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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 88: Mon, May 4, 2026
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Here are today's contestants.
00:16An editor originally from Toledo, Ohio, Madeline Kaplan.
00:21A banker from Arlington, Virginia, Matt Davis.
00:26And our returning champion, a math teacher from St. Louis, Missouri, Stephanie Perkins,
00:32whose one-day cash winnings totals $16,600.
00:39And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:46Thank you so much, folks. Thank you to the great Johnny Gilbert.
00:48And welcome to a new week here at Jeopardy!
00:51On Friday, high school math teacher Stephanie Perkins schooled the competition with a runaway win,
00:56going to the head of the class as our newly crowned Jeopardy! champion.
00:59Today, Stephanie's back, hoping to continue to make her students at Naring's High proud
01:03as she faces Matt and Madeline.
01:05Good luck. Let's see what subjects you three will be tested on in the Jeopardy! round.
01:11First up, it's a happy Cuatro de Mayo to all who celebrate.
01:15Then we have fascinating, movie formulas, notorious, then triple meanings, and finally, L.A. art and music.
01:26Stephanie, start the week for us.
01:28Let's start with Cuatro de Mayo for $200.
01:30Napoleon set foot on this island of his first exile off Western Italy on May 4th, 1814.
01:37Madeline.
01:37What is Elba?
01:38Yes.
01:39Cuatro de Mayo, $1,000.
01:40The U.S. engaged in a battle named for this body of water near New Guinea on May 4th, 1942.
01:46Matt.
01:47What is the Coral Sea?
01:48You get $1,000.
01:49Cuatro de Mayo for $400.
01:51On May 4th, 2000, Brits made Ken Livingston the first person directly elected to this office.
01:57No lord.
01:59Stephanie.
01:59What is Speaker of the House?
02:00No.
02:01Matt.
02:02What is Chancellor?
02:03Also incorrect.
02:05Madeline, care to try?
02:06He became mayor of London, not Lord Mayor, just mayor.
02:10Back to Matt.
02:11Cuatro de Mayo for $600.
02:12Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young had a hit with the song Ohio about an event at this school
02:17on May 4th, 1970.
02:19Matt.
02:20What is Kent State?
02:21Right.
02:21Cuatro de Mayo for $800.
02:23The Haymarket riot was a tumultuous day in this city in 1886.
02:28Madeline.
02:28What is Chicago?
02:29Yes.
02:30Notorious, $1,000.
02:31Portrayed by Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy on film, these twins ran a gang called The Firm in mid-20th
02:38century London.
02:42Those were the Cray twins, Reggie and Ronnie.
02:45Madeline, back to you.
02:45Notorious, $800.
02:47It's said that this mob man's lucky nickname came from gambling success, or a mispronunciation
02:52of his name.
02:53Madeline.
02:54Who's Lucky Luciano?
02:55Yes.
02:56Notorious, $600.
02:57This man, behind the largest known Ponzi scheme, admitted that he already had enough
03:02money for his lifestyle before all of the fraud.
03:05Madeline.
03:05Who's Madoff?
03:06Right again.
03:07Movie formula is $1,000.
03:09Javier Bardem, plus coin toss, plus cattle gun, minus many a friendo, equals this Coen
03:15Brothers film.
03:16Madeline.
03:17What is No Country for Old Men?
03:18You got it.
03:19Movie formula is $800.
03:21Liam Neeson, minus a daughter, plus a very particular set of skills, equals this 2008 film.
03:27Matt.
03:28What is Taken?
03:29That's the film.
03:29Movie formula is for $600.
03:31This bad guy, plus six infinity stones, times one half the population, equals Avengers Infinity
03:37War.
03:38Matt.
03:39Who is Thanos?
03:40That's correct.
03:40Movie formula is for $400.
03:43Jimmy Stewart, minus the will to live on Christmas Eve, equals this 1946 holiday classic.
03:49Matt.
03:49What is It's a Wonderful Life?
03:51That's right.
03:52Movie formula is for $200.
03:53Matt Damon, plus World War II, minus three brothers, equals this title rescue mission.
03:59Stephanie.
04:00What is Saving Private Ryan?
04:01Yes.
04:03Fascinating for six.
04:05In 1984, David Letterman went hero mode and stuck himself to a wall while wearing a suit
04:10made with this fastener.
04:12Matt.
04:12What is Velcro?
04:13Covered in Velcro.
04:15Fascinating for $400.
04:16Not to toot their own horns, but the French use the word trombone for this small fastener.
04:22Matt.
04:23What is it, paperclip?
04:23Yeah, it kind of looks like a little trombone.
04:25You have a narrow lead over Madeline at the moment, and we'll be right back.
04:28Jeopardy! will continue in a moment.
04:36Madeline Kaplan.
04:37Here's an editor from Toledo, Ohio.
04:39And Madeline, a few weeks ago on Jeopardy!, we had a contestant who claimed to have a family
04:44link to the creator of the Reuben sandwich.
04:47We now have a new update on this from you, right?
04:49Yes, so through my grandma, I am related to Reuben Kulikovsky of Omaha, Nebraska, who is
04:56the inventor of the Reuben sandwich.
04:57So you can confirm this guy's story.
04:58I can confirm.
04:59Well, so there actually are two warring stories out there.
05:02Oh, wow.
05:03One is New York and one is Omaha.
05:05They told me today, I was very excited to hear, and I think he was also the Omaha.
05:08Yes, we're team Omaha here at Jeopardy!.
05:09Yes, so we need to reconnect.
05:10I don't know him, but I'm very excited.
05:12Actually, New York's a larger media market.
05:13Maybe I shouldn't say that.
05:14Jeopardy!
05:14It's completely neutral in the Reuben wars.
05:16I'm sorry about that, Madeline.
05:17Matt Davis is a banker from Arlington, Virginia.
05:20You do a lot of driving, Matt, a lot of carpooling.
05:23You've got four kids of a non-driving age, right?
05:25That's right.
05:26Four kids, a lot of activities.
05:28So to make it an enriching experience, we've been listening to Rolling Stone's top 500 albums
05:33of all time, from 500 down to one.
05:35Now, you look like, maybe we're a similar age, you would enjoy that.
05:38What do the kids, 11 to 15, think of Rolling Stone magazine's top albums?
05:42Interestingly, they hate it.
05:44I've heard, this is the worst song ever, about a thousand times.
05:47And I'm frequently chastised for the foul language in many of the top albums.
05:51Oh, wow.
05:52Well, this incentivizes them to get driver's licenses.
05:54That's right.
05:54Right?
05:55Yeah.
05:55That's a good plan, Matt.
05:56Our champion is Stephanie Perkins, a math teacher from St. Louis.
06:00We're in May right now, Stephanie, which means summer vacation is coming.
06:03Yes, it is.
06:03An exciting time for all high school teachers.
06:05Do you keep track of this?
06:07I start counting down to summer the first day we go back in August.
06:11On the first day of school.
06:13And I should also say I love my job, and I'm not trying to just get out of it, but
06:16yes.
06:16It actually started during COVID, because we were counting down, like, how many days we
06:20had to get through to have a successful full school year.
06:23You know, we have to celebrate every 100 and every 10, so it gets to be more fun as we
06:26go.
06:27That's how I imagined the teacher's workroom being when I was a kid.
06:30Matt, you give us the last correct response.
06:32Let's get back into the Jeopardy! round.
06:33Okay, I'll do fascinating for 800.
06:36Claus Oldenburg's 40-foot-tall clothespin has been a crowd-pleaser in this U.S. city
06:40since its installation for the Bicentennial.
06:43Madeline.
06:43What is Philadelphia?
06:44You got it.
06:45Uh, fascinating, 1,000.
06:47As a noun, it's a strip of wood used to secure something closed, like a ship's hatches when
06:52seas are rough.
06:53Matt.
06:54What is batten?
06:55Batten down the hatches, yes.
06:56Fascinating for 200.
06:58Before lock, it's a brand of resealable plastic bags.
07:02Stephanie.
07:02What is zip?
07:03Zip lock.
07:04Um, triple meanings for 800.
07:06The answer there is a daily double, Stephanie.
07:10You just got out of the red.
07:12Good news for you, and you can wager up to $1,000 here.
07:14I need to try $1,000.
07:15All right, going for $1,000 in triple meanings, here's a clue for you.
07:20Deep part of a waterway, a means of access, concentrate your energies into something.
07:28What is channel?
07:30Channel, you got there, yes.
07:31And you got $1,000.
07:32And you got $1,000.
07:33Nicely done.
07:35Let's stay with triple meanings for 600.
07:38Part of a belt, to apply oneself to collapse.
07:42Stephanie.
07:42What is buckle?
07:43Write again.
07:44Triple meanings for 400.
07:45An early version of a book, conscript for military service, beer drawn from a cask or barrel.
07:52Stephanie.
07:53What is draft?
07:53Three definitions of draft.
07:55Triple meanings, 200.
07:56Seat of government, the upper part of a column, money to invest.
08:01Stephanie.
08:01What is capital?
08:02Yes.
08:03And triple meanings for 1,000.
08:05The hide of an animal, to hurry, to strike with flung objects.
08:10Stephanie.
08:10What is pelt?
08:11That is correct.
08:12You got all five of those.
08:13Nicely done.
08:15Close game.
08:17Notorious for 400.
08:18Asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton gets credit for saying, because that's where this
08:23is.
08:24Stephanie.
08:24What is the money?
08:25That's where the money is.
08:26Notorious for 200.
08:27A master of disguise, French criminal Jacques Marine was known as the man of 1,000, these.
08:33Stephanie.
08:34What is faces?
08:34Yes.
08:35L.A. art and music for 1,000.
08:38This former chairman of Occidental Petroleum founded an L.A. museum that opened in 1990,
08:43just two weeks before he died.
08:45Madeline.
08:46Who's Getty?
08:46No.
08:47Matt.
08:48Who's Hammer?
08:49Harmon Hammer.
08:49Well done.
08:50L.A. art and music for 800.
08:52Designed by Frank Gehry and completed in 2003, this concert hall in downtown L.A. has been
08:58called an acoustical nirvana.
09:00Stephanie.
09:00What is the Disney Music Hall?
09:02Walt Disney?
09:03Yes, that's right.
09:04L.A. art and music for 600.
09:06A USC recital hall is named for nine-time Oscar-winning composer Alfred of This Family,
09:12father of Thomas and David.
09:16That's the Newman family.
09:18Stephanie.
09:18400.
09:19The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is home to the L.A. opera, which in 2026 staged Verdi's
09:24comic opera named for this Shakespeare wooer.
09:27Matt.
09:28Who's Falstaff.
09:28That's the opera.
09:29One more clue in L.A. art and music.
09:31A landmark outside a landmark.
09:33Urban Light at LACMA is made up of 202 cast iron Vs, refurbished by artist Chris Burden.
09:42Those are street lights or lampposts.
09:45Everybody's playing well.
09:46Matt's in the lead.
09:46And we have Double Jeopardy on deck.
09:57Madeline will select first in the Double Jeopardy round.
10:00Let's run down the new categories, players.
10:02We have, from left to right, name your daughter from the U.S. map.
10:07Then books and authors.
10:09Zero Year Entertainment.
10:11After that, it's eponyms, buried at Arlington.
10:15And finally, L.A. science and tech.
10:18This time with the initials L.A. in quotation marks.
10:21Madeline, select.
10:22Name your daughter, 1600.
10:24The seat of Garfield County, Enid in this state, is located at a watering place on the
10:29Chisholm Trail.
10:30Stephanie.
10:31What is Kentucky?
10:32No.
10:33Madeline.
10:33What is Oklahoma?
10:34That's right.
10:34Daughter, 2000.
10:36George Washington helped lay out this place on the Potomac and drilled troops there during
10:40the French and Indian War.
10:44We stumped even Matt from Arlington.
10:46What is Alexandria?
10:48Back to you, Madeline.
10:49Daughter, 12.
10:51Answer there is a Daily Double.
10:56You're now in second place, Madeline, and gunning for the lead, what do you want to wager?
10:59$4,800, please.
11:00Okay, trying for the true Daily Double in Name Your Daughter from the U.S. Map.
11:04Here's your clue.
11:06Greek heritage?
11:07How about this?
11:08The capital of a West Coast state.
11:10What is Olympia?
11:11Olympia, that's the name.
11:12You're in the lead with 9,600.
11:17Eponyms, 1,200.
11:19The answer there is the other Daily Double.
11:24Back to back, Madeline, well done.
11:25What's the wager this time?
11:28$7,000.
11:29Another big wager.
11:31You'll have $16,600, if you're correct, in Eponyms.
11:35His name now means a prolific lover and seducer, but he kept his pants on when he talked about
11:40balloon technology with Ben Franklin.
11:44Who is Casanova?
11:46Casanova is correct.
11:48$7,000 more for you.
11:52Eponyms, 16.
11:54The familiar rhythm heard here is known as this pioneering rock and roller's beat.
12:03Madeline?
12:03Who's Chuck Berry?
12:04No.
12:05Stephanie or Matt?
12:08Matt, have your kids not had to hear this?
12:10This was definitely one of the albums.
12:11I can't remember it.
12:12That's a Bo Diddley beat.
12:13Yes, that's right.
12:14Back to you, Madeline.
12:15Eponyms, 2000.
12:16It's not certain which man gave his name to this cocktail of vermouth, gin, and Campari,
12:21or if he was even Italian.
12:25But he was someone named Negroni.
12:28Madeline?
12:29Um, LA Science and Tech, 1200.
12:32Doc, do you need to put me under, or will you just use one of these?
12:35Stephanie?
12:36What is a local anesthetic?
12:37Yes.
12:38Buried at Arlington for 1200?
12:41Juanita Hips wrote, I served on Bataan about her time as a U.S. Army nurse in this country.
12:46Madeline?
12:47What is the Philippines?
12:48You got it.
12:48LA, 16.
12:50It's the LA in laser.
12:53Stephanie?
12:53What is a light amplification?
12:55Correct.
12:56Science and Tech, 2000.
12:57For more than 60 years, Gilbert Strang taught this two-word math subject at MIT, then retired
13:03to solve more unknowns.
13:05Matt?
13:06What is linear algebra?
13:07Very good, for 2000.
13:08Uh, Science and Tech for 800.
13:10Francis Yale, reminiscing here, had this job helping Thomas Edison.
13:15The 21st of October, 1879, the lamp had held out heroically.
13:22Matt?
13:23What is a lab assistant?
13:24That's correct.
13:25Uh, Science and Tech for 400.
13:27Who knows what this part of Sandy Koufax could have done if ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction
13:32had been invented sooner?
13:33Matt?
13:34What is a left arm?
13:35Yes.
13:36Uh, eponyms for 800?
13:37Here's the signing into law of this eponymous, far-reaching, and sometimes controversial program.
13:43Matt?
13:44What is Obamacare?
13:44Right.
13:45Eponyms for 400?
13:47This eponym is no longer part of formal autism spectrum disorder diagnoses, but some still embrace
13:52the term Aspies.
13:53Matt?
13:54What is Asperger syndrome?
13:55Right.
13:56Arlington for 400?
13:58Medgar Evers and this African-American Supreme Court Justice were both laid to rest there.
14:03Matt?
14:03Who is Marshall?
14:04Yes.
14:05Arlington for 800?
14:06In 1988, the remains of this co-discoverer of the North Pole were moved to Arlington and
14:11reburied with full military honors.
14:14Matt?
14:14Who is Henson?
14:15Matthew Henson, yes.
14:16Arlington for 1600?
14:18This pioneering bacteriologist served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Cuba during the
14:23Spanish-American War.
14:24Stephanie?
14:25Who is Walter Reed?
14:26Correct.
14:27Buried at Arlington, 2000?
14:29This French-born architect who designed D.C. is honored with a monument in Arlington.
14:34Stephanie?
14:34Who is L'Enfant?
14:35Right again.
14:36Zero-year entertainment, 1200?
14:39December 8, 1980 brought sadness with the death of John Lennon, but joy to my generation
14:44as this beloved comic strip was launched.
14:49Oh, Gen X weeps.
14:50That's Bloom County.
14:51Back to you, Stephanie.
14:531600, zero-year?
14:552020 was a good year for home-based entertainment like this game where you play as Zagreus,
15:00Prince of the Underworld.
15:02Stephanie?
15:03What is God of War?
15:04No.
15:05Matt or Madeline?
15:08Well, now Gen Z has ticked off.
15:10What is Hades?
15:11Back to you, Stephanie.
15:12Let's try books for 1200.
15:13Thomas Harris introduced Hannibal Lecter in this colorful novel that predated The Silence
15:18of the Lambs.
15:19Stephanie?
15:20What is Red Dragon?
15:20Right.
15:21Books for 16?
15:22The author of this 1897 novel used an account of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
15:27as a reference.
15:29Matt?
15:29What is Dracula?
15:30Yes.
15:31Books and authors for 800?
15:33Unsuccessful sci-fi author Kilgore Trout appears in several novels by this author, including
15:37Breakfast of Champions.
15:39Stephanie?
15:39Who is Vonnegut?
15:40Yes.
15:41Books for 400?
15:41The 2025 political thriller First Gentleman is the third collaboration from Bill Clinton
15:47and this mega best-selling author.
15:49Matt?
15:50Who is Patterson?
15:50It is.
15:51Books and authors for 2000?
15:53Of Indian descent, this author of Interpreter of Maladies wrote her third novel, Whereabouts,
15:59in Italian.
16:00Madeline?
16:00Who is Lahiri?
16:01Jhumpa Lahiri.
16:02Very nice.
16:03Zero Year Entertainment, 2000.
16:05In 1950, Juanita Hall, who played Bloody Mary in this show, became the first African-American
16:11actress to win a Tony.
16:13Stephanie?
16:13What is South Pacific?
16:14Right.
16:15Zero Year Entertainment for 800?
16:17On October 22, 1990, Eddie Vedder and his companions in this band played their first
16:22show at the off-ramp in Seattle.
16:24Stephanie?
16:25What is Pearl Jam?
16:26Right.
16:26Zero Year Entertainment, 400?
16:28In August 2000, more than 50 million viewers saw Richard Hatch take this show's first million
16:33dollar prize.
16:34Matt?
16:35What is Survivor?
16:36Correct.
16:37A daughter from the U.S. map for 400?
16:39How about Aurora in this state, founded in 1891 during a silver mining boom?
16:44Matt?
16:45What is Colorado?
16:46Yes.
16:46Final clue, naming daughters from the U.S. map?
16:49The 65-foot landmark replica seen here is found in this city northeast of Dallas.
16:54Matt?
16:55What is Paris, Texas?
16:56Paris, Texas.
16:57You are correct.
16:58Three great scores today, but Madeline is clinging to the lead as we move into final jeopardy.
17:02Let's settle this thing with this category, famous lists, and one more clue coming up right
17:08after this break.
17:10After an exciting game with three big scores, famous lists is the final jeopardy category.
17:15Let's take a look at the clue.
17:17A famous list of this many items is found on the 1972 comedy album Class Clown.
17:2330 seconds, players.
17:25Good luck.
17:5330 seconds, players.
17:56Let's begin with the champ, Stephanie Perkins, the pride of Narenk's High, $12,600, and you
18:01wrote down, Stephanie, what is seven? That's correct. Do you know what it's a reference
18:06to? The words you can't say on television. The seven words you can't say on TV. It's
18:10a George Carlin album. And what are those seven words, Stephanie? Well done. So you're
18:16going to be adding how much? $6,000, taking you to $18,600. Matt was in second place with
18:22$15,600. Was he thinking of the seven words you can't say? Ooh, he probably is now. I was
18:28thinking of them, but I wrote the wrong number. You think there's two extra words? Yeah, exactly.
18:33I can come up with a couple. Yeah, right now, you probably can. Sadly, nine is incorrect. What did
18:38you wager, Matt? Everything. That'll drop you down to zero. So all eyes now on Madeline Kaplan,
18:43in the lead with $18,200. She wrote something down quickly. Did she know it was George Carlin?
18:48Seven. She got it. What did she wager? Big payday today. $13,500 takes her to $31,700.
18:56And she's a Jeopardy! champion. Great game, Madeline. Great game from all three of you.
19:02We'll be back with more Jeopardy! tomorrow.
19:04All right.
19:07All right.
19:12Let's go.
19:26All right.
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