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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Please welcome today's contestants.
00:17A congressional staffer from Arlington, Virginia, Sepna Vorah.
00:22A retired actuary from Marcellus, New York, Tim Swanky.
00:27And our returning champion, a college professor and museum curator, originally from Alexandria, Virginia, James Dennison, whose two-day cash
00:38winnings total $81,798.
00:44And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:51Thank you so much, Johnny Gilbert.
00:52Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:54Following a second big win yesterday, our champion, James Dennison, told us he's having a hard time believing that the
01:00over $80,000 he's earned here actually represents real money.
01:04But he also said that if it does, it's by far the best earnings per second he has ever had
01:08in his career as an educator.
01:10James is certainly making the most of his Jeopardy! opportunity.
01:13And today, Tim and Sepna are here hoping to do the same.
01:15Good luck to all three of you.
01:16Time for the Jeopardy! round.
01:18Your categories today are these.
01:21First up, subreddit.
01:24Then we have watch out for that team.
01:27We'll go to cities around Europe, followed by the business of music.
01:34Um, this is awkward.
01:37James, start us off.
01:38Europe, 800.
01:39With communities from many parts of Africa, it's no wonder that this French city is called the City of 100
01:45Neighborhoods.
01:47James.
01:47What is Marseille?
01:48It is.
01:49Um, cities, 1,000.
01:51After its nine-day festival of San Fermin, people in this Spanish city gather and sing a song called Poor
01:56Me.
02:00That's the famous festival in Pamplona.
02:03Back to you, James.
02:04City, 600.
02:04Take a ferry from Canaregio in this city to get to the island of Marano and check out some glassblowing.
02:11Sapna.
02:13What is Venice?
02:14It is Venice.
02:16Um, four, four.
02:18Today meaning a conference and from words meaning drinking together, this was an ancient Greek party to discuss and imbibe.
02:25Tim.
02:26What's consortium?
02:27No.
02:29James or Sapna?
02:33You drink together at a symposium.
02:35Back to you, Sapna.
02:37Well, this is awkward for sakes.
02:39Lumbering gate, huge arms, beer gut, humpback.
02:43Dynachyrus didn't exactly terrorize this Asian desert where its fossils were found.
02:48Sapna.
02:49What is the goby?
02:50Yes.
02:50Um, for two.
02:52It can mean a broad array of anything, not just colors.
02:55James.
02:56What spectrum?
02:56Correct.
02:57Uh, team, 800.
02:59These NBA predators devour weaker creatures at Scotiabank Arena, formerly the Air Canada Center.
03:05Sapna.
03:06What are the Raptors?
03:07Toronto Raptors, right.
03:08Watch out, team, for a thousand.
03:11Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa this, wrote a reporter in 1895, and a
03:16nickname was born.
03:19Tim.
03:19What's a Hawkeye?
03:20No, not a Hawkeye.
03:22James.
03:22What's a Wildcat?
03:23Wildcat, also incorrect.
03:25Sapna?
03:27Those are the Iowa State Cyclones.
03:29Back to you, Sapna.
03:31Um, for eight.
03:33Proper behavior, correctness of manners.
03:35You know, this.
03:36Tim.
03:37What's decorum?
03:38Right.
03:39That team for 600.
03:41The face of actor Randolph Scott is said to have inspired the logo of this NFL team with eyepatch and
03:47crossed swords.
03:49James.
03:49Who are the Raiders?
03:50Yes.
03:51Red for 800.
03:52Edward Beach's tale of a World War II sub titled Run Silent This was later made into a Clark Gable
03:58Burt Lancaster flick.
04:00Tim.
04:00What's Run Deep?
04:01Run Silent Run Deep.
04:03You got it.
04:03Sub for a thousand.
04:04A submarine scours the coast of Australia to look for life after nuclear war in this Neville Shute classic.
04:11Tim.
04:12What's on the beach?
04:12That's the book.
04:14Um for 600.
04:15A Latin superlative gave us this word, meaning the most favorable.
04:23Or the optimum.
04:25Tim.
04:25Um for a thousand.
04:27A dark syrup made from the sweet variety of this cereal grass is often mistakenly called molasses.
04:33Tim.
04:33What's sorghum?
04:34Correct.
04:35You're in the lead.
04:36Woo.
04:36The Business of Music for 800, please.
04:39Taylor Swift re-recorded her early work after these versions, from which copies are made, were sold without her consent.
04:45James.
04:46What are masters?
04:47That is correct.
04:47Her masters.
04:48You have $1,400.
04:49Everybody's playing well.
04:50I wish we didn't have to stop for a moment, but we do for just a brief pause.
04:56What's up Nabora is with us from Arlington, Virginia, where she's a congressional staffer and also a triplet.
05:01That's right.
05:02I'm the youngest of triplets.
05:03My brother and sister are actually in the audience here to watch me.
05:07We have a full set.
05:08This is great.
05:09And all three of us have pursued STEM careers.
05:11So I'm in science policy.
05:13My sister is a cardiac nurse and my brother is an electrical engineer.
05:16Do you think that's nature or nurture that got you all into science?
05:19You know, it's a little bit of both.
05:20Parents were hugely inspiring.
05:21You know, have us study, you know, really focus on academics, then it's a big reason why I'm here.
05:26It's true.
05:26Parents do have a little leverage.
05:27Well, welcome to Jeopardy.
05:28Tim Swanky is here from Marcellus, New York.
05:31He's a retired actuary with a little bit of Olympic experience, right?
05:35Well, living not that far from Lake Placid, went down the bobsled run, and that was great,
05:39except there's an experienced driver and brakeman.
05:42Oh, I see.
05:42Because I was like, did you do that on purpose?
05:44Did you slip?
05:44Well, you knew you were going down.
05:46I knew there was a better way to go, which was the luge, because there is no driver, there
05:52is no brakeman, there's just the idiot on the sled.
05:56So I did it and got through about three curves, went up, and they forget to tell you in your
06:0220 seconds of training, don't lean.
06:04Oh, okay.
06:05You're not supposed to lean.
06:06So next thing I know, I'm alongside my sled, and I can tell you that denim takes about
06:11five turns to slow down enough to get to the stop.
06:15So the gravity still works even if you're not in the luge anymore.
06:18Oh, yeah.
06:18That's good to know.
06:19You make it to the bottom eventually.
06:20Our champion is James Dennison, a college professor and a museum curator originally
06:24from Alexandria, Virginia.
06:26Like a lot of great Jeopardy! champions, James, you have some sports betting in your past,
06:31right?
06:31Yes, so a little bit.
06:32I have a lifelong sports bet with three of my closest friends, Adam, Link, and Chris,
06:36and we made a bet in 2013 that's going to last for the rest of our lives.
06:40We each had to pick a team from each of the four major sports that we thought was never,
06:43ever going to win.
06:44And at the time, the Houston Astros were the worst team in baseball by far, but they were
06:49also the first team to win, so I had to pay up to my friends, and then they won again.
06:52So every time one of your teams wins...
06:54Every time the Astros win, you still have to keep paying.
06:58Yeah, so I'm a lifelong Astros hater.
07:00Truly, totally great.
07:00I'm not going to say like much of America, because we have lots of viewers in the Houston
07:04area.
07:05James, you have command of the board.
07:06Select again.
07:07Music, 1,000.
07:09Record label talent scouts work in A&R, standing for this, the music makers and their works.
07:15James.
07:16What is artists and recordings?
07:17No.
07:19Supna.
07:19What are artists and records?
07:20Also incorrect.
07:23Tim's shaking his head.
07:24Artist is correct, but it's artists and repertoire.
07:27Back to you, James.
07:28Music, 600.
07:29Who needs gold and platinum?
07:31Albums that sell 10 million copies get this gem of an award from the Recording Industry
07:36Association of America.
07:38James.
07:38What is diamond?
07:39Correct.
07:40Subreddit, 600.
07:41Answer.
07:42It's a daily double there.
07:46You have $1,000 to risk on subreddit.
07:49True daily double, please.
07:50All right, going for $2,000, all alone in second place.
07:53If you're right, here's your clue.
07:55Ronald Reagan called this 1984 book the first novel published by the Naval Institute Press
08:00the perfect yarn.
08:02What is The Hunt for Red October?
08:04That is the book about a sub.
08:06Yes, you have $2,000.
08:09What's your noun?
08:10Awkward, $800.
08:11If you're dancing one of the stepsisters in Alexei Ratmansky's choreography of this ballet,
08:17prepare to be clumsy on purpose.
08:19Tim.
08:20What's Cinderella?
08:21Yes.
08:22Awkward for $1,000.
08:23An awkward landing when running or jumping can lead to a syndesmotic injury, aka this,
08:29specifically of the high ligaments.
08:31Tim.
08:32What's a sprain?
08:33Can you be more specific?
08:35What's a high ankle sprain?
08:36That's right, a sprained ankle.
08:37Business Music, $400.
08:40Performance and mechanical are two types of these recurring payments made for the use
08:44and distribution of a recording.
08:46Sapna.
08:46What are royalties?
08:47Yes, types of royalties.
08:48Awkward for $4.
08:50This traditional act for a woman meeting a member of the royal family can easily get
08:54awkward.
08:55A good basic tip is don't go too low.
08:58James.
08:58What's a curtsy?
08:59You are correct.
09:00Awkward, $200.
09:01Lively conversation is not helped much by a vacant stare, like that characteristic
09:05of this cohort, aka Centennials.
09:09Tim.
09:10What's Gen Alpha?
09:11No.
09:13James or Sapna?
09:15That's the dreaded Gen Z stare.
09:17I see it from my kids.
09:19Back to you, James.
09:20Europe, $400.
09:21Antwerp is an unofficial capital of this Dutch-speaking Belgian region.
09:25Sapna.
09:26What is Flanders?
09:27Yes.
09:28Cities for two?
09:29This Swiss city that shares several letters with Zilch appropriately once had a museum
09:34dedicated to nothing.
09:36Sapna.
09:36What is Zurich?
09:37That's the city.
09:38Sub for two?
09:39Captain Nemo piloted this craft, some 230 feet long, with a 12,000-volume library and a
09:45stellar art collection to boot.
09:47Sapna.
09:47What is the Nautilus?
09:48Right again.
09:49Sub for four.
09:50Before he took us to Arrakis, he wrote of nuclear-powered sub-tugs that scour the seabed
09:55for oil in a war-torn world.
09:57James.
09:58Who's Herbert?
09:58Author of Dune, right.
10:00Team 400.
10:00This Denver team buried the competition in the 2022 NHL playoffs, going 16-4 on their
10:07way to hoisting the Stanley Cup.
10:08James.
10:09Who are the Avalanche?
10:10Colorado Avalanche, yes.
10:11Team 200.
10:12It's a story that speaks to the resilient attitude and bravery of Chicago, said an exec with
10:17this MLS club.
10:19Sapna.
10:19Who are the Chicago Fire?
10:21Right.
10:21Final clue in the business of music.
10:23Love that band?
10:24Pick up a t-shirt and maybe get a signed album at this five-letter sales table in the lobby.
10:29Sapna.
10:30What is merch?
10:31At the merch table, yes.
10:32A close game, but Sapna, you're $1,200 behind Tim's lead, and you will select first when
10:36we return.
10:37Double Jeopardy up next.
10:40We have a nice close game at the end of the Jeopardy round.
10:43Here are your Double Jeopardy categories, contestants.
10:46First, we're going back in time 100 years to 1926.
10:49Then, airport codes, followed by iMovie, element plus word, mythillaneous, and finally, it's
11:00idiomatic.
11:02Sapna, what sounds good?
11:03iMovie for 12.
11:04In 2025, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reunited in this sequel-slash-franchise
11:11reboot of a 90s slasher classic.
11:14Sapna.
11:14What is I Know What You Did Last Summer?
11:16That is it.
11:17iMovie for 16.
11:19The Last Man on Earth, The Omega Man, and this 2007 film are all adaptations of a tale
11:25by Richard Matheson.
11:26James.
11:27What's I Am Legend?
11:27Yes.
11:28Uh, 1926, 1600.
11:30Cats out of the bag.
11:32In 1926, this Austrian physicist introduced his famous wave equation.
11:37Sapna.
11:37Who is Schrodinger?
11:38You got it.
11:40Uh, 26 for 12.
11:41At the age of 12, Bao Dai of the Nguyen Dynasty became the last emperor of this country.
11:47Tim.
11:48What's China?
11:49No.
11:50James.
11:50What's Vietnam?
11:51Vietnam is the country.
11:521926, 2000.
11:54In 1926, she swam across the English Channel, beating the fastest men's time by two hours.
12:00Tim.
12:01Who's Gertrude Ederly?
12:02Good for 2000.
12:03Element and Word for 1200.
12:05They say these are bright on Broadway.
12:08They say there's always magic in the air.
12:10Sapna.
12:11What are neon lights?
12:11Yes.
12:12Element, Word for 16.
12:15In 1926, Dr. Alvin Barak created the first practical one of these aids to respiration.
12:21James.
12:22What's an iron lung?
12:23No.
12:26Good guess, but it's actually a little oxygen tent that he's in there.
12:30Back to you, Sapna.
12:31Element for eight.
12:32Dating from roughly the birth of Christ, the Melsenbee horde is a trove of artifacts
12:37of this period.
12:38Tim.
12:39What's the Bronze Age?
12:40No.
12:41Sapna.
12:42What's the Iron Age?
12:43Iron Age.
12:43That's the element.
12:44Element for 2000.
12:46It's not an obsession with element number seven.
12:48It's a process that creates more reactive compounds to help plants grow.
12:52James.
12:53What is nitrogen fixation?
12:542000 more for you.
12:56iMovie 2000.
12:57Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin played existential detectives in this film directed by David O.
13:02Russell.
13:03James.
13:04What is I Heart Huckabees?
13:05You're in the lead.
13:05Airport code 1600.
13:07Here's a travel tip.
13:09TIP was the international airport in this North African capital.
13:12It closed in 2014 after a militia attack.
13:16Sapna.
13:17What is Tripoli?
13:17Right.
13:18You're back on top.
13:19Airport for 12.
13:20Answer.
13:21You found the first daily double of the round.
13:25With a $600 lead over an impressive champ.
13:27What do you want to risk on airport codes, Sapna?
13:303,000.
13:31All right.
13:31You'll have 12,000 even if you're right.
13:33Airport codes is the category.
13:34This is the clue.
13:36One letter deliciously short of the city it serves.
13:39Y-U-M has people coming and going in this state.
13:48What is Arizona?
13:50Yuma, Arizona.
13:51You got it.
13:52Taking you to 12,000.
13:57Airport for two.
13:58It's the crazy sounding code of Barajas Airport serving a European capital.
14:06Because it's the Madrid airport, M-A-D.
14:09Mad.
14:09Back to you, Sapna.
14:10Uh, mytheliania is for 12.
14:12Cut off one of the nine heads of this huge water snake-like monster and two would grow
14:17in its place.
14:18James.
14:18What's the hydra?
14:19Yes.
14:20Myth, 1600.
14:21Paris is one of the 50 sons of this king of Troy.
14:25James.
14:25Who is Priam?
14:26Yes.
14:27Idiomatic, 1200.
14:28Answer.
14:29The other daily double.
14:32And now a chance for you to try to return the favor.
14:35You're down 800 to Sapna.
14:385,200.
14:39All right.
14:40That will put you back on top.
14:41If you're correct in, it's idiomatic.
14:44Used to describe the likelihood of something that'll never, ever happen.
14:48It used to be followed by, with their tails forward.
14:51What is, when pigs fly?
14:53That's correct.
14:53You're back in the lead.
14:55What a game.
14:56Back and forth.
14:57Select again, James.
14:59Idiom, 1600.
15:00To be extremely familiar with something is to know it like this, also called a dorsum.
15:05James.
15:06What's the back of your hand?
15:07That's right.
15:08Idiom, 2000.
15:09With a synonym for lift and an archaic word for a bomb, it's a very old-timey way of saying
15:14plans have backfired.
15:16Tim.
15:17What's hoist on one's own petard?
15:19That's correct.
15:20iMovie for 800.
15:22Paul Rudd slaps the bass alongside Jason Segel in this bromance from 2009.
15:27James.
15:28What's I love you, man?
15:28Good.
15:29Myth, 2000.
15:31After she was forbidden from doing so, she buried her brother, Polyneses, and was punished.
15:39The name of the play?
15:40Antigone.
15:41Back to you, James.
15:43Idiom, 800.
15:44This phrase, meaning from a primary source, has been traced to 19th century racetrack gambling.
15:50Sapna.
15:50What is from the horse's mouth?
15:51That's right.
15:52Idiomatic for four.
15:54Astronomers and old-timey farmers disagree on the definition of this, but either way,
15:59it pops up in a phrase for something rare.
16:01Tim.
16:01What's once in a blue moon?
16:03That's right.
16:041926, 800.
16:05His death after the son of the sheik in 1926 caused worldwide hysteria.
16:10Tim.
16:11Who's Rudolph Valentino?
16:12Yes.
16:1326, 400.
16:15It became the first major company to implement a five-day, 40-hour workweek.
16:20James.
16:20What's Ford?
16:21Right.
16:22i400.
16:23This film with Margot Robbie brought even more drama to the world of figure skating.
16:27James.
16:28What's I, Tonya?
16:29Right.
16:30Myth, 800.
16:31The Hesperides were maidens who guarded the tree that bore these precious fruits.
16:35Tim.
16:36What are golden apples?
16:37You got it.
16:38Airport code's 800.
16:40It's the Simpsons-esque code for the main airport that serves Qatar's capital.
16:44Tim.
16:45What's DOH?
16:46Yes, Doha.
16:47Airport code's 400.
16:49G'day.
16:49Did you know Indulkana Airport in Australia has this code?
16:53Oddly, by responding, it shows you may not.
16:57Supna.
16:58What is IDK?
16:59Hey, very good.
17:00Yes.
17:00Element for four?
17:01You can BCC others on an email without knowing the CC is short for this.
17:06Tim.
17:07What's carbon copy?
17:08That's correct.
17:09One more clue from Mytholanius.
17:12There are nine rings in this river across which souls are ferried to the underworld.
17:16James.
17:17What's the river Styx?
17:18You finish with a correct response and the lead, but this thing is not over yet.
17:22Tim and Supna played very well today.
17:23Here is the Final Jeopardy category for you three.
17:26Books and Authors.
17:28After the wagers are in, we will come back and show you the clue.
17:31It's anybody's game here on the brink of Final Jeopardy.
17:34Books and Authors is the category.
17:36This is the clue.
17:38In this 1897 work, the title character enters an inn with his face almost entirely covered
17:44in bandages.
17:4530 seconds starts now, players.
17:47Good luck.
17:53piano plays softly
18:18Tim Swanky in the middle came into Final Jeopardy with $9,000.
18:21His response was what book?
18:24The Man in the Iron Mask.
18:26That makes sense, but I'm afraid not the right book, Tim.
18:29Your score will drop 4,602, putting you at 4,398.
18:33Sapna Vora was in second place with 13,200.
18:37Her response?
18:38The Phantom of the Opera.
18:40Also makes sense, but I'm afraid not the Phantom of the Opera either, Sapna.
18:43You wagered 6,801, leaving you with 6,399.
18:48So James Dennison, looking a little better for you right now, $20,000.
18:51Do you have the right book?
18:54Wrote down Dracula.
18:56No.
18:56Like Dracula, like Phantom of the Opera, it is a book they based the Universal Monster movie
19:00on, but it's The Invisible Man.
19:03He's wearing the bandages because you can't see him otherwise.
19:05Comes down to this, James.
19:06How much did you wager?
19:07$10,999 leaves you with $9,001.
19:11A bit of a drop in average daily earnings for you, but you survived as a three-day champion.
19:16$90,799.
19:20Congratulations.
19:21He'll be going for win number four tomorrow.
19:24We'll see you then.
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