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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category On The Map) for Monday, October 27, 2025 (Season 42, Game 36):
An official American Viticultural Area spanning multiple states includes this eastern island where you’ll find the town of Chilmark
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Morgan Walker, a marketing director from Glenwood Springs, Colorado
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Aaron Levine, a sports anchor from Seattle, Washington
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Shaan Mishra, a management consultant from Carmel, Indiana (1-day total: $15,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The last week of October begins today with Shaan Mishra as our defending champion; your challengers are Colorado marketing director Morgan Walker and sports anchor Aaron Levine from Washington state. Certainly, I’ll personally be cheering for Aaron today (Nothing against Shaan or Morgan, but I’m familiar with Aaron’s participation in trivia events.)
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Correct response: What is Martha’s Vineyard?
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The island of Martha’s Vineyard, located off the coast of Massachusetts, is a part of the Southeastearn New England AVA, encompassing the southern shore of eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts, including Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod. (An American Viticultural Area, or AVA, is a designated grape-growing area, and an area of the country that is given an appellation on wine packaging, due to the wish of many consumers to know where their wine originates.)
Because I think this might be a sticking point later, certainly because Martha’s Vineyard is its own American Viticultural Area in of itself: an area is can be a part of multiple AVAs—this is also the case over in the Napa Valley area of California; some areas are a part of three, each encompassing a larger area of California.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, October 27, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Rainforest, Meet Desert; It’s Your Day!; Dueling Anne Hathaways; Pastimes; “C” Plus; Final Resting Places)
Aaron found the Daily Double very early, using it to jump into an early lead. After 15 clues, the scores were Aaron $4,400 Morgan $2,000 Shaan $1,800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Aaron 6 correct 0 incorrect
Morgan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Shaan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Morgan is often visited by bears.
Aaron was starstruck when some of his Mariners commentary was retweeted by Ken.
Shaan ran a pop up restaurant in college.
Aaron picked up another 5 correct to continue to lead after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Aaron 11 correct 1 incorrect
Shaan 10 correct 1 incorrect
Morgan 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Aaron $7,200
Shaan $4,000
Morgan $2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Late ’60s; A Bit O’ Lit; Czech Yourself; Tigers Everywhere; The Song’s Personnel; Newish Words & Phrases)
Aaron found DD2, picking up $5,000 from it. Shaan had a chance on DD3 three clues later, but was incorrect. However, he did bring himself back into score contention before the end of the round. Morgan had a strong second half of the round to make sure that Aaron didn’t have a runaway entering Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Aaron 16 correct 3 incorrect
Morgan 17 correct 4 incorrect
Shaan 18 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 6 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Aaron $14,600
Morgan $10,200
Shaan $4,800
Both Shaan and Aaron were correct in Final, and that makes Aaron your new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Shaan $4,800 + $4,000 = $8,800 (What is Martha’s Vineyard?)
Morgan $10,200 – $10,198 = $2 (What is Long Island?)
Aaron $14,600 + $6,000 = $20,600 (What Martha’s Vineyard) (1-day total: $20,600)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FINAL RESTING PLACES $800 (clue #2)
Aaron 1000 +1000 (Shaan 0 Morgan 0)
2) A BIT O’ LIT $1600 (clue #2)
Aaron 9200 +5000 (Shaan 4000 Morgan 2200)
3) CZECH YOURSELF $1600 (clue #5, $27600 left on board)
Shaan 6000 -4000 (Aaron 15400 Morgan 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 88
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Shaan 5
Aaron 4*
Morgan
DJ! Round:
Shaan 4*
Aaron 4* 3 5
Morgan 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Aaron 4.00
Shaan 4.50
Morgan 5.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 6 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Aaron $11,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Shaan $8,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Morgan $10,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,800
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Shaan Mishra, career statistics:
35 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.95% in first on buzzer (33/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,700
Aaron Levine, career statistics:
17 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Morgan Walker, career statistics:
17 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Aaron Levine, to win:
2 games: 54.731%
3: 29.955%
4: 16.395%
5: 8.973%
6: 4.911%
Avg. streak: 2.209 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s result mathematically clinches a Tournament of Champions spot for Tom Devlin.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Aaron $14,600 Morgan $10,200 Shaan $4,800)
Shaan: You need to bet at least $4,000 to have any chance of victory.(Actual bet: $4,000)
Aaron: Standard cover bet over Morgan is $5,801. If you are sure that Morgan will bet small, a bet between $2 and $3,798 would best defend against Morgan betting small. (This is not a Shore’s Conjecture game, though.) (Actual bet: $6,000)
Morgan: Bet no more than $599 to keep Shaan locked out. (Actual bet: $10,198)
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Aaron Levine should have won ESPN’s “Dream Job” a few years ago.
Yes, he’s also well known in trivia/quizzing circles, and his appearance has been highly anticipated.
Well, the word “Vineyard” is right there, so yeah!
Guessed correctly from ‘eastern island’. I didn’t know the meaning of viticultural. Maybe it’s because the Cape Cod Marathon was this month (a beautiful place to run in October), and you can see Martha’s Vineyard from part of the course.
I didn’t know the meaning of viticultural either, but also didn’t think of it possibly being related to “vino” (wine), assuming just related to “vita” (life). Like Morgan, I also guessed Long Island.
Viticultural + island = Martha’s Vineyard
Viticultural made me think of vineyards which left me no other choice but Martha’s Vineyard. Couldn’t think of any other places in the East with Vineyard in the name, although, I’m guessing there must be others.
Didn’t get FJ after checking it out here.
Had a full 18 inning baseball game I was watching. Crazy game! ⚾️⚾️⚾️