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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 28: 2026 Invitational Tournament Quarterfinal Game 3
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00:02From the Alex Ferbeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:14Here are today's past champions.
00:18A journalist from Washington, D.C., Drew Goins.
00:23A lawyer from Dallas, Texas, T.L. Cubbage.
00:28And a law student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Liz Feltner.
00:35And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:42Thank you, Johnny. Welcome back to the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:46You know, we had just two players from last year's JIT returning with us this season,
00:50Matt Amodio and Roger Craig.
00:52And last week, in our first two games, both of them advanced to the semifinals.
00:55Today, Liz, T.L. and Drew are back here, hoping to advance.
00:59Best of luck to you.
01:00Let's take a look at your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:04We begin with other invitationals.
01:07Not as good as this one.
01:08Then we have Canned Goods.
01:10Said this novel character.
01:13I'm back on the apps.
01:15Then a category from Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary.
01:19Hope you read it.
01:20And finally, ooh, the dreaded jazz opera category.
01:24Liz, where to?
01:25Let's go novel character for six, please.
01:29Vampires like baseball?
01:31Liz.
01:31Who is Bella?
01:33Yeah, from Twilight.
01:34Novel character for eight, please.
01:36Then why don't you ground me?
01:37I'm crazy.
01:38Ask Clevenger.
01:39Ask any of the others.
01:40They'll tell you how crazy I am.
01:42T.L.?
01:43Who's Yossarian?
01:44In Cats 22, right.
01:45Novel character, 1,000.
01:47Is Mr. Edward Ferrer's going to be married?
01:53That's from Sense and Sensibility.
01:55The interested party there is Eleanor Dashwood.
01:57Back to you, T.L.
01:591755 Dictionary for $600.
02:01To us, it's a stipend paid to a retiree.
02:04To Sam, it was pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.
02:08T.L.
02:09But it's a pension?
02:10Correct.
02:11Dictionary for $800.
02:13Definitely not what it sounds like.
02:15A urinator is one of these who searches underwater, perhaps for pearls.
02:20Liz.
02:20What is it, diver?
02:21Correct.
02:22Apps for eight.
02:23It makes sense that the name of this app means everything in Arabic, since you can gamble
02:28on just about everything on it.
02:30Drew.
02:30What's Kalshi?
02:31Yes.
02:32Jazz opera for six.
02:34A so-called hepcat opera about Archie and Mahitabel, 1957's Shinbone Alley was co-written
02:40by this man known for Blazing Saddles.
02:42T.L.
02:43Who's Brooks?
02:44That's right, Mel Brooks.
02:45Jazz opera for $800.
02:47Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding collabed on Iphigenia, an opera about the daughter
02:52of this king of Mycenae.
02:54Drew.
02:54Who's Agamemnon?
02:55That's correct.
02:56Canned goods for eight.
02:58Don Prudenzio Unanue bought this four-letter name for his canned goods and liked how it
03:03sounded like a Spanish artist.
03:05Drew.
03:05What's Goya?
03:06Yeah, Goya Foods.
03:07Goods for six.
03:08Campbell Soup executive Donald E. Gerke was known as the daddio of this brand.
03:14Drew.
03:15What are spaghettios?
03:16All-time best nickname, yes.
03:17The daddio of spaghettios.
03:19Dictionary for $1,000.
03:20Answer there.
03:21There's a daily double for you, Drew.
03:26Everybody's off and running, but you just pulled into first place.
03:28Let's make it a true daily double.
03:30All right, you'll extend your lead to $6,000 if you're right.
03:33From Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary.
03:37Self-effacing Sam defined this, his occupation at the time, as a harmless drudge that busies
03:43himself in tracing words.
03:46What is a scribe?
03:50Sorry, no.
03:51Because he was working on a dictionary, he was a lexicographer.
03:55Dropping you back down to the starting line.
03:57Select again, Drew.
03:58Dictionary for four.
03:59We think of it as a courteous title of address.
04:02To Sam, it was a term of reproach for a Frenchman.
04:08That's how he defined monsieur.
04:10Drew.
04:11Jazz for $1,000.
04:13Duke Ellington's unfinished Queenie Pie Opera about a beautician was inspired by this real-life
04:18haircare millionaire madam.
04:22She was the first black woman millionaire.
04:24Madam C.J. Walker.
04:26Drew, where to?
04:27Invitational's for six.
04:28The Super Bowl of this sport, the Eddie Aikau Invitational, takes place only when conditions
04:33are right at Waimea.
04:35Drew, formerly of Hawaii.
04:36I've been there.
04:37What is surfing?
04:38It is surfing.
04:39Invitational's for eight.
04:41At the Bull Shooter Invitational Shootout in this sport, elite competitors diddle to see
04:45who goes first in 5.01.
04:47Liz.
04:48What are darts?
04:495.01 is a darts game.
04:51Very good.
04:51You are now in the lead as we come to the midway point of the round.
04:54The Jeopardy!
04:55Invitational tournament will continue after this break.
04:59Drew Goins is from Washington, D.C.
05:01A second chance winner, champions wildcard runner-up.
05:04What's the biggest thrill that's come to you as a result of your Jeopardy!
05:07fame?
05:07The wildest moment was when somebody pointed out to me that someone had gone viral on
05:12Twitter for dressing up as me for Halloween.
05:15What does a Drew Goins costume look like?
05:17This was me misspelling Tinder.
05:19No E.
05:20It's my second chance game.
05:22And I replied.
05:23I said, it's a perfect costume.
05:25There's nothing scarier than spelling.
05:26But I was honored that out of all the K-pop demon hunters to choose from, this person still
05:30chose me to dress up as.
05:31It's a deep cut, but you're a pretty big deal, Drew.
05:34T.L. Cubbage is back here from Dallas.
05:36Tom, you were on the show in 1989, right?
05:40The first ever Jeopardy!
05:41College winner.
05:41And you've always been Tom Cubbage on the show.
05:44Tell us why you're T.L. today.
05:45I always go by T.L. in every other part of my life.
05:49The only person who's called me Tom for 30 plus years was Alex Trebek.
05:53But when I was trying out for Jeopardy!
05:56It happened on a beach in Florida on spring break when they were seeking college championship
06:02contestants.
06:02Jeopardy! used to do tryouts like at spring break on the beach like MTV.
06:06A big event tent on the sand.
06:08That's great.
06:09In the beach.
06:10And they wrote Tom down.
06:11And so for Jeopardy!
06:12I became Tom.
06:13And you're finally speaking your truth and coming out as an initialed American.
06:17T.L. Cubbage.
06:18Well done.
06:19Welcome to Jeopardy!
06:20Liz Feltner is back with us.
06:22A law student from Baton Rouge.
06:24The second runner-up in the National College Championship we held in 2022.
06:28What have you been up to in the years since then, Liz?
06:30Mostly more school. Honestly, I graduated from Northeastern and then I worked for two years as a paralegal and a
06:36legal assistant.
06:37And then now I'm in law school. So I'm halfway through almost exactly right now.
06:42And I'm using my Jeopardy! money from the first go around to help offset those costs to law school.
06:48They don't make that cheap anymore.
06:49That's fantastic. I love that.
06:50Liz, you have command of the board. Where to?
06:52Oh gosh. Uh, let's do Apps for Six, please.
06:55Catalog and review films you've seen on this app founded in 2011.
06:59It's been called Goodreads for Movies.
07:01Liz.
07:02What is Letterboxd?
07:03Yes.
07:03Apps for Four.
07:05In 2025, the green owl mascot from this app died, but on the 13th day rose again, having apparently faked
07:12his own death.
07:13Drew.
07:14What's Duolingo?
07:15Yeah, a lot of Duolingo lore I didn't know about.
07:17Apps for Thousand.
07:19Merriam-Webster notes that the name of this app from XAI may be the only English word that derives from
07:24Martian.
07:26Liz.
07:26What is Grok?
07:27Grok, that's it.
07:29Uh, novel character for Four.
07:31Those who are good with their noses must come in the front with us lions to smell out where the
07:35battle is.
07:36Liz.
07:36Who is Aslan?
07:37Yeah, it's Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
07:39Cancuts for Four.
07:40An Italian chef's name was changed to a more phonetic spelling to be packaged for U.S. consumers as this
07:46brand.
07:47Drew.
07:48What is Boyardee?
07:50Chef Boyardee?
07:51Chef Boyardee is the brand.
07:52You got it in time.
07:53Uh, canned goods for a thousand.
07:55This man hired Henry Giannaca to make a machine that could trim and core pineapple and more than tripled its
08:00canning production.
08:01Drew.
08:02Who is Dole?
08:03Dole is right.
08:04Invitational's for a thousand.
08:05The golf invitational named for him awards a red cardigan sweater like the one he wore when charging with his
08:11army.
08:12T.L.
08:13Who is Palmer?
08:13It is Arnold Palmer.
08:15Dictionary for two hundred.
08:16Perhaps feeling a bit lazy, Sam defined this four-letter item simply as something put between the foot and shoe.
08:23Liz.
08:23What is a sock?
08:24Right.
08:25Jazz opera four.
08:27Yardbird is in the title of an opera about this alto saxophonist that includes scenes at Birdland and in Kansas
08:33City.
08:33T.L.
08:34Who is Parker?
08:35That's it.
08:36Jazz opera two hundred.
08:38A love triangle turns tragic in Blue Monday, a Harlem-set jazz opera by this man of Porgy and Best
08:44fame.
08:45Drew.
08:45Who's Gershwin?
08:46It is.
08:47Apps for two.
08:48In 2015, cars from this ride-sharing app ditched their large pink mustaches.
08:53Drew.
08:53What's Lyft?
08:54Yes.
08:55Novel character is a two hundred.
08:57Oh dear, oh dear.
08:58The house must have fallen on her.
09:00Whatever shall we do?
09:01T.L.
09:02Who is Dorothy?
09:03Yeah, Wizard of Oz.
09:04Other invitationals, four hundred.
09:06The Waldner Cup pits a table tennis team from this continent against the rest of the world.
09:11In 2024, the continent won.
09:14Drew.
09:15What is Europe?
09:16It is now Europe.
09:17Liz.
09:18What is Asia?
09:18Asia, you got it.
09:19Canned goods for two.
09:20The website for this brand claims Hawaii eats seven million cans of its products every year.
09:26Drew.
09:27What is spam?
09:28Three for three on the Hawaii clues.
09:29That's it.
09:30And now other lesser invitationals.
09:32Final clue.
09:33In the early days of college basketball, the National Invitation Tournament held in this
09:37legendary New York City venue was a bigger deal than the NCAA tournament.
09:41Drew.
09:42What's Madison Square Garden?
09:43That is correct.
09:44Taking you to 2,800 as we head into Double Jeopardy.
09:46You won't want to miss it.
09:47It begins right after this clip.
09:52Welcome back to JIT.
09:53It's Double Jeopardy and Drew will be selecting first.
09:55From these six new categories, we have ancient times.
09:59Oh, it is a contest.
10:02Then eight-letter U.S. cities.
10:04Such a beautiful simcha.
10:07Scientific minds.
10:09And we finish it off with starts and ends with the same vowel.
10:12Drew, what looks good up there?
10:14Starts and ends with the same vowel for 16.
10:17From Latin for accursed thing, it's a ban or condemnation pronounced with religious authority.
10:23TL.
10:23What is anathema?
10:25That's it.
10:25Eight-letter U.S. cities for 1,600.
10:28Answer there.
10:29You found it.
10:29The Daily Double for you, TL.
10:33A math on the put you in first place, but not by much.
10:36How much do you want to wager on eight-letter U.S. cities?
10:383,000.
10:39All right.
10:40Going for 8,200 if he's right.
10:42Here's your clue in eight-letter U.S. cities.
10:45After Jackson, this city well to the southeast is Mississippi's largest.
10:55T.L.
10:55What is Hartford?
10:57No, sorry.
10:58On the water, it's Gulfport.
11:00What is Gulfport?
11:01The eight-letter city.
11:02But you kept a little bit back, so you still have 2,200.
11:04Where to now?
11:05Cities for 2,000.
11:07This city near Tulsa was once the headquarters of the five civilized tribes.
11:12TL.
11:13It was Muscogee?
11:14That's right.
11:15Cities for 1,200.
11:16This Michigan city is home to Henry Ford College.
11:23Ford based in Dearborn.
11:25Back to you, TL.
11:25Cities for 800.
11:27Founded in 1854 to keep the area free from slavery, this city is now home to the University
11:32of Kansas.
11:33Drew.
11:34What's Lawrence?
11:35That's the city.
11:35Starts and ends with the same bell for 12.
11:38It's the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in the Cartesian coordinate system.
11:45Also called the abscissa.
11:47Woo!
11:48You sure about that?
11:49Nowhere near that one, huh?
11:51Ancient Times for 12.
11:53Ancient Peruvians ate a wild and toxic version of this plant, Solanum tuberosum.
11:58Eating with clay likely absorbed toxins.
12:01Drew.
12:02What's the potato?
12:03It is the potato.
12:04Ancient Times for 16.
12:06Under this 600s BC Athenian lawgiver, there were many capital crimes.
12:11Stolen apple?
12:12Believe it or not, straight to death.
12:14TL.
12:14Who is Solon?
12:15No.
12:17Liz or Drew?
12:19It's a draconian system of laws because it's Draco.
12:22Back to you, Drew.
12:23Starts and ends with the same bell for 2,000.
12:25Though its name is a word meaning huge, this Nile River island of ancient temples is less
12:31than a mile long.
12:35What is elephantiny?
12:37Spelled like elephantine.
12:38Back to Drew.
12:39Um, bell for 800.
12:41Unfinished after 20 years, an office building in Seminole County, Florida became known as
12:45the I-4 This Unlovely Site.
12:48Drew.
12:49What is eyesore?
12:50I-4 eyesore.
12:51Ancient Times for 2.
12:52One of the main centers of the Indus civilization, along with Harappa, its hyphenated name is
12:57said to mean Mound of the Dead.
13:02That's Mohenjo-Daro.
13:03Back to Drew.
13:04It's a contest, 1200.
13:07Think of Nebraska's nickname to know this type of contest, held in Grand Island in 2025.
13:12In the 30s, NBC used to cover similar events.
13:16Liz.
13:16What is corn husking?
13:17They used to broadcast corn husking, I guess.
13:19Uh, contest for 16.
13:21Create a device that does a simple task in a silly way, and you can win the contest named
13:25for this man whose dad wanted him to be an engineer.
13:28Liz.
13:29Who's Rube Goldberg?
13:30Right again.
13:30Uh, contest for two.
13:33Contest for two.
13:33The 1958 Eurovision Song Contest popularized Italy's third-place finisher, No Blue di Pinto
13:38di Blue, also known by this one-word title.
13:42TL.
13:43What is Volare?
13:43It is Volare for 2,000.
13:45Scientific Minds for 1,200.
13:48Astronomer Jill Tartar was the inspiration for Dr. Ellie Arroway in this novel by Carl
13:52Sagan.
13:53TL.
13:54What is Contact?
13:54That is the novel.
13:56Contest for 800.
13:57Andrew Precker said the North Star was his focus in designing the winning contest entry
14:02that's now this state's flag.
14:04TL.
14:05What is Minnesota?
14:06It is.
14:07Scientific Minds for 1,600.
14:091920 Nobel Prize winner August Krogh was a founder of what's now this Danish company that
14:15manufactures Ozempic.
14:17TL.
14:17What is Novo Nordisk?
14:19No.
14:20Liz.
14:21What is Novo Nordisk?
14:22Nordisk.
14:23That's it.
14:23Scientific Minds for 2.
14:25Uncle Tungsten, a memoir by this late neurologist, says a kid could buy cyanide in the London
14:30of his youth.
14:34That's the late Dr. Oliver Sacks.
14:36Back to you, Liz.
14:37Scientific Minds for 8.
14:39Answer there.
14:40The Daily Double.
14:42Very interesting for you, Liz.
14:45You're in the lead.
14:46How much do you want to wager on Scientific Minds?
14:48Let's go 3,000.
14:50All right.
14:5012,200 will be yours if you're correct in Scientific Minds.
14:55Scientists in Brno dug up the remains of this local hero around the bicentennial of his
14:59birth and analyzed his genetic code.
15:07Who is...
15:10The...
15:11Say something.
15:12Go Jeep.
15:12Time, I'm afraid.
15:14Genetic code did not lead you to Mendel.
15:16Gregor Mendel, I'm afraid.
15:18But you're still in first place, Liz.
15:19Select again.
15:19Uh...
15:20Simcha for 12.
15:21The lavish bat mitzvah of Portia Umansky, daughter of Real Housewives of This Place star Kyle
15:27Richards, was held in Encino?
15:29Brew.
15:31What is Orange County?
15:32No.
15:33No.
15:34Liz or TL?
15:36Stumped Drew on Bravo.
15:38What is Beverly Hills?
15:38Back to you, Liz.
15:40Oh, Simcha for 16.
15:42A bit ironically, he sang, I was born with the gift of a golden voice and showed it at his
15:471947 bar mitzvah in Montreal.
15:53It's the very distinctive voice of Leonard Cohen.
15:55Liz?
15:56Simcha for two.
15:58We'd guess that in 2008, this beautiful singer and new mom was crying at the bris of Max
16:02Bratman.
16:06Max's mom is Christina Aguilera.
16:09Back to you, Liz.
16:10Simcha for eight.
16:11Also a writer herself, this actress married Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff in
16:16a Jewish ceremony.
16:17Brew.
16:18I cannot believe this.
16:18Who is Amanda Peet?
16:19It is Amanda Peet.
16:20Ancient times for 800.
16:22In Rome, you'd be two days late for an appointment if you forgot that this fell on the 15th in
16:27March, but on the 13th in April.
16:30TL.
16:30What is the Ides?
16:31That's it.
16:32Cities for 400.
16:34The Becky Thatcher house is in this Missouri port city.
16:38TL.
16:38What is Hannibal?
16:39Yes.
16:40Scientific Minds, 400.
16:42This primatologist left the earth with a message of hope on an episode of Famous Last
16:46Words recorded in March 2025.
16:49Liz.
16:49Who is Goodall?
16:50It is.
16:51Vowel for four.
16:53Try to make sure your income exceeds this word constructed as an antonym of income.
16:58Liz.
16:59What is expenditure?
17:00No.
17:01PL.
17:02What is expense?
17:03Also incorrect.
17:05True.
17:06Shaking his head.
17:07No.
17:08Not your income, but your outgo.
17:10Back to Liz.
17:11Contest for four.
17:13Guinness has run these contests with your own pub in Ireland as the prize.
17:17The entry must begin the perfect point.
17:20PL.
17:21What is a limerick contest?
17:22No.
17:23No.
17:24Drew.
17:24What is, uh, like, the pole?
17:27Again, it's the perfect pole.
17:28No.
17:31Liz is not going to try it.
17:32It's just an essay contest.
17:34Liz, back to you.
17:35Ancient times for four.
17:37In the 600s BC, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal built one of these that housed more than 30,000
17:43clay tablets.
17:45Drew.
17:45What's a library?
17:46That's correct.
17:47And one more clue from the Simcha.
17:49When influencer and model Sofia Richie married Elliot Grange in 2023, this man, her dad,
17:54was under the chuppah with her.
17:59Sofia Richie's dad is Lionel Richie, under the chuppah.
18:02We finish with a very close game.
18:04Liz with a narrow lead.
18:05For the Final Jeopardy, your category will be 20th century literary names.
18:09And we'll return with the clue as soon as the wagers are in.
18:13We know 20th century literary names is the Final Jeopardy category.
18:17Let's show our champs the clue.
18:19In 1950, he won a Tony for best play.
18:22And 18 years after his 1965 death, he would go on to win two Tonys for a musical.
18:28You have 30 seconds.
18:29Good luck.
18:30Good luck.
18:31Good luck.
18:45Good luck.
18:46Good luck.
19:00Good luck.
19:00Let's begin with Drew Gowen with $5200.
19:03A musical of the early 80s, what did you come up with?
19:05Miller, and it is not Arthur Miller, I'm afraid.
19:08You'll lose $3,600, leaving you with $1,600.
19:12T.L. Cubbage was in second place with $5,400.
19:14You wrote down Capote.
19:16I'm afraid that's not right either.
19:18You risked almost everything, leaving you with $1.
19:22It's up to Liz Feltner now with $6,200.
19:24She wrote, who is Hudson?
19:26No, the musical to think of here was Cats.
19:28T.S. Eliot won the posthumous Tonys.
19:31What did you wager, Liz?
19:32It all comes down to this.
19:33$4,601 takes you to $1,599 by $1.
19:38Drew Goins is headed to the semifinals.
19:40Wow.
19:44Thanks for watching.
19:45We'll see you back here tomorrow.
19:47Let's go.
19:58Thanks.
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