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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 09: S41 Champions Wildcard Tournament Semifinal Game 2
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:09Champion's Wildcard.
00:15Please welcome our next group of semifinals.
00:19A hospitality executive from San Diego, California, Bill McKinney.
00:25A tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Michelle Tsai.
00:31And an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland, Jonathan Huggendubler.
00:38And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:45Thank you, folks. Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
00:47And welcome back to Jeopardy! Champion's Wildcard.
00:50One of our three final spots is locked down after Cameron Berry's hard-fought win in yesterday's game.
00:56Today, we have the return of giant killer Jonathan Huggendubler, second-chance champion Michelle Tsai,
01:01and season 41 three-time champ Bill McKinney.
01:05With a second spot in the finals on the line, let's get into today's game with these categories.
01:11We have a little incisor trading up first, then global sports,
01:17followed by on the calendar, then our love's in jeopardy, baby, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, with the double O in
01:27quotation marks.
01:28Jonathan, start us off.
01:29All right, let's do global sports for 1,000.
01:32One of the most successful F1 drivers of all time, he holds the record for career victories and was knighted
01:38in 2021.
01:39Jonathan.
01:40Who is Hamilton?
01:41It is Lewis Hamilton.
01:42Global Sports 800.
01:43In 2025, fans sometimes failed to whisper and applaud politely when the Europeans came to Beth Page for this golf
01:51event.
01:52Jonathan.
01:53What is Ryder Cup?
01:54It is.
01:54Global Sports 600.
01:56Flojo won three gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in this Asian city.
02:01Jonathan.
02:02What's Seoul?
02:03You got it.
02:04Our love's in jeopardy, 800.
02:06We won't be obscure.
02:07We'll come right out and say it.
02:09Things ain't going to work out between this man and Arabella, who fakes a pregnancy.
02:13Bill.
02:14Who's Jude?
02:14Jude the Obscure, yes.
02:16Ooh, for 800.
02:17A person in Flin Flon asking for one of these just wants a Canadian dollar.
02:23Michelle.
02:23What is a loony?
02:24Right.
02:25Ooh, for 1,000?
02:27People working together on secret plans are said to be in these, plural.
02:31The singular version means partnership, but who says that?
02:35Jonathan.
02:35What is cahoots?
02:36You got it.
02:37Um, baby 600.
02:39First name of one Mr. Jakobsen of Sweden, who began making a baby bouncer with his sister-in-law Elsa
02:45around 1960.
02:50That's Bjorn Jakobsen.
02:51Gave us the baby Bjorn.
02:53Back to you, Jonathan.
02:54On the calendar, 600.
02:55You could celebrate this movie every Wednesday by wearing pink, or annually on October 3rd.
03:01That's when Aaron asked Katie the date.
03:03Jonathan.
03:04What's Mean Girls?
03:05Right.
03:05On the calendar, 800.
03:07For those in the know, TLAP Day is short for this day, celebrated September 19th.
03:12Hope you don't have to walk the plank.
03:14Michelle.
03:15Let's talk like a pirate.
03:16Correct.
03:17Are loves in jeopardy 1,000?
03:18Answer.
03:19A daily double for you, Michelle.
03:23You have $1,600 to wager on Our Loves in Jeopardy.
03:27Let's do 1,600.
03:28All right.
03:29You'll have 3,200 if you're right.
03:31Here's your clue.
03:32Vronsky loves Kitty, thinks this title woman.
03:35But me he thinks of with hatred, and is sorry he had anything to do with me.
03:39Who is Anna Karenina?
03:40Correct.
03:41You double up to 3,200.
03:43And it's still your board, Michelle.
03:45Ooh, 600.
03:47Back to ooh.
03:47Ooh, you call that vibrato, man?
03:50In 1705, Bach got into a street scuffle with a player of this wind instrument.
03:55Michelle.
03:55What's bassoon?
03:56Right.
03:57Ooh, 400.
03:58It's the term for one followed by 100 zeros.
04:01You can look it up.
04:03Bill.
04:03What's a Google?
04:04Yes.
04:05Global Sports 400.
04:07The four grand slam events in tennis take place in these four countries.
04:11Michelle.
04:12What are the United States, France, England, and Australia?
04:16Correct.
04:17On the calendar, 1,000.
04:19This character in the Lil Abner comic strip gave her name to a day and a type of dance where
04:24the girls pursue the boys.
04:26Jonathan.
04:26Who is Sadie Hawkins?
04:27Yes.
04:28Our love's in Jeopardy, 600.
04:30Jack wants to set up a ranch with Ennis and try to make things work in this story, but
04:34Ennis shoots the plan down.
04:36Michelle.
04:37What is Brokeback Mountain?
04:38Correct.
04:39And you're $200 behind Jonathan as we come to our first break.
04:42Back with more Jeopardy!
04:43Champions Wild Card in just a moment.
04:47Bill McKinney is a hospitality executive from San Diego.
04:50And Bill, I assume you're a pretty big Jeopardy! fan, at least by this point.
04:54Yeah.
04:54But you have a bigger fan at home, right?
04:56Yeah.
04:56So my son, James, is a huge fan.
04:59And I mentioned my daughter, Juliet, last year.
05:03I was forbidden from mentioning her this year, which I guess, sorry, Juliet.
05:06But he's a big fan.
05:09And you were generous enough to give us some swag last year.
05:12And he wears the hat to school.
05:14And he's pretty into it.
05:16He's representing.
05:16And he's brilliant.
05:17So hopefully we'll see him here someday.
05:18His name is James.
05:19And I remember you talked about being a big 007 fan last time you were here.
05:23You didn't name your son after James Bond, did you?
05:25I'm not a crazy person, Ken.
05:26But he's not not named after James Bond.
05:30There's no way to prove this, right?
05:32Yeah, exactly.
05:33Michelle Tsai is a tutor, originally from Honolulu.
05:35You've recently started doing aerial hooping.
05:38And I have no idea what that is.
05:39So that, imagine like Cirque du Soleil,
05:42there's a big metal hoop hanging from the ceiling
05:44and someone's sort of doing all sorts of tricks and stuff.
05:47But those are trained professionals.
05:48Like a person can't just do that in a class, can they?
05:50You actually can.
05:51Wow.
05:51There's an aerial hoop studio that opened up about 15 minutes away from my house.
05:56And I go once or twice a week and hang upside down and spin around
06:00and put my leg behind my head.
06:01And you're getting a lot of blood flow to the brain.
06:03Maybe good for Jeopardy.
06:04I highly recommend it.
06:05I hope there's a net.
06:06No.
06:07There's a little padding.
06:08We're not too high off the ground.
06:09Okay.
06:10Because I have to assume falling on your head, not great for Jeopardy.
06:13No.
06:13But reaction time does not fall on your head.
06:15Reaction time.
06:16Great for Jeopardy.
06:17That's it.
06:18Jonathan Huggendubler is an adjunct professor and trivia host.
06:20You're from Baltimore, but you made some folks back at home
06:23a little bit mad the last time you were here, right?
06:25Oh, yeah.
06:26I missed a clue about the wire first thing off the board.
06:29I assume they love the wire in Baltimore.
06:31Oh, that's their, that's the favorite thing.
06:34So you missed the wire, but you bounced back, right?
06:36They're rooting for you at home.
06:37I mean, at least half of them were at that point after the wire snub.
06:41You just got to tell them the game's the game, right?
06:43Indeed.
06:44The game's the game.
06:45Michelle, you have control of the board.
06:46Where to?
06:47Let's do incisor trading for 600.
06:49The longest of these elongated incisors ever found was a 16-footer from a creature extinct
06:56more than 10,000 years ago.
06:58Michelle?
06:58What's a, it's a saber tooth off a saber tooth?
07:02No.
07:03Bill?
07:04What's a canine tooth?
07:05Also incorrect.
07:06Jonathan doesn't have it.
07:08It was from a different species.
07:10It was a tusk.
07:10Oh.
07:11Back to you, Michelle.
07:12Incisor trading for 800.
07:14You've heard of Iron Man, but what about Iron Beaver?
07:18This hard outer layer of their wood-chomping teeth contains iron.
07:22Jonathan?
07:22What's enamel?
07:23Yes.
07:24Incisor trading 1,000.
07:26The exposed incisors of this birthday-suited creature can function like independent chopsticks
07:31for digging tunnels.
07:32Bill?
07:33What's a naked bull rat?
07:34You got it.
07:35Baby 1,000.
07:37This book, called The Pregnancy Bible, has more than 24 million copies in print
07:41since its 1984 birth.
07:43Michelle?
07:44What's what to expect when you're expecting?
07:46Yes.
07:47Baby 800?
07:48After delivery, the golden hour of skin-to-skin contact, right on mom's bare chest, is called
07:54this marsupial care.
07:56Jonathan?
07:56What's kangaroo?
07:57Yes.
07:58Um, baby 400.
08:00Gerber has trademarked this plural word for a singular baby outfit.
08:04Bill?
08:05What's a onesie?
08:06No.
08:07Jonathan or Michelle?
08:09The plural trademark is onesies, Bill.
08:12Back to you, Jonathan.
08:13All right.
08:14Our love's in jeopardy.
08:14400.
08:15Rochester says, it is you only I intend to marry.
08:19This title woman says, your bride stands between us, which seems problematic.
08:24Bill?
08:24Ms. Jane Eyre.
08:25Correct.
08:26On the calendar, 400.
08:27With baked goods, of course, an event at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988
08:32was an early celebration of Pi Day.
08:34This date.
08:35Michelle?
08:36What is March 14th?
08:37Right.
08:37On the calendar, 200.
08:40Some ring in the new year with this, a month-long break from drinking, perhaps to assess their
08:44relationship with alcohol.
08:46Bill?
08:47What's dry January?
08:48Right.
08:49Global Sports 200.
08:50This franchise beat the LA Kings in 1993 to claim their 24th Stanley Cup, the most of
08:56any team.
08:57Michelle?
08:58Who are the Canadians?
08:59Well done.
09:00Incisor trading, 400.
09:01Cows and other members of this cud-chewing suborder have dental pads instead of upper incisors.
09:08Bill?
09:08What are ungulates?
09:11No.
09:12Michelle?
09:13What are ruminants?
09:13That's right.
09:14Incisor trading, 200.
09:16Called peg teeth, a second pair of incisors behind larger ones distinguishes these animals,
09:22like the cottontail, from rodents.
09:24Jonathan?
09:25What are rabbits?
09:25Right.
09:26Our love's in jeopardy, 200.
09:28Marriage trouble.
09:28This novel character responds to his wife, asking what shall I do with, my dear, I don't
09:33give a damn.
09:34Bill?
09:36Who is Rhett Butler?
09:37It is.
09:38Baby 200.
09:39The stump of this may go from yellow to brown or black before falling off after 10 days to
09:44three weeks, and that's okay.
09:46Red, not so okay.
09:48Michelle?
09:49What's the umbilical cord?
09:50That's correct.
09:50And one more time.
09:51Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
09:53A throwing weapon, literally, or to have something you said get thrown back in your face, metaphorically.
09:59Michelle?
09:59What's boomerang?
10:00To boomerang.
10:01You are $200 behind Jonathan as we come to the end of the Jeopardy round.
10:05Bill will select first when we return.
10:07Double Jeopardy coming up next.
10:11Our semifinalists look ready to play Double Jeopardy.
10:14Let's reveal the categories.
10:15We have up first, You Say You Want a Revolution, then Ferry The Well, Notable American Women,
10:23A Very Cultured Tea, followed by Foreign Words and Phrases,
10:28and then Wilde at the Oscars.
10:31Bill, what do you like up there?
10:33Oscars for 16.
10:35Booze interrupted Native American activist Sashin Littlefeather's 1973 refusal of the best actor award
10:41on behalf of this man.
10:43Michelle?
10:44Um, who is Marlon Brando?
10:45Right.
10:46Wilde at the Oscars 2000?
10:48A lengthy standing O accompanied a 1972 honorary award to this silent film legend,
10:54back in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years.
10:57Jonathan?
10:57Who is Charlie Chaplin?
10:58Yes.
10:59Um, Notable American Women, 1600.
11:01Answer.
11:02A Daily Double for you, Jonathan.
11:06A narrow lead over Michelle at the moment.
11:08What do you want to risk?
11:09Let's bet it all.
11:10Okay, going for the true Daily Double in Notable American Women.
11:13A lot at stake here.
11:14Here's the clue.
11:16Her other works about South Seas cultures included Growing Up in New Guinea and Balinese character.
11:22Who is Meade?
11:23It is Margaret Meade, yes.
11:2417,600 now for Jonathan.
11:28All right.
11:28Um, you say you won a revolution for 1,200.
11:31This leader, who met the Arab Spring with ruthless repression,
11:34was forced to flee his Damascus Palace in 2024.
11:38Jonathan?
11:38Who is Assad?
11:39Yes.
11:40Um, you say you won a revolution, 16.
11:42During the Mexican Revolution, he was the leader of La División del Norte,
11:47while Zapata led troops from the south.
11:49Jonathan?
11:50Who is Santa Ana?
11:51No.
11:52Michelle?
11:53Who is Sub-Commandante Marcos?
11:55No.
11:55Oh.
11:56Also incorrect, Bill?
11:58It's Pancho Villa.
12:00Back to you, Jonathan.
12:01Uh, Revolution 2000?
12:03Occurring in the last months of 1989,
12:05this non-violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia has a nice-to-touch name.
12:11Jonathan?
12:11What's Velvet Revolution?
12:12Right.
12:13Um, Revolution 800?
12:15In 1688, James II deserted England after his troops deserted him during this revolution
12:21with a laudatory adjective.
12:23Jonathan?
12:24What's Glorious?
12:25Correct.
12:25A very cultured T-1200.
12:27Younger than Titian, this Phoenician painter wanted to combine the colors of the older masters
12:32with the design of Michelangelo.
12:35Jonathan?
12:35Who is Tintoretto?
12:36Right.
12:37Cultured T-16?
12:38It's the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
12:41Jonathan?
12:42What's Tanglewood?
12:43Yes.
12:43A very cultured T-2000.
12:45The legend of this German minstrel inspired Wagner to compose an 1845 opera.
12:50Michelle?
12:51Who is Tannhauser?
12:52Good for 2000.
12:53Wilde at the Oscars 1200.
12:55Nominated for this song about the great white north, South Park creator Trey Parker showed
12:59up in a dress and on LSD.
13:02Jonathan?
13:02What is Blame Canada?
13:03That's the song.
13:04Wilde at the Oscars 800.
13:06Moonlight.
13:07This is not a joke.
13:08You guys won Best Picture, said Jordan Horowitz, a producer of this film.
13:12Jonathan?
13:13What's La La Land?
13:14Right.
13:14Uh, foreign words and phrases 1200.
13:17Beaux-Arts can mean fine arts or a specific style of architecture.
13:21This similar French phrase refers to elegant literature.
13:27Those are the belletre.
13:29Jonathan?
13:29Okay.
13:30Foreign words 16.
13:32Many use this Japanese word to say hello, though it more properly means good afternoon.
13:37Michelle?
13:37What is konnichiwa?
13:38Correct.
13:39Foreign words and phrases 2000.
13:41The origin of this, Arabic for school, was lectures delivered at mosques.
13:45We think of them as schools of Islamic theology.
13:47Now, what is madrasa?
13:53Back to you, Michelle.
13:54A very cultured T-800.
13:56This rotation of the legs and feet is an essential part of ballet technique.
14:00Michelle?
14:01It's turnout.
14:02Right.
14:03Ferry the well 16.
14:05The oldest passenger ferry is the liemba, an old German warship that travels between Tanzania
14:10and this country via Lake Tanganyika.
14:13Bill?
14:15What is Mozambique?
14:17No.
14:18Jonathan or Michelle?
14:20It's Zambia.
14:21Back to you, Michelle.
14:22Ferry the well 1200.
14:24The world's fastest ferry, the catamaran Francisco, takes two hours to zip across the Rio de la Plata
14:30from Buenos Aires to this capital city.
14:33Jonathan?
14:33What's Monte Vedeo?
14:34Yes.
14:35Ferry the well 2000.
14:36The views are both mythic and mythical on the ferry from Paros to this, the largest Cyclades
14:42island, where some say Zeus was raised.
14:45Bill?
14:46What's Crete?
14:46No.
14:47Jonathan or Michelle?
14:50What is Naxos?
14:51Jonathan?
14:52Uh, ferry the well 800.
14:53Answer.
14:54The other daily double.
14:59How much do you want to risk this time, Jonathan, with the big lead?
15:015,000.
15:02All right.
15:03You'll have 31,000 if you're right.
15:04Here's your clue.
15:05In ferry the well, this city's ferry system is the world's largest, serving two continents
15:10and 100 million people annually.
15:12A very large number.
15:14What is Istanbul?
15:15Istanbul is right, taking you to 31,000.
15:18Wow.
15:20All right.
15:21Notable American women, 2,000.
15:23This mental health care reformer with an alliterative name was superintendent of the
15:27Union Army nurses during the Civil War.
15:30Bill?
15:31Who's Dix?
15:32Dorothea Dix is correct.
15:33American women, 1,200.
15:35Born in 1864, newspaper reporter Elizabeth Cochran got this famous pen name from a Stephen
15:41Foster song.
15:43Michelle?
15:43Who is Nellie Bly?
15:44Nellie Bly is right.
15:45Notable American women, 800.
15:48She penned the lyrics, Mama may have, Papa may have, but God bless the child that's got
15:53his own, that's got his own.
15:55Michelle?
15:55Who is Billie Holiday?
15:58Right again.
15:59Notable American women, 400.
16:01In 2025, she celebrated 15 years on the Supreme Court.
16:05Jonathan?
16:06Who is Sotomayor?
16:07No.
16:08Michelle?
16:08Who is Kagan?
16:09It is Elena Kagan.
16:10A very cultured T for 400.
16:12This French word is used of a group of actors freezing on stage to form a lasting image.
16:17Michelle?
16:18What is Tableau?
16:19Yes.
16:19Foreign words and phrases, 800.
16:21Italian gives us this word for the theme in Christian art depicted here, as well as the title of the
16:26work.
16:27Bill?
16:27What is Pieta?
16:28Correct.
16:28You're back in positive territory.
16:30Oscar's 400.
16:32His 2022 onstage slap of Chris Rock has been called the most shocking moment in Oscars history, and it's tough
16:38to argue.
16:39Michelle?
16:39Who is Will Smith?
16:40Yes.
16:40Foreign words and phrases, 400.
16:42Aha! I have found that this Greek word is California's state motto.
16:47Bill?
16:48What's Eureka?
16:48Right.
16:50Ferry 400.
16:51Statue City Cruises is the only ferry authorized to provide transport to these two New York City islands, so ignore
16:58anyone who tells you otherwise.
17:00Michelle?
17:00What are Ellis Island and Staten Island?
17:02No.
17:03Jonathan or Bill?
17:06Ellis is one, but Liberty Island is the other.
17:08Here's the final clue, and you say you want a revolution.
17:12Stefan Zweig wrote that the masses of the people regarded her as their adversary.
17:16Louis XVI counted for nothing.
17:18Michelle?
17:19Who is Antoinette?
17:20No.
17:22Jonathan or Bill?
17:24You were thinking of the right queen, of course, Michelle, but we couldn't accept a partial name for Marie Antoinette.
17:29So that is the end of the double jeopardy round.
17:31A big lead for Jonathan.
17:32Here is your final jeopardy category.
17:35New Testament Greek.
17:36We'll be back with the clue right after this break.
17:40A daunting final jeopardy category.
17:43New Testament Greek.
17:44Let's see the clue.
17:46A famous passage in Matthew 6 refers to klepti, meaning them.
17:5230 seconds.
17:52Good luck.
17:53A famous passage in Matthew 6 refers to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to
18:03klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to
18:07klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to
18:08klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to
18:08klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to klepti, meaning them to
18:13klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning to klepti, meaning
18:13to klepti, meaning to klepti,
18:23Let's begin on the end with Bill McKinney, $1,200, and a response of three wise men.
18:29That's not correct, I'm afraid, Bill.
18:31What did you wager?
18:32Nothing at all, so you still have $1,200.
18:34Michelle Tsai was in second place with $13,400.
18:37She came up with four tax collectors.
18:41That's a good guess, but I'm afraid it's not tax collectors.
18:43Michelle, you wagered lucky 31, dropping you down to $13,369.
18:49Jonathan Huggendoubler had more than twice Michelle's score, putting the doubler back in Huggendoubler, if you will.
18:55$30,600, what do you have in Final Jeopardy?
18:57What is a thief?
18:59That is correct.
19:00It's a reference to laying up treasures in heaven where thieves can't break in and steal them.
19:04What did you wager?
19:05Didn't have to wager a thing.
19:07$30,600 is good for today's victory.
19:10And the second slot in the Jeopardy Champions World Card Finals.
19:14Congratulations, Jonathan.
19:18We have one more finalist to crown, and it'll happen tomorrow.
19:20We'll see you then.
19:22We'll see you then.
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