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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:09Champion's Wild Card.
00:14Here is our first group of semifinals.
00:18A data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts, Cameron Derry.
00:25A quantitative trader from Jersey City, New Jersey, Vicky Calvola.
00:32And a recent graduate from Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Ryan Sharp.
00:39And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:46Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome to Jeopardy!
00:49We have reached the semifinals in this year's Champions Wild Card Tournament.
00:53And over the next three days, nine semifinalists will be battling it out for three coveted spots in the finals.
01:00Today, it's a matchup between champions Ryan, Vicky, and Cameron.
01:04Up first, good luck players. As you probably know, it's the Jeopardy! round.
01:08And these categories for you.
01:11First up, we're going around the world.
01:13Then we have Spycraft. Let's go out tonight.
01:17Followed by boss level, time for TV, and finally, sounds like hockey, question mark.
01:24Ryan, you're up first.
01:26Sounds like hockey for 1,000.
01:28Canadian player begins with hockey.
01:30The use of chemical weapons may cross one of these, the furthest limit that will be tolerated.
01:36Ryan.
01:37What, red line?
01:38Yes, for 1,000.
01:39Hockey for 8.
01:40If you're a truly sharp dresser, you iron your pants so you could perform surgery using this.
01:49So ironed, you could do surgery with the crease.
01:52That's a hockey term.
01:53Ryan.
01:54Hockey for 6.
01:55Similar to a DMZ, this region of space on Star Trek was a buffer between Federation areas
02:01and those of the Romulans or Klingons.
02:03Ryan.
02:04What's a neutral zone?
02:05Right.
02:06Around the world for 1,000?
02:07This German city was called the Florence of the Elba before massive Allied bombing in
02:12February 1945.
02:14Ryan.
02:16What's Dresden?
02:17It is.
02:17Around the world for 8.
02:18In 1913, American architect Walter Burley Griffin went down under to design this city.
02:25Vicki.
02:25What is Canberra?
02:26Yes.
02:27Around World 6.
02:28Answer.
02:28A daily double, Vicki.
02:32You got control of the board just in time for that and you can wager up to 1,000.
02:361,000.
02:37Here's your clue in Around the World.
02:40This longest river in South Africa is named in honor of the Dutch royal family.
02:44What is the Orange River?
02:45It is the Orange River.
02:46You have $1,800.
02:48Where to now, Vicki?
02:50Spycraft, 1,000.
02:52Ex-spy Jason Matthews drew on his knowledge of the KGB's use of this sweet-sounding sexpionage
02:58for his novel Red Sparrow.
03:00Cameron.
03:01What is a honeypot?
03:02Yes.
03:03Spycraft, 800, please.
03:05These colorful covert operations are likely to be disavowed by a spy agency.
03:10Cameron.
03:11What are black ops?
03:12Correct.
03:13Spycraft, 600.
03:14To find a mole, give multiple suspects info and see what version leaks in a canary trap.
03:20This character defines it in Patriot Games.
03:23Cameron.
03:23Who's Jack Ryan?
03:24Yes.
03:25Spycraft, 400, please.
03:27Hollywood makeup artist John Chambers received the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit for helping
03:32an escape from this capital in 1980.
03:35Vicki.
03:35What is Tehran?
03:36Yes, he's in Argo.
03:37Around the world, 400.
03:39Al-Makar in Amman is the royal court compound for the king of this nation.
03:43Cameron.
03:44What is Jordan?
03:45Yes.
03:46Around the world, 200.
03:46This delta that drains into the South China Sea covers 15,400 square miles in southwest
03:53Vietnam.
03:54Cameron.
03:55What is the Mekong Delta?
03:57It is.
03:59Sounds like Hockey 400, please.
04:01A decisive gunfight, like one between law enforcement officers and criminals.
04:05Cameron.
04:06What is a shootout?
04:07Yes.
04:08Sounds like Hockey 200.
04:09This, a Midsummer Night's Dream character, is also known as Robin.
04:13Ryan.
04:14Who's Puck?
04:15Puck is right.
04:16Uh, Spycraft 2.
04:17Finish off Spycraft.
04:19In this two-word mortal method of tradecraft, items are exchanged without a meeting.
04:24Vicki.
04:24What is it, dead drop?
04:25Dead drop is correct.
04:26With 2400, all three of our players off to a good start.
04:29Three categories down, three to go.
04:31It's time to pause for this break.
04:32Back with more Jeopardy in just a moment.
04:40Let's get to know our semi-finalists.
04:42Cameron Berry is from Brighton, Massachusetts.
04:45And Cameron, I understand that when you were here originally appearing on Jeopardy, your
04:49girlfriend picked up a souvenir.
04:50Yeah, so she thought it would be a good idea to just sneak out and buy some swag, a tote
04:57bag for commemoration.
04:59Not sure how I would do in the actual taping.
05:01Uh, I ended up winning that game.
05:04And, you know, as you're traveling around with something that says Jeopardy, lots of people know the show.
05:10Uh, lots of people aren't really familiar with who is actually competing on the show.
05:14Right.
05:14So we went out to get breakfast one time and the waiter saw her tote bag and said,
05:20Oh, I love Jeopardy so much.
05:22Are you going to compete?
05:22Are you going to, uh, are you there?
05:24Did you just go in the audience?
05:26And it was the week that my show had taped, or had aired.
05:29So...
05:30But he thought she was the contestant.
05:31And you, you can't butt in there and say,
05:34Excuse me, sir.
05:36Jeopardy contestant right over here.
05:38Other side of the booth.
05:39Stolen valor for your girlfriend.
05:40I like it.
05:41Vicky Talvala is back with us from Jersey City, New Jersey.
05:44A quantitative trader who, uh, I understand recently lost your grandfather.
05:47Is that right?
05:48Yeah, that's right.
05:49Um, he was the biggest fan of Jeopardy.
05:51He watched it religiously every day for years.
05:53And he got to see my episode before he passed away.
05:57Oh, he did get to see your appearance.
05:58Yeah.
05:58I love that.
05:59What was his reaction?
06:00He was just really proud of me and happy.
06:02Think how proud he'd be to see that you're back on the Alex Trebek stage.
06:04Well done.
06:05Ryan Sharp is a recent graduate from Oakville, Ontario.
06:09Now you, in addition to appearing in Jeopardy on the other side of the Atlantic,
06:12are also a quiz show star, right?
06:14Yeah.
06:14Yeah.
06:14So, uh, when I was, uh, studying abroad in London, uh, last year, I took part in a show
06:20called University Challenge.
06:21Yes.
06:22Um, and it just so happened that my first episode of that show aired on the exact same day as
06:27my first episode of Jeopardy.
06:28Ryan Sharp mania on both sides of the Atlantic.
06:32It's like the Beatles.
06:34Vicki, you have control of the board.
06:35Three categories left.
06:36Boss level 1,000.
06:38It was a rough late 2024 to early 2025 for Mexico's richest person, this telecom king,
06:45whose account thinned by about $20 billion.
06:48Vicki.
06:48Who is slim.
06:49Carlos Slim is right.
06:50Boss level 800.
06:51Joanna Garrity flies high as CEO of this carrier that calls itself New York's hometown airline.
06:58Ryan.
07:00Well, it's JetBlue.
07:01It is JetBlue.
07:02Boss level for six.
07:04He spent 12 years at IBM and a little less time, six months, at Compaq before taking over
07:10as Apple CEO in 2011.
07:13Ryan.
07:13Who is Cook.
07:14Yes.
07:15Let's go out tonight for four.
07:16This type of drama is big on Broadway, with stars like Sarah Snook and Gene Smart.
07:21But do I want to see your pal Dave as Salmon P. Chase?
07:28Those are one-person shows.
07:30Back to you, Ryan.
07:31Boss level for four.
07:32Trained as an electrical engineer, Judy Marks went to the top floor, becoming CEO of
07:37this elevator maker in 2019.
07:39Ryan.
07:40What is Otis?
07:41Correct.
07:41Boss level for two.
07:43Game over in 2023.
07:45He sold control of his team for $3.5 billion.
07:48So don't get on him for the Luka Doncic trade.
07:51Vicky.
07:52Who is Cuban?
07:52It is.
07:53Let's go out tonight, 1,000.
07:55A new chef is making this type of cuisine, popularized by barbecue nachos, curry lasagna,
08:00and Sichuan poutine.
08:02Really?
08:03Vicky.
08:04What is fusion?
08:04Good for 1,000.
08:05Let's go out, 800.
08:06The B Street band is this type of band that devotes itself to the music of one superstar
08:11act.
08:12Vicky.
08:13What is a tribute band?
08:14Yes.
08:14Let's go out, six.
08:16Activity well suited to nighttime in the Atacama desert or at the Chateau Marmont bar on Sunset
08:21Boulevard.
08:22Cameron.
08:22What is stargazing?
08:24Two kinds of stargazing.
08:25Yes.
08:26Time for TV, 1,000, please.
08:28You can't help but kind of love smarmy network exec Corey Ellison, played by him on The Morning
08:33Show.
08:34Ryan.
08:35Who is Billy Crudup?
08:37It is Billy Crudup.
08:38Time for TV, six.
08:39In 2025, things broke bad on Netflix for this actor, who didn't make it out of the residence
08:45alive.
08:46Cameron.
08:47Who is Giancarlo Estosito?
08:49Yeah.
08:50Time for TV, 800.
08:51Nathan Lane won an Emmy for guest starring as Teddy Demas in the Boy From 6B episode
08:57of This Crime Comm.
08:59Cameron.
09:00What is Only Murders in the Building?
09:01That's the show.
09:02Time for TV, 400.
09:04Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett are spinoffs from this Disney Plus series.
09:09Ryan.
09:09What is The Mandalorian?
09:10Correct.
09:11Go out tonight for two.
09:13Ingredients for this type of party, electronic dance music, a laser show, and the motto,
09:18plur, peace, love, unity, and respect.
09:21Cameron.
09:21What is a rave?
09:22Rave is correct.
09:24Final clue.
09:24Time for TV.
09:25In 2025, Heidi Klum returned to host this reality series, but made it work without Tim Gunn.
09:32Cameron.
09:33What is Project Burnway?
09:34That's correct.
09:35Taking you to 5800, second place.
09:36But look at this.
09:37What a tight game we have.
09:39Could barely be closer.
09:40Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:41Don't go anywhere.
09:49We have a great game brewing as we move into Double Jeopardy.
09:53Here are the new categories, champs.
09:55We have French History up first, followed by I Will Survive Opera Edition, then 20th Century
10:02Lit Like a Rocket, some useful movie life hacks, and finally, Crossword Clues K. Vicky,
10:10start us off.
10:11Crossword Clues, 2,000.
10:13Dutch Barge Dog, eight letters.
10:19We stumped you with a K's hand.
10:21Back to you, Vicky.
10:22Crossword Clues, 1600.
10:24A Mirliton, that's a cheap way to get a buzz.
10:27Five letters.
10:31Buzz on a kazoo.
10:33Vicky, you gonna stick with it?
10:34No.
10:35I will survive 2,000.
10:38In a Gluck opera, Orfeo despairs as this woman dies near the end.
10:43But despair not.
10:43Amour revives her.
10:45Ryan.
10:46Who is Eurydice?
10:47Correct.
10:48I'd like to try to keep redeeming myself with French History for 16.
10:52In the 1960s, France took in a million people of European descent, who had lived in Algeria,
10:57called Pied Noir, literally these.
11:00Ryan.
11:01Who are Blackfeet?
11:02Correct.
11:02French History for 12.
11:04Answer.
11:04Daily Double.
11:08Ryan, you told us you've lived in France, you were embarrassed about a miss about French
11:12landmarks earlier.
11:13Yeah.
11:13What do you want to risk on French History here?
11:15At the risk of embarrassing myself even more.
11:199,600.
11:20Okay.
11:20Going for the True Daily Double.
11:22In French History, 9,600 on the line.
11:25Here's the clue.
11:26Enacted in 1804, this comprehensive system of laws, with revisions, is still the operating
11:32civil jurisprudence in France.
11:35What is the Napoleonic Code?
11:37Is correct.
11:38You double up to 19,200.
11:44All right, uh, crossword clues for 12.
11:47Nightmarish a la Franz.
11:4910 letters.
11:50Vicki.
11:51What is Kafkaesque?
11:52Correct.
11:53I will survive 16.
11:54At the end of Die Valkyra, this daughter of Odin may look dead, but she's really been
11:59placed under a sleep spell.
12:01Vicki.
12:01It was Brunhild?
12:02Yes.
12:03I will survive 12.
12:05A Luigi Carabini opera finds this sorceress alive at the end, but she's killed her kids,
12:10and Jason is devastated.
12:12Cameron.
12:12Who is Medea?
12:13Yes.
12:14Uh, French History, 2000.
12:17Under a program called the Mesmer Plan, in the 1980s, France tripled its number of these,
12:22that now dominate its grid.
12:24Ryan.
12:25What are nuclear power plants?
12:26Correct, for 2000.
12:2720th Century Lit, for 16.
12:29This Saul Bellow character, the Rain King, takes a spiritual journey to Africa and chooses
12:34to become a healer.
12:35Cameron.
12:36Who is Henderson?
12:37Henderson the Rain King, yes.
12:3820th Century Lit, 2000.
12:40This British author of A Handful of Dust lifted the book's title from T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland.
12:45Vicki.
12:46Who is Waugh?
12:47Right, Evelyn Waugh.
12:4820th Century Lit, 1200.
12:50This Virginia Woolf novel came out after a short story about the titular Mrs. in Bond
12:55Street.
12:55Cameron.
12:56Who is Mrs. Dalloway?
12:57That's the book.
12:5820th Century Lit, 800, please.
13:00Answer.
13:00A Daily Double, Cameron.
13:05You've got an opportunity after Ryan's big wager.
13:07What do you want to do here?
13:08All of it.
13:09Okay, you're going to try the same thing.
13:11For 19,600 if you're right, here's your clue.
13:15This language from Orwell's 1984 was designed to diminish the range of thought.
13:20What is Newspeak?
13:22Newspeak is correct.
13:24Ryan is no longer running away with this.
13:27Select again, Cameron.
13:28Movie Lifehacks, 2000.
13:31In this 1999 movie, Annette Bening says she gets her flowers to flourish with eggshells
13:35and Miracle-Gro.
13:37Cameron.
13:38What is American Beauty?
13:39It is.
13:40Movie Lifehacks, 16.
13:42In this film, George Clooney advises Anna Kendrick on more efficient ways to pack a suitcase
13:47and go through airport security.
13:48Ryan.
13:49What is up in the air?
13:50That's right.
13:51French History 8.
13:52The execution on the guillotine of Robespierre and many of his associates in 1794 marked the
13:58end of this bloody period.
13:59Vicky.
14:00What is the terror?
14:01Yes, Lorraine of Terror.
14:02I will survive 800.
14:04Things get heated on the deck of this title ship of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera,
14:08but little Buttercup and Josephine survive.
14:11Vicky.
14:11What is the HMS Pinafore?
14:13Right again.
14:13Like a Rocket, 2000.
14:15Capable of 30 miles per hour, a locomotive called Stevenson's Rocket began running from
14:20Liverpool to this Northern England industrial city in 1829.
14:24Cameron.
14:25What is Manchester?
14:26That's correct for the lead.
14:28Movie Lifehacks, 12, please.
14:30In this 2004 movie, Paul Giamatti shows Thomas Hayden Church how to swirl wine in the glass
14:36to get it to oxygenate and open up.
14:38Cameron.
14:39What is sideways?
14:40That's right.
14:41Like a Rocket, 16.
14:43The 5 in the name of this rocket that boosted the Apollo missions to the moon stood for the
14:48five huge engines that powered its first stage.
14:51Vicky.
14:51What is Saturn?
14:52Saturn 5, right.
14:53Like a Rocket, 12.
14:55In 2021, this lone industry giant with a speedy name became Rocket Mortgage.
15:00Cameron.
15:01What is Quicken?
15:02Yes.
15:03Movie Lifehacks, 800.
15:05Cooking in this Pixar film, Linguini uses the back end of his knife to scrape food from
15:10a cutting board, reducing wear on the blade.
15:12Ryan.
15:13What is Ratatouille?
15:14That's the film.
15:15History 4.
15:17Vercingetorix, a chieftain of these people, led a rebellion against Roman rule in France
15:21versus Julius Caesar.
15:23Cameron.
15:24Who are the Gauls?
15:25Yes.
15:2620th Century Lit, 400.
15:28Tender is the Night is a semi-autobiographical book from this author who died in Hollywood
15:32in 1940.
15:34Vicky.
15:34Who is Fitzgerald?
15:35Correct.
15:36Like a Rocket, 8.
15:37Founded in San Diego in 1967, the NBA's Rockets moved to this appropriate city in 1971.
15:44Cameron.
15:44What is Houston?
15:45Still in Houston, yes.
15:46Movie Lifehacks 4.
15:47In Jean-Jacques Ben-Ex's Diva, a crafty cook wears snorkeling gear to avoid tears while
15:54chopping these bulbous veggies.
15:56Vicky.
15:56What are onions?
15:57You got it.
15:58Like a Rocket, 4.
15:59The flash of artillery weapons called Congreve Rockets inspired the rocket's red glare in
16:04this song.
16:05Ryan.
16:06What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
16:07Yes.
16:08Opera, 4.
16:09Mimi doesn't make it to the end of this opera, dying of consumption.
16:12Museta is made of Hayler stuff, though, and lives on.
16:15Vicky.
16:16What is La Boheme?
16:17That's the opera.
16:18Crossword Clues, 8.
16:19Dealey Plaza has an infamous grassy one.
16:22Five letters.
16:23Vicky.
16:23What is Noel?
16:24Correct.
16:25Here's the last clue in Crossword Clues, K.
16:27Sharp end to hold someone at.
16:30Ten letters.
16:31Vicky.
16:31What is Knife Point?
16:32At Knife Point, right.
16:33An impressive 15,800.
16:35But Cameron and Ryan found the Daily Doubles and are in first and second respectively
16:38as we move into Final Jeopardy.
16:40The category today will be Medical History.
16:44Only one of these three will advance to the finals.
16:46Let's find out who it is after this.
16:49Very important Final Jeopardy category today, Medical History.
16:53Here's the clue.
16:55The viral rash known since 1866 by this Latin name was described a century earlier by Friedrich
17:02Hofmann of the University of Halle.
17:0430 seconds.
17:05Good luck.
17:36We'll begin in the middle with Vicky Talvola, $15,800.
17:40What did you come up with, Vicky, in final?
17:41You wrote rosacea.
17:44I'm afraid not.
17:45What was the wager?
17:47You bet $9,400, leaving you with $6,400.
17:49Ryan Sharpe was in second place with $24,000.
17:53What did you come up with, Ryan?
17:54You had variola, and that's also incorrect.
17:58You wagered 7,601, leaving you with $16,399.
18:04So let's see what happens here.
18:05Cameron Berry had the lead, a small lead, $27,200.
18:09His response?
18:11What is rubella?
18:12That is it.
18:13Those German scientists studied German measles or rubella.
18:17Well done.
18:18What did you wager?
18:19You'll add 4,401.
18:2131,601 wins it today and sends Cameron Berry to the Jeopardy Champions wildcard finals.
18:27What a great game, you three.
18:31The semifinals continue tomorrow.
18:33We'll be right back here on the Alex Krivek stage.
18:35Join us back.
18:38You five seconds.
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