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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 25: 2026 Tournament of Champions Final Game 3
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00:01From the Alex from X-State at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions!
00:13Please welcome back the finalists.
00:17A marketing specialist from San Francisco, California, T.J. Fisher.
00:22A puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California, Paolo Pasco.
00:28And an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey, Scott Riccardi.
00:34And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:41Thank you, Johnny. And welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:45We have reached Game 3 of the Tournament of Champions Finals
00:47and something we have not seen since we began playing this first-to-three-wins format in the TOC Finals.
00:54Paolo Pasco has emerged champion in his first two games
00:57and he could pull off the clean sweep with a victory today.
01:01Scott and T.J., facing elimination, are here to make sure a Game 4 happens.
01:05Good luck to the three finalists. Here are your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:11First up, we have Infection Staff.
01:14Then breaking in, prefixes and word parts,
01:20peninsulas, business in the front,
01:22and, of course, you gotta have a party in the back.
01:26Scott, start us off.
01:27Peninsulas for $1,000.
01:29The seriously pointy Cape York Peninsula extends towards New Guinea from this Australian state.
01:35Scott.
01:35What is Queensland?
01:36Yes.
01:37Peninsulas $800.
01:38Answer.
01:39You have kept Paolo from a daily double, and you can wager up to $1,000.
01:44Scott.
01:44$1,000.
01:45Going for $2,000 in peninsulas, here's a clue just for you.
01:49Huen is the capital of this region, protruding as a peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean with the English Channel to
01:55the north.
01:56What is Brittany?
01:57Brittany is correct.
01:59You double up to $2,000.
02:01Still your selection, Scott.
02:03Peninsulas $600.
02:04The northernmost mainland point on the North American continent, Boothia Peninsula, is part of this Canadian territory.
02:11TJ.
02:12What is the Northwest Territory?
02:14No.
02:15Scott.
02:15What is Nunavut?
02:16That's right.
02:17Peninsulas $400.
02:18One of the four major peninsulas of Europe, it extends 1,100 miles south from the Barents Sea.
02:26You know it better as Scandinavia.
02:29Scott.
02:29Peninsula's $200.
02:31El Meco, Tulum, and Uxmal are all remnants of former cities on this peninsula.
02:37TJ.
02:37What is the Yucatan?
02:38Yes.
02:39Business for eight.
02:40A lawyer working for herself is a sole practitioner.
02:43If it's just you on the payroll unincorporated, it's a sole one of these.
02:47TJ.
02:48What is a sole proprietorship?
02:50Yes.
02:51Party for four.
02:53Your mom busted in and said, what's that noise?
02:55Ah, mom, you're just jealous?
02:57It's this trio, circa 1986, fighting for their right to party.
03:01Paolo.
03:01Who are the Beastie Boys?
03:02It's the Beastie Boys.
03:04Prefixes and word parts 800.
03:06Xylo, as in xylophone and xylography, literally means this.
03:10TJ.
03:11What is wood?
03:12Right.
03:13Breaking in for two.
03:15Wilson's tips for breaking in this sporty item include flexing the heel pad, forming the pocket,
03:20and loosening the top laces.
03:22Paolo.
03:23What is baseball mitt?
03:25That's right.
03:25Or glove.
03:26Prefix is 600.
03:28From the Greek for secret, this prefix became part of a game-changing word in finance in 2009.
03:34TJ.
03:34What is crypto?
03:36Yes, as in cryptocurrency.
03:38Infection staff for six.
03:40The Made Sans Frontieres team prevents outbreaks, vaccinating 750,000 in Kinshasa against this flavivirus
03:48that causes jaundice.
03:52That's yellow fever.
03:53TJ.
03:54Party for 800.
03:56If you hit a dance floor in 2011, you know an iconic beat drop in LMFAO's party rock anthem comes
04:02after the line,
04:03every day I'm this.
04:05Paolo.
04:05What is shuffling?
04:06That's right.
04:07Prefix is 1,000.
04:09If you've seen a certain TV ad, you may know that this seven-letter word part before itis refers to
04:14the eyelid.
04:17The prefix is blefar, blefaritis.
04:20Back to Paolo.
04:21Business in the front for 600.
04:23When someone says their startup idea for a dating app for left-handed dentists has VC money, the VC is
04:29short for this.
04:30Paolo.
04:31What is venture capital?
04:32Correct.
04:32Breaking in for 600.
04:34An animal part is in the name of this colorful word for someone just barely breaking into a job.
04:40Scott.
04:40What is a greenhorn?
04:41That's correct.
04:42And it means Scott has the lead at the midway point in the first round.
04:45But we'll be back with more Jeopardy after this break.
04:48We do not know how many games this finals will run, but we wanted to make sure that our players
04:53got a chance to say some thank yous.
04:54I'm very grateful for my friends who teach me so much every day, especially Chris, Jacob, Ryan and Sam, I
05:01have to name all of them.
05:02My co-workers, Sherry and Michael, who helped me get ready for my first set of games when I had
05:07about $1.95 and a ratty cardigan.
05:11And my family, my parents, Anne and Bill, who are here, my grandmother.
05:15And everyone in my life I've been very fortunate who has encouraged me to pursue unusual interests and just live
05:22life with passion and joy.
05:24And I'm really grateful to have been surrounded by people who have let me do that.
05:27Thank you, TJ.
05:28What about you, Paolo?
05:29Any shout outs?
05:30I mean, very grateful for my family, many of whom are here right now.
05:34All the friends who came out to support and watch and just said so many very, very kind things.
05:40My girlfriend, Francie, who has been just the best about this while I've been like half a person thinking about
05:45this the whole time.
05:47Everyone who's ever done trivia with me or played a game, it means so, so much.
05:52Quiz Team Aguilera, rock on.
05:54This cohort is incredible.
05:56Shout out to my August 6th and 7th tape days.
05:59I love that.
06:00It takes a village.
06:01What about you, Scott?
06:02I'm so grateful to my parents.
06:04We've been watching Jeopardy! our entire lives together.
06:07My brothers, Tommy and Ryan.
06:10My best friends, Emily and Jason, who were here for the original taping and are here today.
06:13And the amount of friends that I have where we got closer specifically because of trivia, it means so much
06:19to me that I was able to kind of make it to the biggest trivia stage there is.
06:23So like John and Jason, Brendan, Nithish.
06:28And then, of course, my honorary second parents, Val and Steve.
06:32I'm sure I missed some names, but you know, it's hard to have it all come to me on stage.
06:36Yeah, I mean, I ask you enough difficult things.
06:38Like, I shouldn't be trying to stump you with the names of all your friends and supporters.
06:41You all did very well.
06:42Scott, you have the lead and control of the board at the moment.
06:45Party in the Back 1000.
06:47This 90s hip-hop duo headlined their own Saturday morning cartoon show, as well as the film House Party and
06:52two of its sequels.
06:56Oh, no, that hurts my heart. Kid and Play. Who are Kid and Play? Scott?
07:00Infection staff, 1000.
07:02Chemist Alice Ball came up with the only effective treatment for this, a.k.a. Hansen's disease, until the days
07:08of antibiotics. TJ?
07:10What is leprosy?
07:11That's right, for 1000.
07:12Breaking in for 800.
07:14Breaking into the world of sales?
07:15Go read How to Win Friends and Influence People by this man.
07:19Smile is one of his principles.
07:21TJ?
07:22Who is Carnegie?
07:22Dale Carnegie, right.
07:24Prefixes for for.
07:25All in all, it comes before vor, bus, and present.
07:30TJ?
07:30What is omni?
07:31Right again.
07:32Business for 1000.
07:34The clunky acronym EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, and these two methods of calculating assets over time.
07:41TJ?
07:42What are depreciation and appreciation?
07:44No.
07:45Scott?
07:46What are depreciation and amortization?
07:48You got them both.
07:49Well done.
07:50Breaking in 1000.
07:51Speedy, the monster, and king of keys were some aliases of the thieves who pulled off the largest diamond heist
07:57in this Flemish city.
07:59TJ?
07:59What is Flanders?
08:00No.
08:02Scott or Paolo?
08:04What is Antwerp?
08:05Back to Scott.
08:06Infection staff 800.
08:08In 2009, researchers decoded the genome of this virus that had been wreaking havoc for more than two decades.
08:15Scott?
08:15What is HIV?
08:18What is HIV?
08:18You got it.
08:19Infection staff 400.
08:20Staff members at this Atlanta-based government agency warn citizens of measles outbreaks at home and dengue abroad.
08:27Hello.
08:27What is the CDC?
08:29Yes.
08:30Party in the back 600.
08:31Season one of this comedy whodunit series starred our pal Ike Barinholtz.
08:36Paolo.
08:36What is the after party?
08:38That is the show.
08:39Business in the front 400.
08:41This two word term refers to a visual map of the roles and hierarchies within a company.
08:45If you don't know who your boss is, you need one.
08:48Paolo.
08:48What is an org chart?
08:50Right again.
08:50Breaking in 400.
08:52Lost your keys?
08:53Snap into the door of an old car with this thin tool that shares its rhyming name with a snack.
08:58Paolo.
08:59What is a Slim Jim?
09:00Snap into a Slim Jim.
09:01Infection staff 200.
09:03Catalan Carrico and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2023 for helping to create mRNA vaccines for
09:10this virus.
09:12TJ?
09:12What is COVID-19?
09:13Yes.
09:14Business for 200.
09:16For many retailers like Walmart, this period ends not on June 30th but January 31st after holiday shopping and post
09:23-holiday returns.
09:24TJ?
09:25What is the fiscal year?
09:26That's their fiscal year.
09:27Party in the back for two.
09:29We had to wait 13 years for season three of this cult favorite about aspiring actors working for a catering
09:34company.
09:35Paolo.
09:36What is Party Down?
09:37Yeah, I love that show.
09:38Final clue from prefixes and word parts.
09:40Meaning fake or false.
09:42It can come before science and intellectual.
09:45TJ?
09:45What is foe?
09:46No.
09:47Paolo?
09:48What is pseudo?
09:49Pseudo, that's right.
09:50But no pseudo-intellectuals here.
09:52All three of you playing well.
09:52Scott with a narrow lead at the end of the Jeopardy round.
09:55Stay tuned.
09:56Double Jeopardy coming up after the break.
10:00Scott Riccardi fighting for his Jeopardy life has the lead as we move into Double Jeopardy.
10:04Here are your new categories, players.
10:06We begin with what a concept.
10:09Then we have old times.
10:11From there we go to alliterative people.
10:13Get a load of this pair.
10:16Then gimme a letter.
10:17Each response will be two words.
10:19One with, one without the new letter.
10:21And finally, unsatisfying literary endings.
10:25TJ, select.
10:26Unsatisfying literary endings for 12, please.
10:30This novel by Thomas Hardy.
10:32Execution?
10:32Really?
10:33As if the poor dairymaid hasn't suffered enough.
10:36Paolo?
10:37What is Tessa the D'Urbervilles?
10:38Yes.
10:39Gimme a letter, 16.
10:41Gimme a P, and I'll turn where Catherine the Great died into where she was born.
10:45Scott?
10:46What are Russia and Prussia?
10:48Yes.
10:49Unsatisfying literary endings for 1600.
10:52This T.S. Eliot poem.
10:54Not with a bang, but a whimper.
10:55Clearly the less exciting choice.
10:57TJ?
10:58What is The Hollow Men?
11:00You got it.
11:01Get a load of this pair for 12.
11:03Both of the names of these two Gaulish guys in a French comic end in Ix.
11:07Paolo?
11:08What are asterisk, asterix and obelix?
11:11Right.
11:12Gimme a letter, 2000.
11:14Gimme a D, and I'll turn a collab based on mutual interests into a collab based on, wink wink, mutual
11:20interests.
11:24I tried to sell it.
11:25What are alliance and dalliance?
11:27Very hard.
11:28Back to you, Paolo.
11:30Alliterative people for 16.
11:32The 1985 champion at 17, he's still Wimbledon's youngest men's singles winner.
11:37Paolo?
11:38Who is Becker?
11:39It is Boris Becker.
11:40Alliterative people, 12.
11:41He executive produced TV's Miami Vice and wrote and directed the film version.
11:49Who is Michael Mann?
11:51Paolo?
11:51Gimme a letter for 12.
11:53Gimme a Y, and I'll turn a nutrient rich organ meat into a uniform for my chauffeur.
11:58Paolo?
11:59What are liver and livery?
12:00Right.
12:01Get a load of this pair for 16.
12:03Answer is a daily double.
12:09You find it shortly after moving into the lead, Paolo.
12:12You've gone all in on a few in the past.
12:15I'm not saying that's what you should do here, but you tell me.
12:17What do you want to wager on get a load of this pair?
12:197,400.
12:21Okay.
12:22You'll have 16,800, if you're right, in get a load of this pair.
12:27Lewis and Clark met during these directional military campaigns in the 1790s, a direction
12:33they'd later travel.
12:40Paolo?
12:41What are the Northwest Wars?
12:43Correct.
12:44The Northwest Campaigns add $7,400 to your score.
12:4816,800 now.
12:52Uh, what a concept for 12?
12:54Answer.
12:57The other daily double.
13:02You've done this before, Paolo, back to back in double jeopardy.
13:05What's the wager this time in what a concept?
13:086,000.
13:09Okay.
13:1022,800, if Paolo's right.
13:13Here's your clue.
13:14In a 1968 speech, MLK said he'd been to this location, and I've looked over.
13:20And I've seen the promised land.
13:23What is the mountaintop?
13:24Been to the mountaintop.
13:26Yes.
13:276,000 more for you.
13:30No more daily doubles, Paolo.
13:32Some good news for your competitors.
13:34Unsatisfying literary endings for 2000.
13:37This 18th century autobiography.
13:39The ending is a cock and bull story, literally.
13:42I still know nothing about the title guy's life.
13:47That's Tristram Shandy.
13:49Back to Paolo.
13:50Alliterative people for 2000.
13:52This legendary guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne died in a plane crash aged just 25.
13:57Scott.
13:58Who is Randy Rhodes?
13:59Well done.
14:00Old Times, 2000.
14:01An 11th century work titled The Tale of This Courtier provides a glimpse into the culture of Japan's Heian period.
14:08Paolo?
14:09Who is Genji?
14:10Tale of Genji, right.
14:11Guide to load of this pair, 2000?
14:13In novels by this French author, Pentagruel is the son of the giant named Gargantua.
14:18Paolo?
14:19Who is Rabelais?
14:20Right again.
14:21What a concept, 2000?
14:22This rule, also known as hypodescent, was legally recognized by the Supreme Court after Plessy v. Ferguson.
14:28Scott.
14:29What is separate but equal?
14:30No.
14:31Paolo or TJ?
14:34Hypodescent is the one-drop rule.
14:36Back to you, Paolo.
14:38What a concept, 16?
14:39In physics, it's the movement of liquid by an object placed in it.
14:43In psychology, it's yelling at your wife because your boss is a jerk.
14:49Different kinds of displacement.
14:51Paolo?
14:52Old times, 16?
14:54Born in 1593, Argymand Banu was later given the title Mumtaz This, meaning chosen one of the palace.
15:01Paolo?
15:02What is Mahal?
15:03Yes.
15:03Old times, 12?
15:05The Wars of the Roses, pretty much, and Richard III's life, completely ended at the 1485 battle of this field.
15:11Paolo?
15:12What is Bosworth?
15:13Yes.
15:14Unsatisfying literary endings for eight?
15:16This final story in Dubliners.
15:18No fight, no big speech, no dramatic departure from the mortal coil.
15:22Just a guy watching snow.
15:27That's the end of the dead.
15:29Paolo?
15:30Old times for eight?
15:31Booted out by Vikings in 1013, English King Ethelred got this adjective permanently affixed to his name.
15:38Paolo?
15:39What is unready?
15:39That's it.
15:40What a concept for eight?
15:42In 1978, consultant Marilyn Loden used this term to describe an invisible barrier to advancement for women.
15:48TJ?
15:49What is a glass ceiling?
15:51Yes.
15:51Letter for eight?
15:52Give me an O, and I'll turn a rolling doodad from under the furniture into a flat doodad on top
15:58of the furniture.
15:59Paolo?
16:00What are caster and coaster?
16:01That's right.
16:02Get a load of this pair for eight?
16:04Fischbacher and Horn are the last names of these two German-born magicians.
16:08TJ?
16:09Who are Siegfried and Roy?
16:10That's them.
16:11Give me a letter for four.
16:13Give me an A, and I'll turn the days of yore, both distant and not so distant, into farfalle, or
16:18perhaps a nice rotini.
16:20Scott?
16:21What are past and pasta?
16:22Yes.
16:23A litter of people 800?
16:24Charlie's older sister.
16:26She's also a TikTok sensation.
16:28Paolo?
16:29Who is Dixie D'Amelio?
16:30Ah, cred with the young people, yes.
16:32What a concept for four?
16:34H.L. Mencken is said to be the first to use this two-word phrase for a religious part of
16:39the southern United States.
16:40Paolo?
16:41What is the Bible Belt?
16:42Yes.
16:42Old Times for four?
16:44Darn these people who ruled central Italy between the 8th and 6th centuries BC.
16:49Even Herodotus wondered where they came from.
16:51TJ?
16:51Who are the Etruscans?
16:53Darn Etruscans.
16:54Alliterative people for four, please.
16:56On film, she's been a prince and a pope.
16:58Diana Prince and Jill Pope.
17:01Paolo?
17:01Who is Gal Gadot?
17:02Yes.
17:03Get a load of this pair for?
17:05W.D. Jones, who ran with this pair, said,
17:08they knowed there was only one end for them, but would never give up robbing.
17:12Scott?
17:12Or Bonnie and Clyde?
17:13That's right.
17:14One more unsatisfying literary ending for you.
17:16This 2007 Pulitzer-winning book, the man dies, the boy joins a family of randos, and the title thoroughfare leads
17:24nowhere.
17:25Paolo?
17:25What is The Road?
17:26By Cormac McCarthy.
17:27Yes.
17:2833,200.
17:30Paolo score at the end of the double Jeopardy round in game three.
17:35The final Jeopardy still to be played.
17:37Here is your category.
17:39Island Names.
17:40We'll be back with the clue after this break.
17:44Island Names will be the final Jeopardy category today.
17:47Here's the clue.
17:49This archipelago got its name in 1493 in honor of St. Ursula and her followers.
17:5530 seconds, players.
17:57Good luck.
18:27Once again, we'll start with T.J. Fisher, who had $5,800, writing madly away.
18:32What did he put down?
18:33What am I going to do with my time now that studying's done?
18:37This is kind of an existential question that we rarely consider on Jeopardy.
18:41Well, you ponder that, T.J., while we look at your wager.
18:441601, that'll drop you down to $4,199.
18:47Scott Riccardi was in second place with $7,400.
18:50He wrote down, ah, congrats to Paolo.
18:54He wagered $4,600.
18:56That'll leave him with $2,800.
18:59Both second and third place received $75,000 in our Tournament of Champions.
19:03But Paolo Pasco, once again with back-to-back daily doubles, wound up with $33,200 today.
19:09And in final, he wrote down, what an incredible ride with a great TOC group.
19:14The correct response, by the way, the Virgin Islands.
19:16St. Ursula famously led a group of virgins.
19:19What did you wager, Paolo?
19:21You lose $143, knocking you down to $33,057.
19:25But the winner of the Tournament of Champions receives $250,000.
19:30Congratulations, Paolo Pasco.
19:38He won in the clean sweep.
19:40He's undefeated in this tournament.
19:41And we will see him next in Jeopardy Masters.
19:44And we'll see you tomorrow right here on Jeopardy.
19:56All right.
19:57All right.
19:58We'll see you tomorrow right here.
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