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Jeopardy! - Season 2026 Episode 88 - Mon, May 4, 2026
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Introducing today's contestants, a math teacher from St. Louis, Missouri, Stephanie Perkins,
00:21a crash safety engineer originally from Troy, Michigan, Harsha Habali,
00:27and our returning champion, a novelist from Los Angeles, California, Kate Brody,
00:34whose one-day cash winnings totals $17,599.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:49Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy, everyone.
00:52Back on December 31st, 2024, Kate Brody here was thrilled to see her name featured in a Jeopardy! clue,
00:59with her novel Rabbit Hole as the correct response.
01:01Fast forward to last week, Kate gets a last-minute call-up to be a Jeopardy! contestant,
01:05and yesterday she became a champion in an impressive performance that proved she didn't need a long time to study.
01:10She found all three Daily Doubles and headed into Final Jeopardy! with a big lead.
01:14Today, Kate is back to face Harsha and Stephanie. Good luck to all three of you.
01:17Shall we play some Jeopardy? Here are your categories in the first round.
01:23Up first, we have Century 21 Listings. Then it's Children's Lit En Español. You give us the English published title.
01:31After that, In Black and White, we have Cryptocurrency. Then, uh-oh, Lawn Game Mishaps.
01:39And finally, Who Me? Responses here beginning with the letters M-E. Kate, start us off.
01:45Children's Lit 1000.
01:47A fairy tale, El Patito Feo. Stephanie.
01:51What is the Ugly Duckling? Right.
01:53Let's do Black and White for 1000.
01:55A Black and White coat is characteristic of this common dairy cattle breed named for a region of Northwest Germany.
02:01Stephanie.
02:02What is Holstein? Right again.
02:04Black and White for 800.
02:05A standard piano has 36 black and this many white keys. Kate.
02:10What is 52? Yes. 88 minus 36.
02:13Children's Lit 800.
02:15A Caldecott Medal winner.
02:17Donde viven los monstruos. Stephanie.
02:20What is Where the Wild Things Are?
02:21That's the book.
02:23Century 21 for 1000.
02:24Answer. A Daily Double for you, Stephanie.
02:28We currently have a $2,000 lead. What's the wager in Century 21 Listings?
02:342000.
02:35Alright, going for 4800. Here's your clue.
02:38Folks paved paradise and put up a parking lot over his bones, but he was reburied in 2015.
02:44His coffin bore his name and 1452 to 1485.
02:48Who is Richard III?
02:49Recently rediscovered body of Richard III. Yes.
02:53Adds 2000 to your score.
02:55Let's keep with Century 21 Listings for 800.
02:58Sadly, in May 2009, this rover, Opportunity's twin, got stuck in soft Martian sand and its roving days were over.
03:09Opportunity and the other one, Spirit. Stephanie, back to you.
03:13Children's Lit for 600.
03:15La Telarana de Carlota. Kate.
03:20Charlotte's Web. What is Charlotte's Web?
03:22That's right.
03:23Children's Lit 400.
03:24A Tale of Adventure. La Isla del Tesoro. Stephanie.
03:28What is Treasure Island?
03:29You got it.
03:30Finish the category.
03:31One more children's lit in Espanol.
03:34Buenas noches, Luna.
03:35Kate.
03:36What is Goodnight Moon?
03:37Right.
03:38Who me, 1000.
03:39This adjective, meaning of little substance, can be spelled with E-R or R-E at the end.
03:45Stephanie.
03:46What is meager?
03:47Either way, it's meager.
03:48Who me for 800.
03:49The exterior frieze of Rome's Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustine Peace, features one of these patterned borders named for
03:57a wandering river.
03:58Stephanie.
03:59What is meander?
04:01Yes.
04:02Who me for 600.
04:03Norman Mailer called Richard Nixon the Eisenstein of the this so-so synonym.
04:09Harsha.
04:09What's mediocre?
04:10Eisenstein of the mediocre, yes.
04:12Long game for six.
04:14I threw out my back going for a dinger in Can Jam, a game often called Trash Can This, the
04:20name of another trademarked toy.
04:22Harsha.
04:23What's frisbee?
04:23Well done.
04:25Game 800.
04:26I tripped over my own mallet and landed on one of the nine wire wickets used in this game.
04:31Kate.
04:32What is croquet?
04:33You got it.
04:33Who me, 400.
04:35Choking Sasuke was a popular one of these online in 2019.
04:40Kate.
04:40What is a meme?
04:41It was a popular meme bringing you to $2,800.
04:44Stephanie has the lead and we need to pause for a moment.
04:46But don't worry.
04:47Jeopardy will be right back.
04:55Stephanie Perkins of St. Louis is a math teacher, but Stephanie, having talked to Kate about her books, I want
05:00to talk about your literary career.
05:02Right.
05:02So there is an author who has the name Stephanie Perkins.
05:05But it's not you.
05:06It is not me.
05:07I found out when I started teaching and I Googled myself to see what my students would find.
05:11And it turned out I was a very prolific writer.
05:15I've only been mistaken for her once.
05:17And that was at a store where, you know, I put in my account and they said, oh, Stephanie Perkins.
05:22And somebody turned and said, you're Stephanie Perkins?
05:25And I said, yes.
05:26Oh, I said, yes.
05:27But not that one.
05:29As long as she's not writing anything too steamy, I think you should be able to enjoy this.
05:33Harsha Habala is a crash safety engineer originally from Troy, Michigan.
05:37This is like goals to me.
05:38You have a beer named after you.
05:40That's right.
05:40How did you get this rare honor?
05:41I host pub trivia in my spare time and I recently hosted my 500th show.
05:46Wow.
05:47So the brewery we do had a big celebration and they brewed a beer in my honor named Hop Quiz,
05:52which I think is a fantastic pun.
05:54Does it have qualities that are specifically related or appropriate to you?
05:58Do you see yourself in your beer, Harsha?
06:00It's juicy, so no.
06:03You could be a juicy pub quiz host.
06:05I don't know.
06:06Live your best life, Harsha.
06:08And our returning champion, Kate Brody, a novelist from Los Angeles and a mom, right?
06:12How old are your kids?
06:13I have a seven-year-old and a four-year-old.
06:14And do they play together?
06:15Sometimes they're big into Spider-Man.
06:17That's their joint activity lately.
06:19They both have head-to-toe spider suits that they basically live in.
06:23Are they both Spider-Man in this game?
06:25They're both Spider-Man.
06:26One is red Spider-Man and one is black Spider-Man.
06:28So it's like the meme, the multiple Spider-Man meme, but they're doing it in your house.
06:31Yes, but they're terrorizing me.
06:33You gave us the last correct response, Kate.
06:35So everyone, pick up your buzzers.
06:37We're about to get back into the game.
06:38In black and white, 600.
06:40It's the animalistic British term for the type of pedestrian route seen here.
06:45Stephanie.
06:45What is zebra crossing?
06:46Yes, or zebra crossing, they might say.
06:49In black and white for 400.
06:50A standard set of these contains 28 rectangular black and white tiles marked with pips.
06:56Stephanie.
06:57What are dominoes?
06:58Right again.
06:59Black and white for 200.
07:00Finish it off with this.
07:01This formal wear term describes a cat with the elegant color pattern seen here.
07:06Kate.
07:07What is tuxedo?
07:08You are right.
07:09Crypto, 800.
07:10In 2017, crypto kitties were among the first of this type of three-letter digital token
07:15to generate a frenzy among buyers.
07:17Parsha.
07:18What's NFT?
07:19Yes.
07:20Crypto for six.
07:20In 2013, a British man threw out this from a computer that held a crypto key.
07:26With $800 million at stake, seems it will be in a landfill forever.
07:30Stephanie.
07:31What is a hard drive?
07:32That's right.
07:33Um, lawn game for 1,000.
07:35I popped a bouncy castle while playing this game that was banned by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1988.
07:42Stephanie.
07:43What is jarts?
07:44Yes.
07:44RIP to lawn darts.
07:46Lawn game for 400?
07:47I arced my pitch way too low in this game and instead of getting a ringer, I gave my father
07:52-in-law a concussion.
07:54Harsha.
07:54What is horseshoes?
07:55Yes.
07:56Lawn games for two.
07:57My bag went into the hole, but my overhand technique was ruled illegal in this game named for the bag's
08:03traditional filling.
08:04Stephanie.
08:05What is cornhole?
08:06Yes.
08:07Who me for 200?
08:08A highway divider or a line extending from the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
08:14Harsha.
08:15What's median?
08:16Right.
08:17Crypto for 1,000.
08:19Appearing as two separate words until around 2015, this compound term refers to a type of digital ledger used in
08:25crypto systems.
08:26Stephanie.
08:27What is e-wallet?
08:29No.
08:30Kate or Harsha?
08:32That's the fabled blockchain.
08:34Back to you, Harsha.
08:35Crypto for 4.
08:37You'll need lots of computing power to create new crypto tokens via this process with a name that evokes mineral
08:43extraction.
08:44Kate.
08:44What is mining?
08:45You're right.
08:46Century 21, 600.
08:48It's the seasonal term for the pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa in 2010.
08:54Kate.
08:54What is Arab Spring?
08:55Yes.
08:56400.
08:57Century 21.
08:58In 2025, Johns Hopkins spotted that US cases of this disease hit the highest level since it was declared eliminated
09:05in 2000.
09:06Kate.
09:06What is measles?
09:07Measles is back.
09:08Century 21, 200.
09:10Notable attendees at this ex-world leader's funeral in 2013 included President Obama, Prince Charles, Bono and Oprah Winfrey.
09:21At Nelson Mandela's funeral.
09:22One more clue comes to us from the wide world of cryptocurrency.
09:26Created in 2009, it was an early cryptocurrency.
09:29And in terms of market capitalization and user base, it's still the big kahuna.
09:34Harsha.
09:35What's Bitcoin?
09:36Bitcoin is correct.
09:37In this case, maybe not as an investment opportunity.
09:40You're in third place, Harsha, but there's lots of time to come back in double jeopardy, which will get underway
09:43right after this.
09:52Just going by these double dollar amounts on the board, I think it's time for double jeopardy.
09:57The categories today are, first, the streets are water.
10:01Then we have putting the S in science, followed by adjectives, clock it, then life on TCM, and finally, Roman
10:12gods and goddesses.
10:13Harsha, what appeals up there?
10:15Let's do S in science for 12.
10:18The 90 isotope of this element is a dangerous component of nuclear fallout because it is easily absorbed by the
10:23body.
10:26What is strontium?
10:28Strontium, 90.
10:29Harsha?
10:30Science, 16.
10:32The Apatosaurus is a member of this class of dinosaurs, plant eaters of tremendous size, with a stout body, thick
10:38legs and long tails.
10:42They're called sauropods.
10:45Harsha, you sticking with science?
10:46Yeah, for eight.
10:47According to general relativity, it's a point of infinite density and infinitesimal volume, where space and time are distorted.
10:54Harsha?
10:54What's singularity?
10:55Right.
10:57Adjectives for eight.
10:58This word for pretentiously fancy used to sometimes have a G at the end.
11:03But maybe that sounded too...
11:08Too highfalutin.
11:09Harsha?
11:10Let's go back to science for 2000.
11:12Why not?
11:13That gorgeous sunset is caused by this phenomenon.
11:16Light rays collide with small particles and go hither and yon.
11:19Stephanie?
11:20What is scatter?
11:21Yes, scattering for 2000.
11:23Clock it for 1200.
11:25It's generally agreed that cuckoo clocks originated and were perfected in this dark region of Germany.
11:31Stephanie?
11:32What is the black forest?
11:33You got it.
11:34Clock it for 1600.
11:36Not much fruit to be seen in his still life called the black marble clock painted circa 1870.
11:44That's a Cezanne.
11:46Stephanie?
11:46Clock it for 800.
11:48The clock in this tower has a Latin inscription that translates to,
11:52Oh Lord, make safe our Queen Victoria the First.
11:55Harsha?
11:55What's Big Ben?
11:56Yes, the Elizabeth Tower.
11:58Adjectives for 12.
11:59Roald Dahl used this adjective for tasting very good and added diddly yum in the middle for fun.
12:05Harsha?
12:06What's scrum diddlyumptious?
12:08Yes, scrumptious is the word.
12:11Adjectives for 16.
12:13The book, A Beast the Color of Winter, The Mountain Goat Observed, of course uses this hyphenated adjective for the
12:19amazing climbers.
12:21Stephanie?
12:22What is sure-footed?
12:23Yes, well done.
12:24Adjectives for 2000.
12:26The answer there?
12:27One of the two Daily Doubles in the round falls to you, Stephanie.
12:31You're still in the lead. How do you feel about adjectives?
12:33Um, $4,000.
12:36All right.
12:37With $4,000 on the line, here's your clue in adjectives.
12:40A person who's this may be perceptive or may dutifully follow religious guidelines.
12:50What is devout?
12:52I'm afraid not.
12:53It's observant that matches both halves of the clue.
12:56Observant.
12:56You're still in first place though, even though you lose a little. Select.
12:59The streets are water for $1,200.
13:01Basin Street was the main drag of New Orleans Red Light District.
13:04This man from there recorded Basin Street Blues in 1928.
13:08Stephanie?
13:09Who is Armstrong?
13:10Louis Armstrong.
13:11Streets are water $1,600.
13:13Bay Street in this city is Canada's Wall Street.
13:19As you might guess, it's in Toronto.
13:22Stephanie?
13:23Wife on TCM for $1,200.
13:26In This Gun for Hire, Alan Ladd tears a page out of this to help him track a man down.
13:30Not a useful hack today.
13:33Kate?
13:34What is the phone book?
13:35Yes.
13:36Life on TCM 16?
13:38Dr. Gillespie, played by Lionel of this family, drinks his milk so he's allowed to smoke.
13:43Did we mention Dr. G has cancer?
13:46Stephanie?
13:46What is Barrymore?
13:47Lionel Barrymore, right.
13:49Quacket for $400.
13:50The Sposkaya clock tower at the entrance to this Moscow complex regularly chimes out the Russian national anthem.
13:57Kate?
13:57What is Red Square?
13:58Or the Kremlin, right.
14:00Roman gods, 16.
14:02Answer.
14:02Final daily double goes to you, Kate.
14:06And it's a lucky break.
14:08You could make a dent in Stephanie's lead here.
14:10Let's make it a true daily double.
14:11All right.
14:12That would put you just $400 off the lead.
14:14But you have to be correct in Roman gods and goddesses.
14:17Originally a grain futures exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade Building is topped by a statue of this goddess.
14:26Who is Demeter?
14:28I'm afraid not.
14:29Her Roman equivalent would be Ciri.
14:31You had the right goddess, but we needed the Roman name.
14:33Oh.
14:34You're down to zero, but there's a lot of money left on the board, Kate.
14:36Select.
14:37Roman gods, $2000.
14:39Often pictured with a blacksmith's hammer, he was considered the ugliest of the gods, even though he snagged Venus.
14:45Stephanie?
14:46Who is Vulcan?
14:47Yes.
14:48Wife on TCM for $2000.
14:50Less in vogue now, it's the style of hat worn by Charlie Chaplin as The Little Tramp.
14:55The Victoria and Albert Museum has one.
14:58Stephanie?
14:58What is a bowler?
14:59You got it.
15:00Wife on TCM, $800.
15:02In The Thin Man, Myrna Loy catches up to her husband by ordering six of these cocktails lined up in
15:07front of her.
15:09Harsha?
15:10What's a martini?
15:10Yes.
15:12TCM, $400.
15:12Hey, mister, was the universal form of address by kids to male adults, like by this girl in 1934's Baby
15:19Take a Bow.
15:21Harsha?
15:21Who's Temple?
15:22Shirley Temple, right again.
15:23Let's do science for four.
15:25Barrel and fan are two types of these primitive marine organisms with porous skeletons attached to an underwater surface.
15:33Harsha?
15:33What's a sponge?
15:34Yes.
15:35Adjectives for four.
15:37Divisional means relating to the math operation.
15:40This similar word means causing mistrust and lack of unity.
15:43Kate?
15:44What is divisive?
15:45Right.
15:46Roman gods, $1200.
15:47This goddess of wisdom and the arts was worshipped as one of the Capitoline Triad, along with Jupiter and Juno.
15:54Harsha?
15:55Who is Sophie?
15:56No.
15:57Kate or Stephanie?
15:58Stephanie?
15:59Who is Minerva?
16:00Minerva.
16:00Nice.
16:01Clocket, $2000.
16:03Housed in a Dutch museum, the oldest surviving pendulum clock was created in 1657, based on a design by this
16:10Dutch scientist.
16:14Who is Huygens?
16:15Back to you, Stephanie.
16:17The streets are water, $2000.
16:19This street is the main thoroughfare of Lower Manhattan's Chinatown.
16:22Kate?
16:23What is Canal Street?
16:24Correct.
16:25Roman gods, $800.
16:26Oh, dear.
16:28This goddess of the hunt turned Actaeon into a stag because he watched her as she bathed.
16:32Stephanie?
16:33Who is Diana?
16:33Yes.
16:34Roman gods and goddesses, $400.
16:36This god of war was the father of Romulus and Remus.
16:40Stephanie?
16:40Who is Mars?
16:41Yes.
16:42The streets are water, $800.
16:44Stunning views and Gianni Versace's one-time mansion line this Miami Beach Drive, named for the big wet thing nearby.
16:54That's on Ocean Drive.
16:55We have one more clue where the streets are water.
16:58Claridge's Hotel is found on Brook Street in this city.
17:01Kate?
17:02What is London?
17:03London's right.
17:03You fought your way back after the Daily Double miss, but Stephanie's got a big lead as we head into
17:07Final Jeopardy.
17:07Here's the category, folks.
17:09You're dealing with produce today.
17:11We'll come back with a clue right after this.
17:20Let's find out if all those long hours in the supermarket will pay off.
17:24Produce is the Final Jeopardy category.
17:26The clue is this.
17:28The name of this fruit commemorates an Australian gardener who died in her 70s in the 19th century.
17:34You have 30 seconds, players.
17:36Good luck.
17:36.
17:40.
18:07Kate Brody came back from the Daily Double Miss, has $2,800.
18:10What did you think of as a final Jeopardy response?
18:13What is old lady fruit?
18:15Now tell us about the old lady fruit.
18:17What is it you enjoy about it?
18:18I don't know.
18:19Sounds awful.
18:20I'm afraid it is not old lady fruit.
18:22It was good that you guessed something.
18:23What did you wager?
18:25You'll drop down $2,800, leaving you with zero.
18:28Harsha Habali was in second place with $6,000.
18:30What did he come up with?
18:32What is the Granny Smith apple?
18:34That is correct.
18:35Maria Ann Smith was the namesake of that breed.
18:38What did you wager?
18:38You'll add $381, taking you to $6,381.
18:43But Stephanie Perkins could not be caught today with that $18,800 total.
18:47Will she be adding to it?
18:48Did she have Granny Smith?
18:49Ah, crab apple.
18:51Not all old ladies are crabs, Stephanie.
18:53What did you wager?
18:54You only dropped $2,200, leaving you with $16,600 and making you today's Jeopardy!
19:00champion.
19:00Well done.
19:04Hope you have a great weekend.
19:05We'll see you back here on the Alex Trebek stage on Monday.
19:09We'll see you back then.
19:12We'll be back there.
19:23Thank you very much.
19:24Bye, guys.
19:31Thank you, I have to mention this.
19:32Good, buddy.
19:32Thank you, God.
19:33Thank you, God.
19:35It was quite L runtime.
19:37Thank you, Adam.
19:37Thank you, all right.
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