We love some Jeopardy! aaaaaalmost as much as we love exploring the 1893 World’s Fair. In the Double Jeopardy round on the March 5, 2026, episode, defending one-day champion Quentin Powers found a Daily Double and had this $1,600 clue in the “CITIES IN COLOR” category: “For the color of many buildings, the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago had this nickname referenced in the title of a 2003 bestseller”.

“The White City” is the most common moniker given to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This nickname—referring to the uniform alabaster color of most of the main exhibition palaces—was coined by H. C. Bunner in his essay “The Making of the White City” (Scribner’s October 1892). Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America made the nickname familiar to millions in recent years.

Alas, Quentin lost $3,000 for that gap in his trivia knowledge. We could quibble, however, with the somewhat misleading category title. After all, is white really a color?