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00:00For backstage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Introducing today's contestants, an assistant principal from North Reading, Massachusetts,
00:18Samantha Meyer, a cashier and writer from Los Angeles, California, Wilder Sights,
00:26and our returning champion, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana, Harrison Whittaker,
00:34whose 13-day cash winnings totaled $352,000.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:48Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:50Yesterday, our super champion Harrison Whittaker clinched win number 13,
00:55an unlucky number that proved lucky for him and for a very small number of other Jeopardy! players.
01:01Only 12 people in Jeopardy! history before Harrison have won more than 13 games.
01:07Can he keep the streak going through the weekend?
01:09I would imagine our challengers, Wilder and Samantha, have some thoughts about that.
01:12Good luck to all three of you. Let's play Jeopardy! with these categories in the first round.
01:16First category, not the state capitol.
01:21Then we have rough times in the Bible, tropical fruits, starts with two vowels,
01:28baby, I can't fight this feeling, any more.
01:33Harrison, you're up first.
01:35Rough times in the Bible, six.
01:37His brothers take away his special garment and throw him in a pit
01:40where he's rescued only to be sold.
01:43Wilder.
01:43Who is Joseph?
01:44Right.
01:45Uh, rough times for eight, please.
01:47Answer?
01:47It's a daily double, Wilder.
01:50You can wager up to $1,000.
01:53Then we will do $1,000.
01:55Why not? You'll have $1,600 if you're right.
01:57Here's your clue. Rough times in the Bible.
02:00Looking toward these two places,
02:02lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
02:06What are Sodom and Gomorrah?
02:09That's correct. You have $1,600.
02:10We'll do rough times for $1,000.
02:18And the angel took the censer.
02:19There were voices and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake in this New Testament book.
02:24Harrison.
02:25What is Revelation?
02:25Right.
02:26Anymore 8.
02:28Appropriately, this actor has a star on the Walk of Fame at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard.
02:34Samantha.
02:34Who is Sean Connery?
02:36No.
02:37Harrison.
02:37Who is Roger Moore?
02:38Anymore, right.
02:39Starts with two vowels, eight.
02:41Completes the title of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's play, Dinner at...
02:46Harrison.
02:47What is eight?
02:47It is eight.
02:48Not the state capital, six.
02:50Bob Dylan Way winds 1.8 miles through the downtown of this Minnesota port city, Dylan's birthplace.
02:57Harrison.
02:57What is Duluth?
02:58You got it.
02:59Tropical fruit, six.
03:00It's the main ingredient in Tam Mak Hoon, a spicy salad from Southeast Asia.
03:06Harrison.
03:07What is papaya?
03:07That's right.
03:08Uh, baby, I can't fight this feeling for eight.
03:11Baby, I'm so calm and peaceful, you might even say I'm this word found in the titles of Monaco's royalty.
03:18Samantha.
03:18What is serene?
03:19Well done.
03:20Baby, I can't fight this feeling for six.
03:22After falling in the koi pond, I'm as embarrassed as I could possibly be, baby.
03:27This way, that's from the Latin for death.
03:30Wilder.
03:30What is mortified?
03:31I am mortified.
03:32A tropical fruit for 800.
03:34In the 11th century, Chai Xiang wrote a treatise on this fruit with a hard, bumpy rind.
03:42What is the lychee?
03:44Back to you, Wilder.
03:45Tropical fruit for 1,000.
03:46This fruit in the bromeliad family came to symbolize hospitality due to its connection with luxury.
03:53Samantha.
03:53It's pineapple.
03:54That's right.
03:55Not the state capital for four.
03:57For years, this largest Kentucky city was KFC's home base.
04:01By design, corporate HQ closely resembled the White House.
04:05Wilder?
04:06What is Lexington?
04:09No.
04:10Harrison.
04:10What is Louisville?
04:10That's correct.
04:12Uh, any more 1,000.
04:13Michael Moore was born in this Michigan city and returned there for his documentary Roger
04:18and Me.
04:19Harrison.
04:19What is Flint?
04:20You got it for 1,000.
04:21Uh, starts with two vowels, 1,000.
04:23Augustus Caesar claimed descent from this Trojan hero.
04:27Harrison.
04:27Who's Aeneas?
04:28Well done.
04:29Not the state capital A.
04:30The Trinity nuclear test site allows visitors only sparingly at open houses held by the U.S.
04:35Army in this fat tree city.
04:37The Spanish for a fat cottonwood is an Alamo Gordo.
04:44Harrison's in the lead early on, but Wilder and Samantha, plenty of time to make that difference
04:48up.
04:48We'll take a break and then we'll come back with more Jebby.
04:57Samantha Meyer is from North Reading, Massachusetts.
04:59She's an assistant principal and a veteran, I'm told, of the Coast Guard.
05:02Yes, I am.
05:03Uh, my family's had a tradition of serving in the maritime services.
05:07And so when I graduated college and was trying to figure out what to do with my life, that
05:10seemed like a natural choice.
05:12So I went to the recruiting office, enlisted, and spent the next four years looking at a
05:17whole lot of the world from the deck of a ship.
05:18And to this day, you can still...
05:20Tie a bowline behind my back.
05:22A bowline knot behind your back.
05:24Yeah, so we were doing that in a boot camp and that's the only one that is stuck.
05:28I almost want to see it now, but I don't want you to break your buzzer.
05:30So maybe we won't be able to demonstrate on Jeopardy, but that's amazing.
05:33Wilder Sights is from Los Angeles, California.
05:36A cashier and a writer and a recovering clown.
05:39Is that right?
05:39Yeah, that's correct.
05:40I took an introduction to clown in college.
05:43So for one semester, I was literally in clown college.
05:45What was your clown, a clown sona?
05:47No makeup, but yes, we did get a red nose and you did have to pick a name.
05:52It's mine has completely lost my...
05:54Oh, we don't know your clown name.
05:55At this point, you could be any clown.
05:57Yeah, my clown name is Wilder Sights.
05:59Very good.
06:02Our returning champion is Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Indiana.
06:06Harrison, we often prompt these interviews with questions like,
06:08what's your most treasured possession?
06:10But I understand you've had some bad luck with your most treasured possession.
06:13Yeah, I no longer treasure possessions because I remember that the first thing
06:16that I really, really liked was a necklace I had gotten when I was eight or nine.
06:20And I took it back to a hotel room that my dad and I were staying in.
06:23And then we went to go swim in the pool and the hotel caught on fire.
06:24And I never got the necklace back.
06:26Whoa, that story took a turn.
06:28Yeah.
06:29And so ever since then, whenever I like something, I lose it in some kind of comedic,
06:33well, comedic to some fashion.
06:34Hopefully funnier than a building burning down.
06:36Yeah, in general.
06:37The universe is really turning you into a Buddhist with no attachment.
06:40Yeah.
06:40You gave us the last correct response.
06:42Harrison, take a look at what's left and we'll go on from here.
06:45Anymore Six.
06:46Known for singing hits like I Want to Be With You, Mandy Moore grew up and played a matriarch
06:51on this weepy series.
06:53Samantha.
06:53What is This Is Us?
06:54Right.
06:55Tropical Fruits for four.
06:57A 1985 New York Times article pointed to the danger of these heavy fruits falling and causing
07:02injuries or death.
07:04Wilder.
07:05What's a coconut?
07:05That's right.
07:06Anymore for 400?
07:08At age 62, she got her first Oscar nomination for starring in The Substance.
07:13Harrison.
07:13Who's Demi Moore?
07:14Right.
07:15State capital, 1,000.
07:17In 2023, The Wall Street Journal called this Arkansas city, home to Walmart headquarters,
07:23a new capital of cool.
07:25Harrison.
07:25What is Bentonville?
07:26You get 1,000.
07:27Fight this feeling, 1,000.
07:29Baby, I'm nauseated.
07:30Perhaps I've got a case of this parasitic roundworm intestinal disease.
07:34The pork tartare was a bad choice.
07:37Samantha.
07:37What is trichinosis?
07:38That's right.
07:40Starts with two vowels for six.
07:41A minor irritant that becomes a real spoiler is a fly in this preparation.
07:47Harrison.
07:47What was the ointment?
07:48Yes.
07:49Uh, Bible four.
07:51When they were in the field, this man rose up against this second man, his brother, and
07:55slew him.
07:56Name both, please.
07:57Wilder.
07:57Who are Cain and Abel?
07:58You got them both.
07:59Bible for two.
08:01In this Bible book, Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs
08:05came up and covered the land.
08:07Harrison.
08:07What is Exodus?
08:08Right.
08:09Uh, starts with two vowels, four.
08:11Isn't it this type of Greek column adorned with spiral scrolls?
08:14Yes, it is.
08:16Harrison.
08:16What is Ionic?
08:17Isn't it Ionic, don't you think?
08:19Right.
08:19Baby for four.
08:21I'm out of sorts, baby, and I think I'm suffering from this feeling, a French word for general
08:26discontent and world weariness.
08:28Wilder.
08:28What is malaise?
08:29Or ennui, right.
08:31Uh, tropical fruits for two.
08:33This tropical fruit is the G of the popular Hawaiian drink Pog.
08:37Samantha.
08:38What is guava?
08:38Yeah.
08:39Starts with two vowels for two.
08:41It's defined as the parts of Australia far away from towns.
08:45Harrison.
08:45What's the outback?
08:46Correct.
08:47Anymore two.
08:48She played nefarious District 13 president Coyne in the Hunger Games Mockingjay films.
08:54Harrison.
08:54Who's Julie Anmore?
08:55That's her.
08:56Baby for two.
08:57I'm mired in doubt, pondering past decisions, baby.
09:01Feeling this way, which could also describe a mirror.
09:04Samantha.
09:04What is reflective?
09:05I am feeling reflective.
09:07Here's the last clue and not the state capitol.
09:09Look for the Hitzville, USA sign if you want to visit Barry Gordy's historic recording
09:13studio in this Michigan city.
09:16Wilder.
09:16What is Detroit?
09:18Right you are.
09:18Motown.
09:19That puts you in second place by just $200.
09:21Harrison's out in front.
09:22But who knows what will happen in Double Jeopardy?
09:24We'll find out when we come back.
09:33You know the routine.
09:34The Jeopardy rounds in the rearview mirror and Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:37Here are the categories.
09:38First, unmitigated gall.
09:41Then we have clothes in books, animal scientific names, architects, jams, nope the J, and finally
09:51some alliteration.
09:54Samantha, where would you like to begin the round?
09:55Animal scientific names for 16.
09:58Didelphus virginiana, a species of this new world marsupial.
10:03Wilder.
10:03What is an opossum?
10:04Yes.
10:06Unmitigated gall for 12.
10:07As all school kids once knew, a returning Julius Caesar wrote,
10:11all gall is divided into this many parts.
10:14Wilder.
10:15What is three?
10:15Three parts, yes.
10:16Gall for 16.
10:18Cisalpine gall, meaning gall on this side of the Alps,
10:21included the northern regions of this modern day country.
10:24Harrison.
10:25What is Italy?
10:25Yeah.
10:26Gall 2000.
10:28After defeating the Romans, these people conquered and ruled most of Gaul.
10:31And at least by the area's present name, they're still there.
10:35Wilder.
10:35Who are the Franks?
10:36The Franks in France, yes.
10:37We'll go architects for 16.
10:40He thought of Bernini's sculpture of St. Teresa and its lifelike robe folds for his Spruce
10:45Street tower in downtown Manhattan.
10:47Harrison.
10:48Who's Gary?
10:48Right.
10:49Architects, too.
10:50Near completion, the Central Bank of Iraq tower was designed by this female architect
10:54who died in 2016.
10:56Wilder.
10:57Who's Hadid?
10:572000 for you.
10:59Architects, 12.
11:00Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson, and this three named architect are often known as the
11:05trinity of American architecture.
11:07Harrison.
11:07Who's Frank Lloyd Wright?
11:08Yes.
11:09Jams, 12.
11:10This song by Rick Springfield of General Hospital topped the charts in August 1981, the same
11:15day MTV launched.
11:17Wilder.
11:18What is DJ Killed the Radio Star?
11:21No.
11:23Harrison or Samantha?
11:25His hit was Jessie's Girl.
11:27Back to you, Harrison.
11:28Jam 16.
11:29It was all a dream.
11:30I used to read Word Up Magazine is from this song that's been called the greatest hip-hop
11:35track of all time.
11:36Wilder.
11:37What is just the IG?
11:41No, sorry.
11:41Harrison or Samantha?
11:43It is Biggie, but the song's called Juicy.
11:47Harrison.
11:48Alliteration, 16.
11:49Capri's by a sportier name.
11:51They had a vogue mid-century but have been known to come back in style.
11:54Also called Pedal Pushers.
11:59Harrison.
12:00Alliteration, 12.
12:01A burglar who comes in through a window is this man, even if the window was on the third
12:06or fourth floor.
12:10He's a second-story man.
12:12Where to now, Harrison?
12:13Jams, 2.
12:14Back to Jams.
12:15Pink's most recent number one hit was this duet with Nate Roos of Fun about a relationship
12:20that's on the rocks.
12:22Samantha.
12:22What is just give me a reason?
12:23Yes.
12:25Animal scientific names for eight.
12:27Bombus.
12:28This insect.
12:30Samantha.
12:31What is a bee?
12:32Can you be more specific?
12:33What is a bumblebee?
12:34It is a bumblebee.
12:36Animal scientific names for 12.
12:39Decipus novempsinctus.
12:41The nine-banded this.
12:43Harrison.
12:44What is armadillo?
12:45Yes.
12:45Clothes in book 16.
12:47In a short Henry James tale, this innocent American girl enters dressed in muslin with
12:52a hundred frills and flounces.
12:54Wilder.
12:55Who's Daisy Miller?
12:55You got it.
12:56Clothes for 12.
12:58This autobiography-style novel mentions the first silk kimono I'd ever worn, blue with
13:03green grasses all around the hem.
13:05Samantha.
13:06What is Memoirs of a Geisha?
13:07Correct.
13:08Clothes and books for two.
13:09He is the first word of this wolf novel, whose title character soon dons crimson breeches
13:15and a taffeta waistcoat.
13:17Wilder.
13:17What is Orlando?
13:182,000 more for you.
13:20Clothes for eight.
13:21Answer.
13:22Daily Double.
13:23And a chance for you here, Wilder.
13:28You're just $4,000 off a super champion's lead.
13:31I mean, we've seen how good he is.
13:35Sorry, is this in live timer?
13:36Can I, like, take a little more time to think?
13:37We're going to need a wager, I'm afraid.
13:39Oh, okay.
13:39Uh, I will wager...
13:42Screw it.
13:44Let's do $8,000.
13:46Wow.
13:46Okay.
13:47Wow.
13:47With $8,000 at stake, you will have the lead if you're correct.
13:50Here's your clue.
13:51In clothes, in books.
13:53Completes the Wilkie Collins description of a woman's attire.
13:56Bonnet, shawl, and gown, all of...
14:00A woman's attire.
14:02What is...
14:04Black?
14:07Sorry, no.
14:08The book is called The Woman in White.
14:10What is white?
14:12You lose $8,000, but select again, Wilder.
14:15Uh, we'll go Gaul for $800.
14:17Back to Gaul.
14:19During Roman rule, the homes of Gallic aristocracy took the form of this type of Roman country manor.
14:24Harrison?
14:25That's a villa.
14:25Yes.
14:27Alliteration, 2,000.
14:28Jerry Falwell Jr. eulogized Paul Wyrick in 2008.
14:32As a pioneer of the Reagan revolution and this other conservative, R.R.
14:39Also of the religious right.
14:42Harrison?
14:42Architects 8.
14:44In 2002, this Chinese-American architect said she fought very, very hard to get past being known as the monument maker.
14:51Wilder?
14:51Who is Lin?
14:52Maya Lin is right.
14:54Animals for 2000?
14:55Answer.
14:57The other Daily Devil, Wilder.
14:58You've made up some ground since missing the other one.
15:04How much of that $3,600 do you want to put at stake here?
15:06Good Lord.
15:07Uh, $3,500.
15:10Okay.
15:11All but $100 on the table.
15:13Here's your clue in animals' scientific names.
15:17Nesalus larvatus, this primate.
15:20Larvatus.
15:22What is a bonobo?
15:31Out of time, I'm afraid.
15:33Nesalus for the large nose of the proboscis monkey.
15:36A proboscis monkey.
15:37You're down to 100.
15:38I love those big swings, Wilder.
15:39Select again.
15:40Jams for eight.
15:41This country hit from an American Idol winner is about a young mom hitting a patch of black ice while driving.
15:47Samantha?
15:47What does Jesus take the wheel?
15:49Yes.
15:49Jams for four, please.
15:50In this 2002 hit, Jennifer Lopez insists she's down to earth and true to her South Bronx roots.
15:57Harrison?
15:57What is Jenny from the Block?
15:58Correct.
15:59Alliteration eight.
16:00An Italian novel where the teens throw the key into a river started their craze for this item, now banned at many landmarks.
16:08Harrison?
16:08What is a love lock?
16:09That's what it is.
16:10Architects four.
16:11The first museum commission for this architect was the Everson in Syracuse.
16:15Later, the Louvre came calling.
16:17Harrison?
16:18Who's pay?
16:18Right again.
16:19Alliteration four.
16:20Looking for a place to live, as when gossip columns say Marilyn Monroe or Harry and Megan are doing this in a given locale.
16:28Samantha?
16:31What's the lover's lane?
16:32No.
16:33Harrison?
16:33It was house hunting.
16:34Correct.
16:35Scientific name's four.
16:37Electrophorus electricus.
16:38This river dweller.
16:40Wilder?
16:40What is an eel?
16:41What is an electric eel?
16:44That's it.
16:44Okay.
16:45Clothes for four?
16:47He's introduced stark naked, but soon, Crusoe has him looking stylish in a goatskin vest.
16:52Harrison?
16:52It was Friday.
16:53That's right.
16:54And for the last clue, the unmitigated Gaul.
16:56Much of the eastern border of Roman Gaul was formed by this river that drains into the North Sea in the Netherlands.
17:03Harrison?
17:04What's the Rhine?
17:04It is the Rhine.
17:06So you wind up with 18,400.
17:08We have had an exciting game.
17:09It will end with this final Jeopardy category.
17:12The European Union.
17:14Back with the clue right after this.
17:15Don't go anywhere.
17:22Our last final Jeopardy category this week, the European Union.
17:26Here's the clue.
17:28The smallest member in both area and population, this island nation joined the EU in 2004.
17:35You have 30 seconds, players.
17:36Good luck.
17:41We'll begin with Wilder Sights in the middle with $500.
18:09His response is correct.
18:13What is Malta, smallest EU member?
18:16What did you wager, Wilder?
18:18Almost everything.
18:19You now have $999.
18:21Samantha Meyer was in second place with $7,400.
18:24Did Malta come to her or not?
18:27She said Iceland, I'm afraid not.
18:29What did you wager, Samantha?
18:30Ah, nothing at all.
18:31You still have $7,400.
18:33And that brings us to Harrison Whitaker in the lead with $18,400.
18:37But dodging some bullets today with those daily doubles.
18:40What did you come up with, Harrison?
18:41Is it Malta?
18:43You're right also.
18:44The wager?
18:45You'll add $3,599.
18:48You finished today with $21,999.
18:50And now a 14-day total, wait for it, $373,999.
18:59Thanks for being on the Alex Kubek stage with us this week.
19:01We'll see you on Monday.
19:02Have a great weekend.
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