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00:02From the Alex Burbeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:15Please welcome today's cast champions, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California, Isaac Hirsch.
00:24A creative executive, originally from San Jose, California, Allison Betts.
00:32And a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Josh Hill.
00:39And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:46Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:49Yesterday, it was Andrew He who punched his ticket to the semifinals.
00:53And today, we welcome back champions Josh, Allison, and Isaac, all here with an eye toward doing the same.
00:59Good luck to all three of our champs. Let's get right into the game with these categories for you in
01:03the Jeopardy! round.
01:05We have, up first, Historic Orators.
01:08Then we have Booksmart, USA, Protection Projection, followed by You're on a Roll, and a game of Drop a Letter.
01:19Josh, start us off.
01:20Historic Orators, 200.
01:22An ally of the British, whose uniforms he wore, Seneca Chief's Segoia Watha was known as this color jacket.
01:29Josh.
01:30What is red?
01:31Yeah.
01:31Booksmart, 200.
01:33In a 1999 book, she's told, you're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met.
01:38Allison.
01:39Who's Hermione Granger?
01:40You're right.
01:41Uh, let's try Drop a Letter, 800.
01:44From a word meaning to sully, to get this trace of a color.
01:48Allison.
01:49What are tint and taint?
01:51Right, tint is correct.
01:52Uh, Drop a Letter, 1,000.
01:54From a verb meaning to embellish, like with parsley, to get this adjective, meaning vulgar or flashy, like some displays.
02:01Allison.
02:02What is garish?
02:03Right, from Garnish.
02:04Uh, USA, 800.
02:06Answer.
02:07A Daily Double for you, Allison.
02:10You've jumped ahead early with $2,000.
02:12How much of it do you want to put at stake in the category USA?
02:15I would like to make it a true Daily Double, please.
02:17All right.
02:17You would like to have $4,000 then.
02:19We'll see if that pans out for you.
02:21Here's your clue in USA.
02:23While his library is in Ann Arbor, his museum is in Grand Rapids, where he grew up.
02:33Who is Ford?
02:35That's correct.
02:35Presidential Library and Museum of Gerald Ford.
02:38You have $4,000.
02:40Um, okay.
02:42Let's go back to Drop a Letter for 600, please.
02:44From a word meaning of little width, to get this weapon.
02:48Isaac.
02:50What is...
02:5010?
02:51No.
02:53Josh.
02:53What is arrow?
02:54From narrow, that's right.
02:56Protection projection, 200.
02:58The narrator of this novel wants to save little kids if they start to go over the cliff.
03:02That's all I'd do all day.
03:04Allison.
03:05Uh, what is a catcher in the rye?
03:06Yeah.
03:07Drop a Letter for.
03:08From a synonym for buccaneer, to get this verb, meaning to chatter at length.
03:16Take the I from Pirate, you get Praet.
03:19Allison.
03:20Um, projection 400, please.
03:23Impacts in orbit are rare, but Whipple shields made from this bulletproof vest polymer limit
03:28damage from objects traveling 17,000 miles per hour.
03:32Josh.
03:32What is Kevlar?
03:33Yeah.
03:34You're on a row, 200.
03:35For a reboot of the Pink Panther franchise, Steve Martin took on the role of this bumbling detective.
03:41Isaac.
03:41Who is Clouseau?
03:42That's right.
03:43Orators 400.
03:44No pasaran, or they shall not pass.
03:47The Republican battle cry in this conflict was coined by Dolores Ibaruri.
03:52Isaac.
03:53What is the Spanish Civil War?
03:54Yeah.
03:54Orators 600.
03:56We have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat, said Winston Churchill of the 1938
04:01agreement named for this city.
04:03Josh.
04:03What is Munich?
04:04The Munich Pact is right.
04:05USA 1000.
04:07Home to three prestigious universities, North Carolina's research triangle is formed by these
04:12three cities or towns.
04:14Josh.
04:14What are Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill?
04:16You got all three for 1000.
04:18Booksmart for 1000.
04:19In this 1966 work, the narrator's IQ climbs from 68 to 185, then declines rapidly.
04:27Isaac.
04:27What is Flowers for Algernon?
04:28That is the book.
04:29Historic order is 800.
04:31In 1843, the formerly enslaved Isabella van Wagenen took this name, reflecting her intention
04:37to travel up and down the land.
04:39Isaac.
04:40Who is Sojourner Truth?
04:41That's correct.
04:41And it takes you to $1,800, Isaac.
04:43All three of you are playing so well, it seems a shame we have to pause.
04:46But we do for just a moment.
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05:12Isaac Hersch of Burbank is a nine-time champion, a Tournament of Champions semifinalist, and
05:17a Jeopardy!
05:18Master.
05:18When you were here for Masters, you told us you were going to do some ring shopping.
05:21Did that happen?
05:22It did happen.
05:22I bought the ring.
05:23It was used in a proposal.
05:24And most importantly, she said yes.
05:26Hey, congratulations.
05:28It would have been a really awkward interview if she hadn't.
05:32Wishing you two all the best.
05:33Alison Batts, a five-time Jeopardy! champion, Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist.
05:38You recently got a fun Jeopardy! gift.
05:40Yes.
05:40My cousin Ryan gave me the old Sega Genesis Jeopardy! game that we used to play as children
05:45at my grandmother's house.
05:46But unfortunately, I repaid the favor by missing his wedding, which was the past weekend
05:50to be here.
05:51So...
05:51You're skipping his wedding for Jeopardy!
05:53It's kind of his fault for giving you the game.
05:55I think it's really his fault.
05:56We should blame it on him, for sure.
05:58Josh Hill is back with us from North Little Rock, Arkansas.
06:01A seven-time champ, a TOC quarterfinalist as well.
06:04You've been helping train the next generation of Jeopardy! champions.
06:06Is that right?
06:07Yes.
06:08We have an online community that has been reviewing trivia questions and just exchanging tips.
06:13And, you know, quite a few.
06:13Chris Nichols has been on stage, Dargan Ware, Ian Morrison.
06:16You probably remember them from Champions of Wild Card.
06:18That's great.
06:18All your graduates.
06:19Well done.
06:20Isaac, you have control of the board, so pick up your buzzers, everyone.
06:23Next selection coming up.
06:24Orators for a thousand, please.
06:26The name of this orator, who roused the people of ancient Athens, begins with a Greek word
06:31for people.
06:34That would be Demosthenes.
06:36Demo.
06:37Isaac?
06:37Booksmart, 800.
06:39Sherlock Holmes describes this man as having been endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical
06:43faculty.
06:45Josh?
06:45Who is Watson?
06:46No.
06:47Isaac?
06:48Who is...
06:49Mycroft?
06:50He's not talking about Mycroft either.
06:52Allison?
06:53Oh, let it die.
06:54Let it go.
06:55Professor Moriarty gets a rare compliment there.
06:58Back to Isaac.
06:58Booksmart, 600.
07:00Though he's a pure sociopath, this Thomas Harris character is a contributor to the Journal
07:04of Clinical Psychiatry.
07:06Isaac?
07:07Who is Lecter?
07:07Yes.
07:08Booksmart, 4.
07:09In They Do It With Mirrors, this Christie sleuth recalls attending boarding school in Florence.
07:15Isaac?
07:16Who is Marple?
07:17It is Miss Marple.
07:18Very good.
07:19Protection Projection, 600.
07:21Barrier is a seven-letter word that starts with B and is a synonym for protection.
07:25So is this, a wall raised for defense.
07:29Allison?
07:30What is barricade?
07:31No.
07:33Josh or Isaac?
07:34We needed a seven-letter word, like bulwark.
07:37Isaac?
07:38Protection, 800.
07:39Its name is from Greek, meaning not intoxicated, from an ancient belief that the stone protected
07:45against drunkenness.
07:46Josh?
07:47What is Ebethyst?
07:48Yes.
07:49Protection Projection, 1,000.
07:50The Aegis, a symbol of protection, was used by this goddess, who accessorized it with Medusa's
07:56head.
07:57Isaac?
07:58Who is Athena?
07:58That's correct.
07:59Honor Roll, 400.
08:01With roles in martial arts films like Enter the Dragon and Fist of Fury, he helped popularize
08:06the genre.
08:07Isaac?
08:08Who is Bruce Lee?
08:09Yes.
08:09Roll, 600.
08:10In 1962, she won the first Best Actress Oscar for a role in a foreign language film,
08:16Two Women.
08:17Isaac?
08:18Who is Rossellini?
08:21No.
08:22Allison?
08:22Who is Sophie Loren.
08:23That is correct.
08:24USA 600, please.
08:26In 2020, New River Gorge in the Appalachians became this state's first national park.
08:31Josh?
08:32What is West Virginia?
08:33That's right.
08:34USA 400.
08:35A red seat, 502 feet from home plate in this ballpark, marks the landing spot of a Ted
08:41Williams home run.
08:42Isaac?
08:43What is Fenway?
08:44That is the park.
08:45Roll, 800.
08:46Life was a cabaret for Leah Thompson and Natasha Richardson, two of the actresses who
08:51have played this role on Broadway.
08:53Allison?
08:54Who is Sally Bowles?
08:55Yes.
08:55Roll, 1,000.
08:57In the 90s, his movie roles included Richard Nixon and Picasso.
09:04Both played by Anthony Hopkins.
09:06Allison?
09:07Two clues left.
09:08Drop a letter, please.
09:09From a colorful flower part, to get this verb, what a bell does.
09:13Allison?
09:13What is peel?
09:14Yes.
09:15Without the T from pedal, here's USA for 200.
09:18Since 1872, this city, whose name is Spanish for town, has hosted the Colorado State Fair.
09:23Allison?
09:24What is Pueblo?
09:25Pueblo.
09:25Yes, you're in the lead with 5,400.
09:27We have a close game.
09:28But it's Isaac who will make the first election in Double Jeopardy in just a moment.
09:31Stay with us.
09:34We love to see a close game, and that's what we have here.
09:36Allison with a narrow lead heading into Double Jeopardy.
09:39Let's show our players the new categories.
09:42We have first Asia, back on tour.
09:45Then the art of the Renaissance.
09:47I need some space is next.
09:50Followed by television.
09:52Side hustle parts of speech.
09:54And finally, I have to say, you've got a point.
09:56Isaac?
09:58Art of the Renaissance for 12.
10:00Titian was known for his portraiture of this future Armada king, who also commissioned
10:04the artist to paint Diana.
10:06Isaac?
10:07Who is Philip?
10:08Can you be more specific?
10:10Four?
10:10No.
10:12Josh or Allison?
10:14Philip II, in fact.
10:16Back to Isaac.
10:17Art Renaissance 16.
10:19This Dutchman was known as a devil maker, as seen in his Temptation of St. Anthony.
10:24Isaac?
10:24It was Bosch?
10:26It is.
10:27Art of the Renaissance, 2000.
10:29Paintings from this elder German artist were signed with a winged serpent between the letters
10:33L and C.
10:38Tough one.
10:38Lucas Cronach, the elder.
10:40Back to Isaac.
10:41Side hustle parts of speech, 1200.
10:44This adjective for missing at roll call is also a verb, meaning remove oneself.
10:49Hamlet tells Horatio to do it from Felicity.
10:52Allison?
10:53What is absent?
10:54Yes.
10:55Side hustle parts of speech for 16.
10:56Answer?
10:57Daily double for you.
11:01Good daily double luck so far, Allison.
11:03How much of that 6,600 do you want to risk?
11:06Let's do 5,000.
11:10All right.
11:11A big wager on side hustle parts of speech.
11:14We'll see if it pays off.
11:15Here's your clue.
11:16This adjective is used more and more as a noun, meaning anyone who generates content,
11:21from poems to advertising.
11:30What is...
11:33Creator?
11:34No, I'm sorry.
11:36Very close.
11:36We announced you as a creative executive.
11:38What is a creative?
11:40That's the adjective that got noun.
11:42So you drop down to 1,600, make a selection.
11:45Asia back on tour for 800.
11:47Ah, the history.
11:49The bulk of eastern Turkey is drained by these two rivers that flow hundreds of miles
11:53further south, then join together.
11:55Isaac.
11:56What are the tigers in Euphrates?
11:57Yeah.
11:58Television, 1,200.
11:59In 2026, the Star Trek universe added this show about the place cadets learn of command,
12:05camaraderie, and cloaking devices.
12:07Isaac.
12:07What is Lower Decks?
12:08No.
12:10Allison.
12:10What is Below Deck?
12:12Also incorrect.
12:14Josh is going to try it.
12:15What is Below Decks?
12:17No.
12:18Lower Decks is the Star Trek show, but this is a reference to the even newer Star Trek show,
12:22Starfleet Academy.
12:23I misled everybody.
12:25That's right.
12:26Television for 1,600.
12:28Nandor and the other vampires of what we do in the shadows have lived in this New York
12:32City borough for over a century.
12:36They're vampires of Staten Island.
12:39Back to you, Isaac.
12:40You've got a point.
12:411,200.
12:42The olecranon, the pointy bony bit that sticks out when our elbow bends, is actually part
12:47of this bone.
12:51It's part of the ulna.
12:53Isaac.
12:53Got a point.
12:541,600.
12:55This brightly named point is the lowest temperature at which vapors above a liquid will ignite
13:00in the presence of flame.
13:02Allison.
13:02What is the flash point?
13:03That's correct.
13:05.800.
13:06Also known as Tent Stitch, this needle craft has a fringe name that tells you the stitches
13:10are small.
13:12Isaac.
13:12What is crochet?
13:15No.
13:17Josh or Allison?
13:19What is petty point?
13:20Back to Allison.
13:22Art of the Renaissance 800, please.
13:24Back to the Renaissance.
13:26Parma School hotshot Correggio gave us the uplifting piece seen here and named for this
13:30trip Mary took.
13:32Isaac.
13:33What is the assumption?
13:34Correct.
13:35You've got a point.
13:362,000.
13:37Ask ZZ Top.
13:38In astronomy, it's a gravitational point at which an orbiting body will remain at rest
13:42relative to two larger ones.
13:47That's the Lagrange point.
13:49Isaac.
13:50Uh, I need some space.
13:531,200.
13:53In 1997, the high resolution spectrograph on this was removed and replaced in orbit on
13:59a second servicing mission.
14:01Isaac.
14:02What is the ISS?
14:04No.
14:05Josh.
14:06What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
14:07Hubble is right.
14:08A's are back on tour 16.
14:10After we turned up for Wat in Cambodia, we'll make the call.
14:14Ground control to this 13th century city, home to the Bayan Temple.
14:18Josh.
14:19What is Angkor?
14:21Can you be more specific?
14:25What is Angkor Wat?
14:26No.
14:27Isaac.
14:28What is Angkor Thom?
14:29That's right.
14:29Side hustle, parts of speech, 2,000.
14:32Mainly an adverb.
14:33It's an adjective as it ends Jefferson's, I tremble for my country when I reflect that
14:37God is...
14:41When I reflect that God is just.
14:43Back to Isaac.
14:44I need some space, 1,600.
14:46The tail of Earth's magnetosphere is caused by this flux of particles that emits from the
14:51sun's corona.
14:53Josh.
14:53What is the solar wind?
14:54It is.
14:55Space, 2,000.
14:56It was always 5 o'clock somewhere over Mars for the Odyssey spacecraft.
15:01It's near the polar orbit known as SSO.
15:04Sun, this word, orbit.
15:09The other S, synchronous.
15:11Josh.
15:12Asia, 2,000.
15:13We have friends in high palaces like at 12,000 feet at this alliterative landmark in
15:18Tibet, a World Heritage Site since 1994.
15:24And that's Potala Palace.
15:26Josh.
15:27Asia, 12.
15:28Answer.
15:28A daily double is yours.
15:33You're just $200 off the leaf.
15:36Two daily double.
15:37Okay.
15:38He's going to try for 6,800 then.
15:40Here's your clue.
15:41The category, Asia back on tour.
15:43Of the seven Stan countries, we're headed for this one.
15:47The southernmost.
15:51What is Pakistan?
15:53Pakistan does extend further south.
15:55You got it.
15:56Nice.
15:56You double up to 6,800 and you're in the lead, Josh.
16:01Television, 2,000.
16:03His TV roles have included Lester Nygaard on season one of Fargo and Watson on the BBC's
16:09Sherlock.
16:09Isaac.
16:10Who's Freeman?
16:10Martin Freeman.
16:11It is.
16:13Parts of speech, 800.
16:14Mainly a noun for part of a horse.
16:16It can also get verbal, meaning to move fast with it or to dance.
16:22Allison.
16:22What is hoof?
16:23Yes.
16:24Television, 800.
16:26This Andy Cohen talk show brings on plenty of actors and musicians, but it's the Bravo-lebrities
16:31we tune in for.
16:32Isaac.
16:33What is Watch What Happens Live?
16:34That is the show.
16:35I Need Some Space, 800.
16:37Fly me to Phoebe, Telesto, or Janus, three of the 274 moons of this planet.
16:43Isaac.
16:44What is Saturn?
16:44That's correct.
16:45You're in the lead.
16:46Asia back on tour 400.
16:48Cometache forms the north slope of this landmark that's been asleep since 1707.
16:53We'll step softly, just in case.
16:55Josh.
16:56What is Mount Fuji?
16:57That's right.
16:57Tying it up.
16:58Art of the Renaissance, 400.
17:00The now seldom used last name of this Renaissance man known for his Madonna's was Sanzio or Santi.
17:06Josh.
17:07What is Raphael?
17:07Right again.
17:08You're in front.
17:09You've got a point, 400.
17:09In literature, this three-word vantage can be omniscient or first person.
17:15Isaac.
17:16What is point of view?
17:17Tying it up.
17:17Correct.
17:18Side hustle parts of speech, 400.
17:20Not just a noun.
17:21It's a verb used with myself or herself to mean feel satisfaction over one's accomplishments.
17:27Isaac.
17:28What is feeling?
17:29No.
17:31Josh or Allison.
17:33That would be to pride oneself.
17:35Two clues left, Isaac.
17:37Television, 400.
17:38Did I do that is a catchphrase on this show that began as a spinoff from Perfect Strangers.
17:44Allison.
17:45What is Family Matters?
17:46That's the show.
17:47One more clue.
17:48I need some space.
17:49Arabic for stinger.
17:51Shaula is a triple star system and the second brightest light in this constellation.
17:56Isaac.
17:56What is Scorpio?
17:57That's correct.
17:58We have a tie going into Final Jeopardy.
18:00What a game.
18:00Here is your category, players.
18:041960s novel characters.
18:05We will return with the clue in just a few moments.
18:08This tie game comes down to Final Jeopardy and 1960s novel characters.
18:13Here's the clue.
18:15An article about autism and fictional characters included him, whose reward is to have his brave
18:21act go unrecognized.
18:23You have 30 seconds.
18:24Good luck.
18:26Good luck.
18:27Good luck.
18:36Good luck.
18:55Alison Betts in the Middle had $3,200.
18:57Good game with a daily double miss.
18:59Her response was, I hope they both bet everything.
19:05I don't know if you mean you want them to bet everything and get it right or get it wrong.
19:09The getting wrong part is kind of key to my plan.
19:12What did you wager, Alison?
19:13Alison, you'll drop down $414, leaving you with $2,786.
19:18Isaac Hirsch, we'll come to you first.
19:20What was your Final Jeopardy response?
19:22Who is Randall?
19:24It is not Randall.
19:26What did you wager?
19:27Everything.
19:29So far, Alison's plan is working.
19:31You have been left with $0.
19:33Let's see what happens when we reveal Josh Hill's response.
19:35He had Caulfield.
19:38And it's also not Holden Caulfield.
19:40No, this fictional autistic character, Boo Radley.
19:44Unsung heroism at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird.
19:46So let's see if Alison was right.
19:48Josh bet.
19:49He did it.
19:49He bet everything.
19:51He drops down to $0 as well.
19:53And with $2,786, Alison just manifested a spot in the semifinals.
20:01Well done.
20:03One more quarterfinal game, and it's tomorrow.
20:06We'll see you back here.
20:19We'll see you back here.
20:20We'll see you back here.
20:21We'll see you back here.
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