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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Organizations) for Thursday, October 9, 2025 (Season 42, Game 24):
Passing on in 2025, Aliza Magen, who helped track down terrorists in the 1972 Munich attack, became this agency’s top-ranking woman
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Grace Batiste, a marketing manager originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Spencer Janes, a program manager originally from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California (5-day total: $100,723)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
TJ Fisher is now a 5-day Jeopardy! champion following an incredibly dramatic Final Jeopardy Round in yesterday’s game. Today, he looks to make it an even half-dozen victories against Spencer Janes and Grace Batiste.
I have to say, the idea of “from” versus “originally from” is one where my viewpoint has changed over the years. Certainly, I have spent much of my fandom preferring “from”, and that is what I could use if I were to somehow make it to the Alex Trebek Stage, the proliferation of Internet stalking has made the use of “originally from” much more attractive to many, to obfuscate their whereabouts just enough.
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Correct response: What is Mossad?
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Aliza Magen spent most of the 1990s as the deputy director of Mossad, Israel’s national intelligence agency. Prior to that, she spent time working on “Operation Wrath of God” for Mossad, the Israeli retaliation campaign against Palestinians for the attack against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
The biggest issue with this clue is that unless you actually know this material, there’s really no way to determine whether the correct responses is Mossad or Interpol. I’ve often defended harder Final Jeopardy clues on this platform by saying that it’s about a subject that the show thinks viewers should know more about, and I think the show here has significantly overestimated how much they think home viewers—especially those in the younger demographics that the show so covets—are actually going to view today’s Final Jeopardy clue positively, and I think this is ultimately another case where I think it’s not apparent if the writer’s room is aware of how younger generations view the world. Certainly, if I were on Jeopardy!‘s social team, I might consider not posting today’s Final Jeopardy round to TikTok, lest the comment section be overwhelmed with watermelons.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, October 9, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Irish History; That’s Some Rhyme; Origin Of The Idiom; All Sorts Of Science; Cleanup; On Aisle 7)
In a bit of a slow start, TJ got the Daily Double incorrect early and sat in the red through 15. At the break, the scores were Spencer $2,200 Grace $1,400 TJ -$1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Spencer 3 correct 0 incorrect
Grace 3 correct 0 incorrect
TJ 1 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Grace won a fifth grade essay contest about her terrible haircut.
Spencer forgot how to ride a bicycle when in Scotland.
TJ got to sing at a beach karaoke bar after winning a trivia contest.
While TJ got himself out of the hole during this segment, Spencer continued to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Spencer 7 correct 0 incorrect
Grace 5 correct 0 incorrect
TJ 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Spencer $4,200
Grace $2,600
TJ $800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Alliterative Geography; Supreme Court Decisions; Elegiac Verse; Ranks & Titles; Anagrammar; “All” TV & Movies)
TJ found DD2 immediately, picking up $2,000 to bring him back into the game. Grace eventually found DD3, but was conservative on it and sat third. Spencer didn’t relinquish his lead—though TJ came close—and led going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Spencer 17 correct 0 incorrect
TJ 18 correct 2 incorrect
Grace 8 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 3 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Spencer $17,000
TJ $14,400
Grace $5,200
Grace and Spencer were correct in Final, and that makes Spencer your new Jeopardy! champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Grace $5,200 + $5,000 = $10,200 (What is Mossad?)
TJ $14,400 – $9,199 = $5,201 (What is interpol?)
Spencer $17,000 + $12,000 = $29,000 (What is Mossad?) (1-day total: $29,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ORIGIN OF THE IDIOM $800 (clue #2)
TJ 0 -1000 (Spencer 0 Grace 0)
2) SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $1200 (clue #1)
TJ 800 +2000 (Spencer 4200 Grace 2600)
3) RANKS & TITLES $800 (clue #21, $6000 left on board)
Grace 4200 +1000 (TJ 12000 Spencer 14200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 24
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
TJ 3 4*
Spencer
Grace
DJ! Round:
TJ 3* 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 5 2
Spencer 3 3 4 2 5 3 4 5 2
Grace 4† 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Spencer 3.44
Grace 3.00
TJ 3.75
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.13 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Spencer $17,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Grace $5,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
TJ $14,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $16,000 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,400
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 6
Player Statistics:
TJ Fisher, career statistics:
150 correct, 30 incorrect
4/7 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
45.03% in first on buzzer (154/342)
10/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,800)
1/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,133
Spencer Janes, career statistics:
18 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000
Grace Batiste, career statistics:
9 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,000
Spencer Janes, to win:
2 games: 48.257%
3: 23.287%
4: 11.238%
5: 5.423%
6: 2.617%
Avg. streak: 1.933 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Spencer $17,000 TJ $14,400 Grace $5,200)
TJ: Bet between $2,601 and $3,999 and hope for a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $9,199)
Spencer: Standard cover bet is $11,801. I would recommend not going more than this, because if you’re wrong, you fall $1 below Grace’s total, and this forces her to stand pat. (Actual bet: $12,000)
Grace: If Spencer covers and is incorrect, he falls to $1 below your total. Your best chance of victory is TJ betting too much + and a Triple Stumper. Bet $0. (Actual bet: $5,000)
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I’m not a fan of this clue, and not just because I got it wrong. Is a single country’s intelligence agency a “World Organization”? Are the CIA, NSA, or FBI “World Organizations”?
I agree. World Organization doesn’t fit the bill.
I did get this though because I watched the movie Munich and was quiet fresh in my mind.
I think you are confusing world organization with international organization. World organization just means it’s somewhere in the world – not somewhere that is in multiple countries.
I thought this was an easy clue because I watched NCIS. The final Jeopardy clues have been difficult lately so I’m glad I finally got one.
I concur with Nick and Raul; I think labeling this as “World Organizations” is incredibly misleading for the contestants and viewers. When you say “World Organizations” most people would think of the UN, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, etc. I understand the argument that labeling it “National Agencies” or something similar may be a bit too specific, but as constituted, it isn’t a particularly effective category.
I guessed Mossad as I hear about them now and then. Plus, I saw a film about Mossad catching up with Eichmann in Argentina.
After the first thought of Mossad, I picked Interpol because the name Aliza did not sound Jewish to me.