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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 38: 2026 Invitational Tournament Final Game 4
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Here are today's contestants.
00:16A marketing coordinator from Chicago, Illinois, Katie Pack.
00:21A lighting technician originally from St. Charles, Illinois, Zach Johnson Dunlop.
00:27And our returning champion, a grant writer from Petaluma, California, Trey Hart,
00:35whose one-day cash winnings totaled $24,100.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings!
00:49Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome to Jeopardy!
00:52Following a 10-week postseason that brought us new breakout stars, the return of Jeopardy! greats, and some epic wins
00:59and losses,
01:00we are back to regular gameplay here on the Alex Rebeck stage.
01:03Joining us once again is reigning champion Trey Hart, who clinched his initial victory here way back on December 12th.
01:09We'll see if that long hiatus helps or hurts him as he faces off today against Zach and Katie.
01:15Good luck to the three of you.
01:16Let's see what categories are in store for you in the Jeopardy! round.
01:21We begin with makes.
01:23Then we have words in 20th century history.
01:27Then a category that leaves no stone unturned.
01:31We have from the Greek, jump through these hoops.
01:35And finally, Boston space.
01:38Trey, where to?
01:39I'll try words in 20th century history for $600.
01:42Adlai Stevenson at the U.N.
01:44Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed missiles and sights in this country?
01:50Zach.
01:51What is Cuba?
01:52That's the country.
01:52Words in 20th century, $800.
01:55The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction, he said in 1927,
02:01urging Italians to grow to $60 million in number.
02:04Katie.
02:05Who is Mussolini?
02:06You got it.
02:07Jump through these hoops for $600.
02:08The NCAA credits a high school official for this phrase, and Brent Musburger for making
02:14it synonymous with the men's tournament.
02:16Trey.
02:17What is March Madness?
02:18That's the phrase.
02:19Greek for $600, please.
02:21This word for a medicine or remedy is from the Greek for given against.
02:26Trey.
02:27What is prescription?
02:28No.
02:29Katie.
02:29What is antidote?
02:30Antidote, that's right.
02:31Let's do from the Greek for $800, please.
02:33Greek for slab or board gives us the word for this very old-time calculator.
02:39Trey.
02:40What is an abacus?
02:41Yeah.
02:4120th century history, $1,000.
02:43Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, is often quoted as saying,
02:47in Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in these.
02:54You must believe in miracles.
02:56Trey.
02:56I'll do 20th century history, $400.
02:58Great Satan was his shorthand for the United States in his 10 years ruling Iran before his
03:03death in 1989.
03:05Zach.
03:06Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
03:07Yes.
03:08Let's do makes $600.
03:10This company's only U.S. production facility builds X3 and X5 vehicles in South Carolina.
03:16Zach.
03:17What is BMW?
03:18Correct.
03:19Makes $800.
03:21The Quadrifoglio, or four-leaf clover symbol, is seen on high-performance models of this
03:25two-word Italian car.
03:27Zach.
03:28What is a Carman Gia?
03:29No.
03:30Katie.
03:30What is Alfa Romeo?
03:31Correct.
03:32From the Greek, $1,000.
03:33Answer.
03:34A bean-me-double for you, Katie.
03:38You seem surprised by that, but you're in the lead.
03:40What do you want to wager on From the Greek?
03:42Let's wager $1,200.
03:44All right.
03:44Going for $3,400 if she's right.
03:46Here's your clue.
03:47From the Greek.
03:48This word for a release of emotions comes from Greek for to purge or to cleanse.
03:58What is vent?
03:59Sorry, no.
04:00What is catharsis?
04:02That knocks you down to $1,000.
04:04Still your board, Katie.
04:05Let's do no stone unturned for $600.
04:07A cutlery supply company is a good source for one of these.
04:11A hard, fine-grained implement used to sharpen blades.
04:14Trey.
04:15What is a wet stone?
04:15Yes.
04:16Stone unturned $800.
04:18According to John 20, this person saw the stone taken away from Jesus' sepulcher.
04:23Zach.
04:24Who is Mary?
04:24Can you be more specific?
04:26Who is Mary Magdalene?
04:26That's the right Mary.
04:28Let's go no stone unturned $1,000.
04:30In his renowned diary, he recounted the removal of a bladder stone from his body in 1658.
04:36Trey.
04:37Who is Samuel Pepys?
04:38Good.
04:38For $1,000.
04:39Jump through these hoops for $800.
04:40SGA, this guy, won the 2024 to 25 NBA MVP award to go along with the scoring title and NBA
04:48championship.
04:53SGA is Shea Gilgis-Alexander.
04:55Back to Trey.
04:56I'll try Boston Space for $600.
04:58You can hop on over to the frog pond in this 50-acre pentagon.
05:03Trey.
05:03What is Harvard Yard?
05:04No.
05:06Katie.
05:06What is Boston Common?
05:07That is the Boston landmark.
05:09A super close game as we hit our first break.
05:12You're watching Jeff.
05:15Katie Pack is from Chicago where she's a marketing coordinator and also runs a fantasy league.
05:20Tell us about your league.
05:21Yes.
05:21I run a fantasy league for the Great British Baking Show.
05:24Oh, wow.
05:25We just finished our fifth season of the fantasy league.
05:28I'm the commissioner, so I do all the scoring.
05:30And, you know, there's nothing better than adding a real competitive edge to something that most people find, like, soothing
05:36and calming and a lack of competition.
05:40You're type A people who want to be on the edge of your seat.
05:42Yes.
05:42We want to scream at the television about cakes.
05:44That's what I like.
05:45Well done.
05:46Zach Johnson Dunlop is originally from St. Charles, Illinois.
05:49You're a lighting technician.
05:50Yes.
05:51And this might be a first in Jeopardy! history.
05:52You are also a?
05:53Sumo wrestler.
05:54Wow.
05:55A sumo wrestler.
05:56How long have you been doing that?
05:57I've been doing that for about 15 years.
05:59And you go to Japan?
06:00Where do you compete?
06:01I compete around the U.S.
06:02I've competed in Florida, in Illinois, in California, and then Vegas.
06:09Is sumo good prep for Jeopardy!?
06:11What do you think?
06:12No.
06:14It's a very physical thing, and this is very cerebral.
06:16That's very dumb, Kim.
06:17They could not be more different.
06:18That's a fair point, Zach.
06:20Our returning champion back with us after many months is Trey Hart from Petaluma, California,
06:24a grant writer who has taken up knitting, right?
06:27Yeah, I taught myself basically after college, and my big COVID project was to knit a shawl
06:33for my good friend Amy, who's also a knitter, and when my mom saw that I actually had decent
06:37knitting talent, she asked me to make her a shawl, and I gave her a bunch of patterns
06:40to pick from, and she chose the hardest one.
06:42Oh, wow.
06:42It's just beyond my ability, so I'm very slowly working on this shawl for her.
06:46So mom doesn't have the shawl, but she's here today.
06:48She is.
06:48She's right here.
06:49And you're going to get a shawl at some point.
06:51The shawl is coming.
06:53Katie, right now, it's your board.
06:55What'll it be?
06:56Words in 20th century history for 200.
06:58In 1987, she told British magazine Woman's Own, there is no such thing as society.
07:04Trey.
07:05Who's Margaret Thatcher?
07:05Yes.
07:06Makes for 400.
07:08This British brand no longer uses its classic hood ornament known as the leaper.
07:13Zach.
07:13What is Jaguar?
07:14Correct.
07:15Makes for 1,000.
07:17Tesla owners could follow the light to this Swedish electric car maker, which offered discounts
07:22on trade-ins in 2025.
07:24Trey.
07:25What is Rivian?
07:25No.
07:27Katie.
07:28What is, um...
07:31Oh, didn't come to you.
07:33Rats.
07:34Zach is going to try it.
07:35What is Lucid?
07:36No, you're looking at a Polestar there.
07:38What is Polestar?
07:39Back to Zach.
07:40Jump through these hoops, 400.
07:42Six-foot-four-inch Tina Charles is the WNBA's all-time leader in these, pulling down nine
07:48a game over her career.
07:50Zach.
07:50What are slam dunks?
07:51No.
07:52Trey.
07:53What are rebounds?
07:53That's right.
07:54Uh, hoops for 1,000?
07:56This school boasts 12 NCAA women's basketball titles, or about one for every 1,000 residents
08:02in the Village of Storrs.
08:04Zach.
08:04What is Yukon?
08:05Yes, good for 1,000.
08:06Boston Space 800.
08:08Truly a Hall of Fame, this was built in 1742 as a gift to Boston from a local merchant
08:13who did score naming rights.
08:18Still named for him, Faneuil Hall.
08:20Zach.
08:21Let's do From the Greek, 400.
08:23This type of diet gets its name from words for large and life.
08:30You're living large with a macrobiotic diet.
08:33Zach.
08:34Uh, no stone unturned, 400.
08:36Weighing about 40 pounds, granite projectiles known as stones are launched roughly 140 feet
08:42in this competition.
08:44Katie.
08:44What are the Highland Games?
08:46No.
08:47Trey or Zach?
08:49They're launched, but they slide.
08:51What is curling?
08:52Zach.
08:53Makes 200.
08:54After a three-year hiatus, the Land Cruiser from this car company returned to the United States
08:59with its 2024 model.
09:01Zach.
09:02What is Land Rover?
09:02No.
09:04Trey or Katie?
09:06That's a Toyota.
09:07Back to Zach.
09:08Boston Space, 400.
09:10New England Patriots can walk this 2.5-mile red line that passes by Granary Burying Ground
09:16and Park Street Church.
09:17Zach.
09:18What is the Freedom Trail?
09:19What is the Freedom Trail?
09:19That is right.
09:20Boston Space, 1,000.
09:22The Boston Marathon finishes up in this alliterative neighborhood that includes Newbury Street and
09:26Com Ave.
09:30What is Back Bay?
09:31Four clues left, Zach?
09:33Boston Space, 200.
09:3543 Monument Square is the address for the 221 foot obelisk that took more than 17 years
09:40to build and is named for this battle it memorializes.
09:44Zach.
09:44What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
09:45Right.
09:46From the Greek, 200.
09:47Roger.
09:47This singing voice comes from Greek words for deep and pitch.
09:52Trey.
09:52What is Basso Profundo?
09:53No.
09:55Katie.
09:55What is Baritone?
09:56Baritone, is it?
09:57Uh, no stone, 200.
09:59Even glass or pewter beer mugs may be called this, a word meaning stone in Germany.
10:05Trey.
10:05What is Stein?
10:06That's right.
10:07Last clue and jump through these hoops.
10:08In the 1990s, Scottie Pippen made seven all-star squads and won six NBA titles with this
10:14team and was still Robin.
10:16Katie.
10:17Who are the Chicago Bulls?
10:18Yes, to Jordan's Batman, taking you to 600.
10:20Zach has a narrow lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round, and we'll be right back with Double
10:23Jeopardy!
10:24after this.
10:26If you enjoyed that first round, boy do you have a good time in store, this is Double
10:30Jeopardy!
10:31And these are your new categories, players.
10:33We begin with remakes, then lines from classic lit, airports, the religious right, then science,
10:44and finally some tough vocab.
10:48Katie.
10:49Uh, let's do airports for 1200.
10:52Alaska Airlines' main hub isn't in Alaska, but at this airport in the Northwest.
10:57Trey.
10:57What is SeaTac?
10:58That's correct.
10:58In Seattle.
10:59Uh, lines from classic lit, 1200.
11:02Want to make an impression?
11:03Walk into any room and quote Ariel from this play.
11:06Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
11:09Zach.
11:09What is The Tempest?
11:10You are correct.
11:11Remakes, 1200.
11:12Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick took over from Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in this madcap
11:17movie remake.
11:19Trey.
11:19What is The Producers?
11:20Right.
11:21I'll go remake 1600.
11:22Penelope Cruz was in Abre Los Ojos, Open Your Eyes, and this English language remake that
11:28co-starred Tom Cruise.
11:30Trey.
11:31What is Vanilla Sky?
11:32You got it.
11:33Remake's 2000.
11:34The 2012 remake of this movie originally had China invading the US, but that was changed
11:39to North Korea.
11:41Katie?
11:41What is The Hunt for Red October?
11:43No.
11:44Trey.
11:44What is Red Dawn?
11:45Different red movie.
11:46That's it.
11:46Remake's 800.
11:48In 2016, Jack Huston took the reins of this title role played by Charlton Heston in 1959.
11:54Katie.
11:55What is Ben-Hur?
11:56Right.
11:56The Religious Right for 1200.
11:59Temples in the LDS church have a font on the back of 12 sculpted oxen for the proxy type
12:04of this for dead family members.
12:06Zach?
12:07What is baptism?
12:08Yes.
12:08Religious Right 16.
12:10Puja are offerings to this founder.
12:13Flowers are good.
12:14He likes flowers.
12:15They show the impermanence of life.
12:17Trey?
12:17Who is the Buddha?
12:18Gifts for Buddha.
12:19Finish off remakes for 400.
12:21Director Gus Van Sant made a shot-for-shot remake of this 1960 Hitchcock film, but in color.
12:27Katie?
12:27What is psycho?
12:28Yes.
12:28Unclear why, but he did.
12:31Let's do Religious Right for 2000.
12:33In the Anglican Communion, exhortation and examination are parts of this right of appointing
12:38ministers.
12:39Zach?
12:42What is...
12:44Out of time, I'm afraid.
12:46Katie?
12:46What is ordination?
12:47That's correct.
12:48Taking you out of the hole.
12:49Tough vocab for 1200.
12:51This three-syllable adjective means using few words.
12:54First found in English in 1589.
12:57That's all I'll say.
12:58Trey?
12:59What is taciturn?
13:00No.
13:01Katie?
13:01What is succinctly?
13:02Also incorrect.
13:04Zach?
13:04What is laconic?
13:05Laconic.
13:06You got in.
13:07Lines from Classic Lit 16.
13:08From a farewell to arms, the world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at these.
13:18Many are strong at the broken places.
13:20Back to Zach.
13:21Religious Right, eight.
13:22Answer.
13:23It's a daily double, sir.
13:28You're in second place, but this is a chance for you, Zach.
13:31Uh, let's go 3000.
13:33All right.
13:33Going for 6600.
13:35You'll be 1200 off the lead if you're right in the Religious Right.
13:39Omiki is this imbibed Shinto ceremonies after it has been offered to the gods.
13:44What is sake?
13:45It is sake, yes.
13:47The sumo wrestler with the Shinto is in question.
13:51And we have a closer game.
13:53All right.
13:53Uh, let's do Science 12.
13:55In 1868, he helped found the Russian Chemical Society.
13:59In 1869, his new periodic law was presented to it.
14:03Zach?
14:03Who's Mendeleev?
14:04Yes, Mendeleev.
14:06Science 16.
14:07Canopus is the second brightest star in the night sky.
14:10This one is first.
14:12Trey?
14:12What is Polaris?
14:13No.
14:15Zach?
14:16What is Canis Major?
14:18Yes, that's correct.
14:19Sirius in Canis Major.
14:20Okay.
14:21Uh, Religious Right 400.
14:24Catholics can get the sacrament of anointing of the sick when not quite on the brink.
14:28This final sounding prep is for the end.
14:31Trey?
14:31What is Last Rites?
14:32You were right.
14:33Lines from Classic Lit 800.
14:35Emily Bronte's Cathy Earnshaw says of him,
14:38Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
14:41Trey?
14:42Who is Heathcliff?
14:43Yes.
14:43Uh, Classic Lit 2000.
14:46Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed, is from this inspiring
14:50W.E.
14:51Henley poem.
14:55And that's called Invictus.
14:57Trey?
14:57I'll take Classic Lit 400.
14:59In this novel, Louisa May Alcott wrote,
15:01Some people seem to get all sunshine and some all shadow.
15:05Katie?
15:06What is Little Women?
15:06Correct.
15:07Uh, let's do Airport 1600.
15:09Answer.
15:10The final daily double of the game goes to you, Katie.
15:12Before you wager, there's a quick score update involving Zach.
15:17Zach, a moment ago on that clue about the star Sirius, you responded with Canis Major the
15:21Constellation.
15:22I should have asked you to be more specific.
15:24What we're going to do is deduct the $1600 for the correct response, but not another $1600 for being incorrect.
15:30So the scores are now correct, Katie, as you see them.
15:33You can wager up to $2000 on airports.
15:36Uh, let's make it a true daily double.
15:38You want to wager $1000?
15:40Yeah.
15:40All right, going for $2000.
15:42Here's your clue in airports.
15:43Her name is on the world's busiest airport named for a woman.
15:50Who is Indira Gandhi?
15:52The New Delhi Airport.
15:53That is correct.
15:54Very good.
15:55Taking you to $2000.
15:59Uh, let's do airports, $2000.
16:01As a goodwill gesture to Greece, Alexander the Great's name was removed from this North Macedonian
16:07capital's airport.
16:08Zach.
16:09What is Skopje?
16:10Correct.
16:10Skopje.
16:11Science, $800.
16:13When lava cools quickly, it forms this type of volcanic glass that is usually black in
16:17color.
16:18Katie.
16:19What is obsidian?
16:20Yes.
16:21Tough vocab, $1600.
16:22Let's test your this, meaning keenness of perception, from Latin for sharpen.
16:30We'll test your acumen.
16:32Katie.
16:33Uh, tough vocab, $800.
16:35More formal name for a badminton essential you can get from Dura Smash with super white
16:40goose feathers.
16:41Katie.
16:42What is a, uh, shuttlecock?
16:43Yes.
16:44Tough vocab, $2000.
16:46This eight-letter adjective for having excessive interest in others' sex lives is not only
16:51chock full of two Rs.
16:53Trey.
16:53What is prurient?
16:54A prurient interest.
16:55Well done.
16:56I'll go airports, $800.
16:57The slogan of Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, above us only sky, comes from this classic song.
17:03Zach.
17:04What is imagined?
17:05Right.
17:06Science, $2000.
17:06From words meaning ancient and recent, it was the epoch immediately following the dinosaur's
17:12extinction.
17:16What is paleocene?
17:18Zach.
17:18Uh, science, $400.
17:20Most detected by sense of smell, these chemical substances are secreted by animals to attract
17:25mates and mark territory.
17:26Trey.
17:27What are pheromones?
17:28Correct.
17:29Uh, vocab, $400.
17:30This word, meaning to cheat, begins with a fast-growing tree-like grass of Southeast Asia.
17:35Trey.
17:36What is bamboozle?
17:37Right again.
17:38Uh, airport's $400.
17:39Since 1998, his name has been on the U.S. airport, whose code is DCA.
17:44Katie.
17:44Who's Ronald Reagan?
17:45Reagan is right.
17:46Keeps Trey from tying it up.
17:47So he's just $400 behind Zach as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:51Here's your category players.
17:5318th Century America, and the clue is coming up right after this short pause.
17:58Final Jeopardy today takes us back to 18th Century America with this clue.
18:03South Carolina's second biggest cash crop in the mid to late 1700s was this inedible one,
18:09named for a land far to the east.
18:1130 seconds now.
18:12Good luck.
18:13Good luck.
18:13Good luck.
18:27Good luck.
18:29Good luck.
18:50Navajo.
18:52KeepES
18:53I love...
18:54I love that one.
18:55What did you wager?
18:57You will lose all $4,000, leaving you with $0.
19:00Trey Hart had $10,200.
19:03What did you write down?
19:05Cotton is not correct.
19:07What did you wager?
19:08Ah, but you didn't wager anything.
19:10You still have $10,200.
19:11Forcing Zach Johnson Dunlop to get this right, probably.
19:15What did you come up with, Zach?
19:18Ceylon tea.
19:19No, Katie's second impulse was right.
19:22Indigo, the blue dye named for India.
19:24What did you wager, Zach?
19:25How big?
19:26That big, $10,000, knocks him down to $600.
19:28And Trey Hart survives the scare to become a two-day Jeopardy!
19:31champion.
19:32His total, $34,300.
19:35It was a great game.
19:37Thanks for joining us.
19:38We'll see you tomorrow.
19:57in the end of the stands.
19:57We'll see you tomorrow.
19:57Come back now.
19:57luego, dieoll right.
19:58And we'll see you tomorrow.
19:58Not this one.
19:58We'll see you tomorrow.
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