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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.
00:20A 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,
00:51proved that his Monday victory over 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
01:09with a correct response in Final Jeopardy for 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 Histories, Mysteries, or at least a few of them.
01:26Then I'm talking about Flight Club.
01:29Give yourselves a hand, in quotation marks.
01:32Then playing some recent hits.
01:33And finally, one piece of advice for you.
01:36It's not Emily Dickinson.
01:38Greg, you're up first.
01:39Let's do Histories, Mysteries, 800.
01:42What exactly is the...
01:43Yonaguni Monument, discovered in the 1980s,
01:46and known as the Japanese This Place of Legend.
01:49Greg.
01:50What's Atlantis?
01:51The Japanese Atlantis. That'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,
02:18melts at about 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
02:20So if you have some in your pocket on a warm day...
02:23Greg.
02:24What's cesium?
02:25You 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.
02:37What 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.
02:52Let's do 4,400.
02:54All 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.
02:59Until 2005,
03:01this airline had a customer loyalty program
03:04called the Flying Dutchman.
03:11That's KLM.
03:12KLM is the Dutch airline, yes.
03:14You have 8,800.
03:18Let's do recent hits, 400.
03:20In taste,
03:21this powerhouse sang that 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, 1,000.
03:33This legendary sci-fi author wrote
03:35The Preserving Machine and Time Out of Joint,
03:38and will need his middle initial, too.
03:40Greg.
03:42Who's Arthur C. Clarke?
03:43No.
03:44Ian or Beth?
03:47Not Emily Dickinson, but Philip K. Dick.
03:49Back to you, Greg.
03:50Emily Dickinson, 600.
03:52Lead with kindness and spend time in nature
03:55are truths from the 2024 last of these advice columns
03:59by Ms. Dickinson.
04:03Amy Dickinson, she wrote Ask Amy.
04:06Back to you, Greg.
04:07Give yourself a hand, 600.
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?
04:17Right.
04:17The elements for 600.
04:18This allotrope of oxygen has three atoms
04:21instead of the usual two.
04:23Ian.
04:24What is ozone?
04:24That's right.
04:25Elements for 400, please.
04:27French chemist Georges Claude
04:29was the first to use this gas in a sign
04:31displayed at the Paris Exposition of 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, I said alleged,
04:46help of the Lucchese family.
04:47Greg.
04:49What's Lufthansa?
04:50Lufthansa heist, right.
04:51Flight Club 1000.
04:53Once the national airline of 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 BC,
05:07millennia before the first record
05:09of these learned Celts?
05:11Greg.
05:12What's Druids?
05:12Stonehenge predates the Druids.
05:14Yes, you have $9,400.
05:15We're going to pause.
05:16Ian and Beth, lots of time left for you.
05:17We'll come back with more Jeopardy after this.
05:21Beth Olanski is with us from Jackson, Mississippi.
05:24She's a retired public 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 met their attendant?
05:34We are seven couples
05:35who can trace their meeting to Jacob's camp.
05:39Wow.
05:40Is this something that camp advertises?
05:41Well, it's very subtle,
05:43but it's definitely part of the plan
05:45to get people who come from towns
05:46where there are very few Jewish people
05:47to come together for 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 Team Beth outfits here.
05:54Would not be here if not for this summer camp,
05:56some of them, I assume.
05:57Welcome.
05:58Ian Sampson is a firefighter
05:59from Matthews, North Carolina.
06:01You once had a job that involved
06:02setting people on fire?
06:04Yes.
06:04It sounds like you're not
06:05a great firefighter.
06:06I 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 I would do
06:13in the lab was they could come in.
06:17Who's Billie Eilish?
06:19Back to you, Greg.
06:20Dickinson, 200.
06:22Eric Dickerson ran for a record
06:242,105 yards in 1984
06:26for this West Coast team
06:28before it moved to
06:29and then back from the Midwest.
06:31Beth.
06:32What are the Raiders?
06:33No.
06:34Greg.
06:34What's Rams?
06:35That's right.
06:36Give yourself a hand, 400.
06:39RHD is this wacky steering system
06:41used in the UK and other places
06:46where cars travel on the wrong side
06:48of the road.
06:53Ian.
06:54What is the right-hand drive?
06:56Correct.
06:56Elements for 200, please.
06:58The first half of the word potash
07:02is a good clue that it's a compound
07:03of this element, atomic number 19.
07:06Ian.
07:06What is potassium?
07:07Good.
07:08Histories and Mysteries, 400, please.
07:10Where is this object?
07:11Aron Habrit in Hebrew.
07:13And if you stay in 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, 200, please.
07:22Did 1920s climber George Mallory,
07:24whose body was discovered here in 1999,
07:27die going up or coming down from the top?
07:30Beth.
07:30What is Everest?
07:31Yes.
07:32Flight Club 400.
07:34In 1935, this carrier that stays in business
07:37despite going everywhere without you
07:39began flying between Brisbane and Singapore.
07:42Greg.
07:43What's Qantas?
07:44Yes.
07:44No U in Qantas.
07:46Recent hit, six.
07:47This woman was inside the top 10 in 2025 with Outside.
07:52Greg.
07:52Oh.
07:54It's Minaj.
07:55No, it is not.
07:57Ian or Beth, he's narrowing it down for you.
07:58That's Cardi B.
08:00Oh, yeah.
08:00Back to you, Greg.
08:01Recent hits, 800.
08:03This singer-songwriter with a three-letter last name.
08:06And we do mean three letters through a party for you.
08:12Who is Charlie XCX?
08:14Good news, Greg.
08:15No more recent pop music.
08:16Hand, 200.
08:18Wrapped in seaweed, tamaki is this type of easy-to-pick-up sushi.
08:22Beth.
08:23What is a hand roll?
08:24That's correct.
08:24Here's the last clue.
08:25Talking about Flight Club one more time.
08:28In 2026, this airline ended its long-time first-come-first-seated policy
08:32and is assigning 8C and 27A like all the other carriers.
08:36Greg.
08:37What's Southwest?
08:38Southwest is correct, yes.
08:39You finished the round with 11,800.
08:41Beth will be selecting first when we come back.
08:43Stay tuned for Double Jeopardy.
08:46We have two Daily Doubles on the board in Double Jeopardy.
08:49Good news for Ian and Beth looking for the comeback here.
08:51The categories will be On the Map, with that M in quotation marks, is up first.
08:57Then the English Romantic Poets follow.
08:59We have Speeches, World of Food.
09:02Then a Night at the Space Opera.
09:06And finally, a little before and after.
09:09Beth, which category?
09:10How much?
09:11Before and after, 1,200.
09:13Paris District that's home to the San Michel Fountain and doubles as a beefy burger at McDonald's.
09:19Greg.
09:20What's Latin Quarter Pounder?
09:21You got it.
09:23Poet 16.
09:24In her 1834 memoir about this poet, the Countess of Blessington called his limp so slight she couldn't recall which
09:31foot was lame.
09:32Greg.
09:34It's Milton.
09:35No.
09:36Ian or Beth?
09:38That was Lord Byron.
09:40Greg.
09:40Um, Poets 12.
09:43Answer.
09:43A Daily Double for you.
09:47Now, you just missed one poet, but this is a shot at redemption.
09:50What do you want to work here?
09:515,000.
09:52Okay, going for 16,400 in the English Romantic Poets.
09:55Your clue?
09:56Keats tells this subject of an ode, thou wast not born for death, immortal 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.
10:24How much do you want to wager?
10:25Let's do 6,000.
10:276,000 this time will take you to 22,400 if you're right.
10:30On the map.
10:32The name of this Alberta city refers to an actual accessory called a Samus.
10:41What's Moose Jaw?
10:42No, Medicine Hat, Alberta was the right city here.
10:46So that's good news for Ian and Beth.
10:47A little bit closer game.
10:49Select.
10:49Uh, let's do Map 400.
10:51After seven failed tries from the Italian side, Edward Wimper managed to climb this peak
10:56from the Swiss side in 1865.
10:59Greg.
11:00What's Matterhorn?
11:01Right.
11:02World of Food 400.
11:04From Austria, it's a breaded and fried veal cutlet, not a hot dog.
11:08Greg.
11:09What's Schnitzel?
11:10Can you be more specific?
11:11Wienerschnitzel?
11:12Wienerschnitzel.
11:13That's right, yes.
11:14On the map, 2000.
11:16This island group includes two almost parallel chains called Rotok and Rollik, Sunrise and
11:22Sunset.
11:25In the Marshall Islands.
11:27Greg, back to you.
11:28Uh, let's do Space Opera 800.
11:31Now a cult classic, the 1980 film Flash Gordon features a delightfully campy soundtrack by
11:36this band.
11:37Greg.
11:39What's Queen?
11:39Queen is right.
11:40Uh, World of Food 1200.
11:43Historian Rachel Loudon records a 1538 feast with rabbits hopping out of these Latin American
11:48turnovers.
11:49I'll just do spinach and cheese.
11:52Greg.
11:52What's Empanada?
11:53You got it.
11:54Uh, map 12.
11:56Luzon is the Philippines' largest island.
11:58This is the second largest.
12:00Greg.
12:01What's Mindenau?
12:02Right again.
12:03Uh, map 8.
12:03It calls itself the smallest capital city in America.
12:07Greg.
12:11What's, uh, Montpellier?
12:12Yes, Montpellier.
12:13Space Opera 4.
12:15A Time Lord from Gallifrey is the hero of this, TV's longest-running space opera, and has
12:20sometimes worn TV's longest scarf.
12:23Greg.
12:24What's Doctor Who?
12:25Yes.
12:26Uh, before or after 2000?
12:27A lawyer who represents those who can't pay on their own, and the title given by Pope Leo
12:32X to the British sovereign.
12:34Greg.
12:35What's Public Defender of the Faith?
12:37Good for 2000.
12:38World of Food 800.
12:39Short on name, but big on flavor, it's the Vietnamese soup seen here.
12:44Ian.
12:45What is Pho?
12:45Oh, that's right, Pho.
12:46Speeches for 2000, please.
12:48Upon receiving the Sylvanus Thayer Award, Douglas MacArthur spoke of these three hallowed words
12:54he heard at West Point.
12:55Greg.
12:56What's honor, duty, country?
12:58Duty, honor, country?
13:01Ian.
13:01What is duty, honor, country?
13:02Yes, that's right.
13:04Sorry, Greg.
13:04I ruled against you before you corrected the order.
13:07Uh, speeches for 1600, please.
13:09In a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1896, William Jennings Bryan declared,
13:14you shall not crucify mankind upon this.
13:17Ian.
13:17What is a cross of gold?
13:18You got it.
13:19Speeches for 1200.
13:21At St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1968, he called his recently assassinated brother a good and
13:26decent man.
13:27Ian.
13:28Who is Edward Kennedy?
13:29Correct.
13:29Speeches for 800, please.
13:31In a 2022 speech, this Brit with distinctive hair said he was sad to leave the best job
13:36in the world, but them's the breaks.
13:38Greg.
13:39Who's Johnson?
13:40Boris Johnson, you got it.
13:41Poets 2000.
13:43Wordsworth wrote a 195-line prologue to Peter Bell and a 7,900-line poem titled This Synonym
13:50for Prologue on 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.
14:03A legendary red-headed snowboarder is given as a gift, but sadly becomes an expensive inconvenience.
14:09Ian.
14:09What is Sean White elephant?
14:10Right.
14:11Before and after 1600, please.
14:13An indication on Facebook of whether you're taken, followed by a Latin phrase for the way
14:18things are.
14:19Greg.
14:20What's relationship status quo?
14:21Correct.
14:22Before and after 8.
14:23The sharing of an electron pair between two atoms becomes even more unique when 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?
14:41Also incorrect.
14:41Beth's going to try it.
14:43What is covalent bond James Bond?
14:45That's it.
14:46It's a covalent bond.
14:47Well done.
14:48Speech is 400.
14:49The Nicolet copy is often called the first draft of this speech, delivered on November
14:5419th, 1863.
14:56Greg.
14:57What's Gettysburg address?
14:59Good.
14:59Poets aid.
15:01The romantics valued the image of this type of poet singer.
15:04Felicia Dorothea Hemans wrote a poem for an istewad, or meeting of them.
15:10Greg.
15:10What's minstrel?
15:12No.
15:13Beth.
15:13What is it, bard?
15:14Bard.
15:14That's right.
15:15World of food, 1600.
15:17Sort of a Greek version of lasagna, it's eggplant slices layered with ground meat in a tomato
15:22sauce, then topped with bechamel.
15:25Beth.
15:25What is misaka?
15:26Right again.
15:27World of food, 2000.
15:29Garnished with hard-boiled eggs, this spicy chicken stew is considered the national dish
15:33of Ethiopia.
15:37What is doro wat?
15:39Back to you, Beth.
15:40A Night at the Space Opera, 1200.
15:42Called the father of space opera, E.E. Doc Smith's first novel, The Skylark of Space,
15:48appeared in 1928 in this sci-fi magazine.
15:51Greg.
15:52What's Amazing Stories?
15:54You got it.
15:55Poets 4.
15:56Percy Shelley was eager to meet his radical hero, William Godwin, and to run off with this
16:01not-quite-17-year-old daughter of Godwin's.
16:03Ian.
16:04Who is Mary?
16:05Yes.
16:06A Night at the Space Opera, 2000.
16:07The only good bug is a dead bug in this 1997 satirical film based on a military space opera
16:13by Robert Heinlein.
16:14Ian.
16:15What is Starship Troopers?
16:16That's correct.
16:171600.
16:18Firefly was canceled after just 11 episodes, but fans received a consolation prize in the
16:23form of this 2005 film sequel.
16:28The movie was Serenity.
16:30Greg's got a $6,000 lead as we head into Final Jeopardy with this category.
16:34Historic Declarations.
16:35We'll be right back as soon as the wages are made.
16:38Historic Declarations.
16:40Here's the clue.
16:42The 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration added these two words to the Declaration of Independence line
16:48beginning,
16:49We hold these truths.
16:5130 seconds.
16:52Good luck.
17:23Beth Orlansky had $4,200 at the end of Double Jeopardy.
17:26What two words did you write down here, Beth?
17:29What are and women?
17:30That's correct.
17:31Seneca Falls Declaration for Women's Rights.
17:34We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal.
17:38Nicely done, Beth.
17:39You wagered just $33.
17:42You 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.
17:52What 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.
18:05You got it.
18:05You wagered $4,001, taking you to $20,001.
18:10And now you're a three-day Jeopardy champion, Greg.
18:12Your total is $74,602.
18:17Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy.
18:18We'll see you tomorrow.
18:27Evident.
18:27Evident.
18:28No.
18:28What did you wager?
18:30He went big.
18:31That'll drop him down to zero.
18:32Greg Shahadi was in the lead with $16,000.
18:35He 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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