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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 14: 2026 Tournament of Champions Quarterfinal Game 2
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions!
00:14Please welcome our second group of Jeopardy! Champions.
00:19A PhD candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey, Allegra Cuny.
00:24A law student and away-from-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Brendan Leow.
00:33And a judicial law clerk, originally from Coupolo, Mississippi, Andrew Hayes.
00:40And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings!
00:47Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome back to the quarterfinals in this year's Tournament of Champions.
00:52In yesterday's game, it was three-time champ Tom Devlin who nabbed a spot in the semifinals.
00:57And today we have Andrew, Brendan, and Allegra back on the Alex Rebeck stage and hoping to advance.
01:02Good luck. Let's get this underway with your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:07Up first, a cult band.
01:09Then we have National Parks of the World, Standing on Business.
01:14We have The Tail That Wags the Dog, followed by Ranks and Titles.
01:19And finally, a little rhyme time. Always fun. Andrew?
01:24Let's do National Parks for 800.
01:26A popular trekking destination, Simeon Mountains National Park contains this country's highest peak, Raz Dejen.
01:34Brendan?
01:35What's India?
01:36No.
01:39What is Ethiopia? Back to Andrew.
01:42Let's do National Parks of 1000.
01:44After visiting Banff, head north to this adjoining national park to see its incredible glaciers and wildlife.
01:53That's Jasper National Park. Andrew?
01:57All right. Got that out of the way. Ranks and Titles 800.
02:01This honorific for Muslim clerics, like 9-11-era Taliban leader Omar, is roughly equivalent to Lorde. Andrew?
02:09What is sheik?
02:09No. Brendan or Allegra?
02:13It was Mullah Omar. Andrew?
02:16Uh, Ranks and Titles 1000.
02:19This title basically means Deputy King.
02:21It's also the name of a butterfly that mimics the color pattern of the monarch butterfly.
02:26Brendan?
02:27What's Viceroy?
02:28Correct. You're out of the hole.
02:29Tail 800, please.
02:31This beloved pooch, owned by Nick and Nora Charles in Dashiell Hammett's work, was also beloved in film adaptations.
02:38Allegra?
02:39Who is Asta?
02:40Right.
02:40Rhyme time for 800.
02:43Nuptial coverlets.
02:45Allegra?
02:45What's wedding bedding?
02:46Yes.
02:47Rhyme time, 1000.
02:49Payroll tax for your work reading the book of the minor prophet that follows Jonah.
02:57You've got to pay your Micah Fikah.
03:00Allegra?
03:00Goodness.
03:01Cult band for 600.
03:03John Linnell of TMBG, this group, says its audience would happily call themselves culty.
03:10Allegra?
03:11What's they might be giants?
03:12Yes.
03:13Cult band 800.
03:13This band of bassist Les Claypool is going strong 40 years after its founding, and 30-plus after sailing the
03:21seas of cheese.
03:22Allegra?
03:23What's the flaming lips?
03:24No.
03:25Andrew or Brendan?
03:27What is Primus?
03:29Allegra?
03:30Rhyme time, 600.
03:32The steeple chorale.
03:34Brendan?
03:36What's...
03:38Sorry.
03:39No guess.
03:40Allegra?
03:40What's the spire choir?
03:41That's correct.
03:42Rhyme time, 400.
03:44An ersatz gateau.
03:46Allegra?
03:47What's a fake cake?
03:48Right again.
03:49A tail that wags the dog, 600.
03:51Enzo, the philosophic dog in this Garth Stein tale, has a master with a hankering to win Formula One races.
03:58Allegra?
03:59What is the art of racing in the rain?
04:01That's the book.
04:02Wags the Dog for 1,000.
04:04You're on target if you know this tough mutt, owned by Bill Sykes in a Dickens tale, had a face
04:09scratched and torn in 20 different places.
04:14Bill Sykes' dog in Oliver Twist is called Bullseye.
04:18Back to you, Allegra.
04:19Ranks in title 600.
04:21In two very different senses, Oliver Perry and Lionel Richie.
04:25Brendan?
04:26What's Commodore?
04:27Yes.
04:28Business 8.
04:30This Houston company traces its roots back to 1919 and its namesake founder, an oil well cementing pioneer.
04:37Andrew?
04:38What is Schlumberger?
04:39No.
04:41Brendan or Allegra?
04:43What is Halliburton?
04:45The Halliburton origin story.
04:47Allegra's in the lead after doing well in rhyme time, and we need to take a quick break.
04:50But we'll be back in no time for more Jeopardy.
04:53Allegra Cuny is a PhD candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey.
04:57Allegra, we haven't seen you since your Jeopardy adventures.
05:00Tell us what happened thereafter.
05:02Yeah, well, after two, you know, long and stressful tape days, I was with my mother, and we thought we
05:06would decompress by going to the beach.
05:08So we went to Santa Monica, and as I'm walking on the beach, I stepped on a bee, which I
05:11didn't know was something that you could do at the beach.
05:14And it was, I felt like it was a message from the universe to, after, you know, having such high
05:19heights of winning Jeopardy, to kind of bring me down a couple levels.
05:23Yeah, because life be like that, right?
05:24Life does be like that, Ken.
05:27You win on Jeopardy, and then you step on a bee.
05:29Yeah.
05:29Who knows what adventures are ahead of you?
05:31That's true as well of Brendan Liao from Vancouver, British Columbia.
05:35Brendan, as you know, we announced you as a stay-at-home son when you were first on Jeopardy.
05:39At your request, mind you.
05:40At my request, yeah.
05:41And people love that.
05:41North America went nuts for a stay-at-home son.
05:43Yeah, they really did.
05:44I got a lot of coverage locally first, and then the Wall Street Journal reached out, which is just absolutely
05:49insane.
05:50A financial take on being a stay-at-home son.
05:52Yeah, a financial take on being a stay-at-home son.
05:53And then that, like, kicked off, you know, Vanity Fair and, like, ABC News, and it's just bonkers.
05:58It might happen again, because Johnny announced you as a new coinage on Away From Home Son.
06:01Yes, I did move out.
06:03I found a job, and then three days into the job, I got into law school.
06:08Oh, congratulations.
06:09Yeah.
06:09I've noticed Away From Home Son, Brendan, has a mustache.
06:12Is this a new one?
06:13Yeah, it is new.
06:14Uh, all the news stations kept introducing me as BC Man, and so I think I had to grow a
06:19mustache out to be like, yeah, I'm not a boy, I am a man.
06:21Yeah, British Columbia Man.
06:22I'm a real man.
06:23Right here.
06:23Check it out.
06:24Andrew Hayes is back with us, a judicial law clerk originally from Tupelo, Mississippi, and you've had a big change
06:30in your life as well.
06:31Maybe even bigger than growing a mustache.
06:32Yes, my wife and I welcomed our little girl a couple of months ago.
06:36Congratulations.
06:38I understand you were a celebrity at the hospital.
06:40Yes, so thankfully my very minor celebrity didn't impinge on the delivery itself, but the next day while we were
06:48recovering and we were sitting in the room, the nurse who was on shift kept coming in, and she would
06:53sort of give me sort of a weird look.
06:55Uh, and after the third or fourth time of doing this, she comes in and she says, excuse me, but
07:00you're on TV, aren't you?
07:01Hey, there it is.
07:02So.
07:02So Jeopardy! fame might be the Wall Street Journal or it might just be a weird look.
07:06Yeah.
07:06Sometimes it's a weird look.
07:07Brendan, the next selection is yours.
07:09Uh, Parks, six, please.
07:11Answer.
07:12Daily double, Brendan.
07:17You can wager up to a thousand here.
07:19National Parks has not been going well for you guys so far.
07:21Missed the Jasper one, really embarrassing.
07:23Uh, I'll do a thousand, please.
07:25All right, that'll take you to 1,200.
07:26Here's your clue.
07:28The most famous feature of Venezuela's Canaima National Park, it has an initial plunge of 2,648 feet.
07:36What's Angel Falls?
07:37It is Angel Falls, yes.
07:43Uh, business for a thousand, please.
07:46This healthcare company that went through the death of executive Brian Thompson in 2024 is number three on the 2025
07:52Fortune 500.
07:53Brendan.
07:54What's United Healthcare?
07:55Yes.
07:57Business six?
07:58This Detroit native went to Cass Tech, designed Pontiac's GTO, then made his own two-seat sports car with gull
08:05-wing doors.
08:06Allegra.
08:07Who is DeLorean?
08:08Yes.
08:09Cult band 1000.
08:10Glasgow brothers Jim and William Reed formed this band with a vaguely biblical name.
08:15Allegra.
08:16Who are the Proclaimers?
08:17No.
08:18Andrew or Brendan?
08:22Great, great band.
08:23The Jesus and Mary chain.
08:24Back to you, Allegra.
08:25A cult band for 200.
08:28Melvins were pioneers of this sound that put bands like Pearl Jam, but not Melvins, into the stratosphere.
08:34Brendan.
08:35What's grunge?
08:35Early grunge band.
08:36Uh, band four.
08:38This Canadian trio was once known as the biggest cult band in the world.
08:42Allegra.
08:43Who are the Tragically Hip?
08:44No.
08:46Andrew or Brendan?
08:48More bad news at home for Brendan.
08:50That's Rush.
08:51Okay.
08:51Back to you, Brendan.
08:53Parks four.
08:54This indigenous name for Easter Island is also the name of the national park that features all 900 or so
09:00of the iconic statues.
09:01Andrew.
09:02What is, what is Rapa Nui?
09:05Correct.
09:06Okay.
09:06Standing on business 400.
09:08In 2025, this retail chain did not live up to its eternal name, filing its second bankruptcy in six years,
09:15with plans to wind down U.S. ops.
09:18Allegra.
09:19What is Forever 21?
09:20Right again.
09:21Tail that Wags the Dog, 400.
09:23This Bonnie Garmus bestseller about a scientist turned TV star features 630, a pretty smart boy himself.
09:30Allegra.
09:31What is Lessons in Chemistry?
09:32That's right.
09:33Ranks in titles 400.
09:35Whether it comes before or after professor, this Latin word indicates, but is not synonymous with, retirement.
09:41Brendan.
09:42What's Emeritus?
09:43Correct.
09:44Uh, ranks two.
09:46Use one syllable or two to name this title for the crew member responsible for coordinating the rhythm of the
09:51rowers.
09:52Brendan.
09:53What's coxswain?
09:53Yes, or cox.
09:54Uh, tail.
09:56In his 1930 book debut, this young reporter and his dog Snowy face off against bad guys in the land
10:02of the Soviets.
10:03Andrew.
10:04Who's Tintin?
10:04That's him.
10:05Business 200.
10:06Clickable sections at the dot com of this company include lighters, writing, and shaving.
10:11Brendan.
10:12Uh, what's Bic?
10:13Yeah.
10:14Uh, parks.
10:15Rich in culture and wildlife, Cairngorms National Park, the largest in the UK, is located in the highlands of this
10:22country.
10:22Brendan.
10:23What's Scotland?
10:24You got it.
10:24The final clue will be rhyme time.
10:27An additional matriarch.
10:29Brendan.
10:29What's another mother?
10:30That's right.
10:31You're on a roll and you're in the lead.
10:32Andrew has some catching up to do in Double Jeopardy, which will begin right after this.
10:37Welcome back.
10:38Here's just some time for Double Jeopardy.
10:40Here are the categories.
10:41We have occult bans this time.
10:45Then lawyers.
10:46What a time to be alive.
10:48Then role-playing roles.
10:51A little pop-up puri.
10:53And finally, backwards.
10:55Andrew.
10:56Well, I just passed the bar, so let's do lawyers for 2000.
11:00Mary L. Bonato of Glad Law argued on behalf of this Ohio man in a landmark Supreme Court case in
11:062015.
11:07Brendan.
11:08Here's Obergefell.
11:09Correct.
11:10Uh, lawyers 16.
11:12His 2005 Los Angeles Times obit recalls his legal strategy that put the competence and character of the LAPD on
11:19trial.
11:20Allegra.
11:20Who was Johnny Cochran?
11:21Yes.
11:22Uh, occult bans, 1200.
11:25Explanations of girls' actions in Salem include psychosis and fungus.
11:29But American horror story, this band, has a different idea.
11:32Witchcraft.
11:34Allegra.
11:34What is coven?
11:35That was the name, yes.
11:37Uh, backwards for 1200.
11:39This plural word from French denotes an animal's hindquarters.
11:42If you squat, it's what you're said to be sitting on.
11:45Andrew.
11:46What are you, haunches?
11:46Yes.
11:47Let's do backwards for 1600.
11:50Answer there is a daily double, Andrew.
11:53You are nearly in positive territory and can wager up to $2,000.
11:59I guess I better do 2000.
12:00All right.
12:01Going for 2200 in backwards.
12:03Here's your clue.
12:04Turn over a painting and you might find labels, notes, or even a signature on this side.
12:09A five-letter word from Latin for to turn.
12:16What is...
12:20What is...
12:21What is...
12:21Verso?
12:22Verso in the nick of time is correct, yes.
12:252200.
12:26The back of a painting is the verso.
12:29Oh, brother.
12:30Uh, backwards for 2000.
12:32The name of this fin at the very rear of a fish, also known as the tail fin, is also
12:37an adjective meaning near the posterior.
12:40Allegra.
12:40What is dorsal?
12:41No.
12:45Dorsal's the back.
12:46This is the caudal fin.
12:47Back to Andrew.
12:49Uh, what a time to be alive for 12.
12:51Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid oversaw the Islamic golden age from this city.
12:56The caliphate ultimately collapsed in 1258.
12:59Allegra.
12:59What is Baghdad?
13:00You got it.
13:01Time to be alive, 1600.
13:03Answer.
13:03The final daily double of the game goes to you, Allegra.
13:09And you have a choice to make here.
13:10You're in second place.
13:13I'll wager...
13:144,000.
13:15All right.
13:16Going for the lead with 9,000.
13:18Your category, what a time to be alive.
13:21Mansa Musa I recruited scholars and architects to go to Timbuktu during the height of this four-letter
13:27West African empire.
13:29What is Mali?
13:30Mali is right for the lead.
13:33Nicely done.
13:38Occult bands for 400.
13:40Some areas of 16th century France went through a panic over packs of these, the Lougarou.
13:45Andrew.
13:46What are werewolves?
13:48Yes.
13:49Occult bands, 1600.
13:5119th century spiritualism had journals such as This Person and Daybreak.
13:56Issue one says the icy finger of death is not the end of contact.
14:03What is the medium and daybreak?
14:05Andrew?
14:06Lawyers, 1200.
14:08The same year she got married to Michael Clayton, she was appointed to a public international
14:12law panel in the UK.
14:14Andrew.
14:15Who is Amal Clooney?
14:16That's right.
14:17Time to be alive, 2000.
14:18During the so-called Pax Romana, Roman general Varus lost to Herman the German in the Battle
14:24of This Forest in 9 AD.
14:26Andrew.
14:26What is Teutoburg Forest?
14:27Very good, for 2000.
14:29Role-playing roles, 2000.
14:31The will they, won't they between Charlotte Nickdow and Rob Mack in this video game industry
14:35show, was retconned to not end in a kiss.
14:38Allegra.
14:39What is Mythic Quest?
14:40Good for 2000.
14:42Role-playing roles, 1600.
14:44In this 2023 film, Archie Mudeckwee can flex on his lady a little after a Sony racing
14:49game lands him a job.
14:51Andrew.
14:51What is Turismo?
14:53No.
14:54Brendan.
14:54What's Gran Turismo?
14:55That's the name of the movie.
14:57Role-playing roles, 12.
14:58In the final episode of this Judd Apatow series, cool guy James Franco plays D&D with
15:03some nerdy freshmen.
15:05Allegra.
15:05What is Freaks and Geeks?
15:06Yes.
15:07Pop-up Paris for 400.
15:10Robert Sabuda's pop-up books include one that takes you through this, with the Lincoln
15:14bedroom popping up.
15:15Andrew.
15:16What's the White House?
15:17Right.
15:17Pop-up Paris, 2000.
15:19As in the 1951 LeSabre, hidden or pop-up headlights were a passion of this legendary GM car designer.
15:29Who is Harley Earl?
15:30Andrew.
15:31Pop-up Paris, 1600.
15:33The Food Lab is a space for pop-up restaurants in this facility on Lower Manhattan's South
15:38Street.
15:39Allegra.
15:40What is the Seaport?
15:41Yes.
15:41South Street, Seaport.
15:42Cult bands for 800.
15:44In Matthew 26, it's a group of angels.
15:47But in Mark 5, it seems to imply a group of demons.
15:49My name is this, for we are many.
15:52Andrew.
15:53What is Legion?
15:53Good.
15:54Pop-up Paris for 1200.
15:56Later, an off-and-on Yankees manager, he saved the 1952 World Series for the team with a lunging
16:02catch of a bases-loaded pop-up.
16:07Who is Billy Martin?
16:08Andrew.
16:09Occult bands for 2000.
16:11In 1898, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn got this new member, the Brit who became
16:17the face of magic and occultism.
16:19Allegra.
16:20Who is Crowley or Crowley?
16:21Crowley is right.
16:23Backwards, 400.
16:24This word referred to the last car on freight trains of yore.
16:27It can also refer to buttocks of yore and otherwise.
16:31Allegra.
16:32What's a caboose?
16:32Yeah.
16:33Backwards, 800.
16:34No licking.
16:35Original this, the sticky stuff on the back of the stamp, can greatly enhance the stamp's
16:40value to a collector.
16:44That's the gum on the stamp.
16:46Allegra.
16:47Pop-up Paris, 800.
16:49Ethan Zuckerman invented the pop-up that put an ad in a separate one of these on a webpage
16:53and later apologized.
16:55Allegra.
16:56What's a window?
16:57Yes.
16:57Role-playing roles, 400.
16:58The TV series Happily Ever Avatar includes a couple who fell in love after meeting in
17:04this MMORPG set in Azeroth.
17:06Brendan.
17:07What's World of Warcraft?
17:08Yes.
17:09Alive, 8.
17:10The queen is dead, long live the king, and let's build homes in the style of this era
17:15that followed the Elizabethan.
17:19That would be King James, so the Jacobean era.
17:22Back to you, Brendan.
17:23Alive, 4.
17:24This other nickname for the jazz age is said to come from a boating term for latitudes
17:30with strong winds.
17:32Brendan.
17:32What's the roaring 20s?
17:33Right.
17:34Lawyers, 8.
17:35His closing argument during the Leopold and Loeb case lasted around 12 hours.
17:41Andrew.
17:41Who's Darrow?
17:42Clarence Darrow is right.
17:43Lawyers for 400.
17:45Confirmed by the Senate, Loretta Lynch became the first African-American woman to hold this
17:50government post.
17:51Allegra.
17:52What is Attorney General?
17:53Correct.
17:53One more clue from role-playing roles.
17:56Ty Sheridan spits game to Olivia Cooke while playing in the VR world called the Oasis in
18:01this film.
18:02Allegra.
18:02What is Ready Player One?
18:04That's correct.
18:04And you have a big lead heading into Final Jeopardy.
18:06The category for you three today will be scientific words.
18:10And we'll have the clue for you after this short break.
18:14Scientific words is the Final Jeopardy category today.
18:17Let's look at the clue.
18:19A Nobel laureate coined this word to avoid the repetition of the rather cumbersome phrase
18:24mold broth filtrate.
18:2630 seconds.
18:27Good luck.
18:56Here's the key to that book.
18:58Andrew Hayes, we'll come to you first. $6,200 and you wrote down what is
19:03penicillin? Yes, much nicer to say than mold broth filtrate. How much will you
19:08add, Andrew? $1,801 taking you to $8,001. Brendan Liao is in second place with $8,000.
19:14Does he have penicillin there? He'll be adding as well. What did you wager? Up to
19:18$9,337 for you. But Allegra Cuny could not be caught today with $18,200.
19:23Did she have penicillin? No. What is agar? What did you risk, Allegra? Just $10 leaving
19:30you with $18,190 and making you today's winner. You're headed to the semi-finals,
19:36Allegra. Well done. Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy. We'll see you tomorrow.
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