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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...pulling themselves!
01:46Back to you Liam...
01:47Iowa history 800?
01:48This Iowa senator,
01:50.
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.
02:45time?
02:50Liam?
02:51What are mirrors?
02:52No, he was talking about the doors of perception.
02:55So you're at zero now, but select again.
02:57Switch to the first letter, 200.
03:00Another seat to put on an equine and a tool for canoe propulsion.
03:04Liam?
03:05What are saddle and paddle?
03:06Right.
03:07Switch to the first letter, 400.
03:09The strongest...
03:10The strongest bone in your body
03:11and any of the indigenous primates
03:13on a certain island in the Indian Ocean.
03:15Liam?
03:16What is femur and lemur?
03:18Correct again.
03:19Switch the first...
03:20The first letter, 600.
03:21Rapid flapping of wings on a bird or butterfly
03:24and...
03:25What Marie Kondo wants you to get rid of?
03:27Aaron?
03:28What is flutter and clutter?
03:30Correct.
03:30Literary quotation, six.
03:32Mark Twain wrote,
03:33Adam was but human.
03:35He did not want the apple for the apple's sake.
03:37He wanted it only 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 and the eastern Himalayas to world...
03:50For two pilots.
03:51What is...
03:55There's a lump and the hump, they called it.
03:57Back to you, Liam.
03:58Switch the first letter, 1,000.
04:00A small fatty bit of bacon and to absolve of a crime.
04:05Tom?
04:06What are lardon and pardon?
04:07You got it.
04:08It's hyphenated, 600.
04:10In the kitchen, clean hands and clean surfaces are key to preventing this.
04:15spread 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 ibuprofen are both known as this type of drug.
04:25So named because they are designed to reduce pain and swelling.
04:28Aaron?
04:29What are anti-inflamm...
04:30Good.
04:31Literary quotations, four.
04:33This Austin dad...
04:35asks Lizzie...
04:36For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
04:40Her dad has just called Mr.
04:45Bennett.
04:46Aaron, back to you.
04:47It's hyphenated, 1,000.
04:48Not as well known as the research...
04:50This triangle is North Carolina's metro area of High Point, Greensboro and this birthplace
04:55of...
04:55Krispy Kreme.
04:56Tom?
04:57What is Winston-Salem?
04:58That is correct, Tom.
05:00You're now in second place and we need to take a quick break.
05:02The Tournament of Champions will continue in a moment.
05:05He has changed.
05:06Okay.
05:07Only two are still coming down on camera itself that is more efficient.
05:08We are raised.
05:09He has been probably right.
05:10He kept on cruising in the cold.
05:11Okay.
05:12That is absolutely bravely a 머리 classican a day.
05:13He's西方šman an Stewart family home.
05:15And there isите ...
05:16And to...
05:17He fought to funcion and compete.
05:18Speaking of the queen ...
05:19Aspirin ...
05:20He tried to build a great capsic space.
05:20You're writing...
05:21I didn't know it.
05:22Anyone know it's just straight straight,
05:24he's been DAY incomplete access to ...
05:25So I will remember it.
05:26He used his ear to the grocery store as a doggy and one little lamb.
05:28If he was running there wasn't so well soon,
05:30it's been way65 and he has the biggest
05:33I spent $17 and hired an Etsy witch to maybe...
05:38give me some good vibes for that day, and it ended up working.
05:42I won three games, but of course...
05:43I lost to none other than a pastor.
05:46Oh!
05:47We have found...
05:48And maybe the weakness of the Etsy witch.
05:50Yes.
05:51Etsy witch is two for two in Seattle sports this season.
05:53Absolutely.
05:53Good to know.
05:54Tom Devlin is back with us.
05:55He's an attorney from Washington, D.C.
05:57Tom, you were...
05:58You were delighted to find what a diverse audience Jeopardy!
06:01has when your shows appeared, right?
06:03Yeah.
06:03So in my first game, we had a celebrity category that culminated with a $2,000 clue whether
06:08we...
06:08the response was, who is bad baby?
06:10The Jeopardy! folks put that in the social media.
06:12There's an entire generation of...
06:13TikTok users that said, how did this 43-year-old white man know who bad baby is?
06:18And 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...
06:23Mark Starnow.
06:24Who knew?
06:25Liam Starnes is a payment program manager...
06:28from Columbus, Ohio.
06:29You just moved to Columbus, but you're originally from the Chicago area, right?
06:33I am.
06:34And you had a cool Chicago experience after being on Jeopardy!
06:36I was invited to throw out...
06:38the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game.
06:41Fun!
06:42Even though I'm a Cubs fan.
06:43Oh!
06:44Did you think about saying no?
06:46That's tricky in Chicago.
06:47I'm hoping...
06:48I'm hoping that if I win the TOC, the Cubs will come calling.
06:51I see.
06:52Do you want to do the seventh thing?
06:53Do you want to do the fifth inning take me out to the ball game?
06:54I would love to.
06:55All right.
06:56Right now, Tom has command of the board.
06:57Take a...
06:58Take a look at what's left, Tom.
06:59What'll it be?
07:00Uh...
07:01Let's do anime for 800.
07:02In a film from...
07:03From this franchise, Goku and Vegeta encounter Brawly, the legendary Super Saiyan...
07:08Tom?
07:09What is Dragon Ball?
07:10Yes, Dragon Ball Z.
07:11Uh...
07:12Anime for six?
07:13Two young girls find unusual forest creatures living near their new home in this Miyazaki film.
07:18Aaron?
07:19What is Spirited Away?
07:20No.
07:21Tom?
07:22What is My Neighbor Toter?
07:23That's right.
07:24Let's tool around for 600.
07:26Note the rounded shape of the...
07:28The end opposite the face of this type of hammer.
07:31Tom?
07:32What is a ball peen hammer?
07:33Right.
07:33Let's tool around for 800.
07:35Plumbers use handheld snakes for minor...
07:38Clogs.
07:39When the clogging gets tough, they reach for this thicker-cabled relative.
07:42Aaron?
07:43Oh.
07:44What are portable snakes?
07:46No.
07:48Liam or Tom?
07:49That would be an auger or roto-rooter.
07:53Uh...
07:54Anime for 1,000?
07:55The walls just aren't enough to keep out the horrific...
07:58Man-eating and totally nude giant humanoids on this show.
08:01Aaron?
08:02What is Attack on Titan?
08:03Yes.
08:04Uh...
08:05Let's tool around 1,000.
08:06A drill bit is held in place...
08:08By a clamp called this.
08:09Also a male nickname.
08:13That's the Chuck.
08:14Aaron?
08:15Iowa History 4.
08:16Around...
08:181838, Fort Madison newspaper editor James Edwards began promoting this...
08:23nickname for Iowans.
08:24Aaron?
08:25What are Hawkeyes?
08:26Yes.
08:27It's hyphenated for...
08:28It's the military version of a trial for service members.
08:31A summary one is for less serious...
08:33Tom?
08:34What is a court-martial?
08:35Yes.
08:36Uh...
08:37Anime for 4?
08:38This...
08:38This mischief-making lad from The Village Hidden in the Leaves gives his teachers at
08:42the Ninja Academy all...
08:43all they can handle.
08:44Who is it?
08:45Naruto?
08:46Who is it?
08:47Naruto?
08:48Tom?
08:49No anime cred.
08:50Let's tool around.
08:51400.
08:52The spirit...
08:53or bubble type of this is fine for smaller projects, but for big jobs, the laser type...
08:58is usually more accurate.
08:59Tom?
09:00What is a level?
09:01It is a level.
09:02Tool for 2?
09:03Introduced in 1907, this type of adjustable wrench is a brand name, not just a...
09:08shape.
09:09Crescent wrench.
09:12Crescent wrench.
09:13Which is a brand?
09:14Tom?
09:15Iowa for 2?
09:16In 1857, the word for...
09:18the court was removed from the name of this city, and it became the state capital.
09:22Liam.
09:23What's...
09:23custom one?
09:24You got it.
09:25Uh, hyphen 8200.
09:26We got this term for an impossible...
09:28situation from the title of a 1961 novel.
09:31Tom?
09:32What is Catch-22?
09:33Right.
09:33Uh, literary 2.
09:34In a tribute to a dead friend, Tennyson wrote, tis better to...
09:38have done this than never to have loved at all.
09:40Tom?
09:41What is loved and lost?
09:42That's correct.
09:43One more time.
09:44Back to anime.
09:45In Death Note, a high school student called Kira...
09:48can kill you using his mystical notebook if he does this.
09:51Tom?
09:52What is write your name?
09:53Write your name and it is correct.
09:54You have the lead with $5,000 and Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:57Don't go...
09:58don't go anywhere.
10:06Welcome back.
10:07Our 6-time champ, Liam Starrans...
10:08We'll be selecting first in double jeopardy
10:10from these categories.
10:12First, we have the era of-
10:13of good ceilings, followed by, what are you listening to?
10:18Then it's all-
10:18All from Greek to me, mountains, 20th century women of-
10:23the world.
10:25And finally, how terrif-ic.
10:27Liam, select.
10:28How terrif-ic, 2000.
10:30Answer.
10:31Nearly doubled, right off the bat.
10:33You can wager up to 2,000-
10:38dollars here, Liam.
10:39How do you feel about tariffs?
10:40I guess I'll do 2,000.
10:42All right, 34-
10:43400 if you're right.
10:44Here's your clue.
10:45How terrif-ic.
10:46Senate.gov called-
10:48This 1930 piece of tariff legislation, among the most catastrophic acts in Congress-
10:53original history.
10:54What is the Smoot-Hawley tariff?
10:56Smoot-Hawley is correct.
10:573,400-
10:58Second place.
10:59Second place.
11:00Second place.
11:03Out in 1600.
11:04To complete the seven summits, you have to top this Antarctic-
11:08mountain.
11:09Aaron.
11:10What's-
11:11Vincent Massif?
11:12Right.
11:13Okay.
11:14Mountains, 12.
11:15Just north of the Alps, these mountains in France and Switzerland-
11:18may get their name from a word meaning forest.
11:23Those are the Jura Mountains.
11:26Aaron?
11:27Mountains.
11:28800.
11:29Catherine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful after visiting this mountain.
11:33and has a statue in Colorado Springs.
11:35Aaron.
11:36What is-
11:37Pike's Peak?
11:38Right.
11:38It's all Greek to me.
11:3916.
11:40Now often meaning a part of a song-
11:43In ancient Greece, it meant a band of dramatic singers and dancers.
11:46Tom.
11:47What is chorus?
11:48Yes.
11:48Greek for 12.
11:49The name of this device is from Greek for spiral and wing.
11:53Not that the ancient Greeks ever saw one.
11:55Tom.
11:56What is helicopter?
11:57You got it.
11:58Greek for two.
11:59From the Greek for long lasting, this term for a good buddy-
12:03comes from 17th century Cambridge University slang.
12:06Liam.
12:07What-
12:08That's a chum?
12:09No.
12:10Tom or Aaron?
12:11From-
12:13Kronos?
12:14What is a crony?
12:15Back to you, Tom.
12:16Huh.
12:17Listening for 16.
12:18I can't stop listening to this 1995 album that featured the songs Wonderwall and-
12:23Champagne Supernova.
12:24Tom.
12:25What's the story, Morning Glory?
12:26Correct.
12:27In the form of a question.
12:28Uh, what are you listening to for 12?
12:30This track from Sabrina Carpenter's 2025 album-
12:33Man's Best Friend is a question and apparently refers to Devin's Glow Up.
12:38Aaron.
12:39What is, When Did You Get Hot?
12:42That's the title.
12:4320th Century Women 16.
12:46Answer.
12:47Daily Double-
12:48Good for you now, Aaron.
12:49A chance to make a movie.
12:53Steve, you're in second place.
12:54What do you want to bet here?
12:565,600.
12:58Okay.
12:59Trying The True Daily Double in 20th Century Women of the World.
13:03Here's your clue for the lead.
13:04In 1935, she became director of the-
13:08Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute.
13:13Who is Joliet Curie?
13:16No.
13:17Anna-
13:18Anna Freud, I'm afraid.
13:19Who is Anna Freud?
13:20You're down to zero again, but a lot of money on the board, Aaron.
13:23Okay.
13:2420th Century Women of the World 2.
13:25This Brit worked tirelessly for women's suffering.
13:28And died just three weeks before the UK Equal Franchise Act was adopted in 1928.
13:33Liam.
13:34Who is Pankhurst?
13:35Right.
13:36Mounds 2000?
13:37The highest-
13:38The highest point in the Atlas Mountains is this peak that's south of Marrakesh.
13:41Liam.
13:42What is-
13:43a considerable tube call?
13:44That's correct.
13:45Yes.
13:46How terrific, 1600?
13:47Terrific.
13:48were a major source of government revenue until 1913 when passage of this
13:53constitutional amendment led to a federal income tax Aaron what is the six
13:58it is era of good ceiling 16 ceilings called press
14:03this metal often really iron were big around 1900 as in the palace
14:08Florida's oldest bar Tom what is tin it is what are you
14:13listening to 2000 in 90 songs like killing in the name and testify you
14:18can hear the anger of this band Tom what is rage against the machine right for 2000
14:23good ceilings for 12. the Beaux-Arts era in the US produced elaborate cough
14:28offering like at this city's Copley Plaza Hotel Tom what's bastin yes
14:33the era of good ceilings for 2000 here's a cathedral ceiling in Spain's last
14:38cathedral in this city with the name of a famed guitarist Liam what is Villalobo
14:43no Tom what is Segovia Segovia is right 20th century women
14:4812 milliner Lily Deshaies designed tutti frutti headgear for this portuguese
14:53born brazilian movie star Tom who is Miranda right Carmen Miranda terrific for 12
14:58200 aimed at boosting economic recovery after World War two the general agreement
15:03on tariffs and trade led to the creation of this group in 1995 Liam
15:08what is the WTO right how terrific 800 this agent
15:13see that collects tariffs at US ports of entry was formed in 2003 as part of the
15:18Department of
15:18Department of Homeland Security
15:19that's the CB
15:23the CBP customs and border protection Liam 20th century women 800
15:28when fashion designer Paul Poire asked her for whom are you in mourning she replied for you
15:33Liam who is Coco Chanel right
15:38Greek 800
15:39this word for a type of gymnast with no fear of heights comes in part
15:43from a Greek word for highest Tom that's an aerialist no
15:48Liam or Aaron
15:49what is an acrobat
15:51what is an acrobat
15:52Liam
15:53what are you listening to 800
15:55naturally this R.E.M. song mentions the rapture as well
15:58as a tournament a tournament a tournament of lies Tom what is the end of the
16:03world as we know it
16:04that's the title
16:05ceilings for eight
16:06ceilings for eight
16:07this era of
16:081920s and 30s design is seen in a ceiling in Chicago's carbide and carbon building
16:13Tom what is arch deco right women for four a motto of this now st.
16:18painted none was let us do something beautiful for God Tom who's mother Teresa right again
16:23uh tariff for four this economic ism that uses tariffs to bolster domestic
16:28industry helped get William McKinley elected in 1896 Tom what's pretty
16:33protectionism right mountains for four this highest peak in the lower 48 is a
16:38the eastern border of Sequoia National Park
16:40Liam
16:41what is not Whitney
16:42correct
16:43Greek 400
16:44the Greek word xylos gave us this adjective meaning
16:47any
16:48any
16:49any
16:50any
16:51any
16:52any
16:53any
16:54any
16:55any
16:56any
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16:58any
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17:01any
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17:03any
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17:06any
17:07any
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17:11any
17:12any
16:48any
16:49any
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17:15any
17:16any
17:17Correct, you're in second place with 6,200,
17:19but what a game Tom Devlin had today.
17:21Here's your final Jeopardy catch.
17:22Category players, famous photos.
17:25After the wagers are in, we will return.
17:27At the cleave.
17:29Famous photos, the first Final Jeopardy category of the team.
17:33Here's the clue.
17:35Being only 5'5",
17:37photographer Joe Rosenthal had to climb on top of a Japanese sandbag to snap a phone.
17:42Take a photo while on this peak.
17:4430 seconds.
17:45Good luck.
17:47Bye.
17:48Bye.
17:52Bye.
17:53Bye.
17:57Bye.
17:58Bye.
18:02Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:07Bye.
18:08Bye.
18:12Bye.
18:13Bye.
18:14Bye.
18:15Bye.
18:16Bye.
18:17Bye.
18:17Aaron Levine, who has $1,600 coming into Final Jeopardy and wrote down.
18:22What is Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima?
18:25Bring back the Sonics.
18:26You are correct.
18:27Three times.
18:28Yes.
18:29It is Mount Suribachi, the famous photo of Iwo Jima and the flag.
18:32What did you wager, Aaron?
18:33Just a dollar.
18:34You finished with 1,601.
18:36Liam.
18:37Starnes was in second place with 6,200.
18:39Did you come up with Mount Suribachi?
18:41You won't.
18:42Iwo Jima.
18:43You knew the photo, but you didn't know the name of the mountain.
18:45What did you wager, Liam?
18:4660...
18:47That will drop you down into third place, but Tom Devlin could not be caught today.
18:5119...
18:5220,400.
18:53His final Jeopardy response changed from...
18:5620,400.
18:57His final Jeopardy response changed from...
18:57Mount Fuji to Iwo Jima.
18:58Close, but no cigar.
18:59Will it matter?
19:00What did you wager, Tom?
19:01Nothing at all.
19:0219,400 makes you today's quarterfinal winner.
19:05Congratulations.
19:06Tom Devlin.
19:07The quarterfinals will continue tomorrow right here on...
19:12The Alex for Backstage.
19:13We'll see you then.
19:17We'll see you then.
19:18We'll see you then.
19:19We'll see you then.
19:20We'll see you then.
19:21Bye.
19:22Bye.
19:23Bye.
19:27Bye.
19:28Bye.
19:32Bye.
19:33Bye.
19:37Bye.
19:38Bye.
19:42Bye.
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