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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 26: Thu, Feb 5, 2026
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00:02From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:14Introducing today's past champions, a professional lecturer of international affairs from Chesapeake, Virginia, Karen Farrell.
00:25A writer from Birmingham, Michigan, Drew Basile.
00:31And a quantitative researcher from New York, New York, Matt Amodio.
00:38And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:45Thank you, Johnny. It's good to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:48As you may recall, yesterday we crowned our 33rd Tournament of Champions winner.
00:53And today we're back to begin the highly anticipated Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:58For this year's JIT, we've brought back 18 Jeopardy! greats from the recent and distant past to see how they
01:04stack up.
01:05Only one can emerge as champion, of course.
01:07And it begins here in the quarterfinals with, today, Matt, Drew, and Karen.
01:11Good luck to you three.
01:12Here are the categories we have for you to reckon with in the Jeopardy! round.
01:17American Geographic.
01:19Then, I would prefer not to.
01:21We have three-letter responses with the big game coming up.
01:26Some Super Bowl memories.
01:27Then, one of these days.
01:29And starts with a Roman numeral.
01:32You'll give us the word defined in each clue.
01:34Matt, you're up first.
01:36Geographic, 1,000.
01:38Many folks start their trip to Yellowstone Park in this city in southern Montana, named for a gold seeker.
01:44Drew.
01:45What is Prospector Point?
01:46No.
01:47Matt.
01:49What's Bozeman?
01:50Bozeman for 1,000.
01:52Geographic, 8.
01:53Salty Brine State Beach, named for radio personality Salty Brine, is in the Rhode Island city with the same name
02:00as this bay.
02:01Drew.
02:02What is Narragansett?
02:03Narragansett is right.
02:04Geographic for 600.
02:06Arches and Bryce Canyon are two of the mighty five national parks in this state.
02:11Matt.
02:12What's Utah?
02:13Right.
02:14Days, 1,000.
02:15It's the two-word name of the day on which the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor is
02:20done, a few days before Easter.
02:22Karen.
02:23Was Holy Thursday.
02:24Yes.
02:25Maundy Thursday.
02:25You're on the board.
02:26Days for 800.
02:27Answer.
02:28A Daily Double for you, Karen.
02:32How much of that $1,000 would you like to risk on one of these days?
02:36I'll bet the $1,000.
02:37Going for the true Daily Double.
02:38Here's your clue.
02:40This Caribbean island nation gained its name from Columbus, who cited it on Sunday, November 3rd, 1493.
02:53Karen.
02:55I'm sorry, I don't have it.
02:56Doesn't have it.
02:57In Latin, Sunday would be Dominica.
02:59What is Dominica?
03:00So you're back down to zero.
03:02Start again.
03:03Roman numeral for six.
03:051,001.
03:06A meek or wishy-washy person?
03:09Karen.
03:09Was Muley Mouth?
03:10No.
03:12Drew.
03:13What is a milk toast?
03:14Milk toast starts with M-I.
03:15Roman numerals for eight?
03:17Six.
03:18Innards.
03:19Karen.
03:21Uh, I don't know.
03:24Out of time.
03:25Matt.
03:25What's viscera?
03:27V-I, viscera, right.
03:28Three letter, 1,000?
03:30On a prescription, it means take four times a day.
03:34Karen.
03:34Well, it's 4XD.
03:35No.
03:37Matt or Drew?
03:39Tough one.
03:39What is Q-I-D?
03:41The pharmacist's new.
03:42Matt, over to you.
03:44Uh, Super Bowl 1,000.
03:45Up and down after the Heisman, Jim Plunkett came back to glory as the QB for this 1980 team.
03:52The first Super Bowl champ as a wild card.
03:54Matt.
03:56What's Raiders?
03:57That's right.
03:58Prefer not to 1,000?
03:59I would prefer not to endure this at least 7,000-year-old surgical procedure that involved drilling a hole
04:06into the skull.
04:08Drew.
04:08What is trepining?
04:10Can you say it again?
04:11What is trepining?
04:12Yes, we'll take that. Trepanning is right.
04:14Roman numeral for 1,000, please.
04:16150.
04:17Casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
04:19Matt.
04:20Uh, I don't know.
04:21What?
04:22What's culottes?
04:23No.
04:25Drew or Karen?
04:27Had to start with CL.
04:29Those are clam diggers.
04:30Back to you, Drew.
04:31Roman numeral for 400.
04:33Four.
04:34Piano keys, idiomatically.
04:36Matt.
04:37What's Ivory's?
04:38IV, right.
04:39Uh, three letter, eight.
04:40Changing movie history, Toy Story is often credited as the first feature fully created using this.
04:46Karen.
04:47What, CGI?
04:48Yeah.
04:49Super Bowl for eight.
04:50This Niners legend engineered a 92-yard game-winning drive to win it all for San Fran in Super Bowl
04:56XXIII.
04:57Drew.
04:58Uh, who is Montana?
04:59That's him.
05:00Three letter for 600.
05:02Ready for a road trip?
05:03Its M5 touring car has a starting sticker price of only $125,300.
05:10Karen.
05:10Was BMW?
05:11BMW makes the M5.
05:12That gets you a little closer to Back in the Black.
05:14We need to pause for a moment, but the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament will continue after this.
05:20Karen Farrell is from Chesapeake, Virginia.
05:22She won eight games and was a TOC semifinalist way back in season 36.
05:26What have you been up to since then, Karen?
05:28Uh, quite a lot.
05:29I've changed city since my initial run, changed careers, adopted a new puppy, and I think my daughter's finally old
05:36enough to know what Jeopardy! is.
05:37So that's been great.
05:39So she and the puppy might be watching now.
05:41Hopefully.
05:41I hope they are rooting for you at home.
05:43Drew Basile is back.
05:44Drew did so well on Survivor, but here as well, a seven-day champion, a semifinalist in your Tournament of
05:50Champions, and we announced you as a writer.
05:52Is that new?
05:53That is new.
05:54First of all, it's great to see you too, Ken.
05:55Uh, but yeah, so I've graduated from, uh, you know, from school, and I was like, I gotta put pen
05:59to paper.
06:00I'm writing, but what do I know?
06:01I know trivia.
06:02And so I recently traveled to Italy to cover a competitive trivia tournament.
06:06Competed a little bit.
06:06It was a great time, and a lot of my Jeopardy! knowledge came in handy.
06:09Well, you competed and you were a journalist.
06:11Well, you have to immerse yourself in this thing.
06:13Matt Amodio is back with us.
06:15You've been in all three Jeopardy! Masters tournaments.
06:18You're our defending JIT champion.
06:20How have you been preparing for this year?
06:22Yeah, so my, uh, flashcarding days are kind of starting to wane, but not to worry, uh, because I have
06:28a crack staff of researchers on it.
06:30My five- and two-year-old nephews, Elvis and Anton, are keeping me up on all the newest slang.
06:35Gen Alpha's over already, so I'm getting the real cutting-edge stuff.
06:37You're getting toddler slang.
06:39Yeah, and then, uh, my mom has a specialty of recently deceased celebrities.
06:44So as soon as, uh, it happens, like even before the doctor knows, she feels it in the ether, and
06:50I'm immediately on the phone getting this.
06:52Your mom's just hitting refresh on TMZ.
06:53Exactly.
06:54So I'm ready.
06:55You are hooked up, Matt.
06:56But right now, Karen's in command of the board.
06:58Make a selection.
06:59Uh, Super Bowl for six.
07:01In 1987, this inundation became a Super Bowl tradition after the Giants prevailed and did it to head coach Bill
07:07Parcells.
07:09Karen.
07:09What is pouring Gatorade on the coach?
07:11That's right.
07:12A Super Bowl for four.
07:14Wide right was the verdict for kicker Scott Norwood in Super Bowl XXV as this team fell short.
07:20Karen.
07:21For the Patriots?
07:22No.
07:23Matt.
07:23What's Bill's?
07:24Yeah, apologies to our Buffalo viewers for the PTSD.
07:27Uh, days six.
07:29In a nursery rhyme, this day of the week's child works hard for a living.
07:34Karen.
07:35What's Thursday's child?
07:36Nope.
07:37Matt or Drew, six days left.
07:40Saturday's child works hard for a living.
07:42Matt.
07:42Uh, prefer not to.
07:43Eight.
07:44Not to drive the vertiginous highway over the Fagoros Mountains in this region of Romania.
07:49Scary enough without monsters.
07:51Matt.
07:52What's Transylvania?
07:53Right again.
07:54Prefer not to.
07:54Six.
07:55Have to undergo a reorganization.
07:57The heading of this section of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
08:00Matt.
08:02What's, uh, chapter 11?
08:04That's it.
08:05Uh, American four?
08:07Theodore Roosevelt called this terrain in the Dakotas so bizarre in color as to seem hardly
08:12properly to belong to this earth.
08:14Matt.
08:15What's Badlands?
08:16That's what we're looking at.
08:17Prefer not to four?
08:19Engage in one of these, as Charles Dickinson did with Andrew Jackson.
08:23Karen.
08:23What's a duel?
08:24Right.
08:24Uh, one of these days for four.
08:27This dark term was used to describe the securities market crash that occurred in September 1869
08:32as a result of plummeting gold prices.
08:35Drew.
08:36Um, what is Black Friday?
08:38It was.
08:38Okay.
08:39Three letter for 400.
08:40A website offering news, podcasts, and a magazine aimed at members of the Mormon Church
08:45is called This Living.
08:47Karen.
08:48What's LDS?
08:49Correct.
08:50Uh, Super Bowl for two.
08:51Here's Mina Kimes.
08:53Seattle seemingly had glory in sight for a second straight year in Super Bowl XLIX, but
08:59an ill-timed pass at the goal line was picked off by Malcolm Butler of this team.
09:04Drew.
09:05Uh, who are the Patriots?
09:06Yes.
09:07Excited for the rematch this weekend.
09:08Three letter for two.
09:10Roger Goodell has been its commissioner since 2006.
09:13Karen.
09:14What's the NFL?
09:14Yes.
09:15Uh, Roman numeral for two.
09:1751.
09:18To treat like a king, perhaps of beasts.
09:21Matt.
09:22What's Lion Eyes?
09:24Yes, L-I.
09:25Uh, Days Two.
09:26This day of the week derives from the Germanic name for the supreme deity of Norse mythology.
09:32Matt.
09:32What's Wednesday?
09:33From Woden.
09:34You got it.
09:34Uh, Geographic Two.
09:37Attractions in Jefferson City include the Jefferson Landing State Historic Site on this long river.
09:42Matt.
09:43Hmm.
09:45Uh, what's Mississippi?
09:46No.
09:47Karen.
09:48That's Missouri.
09:49It is the Missouri.
09:50And I would prefer not to end the round, but we will do it with this clue.
09:53Be caught in the classic military move called a double envelopment, as this empire's soldiers
09:58were at the Battle of Cannae.
10:00Matt.
10:01What's Rome?
10:01The Roman Empire is it.
10:03You are in the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round, but lots can change in double Jeopardy!
10:06It gets underway right after you watch these messages.
10:12Karen Farrell, looking to not a comeback in double Jeopardy!
10:14We'll select first from these categories.
10:17We have world history.
10:19We say, I like big books and I cannot lie.
10:23Then, ooh, mood shift.
10:24Warning.
10:25May cause weeping.
10:27Followed by cousins.
10:29Little heard words.
10:30And finally.
10:32I'm Noah Wiley.
10:33God forbid you should ever have to go to the emergency room, but I've learned something
10:36about that place of hurting heroes, and I hope you will, too.
10:40Karen.
10:40Let's do books for 16.
10:43Perfidia, a book by this author, set in December 1941, contains some characters from his L.A.
10:49Confidential.
10:50Matt.
10:51What's Elroy?
10:51That's James Elroy.
10:53Uh, History 12?
10:54Answer.
10:55Daily Double.
10:59That's a break for you.
11:00You're in the lead.
11:01How much do you want to risk, though, on world history?
11:05Uh, let's just do $3,000.
11:08Okay.
11:08Going for an even $10,000, here's your clue.
11:11Meaning, the way of the warrior, it was the code of conduct for Japan's samurai, akin to
11:16European chivalry.
11:20What's Bushido?
11:21Bushido is right.
11:22Right, yes, taking you to $10,000, but a lot of game left to play.
11:27Uh, books, 12?
11:29Spanning more than 1,300 pages, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is set in the aftermath of
11:35the Division of India in this year.
11:37Matt.
11:38What's 1947?
11:40Right.
11:41Uh, books, 2,000?
11:44A princess is thrust into a world of magic in Shield of Sparrows, a romantic-y epic bestseller
11:50by this author.
11:51Drew.
11:52Who is Moss?
11:52No.
11:54Matt or Karen?
11:56No romantic-y fans?
11:58Who is Devney Perry?
12:00Back to you, Matt.
12:01Uh, books, 8.
12:02I reached the end of this nearly 700-page novel by James Joyce to discover the last line
12:07is the first half of the book's first sentence.
12:10Matt.
12:11What's Finnegan's Wake?
12:12That's it.
12:14Noah Wiley, 12?
12:15Here's Noah.
12:17Especially hard on the elderly, when a patient can't breathe adequately on their own, a tube
12:22may be inserted through the mouth or nose and down into the trachea to keep the airway
12:26open in a procedure called this.
12:28True.
12:29What is a tracheotomy?
12:30No.
12:31Karen.
12:31Was intubation?
12:32Yes.
12:33Cousins for 12?
12:35Committing atrocities in Mexico and Peru, respectively, these two conquistadors were distant cousins.
12:41Matt.
12:42What's Pizarro and Cortez?
12:44Other order, but yes.
12:46Emergency room 6E.
12:48Back to Noah.
12:49To make their wishes known regarding treatment and end-of-life decisions at the ER or hospital,
12:54it's recommended that all adults have an AHCD, this type of directive.
12:59Karen.
13:00Was Advanced Healthcare Directive?
13:02Right.
13:03Cousins for 16.
13:04James Madison and this 12th president were second cousins.
13:08Dolly messaged her late hubby's cousin while he was in Mexico.
13:11Matt.
13:13What's Taylor?
13:15Number 12, Zachary Taylor.
13:16Very good.
13:17Cousins, 2,000.
13:18Answer.
13:19A daily double.
13:23Another lucky break for you, Matt.
13:25You have a big lead.
13:26What do you want to wager on cousins?
13:28Uh, 2,000.
13:2916,800 will be your total if you're right.
13:32Here's the clue.
13:34The American composer of the opera, Satya Graha, is second cousins to this radio personality.
13:44Uh, what's Copeland?
13:46No, I'm sorry.
13:48It would have helped to know that Satya Graha is by Philip Glass, who is Ira Glass.
13:52That would have helped.
13:52His cousin.
13:53The small wager was right.
13:54You lose only 2,000.
13:55Select.
13:56Uh, world history, 2,000.
13:58Mainly inhabited by Igbo people, this secessionist state that declared its independence from Nigeria
14:03lasted only from 1967 until 1970.
14:07Drew?
14:08What is Biafra?
14:09Biafra is right.
14:10World history for 16?
14:12One forced out by the other.
14:14These two presidents with similar names led Indonesia from 1945 to 1998.
14:19Matt?
14:20What's Suharto and Sukarno?
14:24You got them both.
14:25Wiley, 2,000.
14:26Back to Noah Wiley.
14:28Part of a complete blood count, a hematocrit test used in diagnosing conditions including
14:32anemia and carbon monoxide poisoning, specifically measures the proportion of these in the blood.
14:38Matt?
14:39What's red blood cells?
14:40Yes.
14:41Little heard words, 2,000.
14:43A nominal promotion without always the full privileges and pay, George McClellan became
14:48this type of captain in the Mexican war.
14:53He was a brevet captain.
14:55Matt?
14:56Little heard words, 16.
14:57The old word wenen, meaning to think, led to this adjective meaning excessive.
15:02As in pride or arrogance.
15:04Drew?
15:05What is overweening?
15:06Well done, yes.
15:07Little heard words for 12?
15:09Meaning to prevent or ward off, this archaic sounding seven letter word often follows heaven.
15:15Matt?
15:16What's forfend?
15:17Heaven forfend.
15:18You got it.
15:18Weeping, 2,000.
15:20Set to Breathe Me by Sia, the closing sequence of this TV series is regarded as one of the best
15:25and saddest endings ever.
15:27Karen?
15:28Was Six Feet Under.
15:29Yes, Everyone Dies.
15:30Weeping for 16.
15:32Written to comfort troubled teens, this REM song sums up its message with the line,
15:37You're Not Alone.
15:41What is Everybody Hurts?
15:43Karen?
15:44Weeping for 12.
15:45Everything's going fine between a boy and his imaginary friend until the end of this 1963
15:50song, When Jackie Paper Came No More.
15:53Karen?
15:54Was Puff the Magic Dragon?
15:55That's the song.
15:56Weeping for 8.
15:58Johnny Cash won a posthumous Grammy for his moving performance of Hurt, a song originally
16:03released by this band.
16:05Matt?
16:06What's Nine Inch Nails?
16:07Yes.
16:08Uh, History 8.
16:09Prior to gaining independence, Suriname was known by this two-word name.
16:14Matt?
16:15What's Portuguese Guiana?
16:17No.
16:18Drew or Karen?
16:20It was Dutch Guiana.
16:22Matt?
16:22That's right.
16:23Uh, Cousins 8.
16:24This Cali rapper and hype man for the Olympics counts Brandi Norwood as his cuz.
16:30Karen?
16:30Snoop Dogg?
16:31Snoop is right.
16:31Emergency room for 8.
16:34Noah?
16:35When a patient is exhibiting signs of a heart attack, the ER will perform blood tests as
16:40well as an EKG, short for this.
16:42Matt?
16:43What's electrocardiogram?
16:44That's it.
16:45Uh, words 8.
16:47It's an upright post, like the ones seen here.
16:53What is a stanchion?
16:55Matt?
16:56Uh, History 4.
16:58Yersinia pestis was the cause of this, which ravaged London in the mid-1980s.
17:01In the mid-17th century.
17:03Drew?
17:04What is the plague?
17:04Right.
17:05Books for 4.
17:06It's hard to be objectivist about an atlas of a book shrugged off by this author, who put
17:11in more than 1,100 pages worth of work.
17:14Karen?
17:14Is Ayn Rand?
17:15Yes.
17:16Uh, Weeping for 4.
17:1890s moviegoers will recall the Michael Jackson ballad, Will You Be There, from the emotional
17:22boy loses whale ending of this film.
17:25Karen?
17:26Was Free Willy.
17:26Classic, yeah.
17:27Uh, Cousins for 4.
17:29I finally understand.
17:31E, this guy, equals M, married.
17:33C, his cousin, squared as his second wife.
17:36Matt?
17:37What's Einstein?
17:38Yeah.
17:38Uh, words for?
17:40Retro-say, meaning charmingly turned up at the end, is usually applied to this body part.
17:46Karen?
17:46That's nose.
17:47The nose is right.
17:48One more time, we're going back to the emergency room with Noah Wiley.
17:52Alcohol swabs, various medications, and a defibrillator are among the supplies commonly
17:57kept on one of these mobile units in the ER with an alliterative name.
18:01Karen?
18:02That's a crash cart.
18:03Crash cart is correct.
18:04Our thanks to Dr. Robbie himself, Noah Wiley, for that category.
18:07Season 2 of The Pit is streaming now on HBO Max.
18:10With Matt in the lead, our final Jeopardy! category today is...
18:13Coins of the World.
18:14Back with the clue right after this.
18:17Coins of the World, our final Jeopardy! category.
18:20Let's look at the clue.
18:21Coins issued by this territory have depicted Old World monkeys, Neanderthal skulls, and
18:27Europa Point lighthouse.
18:2930 seconds.
18:30Good luck.
19:01We'll begin with Drew Basile with $3,600.
19:03He wrote down Gibraltar, and that is correct.
19:06The Barbary Apes, the famous lighthouse.
19:08What did you wager?
19:09Everything.
19:10You'll double up to $7,200.
19:11Karen Farrell came storming back into second place.
19:13Was she correct with Gibraltar?
19:15She was, and she wagered big as well, doubling up to $16,400.
19:20But Matt could not be caught with $18,800.
19:23His response was, Kenya, but it probably won't matter.
19:26What did you wager, Matt?
19:27Nothing.
19:28$18,800 puts Matt Amodio in our semifinals.
19:31Well done.
19:35And the invitation will continue tomorrow.
19:37We'll see you then.
19:38Exhale.
19:413
19:42Ha ha ha!
19:42Fats
19:53Fats
19:54Fats
19:54Fats
19:54Fats
19:54You
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