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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 215 -
Will Riley, Steve Riddell, Jenna LaFleur
Will Riley, Steve Riddell, Jenna LaFleur
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00:00This is Jeopardy!
00:09Please welcome today's contestants, a freelancer from Washington, D.C., Jenna LaFleur, a business
00:17manager from Ulus, Texas, Steve Riddle, and our returning champion, an engineer originally
00:26from Houston, Texas, Will Reilly, whose one-day cash winnings total $16,801.
00:36And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!
00:41Ken Jennings.
00:43Thank you, Johnny.
00:45Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:46Following a loss in yesterday's game, the Lalonde sibling streak on Jeopardy!
00:50has come to an end, with a grand total of 16 wins, 13 for Ray, and now 3 for Ray.
00:56Here's his identical twin brother, Ron.
00:57Back to defend today is Will Reilly, who went from third place to first in double Jeopardy!
01:02yesterday, having success with the Daily Doubles and in final.
01:05Good luck to you, Steve, and Jenna.
01:07Time to play Jeopardy!
01:08Here are your categories in the first round, players.
01:12We have some historic leaders in the first category, followed by Lit-Purri.
01:17Ooh, that's probably illegal.
01:19Some mild TV spoilers.
01:22Then, K2, with two Ks in each response.
01:26And finally, Yas, Queens.
01:30Will, where to first?
01:31Historic leaders for $800.
01:32The support of working-class followers helped propel this man to the presidency of Argentina
01:37in 1946.
01:39Will?
01:39Who is Perón?
01:40Yes.
01:41Um, historic for $1,000.
01:43Her lover, Grigory Orlov, helped organize the 1760s coup that made her an empress.
01:49Steve?
01:49Who is Catherine the Great?
01:50Yes.
01:51How about Lit-Purri for $200?
01:55Surrealism was inspired by the logic, or its lack, in these.
01:59Poet Robert Desnos interpreted those of listeners on radio.
02:03Will?
02:04What are dreams?
02:05Right.
02:05Um, historic for $600.
02:08Like the little girl here, millions of followers engaged in loyalty dances to show their devotion
02:13to this leader.
02:14Steve?
02:15Who is Deng Xiaoping?
02:16No.
02:17Will?
02:17Who is Chairman Mao?
02:18That's right.
02:19Um, historic for $400.
02:21Roman dictator Quintus Hortensius ended centuries of struggle between the privileged patricians
02:26and these, the general citizens.
02:28Will?
02:29What are plebeians?
02:30That's correct.
02:31Historic for $200.
02:32According to his brother and successor Raul, before his 2016 death, this man said he wanted
02:38no public memorials or tributes.
02:40Steve?
02:40Who is Fidel Castro?
02:41Yes.
02:42How about Lit-Purri for $400?
02:44In the 1930s, serious poet W.H.
02:48Auden edited an anthology of light verse, including, Sing a Song of Sixpence, a bagful of this.
02:54Will?
02:54What are riches?
02:55No.
02:57Jenna?
02:57What is rye?
02:58Rye is correct.
03:00Uh, let's do K2 for $600.
03:01A ringer is a look-alike.
03:08Two Ks in look-alike.
03:09Back to you, Jenna.
03:10K2 for $800.
03:11One's wingman.
03:14Jenna?
03:14What is a sidekick?
03:15That's right.
03:16K2 for $1,000.
03:17A stevedore.
03:19Steve?
03:20What is a dock worker?
03:20Good for $1,000.
03:22How about a Yas Queens for $1,000?
03:25You really sold that, Steve.
03:27As the name says, the Kew Forest School, where Donald Trump went from K through 7th, serves
03:33Kew Gardens and this area.
03:35Will?
03:35What's Forest Hills?
03:37That's right.
03:38Uh, Yas Queens for $800.
03:41This airport in Queens is named for a New York City mayor who left his seat in Congress
03:45to be a pilot in World War I.
03:48Will?
03:48Who is LaGuardia?
03:49Yeah.
03:50Uh, Yas Queens for $600.
03:51What's been called the biggest event in the history of Queens is the 1909 opening of the
03:56Queensborough Bridge over this river.
03:58Will?
03:59What's the East River?
03:59It is.
04:00Uh, Queens for $400.
04:02The Miracle Mets brought the house down in New York in 1969, but their house came down
04:07when this stadium got demolished.
04:09Jenna?
04:10What is Shea Stadium?
04:11Right.
04:11Lit Pourrie for $600.
04:13The sheltering sky is set on this continent, but Paul Bowles named the hero Port Moresby,
04:18the capital of Papua New Guinea.
04:20Steve?
04:20What is Africa?
04:21Yes.
04:22Lots of books set in Africa for Paul Bowles.
04:24Takes you to $2,200, second place.
04:25And it brings us to this break.
04:27Jeopardy! will continue in just a moment.
04:28Don't you go anywhere.
04:31Jenna LaFleur is a freelancer from Washington, D.C.
04:33And Jenna, that freelancing leaves you some time to do crosswords, right?
04:37Yeah.
04:37So this past summer, I attended Lollapuzula, which is an annual crossword tournament in
04:42New York City.
04:43And I actually won, which was, you know, it had been a long time dream.
04:47You know, I've been coming to this tournament for my entire adult life.
04:50And I finally won the big prize.
04:52We have a Lollapuzula champ with us.
04:54Yeah.
04:54You must be A-list in the crossword world, right?
04:57Yeah.
04:57Well, it's funny.
04:58There have been other crossword champs who have graced the Jeopardy! stage recently.
05:02My good friend, Paolo Pascoe, for example.
05:04Ah, you know Paolo.
05:05Yes.
05:06He couldn't come to Lollapuzula because he was right here taping Jeopardy!
05:10Oh, so we may have helped with your win.
05:11I don't want to imply that you...
05:12I mean...
05:12You maybe could have beaten Paolo anyway, right?
05:15I mean, let's say so.
05:17Yeah, there we go.
05:18It's impossible to prove otherwise, right?
05:20Welcome to Jeopardy!
05:21Steve Riddle from Euless, Texas, is a business manager.
05:24You prepare for Jeopardy! by playing with your daughter, right?
05:27I do, yes.
05:28My daughter Carolina and I watch the show regularly.
05:32And my wife has to referee because the two of us always fight about who got the answer first.
05:37She's a genius and probably going to be on this show in a few short years.
05:41So she would never forgive me if I didn't highlight that she's in the audience right now.
05:46Oh, Carolina's here.
05:47Carolina is a genius and we're wondering if you're on the show.
05:50She's scouting out her future appearance on the Alex Group of Things.
05:53Exactly right.
05:53This embarrassing moment is going to be your interview in a few years when you're right here, Carolina.
05:58Welcome to you both.
05:59Thank you, Ken.
06:00And our returning champion is Will Riley, an engineer originally from Houston.
06:04You're a movie lover, right, Will?
06:05That's right.
06:06I love going to the movies, always have.
06:09But sometimes you run into people at the movie theater and it just, I don't know, it's clarifying maybe.
06:15For example?
06:16I saw the re-release of Inland Empire, rest in peace, David Lynch.
06:21Yes.
06:21And the only other person in the theater, when I walked in, had his bare feet out and propped on the chair in front of him, which I think is disgusting.
06:31It is.
06:31But I think it does, it did add a little bit of surrealist texture to the film.
06:37There we go.
06:38I think it, the overall experience, you know.
06:40It was more Lynchian.
06:41Definitely.
06:42And it helped you choose where not to sit, I assume.
06:44Yes, oh yeah.
06:45One seat, now out of bounds.
06:47Very far away.
06:48Steve, you gave us the last correct response.
06:50So if you three are ready to get back into the game, Steve will select.
06:54Let's go with mild TV spoilers for 1,000.
06:57The mildest of spoilers coming up.
06:59In season one, episode one of Bridgerton, this actor, as Lord Anthony, rides a horse.
07:07That's Jonathan Bailey.
07:09Back to you, Steve.
07:10Stay with it.
07:10Mild TV spoilers, 800.
07:12Not to give too much away, but the first name of the title novelist played by Nathan Fillion
07:17on this show is Richard.
07:20Jenna.
07:20What is Castle?
07:21That's the show.
07:22Let's go probably illegal for 600.
07:24Answer.
07:24A daily double for you, Jenna.
07:29You have found it.
07:30What are you going to do with it?
07:30You have 2,400 to risk.
07:33You know what?
07:34Let's make it a true daily double.
07:35All right.
07:35That would give you the lead if you're right.
07:37Here's your clue, and that's probably illegal, Jenna.
07:41This crime refers to illegally transporting booze or taping and selling that Doobie Brothers
07:46concert.
07:47What is bootlegging?
07:47That's correct.
07:48You're in the lead by 800 bucks.
07:54K2 for 400.
07:56A memento.
07:58Steve.
07:58There's a keepsake.
07:59Yes.
08:00How about K2 for 200?
08:02We'll finish it off with this.
08:04Some call it a frap.
08:06Steve.
08:06What is a milkshake?
08:07That's right.
08:08How about Lit Paris for 800?
08:11Not a fan of her verse novel, Edward Fitzgerald wrote on her death, no more Aurora Lees, thank
08:16God, enraging her husband Robert.
08:19Steve.
08:19Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
08:21Yeah.
08:22That's probably illegal for 1,000.
08:25Thailand hands out sentences as long as 60 years for this crime, a term from the French
08:30for injuring royal dignity.
08:33Jenna.
08:33What is Les Majestés?
08:35Right.
08:35Uh, probably illegal for 800.
08:38New York lists five degrees of this.
08:40Fifth is a misdemeanor.
08:42But first, with use of an incendiary device, is a felony that can get you 25 years.
08:47Will.
08:47What's arson?
08:48Degrees of arson.
08:49Um, illegal for 400.
08:51You're indicted for this.
08:53Your wives, Etta, Flo, Bridget, Mindy, Nan, and Gwen put up bail for you and really prove
08:58the case.
08:59Jenna.
08:59What is polygamy?
09:01Yes.
09:01Uh, mild TV spoilers for 600.
09:03In the third episode of Mad Men, we learn the true identity of this character.
09:08He's a dog lover.
09:09He gives his daughter a pooch.
09:11Steve.
09:11Who is Don Draper?
09:12Yes.
09:12Mild TV spoilers for 400.
09:14On the last episode of this show, the Tidal family meet at a New Jersey diner, and the
09:19unthinkable happens.
09:21Meadow jaywalks.
09:22Will.
09:23What's The Sopranos?
09:24That is the show.
09:25TV for 200.
09:26On this show, Logan Roy gives control over to Cussin.
09:30According to The Ringer, he drops the F-bomb 402 times.
09:33Jenna.
09:34What is Succession?
09:34Yeah.
09:35Lit Pre for 1,000.
09:37One of Andrew Lloyd Webber's less successful shows was a 1975 musical about the book characters
09:42Bertie Worcester and this ballot.
09:44Jenna.
09:45Who is Jeeves?
09:46You add 1,000.
09:47Uh, Yas Queen's for 200.
09:48The borough's role in history includes 1657's Flushing Remonstrance, which helped put religious
09:54freedom in this part of the Constitution.
09:57Jenna.
09:57What is the First Amendment?
09:58Yes, the Bill of Rights.
09:59And we'll finish it off with that's probably illegal.
10:02Also known as false making, this crime can apply to art, like 450 pieces in Italy in
10:082024 that were not, in fact, by Klimt at all.
10:12Steve.
10:12What is counterfeiting?
10:13No.
10:15Will.
10:15What's forgery?
10:16In the art world, forgery, yes.
10:18Taking Will up to 5,400.
10:19Jenna's in the lead after the Daily Double, but all three are playing well.
10:22I hope that continues in Double Jeopardy, which begins in a moment.
10:28Welcome back.
10:29Double Jeopardy time.
10:30But before we reveal the categories, I have some good news for Steve.
10:33Our judges will accept counterfeiting as well as forgery for the last clue of the first
10:37round.
10:37You had $400.
10:38Raise the roof.
10:39You will be selecting First Steve from these categories.
10:42Let's take a look.
10:43We have Islands, then Russian Composers, a Science Glossary, followed by Film Title Pairs, and
10:53you'll provide the movie's title.
10:56Say Love, and finally, Moving Words and Phrases.
11:01Steve.
11:02Let's do Film Title Pairs for $400.
11:051996.
11:06Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
11:09Will.
11:10Who are Romeo and Juliet?
11:11Yes.
11:12Film Title, $800.
11:131997.
11:15George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell.
11:19The dynamic duo.
11:21Batman and Robin.
11:22Will.
11:23Film Title, $1,600.
11:252018.
11:26Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
11:29Jenna.
11:29Who are Holmes and Watson?
11:30That's the movie.
11:32Islands, $1,200.
11:33The islands of the Seychelles are spread over hundreds of thousands of square miles in
11:37this ocean.
11:38Steve.
11:39What is the Indian Ocean?
11:40That's correct.
11:41Russian Composers for $400.
11:44Rachmaninoff was known for his concerti featuring this instrument and was considered its leading
11:48virtuoso of his time.
11:50Will.
11:51What's the piano?
11:52Yes.
11:53Islands for $16.
11:54Answer.
11:55A daily double for you, Will.
11:59Jenna pulled ahead in the first round, but you have a chance to catch up here.
12:03How much do you want to risk on islands?
12:05Let's do...
12:07Let's make it a true daily double.
12:09Oh, wow.
12:10Okay, you will have $12,400 if you're right.
12:13Here's your clue.
12:14Islands.
12:15In 1902, an eruption of Mount Pelé on this French island destroyed the city of St. Pierre.
12:23What's Martinique?
12:25Martinique is correct.
12:26You pull into the lead.
12:29No, it's okay.
12:30It's exciting.
12:32Islands for $2,000, please.
12:34This group of self-governing Danish islands lies about halfway between the Shetland Islands
12:39and Iceland.
12:40Jenna.
12:40What are the Faroe Islands?
12:42Yes.
12:42Science glossary, $1,200.
12:44Humans are mammals that have this 12-letter structure with all the bones on the inside.
12:49Jenna.
12:50What is an endoskeleton?
12:51Correct.
12:51Tying it up.
12:52Science glossary, $1,600.
12:54Iodine is this type of element and is used as the filler gas in the same type of lamp.
12:59Jenna.
12:59What is a halogen?
13:00For the lead, yes.
13:02Say love, $1,200.
13:03You that way, we this way is the last line in this Shakespeare play.
13:08Will.
13:08What is love's labors lost?
13:10Correct.
13:11Film title, $1,200.
13:142009.
13:15Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.
13:17Jenna.
13:18What is Julie and Julia?
13:19That's right.
13:20Say love, $1,600.
13:21Answer.
13:22The final Daily Double of the game is yours, Jenna.
13:24Uh, just $2,000.
13:31Okay.
13:32You'll have $17,200 if you're right.
13:35Here's your clue in Say Love.
13:37The June 1915 issue of Poetry Magazine contained an angry letter from Ezra Pound, as well as
13:43this poem by T.S. Eliot.
13:46What is The Wasteland?
13:48Sorry, no.
13:49Gotta have love.
13:49The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
13:52But due to the small wager, it's still a very tight game, Jenna.
13:54Select.
13:55Uh, moving words and phrases, $1,200.
13:58It's the roadway you take when you take your time.
14:01The Midwest's Meeting of the Great Rivers one lives up to the designation.
14:05Steve.
14:05What is the scenic route?
14:06Take the scenic route.
14:08Let's have Say Love for $2,000.
14:10In addition to its title question, this Cole Porter standard asks,
14:14Why should it make a fool of me?
14:19What is this thing called love?
14:21Steve.
14:22Say Love for $800.
14:23The title period of this novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the 1870s to the 1930s.
14:29Steve.
14:30What is love in the time of cholera?
14:31Right.
14:32Say Love for $400.
14:34Love Story, the novel and the film, gave us this memorable line about not apologizing.
14:40Steve.
14:40What is love means never having to say you're sorry?
14:43That is correct.
14:44It's not true, but it's correct.
14:45I can attest.
14:48Moving words and phrases for $800.
14:51It's the movement of people from one social class or level to another.
14:55I'm going to opt for the upward type.
14:57Steve.
14:57What is mobility?
14:58Yes.
14:59Moving words and phrases for $1,600.
15:01Moving word meaning to deliver or send a thought, as in please blank my heartfelt thanks or sympathies.
15:08Steve.
15:09What is convey?
15:10Right again.
15:10Moving words and phrases for $2,000.
15:13It can mean one traveling on foot or be the British word for the item shown.
15:18Steve.
15:18What is a pram?
15:19No.
15:21Will or Jenna?
15:22Jenna.
15:23What is a stroller?
15:24Also incorrect.
15:26Will?
15:27You were close, Steve, but perambulator is a person who walks.
15:30Back to you.
15:32Let's have film title pairs for $2,000.
15:362019.
15:37Jody Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya.
15:40Jenna.
15:40What is Queen and Slim?
15:42Well done for $2,000.
15:43Science glossary, $2,000.
15:44In winter, chipmunks enter this not-quite-hibernating state, from the Latin for numbness.
15:53And it's called torpor.
15:55Jenna?
15:56Russian composer, $1,200.
15:58This composer was miffed when Alexander III's only comment on his 1890 Sleeping Beauty Ballet was,
16:04very nice.
16:06Will?
16:06Who's Tchaikovsky?
16:07Yes.
16:08Russian for $800.
16:10Dmitry Tjomkin, one of the composers who shaped Hollywood film music,
16:14made theme songs a big thing on this 1952 Gary Cooper Western.
16:19Steve?
16:19What is High Noon?
16:20Yes.
16:21Moving Words and Phrases for $400.
16:24It was the night before Christmas, and not a creature was doing this.
16:27Steve?
16:28What is Sturring?
16:29Right.
16:29Russian composers for $2,000.
16:31He began writing his Leningrad Symphony in 1941,
16:35during the city's siege by the Germans, before being evacuated.
16:39Will?
16:39Who's Shostakovich?
16:40Well done for $2,000.
16:41Russian, $1,600.
16:44Prokofiev got to tour Disney on a U.S. visit.
16:47Maybe it helped him score Alexander Nevsky for this great director back home.
16:51Will?
16:51Who's Eisenstein?
16:52Right again.
16:53Science for $800.
16:55The polymer cellulose is called a polysaccharide,
16:58meaning it is composed of molecules of these.
17:01Will?
17:01What are sugars?
17:02Yes.
17:02Science for $400.
17:04Genetics is the study of this,
17:06a word centuries older for all characteristics passed down via the bloodline.
17:11Jenna?
17:11What is heredity?
17:12Right.
17:13Islands for $800.
17:15It's separated from mainland China by a strait of the same name.
17:19Jenna?
17:19What is Taiwan?
17:20Yes.
17:20And the final clue?
17:22Some 3,000 brown bears inhabit this largest Alaskan island and its archipelago.
17:27Steve?
17:27What is the Aleutian?
17:29No.
17:30Will?
17:30What's Kodiak Island?
17:31Kodiak is the island.
17:33So Will is in the lead at the end of Double Jeopardy, but you three played well today.
17:37Final Jeopardy will decide things.
17:38The category is Legends, and the clue is coming up right after this.
17:43The final Jeopardy category today is Legends.
17:47Let's find out what that means.
17:49Here's the clue.
17:51Legends says that for military aid, Robert Bruce gave half of a symbol of Scotland's monarchy
17:56to the King of Munster, who turned it into this.
18:0030 seconds.
18:00Good luck.
18:01Good luck.
18:31Let's begin with Steve Riddle.
18:33$9,200 to his name, and he just finished writing down...
18:37What is a royal crest?
18:39I'm afraid not.
18:39Steve, you wagered everything.
18:43Drops you down to zero.
18:45We'll come next to Jenna LaFleur, who had $14,400.
18:48What did she come up with?
18:50What is a unicorn sword?
18:52Not the unicorn, I'm afraid.
18:54What was your wager, Jenna?
18:56All right, smaller wager, $5,201.
18:57So you're left with $9,199.
19:00Let's see if it works out.
19:01Will Riley was in the lead with $19,600.
19:04His response?
19:06He figured it out.
19:07What is the Blarney Stone?
19:09Yes, according to legend, half of the Scottish Stone of Scone went to Ireland and became the
19:14Blarney Stone.
19:14What will you add, Will?
19:16Big haul today.
19:17$9,201 takes you to $28,801.
19:21And you're now a two-day Jeopardy! champion.
19:23Your total winning is $45,602.
19:26Great game, all three of you.
19:29Thanks for being with us today on the Alex Vivek stage.
19:31We'll see you tomorrow.
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