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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Bestselling Authors) for Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (Season 42, Game 27):
At age 26 in 1917, she passed the assistant’s exam for London’s Society of Apothecaries
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Chris McGinn, an editor from Indian Land, South Carolina
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Evan Argyle, a data scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Allegra Hill, a foreign affairs professional from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $23,601)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Allegra Hill is your new Jeopardy! champion after picking up $23,601 in yesterday’s holiday matchup. Today, she faces off against challengers Chris McGinn and Evan Argyle (who, as you’d expect, is pictured in an argyle sweater in his contestant photograph).
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Correct response: Who is Agatha Christie?
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Agatha Christie, one of the world’s most famous detective and crime fiction writers, passed the Assistant’s Examination for the Society of Apothecaries in 1917; this exam would be equivalent to one for a pharmacy technician in North America. Studying for this examination would give the author the knowledge of poisons, many of which would later come up in her works. She would also serve in hospital dispensaries during both World War I and World War II.
To me, this seems like a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue, one that I also believe is necessary for the overall health of wagering strategy. We’ve seen a couple of instances recently of leaders betting on their opponents to get Final Jeopardy incorrect, and straightforward Final Jeopardy clues such as this one does wonders in keeping leaders betting aggressively during Final Jeopardy.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Creepy Things In Goosebumps Titles; World History; 3-Letter Musical Groups; Transportation; Occupational Verbs; Dessert)
Both challengers got off to a strong start; after 15 clues, your scores sat at Evan $3,400 Chris $3,200 Allegra -$1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Evan 7 correct 2 incorrect
Chris 5 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 1 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Chris received a cochlear implant last July.
Evan is the fourth of seven children; he competed with his family growing up when watching.
Allegra played in the same high school and college orchestra with her younger brother.
Allegra got herself out of the hole and back into the positive, while Chris and Evan continued their close battle. Chris led at commercial break #2.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Chris 7 correct 2 incorrect
Evan 14 correct 2 incorrect
Allegra 7 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Chris $6,200
Evan $6,000
Allegra $800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Their First Film Together; The “End”; Spa Treatments; Geometry; Circum-France; A Cute Angel)
Evan found DD2 early in the round, adding to his score; Allegra found DD3 in a distant third two-thirds of the way through the round; she said immediately after the clue that she should have wagered more. (And I agree.) Evan led going into Final—but everyone was in contention.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Evan 25 correct 4 incorrect
Chris 15 correct 4 incorrect
Allegra 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 3 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Evan $17,400
Chris $11,000
Allegra $8,600
Allegra and Chris were correct in Final, but Evan was not—and that makes Chris your new champion! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Allegra $8,600 + $4,100 = $12,700 (Who is Agatha Christie! (Hi Emily))
Chris $11,000 + $11,000 = $22,000 (Who is Christie?) (1-day total: $22,000)
Evan $17,400 – $4,601 = $12,799 (Who is Beatrix Potter)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) TRANSPORTATION $800 (clue #16)
Chris 3200 +2200 (Allegra -1400 Evan 3400)
2) CIRCUM-FRANCE $1200 (clue #5)
Evan 6800 +3000 (Allegra 1600 Chris 4600)
3) THEIR FIRST FILM TOGETHER $1600 (clue #21, $6800 left on board)
Allegra 5200 +3000 (Evan 14600 Chris 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 171
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Allegra 5 3
Evan 4 5 3 1 4 5 4 5 5
Chris 4 3 2 3 4*
DJ! Round:
Allegra 2 3 2 1 4*
Evan 4 5 3* 2† 5 2 4 4 3
Chris 3 4 3 4 5 5 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Chris 3.75
Evan 3.78
Allegra 2.86
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.11 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Chris $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Evan $15,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Allegra $7,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,400
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Allegra Hill, career statistics:
32 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,700
Evan Argyle, career statistics:
25 correct, 5 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600
Chris McGinn, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600
Chris McGinn, to win:
2 games: 43.097%
3: 18.574%
4: 8.005%
5: 3.450%
6: 1.487%
Avg. streak: 1.757 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I suspect she’ll chime in in the comments, but I assume that Allegra’s Final Jeopardy bet was a math error at some juncture in her calculations. (It’s definitely possible to do that under the pressure of the lights.)
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Evan $17,400 Chris $11,000 Allegra $8,600)
Allegra: Bet at least $4,200 to pass Evan if he’s incorrect in Final—but because that falls below Chris if she covers, you do have lots of room to bet more if you’d like. (Actual bet: $4,100)
Evan: Standard cover bet is $4,601. (Actual bet: $4,601)
Chris: Bet at least $6,201 to cover Allegra. (Actual bet: $11,000)
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Quite straightforward for me, especially after confirming the birth year based on the age in 1917, since my mom was a huge Agatha Christie fan.
back to back correct guesses.
“Studying for this examination would give the author the knowledge of poisons, many of which would later come up in her works”…. nice bit of info
Studying for this examination would give the author the knowledge of poisons, many of which would later come up in her works – that rings a bell. Was it a FJ clue a few years ago?
Maybe, but it was familiar to me from seeing several different “PBS” [technically BBC, I assume] shows about Agatha Christie in the last few years [I think in ’23 and ’24, but some have been rerunning this year.].
Yes, it was a straight-forward clue. Too bad it’s become the exception, rather than the norm.
Oh goodness – it wasn’t my math but my strategy which was wrong. I was trying to get in between Evan and Chris instead of covering Evan. Considered wagering my full score but then got back to my flawed strategy. Oops 🤣
And yeah, should’ve bet more! In my defense, I was fairly sure I’d get it wrong and just wanted to make it to final.
Thank you for coming here to comment Allegra. It was fun to watch you in these 2 Jeopardy games and I loved your exuberance when you won. I have been to 5 tapings of Jeopardy now and have nothing but the utmost respect for all of you that come onto this show. 🙂
It’s so sad to see Evan go; I loved his style and energy. But congrats to Chris on a game well played and getting my favorite Mystery author right!
It was fairly to get this one, author from first part of 20th century and female. Pharmacology background. Narrowed it down to mystery writer and immediately thought of Agatha Christie.
In tonight’s final, the clues (pun intended) pointed directly to Agatha Christie.
Sorry to see Allegra leaving so soon; she was a delight and I was hoping to learn how her parents decided to give her that name.
My guess on Allegra’s name is a feminized version of “allegro”. Based on what seems like a musical family and that “allegro” means to play something lively and cheerfully! Great contestant!
Yes, joyful, cheerful, lively, positive energy and vivacity all make sense. She certainly lives up to her name. Would like to have seen more of her.
Well, I guess best selling authors and I didn’t see eye to eye on this one! I failed at FJ! 🙁
Retro congrats to Chris on her win and we’ll see if she can get win #2 tomorrow. 🙂