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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 40: James Hirsh, Kevin Kodama, Lauren Vincent
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Let's meet today's contestants.
00:15A grant writer from Boston, Massachusetts, Lauren Vincent.
00:20A software engineer from Seattle, Washington, Kevin Kodama.
00:25And our returning champion, the lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Hirsch,
00:32whose one-day cash winnings totaled $32,418.
00:39And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:46Thank you so much, Johnny, and welcome to Jeopardy!
00:49Yesterday's game featured three great players, three high scores,
00:52but in the end, it was Mr. James Hirsch of Toronto who held on for the victory.
00:57You know, we've seen a lot of great Torontonian champions on this stage.
01:01Mateo Roach, Juveria Zahir, Ray Lalonde.
01:04Could James Hirsch someday be the next name on that list?
01:07Not if Kevin or Lauren have anything to say about it, I bet.
01:10I wish all three of you the very best of luck.
01:12Let's get right into the game with these categories
01:14in the Jeopardy! round for you.
01:17We begin with country clubs.
01:19Then, Disney movies by song lyrics.
01:23We have edible anagrams.
01:25And one word in each of these clues is the anagram of the edible response.
01:301920s America is next.
01:32Then the animal kingdom.
01:34And finally, some silent consonant words.
01:37James, you're the champ now. You go first.
01:39Let's do edible anagrams for 1,000.
01:42When the diners grew restless after dinner,
01:44the cook rustled up some of this dessert for them.
01:47James?
01:48What is strudel?
01:49Well done. Anagram of rustled.
01:50Edible anagrams for 800.
01:52Please don't think me nutritionally arrogant
01:54if I use this seasoning on everything.
01:57Lauren?
01:57What is tarragon?
01:59That's right. Arrogant.
02:00Disney movies by song lyrics for 1,000.
02:03Answer there is a daily double, Lauren.
02:08Seems to be a category you like.
02:10You can wager up to 1,000.
02:11I'm gonna do 1,000.
02:13All right.
02:13You'll have 1,800 if you're right.
02:15Disney movies by song lyrics is your category.
02:19You think you own whatever land you land on.
02:21The earth is just a dead thing you can claim.
02:24What is Pocahontas?
02:25Yes, from Colors of the Wind.
02:27You're in the lead with 1,800.
02:30Disney movies by song lyrics for 800.
02:33Chim-chim-chir-ee.
02:34A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be.
02:37James?
02:38What is Mary Poppins?
02:39Correct.
02:39Stick with the category for 600.
02:41Who am I?
02:42I am a girl who loves my island
02:44and the girl who loves the sea.
02:45It calls me.
02:47Kevin?
02:47What is Moana?
02:48Yeah, you're on the board.
02:491920s America for 1,000.
02:51Like Wall Street, Florida land had a boom,
02:54producing mansions like Playa Oriente
02:56and this beach town in the same named county.
02:58James?
02:59What is Palm Beach?
03:00Yes.
03:011920s America for 800.
03:03We wonder what Richard Loeb said to this man
03:06who left his glasses at the scene
03:07of what was to be their perfect crime.
03:09Kevin?
03:10Who is Leopold?
03:11Leopold and Loeb.
03:12Well done.
03:121920s America for 600.
03:14Gee, our old LaSalle ran great
03:16and looked great too
03:17as this consolidated company
03:19made it the first
03:20stylus-designed, mass-produced car.
03:22Lauren?
03:23What is Buick?
03:24No.
03:25James?
03:26What is General Motors?
03:27That's correct, yes.
03:28Country clubs for 800.
03:30Since subtracting Russia in 2014,
03:33an informal block of industrial powers
03:35is once again known as this.
03:37James?
03:38What is the G7?
03:39Yes.
03:40Country clubs for 1,000.
03:41The CBSS, the Council of These States,
03:45is mostly countries that lie on it,
03:47like Finland and Latvia.
03:48Kevin?
03:50What is the Baltic?
03:51The Baltic Sea is right.
03:52I'll take country clubs for 600.
03:55Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
03:57officially formed this economic
03:59and acronymic union in 1958.
04:01James?
04:02What is Benelux?
04:03Good.
04:04Country clubs for 400.
04:05The five-member North Pacific Anadromous
04:08Fish Commission looks after species
04:10that move between fresh and salt water,
04:12like the pink this.
04:14James?
04:14What is salmon?
04:15Yes.
04:16The Animal Kingdom for 1,000.
04:18This crustacean is so named because
04:20when it waves its large claw,
04:22it looks like it's playing an instrument.
04:27That's why it's called the Fiddler Crab.
04:29James?
04:29The Animal Kingdom for 800.
04:32Weddle Vs, which live farther south
04:34than any other mammal,
04:35are named for an explorer who once hunted them.
04:38Kevin?
04:38What are seals?
04:39That's correct.
04:401920s America for 400.
04:42It was a new rhyming phrase
04:44for the creeps or the jitters.
04:45It was a dance.
04:47It was Louis Armstrong's
04:48first scat singing record.
04:50Lauren?
04:50What is heebie-jeebies?
04:52Heebie-jeebies is right.
04:53Yes, 1,600 for you.
04:55Everyone's playing well.
04:56We need to pause for a moment.
04:57But Jeopardy! will be right back.
04:58Don't go anywhere.
05:05Lauren Vincent is a grant writer from Boston.
05:07And Lauren, you played hard to get.
05:09You turned us down the first time
05:10we invited you on Jeopardy!
05:11But you had a pretty good reason.
05:12I did.
05:13So I got the call about Jeopardy!
05:16about February and they said,
05:17could you be here in April?
05:18And I said,
05:19I think I have something more important in April.
05:22I have my due date.
05:23You had a baby on the way.
05:24Yes, I had a baby on the way.
05:26We have never had a birth on this stage, so.
05:28Yeah.
05:28I didn't want to be the first.
05:29Thank you for helping us with that streak.
05:31What did you do instead of playing Jeopardy!
05:33So instead of like, you know,
05:34studying for Jeopardy!
05:35I watched a lot of Love Island
05:37and Vanderpump Rules.
05:38So, you know, hoping maybe
05:40the reality TV category will come up soon.
05:42You are ready for one category.
05:44Yes.
05:44Well, congrats on the baby.
05:46Kevin Kodama is a software engineer from Seattle.
05:49Also a semi-competitive dancer.
05:51What kind of dance?
05:52So, over the pandemic,
05:53I got really into shuffle dance,
05:55which is a family of related electronic dances
05:57that started in Australia in the late 1980s.
06:00But it's actually in the middle
06:01of a pretty big American revival.
06:03And the center of it is actually right here in LA.
06:05So I'm hoping I can maybe catch a class after the show.
06:08But you didn't go last night.
06:09No, I didn't go shuffling.
06:11I was locked in.
06:12You're a little more fresh.
06:13OK, that's what I wanted to hear.
06:14Our returning champion is James Hirsch from Toronto.
06:17You're a lawyer and a podcaster.
06:19Tell us about your show.
06:20Yeah, I host a podcast called Benchwarmers.
06:23Benchwarmers?
06:23That's right.
06:24It's a play on Benchwarmers.
06:25It's about Jews in sports.
06:27My friend Gabe and I co-host it.
06:29And we've had a great opportunity
06:30to talk to lots of Jewish athletes,
06:32Jewish sports writers,
06:33people involved in sports in all kinds of ways.
06:34We've been doing it for seven years now.
06:35Is there a Jewish athlete that I should read up on?
06:37Like somebody interesting you recommend?
06:39Someone from history.
06:40I mean, Sandy Koufax is a hero to many.
06:42Definitely a laudable person.
06:44Hank Greenberg, another baseball player as well.
06:45That's fantastic.
06:46Lauren, it's your board.
06:48What do you want to select?
06:49Let's do Disney movies by song lyrics for $400.
06:52The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.
06:56You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake.
06:59James.
07:00What is The Little Mermaid?
07:00Yeah, Under the Sea.
07:02Silent consonant words for $600.
07:04As many as half of all amputees may suffer from the sensation
07:07of a phantom one of these.
07:10James.
07:10What is a limb?
07:11Yeah, Silent B.
07:12Edible anagrams for $600.
07:14Don't blame me if you haven't grown to like
07:16this type of so-called toast by now.
07:19Lauren.
07:19What is Melba?
07:20Blame to Melba, very good.
07:22Silent consonant words for $800.
07:25Rodents like rats and mice must do this constantly
07:28as their incisor teeth never stop growing.
07:31James.
07:32What is Sharpen?
07:33No.
07:34Kevin or Lauren?
07:37That's why they always gnaw.
07:39Silent G and gnaw.
07:40Lauren.
07:41Let's do silent consonant words for $1,000.
07:44This adjective from the Latin for formal may be applied
07:47to a serious or dignified occasion.
07:52What is solemn?
07:54Back to Lauren.
07:55Animal Kingdom for $600.
07:56Though native to Africa, the Jacksons this variety of lizard
08:00has become invasive in Hawaii due to the exotic pet trade.
08:03Kevin.
08:04What is a chameleon?
08:05Right.
08:05I'll take 1920s America for $200.
08:08Lydia Pinkham's patent medicine for female complaints
08:11had new popularity, perhaps due to being 15% this prohibited stuff.
08:16Kevin.
08:16What is alcohol?
08:17Yes.
08:18Country clubs for $200.
08:20Barbados and Montserrat belong to Caricom, meaning this community.
08:24Kevin.
08:24What is the Caribbean community?
08:25Right again.
08:26Disney movies by song leaves for $200.
08:29We've got a lot to do.
08:30Is it one lump or two for you, our guest?
08:33Lauren.
08:33What is Beauty and the Beast?
08:34Yes.
08:35Be our guest.
08:36Silent consonant words for $400.
08:38When swimming side stroke, this kind of kick will help you cut through the water.
08:42Kevin.
08:43What is a scissor kick?
08:44Good.
08:44Silent consonant words for $200.
08:47One of these passageways for inside traffic in a supermarket might occasionally need a clean-up.
08:52James.
08:53What is an aisle?
08:54Yes.
08:54Animal Kingdom for $400.
08:56In late spring, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is famous for its nightly display
09:01of synchronized these.
09:04Lauren.
09:04What are hippos?
09:05No.
09:06Boy, I would love to see synchronized hippos, though.
09:08James or Kevin?
09:10This is a smaller synchronized display.
09:13What are fireflies or lightning bugs?
09:14Back to you, James.
09:16Animal Kingdom for $200.
09:17What do you get when you cross a female horse with a male donkey?
09:20This four-letter hybrid.
09:22Lauren.
09:23What, it's a mule?
09:23Right.
09:24Edible anagrams for $400?
09:26A serving of this just might assuage your desire for some breakfast food.
09:31Kevin.
09:31What is sausage?
09:32That's right.
09:33We have one more edible anagram for you.
09:34Nothing fires a hungry imagination like thinking about a burger and these.
09:39Lauren.
09:39What are fries?
09:40Fires and fries.
09:41Yes.
09:42You have $2,400.
09:43Good scores.
09:44But you'll select first when we come back.
09:45Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:52Our champ, James, has a narrow lead as we move into Double Jeopardy.
09:56The board's all ready.
09:57The players look ready.
09:58Here are the new categories.
10:00Get ready with me.
10:02Then some depressing poetry.
10:04Oh.
10:05Facts and figures.
10:07Followed by alliterative people.
10:08And I do want to hear the alliteration, so give me the first and last names.
10:12Then we have peace.
10:14Out.
10:15In quotation marks.
10:16Lauren.
10:17Let's do Get Ready With Me for $1,600.
10:20Get ready with me as I find the lost treasure of this pirate who came to Andrew Jackson's
10:25aid in 1815.
10:26I found an old map in Johnny Gilbert's attic.
10:29Kevin.
10:29Who's Lafitte?
10:30John Lafitte, yes.
10:31Um, depressing poetry for $1,600.
10:33A beau's woe by way of Poe.
10:36This lyric poem named for a maiden who suffers an untimely death in a kingdom by the sea.
10:41Kevin.
10:42Who is Annabelle Lee?
10:43That's correct.
10:43I'll take depressing poetry for $2,000.
10:45We smile and we sing, wrote Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
10:48Fun, right?
10:49Nope.
10:50An illusion.
10:50Because we wear this title garb.
10:53Kevin.
10:54What is the mask?
10:54Very good.
10:55For $2,000.
10:55Depressing poetry for $1,200.
10:57Her rage in the poem, Daddy, There's a Steak in Your Fat Black Heart, was largely over
11:02her father dying in 1940 when she was eight.
11:05Kevin.
11:05Who's Sylvia Plath?
11:06Right again.
11:07Poetry for $800.
11:08When his dear friend Arthur Henry Hallam died suddenly, this heartbroken lord wrote in
11:13memoriam unsuddenly over the next 17 years.
11:16Kevin.
11:16Who's Tennyson?
11:17Yes.
11:18Poetry for $400.
11:19This poet may have taken one too many lonely walks in New England when he wrote,
11:23I have been one acquainted with the night.
11:25Kevin.
11:25Who's Robert Frost?
11:26You got all five.
11:29You know your depressing poetry.
11:32Where'd you go?
11:33I'll take Alliterative People for $1,600.
11:36She had a breakout part in comedy with Reno 911 and has since been known for drama and reality
11:41TV too.
11:43James.
11:43Who is Niecy Nash?
11:44Yes.
11:45Niecy Nash Betts.
11:46Alliterative People for $1,200.
11:48Answer.
11:48A daily double for you, James.
11:52And you need this.
11:53He must have been feeling depressed during the depressing poetry category.
11:56What do you want to wager?
11:57Let's make it a true daily double.
11:58Wow.
11:59Going for $14,400.
12:01Here is your clue.
12:02Alliterative People.
12:04In 1994, he launched a cable channel to compete with American movie classics.
12:09Who is Ted Turner?
12:11Turner Classic Movies is the channel.
12:12And James, you're back in front.
12:15Great game.
12:16Select again.
12:17Alliterative People for $2,000.
12:19Names the same department.
12:20The Bassist for R.E.M. and the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of 20th Century Women and Come On,
12:26Come On.
12:29Are both named Mike Mills.
12:31Back to you, James.
12:32Alliterative People for $800.
12:34He based the movie Almost Famous on his own experiences as a very, very young rock journalist.
12:40Lauren.
12:40Who is Cameron Crowe?
12:41That's him.
12:42Peace for $2,000.
12:43The first Peace Corps volunteers got a White House send-off in 1961, bound for Ghana and
12:49this then country later united with Zanzibar.
12:52James.
12:53What is Tanzania?
12:55No.
12:56Kevin.
12:56What is Tanganyika?
12:57Tanganyika.
12:58Yes, the future Tanzania.
12:59You're back in front.
13:00Peace for $1,600.
13:02Designed in 1958, the peace symbol combines semaphore signals for N and D, short for this
13:07two-word peaceful objective.
13:10James.
13:10What is nuclear disarmament?
13:12That's right.
13:12Peace for $1,200.
13:15In 1901, Henri Dunant shared the inaugural Nobel Peace Prize for founding this humanitarian
13:20organization.
13:21James.
13:22What is the Red Cross?
13:23Yes, you're back in front.
13:24Facts and Figures for $1,200.
13:26Formerly known as Alpha Centauri, the star now known as this Kentaurus is one of the brightest
13:32stars out there.
13:36It's now an Arabic name, Rigel Cantaurus.
13:38James.
13:39Facts and Figures for $1,600.
13:41The first non-British person to lead the Bank of England, this economist became Canada's
13:46prime minister in 2025.
13:48Kevin.
13:48Who is Carney?
13:49Beat James to Mark Carney, that's right.
13:51Facts and Figures for $2,000.
13:54Niamey is the capital of this African nation that in 2024 had the highest fertility rate
13:58of any country.
13:59Kevin.
14:00Where's Niger?
14:01Good for $2,000 more.
14:02I'll take facts and figures for $800.
14:04Almost seven miles down in the Pacific is the Mariana Trench, and within it, this two-word
14:09place, its deepest part.
14:11Kevin.
14:11What is Challenger Deep?
14:12Correct.
14:13Facts and Figures for $400.
14:14About 4,000 years ago, the last of these pachyderms, each weighing six to eight tons, were living
14:19on Wrangel Island, north of Siberia.
14:22Kevin.
14:22What are Woolly Mammoths?
14:23Right.
14:24Peace for $800.
14:25Answer.
14:26The final daily double of the game goes to you, Kevin.
14:30You have snatched back the lead after James' big play.
14:33How confident are you feeling about peace right now?
14:39I'll wager $15,200.
14:41$15,200.
14:42All right.
14:43A very big wager.
14:45You'll have $34,600 if you're right.
14:47Here's your clue in peace.
14:49Two agreements that were frameworks for peace in the Middle East are also known as these,
14:54after where they were negotiated in 1978.
14:58What are the Oslo Accords?
15:00Sorry.
15:00No.
15:01Oslo was later.
15:01These are the Camp David Accords.
15:04So you lose a chunk of change, but there's still time left, Kevin.
15:07Select.
15:07Out for $2,000.
15:09Your realtor might refer to a barn, shed, or pool house as one of these.
15:13Kevin.
15:15What is it in Outback?
15:17No.
15:18James.
15:19What is an outbuilding?
15:20Outbuilding is the word.
15:22Out for $1,200.
15:23Bruce Springsteen says he has no idea what this term means, though apparently he experienced
15:28one on 10th Avenue.
15:30James.
15:30What is a freeze-out?
15:31Talking about a 10th Avenue freeze-out, yes.
15:33Out for $1,600.
15:35It's fair play according to a proverb.
15:40Turnabout is fair play.
15:42James.
15:43Get ready with me for $2,000.
15:45As I achieve a $2,500 plus rating in a FIDE tournament and earn this title.
15:50Originally there were 27 in 1950.
15:52Now about $2,000.
15:54Kevin.
15:54What is Grandmaster?
15:55In chess, yes.
15:56Get ready with me for $1,200.
15:58As I put on this four-letter helmet and grab my net and start catching butterflies in my
16:03cranky neighbor's overgrown lawn.
16:05James.
16:05What is a pith helmet?
16:06That's the helmet.
16:07Get ready with me for $800.
16:09As I put on my b-boy clothes and practice this form of hip-hop vocal percussion, I'll be
16:14repeating boots and cats over and over.
16:16Kevin.
16:17What is beatboxing?
16:18Yes.
16:18I'll take out for $800.
16:20CB radio users save a syllable by asking for your 20 instead of your this or these.
16:26James.
16:27What is your location?
16:28No.
16:30Lauren.
16:31What are your whereabouts?
16:32Yes, that's correct.
16:34Out for $400.
16:35This five-letter word for influence can also refer to a forceful whack, which is certainly
16:40one way to influence somebody.
16:42James.
16:43What is clout?
16:43Yes.
16:44Peace for $400.
16:45After decades of conflict, the 1555 Peace of Augsburg allowed Catholicism and this Christian
16:52branch to coexist legally in Germany.
16:54James.
16:55What is Lutheranism?
16:56That's it.
16:57Alliterative people for $400.
16:58This performer won a supporting actor Emmy for playing irascible dispatcher Louis de
17:03Palma on Taxi.
17:04James.
17:05Who's Danny DeVito.
17:05That's right.
17:06Get ready with me for $400.
17:08Final clue.
17:09As I put on my T1 pressure suit to do this in a plane, just like Chuck Yeager did in
17:131947,
17:14over Rogers Dry Lake.
17:16James.
17:17What does break the sound barrier?
17:18That is correct.
17:19You finish with a dominant $20,400.
17:22Great game from you, Kevin, but the Daily Double miss hurt you there.
17:24Let's see what final Jeopardy category awaits you three.
17:28World landmarks.
17:29We will come back with the clue right after this short break.
17:32Don't go anywhere.
17:34Our players have made their wagers based on their knowledge of this category, world landmarks.
17:39Let's show them and you the clue.
17:42Henry James said its immemorial gray pillars may serve to remind you of the enormous background
17:47of time.
17:49You have 30 seconds, players.
17:50Good luck.
18:22Lauren Vincent on the end had $4,000 coming into Final Jeopardy.
18:25What was your response?
18:26What landmark did you come up with, Lauren?
18:28The Parthenon.
18:29I'm afraid it's not the Parthenon.
18:32What did you wager?
18:33Everything.
18:34Leaving you at zero.
18:36Kevin Kodama was in second place with $5,000.
18:39What did you come up with, Kevin?
18:40What is the Lincoln Memorial?
18:42No, those are both too recent, actually.
18:44So you will drop down as well.
18:45You wagered $5,000.
18:47You are also at $0.
18:49James Hirsch with $20,400.
18:52What landmark did you have, sir?
18:53Also the Parthenon.
18:55No, Henry James was noticing all the tourists that had started to show up at Stonehenge.
19:00To note the enormous background of time.
19:02What did you wager, James?
19:04Just $5,400.
19:05That'll knock you down to $15,000.
19:07And you're now a two-day Jeopardy!
19:09champion.
19:10Your total?
19:11$47,418.
19:14Congratulations.
19:15Great game.
19:16And we will be back here on the Alex for the next stage.
19:18Tomorrow.
19:19We'll see you then.
19:48We'll see you then.
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