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00:00From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Let's meet today's contestants.
00:16A patent attorney from Granger, Indiana, Shannon Mastic.
00:21An undergraduate student from Plano, Texas, Krish Patel.
00:25And our returning champion, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana, Harrison Whitaker,
00:34whose 11-day cash winnings totaled $309,000.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:48Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome everyone to Jeopardy!
00:50Here's a little Jeopardy! trivia.
00:52It was on this exact date, 24 years ago, that the dollar values of the clues on our game board were doubled.
00:58And given that he's already won over $300,000 from us, I imagine our champ, Harrison Whitaker, is pretty grateful about that change.
01:05Let's see if his winning ways continue today, as Krish and Shannon join us on the Alex Rebeck stage.
01:10Best of luck to everyone.
01:11Here are the categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:14First up, your sweet 16th century.
01:17And since tomorrow's Thanksgiving, let's talk turkey.
01:20Then we have weights and measures, quest, love, some squirrel friends, and finally, words that differ by one letter.
01:31We need both words, and Harrison, you're up first.
01:3316th century, eight.
01:35It's the last name of Giovanni, who became Pius IV in 1559.
01:40Joe was one of four family members to robe up, so Nepo Pope?
01:44Krish.
01:45What is Medici?
01:46He was a Medici.
01:4716th century for 1,000.
01:48Answer.
01:49Daily double, Krish.
01:53You have the $800 you just earned, but you can wager up to $1,000 on the clue.
01:56I'll do just that.
01:57All right, going for $1,800 then.
01:59Here's your clue from your sweet 16th century.
02:03The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God, is number 62, in this document, posted in 1517.
02:11What are the 95 DCs?
02:12Of Martin Luther, yes, you had $1,000, taking you to $1,800.
02:17Let's go 16th century for six.
02:19Heading west after leaving Spain, he rounded the street later named for him in 1520.
02:25Krish.
02:26Who's Magellan?
02:26Right.
02:27Weights and measures, 600.
02:28A measure of the quantity of heat, the BTU, short for this, is approximately equal to 1,055 joules.
02:36Harrison.
02:36What is the British Thermal Unit?
02:37Right.
02:38Uh, Questlove 8.
02:40In Greek myth, Demeter searched for this daughter until she got a tip-off that Hades was holding her, and gave up.
02:47Harrison.
02:47Who's Persephone?
02:48Right again.
02:48Questlove 1,000.
02:50We love Mountaineer football.
02:52To this city, named for a man named Zach Quill, for a victory chorus of Take Me Home Country Roads.
02:58Harrison.
02:59What's Charleston?
03:00It is not Charleston.
03:01Chris for Shannon.
03:04Mountaineers play in Morgantown, West Virginia.
03:07Back to you, Harrison.
03:08Words that differ by one letter for eight.
03:09A dish best served cold and money made.
03:16What are revenge and revenue?
03:19One letter off.
03:20Harrison, back to you.
03:21One letter, 1,000.
03:23Door component and a poetic foot.
03:27Harrison.
03:29What is a jam and an IM?
03:30That's right.
03:31Well done.
03:31Uh, Questlove 6.
03:33Oh, to find a glass of wildly expensive champagne named for this monk, cellar master at the Abbey of
03:39Auvelier from 1668 to 1715.
03:43Harrison.
03:43Who's Domperignon?
03:44Yes.
03:45Let's talk Turkey 6.
03:47Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated this ancient city at present-day Hissarlik.
03:52Harrison.
03:52Where's Troy?
03:53That's the city.
03:54Let's talk Turkey 8.
03:55Turkey's inland Sea of Marmara is accessed through the Bosporus and this strait.
04:00Chris.
04:01What is the Dardanelle?
04:02That's the other strait.
04:03Uh, Turkey for 1,000.
04:04The Library of Ahmet III and the Hagia Irene are sights to see in this palace complex in
04:10Istanbul.
04:11Harrison.
04:11Uh, what is Tokapi Palace?
04:13Good for 1,000.
04:14Uh, Squirrel Friends for 6.
04:16The full title of the series starring this purple dinosaur was him and Friends.
04:21One of those friends was a squirrel named Scooter McNutty.
04:24Harrison.
04:25Who's Barney?
04:25Yes.
04:26Uh, weights and measures 8.
04:28Can you take the pressure?
04:30Units of measure for pressure include millibars and millimeters of this element.
04:35Shannon.
04:35What's mercury?
04:36That's correct.
04:37Weights and measures 1,000.
04:39Shocking as it may seem, this unit constitutes a flow of one coulomb of electricity per second.
04:45Krish.
04:46What's an ohm?
04:47It is not an ohm.
04:49Shannon.
04:50What's an ampere?
04:51Ampere is correct, yes.
04:52That's two in a row for you, Shannon, but I'm afraid we have to stop for a second.
04:55It's time for a pause on this commercial break.
04:57We'll be right back with more Jeopardy.
05:05Shannon Mastic is a patent attorney from Granger, Indiana.
05:08You went to Notre Dame in Indiana, Shannon, is that right?
05:11Yes.
05:11And that's where you met your husband.
05:12Yeah, I met my husband at Notre Dame, um, and we both, uh, returned to the area.
05:18Granger is like 20 minutes from Notre Dame campus, um, and live there now when we go to
05:23football games every weekend.
05:25Um, we got married on Notre Dame's campus as well.
05:28Oh, like close to where you first met, maybe?
05:30Exactly, yeah, yeah.
05:31And I'm told you have a child on the way now?
05:33Yes, um, I'm expecting a baby end of, end of January, um, so her fun fact for
05:38life is going to be that she's been on Jeopardy.
05:40She's already been on TV.
05:41I mean, I don't know if you wanted to play Jeopardy with a baby coming soon, but, uh,
05:45You know what?
05:46I'll take it.
05:46There we go.
05:47Good luck to both of you.
05:49Chris Patel is an undergrad from Plano, Texas.
05:52Tell me about how your love of Jeopardy started, Chris.
05:54Yeah, so, uh, I was eight years old.
05:56I turned it, uh, on Channel 21 to Jeopardy.
06:00It was, the Battle of the Decades was running at that point.
06:02I remember it well.
06:03I think it was the 2000s week, and I didn't know what was going on.
06:06I didn't even realize it was a tournament, but, like, I stuck around, and one of the
06:10clues happened to be about Candy Crush, which I played religiously on my mom's phone at
06:14the time.
06:15Wow.
06:15So, uh, you know, I was like, okay, if I can get this one right, then maybe the next
06:19one, maybe the next one.
06:19And eventually I got better at it, and now I'm here.
06:22If we hadn't had that clue about Candy Crush, if that was an opera category...
06:25I probably would have turned it off and just waited for Wheel of Fortune.
06:28Exactly.
06:28You might not be here today.
06:29I'm so glad we had that clue.
06:30Welcome, Chris.
06:32Our returning champion is researcher Harrison Whitaker, originally from Terre Haute, who
06:36once, uh, ran into somebody we've heard of at a movie premiere.
06:39Is that right?
06:40What happened, Harrison?
06:40Yeah, well, um, I went to the premiere of The Favourite when it was in New York at the
06:44New York Film Festival.
06:45The movie with, uh, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman.
06:47Yeah, exactly.
06:48And, uh, and I was running a bit late, and I had to go to the bathroom, so I scrambled down
06:51into the sort of basement where the bathrooms are, and as I was coming out, I was rushing
06:54to get to my seat, and I ran directly into Taylor Swift.
06:57You literally read a smack dab into her?
06:59Yeah, physical, physical smack into her, and I just went, oh, I'm so, so, so sorry,
07:03and she went on like nothing had happened.
07:04So you both escaped uninjured, and I have to say, I'm a little more worried about Taylor.
07:07Yeah.
07:08She's okay.
07:08Yeah, no, she's totally fine.
07:09I'm glad to hear her.
07:10And you, you look good as well.
07:11Thank you, Ken.
07:13You're very welcome.
07:14Shannon, you have control of the board.
07:16Which clue will it be?
07:17Let's do Squirrel Friends for a Thousand.
07:19You may know this squirrel from such Nintendo games as his bad fur day and his pocket tails.
07:25Harrison.
07:26Who's Conker?
07:26It is Conker.
07:27Squirrel Friends, eight.
07:28Who lives in a spacesuit under the sea?
07:31This science-loving squirrel and friend of SpongeBob.
07:34Krish.
07:34Who's Sandy Cheeks.
07:35It is.
07:36Uh, let's go 16th Century for four.
07:39Consolidating power in this empire, circa 1512, Selim I killed his brothers, many of their
07:44sons, and even some of his own, save Suleiman.
07:47Krish.
07:48What is the Ottoman Empire?
07:48That's the empire.
07:49Uh, Turkey for four.
07:51Alexander the Great creatively solved this ancient puzzle named for the capital of Phrygia
07:55in modern-day Anatolia.
07:58Harrison.
07:58What's the Gordian Knot?
07:59That's right.
07:59Quest Love Four.
08:01Can we pull you for a chat?
08:03In 2025, Amaya and Brian were the toast of the villa, coupling up to win $100,000 on this
08:08reality show.
08:10Harrison.
08:10What is Love Island?
08:11It sure is.
08:12Words that differ by one letter six.
08:14A starting place for racehorses and a sullen look of displeasure.
08:17What are post and pout?
08:23Harrison.
08:24One letter four.
08:25Malice and a connected group of rooms.
08:31These are tough.
08:32What are spite and sweet?
08:34Harrison, where to now?
08:35One letter 200.
08:36Finish it off with this.
08:38A glance and any member of British nobility.
08:41Krish.
08:42What's a look and a rook?
08:43No.
08:45Harrison or Shannon?
08:47What are peak and peer?
08:49No more of those, sadly.
08:50Back to you, Harrison.
08:52Weights and measures four.
08:53A mnemonic to approximately translate from these liquid units to gallons, multiply by two and
08:59divide by nine.
09:00Krish.
09:00What are leaders?
09:01Correct.
09:0216th century for 200.
09:04In 1588, this fleet led by the Duke of Medina, Cedonia had around 130 ships, 8,000 seamen,
09:10and 19,000 soldiers.
09:12Then it didn't.
09:14Harrison.
09:14What's the Spanish Armada?
09:15Yes.
09:16Uh, Turkey two.
09:17A breed of cat, goat, and rabbit carry this former name for the capital of Turkey.
09:23Harrison.
09:23What is Angora?
09:25It is Angora.
09:26Uh, weights and measures two.
09:27When talking area, 43,560 square feet is equal to one of these units.
09:33Harrison.
09:33It's an acre.
09:34Good.
09:35Questlove two.
09:35In act four of an opera, Cyrano rises from his deathbed to visit this woman, the love
09:41of his life, one last time.
09:43Harrison.
09:44Who is Roxanna?
09:45No.
09:47Chris or Shannon?
09:49Close, but it's just Roxanne.
09:51Back to you, Harrison.
09:52Squirrel Friends four.
09:54Frostbite Falls was the animated home of this flying squirrel, Bullwinkle's pal.
09:59Harrison.
09:59Who's Rocky?
10:00It is Rocky the flying squirrel.
10:01Here's the final squirrel.
10:02Well, Scrat, a prehistoric saber-toothed squirrel obsessed with acorns, was introduced in this
10:072002 animated film.
10:10Harrison.
10:10It's Ice Age.
10:11That is correct.
10:12You have iced the lead with $7,000, but we still have Double Jeopardy to play.
10:16Come right back.
10:23Shannon will be selecting first in the Double Jeopardy round.
10:26Two Daily Doubles on the board, this time hidden in these categories.
10:30First, from their New York Times obituary.
10:33Then, Out of This World Literary Titles, followed by Ends in F, Songs in the Movie, Free, and Bird.
10:44Shannon, what'll it be?
10:46Let's do Bird for $1,600.
10:48Flamingos are this type of alliterative eater, turning their heads upside down to get their grub.
10:57Those are called filter feeders.
10:59Shannon?
11:00Bird for $2,000.
11:01You can tell the dwarf type of this bird from its taller cousin, not only by height, but also by the lack of waddle.
11:08Shannon?
11:09Uh, what's ostrich?
11:10No.
11:11Harrison or Krish?
11:14Those are cassowaries.
11:15Still your board, Shannon.
11:17Bird for $1,200.
11:18Sticking with bird.
11:19Osprey populations rebounded after this three-letter insecticide was banned.
11:24It weakened their eggs' shells.
11:26Shannon?
11:26What's DDT?
11:28Correct.
11:28You're back on the plus side.
11:30Bird for $800.
11:31These stellar birds are known to fly in synchronous groups called murmurations, perhaps to avoid prey.
11:38Harrison?
11:38Starlings?
11:39Yes.
11:40Ends in F, 12.
11:42Gothic and grotesque are nothing fancy as typefaces go.
11:45In America, they describe sans this typefaces.
11:48Krish?
11:49What are serif?
11:52Yes.
11:52Okay.
11:53Obituary for $1,200.
11:551980.
11:56His four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games made him perhaps the greatest athlete in track and field history.
12:03Harrison?
12:03Who's Owens?
12:04It is.
12:05Obituary, 16.
12:061964.
12:07Only one other president lived to be 90.
12:10John Adams, the second president.
12:12Krish?
12:12Who's Hoover?
12:13Very good.
12:13Uh, obituary, 2000.
12:152025.
12:17Principal designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human.
12:21Krish?
12:22Who's Christian Barnard?
12:24No.
12:25Harrison or Shannon?
12:27That's Robert Jarvik.
12:29Back to you, Krish.
12:30Uh, ends in F, 16.
12:32This hyphenated art term means the design projects just a little from the background.
12:37Harrison?
12:37What is Ball Relief?
12:38Yes.
12:39Literary titles, 12.
12:40A Princess of Mars by this author is the first novel in a series featuring John Carter.
12:46Harrison?
12:46Who's Burroughs?
12:47Yes.
12:47Title, 16.
12:49In this Vonnegut novel, the only place Winston Niles Rumford can exist without disappearing
12:53is on the largest moon of Saturn.
12:56Harrison?
12:56What is Sirens of Titan?
12:58That's right.
12:59Uh, literary titles, too.
13:01The erotic short stories in Delta of Venus by this woman were written for a collector that
13:05Henry Miller knew.
13:07Krish?
13:08Who's Sappho?
13:09No.
13:10Harrison or Shannon?
13:13Who is Anais Nin?
13:14Back to you, Harrison.
13:16Uh, Songs in the Movie, 12.
13:181967.
13:19Scarborough Fair, Canticle.
13:21Mrs. Robinson.
13:22Krish?
13:23What's The Graduate?
13:23That's the movie.
13:24Songs in the Movie for 16.
13:261967.
13:27The Bare Necessities, I Want to Be Like You, Trust in Me.
13:31Harrison?
13:32What's The Jungle Book?
13:32Good.
13:33Songs in the Movie, 2.
13:342000.
13:35I'll Fly Away, In the Jailhouse Now.
13:38I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow.
13:40Shannon?
13:41What's Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
13:42Good for 2,000.
13:43Free for 2,000?
13:45Feeling Radiant?
13:47Human Bodies Emit A Faint Glow That May Be Caused By These, Atoms Or Molecules With An
13:51Unpaired Electron.
13:53Harrison?
13:53What are Free Radicals?
13:54Right.
13:55N's in F, 2,000.
13:56Answer.
13:57Daily Double for you.
14:02How do you feel about N's in F, Harrison?
14:04What's the wager here?
14:053,000, please.
14:06All right.
14:07Going for an even 20,000 if he's right.
14:09Here's the clue.
14:10German and French give us this nine-letter word for a recurrent musical theme associated
14:16with a specific character.
14:18What is a leitmotif?
14:19Leitmotif is correct, yes.
14:2020,000 even now.
14:23Select again, Harrison.
14:24Free 16.
14:26This word for any free feature of a hotel begins with a word that ends prayers.
14:31Krish?
14:32What are amenities?
14:32Yes.
14:33Free for 1,200?
14:35The economic policy of free trade also goes by this French term.
14:39Shannon?
14:39What's laissez-faire?
14:40Right.
14:41N's in F, 800?
14:43A bundle of wheat, for instance.
14:46Krish?
14:46What's a loaf?
14:47No.
14:48Harrison?
14:48It's a sheaf.
14:49It is a sheaf.
14:50Literary Title's 8.
14:51Answer there is a Daily Double.
14:57You wagered pretty small last time, Harrison.
14:59What'll it be this time?
15:016,000.
15:02Okay.
15:02Bigger bet on out-of-this-world literary titles.
15:06Here's the clue.
15:07A Samuel R. Delaney novel where an exploding star is mined for a vital element shares its
15:13name with this PBS program.
15:16What is Babel?
15:18Sorry, no.
15:19Exploding star?
15:19It's called Nova.
15:20Oh, of course.
15:21So you lose 6,000.
15:22Select again.
15:23Obituary 8.
15:251967.
15:26Noted writer, sometimes characterized as the O. Henry of Harlem.
15:30Krish?
15:30Ms. Hughes?
15:31Yes.
15:32Uh, songs in the movie, 800.
15:341984.
15:35Big Bottom, Stonehenge, Sex Farm.
15:38Harrison?
15:39What is this?
15:40Is Spinal Tap?
15:40That's it.
15:41Uh, Free 8.
15:42This 2007 Bruce Willis movie has New Hampshire's state motto in its title.
15:47Shannon?
15:48Uh, what's Live Free or Die Hard?
15:50Yes.
15:51N's in F for 400.
15:53A defendant's foe in a civil suit.
15:56Harrison?
15:57What is the plaintiff?
15:57It is the plaintiff.
15:58Titles for?
15:59The Son of Neptune is the second book in the YA series Heroes of Olympus by him.
16:04Harrison?
16:05Who's Riordan?
16:06It is.
16:06Obituary 4.
16:081948.
16:09News of the assassination only a few days after he had finished a five-day fast spread quickly.
16:14Krish?
16:15Who's Gandhi?
16:15You got it.
16:16Uh, songs in the movie for 400.
16:181985.
16:19Fire in the Twilight and Don't You Forget About Me.
16:22Harrison?
16:23Well, it's The Breakfast Club.
16:24That's right.
16:25Free 4.
16:26Walt Whitman is often called the father of this style of poetry, liberated from the constraints
16:30of formal meter.
16:32Harrison?
16:32What's Free Verse?
16:33That's right.
16:34And we'll finish Bird as well for 400.
16:37Ostriches are gastroliths, eating stones to digest food.
16:40Rocks go to this lower part of the stomach designed for grinding.
16:44Shannon?
16:45What's Gizzard?
16:45That's what the Gizzard is for.
16:47Yes, you're just $200 behind Chris Shannon.
16:49Harrison's in the lead.
16:50Here's your final Jeopardy! category.
16:52Famous declarations.
16:54And we will be back with a clue right after this.
16:57This is the last day people with Medicare can make changes to their prescription drug and
17:02health plans for 2026.
17:05What is December 7th, 2025?
17:08It's an unusual final Jeopardy! category today.
17:11Famous declarations.
17:12Here's the clue.
17:15After an escape under darkness, a U.S. general told an Adelaide newspaper these three famous
17:21words on March 20th, 1942.
17:2430 seconds starts now, players.
17:25Good luck.
17:44Shannon Mastic at $5,400. We'll come to her first.
18:00You wrote down what three-word phrase?
18:02What is I got out?
18:04I'm afraid that's not it, Shannon. Good guess.
18:06What did you wager?
18:07Wagered every single penny. That'll drop you down to zero.
18:10Krish Patel was in second place with $5,600.
18:13What three words did you write down?
18:15Without the plus high mark and Evan, that is a three-word phrase.
18:18That is not what the general said, though.
18:20You wagered $5,201. You have $399.
18:25Probably good for second place today because Harrison Whitaker had a big lead again with $17,200.
18:30And he wrote as a response, what are I shall return?
18:34And that is correct.
18:35Douglas MacArthur in Australia, after leaving the Bataan Peninsula but vowing to return to the Philippines,
18:39what will you add to your score, Harrison?
18:41$3,800 takes you up to $21,000 today.
18:45And now a 12-day total of $330,000.
18:50That's starting to run into money.
18:53We'll try to keep it going tomorrow.
18:54I hope we see you then.
18:55Thanks for watching.
18:56Thanks for watching.
19:25See you then.
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