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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 85: Greg Shahade, Ian Samson, Beth Orlansky
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Let's meet today's contestants.
00:16A retired public interest attorney from Jackson, Mississippi, Beth Orlansky.
00:22A firefighter from Matthews, North Carolina, Ian Sampson.
00:26And our returning champion, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greg Shahadi,
00:33whose two-day cash winnings totaled $54,601.
00:40And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:47Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:50Yesterday, our international chess master, Greg Shahadi, proved that his Monday victory
00:55over 31-game champ Jamie Ding, was no fluke.
00:58Once again, he found all three daily doubles.
01:00He was correct on two of them, and he sealed the deal with a correct response
01:03in Final Jeopardy! for his second straight win.
01:06Today, he's back to face Ian and Beth.
01:08I wish all three of you the very best of luck,
01:09and I'm going to introduce you to your six categories now in the Jeopardy! round.
01:14We begin with history's mysteries, or at least a few of them.
01:18Then I'm talking about flight club.
01:20We have the elements, give yourselves a hand, in quotation marks,
01:25then playing some recent hits, and finally, one piece of advice for you.
01:29It's not Emily Dickinson.
01:31Greg, you're up first.
01:32Let's do history's mysteries 800.
01:35What exactly is the Yonaguni Monument, discovered in the 1980s,
01:39and known as the Japanese This Place of Legend?
01:43Greg.
01:44What's Atlantis?
01:45The Japanese Atlantis. That's it.
01:46Let's do elements 800.
01:47This gas was originally called radium emanation.
01:52Greg.
01:53It's radon?
01:54Right.
01:55History 1000.
01:57Who created the Piltdown Man,
01:59a hoax once thought to fill in this hypothetical gap
02:02in the chain of human evolution?
02:04Greg.
02:05What's missing link?
02:06Correct for 1000.
02:07Elements 1000.
02:09This metal, symbol CS, melts at about 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
02:13So if you have some in your pocket on a warm day...
02:16Greg.
02:17What's cesium?
02:18You got it.
02:19Emily Dickinson, 800.
02:21George F. Dick and his wife Gladys found the cause of,
02:24and a way to immunize against,
02:25this colorful infectious disease known for a red rash.
02:29Ian.
02:30What is rubella?
02:31No.
02:32Greg.
02:33What's scarlet fever?
02:34That's the right disease.
02:35Flight Club, 800.
02:37The answer there is the Daily Double in the round.
02:41You have the lead with 4,400, Greg.
02:44It's your first time seeing this category.
02:45Talking about Flight Club.
02:47Let's do 4,400.
02:49All right.
02:49Trying the true Daily Double.
02:51You'll have 8,800 if you're right.
02:52Here's your clue in talking about Flight Club.
02:55Until 2005, this airline had a customer loyalty program
02:59called the Flying Dutchman.
03:06That's KLM.
03:07KLM is the Dutch airline, yes.
03:09You have 8,800.
03:13Let's do Recent Hits, 400.
03:16In taste, this powerhouse sang that she leaves quite an impression.
03:19Five feet, to be exact.
03:23Oh, no Sabrina Carpenter fans with us.
03:26Back to you, Greg.
03:27Emily Dickinson, 1,000.
03:28This legendary sci-fi author wrote The Preserving Machine
03:31and Time Out of Joint, and we'll need his middle initial, too.
03:35Greg.
03:37Who's Arthur C. Clarke?
03:38No.
03:40Ian or Beth?
03:42Not Emily Dickinson, but Philip K. Dick.
03:44Back to you, Greg.
03:46Emily Dickinson, 600.
03:47Lead with kindness and spend time in nature
03:50are truths from the 2024 last of these advice columns
03:54by Ms. Dickinson.
03:58Amy Dickinson, she wrote Ask Amy.
04:01Back to you, Greg.
04:02Give yourself a hand, 600.
04:04The CDC says using this, containing at least 60% alcohol,
04:08can help stop the spread of germs.
04:10Ian.
04:11What is hand sanitizer?
04:12Right.
04:12The elements for 600.
04:14This allotrope of oxygen has three atoms
04:17instead of the usual two.
04:18Ian.
04:19What is ozone?
04:20That's right.
04:20Elements for 400, please.
04:22French chemist Georges Claude
04:24was the first to use this gas in a sign
04:26displayed at the Paris Exposition of 1910.
04:29Greg.
04:30What's neon?
04:31Neon is the gas.
04:32Flight Club 6.
04:33At JFK in 1978,
04:366 mil in cash and jewels
04:37was taken from this German airline
04:39with the alleged, I said alleged, help
04:41of the Lucchese family.
04:43Greg.
04:44What's Lufthansa?
04:45The Lufthansa heist, right.
04:46Flight Club 1000.
04:48Once the national airline of the Soviet Union
04:50and still around today,
04:52it has flown to every continent,
04:53including Antarctica.
04:55Ian, what is Aeroflot?
04:56You add 1,000.
04:57History's Mystery 600, please.
04:59Who built Stonehenge way back in the 3000s BC,
05:02millennia before the first record
05:04of these learned Celts?
05:06Greg.
05:07What's Druids?
05:07Stonehenge predates the Druids.
05:09Yes, you have $9,400.
05:10We're going to pause.
05:11Ian and Beth, lots of time left for you.
05:13We'll come back with more Jeopardy after this.
05:17Beth Olanski is with us from Jackson, Mississippi.
05:20She's a retired public interest attorney.
05:22And like many people you know,
05:24Beth, you met your spouse where?
05:25At a Jewish camp in Mississippi.
05:27And this is the same camp
05:28where many of your family met their intended?
05:30We are seven couples
05:31who can trace their meeting to Jacob's camp.
05:35Wow.
05:36Is this something the camp advertises?
05:37Well, it's very subtle,
05:39but it's definitely part of the plan
05:41to get people who come from towns
05:42where there are very few Jewish people
05:43to come together for the summer
05:45and meet each other.
05:46And some of these camp folks
05:46are with us today, right?
05:47They are.
05:47We have a bunch of Team Beth outfits here.
05:50Would not be here
05:51if not for this summer camp,
05:52some of them, I assume.
05:53Welcome.
05:54Ian Sampson is a firefighter
05:55from Matthews, North Carolina.
05:57You once had a job
05:58that involved setting people on fire?
06:00Yes.
06:00It sounds like you're not
06:01a great firefighter, Ian.
06:02I don't want to quibble.
06:04Completely separate job.
06:05I worked at a local science center,
06:06and on our 21 and overnights,
06:08one of the activities I would do in the lab
06:09was they could come in,
06:11dip their hand in water,
06:12scoop up a handful of natural gas bubbles,
06:14and I would ignite them.
06:15Wow.
06:15It lasts for about three seconds,
06:17creates a nice little mushroom cloud of fire,
06:18and then it goes out right about the time
06:20that it starts to get hot.
06:21I am not interested in you trying that here,
06:22by the way,
06:23in case that was your next question.
06:25Our returning champion
06:25is chess master Greg Shahadi from Philadelphia.
06:28Your girlfriend has a bone to pick, Greg.
06:30She says if we were to meet you on the street,
06:32there's an even chance of what?
06:34That I would have my shirt inside out.
06:35Your shirt would be inside out?
06:36There are like combinations,
06:37inside out, like backwards,
06:39like all different combinations of incorrect.
06:41Right now you're looking good.
06:42Well, you have a really helpful staff.
06:43I keep trying and they keep fixing it, so.
06:45Well, maybe if you continue with us,
06:47we'll keep an eye on the shirt.
06:48We'll see if we see the tag.
06:49Right now, you have command of the board, Greg.
06:51Make a selection.
06:52Emily Dickinson, 400.
06:54The New York Times called trombonist Vic Dickinson
06:56one of the most individualistic stars
06:58of this Count's orchestra.
07:00Greg.
07:01Who's Basie?
07:02Count Basie, yeah.
07:03Recent hits, 1,000.
07:05Try to keep it together.
07:06Teddy Swims, who sang,
07:08I do this title when you're not next to me.
07:10You make a mess of me.
07:12Greg.
07:13What's loose control?
07:14I lose control, yes.
07:15Hand, 800.
07:17Curiously, never roped a steer
07:19is a lyric in the classic song,
07:20I'm an old this from the Rio Grande.
07:23Beth.
07:23What is cow hand?
07:24Yes, you're on the board.
07:26Give yourselves a hand from 1,000.
07:28If you're getting rich in a hurry,
07:30you're said to be making money
07:31this three-word way
07:32that sounds slightly redundant.
07:34Greg.
07:35What's hand over fist?
07:36You got it.
07:37Recent hits, 200.
07:39Her wildflower grew and grew
07:41into the song of the year
07:42at the 2026 Grammys.
07:44Greg.
07:46What's swift?
07:47No.
07:48Ian or Beth?
07:50Who's Billie Eilish?
07:52Back to you, Greg.
07:53Dickinson, 200.
07:55Eric Dickerson ran for a record
07:572,105 yards in 1984
07:59for this West Coast team
08:00before it moved to
08:02and then back from the Midwest.
08:04Beth.
08:05What are the Raiders?
08:06No.
08:07Greg.
08:07What's Rams?
08:08That's right.
08:09Give yourself a hand, 400.
08:12RHD is this wacky steering system
08:14used in the UK and other places
08:15where cars travel
08:16on the wrong side of the road.
08:18Ian.
08:18What is right-hand drive?
08:19Correct.
08:20Elements for 200, please.
08:22The first half of the word potash
08:24is a good clue
08:24that it's a compound
08:25of this element,
08:26atomic number 19.
08:28Ian.
08:28What is potassium?
08:29Good.
08:30Histories and mysteries,
08:30400, please.
08:31Where is this object?
08:33Aron ha-brit in Hebrew.
08:35And if you say
08:35in a government warehouse,
08:36we'll ask you to show us.
08:38Ian.
08:38What is the ark?
08:39Can you be more specific?
08:40The Ark of the Covenant.
08:41That's the right ark.
08:42Histories and mysteries,
08:43200, please.
08:44Did 1920s climber George Mallory,
08:46whose body was discovered here
08:48in 1999,
08:49die going up
08:50or coming down from the top?
08:52Beth.
08:52What is Everest?
08:53Yes.
08:54Flight Club 400.
08:56In 1935,
08:57this carrier
08:58that stays in business
08:59despite going everywhere
09:00without you
09:01began flying between
09:02Brisbane and Singapore.
09:04Greg.
09:05What's Qantas?
09:06Yes.
09:06No U in Qantas.
09:07Recent hit, 6.
09:09This woman
09:10was inside the top 10
09:11in 2025
09:12with Outside.
09:14Greg.
09:14Oh.
09:16It's Minaj.
09:17No, it is not.
09:19Ian or Beth,
09:19he's narrowing it down for you.
09:20That's Cardi B.
09:22Oh, yeah.
09:22Back to you, Greg.
09:23Recent hits, 800.
09:25This singer-songwriter
09:26with a three-letter last name.
09:27And we do mean
09:28three letters
09:29through a party for you.
09:34Who is Charlie XCX?
09:36Good news, Greg.
09:37No more recent pop music.
09:38Han, 200.
09:40Wrapped in seaweed,
09:41temaki is this type
09:42of easy-to-pick-up sushi.
09:44Beth.
09:45What is a hand roll?
09:46That's correct.
09:46Here's the last clue,
09:47talking about Flight Club
09:48one more time.
09:50In 2026,
09:51this airline ended
09:52its long-time
09:52first-come,
09:53first-seeded policy
09:54and is assigning
09:558C and 27A
09:56like all the other carriers.
09:58Greg.
09:59What's Southwest?
10:00Southwest is correct, yes.
10:01You finished the round
10:02with 11,800.
10:03Beth will be selecting first
10:04when we come back.
10:05Stay tuned for Double Jeopardy.
10:09We have two Daily Doubles
10:10on the board
10:10in Double Jeopardy.
10:11Good news for Ian and Beth
10:13looking for the comeback here.
10:14The categories will be
10:16On the Map
10:17with that M in quotation marks
10:19is up first.
10:20Then the English Romantic Poets
10:22follow.
10:22We have Speeches,
10:24World of Food,
10:26then A Night at the Space Opera,
10:28and finally,
10:29a little Before and After.
10:31Beth, which category?
10:32How much?
10:33Before and After 1,200.
10:36Paris District
10:37that's home
10:37to the Saint-Michel Fountain
10:38and doubles as a beefy burger
10:40at McDonald's.
10:41Greg.
10:42What's Latin Quarter Pounder?
10:44You got it.
10:46Poet 16.
10:47In her 1834 memoir
10:49about this poet,
10:50the Countess of Blessington
10:51called his limp
10:52so slight she couldn't recall
10:53which foot was lame.
10:55Greg.
10:57It's Milton.
10:58No.
10:59Ian or Beth?
11:01That was Lord Byron.
11:02Greg.
11:03Um, Poets 12.
11:05Answer.
11:06A Daily Double for you.
11:10Now you just missed one poet
11:12but this is a shot at redemption.
11:13What do you want to work here?
11:14Uh, 5,000.
11:15Okay.
11:15Going for 16,400
11:16in the English Romantic Poets.
11:18Your clue?
11:19Keats tells this subject of an ode,
11:22thou wast not born for death,
11:23immortal bird.
11:29It's Nightingale.
11:30Nightingale is the right one.
11:31Yes.
11:32You add $5,000.
11:38Let's do map 16.
11:39The answer there.
11:40The other Daily Double.
11:45This is the last one in the game, Greg.
11:46How much do you want to wager?
11:47Let's do 6,000.
11:506,000 this time will take you to 22,400
11:52if you're right.
11:53On the map.
11:55The name of this Alberta city
11:56refers to an actual accessory
11:58called a Samus.
12:03What's Moose Jaw?
12:05No.
12:06Ah.
12:06Medicine Hat, Alberta.
12:07What's the right city here?
12:09So that's good news for Ian and Beth.
12:10A little bit closer game.
12:11Select.
12:12Uh, let's do map 400.
12:14After seven failed tries
12:16from the Italian side,
12:17Edward Wimper managed to climb
12:19this peak from the Swiss side
12:20in 1865.
12:21Greg.
12:23What's Matterhorn?
12:24Right.
12:25World of Food, 400.
12:27From Austria,
12:27it's a breaded and fried veal cutlet,
12:29not a hot dog.
12:31Greg.
12:32What's Schnitzel?
12:33Can you be more specific?
12:34Wienerschnitzel?
12:35Wienerschnitzel.
12:36That's right, yeah.
12:37On the map, 2000.
12:39This island group includes
12:40two almost parallel chains
12:42called Rattuck and Rallick,
12:44Sunrise and Sunset.
12:48In the Marshall Islands.
12:50Greg, back to you.
12:51Uh, let's do Space Opera, 800.
12:53Now a cult classic,
12:55the 1980 film Flash Gordon
12:57features a delightfully campy soundtrack
12:58by this band.
13:00Greg.
13:01What's Queen?
13:02Queen is right.
13:03Uh, World of Food, 1200.
13:06Historian Rachel Loudon
13:07records a 1538 feast
13:09with rabbits hopping out
13:10of these Latin American turnovers.
13:12I'll just do spinach and cheese.
13:14Greg.
13:15What's empanada?
13:16You got it.
13:17Uh, map 12.
13:19Luzon is the Philippines'
13:20largest island.
13:21This is the second largest.
13:23Greg.
13:24What's Mindenau?
13:25Right again.
13:25Uh, map 8.
13:26It calls itself
13:27the smallest capital city
13:29in America.
13:30Greg.
13:34What's Montpellier?
13:35Yes, Montpellier.
13:36Space Opera 4.
13:38A Time Lord from Gallifrey
13:39is the hero of this,
13:41TV's longest-running space opera,
13:42and has sometimes
13:43worn TV's longest scarf.
13:46Greg.
13:47What's Doctor Who?
13:48Yes.
13:49Uh, before or after 2000?
13:50A lawyer who represents
13:52those who can't pay on their own,
13:53and the title given by Pope Leo X
13:55to the British sovereign.
13:57Greg.
13:58What's Public Defender of the Faith?
14:00Good for 2000.
14:01World of Food, 800.
14:02Short on name,
14:03but big on flavor,
14:05it's the Vietnamese soup seen here.
14:07Ian.
14:07What is pho?
14:08That's right, pho.
14:09Speeches for 2000, please.
14:11Upon receiving
14:12the Sylvanus Thayer Award,
14:14Douglas MacArthur spoke
14:15of these three hallowed words
14:16he heard at West Point.
14:18Greg.
14:19What's honor, duty, country?
14:21Duty, honor, country?
14:23Ian.
14:24What is duty, honor, country?
14:25Yes, that's right.
14:26Sorry, Greg,
14:27I ruled against you
14:28before you corrected the order.
14:30Uh, speeches for 1600, please.
14:31In a speech
14:33at the Democratic National Convention
14:34in 1896,
14:36William Jennings Bryan declared,
14:37you shall not crucify mankind
14:38upon this.
14:40Ian.
14:40What is a cross of gold?
14:41You got it.
14:42Speeches for 1200.
14:43At St. Patrick's Cathedral
14:45in 1968,
14:46he called his recently
14:47assassinated brother
14:48a good and decent man.
14:50Ian.
14:51Who is Edward Kennedy?
14:52Correct.
14:52Speeches for 800, please.
14:54In a 2022 speech,
14:55this Brit with distinctive hair
14:57said he was sad
14:58to leave the best job
14:59in the world,
14:59but them's the brakes.
15:00Greg?
15:02Who's Johnson?
15:03Boris Johnson, you got it.
15:04Poets 2000.
15:06Wordsworth wrote
15:06a 195-line prologue
15:08to Peter Bell
15:09and a 7,900-line poem
15:11titled This Synonym for Prologue
15:13on his own early life.
15:15Greg?
15:16What's preface?
15:17No.
15:18Ian or Beth?
15:20It's called The Prelude.
15:22Greg, back to you.
15:23All right, uh,
15:24before or after 400.
15:25A legendary red-headed snowboarder
15:28is given as a gift,
15:28but sadly becomes
15:29an expensive inconvenience.
15:31Ian?
15:32What is Sean White Elephant?
15:33Right.
15:34Before and after 1600, please.
15:36An indication on Facebook
15:38of whether you're taken,
15:39followed by a Latin phrase
15:40for the way things are.
15:42Greg?
15:42What's relationship status quo?
15:44Correct.
15:45Uh, before or after eight.
15:46The sharing of an electron pair
15:48between two atoms
15:49becomes even more unique
15:50when Agent 007
15:52gives his cliched introduction.
15:54Ian?
15:55What is electron bond James Bond?
15:58No.
15:59Greg?
16:01What's ionic bond James Bond?
16:03Also incorrect.
16:04Beth's gonna try it.
16:05What is covalent bond James Bond?
16:08That's it.
16:09It's a covalent bond.
16:10Well done.
16:11Uh, speech is 400.
16:12The Nicolet copy
16:14is often called
16:14the first draft of this speech,
16:16delivered on November 19, 1863.
16:18Greg?
16:20What's Gettysburg Address?
16:22Good.
16:22Poets Ate.
16:23The Romantics valued the image
16:25of this type of poet-singer.
16:27Felicia Dorothea Hemmonds
16:28wrote a poem
16:29for an istewad,
16:31or Meeting of Them.
16:32Greg?
16:33What's minstrel?
16:34No.
16:35Beth?
16:36What is a bard?
16:37Bard, that's right.
16:38World of Food, 1600.
16:40Sort of a Greek version of lasagna,
16:42it's eggplant slices
16:43layered with ground meat
16:45in a tomato sauce,
16:46then topped with bechamel.
16:48Beth?
16:48What is misaka?
16:49Write again.
16:49World of Food, 2000.
16:51Garnished with hard-boiled eggs,
16:53this spicy chicken stew
16:55is considered
16:55the national dish of Ethiopia.
16:59What is doro wat?
17:01Mmm.
17:02Back to you, Beth.
17:03A Night at the Space Opera, 1200.
17:06Called The Father of Space Opera,
17:08E.E. Doc Smith's first novel,
17:09The Skylark of Space,
17:11appeared in 1928
17:12in this sci-fi magazine.
17:14Greg?
17:15What's Amazing Stories?
17:16You got it.
17:18Poets 4.
17:19Percy Shelley was eager
17:20to meet his radical hero,
17:22William Godwin,
17:22and to run off with this
17:23not-quite-17-year-old daughter
17:25of Godwin's.
17:26Ian.
17:27Who is Mary?
17:28Yes.
17:28Night at the Space Opera, 2000.
17:30The only good bug is a dead bug
17:32in this 1997 satirical film
17:34based on a military space opera
17:36by Robert Heinlein.
17:37Ian.
17:38What is Starship Troopers?
17:39That's correct.
17:401600.
17:41Firefly was cancelled
17:42after just 11 episodes,
17:44but fans received
17:44a consolation prize
17:45in the form of this
17:462005 film sequel.
17:51The movie was Serenity.
17:52Greg's got a $6,000 lead
17:54as we head into Final Jeopardy
17:55with this category.
17:57Historic Declarations.
17:58We'll be right back
17:59as soon as the wagers are made.
18:03Our players made
18:04their Final Jeopardy wagers
18:05after learning the category
18:06would be Historic Declarations.
18:08Here's the clue.
18:10The 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration
18:13added these two words
18:15to the Declaration of Independence line
18:17beginning,
18:18We hold these truths.
18:1930 seconds.
18:20Good luck.
18:49The 1848 Seneca Falls
18:50Beth Orlansky had $4,200 at the end of Double Jeopardy.
18:55What two words did you write down here, Beth?
18:57What are and women?
18:59That's correct.
19:00Seneca Falls Declaration for Women's Rights.
19:02We hope these truths to be self-evident
19:03that all men and women are created equal.
19:06Nicely done, Beth.
19:07You wagered just $33.
19:10You now have $4,233.
19:12Ian Sampson had $10,000 even.
19:15Did he think about the words and women?
19:18Ooh, self-evident.
19:19No.
19:20What did you wager?
19:21He went big.
19:22That'll drop him down to zero.
19:24Greg Shahadi was in the lead with $16,000.
19:27He can add to it if he knew it was and women.
19:29He wrote down, oh, he changed it from all women, it looks like, to and women.
19:33You got it.
19:34You wagered $4,001, taking you to $20,001.
19:38And now you're a three-day Jeopardy! champion, Greg.
19:40Your total, $74,602.
19:45Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy!
19:46We'll see you tomorrow.
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