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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 45: Quentin Powers, Nannono Zirimu, Aahil Makhani
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Let's meet today's contestants.
00:17A business student, originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Ahil Makani.
00:23A regulatory analyst from Albany, New York, Nanano Ziramou.
00:28And our returning champion, a return Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, Virginia, Quentin Powers,
00:37whose one-day cash winnings total $14,200.
00:43And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:50Thank you, Johnny. Good to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:53In yesterday's game, despite never having seen the film Citizen Kane, Quentin Powers here won by coming up with the
01:00correct response in Final Jeopardy.
01:01What is Rosebud?
01:03When I asked how he knew about Rosebud never having seen the film, he said,
01:07Ken, it's still winter. I had sledding on my mind.
01:10Thanks for taking a break in the sledding to come back today and face Nanano and Ahil.
01:13I wish all three of you the best of luck.
01:15Let's play Jeopardy! with these categories in the first round.
01:18From left to right, we have Oh High March, then Recent Fiction, Some International Cuisine,
01:27followed by Four Times the Fun, Facts About Pop Singers, and we'll finish the board with Altered Words.
01:35Quentin?
01:35Ken, let's do Oh High March for $1,000.
01:39Ratified on March 1st, 1781, this document included number 11, in which Canada got the option to join the U
01:46.S.
01:47Spoiler, Canada did not.
01:49Quentin?
01:50What is the Bill of Rights?
01:50No, not the Bill of Rights.
01:52Nanano or Ahil?
01:551781, the Articles of Confederation.
01:57Back to you, Quentin.
01:58Same category, 800.
02:00Answer is a daily double, Quentin.
02:04You can wager up to $1,000 here, the biggest dollar value on the board.
02:07Let's do it.
02:08Let's wager $1,000.
02:09All right.
02:09Trying to get back to a tie for the lead.
02:11Here's your clue.
02:12In Oh High March, on March 6th, 1836, the last fortification to fall of the battle of this landmark was
02:20the chapel.
02:26What is the battle of...
02:31Out of time.
02:33It was the Alamo.
02:34The chapel fell last at the Alamo.
02:36So you've got some ground to make up.
02:37Select again.
02:38International Cuisine, 1,000.
02:40This appetizer from South America is raw fish or shrimp marinated or cooked in lemon or lime juice.
02:46Quentin?
02:47What is ceviche?
02:47Yes.
02:48International Cuisine, 800.
02:49This popular Thai dish is marinated meat on a skewer served with a peanut dipping sauce.
02:55Quentin?
02:56What is satay?
02:56Yes, right again.
02:57Four times the fun, 1,000.
02:58Das Rheingold was the initial entry of this four-part opera cycle, first performed in full in 1876.
03:06Ahil?
03:06What's the ring cycle?
03:07That's right.
03:08Ring of the Nibelung.
03:09Recent fiction for 800.
03:11This three-named author has covered women in 60s Hollywood, in 70s rock, and now in 80s NASA with atmosphere.
03:21That's Taylor Jenkins Reid.
03:23Back to Ahil.
03:24Recent fiction for 1,000.
03:25She writes series of series, including Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
03:31Quentin?
03:32Who is Sarah Moss?
03:33Sarah Moss is right.
03:34You're out of the hole.
03:35Facts about pop singers, 1,000.
03:36This singer from Calgary got her start as a dancer and even competed on So You Think You Can Dance
03:41the Next Generation.
03:43No, no, no.
03:43What is Tate McRae?
03:45That's right.
03:46Altered words for 600.
03:47Meaning you're preparing to do something.
03:50Finna is a variation of these two words.
03:53Ahil?
03:53What is fixing to?
03:54Yes.
03:55Facts about pop singers, 800.
03:57The co-writer of this woman's 80s song, Physical, originally had in mind a macho rock figure like Rod Stewart
04:03for the hit.
04:05Ahil?
04:05Who is Newton-John?
04:06Olivia Newton-John, yes.
04:08Stewart, International Cuisine for 6.
04:10In Trinidad, try chicken roti, usually flavored with this Indian spice blend and served with a flatbread.
04:16Ahil?
04:16What is garam masala?
04:18No.
04:20Quentin or Nana, no.
04:22The spice blend is just curry.
04:24Back to you, Ahil.
04:25Cuisine for 4.
04:26In Brazil, arroz dosu, traditionally served at the festival Festa Junina, is this dessert topped with cinnamon.
04:33Quentin?
04:34What is rice?
04:35What is rice pudding?
04:36That's it.
04:36Yeah.
04:37Facts about pop singers, 600.
04:39In 2020, this Colombian singer thanked Plato after completing an online course in ancient philosophy.
04:45Quentin?
04:45Who is Shakira?
04:46Yeah, big Plato fan.
04:47Four times the fun, 800.
04:49The 21st century educational acronym STEM stands for this quartet of fields.
04:54Nonono?
04:54What is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics?
04:57Well done, you got all four.
04:58Recent fiction for 600.
05:00Jackson Lamb leads a bunch of misfit MI5 agents in this novel by Mick Herron, the first in a series
05:06and the basis for an Apple TV show.
05:11It's a great show with Gary Oldman.
05:13What is slow horses?
05:14Look at this.
05:15We have a three-way tie as we come to our first break.
05:17We'll come back and break that tie in just a moment.
05:21Ahel Mukani hails from Birmingham, Alabama, originally.
05:24You're a business student.
05:25Correct.
05:25And I like the sound of your club.
05:27Tell me about your book club.
05:28So we do this thing called Silent Book Club.
05:30We gather in public, read silently for an hour.
05:33We all read different books, and then we talk about what we read.
05:36Go in to get out of the house, meet some new people, and read whatever you want.
05:39There's one of these in a hotel lobby in Seattle, and it's so popular, I can't get in.
05:42But it sounds like fun.
05:43Come to Decatur.
05:44We got you.
05:44Decatur.
05:45Nada Naziramu from Albany, New York, is a regulatory analyst and a one-time radio DJ, right?
05:51Yeah.
05:51So my sophomore year of college, I had my own show called 44 Degrees.
05:5644 Degrees.
05:56Yeah.
05:57I went to Syracuse, so that number, 44, is kind of the undesignated designated number for it.
06:01And degrees, because I wanted to do like a trip-hop, down-tempo kind of vibe, threw that idea out
06:07the window.
06:07So it was just a free-for-all, played like way too many things that wasn't chill.
06:13Like you were just playing everything.
06:15Oh, yeah.
06:15That's what college radio is for.
06:16That sounds amazing, no, no, no.
06:18Quentin Powers is back with us.
06:20Our returning champion is a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, Virginia.
06:24Your parents learned very early that you could read.
06:26How did they find out?
06:27Yeah.
06:27So as the story goes, we were taking a family trip down to Florida, and we were driving.
06:32So I must have been about one, one and a half years old.
06:34And all of a sudden, I was in the back seat, and my parents hear the voice reading a sign
06:39on the highway.
06:39And I just said, Waffle House.
06:42Those fateful first words, Waffle House.
06:45I love it.
06:46Pick up your signaling devices, everyone.
06:48Na Na No is going to make the next selection.
06:50International Cuisine for $200.
06:53Saltskartoffeln is a staple side dish in Germany.
06:56Just peel and boil these tubers in salt water.
06:59Ahil.
07:00Water potatoes.
07:00Yes.
07:01Ultra words for $1,000.
07:02Have your way, and tell us you know the word druthers smushed together these two words.
07:11Druthers, short for would rather.
07:13Ahil.
07:14Fiction for $4.
07:15Dungeon crawler Carl is part of the fantasy genre called lit RPG, with RPG standing for this.
07:22Quentin.
07:23What is a role-playing game?
07:24You got it.
07:25High March for $6.
07:26Things were looking up on March 13th, 1781, when William Herschel discovered this planet,
07:31named for a Greek deity and not a Roman one.
07:34Ahil.
07:35What is Uranus?
07:35Yes.
07:36Ultra words for $8.
07:37Mark Twain liked to use this word, a contraction of ordinary, for someone disagreeable.
07:43Quentin.
07:43What is ornery?
07:44That is the word.
07:45High March for $4.
07:47In 44 B.C., a world leader received the ultimate veto at the Senate on this date.
07:52Ahil.
07:53It was March 15th.
07:54Yeah, Ides of March for Caesar.
07:55Facts about pop singers for $4.
07:57After this man joined Petruzzelli, Principe, and Tamburo in the act, the three flashes became
08:02the Hoboken Four.
08:04Ahil.
08:05Who's Sinatra?
08:05That is Sinatra, Ed Wright.
08:07Fiction for $2.
08:08An obituary writer accidentally publishes his own obit in John Kenny's 2025 novel,
08:13I See You've Called In This Way.
08:15Ahil.
08:16What is dead?
08:16I See You've Called In Dead is the book.
08:18Words for four.
08:20Brits might inquire if you'd fancy a spot of tea by offering this, a five-letter alteration
08:25of a three-word term.
08:27Quentin.
08:27What is a cuppa?
08:28A cuppa, right.
08:29Four times the fun for six.
08:31If you're a triangle virtuoso, take your place in this one of the four major sections of
08:35a symphony orchestra.
08:36Ahil.
08:37What's percussion?
08:38Good.
08:38Four times the fun for four.
08:40The four suits used in playing cards include this one, originally known by its French name
08:45Treffle.
08:46Ahil.
08:46What are the clubs?
08:47Very good.
08:48Clubs.
08:48Pop singers, too.
08:50Before Sweet Baby James, he released an album on Apple Records.
08:53Paul McCartney was his Rock Hall of Fame inductor.
08:59That was James Taylor.
09:00Ahil.
09:01Words for two.
09:02An official greeting at the campus of Texas A&M is this five-letter one, a shortening
09:07of an old phrase.
09:08Ahil.
09:09What is a gigam?
09:10No.
09:11Quentin.
09:11What is howdy?
09:12Howdy.
09:13Short for howdy-a-do.
09:14High march for two.
09:15On March 1st, 1872, it officially became the USA's first national park.
09:20It even has its own Grand Canyon.
09:22Quentin.
09:23What is Yosemite?
09:23No.
09:25Ahil.
09:25What's Yellowstone?
09:26You got it.
09:27One more clue and four times the fun.
09:29Of the four presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore, he was the one born farthest west.
09:34Ahil.
09:34Who's Roosevelt?
09:35No.
09:36Quentin.
09:36Who's Lincoln?
09:37Correct.
09:37Kentucky, the furthest west.
09:39That puts you within $800 of Ahil's lead.
09:41And Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:43We'll come right back.
09:45Welcome back to Double Jeopardy, where we have a quick score change before we reveal the categories.
09:50Our judges have ruled that Ahil's response of garam masala as an Indian spice mix with
09:54roti is correct.
09:56So he'll be getting those $1,200 back.
09:58No, no, no.
09:59You'll be selecting first in the Double Jeopardy round.
10:01Let's see what your categories will be.
10:03We have first even more opera.
10:06Even more.
10:07Then Ed TV, biology, a category called RAM, where the responses all begin with R-A-M, cities
10:16in color, and finally a special guest.
10:19I'm Oscar the Grouch, and I'm on this rotten show to talk about one thing, trash.
10:27Harsh words from Oscar.
10:29No, no, no.
10:30You're up.
10:31Let's do Oscar the Grouch for $1,600.
10:33Here's Oscar.
10:34I long to sail aboard this type of ancient Chinese sailing vessel that has up to five
10:40sails that can be opened easily like Venetian blinds.
10:44Its name comes to us from the Javanese language.
10:49Quentin.
10:49What is a junk?
10:50Yes, junk.
10:51Cities in color for 12.
10:54Magenta, Italy gave its name to a color after the third emperor of this name beat the Austrians
10:59in a nearby 1859 battle.
11:03That's Napoleon III.
11:05Quentin.
11:06Cities for 16.
11:07Answer there is a daily double.
11:09Quentin.
11:12Four hundred dollars behind Ahil.
11:14He's in the lead.
11:15Three thousand.
11:16That will put you in front.
11:17With three thousand dollars on the line, here's your clue in Cities in Color.
11:21For the color of many buildings, the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago had this nickname referenced
11:27in the title of a 2003 bestseller.
11:33What is the brown city?
11:39Out of time.
11:40No, it's the white city.
11:41Eric Larson's Devil in the White City.
11:43So you will lose 3,000, but select again.
11:45Cities for two.
11:46In his version of the Yellow Rose of Texas, Elvis Presley sang,
11:50My heart's in this appropriate panhandle city.
11:53Ahil.
11:54What's Amarillo?
11:55Yes.
11:55Ram for 16.
11:56These two words are in the URL for the official website of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
12:02Quentin.
12:03What is Rambling Rec?
12:04Yes, at Georgia Tech.
12:05Ed TV for 2,000.
12:07Long before he was Dr. Grant Linkletter on Young Sheldon,
12:10he played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on St. Elsewhere.
12:16That Ed is the great Ed Bigley Jr.
12:18Quentin.
12:19Ram for two.
12:20This specialty fruit is native to Malaysia.
12:23Ahil.
12:24What's Rabitan?
12:24It is a Rambutan.
12:26Biology for 16.
12:27Answer.
12:28A daily double now for you, Ahil.
12:32You're in the lead.
12:33You saw Quentin just miss a daily double.
12:35Who knows which way this will go?
12:36What do you want to wager?
12:37Let's do 3,600.
12:38All right.
12:39For 13,200, if you're right, here's your clue in biology.
12:44Many fish in Lake Malawi, like the Chombo, can't be found anywhere else,
12:48meaning they are this, from Greek for district.
12:53What is Agora?
12:55Sorry, no, they're endemic.
12:57Endemic to that lake.
12:59All right, so the game gets a little closer.
13:00Select again, Ahil.
13:01Ram for 12.
13:03A little baking dish.
13:05Quentin.
13:05What is Ramekin?
13:06Right.
13:07I love trash for 2,000.
13:09Back to Oscar.
13:10Sure, you could call it a sedan chair or palanquin,
13:14but why would you when you can use this trashy six-letter word
13:18for the enclosed couch that's mounted on poles and carried by porters?
13:26It's also called a litter.
13:28Quentin, trash for 12.
13:30Back to Oscar.
13:31The FAA has a program to manage FOD, short for foreign object this,
13:38a French synonym for trash.
13:40Like me, they take the topic of trash seriously.
13:46Ahil.
13:46What is detritus?
13:47No.
13:49Quentin or nonono?
13:50The French, debris.
13:53Back to you, Quentin.
13:54Uh, Ram for 8.
13:56Wildly exuberant.
13:58Quentin.
13:58What is rambunctious?
13:59That's right.
14:00Biology for 2.
14:01An Italian scientist lent his name to this apparatus
14:04responsible for Amazoning protein deliveries within the cell.
14:08Ahil.
14:09It was Golgi.
14:09The Golgi apparatus, yes.
14:11Ed for 16.
14:12Eddie Murphy as him on SNL.
14:14I hope I get to live in your neighborhood someday.
14:17The problem is, is when I move in, y'all move away.
14:21No, no, no.
14:21Who is Mr. Rogers?
14:22No.
14:24Ahil.
14:24Who's Jefferson?
14:25Also incorrect.
14:27Quentin?
14:28Facts.
14:29It was a Mr. Rogers parody, but his character was Mr. Robinson.
14:32Mr. Robinson's neighborhood.
14:34Ahil.
14:35Biology for 12.
14:35Despite having sex organs, this flower with fluffy seed heads propagates asexually through
14:41a process called apomixis.
14:43Ahil.
14:44What's a dandelion?
14:45Right.
14:46Opera for 12.
14:47L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen is called this for the Caribbean city where its
14:52distinctive rhythm was born.
14:59Ahil.
14:59What's can-can?
15:00Not the can-can.
15:02Quentin or non-ano?
15:04It's the habanera for Havana.
15:06Ahil.
15:07Uh, opera for 16.
15:09Pagliacci follows this type of performance troupe with an Italian name.
15:16It's a commedia dell'arte troupe.
15:19Ahil?
15:19Uh, cities in color for eight.
15:21The New Jersey city called this was incorporated as a town in 1860.
15:26East this, west this, and south this soon followed.
15:29No, no, no.
15:30What is orange?
15:31Right.
15:31Let's do biology for 800.
15:34Vestigil features in babies include the PGR, or palmer grasp, one of these, likely used
15:40by our ancestors to grab mom's fur.
15:42Ahil.
15:42What's reflux?
15:43Yes.
15:44Ed TV for 12?
15:45On the office, he played Andy Bernard, proud Cornell alum and member of the acapella group
15:50Here Comes Treble.
15:51Quentin.
15:52Who is Ed Helbs?
15:53That's him.
15:54Even more opera for two.
15:55This 1984 Philip Glass opera tells the story of an Egyptian pharaoh and religious reformer.
16:02Ahil.
16:02What, it's Cleopatra?
16:03No.
16:04Quentin or non-ano?
16:06The pharaoh is Akhenaten.
16:08Back to Quentin.
16:09Great.
16:10Let's do cities in color for four.
16:11Like a plant that keeps its leaves year-round, lush tiruvanantapuram in India is known as
16:17this city.
16:18Quentin.
16:19What is it, evergreen city?
16:20Yes.
16:20I love trash for 800.
16:22Oscar?
16:23You can even be grouchy under the sea.
16:26That's why my favorite characters in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid are obviously
16:32these two eels, both voiced by Patty Edwards.
16:37Ahil.
16:37Who are flotsam and jetsam.
16:38That's right.
16:39Ed TV for eight.
16:41Ed Bradley was best known for a quarter century on this serious CBS show, but was also a fixture
16:47on stage with Jimmy Buffett.
16:48Quentin?
16:49What is 60 Minutes?
16:50Right.
16:51Even more opera for eight.
16:52La Vendetta was an early title of this composer's Il Trovatore.
16:57Nonono.
16:58Who is Verdi?
16:59Verdi's right.
17:00Even more opera for four.
17:01This Richard Strauss opera is famous, or infamous, for its Dance of the Seven Veils.
17:09Good news, no more opera.
17:11What is Salome?
17:12Nonono?
17:13Biology for four.
17:15It's the imitative behavior of talking parrots, or of harmless snakes taking on the colors of
17:20venomous ones.
17:21Quentin?
17:22What is mimicry?
17:23Yes.
17:23Ram for four.
17:25The Star Spangled Banner is glimpsed gallantly streaming over these.
17:29Quentin?
17:29What are ramparts?
17:30Or the ramparts.
17:31Ed TV for four.
17:32The 2025 Netflix doc Sunday Best looks at how he showcased black artists on his Sunday
17:38night variety show during the civil rights era.
17:41Quentin?
17:41Who is Pryor?
17:42No.
17:44Nononorahil?
17:46That Ed was Ed Sullivan.
17:47One more clue, and it's coming from the legend Oscar the Grouch.
17:51With lyrics like, I'm only happy when it rains, I'm only happy when it's complicated,
17:56this alternative rock band with lead singer Shirley Manson is a favorite among grouches.
18:03Nononor.
18:04What is Garbage?
18:04Garbage is correct, yes.
18:06And Quentin has the lead as we head into Final Jeopardy, where the category will be Final
18:10Resting Places.
18:11And the clue will be coming up after this.
18:14Today's game ends with Final Resting Places.
18:17Here's the final clue.
18:19His burial site at the London Church of St. Giles Cripplegate includes a figure of a snake
18:24holding an apple.
18:2630 seconds.
18:27Good luck.
18:57Let's begin with Nana Noziramu in the middle with $2,200.
19:01Her response, who is William the Conqueror, is not correct.
19:05She wagered $2,000, that'll leave her with $200.
19:09Ahil Makani was in second place with $4,800.
19:11What did you come up with, Ahil?
19:13St. Patrick, for the snakes.
19:15Good thought, but I'm afraid that's not right either.
19:18You will lose everything, knocking you down to zero.
19:21Quentin Powers had $8,600 coming into final.
19:23His response, who is Lister, is also incorrect.
19:27No, the snake and the apple, the fall of man, that's John Milton's final resting place.
19:31What did you wager? It all comes down to this.
19:34Quentin will lose $2,200, leaving him with $6,598, a two-day total of $20,798 for our champion.
19:42Congratulations.
19:44More Jeopardy coming your way tomorrow. We'll see you then.
19:57More Jeopardy coming your way tomorrow.
19:58In total, we won't be here tomorrow.
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