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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 15: 2026 Tournament of Champions Quarterfinal Game 3
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00:02From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions!
00:13Introducing our third group of Jeopardy! champions, an analytics engineer from Goshen, Indiana, Ben Ganger,
00:23a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts, Cameron Derry,
00:30and a product surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri, Bryce Worgen.
00:38And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings!
00:44Thank you, folks. Thank you, Johnny. And welcome to Jeopardy!
00:48Our first two games in this year's Tournament of Champions have both been runaway wins.
00:53And yesterday, it was four-game champ Allegra Cuny who punched her ticket to the semifinals.
00:57Today, we have back with us Bryce, Cameron, and Ben, all looking to do the same.
01:01Good luck. Let's see what happens as we get underway into the Jeopardy! round with these categories.
01:07First, a trip back to 19th century America.
01:10Then we have Major League Soccer, followed by, now see here, fictional females, some old hard cash, and finally, full
01:21start.
01:22Responses here. I'll begin with F-U-L. Bryce?
01:25Well, as a Fire fan, I have to go with Major League Soccer for $800.
01:27All right. Like its NFL counterpart, MLS's New England Revolution plays its home games at this stadium in Foxborough.
01:35Bryce?
01:36What is Gillette?
01:37Yes.
01:37Uh, Major League Soccer for $1,000.
01:39Of the three Canadian teams in the league, this one is based farthest west. Ben?
01:44Who are the Whitecaps?
01:45Correct. Vancouver.
01:4619th century America for $800.
01:48Answer there. It's a D-Double for you, Ben. Right out of the gate. How much of your thousand dollars
01:54do you want to wager on 19th century America?
01:56All $1,000, Ken.
01:58All right. Going for $2,000. Here is your clue. Deposits of this mineral were discovered around 1815 in Ticonderoga,
02:06New York, leading to a whole new industry.
02:12What is quartz?
02:13No, you needed to think about Ticonderoga pencils here. What is graphite? Select again, Ben.
02:20Now see here, $1,000.
02:22This impressively bearded scientist gave his name to a cathode ray tube that led in the direction of wonderful television.
02:29Cameron?
02:30Who is...
02:31Baird?
02:32No.
02:33Bryce for Ben?
02:36That's William Crookes, the Crookes tube. Ben?
02:39Let's do now see for eight.
02:42This breed loves to perform tricks and learns new ones quickly.
02:47Bryce?
02:47Oh.
02:48What is a poodle?
02:49No.
02:50Cameron or Ben?
02:53That's a Bichon Frise.
02:55Back to Ben.
02:5619th century, $1,000.
02:57In May 1886, a labor rally in this Chicago square turned deadly after someone threw a bomb at police.
03:04Bryce?
03:05Was Haymarket?
03:05Yes.
03:06Major League Soccer for six.
03:07For scoring a league-leading 23 goals during the 2024 season, Christia Benteke was a shoe-in for this award.
03:15Ben?
03:16What's golden boot?
03:17You're right.
03:18MLS for four.
03:20This squad in the nation's capital won the first MLS Cup in 1996 and has won three more since.
03:26Cameron?
03:26What is DC United?
03:27Right.
03:29Fictional Females, $1,000.
03:31Her last name in Vanity Fair is no accident.
03:34She outwits others, including the also aptly named Mr. Wag.
03:41Becky Sharp is a Sharp operator.
03:43Cameron?
03:44Fictional Females, $800.
03:45Jean Valjean adopts this young girl after her rich dad abandoned her and her mom died.
03:51Ben?
03:51Who's Cosette?
03:52Yes.
03:53Full start for six.
03:55In 2005, after 180-plus years in lower Manhattan, this fish market relocated to a glistening new Bronx location.
04:05That's the Fulton Fish Market.
04:07Ben?
04:08Full for eight.
04:09In the 1950s, economist Milton Friedman had one of these scholarships to the United Kingdom.
04:14Cameron?
04:15What is a Fulbright scholarship?
04:16Yes.
04:17You're out of the hole.
04:18Full 1,000.
04:19Latin for to strike with lightning gives us this verb, meaning to censure.
04:27What is to fulminate?
04:29Cameron?
04:29Old hard cash 1,000.
04:31A valuable Sestertius coin from 64 AD bears images of Emperor Nero and this Roman seaport completed during his reign.
04:43That's the port of Ostia.
04:44Cameron?
04:45Um, cash, 800.
04:48The rare U.S. coins known to collectors as St. Godin's Double Eagles ceased minting in 1933 when FDR halted
04:55use of this monetary system.
04:56Ben?
04:57What's the silver standard?
04:58No.
04:59Cameron?
05:00What's the gold standard?
05:01End of the gold standard, yes.
05:02You're in a tie for the lead and we're gonna pause for a moment.
05:05Jeopardy will continue after this.
05:08Ben Ganger is an analytics engineer from Goshen, Indiana.
05:12Ben, your first appearance on Jeopardy actually came at a turbulent time in your life, right?
05:16That's right.
05:16In between my first and second tape days, I performed in Tosca in South Bend.
05:22You had opera to do.
05:23I did, yeah.
05:24I was playing the sacristan, who was only in act one, which is fortunate because I had to leave fast
05:30to get back to L.A. for my taping on Monday from a show on Sunday in Indiana.
05:36So that morning, I showed up to the theater and handed up that I was having a stomach bug.
05:42I felt really bad.
05:43I don't know if I can stick around, guys.
05:45I apparently did it well enough that the executive director of the company ran out 20 minutes before curtain and
05:52got me Pepto Bismol and brought it back to the dressing room.
05:55And I was like, I've said that my stomach is having problems and this will help.
05:59And took it.
06:00Those are the consequences of a lie.
06:03Yeah.
06:03Sometimes you have to drink a little Pepto.
06:04It was worth it.
06:05They never caught on.
06:06Nope.
06:07Cameron Barry is back with us from Brighton, Massachusetts, a data analyst and college administrator and our recent champions wildcard
06:13winner.
06:13Well done.
06:15I mean, it was such a wild experience beyond my wildest dreams.
06:19I'm here at the TOC, but I have to say, like, it was amazing to get to play against all
06:26those competitors.
06:27And since then, they've been nothing but helpful with trying to, you know, make sure I'm ready for this.
06:32And I just feel like I'm here to make them proud.
06:35And, you know, my work is all their assistance.
06:39I guess you're representing all of them in a way.
06:41Well, good luck to you.
06:42Bryce Worgen is back from Kansas City, Missouri, a product surveillance coordinator.
06:47We've announced you as Bryce Worgen, but you were not born with the surname Worgen, right?
06:51No.
06:52When I was born, my name was Bryce Durgen.
06:55When my wife and I were engaged, I was meditating on Genesis.
06:59And it's, you know, when a man leaves his mother and father, cleaves to his wife and they become one
07:04flesh.
07:04And I was just thinking, well, it's a better representation of that to merge our names.
07:09So I was Durgen, she was Ward.
07:11We put them together for Ward.
07:13Like a celebrity couple.
07:14Oh, I guess.
07:16Or a Jeopardy! portmanteau clue.
07:18I love it.
07:19Cameron, you have control of the board right now.
07:20What will it be?
07:2219th Century America, six.
07:24The first edition of her Boston Cooking School cookbook was published in 1896.
07:29Your kitchen may have the 100th anniversary edition.
07:34Who is Fanny Farmer?
07:36Cameron?
07:36Uh, old hard cash, six, please.
07:39In defiance of the motherland, this Puritan colony began making its own coins in 1652,
07:45while England was kingless after a civil war.
07:47Ben?
07:48What's Massachusetts?
07:49Can you be more specific?
07:52What's Boston?
07:53No.
07:54Cameron?
07:54What's the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
07:56That was the colony, right.
07:57Um, fictional female, six, please.
08:00In Breaking Dawn, Bella gives her hybrid daughter this hybrid first name,
08:04after her mother and mother-in-law.
08:06Cameron?
08:06What is Renesmee?
08:08Yes.
08:08Kind of the worgen of its time.
08:11Uh, now, see here's 600, please.
08:13We've never gone for this country by using a map.
08:16We've been waiting just for you.
08:18Justify our faith.
08:19Ben?
08:20What's Uzbekistan?
08:21No!
08:21No!
08:22Bryce?
08:23What is Kyrgyzstan?
08:24It is Kyrgyzstan.
08:24Well done.
08:25Uh, let's go Major League Soccer for 200.
08:28His arrival to play with the LA Galaxy in 2007 significantly boosted the league's visibility.
08:34Bryce?
08:35Who is Beckham?
08:35It is.
08:36Uh, 19th Century America, 400.
08:39In the 1830s, opponents of Andrew Jackson formed this political party, with Henry Clay
08:44as a leader.
08:45Bryce?
08:45What is Whig?
08:46You got it.
08:47Uh, 19th Century America, 200.
08:49Though out of political office, he basically ran Utah from the 1850s until his death in
08:551877.
08:56Ben?
08:57Is Brigham Young?
08:58Correct.
08:59Full start, 200.
09:01It's the point on which a lever turns.
09:03Ben?
09:04What's a fulcrum?
09:05Yes.
09:05Full start, four.
09:06Freud said that dreams, and yes, even bad ones, can provide this, perhaps of a wish.
09:12Ben?
09:12What's fulfillment?
09:13You got it.
09:14Hold hard cash, two.
09:14This Roman senator-slash-assassin minted the so-called Eidmar coin in 42 BC, two years
09:21after the event the coin celebrates.
09:23Cameron?
09:24Who is Brutus?
09:26Good.
09:27Uh, fictional females, four, please.
09:29Before marriage, this Flaubert female fought herself in love.
09:33Bryce?
09:33Who's Madame Bovary?
09:34Right.
09:35Uh, fictional females, two.
09:36Hamlet spurned her, Laerte's sister.
09:39Bryce?
09:40Who's Ophelia?
09:41That's right.
09:41Uh, old hard cash, 400.
09:43Because they depict liberty in a winged cap, thus resembling a certain Roman god, dimes
09:48minted from 1916 to 1945 are nicknamed this.
09:52Ben?
09:53What's a mercury dime?
09:54Correct.
09:54See here, too.
09:55A perennial favorite, this flower offers seeds beloved by songbirds.
10:00Hello, my little chickadee.
10:02Ben?
10:02What are black-eyed Susans?
10:03That's correct.
10:04Final clue.
10:05Popular for well over a century, this type of hat sure looks tasty.
10:10Cameron?
10:10What's a pork pie hat?
10:11It is a pork pie hat.
10:12You're tied for the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round.
10:14And Double Jeopardy! will follow right after this.
10:19Ben, that's some catching up to do right now, but there's lots of opportunity for that.
10:22In Double Jeopardy!
10:23Here are the categories he will select from in a moment.
10:26First, a field trip.
10:27Let's go to the Science Museum.
10:29Then we have Island Countries.
10:31We are playing some classical piano, then documentaries.
10:36First of all, how dare you?
10:40Ben?
10:40Classical piano, 12.
10:42This Canadian set a new standard for Bach piano playing, with two versions of the Goldberg
10:47variations in the 1950s and 80s.
10:50Ben?
10:51Who's Gold?
10:52No.
10:52No.
10:53Cameron?
10:54Who is Glenn Gould?
10:55Gould, that's it.
10:56Island Countries, 12.
10:58The southernmost of Japan's four major islands.
11:01It's home to the historic port city of Nagasaki.
11:04Ben?
11:04What's Okinawa?
11:05No.
11:06Bryce or Cameron?
11:09That's Kyushu.
11:10Cameron?
11:11Island Countries, 16.
11:12T-I is pronounced like S in the language of this nation that extends from the Line Islands
11:18to the Gilberts.
11:19Ben?
11:20What's Aleutian?
11:21That's not right.
11:22Bryce?
11:23That's Kiribati?
11:24Yes, or Kiribas.
11:25Let's go with Science Museum for 12.
11:28There are some fun demos involving Lin, this stuff, and its 320 below zero boiling point.
11:34Ben?
11:35What's Liquid Nitrogen?
11:36You got it.
11:37Science Museum, 16.
11:38This nearly 100-foot-long dinosaur is a favorite to display.
11:42Dippy was a beloved feature of London's Natural History Museum.
11:45Cameron?
11:46What's a Diplodocus?
11:48You got it.
11:49Island Countries, 2000.
11:51Following years of dispute, in 2025, the United Kingdom agreed to turn over the Chagos Archipelago
11:57to this island country.
11:59Bryce?
12:00What are the Maldives?
12:00No.
12:02Cameron or Ben?
12:04What is Mauritius?
12:05Cameron?
12:06Classical Piano, 16.
12:08He later wrote one down, but at the premiere of his third piano concerto, Beethoven improvised
12:14this Italian-named solo section.
12:16Ben?
12:16What's a cadenza?
12:17Yes.
12:18Classical Piano, 2.
12:20A 1965 record by pianist Vladimir Horowitz popularized the many, many sonatas of this
12:25contemporary of Vivaldi.
12:30Who is Scarlatti?
12:31Ben?
12:32Piano, 8.
12:33A beautiful piano piece by Debussy.
12:35It's named after a Verlaine poem and means moonlight.
12:38Cameron?
12:39What is Clair de Lune?
12:40Right.
12:42Documentaries, 12.
12:43In this 2013 film, Tilikum was the name of the tidal killer whale that unfortunately lived
12:49up to its name by killing three people.
12:51Cameron?
12:52What is Blackfish?
12:53Correct.
12:54First of all, 12.
12:55Answer.
12:56A daily double for you, Cameron.
13:00Before you wager, Cameron, we have a score correction involving Ben.
13:03Our researchers have learned that Glenn Gould's original family name was Gold.
13:07So Glenn Gould is right.
13:08Ben gets 2,400 back.
13:10Cameron, you are wagering with these scores in mind.
13:13Uh, I'll do 4,400.
13:16All right.
13:16Going for 12,000 if you're right.
13:18And first of all, Cameron, here's your clue.
13:21In 1868, this company, named for two men, made the first Swiss wristwatch for a countess.
13:26Men preferred to keep white-rabbiting.
13:34Uh, what is Victorinox?
13:36Sorry, no.
13:37Patek Philippe was the watch you had to think of there.
13:40You are still in first place with 3,200, Cameron.
13:42Go.
13:44Documentary 16, please.
13:45Ken Burns teamed up with daughter Sarah for this 2012 documentary
13:49about a quintet of youths wrongfully convicted in New York City.
13:53Ben.
13:53Who are the Central Park Five?
13:55Yes.
13:55Science Museum 2.
13:56By talking louder, I can increase this.
13:59The intensity of a wave.
14:01One of its three main qualities, along with frequency and wavelength.
14:05Cameron.
14:05What is amplitude?
14:06You got it for 2,000.
14:08How dare you 12.
14:10Note to veggie lovers.
14:11This insult, meaning rascal or ne'er-do-well, contains green onion.
14:15Ben.
14:15What is rapscallion?
14:16Yes.
14:16How dare you 1,600.
14:18Answer for you, Ben, is a daily double.
14:23And you've got some wind back in your sails, just 400 off the lead.
14:264,800.
14:27Going for the true daily double in how dare you.
14:29Here's your clue, Ben.
14:30Though no one knows the origin of this three-syllable word for fool, one theory involves a familiar
14:36Latin phrase meaning not of sound mind.
14:44What is invalid?
14:46No, sorry.
14:47Non compost mentis gave us nincompoop, perhaps.
14:50So you lose 4,800.
14:52Start building again, Ben.
14:53How dare you 2.
14:54Once a word for a freed slave, then a free thinker.
14:57It now refers to a rake, one who could do with a bit more restraint.
15:04What is a libertine?
15:06Back to Ben.
15:07First of all, 16.
15:08The first person to see bacteria and protozoa with a microscope was this Dutchman in the
15:131670s.
15:14Bryce.
15:15Who is Leeuwenhoek?
15:15Yes.
15:16First of all, 2000.
15:18He was living in Bruges in the 1470s when he produced the first book printed in English.
15:26Who is Caxton?
15:27Back to you, Bryce.
15:29First of all, for eight.
15:30Two firsts for the 1904 Olympics in this city.
15:33The first time the US hosted and the first time gold medals were awarded.
15:37Cameron.
15:38What is St. Louis?
15:39Right.
15:41Documentaries two.
15:42Albert and David Maisels are known for this documentary on Edith Bouvier-Beal and daughter
15:47Little Edie.
15:48Cameron.
15:49What is Grey Gardens?
15:50Correct.
15:51Let's go to the Science Museum eight.
15:53Kids love learning at this type of room where eggs produce life.
15:57Change the subject when they ask where the chicks go next.
15:59Cameron.
16:01What is an incubator?
16:04No.
16:05Ben.
16:06What's the hatchery?
16:07Hatchery.
16:07That's what the room is.
16:09Documentaries eight.
16:10Cancelled is a 2025 documentary about this woman from Savannah who certainly was unafraid
16:15of adding butter to a recipe.
16:17Ben.
16:17Who's Paula Deen.
16:18Yes.
16:19How dare you eight.
16:20This word for a despicable person can rhyme with staggered instead of sounding out both
16:24words that go into it.
16:26Cameron.
16:27What is blaggard?
16:28Yeah, blackguard.
16:30Island countries eight.
16:31Spanish explorers thought these islands were the source of the gold a biblical king used
16:35to build a Jerusalem temple.
16:37Cameron.
16:38What are the Solomon Islands?
16:40You are correct.
16:41Playing some classical piano four.
16:43This composer to whom music came easy said the sonata heard here is for beginners.
16:50Bryce.
16:51There's Mozart.
16:51Right.
16:52Island countries four.
16:54Inishir, Inishman and Inishmore are islands of this island nation.
16:58Ben.
16:59What's Ireland?
17:00Yes.
17:00Science museum four.
17:02This two-word innovation was proposed by Lyman Spitzer in 1946 as an extraterrestrial
17:07observatory.
17:08We'll see infrared images from the Spitzer one.
17:13He proposed the space telescope.
17:15Ben.
17:16How dare you four.
17:17It's no compliment being likened to this insect of the genus Pediculus, a parasitic
17:22infestor of the hair and skin.
17:24Bryce.
17:25What is a louse?
17:26Yes.
17:26First of all for four.
17:28In 2025, Andre Bargale was the first to climb and ski down this mountain without supplemental
17:33oxygen.
17:34The Khumbu Icefall was tricky.
17:36Ben.
17:37What's Everest?
17:38Yes.
17:38Final clue.
17:39A fistful of quarters is the subtitle of a 2007 doc in which Billy Mitchell and Steve
17:45Wiebe vie to be king of this game.
17:47Ben.
17:47What's pinball?
17:48No.
17:50Bryce.
17:50What is Donkey Kong?
17:51Donkey Kong is the game.
17:525200 means this is our first non-runaway game of the TOC.
17:55Here's your important Final Jeopardy category, players.
17:58Old books.
17:59They'll make their wagers about old books and we'll come back with a new clue right after
18:03this.
18:05Books.
18:05Old books is the Final Jeopardy category.
18:08And here's the clue.
18:10This 1653 work includes information on the care and use of proper equipment, including
18:15lines, floats and rods.
18:17Thirty seconds.
18:18Good luck.
18:18Thoughts.
18:19Forte.
18:47Beyond a
18:49Ben Ganger came into Final Jeopardy with $2,000.
18:52His response was The Art of Fishing, and I'm afraid that's not correct, Ben.
18:57What did you wager?
18:58Didn't wager anything, so you still have $2,000.
19:01Bryce Morgan was in second place with $5,200.
19:03He came up with On Fishing, and I'm afraid that is also not the correct title.
19:09What did you wager, Bryce?
19:11You went big with $4,999, leaving you with $201.
19:15Cameron Berry had the lead with $8,800.
19:17What was his response?
19:19What is the ideal fisherman?
19:21You're getting warmer.
19:22The name of this classic about the joys of fishing, The Complete Angler by Isaac Walton.
19:27It all comes down to your wager, Cameron.
19:29How much?
19:29Just $1,601 leaves you with $7,199 and makes you our winner today.
19:34Cameron's going to the semifinals.
19:39Thanks so much for watching today on Jeopardy!
19:41We'll see you tomorrow.
19:50That's all.
19:54I'll see you tomorrow.
19:54I'll see you tomorrow.
19:54We'll see you tomorrow.
19:57We can get one ears.
19:57Happy chasing you tomorrow.
19:59Peace,acağız, guys.
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