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00:00Alex from backstage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:11Let's meet today's contestants.
00:14A retired public interest attorney from Jackson, Mississippi, Beth Orlansky.
00:19A firefighter from Matthews, North Carolina, Ian Sampson.
00:24And our returning champion, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greg Chahadi,
00:31whose two-day cash winnings totaled $54,601.
00:38And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:45Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:48Yesterday, our international chess master, Greg Chahadi, proved that his Monday victory
00:52over 31-game champ, Jamie Ding, was no fluke.
00:56Once again, he found all three daily doubles.
00:58He was correct on two of them, and he sealed the deal
01:08with a correct response in final Jeopardy!
01:12for his right win.
01:14Today, he's back to face Ian and Beth.
01:16I wish all three of you the very best of luck,
01:18and I'm going to introduce you to your six categories now in the Jeopardy! round.
01:22We begin with History's Mysteries, or at least a few of them.
01:26Then I'm talking about Flight Club.
01:28Give yourselves a hand, in quotation marks.
01:31Then playing some recent hits.
01:33And finally, one piece of advice for you.
01:35It's not Emily Dickinson.
01:37Greg, you're up first.
01:39Let's do History's Mysteries 800.
01:42What exactly is the Yonaguni Monument,
01:44discovered in the 1980s,
01:46and known as the Japanese This Place of Legend?
01:49Greg.
01:50What's Atlantis?
01:51The Japanese Atlantis.
01:52That's it.
01:53Let's do Elements 800.
01:55This gas was originally called radium emanation.
01:59Greg.
02:00It's radon?
02:01Right.
02:02History 1000.
02:04Who created the Piltdown Man,
02:06a hoax once thought to fill in this hypothetical gap
02:09in the chain of human evolution?
02:11Greg?
02:12What's missing link?
02:13Correct for 1000.
02:14Elements 1000.
02:15This metal, symbol CS, melts at about 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
02:20So if you have some in your pocket on a warm day.
02:22Greg.
02:23What's cesium?
02:24You got it.
02:26Emily Dickinson 800.
02:27George F. Dick and his wife Gladys
02:29found the cause of,
02:30and a way to immunize against,
02:32this colorful infectious disease,
02:34known for a red rash.
02:36Ian.
02:36What is rubella?
02:38No.
02:39Greg.
02:40What's scarlet fever?
02:41That's the right disease.
02:42There is the Daily Double in the round.
02:46You have the lead with 4,400, Greg.
02:48It's your first time seeing this category.
02:50Talking about Flight Club.
02:51Let's do 4,400.
02:53All right.
02:54Trying the true Daily Double.
02:55You'll have 8,800 if you're right.
02:57Here's your clue in talking about Flight Club.
03:00Until 2005,
03:01this airline had a customer loyalty program
03:03called the Flying Dutchman.
03:11That's KLM.
03:12KLM is the Dutch airline, yes.
03:14We have 8,800.
03:18Let's do recent hits, 400.
03:20In taste,
03:21this powerhouse sang
03:22that she leaves quite an impression.
03:24Five feet, to be exact.
03:28Oh, no Sabrina Carpenter fans with us.
03:31Back to you, Greg.
03:32Emily Dickinson 1000.
03:33This legendary sci-fi author
03:35wrote The Preserving Machine
03:36and Time Out of Joint.
03:38And we'll need his middle initial, too.
03:40Greg.
03:41Who's Arthur C. Clark?
03:43No.
03:44Ian or Beth?
03:46Not Emily Dickinson,
03:48but Philip K. Dick.
03:49Back to you, Greg.
03:50Emily Dickinson 600.
03:52Lead with kindness
03:53and spend time in nature
03:55are truths from the 2024
03:57last of these advice columns
03:59by Ms. Dickinson.
04:03Amy Dickinson, she wrote
04:04Ask Amy.
04:05Back to you, Greg.
04:07Give yourself a hand.
04:08600.
04:09The CDC says using this,
04:11containing at least 60% alcohol,
04:13can help stop the spread of germs.
04:15Ian.
04:15What is hand sanitizer?
04:16Right.
04:17The elements for 600.
04:19This allotrope of oxygen
04:20has three atoms
04:21instead of the usual two.
04:23Ian.
04:23What is ozone?
04:24That's right.
04:25Elements for 400, please.
04:27French chemist Georges Claude
04:28was the first to use this gas
04:30in a sign
04:31displayed at the Paris Exposition
04:32of 1910.
04:34Greg.
04:35What's neon?
04:36Neon is the gas.
04:37Flight Club 6.
04:38At JFK in 1978,
04:416 mil in cash and jewels
04:42was taken from this German airline
04:44with the alleged,
04:45I said alleged help,
04:46of the Lucchese family.
04:47Greg.
04:49What's Lufthansa?
04:49Lufthansa heist, right.
04:51Flight Club 1000.
04:53Once the national airline
04:54of the Soviet Union
04:55and still around today,
04:57it has flown to every continent,
04:58including Antarctica.
05:00Ian, what is Aeroflot?
05:01You add 1,000.
05:02History's Mystery 600, please.
05:04Who built Stonehenge
05:05way back in the 3000s B.C.,
05:07millennia before the first record
05:09of these learned Celts?
05:11Greg.
05:11What's Druids?
05:12Stonehenge predates the Druids.
05:14Yes, you have $9,400.
05:15We're going to pause.
05:16Ian and Beth,
05:16lots of time left for you.
05:17We'll come back
05:18with more Jeopardy!
05:19after this.
05:21Beth Olanski is with us
05:22from Jackson, Mississippi.
05:24She's a retired
05:24public interest attorney.
05:26And like many people you know,
05:28Beth, you met your spouse where?
05:29At a Jewish camp in Mississippi.
05:31And this is the same camp
05:32where many of your family
05:33met their intended?
05:34We are seven couples
05:35who can trace their meeting
05:38to Jacob's camp.
05:39Wow.
05:39Is this something
05:40that camp advertises?
05:41Well, it's very subtle,
05:42but it's definitely
05:43part of the plan
05:44to get people
05:45who come from towns
05:46where there are very few
05:47Jewish people
05:47to come together
05:48for the summer
05:49and meet each other.
05:50And some of these camp folks
05:50are with us today, right?
05:51We have a bunch of
05:52Team Beth outfits here.
05:54Would not be here
05:55if not for this summer camp,
05:55some of them, I assume.
05:56Welcome.
05:57Ian Sampson is a firefighter
05:59from Matthews, North Carolina.
06:01You once had a job
06:02that involved
06:02setting people on fire?
06:04Yes.
06:04It sounds like
06:05you're not a great firefighter.
06:06Ian, I don't want to quibble.
06:07Completely separate job.
06:09I worked at a local science center
06:10and on our 21 and overnights,
06:12one of the activities
06:12I would do in the lab
06:13was they could come in.
06:17Who's Billie Eilish?
06:19Back to you, Greg.
06:20Dickinson, 200.
06:21Eric Dickerson
06:23ran for a record
06:242,105 yards in 1984
06:26for this West Coast team
06:27before it moved to
06:29and then back from
06:30the Midwest.
06:31Beth.
06:32What are the Raiders?
06:33No.
06:33Greg.
06:34What's Rams?
06:35That's right.
06:36Give yourself a hand, 400.
06:38RHD is this wacky
06:40steering system
06:41used in the UK
06:42and a...
06:45other places
06:46where cars travel
06:47on the wrong side
06:48of the road.
06:53Ian.
06:54What is the right-hand drive?
06:55Correct.
06:56Elements for 200, please.
06:58The first half
07:00of the word potash
07:02is a good clue
07:02that it's a compound
07:03of this element,
07:04atomic number 19.
07:06Ian.
07:06What is potassium?
07:07Good.
07:07Histories and Mysteries,
07:08400, please.
07:09Where is this object?
07:11Aron HaBrit in Hebrew.
07:12And if you stay
07:13in a government warehouse,
07:14we'll ask you to show us.
07:16Ian.
07:16What is the Ark?
07:17Can you be more specific?
07:18The Ark of the Covenant.
07:19That's the right Ark.
07:20Histories and Mysteries,
07:21200, please.
07:22Did 1920s climber
07:23George Mallory,
07:24whose body was discovered
07:25here in 1999,
07:27die going up
07:28or coming down
07:28from the top?
07:30Beth.
07:30What is Everest?
07:31Yes.
07:32Flight Club 400?
07:34In 1935,
07:35this carrier
07:36that stays in business
07:37despite going
07:38everywhere without you
07:39began flying between
07:40Brisbane and Singapore.
07:42Greg.
07:42What's Qantas?
07:44Yes.
07:44No U in Qantas.
07:45Recent hit, 6.
07:47This woman was inside
07:48the top 10 in 2025
07:49with Outside.
07:51Greg.
07:52Oh.
07:54It's Minaj.
07:55No, it is not.
07:56Ian or Beth,
07:57he's narrowing it down
07:58for you.
07:58That's Cardi B.
08:00Oh, yeah.
08:00Back to you, Greg.
08:01Recent hits, 800.
08:03This singer-songwriter
08:04with a three-letter
08:05last name.
08:05And we do mean
08:06three letters
08:07through a party for you.
08:11Who is Charlie XCX?
08:14Good news, Greg.
08:15No more recent pop music.
08:16Hand 200.
08:18Wrapped in seaweed,
08:19Tamaki is this type
08:20of easy-to-pick-up sushi.
08:22Beth.
08:22What is a hand roll?
08:24That's correct.
08:24Here's the last clue,
08:25talking about Flight Club
08:26one more time.
08:27In 2026,
08:29this airline ended
08:30its long-time
08:30first-come,
08:31first-seeded policy
08:32and is assigning 8C
08:33and 27A
08:34like all the other carriers.
08:36Greg.
08:37What's Southwest?
08:38Southwest is correct, yes.
08:39You finished the round
08:40with 11,800.
08:41Beth will be selecting first
08:42when we come back.
08:43Stay tuned for Double Jeopardy.
08:46We have two Daily Doubles
08:47on the board
08:47in Double Jeopardy.
08:48Good news for Ian and Beth
08:50looking for the comeback here.
08:51The categories will be
08:53On the Map
08:54with that M in quotation marks
08:56is up first.
08:57Then the English Romantic Poets
08:59follow.
08:59We have Speeches,
09:00World of Food,
09:03then a night
09:04at the Space Opera,
09:05and finally,
09:06a little before and after.
09:08Beth, which category?
09:10How much?
09:10Before and after, 1,200.
09:12Paris District
09:14that's home
09:14to the San Michel Fountain
09:15and doubles
09:16as a beefy burger
09:17at McDonald's.
09:19Greg.
09:19What's Latin Quarter Pounder?
09:21You got it.
09:22Poet 16.
09:24In her 1834 memoir
09:26about this poet,
09:27the Countess of Blessington
09:28called his limp
09:29so slight she couldn't recall
09:30which foot was lame.
09:32Greg.
09:34It's Milton.
09:35No.
09:36Ian or Beth?
09:38That was Lord Byron.
09:39Greg?
09:40Um, Poets 12.
09:42Answer.
09:43A Daily Double for you.
09:47Now, you just missed one poet,
09:49but this is a shot at redemption.
09:50What do you want to work here?
09:515,000.
09:52Okay.
09:52Going for 16,400
09:53in the English Romantic Poets.
09:55Your clue?
09:56Keats tells this subject of an ode,
09:59thou wast not born for death,
10:00immortal bird.
10:06It's Nightingale?
10:07Nightingale is the right one, yes.
10:09You add $5,000.
10:15Let's do Map 16.
10:16The answer there.
10:17The other Daily Double.
10:22This is the last one in the game, Greg.
10:23How much do you want to wager?
10:25Let's do 6,000.
10:276,000 this time will take you to 22,400
10:29if you're right.
10:30On the map.
10:32The name of this Alberta city
10:33refers to an actual accessory
10:35called a Samus.
10:40What's Moose Jaw?
10:42No.
10:43Ah.
10:43Medicine Hat.
10:44Oh, of course.
10:44What's the right city here?
10:46So that's good news for Ian and Beth.
10:47A little bit closer game.
10:48Select.
10:49Uh, let's do Map 400.
10:50After seven failed tries
10:53from the Italian side,
10:54Edward Wimper managed to climb
10:56this peak from the Swiss side
10:57in 1865.
10:58Greg.
11:00What's Matterhorn?
11:01Right.
11:02World of Food 400.
11:04From Austria,
11:04it's a breaded and fried veal cutlet,
11:06not a hot dog.
11:08Greg.
11:09What's schnitzel?
11:10Can you be more specific?
11:11Wiener schnitzel?
11:12Wiener schnitzel.
11:13That's right, yes.
11:14Uh, on the map, 2,000.
11:15This island group includes
11:18two almost parallel chains
11:19called Rattuck and Rallick,
11:21Sunrise and Sunset.
11:25In the Marshall Islands.
11:27Greg, back to you.
11:28Uh, let's do Space Opera 800.
11:31Now a cult classic,
11:32the 1980 film Flash Gordon
11:34features a delightfully campy soundtrack
11:35by this band.
11:37Greg.
11:38What's Queen?
11:39Queen is right.
11:40Uh, World of Food, 1,200.
11:43Historian Rachel Loudon
11:44records a 1538 feast
11:46with rabbits hopping out
11:47of these Latin American turnovers.
11:49I'll just do spinach and cheese.
11:51Greg.
11:52What's Empanada?
11:53You got it.
11:54Uh, map 12.
11:56Luzon is the Philippines'
11:57largest island.
11:58This is the second largest.
12:00Greg.
12:01What's Mindenau?
12:02Right again.
12:02Uh, map 8.
12:03It calls itself
12:04the smallest capital city in America.
12:07Greg.
12:10What's Montpellier?
12:12Yes, Montpellier.
12:13Space Opera 4.
12:15A Time Lord from Gallifrey
12:16is the hero of this,
12:18TV's longest-running space opera,
12:19and has sometimes
12:20worn TV's longest scarf.
12:23Greg.
12:24What's Doctor Who?
12:25Yes.
12:26Uh, before or after 2,000?
12:27A lawyer who represents
12:29those who can't pay on their own,
12:30and the title given by
12:32Pope Leo X to the British sovereign.
12:34Greg.
12:35What's Public Defender of the Faith?
12:37Good for 2,000.
12:38World of Food, 800.
12:39Short on name,
12:40but big on flavor,
12:41it's the Vietnamese soup seen here.
12:44Ian.
12:45What is pho?
12:45That's right, pho.
12:46Speeches for 2,000, please.
12:48Upon receiving the
12:49Sylvanus Thayer Award,
12:51Douglas MacArthur spoke
12:52of these three hallowed words
12:53he heard at West Point.
12:55Greg.
12:56What's honor, duty, country?
12:58Duty, honor, country?
13:00Ian.
13:01What is duty, honor, country?
13:02Yes, that's right.
13:03Sorry, Greg, I ruled against you
13:05before you corrected the order.
13:07Uh, speeches for 1,600, please.
13:09In a speech at the Democratic
13:10National Convention in 1896,
13:12William Jennings Bryan declared,
13:14you shall not crucify mankind
13:15upon this.
13:17Ian.
13:17What is a cross of gold?
13:18You got it.
13:19Speeches for 1,200.
13:20At St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1968,
13:23he called his recently assassinated brother
13:25a good and decent man.
13:27Ian.
13:28Who is Edward Kennedy?
13:29Correct.
13:30Speeches for 800, please.
13:31In a 2022 speech,
13:32this Brit with distinctive hair
13:34said he was sad to leave
13:35the best job in the world,
13:36but them's the breaks.
13:38Greg.
13:39Who's Johnson?
13:40Boris Johnson, you got it.
13:41Poets, 2,000.
13:43Wordsworth wrote a 195-line prologue
13:45to Peter Bell
13:46and a 7,900-line poem
13:48titled This Synonym for Prologue
13:50on his own early life.
13:52Greg.
13:53What's preface?
13:54No.
13:55Ian or Beth?
13:57It's called The Prelude.
13:59Greg, back to you.
14:00All right.
14:01Before and after 400.
14:02A legendary red-headed snowboarder
14:04is given as a gift,
14:05but sadly becomes
14:06an expensive inconvenience.
14:08Ian.
14:09What is Sean White elephant?
14:10Right.
14:11Before and after 1,600, please.
14:13An indication on Facebook
14:15of whether you're taken,
14:16followed by a Latin phrase
14:17for the way things are.
14:19Greg.
14:19What's relationship status quo?
14:21Correct.
14:22Before and after 8.
14:23The sharing of an electron pair
14:25between two atoms
14:26becomes even more unique
14:27when Agent 007
14:29gives his cliched introduction.
14:31Ian.
14:32What is electron bond James Bond?
14:35No.
14:36Greg.
14:38What's ionic bond James Bond?
14:40Also incorrect.
14:41Beth's going to try it.
14:42What is covalent bond James Bond?
14:45That's it.
14:46It's a covalent bond.
14:47Well done.
14:48Speech is 400.
14:50The Nicolet copy
14:51is often called
14:51the first draft of this speech
14:53delivered on November 19th, 1863.
14:56Greg.
14:57What's Gettysburg address?
14:59Good.
14:59Poets aid.
15:01The romantics valued the image
15:02of this type of poet singer.
15:04Felicia Dorothea Hemans
15:05wrote a poem
15:06for an istewod,
15:08or meeting of them.
15:09Greg.
15:10What's minstrel?
15:11No.
15:12Beth.
15:13What is it, bard?
15:14Bard, that's right.
15:15World of food, 1600.
15:17Sort of a Greek version
15:18of lasagna.
15:19It's eggplant slices
15:20layered with ground meat
15:22in a tomato sauce,
15:23then topped with bechamel.
15:25Beth.
15:25What is misaka?
15:26Right again.
15:27World of food, 2000.
15:29Garnished with hard-boiled eggs,
15:30this spicy chicken stew
15:32is considered
15:32the national dish of Ethiopia.
15:36What is doro wat?
15:38Back to you, Beth.
15:40A night at the space opera, 1200.
15:43Called the father of space opera,
15:45E.E. Doc Smith's first novel,
15:46The Skylark of Space,
15:48appeared in 1928
15:49in this sci-fi magazine.
15:51Greg.
15:52What's amazing stories?
15:53You got it.
15:55Poets for him.
15:56Percy Shelley was eager
15:57to meet his radical hero,
15:58William Godwin,
15:59and to run off
16:00with this not-quite-17-year-old
16:02daughter of Godwin's.
16:03Ian.
16:04Who is Mary?
16:04Yes.
16:05A night at the space opera, 2000.
16:07The only good bug
16:08is a dead bug
16:09in this 1997 satirical film
16:11based on a military space opera
16:13by Robert Heinlein.
16:14Ian.
16:15What is Starship Troopers?
16:15That's correct.
16:161600.
16:18Firefly was cancelled
16:19after just 11 episodes,
16:20but fans received
16:21a consolation prize
16:22in the form of this
16:232005 film sequel.
16:28The movie was Serenity.
16:30Greg's got a $6,000 lead
16:31as we head into Final Jeopardy
16:32with this category.
16:34Historic Declarations.
16:35We'll be right back
16:36as soon as the wagers are made.
16:38Historic Declarations.
16:40Here's the clue.
16:41The 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration
16:44added these two words
16:46to the Declaration of Independence line
16:48beginning,
16:49We hold these truths.
16:5030 seconds.
16:52Good luck.
16:52Just give it up.
16:54No.
17:07No.
17:09No.
17:11Do.
17:18We love this where I have done it.
17:22So that's true.
17:22Beth Orlansky had $4,200 at the end of Double Jeopardy.
17:26What two words did you write down here, Beth?
17:28What are and women?
17:30That's correct.
17:31Seneca Falls Declaration for Women's Rights.
17:33We hope these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal.
17:38Nicely done, Beth.
17:39You wagered just $33.
17:41You now have $4,233.
17:44Ian Sampson had $10,000 even.
17:46Did he think about the words and women?
17:49Oh, self-evident.
17:51No.
17:51What did you wager?
17:53He went big.
17:54That'll drop him down to zero.
17:56Greg Shahadi was in the lead with $16,000.
17:58He can add to it if he knew it was and women.
18:00He wrote down.
18:01Oh, he changed it from all women, it looks like, to and women.
18:04You got it.
18:05You wagered $4,001, taking you to $20,001.
18:09And now you're a three-day Jeopardy champion, Greg.
18:12Your total is $74,602.
18:16Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy.
18:18We'll see you tomorrow.
18:27Evident.
18:27Evident.
18:27No.
18:28What did you wager?
18:29He went big.
18:30That'll drop him down to zero.
18:32Greg Shahadi was in the lead with $16,000.
18:34He can add to it if he knew it was and women.
18:37He wrote down.
18:38Oh, he changed it from all women, it looks like, to and women.
18:41You got it.
18:42You wagered $4,001, taking you to $20,001.
18:46And now you're a three-day Jeopardy champion, Greg.
18:49Your total is $74,602.
18:53Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy.
18:55We'll see you tomorrow.
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