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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 12: S41 Champions Wildcard Tournament Final Game 2
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:09Champion's Wild Card.
00:14For the deciding game, here are our three finals.
00:19A software engineer, originally from Houston, Texas, Stella Trout,
00:24whose cash winnings Thursday totaled $12,800.
00:30An adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland, Jonathan Huggendubler,
00:36who earned $1,200 in our last game.
00:41And a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts, Cameron Berry,
00:47whose total yesterday was $10,000.
00:52And now, here is the host of Deputy Ken Jennings.
00:59Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome, everyone, to the culmination of this year's Jeopardy!
01:03Champion's Wild Card.
01:05At the end of this game, one of our three finalists will claim a $100,000 grand prize
01:09and the last spot in the Tournament of Champions.
01:13In yesterday's Game 1, Cameron, Jonathan, and Stella earned the scores you see in front of them now.
01:18And, as this is a two-game total point final, these scores will be added to whatever they earned today
01:23to determine our winner.
01:24For now, we will zero out those podiums and let our three finalists begin to build again in the Jeopardy!
01:29round with these categories.
01:32We'll start out with Adults in Children's Lit.
01:36Then we have Midnight's.
01:38Ooh, a little update from me.
01:40I'm in Sephora without my glasses.
01:42Then a Minor Distraction.
01:45Rock, Rap, and Remember.
01:47And finally, Use Your Sixth Sense.
01:50Cameron, you start the final game.
01:52I'll take Rock, Rap, and Remember for $1,000.
01:56Empire State of Mind was a hit for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
02:00New York State of Mind is a classic by this three-letter man who feuded with Jay.
02:04Jonathan.
02:05Who is Nas.
02:05Right.
02:06Uh, Rock, Rap, and Remember for $800.
02:09Hey, ho, let's go are the opening words of their 1976 self-titled genre-defining debut album.
02:17Jonathan.
02:17Who are the Ramones.
02:18Right again.
02:19Uh, Rock, Rap, and Remember for $600.
02:21Rosa Parks sued this duo for using her name on a 1998 hit,
02:25but it still made Rolling Stone's list of the 50 greatest hip-hop songs.
02:29Cameron.
02:29Who are Outkast.
02:30Right.
02:31Uh, Rock, $400.
02:33Krist Novoselic provided the bass line on Come As You Are and other hits by this trio.
02:38Cameron.
02:39Who are Nirvana.
02:40Good.
02:40Finish the category.
02:41Nothing but a G-Thang is a classic collab between Snoop Dogg and this man.
02:46Cameron.
02:47Who is Dr. Dre.
02:47That is Dre.
02:49Uh, Midnight, $600.
02:50In Henry IV, Part II, this character says,
02:54We have heard the chimes at midnight.
02:56Stella.
02:56Who is Falstaff.
02:57Yes.
02:59Adults and Children's Lit 1000.
03:00The novel, This Girl Sometimes, whose changes in name and time inspired a song by The Cure,
03:07has a headmistress called Miss Bite.
03:11That book is Charlotte Sometimes.
03:14Stella, back to you.
03:15Adults and Children's Lit for Eight.
03:17Answer.
03:18Daily Double.
03:21You found it early, Stella.
03:23You can wager up to $1,000.
03:24I'd like to wager $1,000, please.
03:25Here's your clue.
03:26Adults and Children's Lit.
03:28The first book about him says right off that he's an M.D., a proper doctor, not a veterinarian.
03:36Who is Dr. Dolittle?
03:37Dr. Dolittle is a real doctor, yes.
03:40Taking you to $1,600.
03:44Midnight's for $1,000.
03:45The title jester of this Verdi opera is out for revenge, not laughs, conspiring with an assassin at midnight.
03:51But the plot backfires.
03:53Stella.
03:53Who's Rigoletto?
03:54You add $1,000.
03:55Midnight's for eight.
03:56The Arctic Midnight Sun lights up the view seen here in Tromso in this country.
04:01Cameron.
04:02What is Norway?
04:03Correct.
04:04Midnight's $400.
04:05Albert Bierstadt was in London when he heard that this volcano was acting up, so he rushed to Italy to
04:10paint it at midnight.
04:12Cameron.
04:13What is Mount Etna?
04:14No.
04:15Jonathan.
04:15What is Vesuvius?
04:16That's it.
04:17Um, I'm in Sephora without my glasses for $600.
04:20I hope my biodance collagen mask is on properly.
04:23I'll peel off the mask when I wake up tomorrow and be part of this two-word TikTok trend.
04:31That's apparently Morning Shed on TikTok.
04:34Back to you, Jonathan.
04:35All right.
04:36Uh, let's go to a minor distraction for $600.
04:38We're out of Sephora already.
04:40A somber or subtle element of a story is said to be in this, like Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1.
04:47Cameron.
04:47What is a minor key?
04:49Good.
04:49Uh, minor distraction, $800, please.
04:52Around 1900 B.C., the Hittites established a kingdom on this peninsula.
04:57Stella.
04:57What's Asia Minor?
04:58Yes.
04:59Minor for $1,000.
05:01Obadiah and Habakkuk are two of the Old Testament figures known as Ves.
05:05Jonathan.
05:05What are minor prophets?
05:06That is correct, and you're now within $200 of Stella's lead, and we need to take a quick break.
05:11We'll be right back with more Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard in just a moment.
05:18We like to end our competitions and tournaments by letting our finalists say any thank yous they might have.
05:23Stella, you've got the mic.
05:24Who would you like to thank?
05:25I'd like to thank everybody here for me today.
05:27My friend Brendan, my sister Gabby, my mom and dad, and my friends Sarah and Ian are in the crowd,
05:31as well as everyone in Austin and Houston who are at home and looking out for me.
05:35You've got a big cheering section here, and I assume an even bigger one in Texas?
05:38I hope so, yeah.
05:39Everything's bigger in Texas?
05:41What about you, Jonathan Huggendubler?
05:43Who would you want to shout out?
05:44Yeah, I'd like to shout out my wife, Kate, my best man, Jessie, my mom and dad, who are all
05:49here today,
05:49and all my friends back in Baltimore who are eagerly excited to see this.
05:54Well, I'm sure they're proud of you so far and rooting for you here in this final game.
05:58Cameron Berry, same question.
05:59Do you have any thank yous?
06:00Yeah, I promise to thank people who helped me a lot with this,
06:03so I have to thank my friend Alana for all the science help she's given me,
06:07and my friends James and Cam for any sports question that I might get right.
06:12Very unlikely.
06:12I like that you have subject area coaches.
06:15You're taking this seriously.
06:16Jonathan, it's your board.
06:18Pick a category and a dollar amount.
06:19All right.
06:20Adults and children's lit, $600.
06:22In the book, this sister of Beezus and her father, she tries to get her dad to quit smoking.
06:28Stella.
06:28Miss Ramona?
06:29Yes.
06:29Adults and children's lit for four.
06:31In an E.B. White book, the desk clerk at the Ritz Hotel is dubious when this kind of bird,
06:36trumpet in tow, wants to check in.
06:39Cameron.
06:39What is a swan?
06:40Trumpet of the swan, right.
06:42Use your sixth sense, $800, please.
06:44See what this is about.
06:46This sixth president of the U.S. was nicknamed Old Man Eloquent,
06:50but was denied a second term in office.
06:52Stella?
06:53Who's John Quincy Adams?
06:54You got it.
06:54Sixth sense for $1,000.
06:55In Revelation, when this non-movie title item was opened, there was a great earthquake and the sun turned black.
07:02Stella.
07:03What's the sixth seal?
07:04Yes.
07:05Sixth sense for six?
07:06This sixth planet from the sun was the farthest of the planets known to the ancients,
07:10and takes almost 30 years to make one orbit.
07:14Cameron.
07:14What is Saturn?
07:15Saturn is number six.
07:17I'm in Sephora without my glasses, $800, please.
07:20Back to Sephora.
07:21I need one of these little metal contraptions to use before applying mascara.
07:25Shiseido makes a good one, if I could only find it.
07:29Stella?
07:29What's an eyelash curler?
07:30Right.
07:31Sephora for $1,000.
07:33All the lipsticks look alike.
07:35Someone point me toward the viral black honey shade from this brand, developed in 1968 by a skin doc.
07:44That brand is Clinique.
07:46Stella?
07:46Sephora for $400.
07:48This bottle is too small to be lotion.
07:50It must be this type of product applied to the face just a few drops at a time.
07:54Not the truth kind.
07:56Jonathan?
07:56What's a serum?
07:57Right.
07:58A minor distraction for $400.
07:59In 2023, those playing this got their first collective bargaining agreement.
08:05Double-A salaries doubled to about $30,000.
08:08Stella?
08:08What's minor league baseball?
08:10Yes.
08:10Minor distraction for two?
08:12In the night sky, seven of this lesser bear stars outline the Little Dipper.
08:16Jonathan?
08:17What's Ursa Minor?
08:18Correct.
08:19Use your sixth sense, $400.
08:20The sixth barrel type of this container holds about five gallons, or about 55 12-ounce servings.
08:27Cameron?
08:28What is a keg?
08:29Keg is right.
08:29User sixth sense, $200.
08:31The sixth amendment to the constitution says the accused has the right to a trial that is both public and
08:37this.
08:37Stella?
08:38What's Speedy?
08:39You got it.
08:40Sephora for two?
08:41Can't read the label on this spray pump bottle.
08:43My wet hair needs nourishing and detangling, so I hope it's leave-in this type of product.
08:48Stella?
08:49What's conditioner?
08:50Yes.
08:50Midnight's for two?
08:52In Mother Goose's version of the fairy tale, Cinderella rushes from the ball as the clock strikes 12 and leaves
08:57behind this fancy footwear.
08:59Cameron?
09:00What is the glass slipper?
09:01Yes.
09:01Final clue.
09:03Slugworth, Prodnose, and Ficklegruber are rivals of this candy-making genius.
09:08Stella?
09:09Who's Bertie Bott?
09:10No.
09:11Cameron?
09:11Who's Willy Wonka?
09:12They are Willy Wonka's rivals.
09:14That's right.
09:15That gives you a $200 edge over Jonathan for second place.
09:18Stella, you have the lead with $7,200, but we still have Double Jeopardy left to play.
09:21Lots of cash, two daily doubles.
09:23The scores can really change.
09:24Stay tuned.
09:33Hey, ho, let's go into Double Jeopardy.
09:36Jonathan Huggin-Dubbler will be selecting first from these categories.
09:39First, it happened in January.
09:42We follow that with world capitals.
09:44Then, making conservation.
09:47Impractical finery of yore.
09:50Followed by we love a love triangle.
09:52And finally, just add S.
09:54Each response here will be two words, like rut and rust.
09:58Jonathan, make a selection.
10:00World capitals, $2,000.
10:01Answer.
10:02Daily double for you, right after that.
10:06You have $3,800 to bet on world capitals.
10:09Bet it all.
10:10All right.
10:10Going for the true daily double, here's your clue.
10:13You need two sets of double letters to spell this capital of a Baltic state.
10:18What is Talon?
10:19Y'all just got Huggin-Double.
10:21That is correct.
10:22$7,600 and the lead for Jonathan.
10:25All right.
10:26It happened in January, $1,200.
10:29On January 13, 1898, he published a letter sternly accusing the French
10:34army of falsely accusing one of its officers.
10:37Stella.
10:37Who's Zola?
10:38Yes.
10:39Just add S for 12.
10:42Timber sawed into planks and to take a snooze.
10:45Stella.
10:45What's lumber and slumber?
10:46Got them both.
10:47Just add S for 16.
10:49A place of damnation and a ring of electrons.
10:52Jonathan.
10:53What is hell and shell?
10:55Yes.
10:56It happened in January 16.
10:58This country changed its name to Campuchia in January 1976.
11:02And years of brutality followed.
11:05Cameron.
11:05What is Cambodia?
11:06That's correct.
11:07It happened in January 2000.
11:10The January 22nd and 23rd, 1879 battles of Isand Luana and Rourke's Drift were the first
11:16big fights in Britain's war against this people.
11:19Cameron.
11:20Who are the Zulu?
11:21You got it.
11:21January 800.
11:23The first of these trials in more than 130 years began in the U.S. Senate January 7,
11:281999.
11:30Cameron.
11:30What is an impeachment trial?
11:32Can you be more specific?
11:33A presidential impeachment trial?
11:35That's right.
11:36Finish the category.
11:37Finish off.
11:38It happened in January.
11:39In January 1922 in Toronto, young Leonard Thompson got the first successful injection of this,
11:45thanks to a cow and its pancreas.
11:47Stella.
11:48What's insulin?
11:48Yes.
11:49Love triangle for 12.
11:51In Casablanca, the three little people whose problems don't amount to a hill of beans
11:55are Rick, Ilsa, and this hubby of Ilsa's.
12:02She's married to Victor Laszlo.
12:04Stella.
12:05Making conservation for 12.
12:07William Wordsworth helped fuel the early conservation movement by writing in praise of this scenic
12:12region where he lived.
12:13Stella.
12:14What's the Lake District?
12:15Yes.
12:16Conservation 16.
12:17Answer.
12:18The other Daily Double.
12:22You're hanging on to a $2,000 lead in this game, but of course you have yesterday's scores
12:26to consider as well, Stella.
12:27What's the wager here in making conservation?
12:32Go big or go home.
12:33I'll do it all.
12:35Wow.
12:36$11,200 are at stake.
12:38The category is making conservation.
12:40Here's your clue, Stella.
12:42Within the Department of the Interior, this is the country's oldest conservation agency.
12:53What's the National Park Service?
12:55Sorry, no.
12:56The Fish and Wildlife Service is older.
12:59You are starting from zero, but there's a lot of cash still on the board, Stella.
13:03Conservation for $2,000.
13:05A zone of undeveloped land or a movement founded by Wangari Maathai to fight deforestation by
13:10planting trees.
13:15What is a green belt?
13:16The green belt movement.
13:17Stella.
13:18Impractical finery for $2.
13:19Women sometimes had to walk sideways to get through doors while wearing these flamboyantly
13:24large sleeves named for a cut of meat.
13:27Cameron.
13:27What are pork chop sleeves?
13:29No.
13:31Jonathan or Stella?
13:33Those are leg of mutton sleeves.
13:35Back to Stella.
13:36Finery of yore for $16.
13:37In the 1800s, this plastic emerged as a cheap substitute for the ivory used in fancy hair
13:43combs.
13:43The bad news?
13:44It was highly flammable.
13:49Trouble in the movie industry as well.
13:51Celluloid.
13:52Back to Stella.
13:53World capitals for $16.
13:55Locals in this Central American country called the capital Tegus for short.
13:59Jonathan.
14:00What is Honduras?
14:01Yes, Tegusigalpa.
14:02World capitals $1,200.
14:04In 2019, St. Paul, Minnesota added a new sister city, this capital of Somalia.
14:10Cameron.
14:10What is Mogadishu?
14:11Right.
14:12We love a love triangle $16.
14:15The OG love triangle on this TV series saw Nate torn between Blair and Serena.
14:20Stella.
14:21What's Gossip Girl?
14:21Correct.
14:22Love triangle for $2,000.
14:23Here's a hot take.
14:25Rewatching this 2004 weepy has led some to see the merits of lawn over Noah as a better
14:30choice for Ali.
14:32Stella.
14:32What's the notebook?
14:33It is.
14:33Just add S for $2,000.
14:35An athletic throwing event and to debate an issue.
14:38Stella.
14:39What's discus and disgust?
14:40You add $2,000.
14:41Impractical finery for $12.
14:44Popularized in 1910, this long tight skirt was named for a practice of tying together
14:48horses' legs.
14:52What is a hobble skirt?
14:54Stella.
14:55Just add S for eight.
14:57A part of the hand and a sacred hymn from the Bible.
15:00Cameron.
15:00What is palm and psalm?
15:02That's correct.
15:03Just add S for $400.
15:05To rule a kingdom and to quit your job.
15:08Cameron.
15:08What is rain and resign?
15:10Well done.
15:11Making conservation $800.
15:13The first federal wildlife law, the Lacey Act of 1900, addressed growing public concern
15:19over the decline of this now extinct bird.
15:21Stella.
15:22What's the passenger pigeon?
15:23Yes.
15:24Conservation for four.
15:26This U.S. president popularized the term conservation and engaged in plenty himself,
15:31creating five national parks and 150 national forests.
15:34Cameron.
15:35Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
15:36That's the president.
15:37World capital is $800.
15:39Serbia's capital.
15:40It was formerly the capital of Yugoslavia.
15:43Cameron.
15:43What is Belgrade?
15:44Right again.
15:45World capital is $400.
15:46It's located in the province of Leinster.
15:49Jonathan.
15:50What is Dublin?
15:51You got it.
15:52We love a love triangle.
15:53$800.
15:54This soapy teen series found Belly Conklin torn between her childhood friends, the brothers
15:59Conrad and Jeremiah.
16:01Jonathan.
16:02What is the summer I turned pretty?
16:03It is.
16:04Let's finish We Love a Love Triangle.
16:06$400.
16:07Fans of this saga faced the ultimate love triangle, wondering if Bella was Team Edward or Team
16:12Jacob.
16:13Stella.
16:14What's Twilight?
16:14Right.
16:15Impractical finery for eight.
16:17Chapin's had a big moment in the 16th century in this European city where women used the high
16:22souls to teeter above wet streets.
16:24Stella.
16:25What's Warsaw?
16:25No.
16:27Cameron or Jonathan?
16:29An even wetter city.
16:30What is Venice?
16:31Here's the final clue for you three.
16:33Impractical finery of yore.
16:35Made from up to six yards of fabric, the cartwheel type of this Elizabethan collar had up to 600 pleats
16:41and extended eight inches from the neck.
16:43Stella.
16:44What's that, rough?
16:44That is correct.
16:45And you complete another one of your trademark comebacks.
16:48You have 6,400 at the end of the double jeopardy round.
16:50Jonathan's in the lead as we head into final today.
16:52Before we reveal the category, here are the scores our players accumulated in yesterday's
16:56game, which we will add back to their totals at the end of the show.
17:00And here's your category, finalists.
17:03American novelists.
17:04We will pause while they make their wagers, and we will come right back here for the clue.
17:08You don't want to miss this.
17:10We are moments away from crowning our Champions wildcard winner.
17:14The final Jeopardy category to the side things, American novelists.
17:17And this is the clue.
17:20This author's wish to use different ink colors to represent multiple points of view was granted
17:25in 2012, 83 years after the novel's publication.
17:2930 seconds, players.
17:30Good luck.
17:42Good luck.
18:01A famous novel with many narrators.
18:03We'll start with Stella Trout with $6,400.
18:06She wrote down who is Walker, as in Alice, I assume.
18:10It is not Alice Walker, I'm afraid.
18:12Stella wagered $6,300 today, leaving her with $100.
18:16But we add back her $12,800 from yesterday.
18:19She will finish with $12,900.
18:22Cameron Berry was in second place with $10,000 today.
18:25What novelist did you think of, Cameron?
18:28Stein, as in Gertrude?
18:30Also not Gertrude Stein.
18:31What did you wager, Cameron?
18:33You lose $5,601, leaving you with $4,399 today.
18:37But you earned $10,000 yesterday.
18:39$14,399, your two-game total.
18:43It's up to Jonathan Huggendubler here in the lead with $12,000.
18:47What author does he have?
18:49Who is Fitzgerald?
18:51And it's also not Fitzgerald.
18:53William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury has many narrators, and it finally got published,
18:58as he wished, in colored ink.
19:00Who is Faulkner?
19:00What did you wager, Jonathan?
19:02He went big.
19:04That knocks him down to zero.
19:05We add back his $1,200 from yesterday, and he will finish in third place.
19:09Cameron Berry survives Champions Wild Card and is going on to the Tournament of Champions.
19:14Congratulations!
19:22That was all exciting enough, but this Jeopardy! postseason is far from over.
19:26The Tournament of Champions begins on Monday.
19:28You don't want to miss it.
19:29We'll be right back here on the Alex Trebek stage.
19:31Have a great weekend.
19:57We'll be right back here on the show.
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