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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 31: 2026 Invitational Tournament Quarterfinal Game 6
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00:02From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:14Here are today's past champions.
00:18An archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana, Adriana Hormire.
00:23A lecturer of history, originally from Gadsden, Alabama, Will Yancey.
00:30And a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada, Long Nguyen.
00:37And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:44Thank you, Johnny, and welcome to the last of our quarterfinal games in this year's Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
00:50So far, we know five of the players who will be advancing to the semifinals.
00:54And by the end of today's show, we will know the names of all nine.
00:57One will be the winner of this game between Long, Will, and Adriana.
01:00But we also have those three wildcard spots up for grabs for the three highest scores in this round among
01:06the non-winners.
01:07With your spot in the semifinals at stake, let's see the categories we have for you in the Jeopardy! round.
01:12First up, the film Independent Spirit Awards take place this Sunday, February 15th.
01:18Then we have Bodies of Water in Black's Law Dictionary.
01:22Then Antonyms, followed by EE and Cummings.
01:28Long, make the first selection.
01:30Bodies of Water for eight?
01:32Puerto Miranda and Cabimas are ports on this 5,000-square-mile so-called lake, an inlet of the Caribbean
01:39Sea.
01:40Long.
01:41What's Lake Maracaibo?
01:42You got it.
01:43Bodies of Water for six?
01:45Cythera and Paxos are two of the Heptanissos, seven islands in a group in this sea believed to be named
01:51for a maiden.
01:53Long.
01:54What is the Ionian Sea?
01:57Named for Io, that's right.
01:58Bodies of Water for a thousand?
01:59Of the three major rivers surrounding Manhattan, the Hudson is a tidal estuary.
02:05These other two are tidal straits.
02:07Long.
02:08What are the East River and the Harlem River?
02:10Got them both.
02:11Bodies of Water for four?
02:13The largest island in a freshwater lake, 80-mile-long Manitoulin Island is found in this second-largest great lake.
02:19Will.
02:20What is Lake Huron?
02:21Right.
02:22EE for 600.
02:23The first imperial one of these objets d'art was created in 1885 for Empress Maria Fyodorovna.
02:31Long.
02:32What is an Easter egg?
02:34Yes, a Fabergé Easter egg.
02:35EE for eight?
02:36At Purdue, courses you might take for this major include Signals and Systems and Linear Circuit Analysis II.
02:44Long.
02:44What is Electrical Engineering?
02:46Correct.
02:47EE 4000.
02:48In the days of multi-newspaper cities, the morning paper used to have this in circulation by around 2 a
02:54.m.
02:55Adriana.
02:55What is the Early Edition?
02:56Yes, you're on the board.
02:57Antonyms, 600.
02:59Of Trivial, this word that's also a military rank and an elite tennis tournament.
03:07What is a major?
03:09Back to you, Adriana.
03:10Antonyms, 800.
03:12Answer there is a Daily Double for you.
03:18How much do you want to risk, Adriana?
03:21A thousand.
03:21All right, going to double up in antonyms.
03:24Here's your clue.
03:25Of Seldom.
03:26This adjective, that is a verb, means to go somewhere often.
03:30What is frequent?
03:31Yes, or frequent, taking you to $2,000.
03:35Still in second place.
03:36Select.
03:37The Independent Spirit Award, 600.
03:39This TV show won Best Ensemble Cast in 2024.
03:44Its sole non-actor, Ronald Gladden, realized he was still eligible for it in real life.
03:52He's still eligible for jury duty.
03:54Back to Adriana.
03:55Bodies of water, 200.
03:57In 1513, the first Europeans gazed on this body of water looking west from a Darian peak.
04:03Long.
04:04What is the Pacific Ocean?
04:06Yes.
04:07Blackslaw dictionary for 800.
04:09Latin.
04:10The thing speaks for itself.
04:12Will.
04:13What is ipso facto?
04:14No.
04:15Longer, Adriana.
04:18Close, Will, but it's res ipsa loquitur.
04:21Back to you, Long.
04:22Blackslaw dictionary for 600.
04:24Dishonesty of belief, purpose, or motive, also termed malefides.
04:29Will.
04:30What is bad faith?
04:31Correct.
04:31You're out of the hole.
04:32Cummings for 600.
04:34Just like Jesus did in Matthew 21, the first crusaders went to this mount before entering
04:39a besieged Jerusalem.
04:40Will.
04:41What is the Mount of Olives?
04:42It is.
04:43Cummings for 800.
04:45The 1853 arrival of this U.S. naval officer's flotilla in Japan caused much consternation
04:51for the Tokugawa shogunate.
04:53Will.
04:53Who's Perry?
04:54It is Matthew Perry taking you to 1600.
04:56You're on a bit of a roll, but we need to pause for a moment for these messages.
05:00We'll come right back with more Jeopardy.
05:02We have a 15-day Jeopardy champion with us, Adriana Harmeyer from West Lafayette, Indiana,
05:07also a Tournament of Champions second runner-up and a Jeopardy master.
05:11And in fact, your Jeopardy fame has actually led to new things in your life, right?
05:15Yeah.
05:15I was not expecting this, but after my original run, different local community organizations
05:21reached out, asked me to come talk to them a bit about the Jeopardy experience,
05:25which I then parlayed into talking about learning and knowledge more broadly.
05:30That's fantastic.
05:31I love that.
05:31Will Yancey is here, originally from Gadsden, Alabama.
05:34You were a second chance winner, second runner-up in Champions wildcard that year.
05:39What did you do with the winnings now that you're a Jeopardy cash winner?
05:42Bought a house.
05:43Congratulations.
05:44That's great.
05:47My wife and I, we've been living in an RV.
05:50We've been trying to save money and pay off some debt.
05:52And so I was able to put a down payment on a house and we got a big enough yard.
05:56I had, it justified me getting a riding lawnmower.
05:58A riding lawnmower.
06:00I'm proud of that.
06:01The American dream.
06:02Better believe it, son.
06:03I love that, Will.
06:04Long Nguyen is back here from Las Vegas, Nevada.
06:07You're a retired engineer.
06:08You won second chance.
06:10You were a Champions wildcard quarter finalist that year.
06:13You're not a public speaker like Adriana.
06:14What are you doing?
06:15About two years ago, I started a YouTube series called Mathlympics to teach math to little
06:21kids.
06:21Ah.
06:22It started out as like a ruse just to get my niece and nephew to start talking to me more.
06:28It's grown to like 70 episodes now, but the kids love it.
06:32That's fantastic.
06:32Yeah.
06:33You're a math influencer.
06:34Yeah, yeah.
06:34I didn't even know that was a thing.
06:36Pick up your signaling devices, folks.
06:38It is Will's selection.
06:39I was New Cummings for a thousand.
06:41Originally named Operation Fritz, the German invasion of Russia later was renamed this,
06:46same as the Holy Roman Emperor.
06:48Will.
06:48What is Barbarossa?
06:49Good for a thousand.
06:51Black's Law Dictionary for a thousand.
06:53An interest in land owned by another person consisting in the right to use the land for
06:57a specific limited purpose.
07:02What is an easement?
07:04Will.
07:05Antonyms for a thousand.
07:06Of misunderstand.
07:08This ability of prehensile things.
07:11Will.
07:11What is a grasp?
07:12That's correct.
07:13Cummings for 400.
07:15Shakespeare described her grand entrance at Tarsus.
07:18The barge she sat in like a burnished throne burned on the water.
07:23Long.
07:23Who is Cleopatra?
07:24Right.
07:25Cummings for 200.
07:2650 plus years ago, Ling Ling and Xing Xing's arrival at the zoo of this institution began
07:31its giant panda breeding and conservation work.
07:35Adriana.
07:35What is the Smithsonian?
07:36That's right.
07:37Independent Spirit Awards, 800.
07:39Here's the lowdown.
07:40He survived training day to pick up a nom in 2025 for playing Tulsa's own Lee Raybon.
07:46Long.
07:47Who is Hawk?
07:49It is Ethan Hawke.
07:50Spirit Awards for a thousand.
07:52Forty years ago, this film won twice at the first Independent Spirit Awards for actor M.M.
07:58at Walsh and best director, Ty, Joel Cohen.
08:03That's the Coen brothers' first movie and it's a good one, Blood Simple.
08:07Back to you, Long.
08:08Spirit Awards for 400.
08:10In a 2019 biopic, Renee Zellweger sang By Myself and Get Happy on her way to getting some spirit
08:16love as this performer.
08:18Adriana.
08:18Who is Judy Garland?
08:20Correct.
08:21Antonyms, 200.
08:22Of gloomy, this word that's also the surname of a famous Blake.
08:26Adriana.
08:27What is lively?
08:28That's right.
08:29E.E. 200.
08:30Toynbee Hall and the Whitechapel Art Gallery can be found in this London area.
08:35Will.
08:35What's the East End?
08:36Yes.
08:37E.E. for 400.
08:39Sharpshooters in video games like Skyrim can get special abilities with this avian name.
08:44Will.
08:45What is eagle eye?
08:46Right again.
08:47Antonyms, 400.
08:49Of natural.
08:50This word you'll find before intelligence or insemination.
08:54Adriana.
08:54What is artificial?
08:55Yes.
08:56Independent Spirit Awards, 200.
08:58Her role in Enora bested nine other stars as she danced away with best lead performance
09:02in a film.
09:04Adriana.
09:04Who is Madison?
09:05Mikey Madison, right.
09:07Black's Law, 200.
09:08The risk of conviction and punishment that a criminal defendant faces at trial.
09:16That's another less important definition of jeopardy.
09:19Here's the final clue from Black's Law Dictionary.
09:22The official act by which an attorney is deprived of the privilege of practicing law.
09:26Well, what is disbarment?
09:28Disbarment is right.
09:29You are just $600 off the lead.
09:31Long's in first.
09:32And Double Jeopardy on tap next.
09:34Stay with us.
09:37In a game this close, the hefty amount of cash on the board in Double Jeopardy could decide
09:41things.
09:42Let's show our players the categories.
09:44First, Getting the Literary Jitters.
09:47Woo-hoo.
09:48Then Women in Music, International Observances.
09:51This one is all about animals.
09:53We have many lettered words.
09:55And finally, Remains to be Seen.
09:58Adriana, start us off.
10:00Getting the Literary Jitters, 1600.
10:02In this James Jones war novel, soldiers are afraid, but also fear being cowards, like
10:08Fife, played by Adrian Brody in the Terrence Malick film.
10:11Long.
10:12What is the thin red line?
10:13That's it.
10:14Literary Jitters for $1,200.
10:17An excessive nervous agitation troubles this man of the House of Usher, and things just
10:22get worse.
10:23Long.
10:24Who is Roderick?
10:25Roderick Usher.
10:25Well done.
10:26Literary Jitters for $2,000.
10:28The Tremor of Forgery is one book that led Graham Greene to call this American novelist
10:33the Poet of Apprehension.
10:35Adriana.
10:36Who is Jackson?
10:37No.
10:38Long or Will?
10:40That's Patricia Highsmith.
10:42Back to you, Long.
10:43International Observances for 16.
10:46June 18th is Sustainable This Art of Preparing and Enjoying Fine Food Day.
10:53Mark your calendars.
10:55It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day.
10:57Long.
10:57International Observances for 12.
11:00Answer.
11:01Daily Double for you, Long.
11:05He's pondering his score.
11:07He has $8,000.
11:08How much do you want to wager, Long?
11:10Oh, I don't like this category.
11:12$2,000.
11:13Okay.
11:14You'll have $10,000 if you're right.
11:16Here's your clue in International Observances.
11:18Meaning New Day in Farsi, the March observance of Nowruz dates to spring rites of this ancient
11:25religion.
11:29What is Zoroastrianism?
11:31That's correct.
11:32Farsi from Iran adding 2,000 to your score.
11:36You extend your lead, Long.
11:38All about animals for 16.
11:40Preying on small animals by swooping down on them.
11:43The American type of this raptor is North America's smallest and most common falcon.
11:49Long.
11:49What is a caster?
11:50It is.
11:51Animals for 12.
11:53Answer.
11:54Another Daily Double.
11:58You didn't like that last category, Long.
12:00How do you feel about animals?
12:02I don't like any of these categories.
12:06$1,600.
12:07All right.
12:07For $13,200 if he's right, here's your clue.
12:11Just between us, these mammals' genus is Odobeenus, meaning tooth walk.
12:16They use their tusks to get out of the water.
12:22What is a walrus?
12:23Walrus is correct again.
12:25You did very well in two categories you didn't like, Long.
12:29Animals for 2,000.
12:31Snakes have a highly specialized sensory organ called this after the Danish anatomist who discovered it.
12:38Long.
12:39What is a Jacobson's organ?
12:41Very good.
12:42Right.
12:43International observances for 2,000.
12:45September 7th is Awareness Day for the Duchenne type of this genetic disorder.
12:52What is muscular dystrophy?
12:54Back to you, Long.
12:56Women in music for 2,000.
12:58The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls this at last singer forever the matriarch of the blues.
13:04Adriana.
13:04Who is Etta James?
13:05It is.
13:06Women in music, 1,600.
13:08Amala Dlamini is the real name of this woman, whose remix with Nicki Minaj of Say So was the first
13:13number one hit for both.
13:15Long.
13:16Who is Doja Cat?
13:17It is Doja Cat.
13:18Women in music for 12.
13:20In 2025, this singer of Redneck Woman showed she still has what it takes when she won season 13 of
13:26The Masked Singer.
13:28Long.
13:28Who is Wilson?
13:29Yes, Gretchen Wilson.
13:30Women in music for eight.
13:32She has not one, but two Barbie dolls modeled after her.
13:36The first from her Fleetwood Mac days and more recently a Belladonna Barbie.
13:40Adriana.
13:41Who is Stevie Nicks?
13:42Yeah.
13:42Women in music, 400.
13:43In 2025, Billboard named her number four of the top 100 women artists of the 21st century.
13:50Will.
13:50Who is Adele?
13:51Correct.
13:52Many letter words, 2,000.
13:5420 letters.
13:56One seeking to overthrow a government that was established by overthrowing a previous government.
14:01Adriana.
14:01What is an anti-disestablishmentarianist?
14:05No.
14:06Will.
14:06What is a counter-revolution?
14:08No.
14:10Long.
14:10What is an anti-disestablishmentarian?
14:14No, you picked the wrong one to retry.
14:16Will was closer, but 20 letters, counter-revolutionary.
14:19Ah.
14:19Back to you, Will.
14:20Many letter words, 1,600.
14:2317 letters.
14:24It's an inaccurate or deceiving version of the facts.
14:27If it's intentional, it becomes fraud.
14:29Will.
14:30What is misrepresentation?
14:32That's 17 letters, right.
14:33Remains to be seen for 2,000.
14:35Possibly hanged as a sacrifice, the body of this over 2,000-year-old man was discovered
14:40in a peat bog in Denmark in 1950.
14:46We're looking at Tolland Man.
14:48Will, back to you.
14:49Remains, 16.
14:50The skeleton of this beloved horse, whom Napoleon left behind at Waterloo, is on display at a
14:55British museum.
14:56Long.
14:57What is Marengo?
14:58Yes.
14:59Remains to be seen for 12.
15:01In 1954, the remains of one of this king's ships was found buried next to his great pyramid.
15:07Will.
15:07Who's Khufu?
15:08Right.
15:09Many letter words, 1,200.
15:1120 letters.
15:13Confinement to a facility providing a certain type of long-term care.
15:16It doesn't have the nicest ring to it.
15:21What is institutionalization?
15:24Back to you, Will.
15:25Animals, 800.
15:26First thought to be a cat-sized species of rat, the quokka is actually a species of this
15:31marsupial in the kangaroo family.
15:33Will.
15:34What is a koala?
15:36No.
15:38Long.
15:38What is a wallaby?
15:39It's a wallaby.
15:40All about animals for four?
15:42This pack animal is the largest domesticated South American member of the camel family.
15:47Will.
15:48What is a llama?
15:49Yes.
15:49Remains to be seen, 800.
15:51There are a lot of remains to be seen in these underground ossuaries below Paris, built when
15:56cemeteries were overcrowded.
15:58Long.
15:59What are the Paris catacombs?
16:01That's right.
16:02Remains to be seen for four?
16:04DNA confirmed that bones excavated from a mass grave near Yekaterinburg in 1991 were those
16:10of this royal and his family.
16:11Will.
16:12Who is Nicholas II?
16:13Yes.
16:14Many letter words, 800.
16:1618 letters.
16:17Most helicopter parents are guilty of this, the excessive tendency to shield others from
16:22harm.
16:23Will.
16:24What is overprotectiveness?
16:25You figured it out.
16:26That's right.
16:27International observances for eight.
16:30September 23rd is the international day of these, like BSL and CSL.
16:36Adriana.
16:36What are sign languages?
16:37Yeah, British and Chinese in this case.
16:39Literary jitters, 400.
16:41Hemingway said, Maya Wojcikowska knew more about this than any other woman.
16:45She wrote a novel about a boy afraid of entering the ring.
16:49Adriana.
16:49What is bullfighting?
16:50She wrote Shadow of a Bull, right.
16:52Literary jitters, 800.
16:53In a shipboard crisis, wobbly knees and mouth too dry to speak befall the title character
16:58of this author's Lord Jim.
17:00Will.
17:00Who's Conrad?
17:01Yes.
17:02International observances for?
17:04February 2nd is the world these day for ecosystems like swamps and marshes, in which
17:09water is the major environmental factor.
17:12Will.
17:13What are estuaries?
17:13No.
17:15Long.
17:15What are wetlands?
17:16Wetlands is correct.
17:18We have one more annoyingly long word.
17:2016 letters.
17:21The paper bag is an unofficial remedy for this type of breathing, where your body expels
17:26too much carbon dioxide.
17:27Will.
17:28What is hopper ventilation?
17:29That is correct.
17:30So you add another 400.
17:31Long ran away with this.
17:33But remember, Will and Adriana not out of the semifinals yet because of those wildcard
17:36spots.
17:37Let's see what your final Jeopardy category is.
17:40We're going to the Southern Hemisphere after the break.
17:42Stay tuned.
17:44Final Jeopardy today concerns the Southern Hemisphere, half the Earth.
17:48Here's the clue.
17:50A 1606 map of America shows this archipelago as part of a southern continent by a canoe with
17:57smoke billowing from its center.
17:5930 seconds.
18:00Good luck.
18:01Good luck.
18:10Good luck.
18:31Adriana Harmeyer had $3,400 at the end of Double Jeopardy and wrote something down at the last minute.
18:36She came up with Tierra del Fuego.
18:39Yes, land of fire, hence the smoke.
18:41And you will add.
18:42You double up, wagering $3,400 to finish with $6,800.
18:46Will Yancey was in second place with $7,400.
18:49Did he think of Tierra del Fuego?
18:51No, he put the Antilles.
18:52I'm afraid not.
18:53He wagered everything, betting for the wildcard spot.
18:56And that will leave him with zero.
18:58But Long Nguyen had $19,600 and a big lead.
19:01Will he be adding to it?
19:03Yes, Tierra del Fuego.
19:04What did you wager, Long?
19:05$2,000 more to finish with $21,600.
19:08Long Nguyen, you are headed to the semifinals.
19:11Congratulations.
19:13And here are the other five quarterfinal winners joining Long.
19:17Matt Amodio, New York, New York.
19:20Roger Craig, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
19:22Drew Goins, Washington, D.C.
19:25Andrew He, Concord, California.
19:27Allison Betts, San Jose, California.
19:30And now the three wildcard winners.
19:33Karen Farrell, Chesapeake, Virginia.
19:36Jen Giles, Longmont, Colorado.
19:39Drew Basile, Birmingham, Michigan.
19:41Those nine players will be in the JIT semifinals beginning tomorrow,
19:44right here on the Alex Krivek stage.
19:46We'll see you then.
19:57We'll see you then.
19:57Who's search?
19:58We'll see you then.
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