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00:00From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony...
00:05This is the Jeopardy!
00:10The Tournament of Champions!
00:15Introducing our first group of Jeopardy! Champions!
00:20A sports anchor from Seattle, Washington, Aaron Levine!
00:25An attorney from Washington, D.C., Tom Devlin!
00:30And a payment program manager from Columbus, Ohio...
00:35William Starnes!
00:37And now, here is the host...
00:40...of Jeopardy!
00:41Ken Jennings!
00:45Thank you, Johnny Gilbert!
00:46And welcome all to the Tournament of Champions!
00:49This year...
00:50...our field of 21 will compete in a series of games...
00:53...with only one emerging as the ultimate...
00:55...victor in this, our 33rd Tournament of Champions!
00:58Today, in our first quarterfinal...
01:00...match-up, we welcome back Liam, Tom, and Aaron!
01:03Good luck to all three of you!
01:04Let's kick off the...
01:05...toC, shall we?
01:06With these categories...
01:07...in the Jeopardy! round!
01:10First up, we have literary quotations...
01:12...followed by anime...
01:15...it's hyphenated...
01:16...then Iowa history represented...
01:19...followed by...
01:20...let's tool around...
01:22...and switch the first letter!
01:24Liam, you're up first!
01:25...Iowa history, a thousand!
01:27Why not?
01:281850s Mormon...
01:30...pioneers set off from Iowa City to Utah...
01:32...pulling this transport...
01:34...rhyming with...
01:35...to make a start in a song they sang.
01:37Tom.
01:38What's a wagon cart?
01:39No.
01:40Liam or Aaron?
01:42It's a hand cart!
01:44Pulled them...
01:45...and themselves.
01:46Back to you, Liam.
01:47Iowa history 800?
01:48This Iowa senator...
01:50made news when, discussing Medicaid cuts at a town hall, she made the point, we are
01:55all are going to die. Liam. Who is Ernst? Joni Ernst is right. I-
02:00Iowa history 600. The first white men to set foot in what's now Iowa were most likely-
02:05these two French explorers in the 17th century. Aaron. Who are Joliet and Marc-
02:10Marquette? Yes. Literary quotations eight. What novel but this 50s class-
02:15classic would have the exchange, where are we going man? I don't know but we gotta go.
02:19Liam.
02:20What is on the road? That's the book. Literary quotations a thousand. Answer.
02:25A daily dub, Liam. And you have $1600.
02:30$1600 to wager. How much do you want to put at stake in literary quotations?
02:33Let's make it a true daily double.
02:35Alright, going for $3200 early. Here's your clue, Liam. William Blake wrote-
02:40that if these portals were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
02:45what?
02:46Let's get to here.
02:47Let's go.
02:48Let's go.
02:49Let's go.
02:50Okay.
02:51We'll make it a little bit.
02:54Let's go.
02:56Look at this.
02:57Let's go.
02:58This is a little bit.
03:00You do?
03:01Let's go.
03:02What.
03:03Let's go.
03:04Let's go.
03:05Let's go.
03:07Let's go.
03:09Let's go.
03:10Let's go.
03:11Let's go.
03:12Let's go.
03:13on a certain island in the Indian Ocean.
03:15Liam.
03:17What is femur and .
03:18Meemur?
03:19Correct again.
03:20Switch the first letter 600.
03:21Rapid flapping of wings.
03:23On a bird or butterfly.
03:24And what Marie Kondo wants you to get rid of.
03:27Aaron.
03:28What is flutter and clutter?
03:30Correct.
03:31Literary quotation six.
03:32Mark.
03:33Twain wrote.
03:34Adam was but human.
03:35He did not want the apple for the apple's sake.
03:37He wanted it.
03:38Only because it was this.
03:40Liam.
03:41What is forbidden?
03:42Yes.
03:43Switch the first letter 800.
03:45A small compressed block of sugar.
03:48And the eastern Himalayas to World War II pilots.
03:53What is a lump and the hump?
03:56They called it.
03:57Back to you.
03:58Liam.
03:59Switch the first letter 1000.
04:00A small fatty bit of bacon and .
04:03And to absolve of a crime.
04:05Tom.
04:06What are lardone and pardon?
04:07You got it.
04:08It's hyphenated 600.
04:09In the kitchen, clean hands and clean surfaces.
04:13Are key to preventing this.
04:14The spread of bacteria from one food to another.
04:17Tom.
04:18What is cross-contamination?
04:19Right.
04:20It's hyphenated for eight.
04:21Aspirin and .
04:23Ibuprofen are both known as this type of drug.
04:25So named because they are designed to reduce pain and swell-
04:28What are anti-inflammatory?
04:29Good.
04:30Literary quotations, four.
04:31What are anti-inflammatory?
04:32What are anti-inflammatory?
04:33Good.
04:34What are anti-inflammatory?
04:35Literary quotations, four.
04:33This Austin dad asks Lizzy, for what do we live but to make sport for our
04:38neighbors and laugh at them in our turn.
04:39Let's laugh at our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn.
04:44Her dad has just called Mr. Bennett.
04:46Aaron, back to you.
04:47It's hyphenated 1,000.
04:48Not as well known as the research triangle is North Carolina's metro area of High Point.
04:53Greensboro and this birthplace of Krispy Kreme.
04:56Tom, what is .
04:58Winston-Salem?
04:59That is correct.
05:00Tom, you're now in second place and we need to take a quick break.
05:02The tournament of .
05:03Champions will continue in a moment.
05:08The tournament of .
05:09The tournament of .
05:10The tournament of .
05:11The tournament of .
05:12Seattle viewers.
05:13This is my recognized sports anchor Aaron Levine back with us.
05:16Aaron, what we didn't know when you made your .
05:18first Jeopardy appearances.
05:19You had a little help there.
05:20Tell us about your Etsy purchase.
05:21Yes.
05:22My tape day.
05:23It was on the heels of a Mariners 10-game winning streak.
05:26I remember.
05:27And it was widely publicized that a Mariners .
05:28fan hired an Etsy witch to relieve them of bad jujus.
05:31Yes.
05:32So the morning of my tape .
05:33And on a quick date, I spent $17 and hired an Etsy witch to .
05:38maybe give me some good vibes for that day.
05:41And it ended up working.
05:42I won three .
05:43I won three games.
05:44But of course, I lost to none other than a pastor.
05:46Oh.
05:47.
05:48We have found maybe the weakness of the Etsy witch.
05:50Yes.
05:51Etsy witch is two for two in Seattle sports.
05:53Absolutely.
05:54Good to know.
05:55Tom Devlin is back with us.
05:56He's an attorney from Washington, D.C.
05:58Tom, you were delighted to find what a diverse audience Jeopardy! has when your show's
06:03appeared, right?
06:04Yeah.
06:05So in my first game, we had a celebrity category that culminated with a $2,000 .
06:08a clue where the response was, who is bad baby?
06:11The Jeopardy! folks put that in the social media.
06:13There's an entire .
06:13generation of TikTok users that said, how did this 43-year-old white man know who bad
06:18TV is?
06:19And the answer is Jeopardy! contains multitudes.
06:20It does.
06:21And so do you, apparently.
06:22I guess so.
06:23And you're a TikTok star now.
06:24Who knew?
06:25Liam Starnes is a payment .
06:28I'm a program manager from Columbus, Ohio.
06:30You just moved to Columbus, but you're originally from the Chicago area.
06:33Right?
06:34I am.
06:35And you had a cool Chicago experience after being on Jeopardy!
06:37I was invited.
06:38I was invited to throw out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game.
06:41Fun!
06:42Even though I'm a .
06:43a Cubs fan.
06:44Oh!
06:45Did you think about saying no?
06:47That's tricky in Chicago.
06:48I'm hoping that if I win the TOC, the Cubs will come calling.
06:51I see.
06:52.
06:53Do you want to do the seventh inning, take me out to the ball game?
06:55I would love to.
06:56All right.
06:57Right now, Tom has command of the .
06:58the board.
06:59Take a look at what's left, Tom.
07:00What'll it be?
07:01Uh, let's do anime for 800.
07:03In a film from this franchise, Goku and Vegeta encounter Brawly, the legend of .
07:08Super Saiyan.
07:09Tom.
07:10What is Dragon Ball?
07:11Yes, Dragon Ball Z.
07:12Uh, anime for .
07:1326.
07:14Two young girls find unusual forest creatures living near their new home in this .
07:18Miyazaki film.
07:19Aaron.
07:20What is Spirited Away?
07:21No.
07:22Tom.
07:23What is .
07:23My Neighbor Totoro?
07:24That's right.
07:25Let's tool a round for 600.
07:27No, the round .
07:28The rounded shape of the end opposite the face of this type of hammer.
07:31Tom.
07:32What is a ball?
07:33Right.
07:34Let's tool a round for 800.
07:36Plumbers use handheld .
07:38This makes for minor clogs.
07:39When the clogging gets tough, they reach for this thicker cabled relative.
07:43Aaron.
07:44Oh.
07:45What are portable snakes?
07:47No.
07:48Liam or Tom?
07:49That would be an auger or .
07:53Animate for 1,000.
07:54The walls just aren't enough to keep out .
07:55The walls just aren't enough to keep out .
07:58The horrific man-eating and totally nude giant humanoids on this show.
08:02Aaron.
08:03What is Attack on Titan?
08:04Yes.
08:05Let's tool around 1,000.
08:06A drill bit is .
08:08held in place by a clamp called this, also a male nickname.
08:13That's the Chuck.
08:16Aaron.
08:17Iowa History 4.
08:18Around 1838, Fort Madison newspaper editor James Edwards began .
08:23promoting this nickname for Iowans.
08:25Aaron.
08:26What are Hawkeyes?
08:27Yes.
08:28It's hyphenated .
08:28It's the military version of a trial for service members.
08:32A summary one .
08:33for less serious offenses.
08:34Tom.
08:35What is a court martial?
08:36Yes.
08:37Animate for 4.
08:38This mischief-making lad from the village hidden in the leaves
08:41gives his teachers of the ninja .
08:43academy all they can handle .
08:48How is Naruto?
08:49Tom?
08:50No anime cred.
08:51Let's tool around.
08:52400.
08:53The spirit or bubble type of this is fine for smaller projects, but for big jobs .
08:58the laser type is usually more accurate.
09:00Tom.
09:01What is a level?
09:02It is a level.
09:03Tool.
09:03Tool for two.
09:04Introduced in 1907, this type of adjustable wrench is a brand .
09:08good name.
09:09Not just the shape.
09:13Crescent wrench is a brand.
09:14Tom.
09:15Iowa for two.
09:16In 1857 .
09:18the word fort was removed from the name of this city and it became the state capital.
09:23Liam.
09:24What's Des Moines?
09:25You got it.
09:26High for 8200.
09:27We got this term.
09:28for an impossible situation from the title of a 1961 novel.
09:31Tom.
09:32What is catch-
09:3322?
09:34Right.
09:35Literary 2.
09:36In a tribute to a dead friend, Tennyson wrote .
09:38Tis better to have done this than never to have loved at all.
09:41Tom.
09:42What is loved and lost?
09:43That's correct.
09:44One more time.
09:45Back to anime.
09:46In Death Note, a high school student .
09:48called Kira can kill you using his mystical notebook if he does this.
09:52Tom.
09:53Write Your Name.
09:54Write Your Name and it is correct.
09:55You have the lead with $5,000 and Double Jeopardy is up.
09:58next.
09:59Don't go anywhere.
10:07Welcome back.
10:08Our six-time champion.
10:08Liam Starnes will be selecting first in Double Jeopardy from these categories.
10:12First, we-
10:13we have The Era of Good Ceilings followed by What Are You Listening To?
10:18Then it's all from Greek to me.
10:21Mountains, 20th century.
10:23Women of the World.
10:24And finally, How Terrific.
10:27Liam.
10:28Select.
10:29How Terrific.
10:302000.
10:31Answer.
10:32Nearly double.
10:33Right off the bat.
10:34You can wager up-
10:38up to $2,000 here, Liam.
10:39How do you feel about tariffs?
10:41I guess I'll do $2,000.
10:42All right.
10:43$3,400 if you're right.
10:45Here's your clue.
10:46How Terrific.
10:47Senate.
10:48Gov.
10:49Called this 1930 piece of tariff legislation among the most catastrophic acts-
10:53in congressional history.
10:54What is the Smoot-Hawley tariff?
10:57Smoot-Hawley is correct.
10:58$3,400 for you.
10:59Second place.
11:03Mountain, 1600.
11:04To complete the seven summits, you have to top this-
11:08Antarctic mountain.
11:09Aaron.
11:10What's...
11:11Vincent Massif?
11:12What's...
11:13Vincent Massif?
11:13Right.
11:14Okay.
11:15Mountains, 12.
11:16Just north of the Alps, these mountains-
11:18in France and Switzerland may get their name from a word meaning forest.
11:23Those are the Jura Mountains.
11:27Aaron?
11:28Mountains, 800.
11:29Catherine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful after visiting-
11:33this mountain and has a statue in Colorado Springs.
11:36Aaron.
11:37What is...
11:38Pike's...
11:38Right.
11:39It's all Greek to me, 16.
11:41Now often meaning a part of a...
11:43song.
11:44In ancient Greece, it meant a band of dramatic singers and dancers.
11:47Tom.
11:48What is...
11:48Yes.
11:49Greek for 12.
11:50The name of this device is from Greek for spiral.
11:53And wing.
11:54Not that the ancient Greeks ever saw one.
11:56Tom.
11:57What is helicopter?
11:58You got it.
11:59Greek for two.
12:00From the Greek for long lasting, this term...
12:03name for a good buddy comes from 17th century Cambridge University slang.
12:07Liam.
12:08What's a chum?
12:09No.
12:10Tom or Aaron?
12:13From Kronos?
12:14What is a crony?
12:15Oh.
12:16Back to you, Tom.
12:17Huh.
12:18Listening for 16...
12:18I can't stop listening to this 1995 album that featured the song's wonderful...
12:23And champagne supernova.
12:24Tom.
12:25What's the story, Morning Glory?
12:26Correct.
12:27In the...
12:28In the form of a question.
12:29What are you listening to for 12?
12:31This track from Sabrina Carpenter's 20...
12:332025 album Man's Best Friend is a question, and apparently refers to Devin's Globe...
12:38What's up?
12:39Aaron?
12:40What is...
12:41When did you get hot?
12:42That's the...
12:43What is the title?
12:44Mm-hmm.
12:4520th Century Women 16.
12:47Answer.
12:48Daily double for you now, Aaron.
12:49Daily double for you now, Aaron.
12:53Chance to make a move.
12:54You're in second place.
12:55What do you want to bet here?
12:585,600.
12:59Okay.
13:00Trying the true Daily double in 20th Century Women of the...
13:03World.
13:04Here's your clue for the lead.
13:06In 1935, she became...
13:08Director of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute.
13:13Who is Joliet Curie?
13:17No.
13:18Anna Freud.
13:19I'm afraid.
13:20Who is Anna Freud?
13:21You're down to zero again, but a lot of money on the...
13:23On the board, Aaron.
13:24Okay.
13:2520th Century Women of the World 2.
13:26This Brit worked tirelessly...
13:28for women's suffrage and died just three weeks before the UK Equal Franchise Act was adopted
13:33in 19...
13:3328.
13:34Liam.
13:35Who is Pankhurst?
13:36Right.
13:37Mounds, 2000.
13:38The highest point in the Atlas Mountains is this peak that's south of Marrakesh.
13:42Liam.
13:43What is Jebel tube call?
13:45That's correct.
13:46Yes.
13:47How terrific, 1600.
13:48Tariffs were a major source of government revenue until 1913 when...
13:53the passage of this constitutional amendment led to a federal income tax.
13:57Aaron.
13:58What is...
13:58the 16th?
13:59It is.
14:00Era of good ceilings, 16.
14:02Ceilings...
14:03called pressed this metal, often really iron, were big around 1900, as in the...
14:08the Palace Saloon, Florida's oldest bar.
14:10Tom.
14:11What is tin?
14:12It is.
14:13What are you listening to?
14:142000.
14:15In 90s songs like Killing in the Name and...
14:18to testify, you can hear the anger of this band.
14:20Tom.
14:21What is Rage Against the Machine?
14:22Right.
14:23For two...
14:232000.
14:24Uh, good ceilings for 12.
14:25The Beaux-Arts era in the U.S. produced...
14:28elaborate coffering, like at this city's Copley Plaza Hotel.
14:31Tom.
14:32What's bastin?
14:33Yeah.
14:33Yes.
14:34The Era of Good Ceilings for 2000.
14:36Here's a cathedral ceiling in...
14:38Spain's last Gothic cathedral, in this city, with the name of a famed guitarist.
14:42Liam.
14:43What is Villalobos?
14:44No.
14:45Tom.
14:46What is Segovia?
14:47Segovia is right.
14:4820th Century Women, 12.
14:49Milliner Lily Deshaies designed Tutti Frutti headgear for this...
14:53Portuguese-born Brazilian movie star.
14:55Tom.
14:56Who is Miranda?
14:57Right.
14:58Carmen Miranda.
14:58Terrific for 1200.
14:59Aimed at boosting economic recovery after World War II, the...
15:03general agreement on tariffs and trade led to the creation of this group in 1995.
15:08Liam.
15:09What is the WTO?
15:10Right.
15:11A Houtrific 800.
15:13This agency that collects tariffs at U.S. ports of entry was formed in 2003 as...
15:18part of the Department of Homeland Security.
15:23That's the CBP, Customs and Border Protection.
15:26Liam.
15:2720th Century Women 800.
15:28When fashion designer Paul Poire asked her, for whom are you in mourning, she replied...
15:33for you.
15:34Liam.
15:35Who is Coco Chanel?
15:36Right.
15:38Uh, Greek 800.
15:39This word for a type of gymnast with no fear of high...
15:43height comes in part from a Greek word for highest.
15:45Tom.
15:46That's an aerialist?
15:47No.
15:48Liam or Aaron?
15:49What is an acrobat?
15:50Liam?
15:51What is an acrobat?
15:52Liam?
15:53What are you listening to, 800?
15:54Naturally.
15:55This R.E.M. song mentions the...
15:56What are you listening to, 800?
15:57Naturally.
15:58This R.E.M. song mentions the...
15:58A rapture, as well as a tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies.
16:01Tom.
16:02What is the...
16:03It's the end of the world as we know it?
16:05That's the title.
16:06Uh, Ceilings for Eight.
16:07Uh, Ceilings for Eight.
16:08This era of 1920s and 30s design is seen in a ceiling in Chicago's carbide and carbon...
16:13What is the building?
16:14Tom.
16:15What is art deco?
16:16Right.
16:17Uh, women for four.
16:18A motto...
16:18A motto of this now sainted nun was, let us do something beautiful for God.
16:22Tom.
16:23Whose mother Teresa...
16:23Right again.
16:24Uh, tariff for four.
16:25This economicism that uses tariffs to bull...
16:28Holster domestic industry helped get William McKinley elected in 1896.
16:33Tom?
16:34What's protectionism?
16:35Right.
16:36Mountains for four.
16:37This highest peak in the lower...
16:381948 is at the eastern border of Sequoia National Park.
16:41Liam?
16:42What is Mount Whitney?
16:43Correct.
16:44Uh, Greek 400.
16:45The Greek word xylos gave us this adjective...
16:48meaning envious.
16:49Tom.
16:50What's jealous?
16:51Yes.
16:52Uh, listening for four.
16:53This duo's icky thump says, white Americans, why don't you kick yourself out?
16:57You're an immigrant...
16:58You're an immigrant two.
16:59Tough truth from the white...
17:03Stripes.
17:04Here's the final clue.
17:05We go back to the era of good ceilings.
17:07The era...
17:08This Soviet dictator was not great in many ways, but did birth the Moscow Metro and...
17:13the great ceilings in some stations.
17:15Liam?
17:16Who is Stalin?
17:17Stalin is correct.
17:18You're in second place with 6200, but what a game Tom Devlin had today.
17:21Here's your final Jeopardy! category.
17:23Players.
17:24Famous photos!
17:25After the wagers are in, we will return with the...
17:28Famous photos!
17:29The first final Jeopardy! category of the TOC.
17:33Here's the clue.
17:34Being only five foot five, photographer...
17:38Joe Rosenthal had to climb on top of a Japanese sandbag to snap a photo...
17:43while on this peak.
17:4430 seconds.
17:45Good luck.
17:48One day, if you have a new movie, by the way and the way you may explore your dreams.
17:49It's a weird way to find the way.
17:51The two sides were of him.
17:52The two sides were the two sides of his room.
17:53You might see him.
17:54It's time to spend his time doing it.
17:55I can't wait to end all the time.
17:56I can't wait to Watch this.
17:58Have a great day.
17:59high-repreended!
18:00And I'll see you.
18:01A time!
18:02You can get a new mystery.
18:03A time!
18:04A time!
18:05You can get used to it.
18:06And I can get your kindness.
18:07A time!
18:08It's time!
18:10You can get a bond!
18:11I can get a new vegetable tree.
18:12I can get a new vegetable tree.
18:13A time!
18:14I can get a new vegetable tree.
18:16Let's begin on the end with Aaron Levine who has $1,600 coming into Final
18:20Jeopardy.
18:21And wrote down, what is Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
18:26Bring back the Sonics, you are correct three times, yes.
18:30It is Mount Suribachi.
18:31The famous photo of Iwo Jima and the flag raising.
18:33What did you wager Aaron?
18:34Just a dollar.
18:35You finished.
18:36He was in second place with $1,601.
18:37Liam Starnes was in second place with $6,200.
18:39Did you come up with Mount Suribachi?
18:41Iwo Jima, you knew the photo but you didn't know the name of the mountain.
18:46What did you wager?
18:46Liam.
18:47$6,200.
18:48That will drop you down into third place but Tom Devlin.
18:51Could not be caught today.
18:52$19,400.
18:53His final Jeopardy response?
18:56Change from Mount Fuji to Iwo Jima.
18:59Close but no cigar.
19:00Will it matter or what did you...
19:01What did you wager Tom?
19:02Nothing at all.
19:03$19,400 makes you today's quarterfinal.
19:06Congratulations Tom Devlin.
19:07Congratulations Tom Devlin.
19:11The finals will continue tomorrow right here on the Alex Trebek stage.
19:14We'll see you then.
19:16Bye.
19:17Bye.
19:18Bye.
19:19Bye.
19:20Bye.
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