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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 29: 2026 Invitational Tournament Quarterfinal Game 4
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00:02From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:15Introducing today's past champion, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California, Andrew Heade.
00:24A teacher from Longmont, Colorado, Jen Giles.
00:30And a software engineer from Seattle, Washington, Mahal Shah.
00:37And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:44Thank you, Johnny. Thank you all. And thank you at home for being with us today on Jeopardy!
00:50We have reached the midway point of the quarterfinals in this Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:54And from what we've seen so far, these champions came to play.
00:58Today, I'm joined by these familiar faces, Mahal, Jen, and Andrew.
01:02Let's see which of them will be advancing to the semis as we get underway in the Jeopardy! round.
01:09Your categories are, first, pick your battles.
01:12Then some pop culture missing links.
01:15A question, what should we call the dog?
01:18Followed by King James Bible study.
01:20From our ongoing series, Graveyards of Westchester, we have at Ferncliff Cemetery.
01:26Got to give the people what they want.
01:27And finally, a little rhyme time.
01:31Mahal?
01:32Let's do pick your battles 800.
01:34On May 1st, 1898, this Commodore began the Battle of Manila Bay by telling his captain,
01:40you may fire when you are ready, Gridley.
01:42Andrew?
01:43Who is Dewey?
01:44It is George Dewey.
01:45Rhyme time, 1,000.
01:47You've reached this, the utmost point of distrusting the motives of mankind.
01:55You're at the cynical pinnacle.
01:57Terrible place to be.
01:59Andrew?
02:00Ferncliff Cemetery, 1,000.
02:01Answer.
02:02A daily double in Ferncliff Cemetery.
02:06You have $800, Andrew, but as you know, you can wager up to 1,000.
02:11I will wager 1,000.
02:13All right.
02:13You'll have 1,800 if you're right on this clue at Ferncliff Cemetery.
02:18After his 1965 death at the Audubon Ballroom in Upper Manhattan, he was interred at Ferncliff
02:23Cemetery.
02:30Andrew?
02:31Who is Rockefeller?
02:33Sorry, no.
02:34That ballroom, the site of the assassination of Malcolm X.
02:37So you're at minus 200, but it's still your board.
02:40Select.
02:40Okay.
02:41What should we call the dog 1,000?
02:43A popular name for Siberian huskies, it's a diminutive of the Russian equivalent of Michael.
02:49Jen?
02:49What is Mishka?
02:50Yes.
02:51What should we call the dog for 800?
02:53Derived from French and a pet form of Josephine, this double-talk name has long been popular for
02:59French poodles.
03:00Mehul.
03:01What's Jojo?
03:01No.
03:03Jen or Andrew?
03:05More classic poodle name?
03:07Fifi.
03:08Back to you, Jen.
03:09Um, let's do rhyme time for 800.
03:12Fealty to the monarch.
03:14Mehul.
03:15What is Loyalty-Royalty?
03:17That's right.
03:18You're out of the hole.
03:19Rhyme time six.
03:20An exhaustive history of an ocular device for a single eye.
03:24Mehul.
03:25What is a Monocle Chronicle?
03:26That's right.
03:27Rhyme time four.
03:28A scratcher game where you might win earthenware ceramics.
03:33Mehul.
03:34What is a Pottery Lottery?
03:35Yes.
03:35Not the most common type.
03:37Rhyme time two.
03:38He calls the fouls at the Cooks basketball game.
03:41Andrew.
03:42What is Chef Ref?
03:44Right.
03:44King James, 1,000.
03:47This New Testament book.
03:49And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three.
03:51But the greatest of these is charity.
03:56That's in 1 Corinthians.
03:58Andrew.
03:59Pick your battles, 1,000.
04:01The 1513 battle of this field was the largest ever fought between England and Scotland.
04:06Jen.
04:07What is Floatenfield?
04:08That's right.
04:09All right.
04:09Let's take pick your battles for 600.
04:10The three battles of Ypres fought between 1914 and 1917 took place near the city of Ypres in this country.
04:19Mehul.
04:19What is Belgium?
04:20Right.
04:21Battles four.
04:21The battle of Heartbreak Ridge and the battle of Bloody Ridge were both fought during this conflict.
04:27Andrew.
04:28What is the Korean War?
04:29That's right.
04:30Pop Culture, 1,000.
04:32Musicians.
04:33Paloma Blank Hill.
04:38What is faith?
04:39Paloma Faith and Faith Hill.
04:41Andrew.
04:42Fern Cliff, 800.
04:44The founder of this brand, known for its ice cream cakes like Fudgy the Whale, is buried with his wife,
04:49Agnes.
04:50Jen.
04:50What is Carvel?
04:51Carvel Cakes.
04:52That's correct.
04:52You're in the lead with 2,800.
04:54And we've come to a break.
04:55But we'll be right back with more Jeopardy action after this.
04:59Andrew, he is back with us from Concord, California.
05:02Andrew, you're a five-time champ.
05:03We remember you from Tournament of Champions, from Masters, from this very tournament.
05:08You've had a lot of Jeopardy success, but it hasn't always changed everything in your life, right?
05:11It's not so glamorous for you at home.
05:13No, no, no.
05:14I've gotten a lot of support throughout my Jeopardy journey.
05:17Some of the most unique support I've gotten is in the form of two of my friends.
05:21Matt and Lucia, two of my very best friends.
05:25Our dynamic is kind of 50% really supportive and 50% finding new ways to insult each other.
05:31Okay.
05:32So ever since I was in Masters Season 1 but failed to make the top three, they've gotten a lot
05:38of mileage out of that.
05:39So we'll be out at a restaurant or something, and they'll ask the waiter something like,
05:44are you sure you don't have anything special on the menu for a fourth-place Jeopardy champion?
05:49Oh, wow.
05:51Not third place.
05:52Table for Andrew, Jeopardy runner-up.
05:55Well, I'm glad that they're supportive half the time at least.
05:57Thanks for being back with us.
05:59Jen Giles is a teacher from Longmont, Colorado, a Teachers Tournament winner.
06:03And I remember you from the All-Star Tournament.
06:06You were on Team Buzzy.
06:07Absolutely.
06:08What's been the most exciting part of your Jeopardy experience?
06:10Well, I mean, obviously winning the Teachers Tournament my very first time out.
06:14That was just some great luck, some great training.
06:18It was a lot of fun.
06:19And then absolutely working with Alex Trebek and doing the All-Star game.
06:25When I got picked on Team Buzzy, it was so great to get to work with Buzzy Cohen and Alex
06:31Jacob.
06:32Two of them are great.
06:32I know.
06:33I learned a lot from them.
06:34So hopefully I can apply that.
06:35Let's see how it pays off for you today.
06:38Mehul Shah is a software engineer from Seattle, a Champions Wild Card winner who made it to the Tournament of
06:43Champions.
06:44What's been going on in your life since last we saw you, Mehul?
06:47Yeah, the big update is my wife and I welcomed our second child, a boy, back in the day.
06:52And being a parent of two is wonderful, but it definitely leaves a little bit less time for studying.
06:57So I think most of the studying I was able to do for this tournament I did with my son
07:02either napping while wearing him in a Baby Bjorn or facing out and him trying to snatch the buzzer out
07:07of my hand.
07:08Well, maybe that's good, you know, to have these adverse conditions.
07:11I promise these two are not going to try to snatch the buzzer out of your hand.
07:14Isn't that right, Jen and Andrew?
07:15I don't know.
07:17Jen, you have command of the board.
07:19Where to now?
07:19Let's do pop culture missing links for 800.
07:22Podcasts, crime, conspiracy, cults, and blank with my husband.
07:29Those two podcasts have murder in the title.
07:33Jen?
07:34Pop culture for sex.
07:36Animation, cow and blank run.
07:39Andrew?
07:40What is chicken?
07:41Right.
07:42Pop culture for?
07:43Movies, turning blank dragon.
07:46Andrew?
07:47What is red?
07:48Yes.
07:49Pop culture too.
07:50Game.
07:51Super Mario blank of Warcraft.
07:54Mehul?
07:55What is world?
07:56Correct.
07:56Battles too.
07:58Though Britain didn't lose one ship in this 1805 battle, it did lose a national hero, Admiral Nelson.
08:04Andrew?
08:05What is Trafalgar?
08:06Good.
08:07What should we call the dog too?
08:09Spanish for moon, it frequently tops lists of the most popular female dog names.
08:14Mehul?
08:15What is Luna?
08:16That's correct.
08:17Dog four.
08:17Like the main character in The Call of the Wild, this name evokes strength and an adventurous
08:22spirit.
08:23Andrew?
08:24What is buck?
08:25Right.
08:25Dog 600?
08:27Give me your answer, do.
08:28This name frequently ranks as the most popular floral name for dogs, along with Lily.
08:33Jen?
08:34What is Daisy?
08:35Daisy, also popular.
08:36Um, Ferncliff for 600.
08:38Cornel Woolrich wrote the story that became this film, where Jimmy Stewart neglects a lusty
08:43Grace Kelly to peep at Raymond Burr.
08:45Andrew?
08:46What is Rear Window?
08:47That is the film.
08:48Ferncliff 400?
08:49John Lennon was cremated at Ferncliff, while this man, whose show helped launch Beatlemania
08:54in the U.S., is buried there.
08:56Mehul?
08:57Who's Sullivan?
08:58It is Ed Sullivan.
08:59Ferncliff 2.
09:00Boris Shalyopin drew more than 400 covers for this magazine, including 1952's Woman of the
09:06Year.
09:07Andrew?
09:08What is life?
09:09No.
09:11Mehul or Jen?
09:12Mehul?
09:12What is, uh, time?
09:14It's time that gives Man or Woman of the Year, right.
09:16Bible Study 2.
09:17Revelation 22, 21 concludes the Bible with this word.
09:22Mehul?
09:23What is Omega?
09:25No.
09:26Jen or Andrew?
09:28Famous last word here is Amen.
09:30Back to Mehul.
09:31400.
09:33And the seventh day ye shall compass this city seven times, and the priests shall blow
09:37with the trumpets.
09:38Mehul?
09:38What is Jericho?
09:39That's correct.
09:40600.
09:41He was 500 years old, and he begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
09:45Andrew?
09:46Who is Noah?
09:47That's right.
09:48One more Bible clue.
09:50And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod.
09:53Location?
09:54This.
09:55Andrew?
09:56What is Canaan?
09:58No.
09:59Mehul or Jen?
10:01The Bible says Nod is on the east of Eden.
10:04We're out of clues, but never fear.
10:05Double Jeopardy!
10:06Up next.
10:08It's neck and neck as we advance into Double Jeopardy!
10:11Two Daily Doubles on the board this time.
10:13Hidden somewhere in these categories.
10:15From left to right, we have islands.
10:18Biographies and memoirs.
10:201960s NASA.
10:22Awards and honors.
10:24Then country songs.
10:25And in the sixth spot, Russian crossword clues.
10:30Andrew, what do you like up there?
10:32NASA 16.
10:34Pete Conrad posts liftoff on this last moon mission of the decade.
10:38I'm not sure we didn't get hit by lightning, but they'd be okay.
10:44Last mission of the 60s, Apollo 12.
10:46Andrew?
10:47NASA 12.
10:4923 days after Yuri Gagarin's flight, this astronaut went 116 miles up on a suborbital trip and came down a
10:55national hero.
10:57Andrew?
10:58Who is Shepard?
11:00It is Alan Shepard.
11:01NASA 2000.
11:03Two years after being the first American to spacewalk, he lost his life with capsule mates Grissom and Chaffee testing
11:09Apollo 1.
11:13Ed White was the third.
11:15Back to Andrew.
11:16Island 16.
11:17An active volcano, Mount Oso, is located on this third largest of Japan's main islands.
11:23Mehul?
11:24What is Kyushu?
11:25It is Kyushu.
11:26Islands 2.
11:27This name for the largest of Scotland's Outer Hebrides makes it sound like it's named for two chaps.
11:33Jen?
11:34What is Harris and Tweed?
11:35No.
11:36Andrew?
11:37What is Lewis and Harris?
11:38Lewis and Harris. You were thinking of the right island, Jen.
11:41Islands 12.
11:42Named for a 17th century English navigator, it's Canada's largest island.
11:47Mehul?
11:47What is Baffin?
11:48Yes.
11:49Let's do biography 16.
11:52Answer.
11:52Daily Double is coming your way, Mehul.
11:56You just moved to the lead by $200 over Andrew.
12:00How aggressive do you feel like being in biographies and memoirs?
12:05Not, uh, five bucks.
12:08You're going to wager $5?
12:09Yes.
12:09All right.
12:10With a big $5 at stake, which I have in my pocket, Mehul, for $5,605, here's your clue in
12:15biographies and memoirs.
12:18This poet and author wrote a six-volume bio of Abe Lincoln, made up of The Prairie Years and the
12:23Pulitzer winning The War Years.
12:26Who's Goodwin?
12:27No, I'm sorry.
12:28Carl Sandburg, dropping you all the way down to $5,595.
12:33Select again, Mehul.
12:34Let's do Crossword Clues 12.
12:37Dead Souls author, five letters.
12:40Jen?
12:40Who's Gogol?
12:41Yes.
12:42Um, Russian for $1,600.
12:44Russian comrade, eight letters.
12:50Tovarish is the Russian word for comrade.
12:52Jen?
12:53Uh, Russian for $2,000.
12:55Minority party member in opposition to Lenin's faction, nine letters.
12:59Andrew?
13:00What is Menshevik?
13:01You add $2,000.
13:03Award, $16.
13:04Answer.
13:05A Daily Double now for you.
13:09In this round, an aggressive bet is anything more than $5.
13:12Andrew, what do you want to wager on awards and honors?
13:17Uh, I'll wager everything.
13:19Okay.
13:19He's going for the True Daily Double, $14,800, if he's right, awards and honors.
13:25The IEEE established an award in 1976 to honor the centennial of an invention by this man
13:31and named the award for him.
13:39Uh, who is Morse?
13:42No, it's Alexander Graham Bell.
13:44Invention of the telephone.
13:46Drops you into third, but this game is not over yet, Andrew.
13:49Select.
13:49Biography is $2,000.
13:51Born enslaved, this journalist and NAACP co-founder wrote a memoir titled Crusade for Justice.
13:58Mayhall?
13:58Who's Dub...
13:59Um, Dubois?
14:01No.
14:02Jenner, Andrew.
14:05Who is Ida B. Wells?
14:07Very tough.
14:07Andrew?
14:08Biography is $12.
14:09This biography about the rise of math genius John Nash and his struggles with mental illness
14:14inspired a film of the same name.
14:16Andrew?
14:17What is a Beautiful Mind?
14:18Good.
14:19Awards, $2,000.
14:21The San Nicola Stadium in Bari is among the designs of this Italian-born architect
14:25who won the Pritzker Prize way back in 1998.
14:29Andrew?
14:29Who is Piano?
14:31It is Renzo Piano.
14:32Awards, $12.
14:33Leave it to the math, folks.
14:35Named for a math professor at the University of Toronto, it can be given for potential future
14:40accomplishments.
14:41Andrew?
14:41What is the Fields Medal?
14:44Write again.
14:45Country Songs, $12.
14:47Alan Jackson orders a hurricane before I go insane.
14:50It's only half past 12, but I don't care.
14:52It's this.
14:54Mayhall?
14:54What is Five O'Clock Somewhere?
14:56That's the song.
14:57Uh, Country Songs 8.
14:59Tammy Winnett's signature tune, she'd later use it as the title of her autobiography.
15:03Andrew?
15:03Andrew?
15:04What is a D-I-V-O-R-C?
15:07No.
15:08Jen?
15:08What is Stand By Your Man?
15:09That is the song.
15:10I'll do Country Songs for $2,000.
15:12Leanne Womack is perhaps best known for this inspirational hit about sitting out or taking
15:17chances.
15:21That song is I Hope You Dance.
15:23Jen?
15:24Uh, let's try Country for $16,000.
15:26Co-written by Naomi, a Judd's anthem of unity says, love can do this between your heart and
15:31mine.
15:35Love can build a bridge.
15:36Jen, where to?
15:37Okay.
15:38Um, let's go ahead and do Islands for $800,000.
15:41Not surprisingly, Sappho Square is in the center of Mittalini, the chief town of this Greek
15:46island.
15:46Jen?
15:47Jen?
15:47What is Lesbos?
15:48Right.
15:49Islands for $4,000.
15:50This Dutch island in the Caribbean is known for its colorful architecture and its blue namesake
15:55liqueur.
15:56Jen?
15:56What is Curacao?
15:57You are right again.
15:58Russian crossword clues for $800,000.
16:00A country cottage or summer home, five letters.
16:04Andrew?
16:04What is Dasha?
16:05That's right.
16:06Awards $8,000.
16:07The American Historical Association gives a prize for history and social justice, named for
16:12this civil rights leader who died in 2020.
16:17Who is the late John Lewis?
16:19Andrew?
16:20NASA 8.
16:21In December 1965, Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford arranged the first rendezvous of two
16:27crewed spacecraft.
16:28This, 6A and 7.
16:30Mehul?
16:31What is Mercury?
16:32No.
16:33Andrew?
16:33What is Gemini?
16:37It is Gemini.
16:38Biography's 8.
16:39The title of this 2025 memoir by Kamala Harris refers to how long she had to launch and run
16:44her 2024 presidential campaign.
16:49She had 107 days.
16:52Andrew, five clues left.
16:53Biography's 4.
16:54A 2015 biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has this title, reminiscent of a rapper's name.
16:59Andrew?
17:00What is Notorious RBG?
17:02Yes.
17:03NASA 4.
17:05In 1962, he reported, this is Friendship 7, a real fireball outside.
17:10Then was asked, how are you doing?
17:11Oh, pretty good.
17:13Andrew?
17:14Who is Glenn?
17:15It is John Glenn.
17:16Awards for?
17:17A 2025 Lasker Award for Medical Research went to work on treatment for this disease,
17:22CF for short.
17:24Jen?
17:24What is Cystic Fibrosis?
17:25That's correct.
17:26Country songs for four.
17:28In a spin on a Dolly Parton hit, Beyonce warns this woman, the games you play are nothing
17:32new, so you don't want no heat with me.
17:35Jen?
17:35Who is Jolene?
17:36Yeah.
17:37Last clue, a Russian crossword clue.
17:39Just say no.
17:41Four letters.
17:42Mayhall?
17:42What is Nyet?
17:43Nyet takes you above $4,000.
17:45Close game with Andrew in the lead.
17:46It all depends on Final Jeopardy.
17:48Here is your category players.
17:51The Calendar.
17:52While they make their wagers, we'll pause for these brief messages.
17:56Our champs have wagered based on their knowledge of the calendar.
17:59Let's see the clue.
18:01Black History Month was first celebrated around the birthdates of Abraham Lincoln and this
18:06contemporary, who died in 1895.
18:08You have 30 seconds, players.
18:10Good luck.
18:41Mayhall Shah has $4,395 precisely, and wrote down for this Final Jeopardy a response of
18:47Frederick Douglass, and he is correct.
18:49How much will you add, Mayhall?
18:52$1,606 takes you up to $6,001.
18:55Jen Giles was in second with $5,400.
18:57What did she come up with?
18:58She crossed out Douglass and then rewrote Douglass.
19:01Thank goodness.
19:02So she's correct as well.
19:03Adding $3,000, taking her to $8,400.
19:07So it's up to Andrew He with $6,000.
19:09He's in third right now.
19:10Does he have Douglass?
19:12He does.
19:12Did he wager enough?
19:14$4,801 makes it $10,801 for him and advances Andrew He to the seventh.
19:20Well done.
19:24The quarterfinals come you tomorrow right back here.
19:27We'll see you then.
19:43Thank you very much.
19:46You're welcome.
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