 6,200, Jasmine 6,000. Double Jeopardy! SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON THE DARK AGES // CROSSWORD CLUES “U” // NEPO BABIES // PHILOSOPHERS // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 22

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants: Jeopardy! THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN CASH // HISTORIC AMERICANS // JOB-BREVIATIONS // BROADWAY // THAT’S (A WORD FROM THE) ITALIAN! // LANDFORM HO! DD1 – 800 – HISTORIC AMERICANS – Mad that this pres. didn’t recognize the new USSR, diplomat William Bullitt Jr. teamed with Freud on a savage psycho-biography of him (Dave lost 1,000 on a true DD.) Scores at first break: Pete 2,800, Dave 3,000, Eugene 4,200. Scores entering DJ: Pete 1,400, Dave 6,600, Eugene 3,200. Double Jeopardy! 19th CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS // VOCABULARY // IN LONDON’S NATURAL PORTRAIT GALLERY … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 19

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants: Jeopardy! POKER // YOUR “BET” // CHECK // RAISE // CALL // I FOLD DD1 – 1,000 – CHECK – A DEXA scan can check for osteoporosis & is also known as a BMD test; the M stands for mineral; the B & D are these 2 words (& knows she is not using good English) (Pete doubled to 5,600.) Scores at first break: Pete 2,800, Allison 1,400, Chris 2,800. Scores entering DJ: Pete 6,000, Allison 2,600, Chris 4,400. Double Jeopardy! SHIP HAPPENS // U.S. CITIES // THEM’S DANCING WORDS // PODCASTS // CLASSIC … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Dec. 17

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants: Jeopardy! SECOND CHANCERY // IN MEMORIAM 2025 // SOMETHING’S “OFF” // WALKING // WINTER // WONDERLAND DD1 – WONDERLAND – After eating a cake that makes her grow, Alice uses this word that means “even more peculiar” (& knows she is not using good English) (Dave lost 2,200 on a true DD.) Scores at first break: Dave 800 Evan 2,400, Ivanna 2,200. Scores entering DJ: Dave 2,600 Evan 4,400, Ivanna 4,000. Double Jeopardy! BRITISH HISTORY // YOU’LL NEED SOME INTELLIGENCE // VAMPING IT UP ON TV // SCIENCE // THAT’S A REAL MYTH-CONCEPTION // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Dec. 16

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants: Jeopardy! A LANDMARK EVENT // GREEK ALPHABET SOUP // POETRY TIME // THE CANADIAN INVASION // “OY” TO THE WORLD // A BOTTLE OF RED, A BOTTLE OF WHITE DD1 – 800 – POETRY TIME – His “Four Quartets” begins, “Time present and time past / Are both perhaps present in time future”; I like the ones about cats (Erik added 1,000.) Scores at first break: Erik 5,000, Erin 1,200, Eugene 1,000. Scores entering DJ: Erik 7,600, Erin 4,400, Eugene 3,400. Double Jeopardy! THE WORLD IS CHANGING // ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 15

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! CITIES BY HISTORIC EVENTS // IT’S ALL GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME // SEAFOOD // LET’S START A HIP-HOP GROUP // “M.C.” // HYPE MAN DD1 – $800 – SEAFOOD – This seafood stew gets its name from Provençal words for “boil” & “lower” (From the lead, Will lost just $5.) Scores at first break: Will $3,795, Trey $3,200, Madelyn $800. Scores entering DJ: Will $4,795, Trey $6,400, Madelyn $1,800. Double Jeopardy! BODIES OF WATER // NOVELS // RHYME TIME // MODERN 2-LETTER INITIALS // MOVIE LINES // BYE, PHOENICIA DD2 – $1,600 – NOVELS – In a … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 12

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! VICTORIAN ENGLAND // AS DEFINED BY MERRIAM-WEBSTER // “& THE” MUSIC PLAYED ON // SUN KISSED // HOW MANY SQUARES CONTAIN… // BICYCLES DD1 – $400 – VICTORIAN ENGLAND – The Match Girls strike of 1888 involved young women & their toxic exposure to this white element they put on match tips (Will doubled to $3,600.) Scores at first break: Will $5,800, Jennifer $1,600, Francis $1,600. Scores entering DJ: Will $11,200, Jennifer $2,600, Francis $1,400. Double Jeopardy! NOTES & QUERIES // SECOND LETTER “Y” // SCIENCE FACTS // EPONYMOUSLY YOURS // CAPITAL CITY MAYORS // NOT … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 11

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! REMEMBER DECEMBER // THE “NEW” WORLD // PRISON LINGO // LITERARY AGENTS // THE NAME OF THE GAME // THAT’S A CHRISTMAS MOVIE DD1 – $400 – THAT’S A CHRISTMAS MOVIE – In this 2003 movie, we learned “They tried using gnomes & trolls, but the gnomes drank too much” (From the lead with $5,400, Eddie lost $2,600.) Scores at first break: Will $3,600, Chelsea $1,400, Eddie $4,200. Scores entering DJ: Will $6,000, Chelsea $4,400, Eddie $2,800. Double Jeopardy! CIVIL WAR GEOGRAPHY // PAINTINGS // BROADWAY NUMBER, PLEASE // FROM THE FRENCH // MED. ABBREV. // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Dec. 10

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! HISTORIC LEADERS // LIT-POURRI // THAT’S PROBABLY ILLEGAL // MILD TV SPOILERS // K2 // YAS QUEENS DD1 – $600 – THAT’S PROBABLY ILLEGAL – This crime refers to illegally transporting booze or taping & selling that Doobie Brothers concert (Jenna won $2,400.) Scores at first break: Will $4,000, Steve $2,200, Jenna $1,600. Scores entering DJ: Will $5,400, Steve $4,400, Jenna $7,600. Double Jeopardy! ISLANDS // RUSSIAN COMPOSERS // SCIENCE GLOSSARY // FILM TITLE PAIRS // SAY “LOVE” // MOVING WORDS & PHRASES DD2 – $1,600 – ISLANDS – In 1902 an eruption of Mount Pelée on … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Dec. 9

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! WORLD TRAVELING // OH, YOU SHALL FOOTBALL // BESTSELLERS // MUSIC TERMS // “IA” // WHAT DOES THE FAX SAY? DD1 – $1,000 – WORLD TRAVELING – It’s off to the settlement originally named Canterbury that became this New Zealand city (Will added $1,000.) Scores at first break: Ron $1,800, Will $1,200, Morgan $1,600. Scores entering DJ: Ron $5,600, Will $800, Morgan $2,800. Double Jeopardy! ROMAN EMPERORS // ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS // MEXICAN AMERICANS // LOVE CONNECTIONS // INSTAGRAM STORIES // THAT SEEMS FAIR DD2 – $1,600 – ROMAN EMPERORS – A persistent enemy of Christianity, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 8

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! WE 5 KINGS // REPURPOSING // COMPOSE YOURSELF! // ALL KINDS OF CRUMMY // U.S. MUSEUMS // LET’S GIVE STAR WARS A HAND DD1 – $400 – LET’S GIVE STAR WARS A HAND – The genetic template for the title characters, Jango Fett got unhanded, then unheaded in this film Episode 2 (On the first clue of the game, Ron dropped $1,000.) Scores at first break: Ron $2,600, Youssef $2,800, Margaret $1,600. Scores entering DJ: Ron $4,000, Youssef $4,800, Margaret $3,000. Double Jeopardy! BORDER RIVERS // CHEMISTRY // CLASSIC ARTISTS’ B-SIDES // STOCK SYMBOLS // 6-LETTER … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 5

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE 21st CENTURY // WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? // THE FILMS OF DIANE KEATON // ON THE MAINE LAND // HAVE A SEAT // THE SONG OF ONE LONELY CONSONANT DD1 – $800 – ON THE MAINE LAND – John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated land & money to create this park, the first national park established east of the Mississippi (Andy doubled to $4,000.) Scores at first break: Ron $2,600, Andy $4,000, Marie $2,200. Scores entering DJ: Ron $5,600, Andy $5,000, Marie $4,400. Double Jeopardy! STARTS WITH A GREEK LETTER // HOT DAM! // THE THREAD OF … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 4

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! LITERATURE // MULTI-HYPHENS // HISTORIC AMERICANS // IN THE CHRISTMAS SONG LYRICS // “G” LOVE // SPECIAL SAUCE DD1 – $1,000 – LITERATURE – “In this island we arrived, and here have I, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit than other princes can” is in this play (Ron doubled to $3,600.) Scores at first break: Libby $5,800, Sarah $400, Ron $4,200. Scores entering DJ: Libby $10,800, Sarah $1,000, Ron $5,200. Double Jeopardy! IT’S FRIEZE-ING IN HERE // STREAMING COMEDY // AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY // DOUBLE MEANINGS // NEXT IN THE SEQUENCE // THE EARTH ROCKS DD2 – … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Dec. 3

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! STATE DEPT. NO-GOs // TELEVISION // A STACK OF “LEE” // GET SOME REST // PLENTY OF FLUIDS // A SICK DAY DD1 – $800 – GET SOME REST – Latin for “gap” or “yawn”, it can be a break in work, often for TV productions over summer (On the first clue, Harrison lost $1,000.) Scores at first break: Harrison $4,400, Brendan $2,800, Libby $0. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $6,600, Brendan $2,800, Libby $3,000. Double Jeopardy! A BOATLOAD OF TROUBLE // PLAYS BY CHARACTERS // HODGEPODGE // GEOGRAPHIC FILM TITLES // A COURSE OF HORSES // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 1

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! NOT THE STATE CAPITAL // ROUGH TIMES IN THE BIBLE // TROPICAL FRUITS // STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS // BABY, I CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING // ANY MOORE DD1 – $800 – ROUGH TIMES IN THE BIBLE – Looking toward these 2 places, “Lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace” (Wilder added $1,000.) Scores at first break: Harrison $6,200, Wilder $1,800, Samantha $1,000. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $9,200, Wilder $3,200, Samantha $3,000. Double Jeopardy! UNMITIGATED GAUL // CLOTHES IN BOOKS // ANIMALS’ SCIENTIFIC NAMES // ARCHITECTS // “J”AMS // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Nov. 28

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE ALWAYS RELIABLE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR // MILITARY GLOSSARY // NEWS IN 2025 // NFL GRAB BAG // PRIDE // BEFORE FALL DD1 – $800 – MILITARY GLOSSARY – The Iraq War that began in 2003 brought this initialism for a homemade bomb into common usage (Harrison added $1,000 to his leading score of $5,800.) Scores at first break: Harrison $5,800, Nicole $1,400, Paul $800. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $8,800, Nicole $4,000, Paul $1,600. Double Jeopardy! 19th CENTURY AMERICANS // AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN // LOVE IT & LEAF IT // QUOTES FROM THE MAGAZINE // A-HUNTING WE … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Nov. 27

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! YOUR SWEET 16th (CENTURY) // LET’S TALK TURKEY // WEIGHTS & MEASURES // QUEST: LOVE // SQUIRREL FRIENDS // WORDS THAT DIFFER BY ONE LETTER DD1 – $1,000 – YOUR SWEET 16th (CENTURY) – “The true treasure of the Church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God” is no, 62 in this document posted in 1517 (Krish added $1,000.) Scores at first break: Harrison $4,200, Krish $3,200, Shannon $1,800. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $8,300, Krish $3,600, Shannon $1,800. Double Jeopardy! FROM THEIR NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY // OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD LITERARY TITLES // … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Nov. 26

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE U.S. BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS // ODD MUSEUMS // DON’T YOU HATE IT WHEN…? // SHARED ROOTS // POUR DECISIONS // WHERE AM “I”? DD1 – $1,000 – SHARED ROOTS – The flesh-ripping humor of sarcasm shares a root with this container that comes from the Greek for “flesh eating” (Harrison improved by $2,500 to $6,500.) Scores at first break: Harrison $600, Emma $3,800, Lyman $1,600. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $8,300, Emma $3,600, Lyman $1,800. Double Jeopardy! SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID IT? // PEW PEW PEW // 9-LETTER WORDS // ITALIAN AMERICANS // SONG TITLE BEFORE … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Nov. 25

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE BISHOP // MOUNTAINS // TURTLE TALK // SOMEBODY’S BUSINESS // THIS CATEGORY STINKS // GERMAN HUMOR DD1 – $600 – MOUNTAINS – Jenny Lake near Jackson Hole is presided over by 3 peaks named South, Middle & Grand this (Harrison doubled to $3,600.) Scores at first break: Harrison $7,200, Shannon $800, Michael $2,000. Scores entering DJ: Harrison $11,200, Shannon $1,400, Michael $3,800. Double Jeopardy! IN THE YEAR 2000… // CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGININGS // WORLD LANGUAGES // ICONIC EYEWEAR // FILIPINO-AMERICAN MUSICIANS // CHANGE THE LAST LETTER DD2 – $1,600 – CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGININGS – With this … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 24