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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Please welcome today's contestants, a teacher from Worthington, Ohio, Will Thornton,
00:21a music events director from Ithaca, New York, Laurel Gilmer,
00:25and our returning champion, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Tristan Williams,
00:32whose four-day cash winnings totaled $76,199.
00:40And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:47Thank you to Johnny Gilbert. We're so happy to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:51Yesterday was another runaway win for our champion, Tristan Williams, who now has his sights set on win number five,
00:58the one that would guarantee him a spot in the Tournament of Champions.
01:00But here to stop him from getting to that goal are Laurel and Will.
01:03You've got to go through them, Tristan. Good luck to all three of you.
01:06Let's see what your categories will be in the first round.
01:09We'll start you off in Greenland.
01:11Then we have Holidays and Observances of the Month, Potpourri, Gone with the Win,
01:19after that, Game of Bones, and Inter is coming with those five letters in quotation marks.
01:26Tristan?
01:27Let's do Greenland 600.
01:29A major summer festival, National Day in Greenland, is celebrated on this date,
01:34often the longest day of the year.
01:36Will?
01:37What is June 21st?
01:39That's correct.
01:39Let's do Greenland for eight.
01:41Wildlife found in Greenland's only national park includes polar bears, musk oxen,
01:46and these unicorns of the sea.
01:48Laurel?
01:49What are Norwells?
01:49Yes, you're on the board.
01:51Holidays for 600.
01:52National Nurses Day and the Kentucky Derby.
01:55Tristan?
01:56What is May?
01:57Both in May.
01:59Holidays, 800.
02:01Orthodox Christmas and Civil Rights Day.
02:06Are in January.
02:08Tristan?
02:09Game of Bones, 600.
02:11This bone, the body's longest, has the classic shape of bones in cartoons, a cylinder with
02:17round bumps at each end.
02:18Tristan?
02:19What is the femur?
02:19That's right.
02:20Bones, 800?
02:21There are two types of bone marrow in the body.
02:24Yellow stores fat, and red is the site of hematopoiesis.
02:28This process.
02:29Will?
02:30What is red blood cell generation?
02:33That's right.
02:34Let's do Gone with the Wind, 800.
02:37Game show hosts really can do it all.
02:39In 1999, this giant amongst men got a pick six in OT that plucked the eagle's feathers.
02:45Will?
02:45Who's Michael Strahan?
02:46That's him.
02:47Potpourri 8?
02:48In February 2026, Lunar New Year brought about the year of this, one of the five basic Chinese
02:54elements plus an animal.
02:59We're in the year of the fire horse.
03:01Back to you, Will.
03:02Let's do Potpourri 6.
03:05It can mean to raise something, like a flag.
03:07As a noun, it's the height of a flag when flying on a staff.
03:11Laurel?
03:12What is topmast?
03:13No.
03:14Tristan or Will?
03:16What is to hoist?
03:18The hoist of a flag.
03:19Will?
03:20Holidays and observances for 1,000.
03:22Both equinoxes.
03:24Two responses, please.
03:28They're in March and September.
03:30Will?
03:31Potpourri 1,000.
03:32The Tower of London is the setting for this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
03:36Tristan?
03:37What is yeoman of the guard?
03:39Very good.
03:40Game of Bones, 1,000.
03:41You have three of these bony structures, two pectoral and one pelvic, keeping your limbs
03:47attached to your axial skeleton.
03:49Tristan?
03:50What's a girdle?
03:51You got it.
03:52Gone with the wind, 600.
03:53In 2014, Alec Martinez became instant Tinseltown royalty with a goal in double OT that won the
03:59Stanley Cup for this team.
04:01Will?
04:02Who are the Ducks?
04:03No.
04:04Tristan?
04:05Who are the LA Kings?
04:06That's correct.
04:07Gone with the wind, 1,000.
04:09In 2004, Phil Mickelson jumped at least an inch or two for joy after sinking a birdie to
04:14win this tourney in Georgia.
04:16Tristan?
04:16What is the Masters?
04:17Good for 1,000.
04:18Gone with the wind, 400.
04:20You mess with this bull, you get the horns, as the Cavs found out on May 7th, 1989, when
04:26he hit the shot to clinch a playoff series.
04:28Will?
04:29Who's Michael Jordan?
04:30It is Michael Jordan, yes.
04:31You're in second place with $2,000.
04:33We've come to this break, but don't go anywhere.
04:35Jeopardy!
04:41Will Thornton from Worthington, Ohio, is a teacher.
04:43And speaking of teachers, Will, I want to find out how you and your now wife ended up
04:48first going out.
04:48What's the story?
04:49Yeah, so we met in AP European history class.
04:51Aw, high school sweetheart.
04:52Yes.
04:53And she actually asked me to homecoming by getting the teacher to make a review game.
04:59And he was calling kids up and quizzing them in front of the class.
05:01So he called me up and asked me a question about mercantilism, I think.
05:05I have no memory if I got it right or wrong.
05:07And then flipped the slide, and the next one said, Will, will you go to homecoming with
05:10Aaron?
05:11Wow.
05:12No pressure.
05:13Yeah, so he helped me out a lot in life.
05:14Would you ever do this as a teacher?
05:15Would you help facilitate a date?
05:17I guess if I was asked, yeah.
05:19You would fill in.
05:20I love that.
05:20Also with us is Laurel Gilmer from Ithaca, New York, a music events director.
05:25And was it part of that job, Laurel, that you got to touch an important musical item?
05:29It was actually part of my previous job.
05:31I worked with a symphony orchestra, and Yo-Yo Ma was the soloist for a concert that we were
05:36doing.
05:37And something happened with his instrument while he was playing the concerto, and he
05:40was not going to be able to do an encore.
05:41And so when he came off stage at the end of the piece, he handed his cello to me to
05:47hold
05:47while he went out and took another bow.
05:49Wow.
05:49And we were live broadcasting on the radio, and the broadcaster was set up behind me
05:54giving the play-by-play and made a very dramatic reading of how I was holding the cello.
05:59That's very trusting of Yo-Yo Ma to just hand off his cello.
06:02I mean, you do seem trustworthy, Laura.
06:03I hope so.
06:04Our champion is Tristan Williams, originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, a data scientist who
06:09is now on over $70,000 with us.
06:11Do you have any plans for the winnings, Tristan?
06:13Yeah.
06:13So my wife learned a couple years ago that when they're not playing the U.S. Open for
06:17tennis, you can actually rent the courts.
06:19Really?
06:19Pretty cheap.
06:20Yeah.
06:20So what I want to do, because I go every year, is rent a court for my friends, put on
06:24a tournament, call it the, like, way too U.S. Open, and yeah, have a great afternoon.
06:29You actually get to play on the court.
06:31Yeah.
06:31Not Arthur Ashe, the big one, but yeah.
06:34And you say it's affordable.
06:36Like, I think this is going to cause a land rush for those tickets.
06:38Will, you have command of the board.
06:40Go ahead and make a selection.
06:42Let's do inter is coming for $600.
06:44Zachary Taylor underwent this process in 1991, 141 years after he died.
06:51Tristan?
06:51What is reinterment?
06:52What is interment?
06:54No.
06:55What is reinterment?
06:55Laurel?
06:56What is disinterment?
06:57Disinterment.
06:58They dug him up.
06:59Holidays for $400?
07:00National Library Workers' Day and Tax Day.
07:03Laurel?
07:04What is April?
07:05Right.
07:06Inter is coming for $800.
07:07The answer there is the Daily Double in the round, Laurel.
07:11And before you wager, Laurel, a little bit of good news for Tristan.
07:14It turns out that after they disinterred President Taylor, they reinterred him.
07:18So reinterment is correct.
07:19You're getting $1,200 back.
07:21Laurel, with those new scores in mind, how much do you want to wager?
07:24$1,200, please.
07:25Here is your clue.
07:26The category, inter is coming.
07:29From German, it's the back country behind a port, or more figuratively, someplace out
07:34in the sticks.
07:35What is the hinterland?
07:37That is correct.
07:38Yes.
07:38Well done.
07:39You move into second place.
07:43Inter is coming for $1,000.
07:45This Latin phrase used in legal writing means a specified item is just one of many.
07:50Tristan?
07:51What is interalliae?
07:52Interallia?
07:53Yes.
07:53You corrected yourself in time.
07:54Interallia.
07:55Select.
07:56Greenland for $1,000.
07:57Back to Greenland.
07:59Hoping to attract more settlers, this Viking gave Greenland its appealing name.
08:04Tristan?
08:04Who is Eric the Red?
08:05Yes.
08:06Greenland, $400.
08:07The world's largest island that's not a continent, Greenland touches these two oceans.
08:12Laurel?
08:13What are Arctic and Atlantic?
08:14That's right.
08:15Holidays, $200.
08:17Black Friday and the birthday of the Marine Corps.
08:20Will?
08:20It's November?
08:21Correct.
08:22Game of Bones, $400.
08:24The largest one of these appendages, the Hallux, is made up of two feet.
08:27Phalanx bones and can be quite prone to painful bumps and collisions.
08:31Tristan?
08:32What are toes?
08:33Yes.
08:33Bones, $200?
08:34This part of the skull that houses and protects your gray matter is sometimes called the brain
08:39case.
08:40Will?
08:40What's the cranium?
08:41Or cranium, right.
08:42Potpourri, $400.
08:44Punch, a motherless one of these at Japan's Ichikawa Zoo, won fans worldwide as he used a
08:49stuffed orangutan for comfort.
08:52Laurel?
08:52What is a mac?
08:54Mac-ay?
08:55No.
08:57Will?
08:58What's a macaque?
08:59Macaque, yes.
09:00Let's do potpourri for $200.
09:02The Italian for to fry gives us the name of this egg dish, described as an unfolded omelet
09:07or a crustless quiche.
09:09Laurel?
09:09What is frittata?
09:10Right.
09:11Gone with the wind, $200.
09:12At the Rose Bowl on July 10, 1999, Brandi Chastain kicked off the party with the game
09:18winner at the women's final at this event.
09:20Tristan?
09:20What is the World Cup?
09:21Yes.
09:22Inter is coming, $400.
09:24This word, meaning bored, is often confused with a longer word.
09:27Same root, different prefix.
09:29That can also mean impartial.
09:31Laurel?
09:31What is disinterested?
09:32No.
09:34Tristan?
09:34What is uninterested?
09:35Uninterested is confused with disinterested, that's right.
09:38Inter is coming, $200.
09:39It can be a fragment that breaks off from a board or a faction that breaks off from a
09:44group.
09:45Tristan?
09:45What's a splinter?
09:46Yes.
09:47Greenland, $200.
09:47Final clue of the round.
09:50While geographically part of North America, Greenland is in fact a self-governing territory
09:54of this country.
09:55Laurel?
09:56What is Denmark?
09:56Greenland is part of Denmark, that's correct.
09:58You're in third place with $2,400 and we'll select first when we come back.
10:02Double Jeopardy is next.
10:07Welcome back.
10:09Tristan's on top at the moment, but with all that Double Jeopardy cash on the board,
10:12we could be ripe for a comeback.
10:14Here are the categories.
10:15Players, Cold War History starts us off.
10:18Then we have Arty Supreme, Meeting in the Middle, Four of the Same Vowel, followed by Getting
10:26Lit and Stage Names.
10:29Laurel, which category?
10:30How much?
10:31Stage Names for $1,200.
10:33Part of this stage name of Mark Sinclair Vincent came from his bouncer friends in New York City.
10:39Tristan?
10:40Who is Vin Diesel?
10:40Better known as Vin Diesel.
10:42Lit for $1,600.
10:43Get a copy of his Death in Venice at that city's Libreria Acqua Alta, where the books are
10:49in boats and tubs in case the waters rise.
10:51Tristan?
10:52Who is Thomas Mann?
10:53Right.
10:53Lit for $1,200.
10:55At Bucharest's Cartouresti Carousel, grab this memoir by Romanian-born Elie Wiesel, revised
11:01from And the World Remained Silent.
11:04Laurel.
11:04What is Night?
11:05Night is the book.
11:07Getting Lit, $800.
11:08Someone nabbed a rare set of this series featuring Rolandus Chain, aka The Gunslinger, for $25K
11:14on abebooks.com.
11:17Will.
11:17What's The Dark Tower?
11:18Right.
11:18Stephen King.
11:19Let's do Arty Supreme for $16.
11:22Elash Ooku and Fountain are two works already made by this 20th century avant-garde artist.
11:28Tristan?
11:29Who is Duchamp?
11:30Yes.
11:30Arty Supreme, $1,200.
11:32Shortly after the birth of this opera diva in New York City, her Greek immigrant parents
11:36shortened the family name from Caligaropolis.
11:40Laurel.
11:40Who is Calis?
11:41Maria Calis, it is.
11:43Arty Supreme, $800.
11:44Answer.
11:45A Daily Double, Laurel.
11:49You're in second place at the moment.
11:51What do you want to risk on Arty Supreme?
11:54$3,000.
11:55All right.
11:56You'll have $7,800 if you're correct.
11:58Now for your clue in Arty Supreme.
12:01Igor Stravinsky worked with Russian mystic Nicholas Rarick on this ballet, originally called
12:06The Great Sacrifice.
12:09What is the Firebird?
12:10I'm afraid not.
12:11It's the Rite of Spring.
12:13You kept $1,800 back, so you still have that to play with.
12:16Select.
12:17Meeting in the middle $800.
12:19Equal to two laps on a standard outdoor track, it's the shortest of the middle distance running
12:23events in the Olympics.
12:25Laurel.
12:25What is $800?
12:26Right.
12:27Meeting in the middle $1,200.
12:29The boundary between the outer ear and the middle ear is the eardrum, also known as this membrane.
12:34Laurel.
12:35What is the tympano?
12:36Yes, the tympanic membrane.
12:38Middle for 1600.
12:39Under rulers like Mentuhotep II, this period in Egypt, circa 2000 to 1600 BC, was marked
12:46by reunification and prosperity.
12:49Tristan.
12:49What is the Middle Empire?
12:50No.
12:52Will.
12:53What's the Middle Kingdom?
12:53Middle Kingdom.
12:54You got it.
12:55Cold War history for 16.
12:58The so-called Winter War with the USSR ended badly for this country in 1940, despite its shrewd
13:04use of skiing to move troops.
13:06Tristan.
13:06What is Finland?
13:07Correct.
13:08Cold War history, 1200.
13:09Freezing temps and heavy snowfall made for a hard-won allied victory in this World War
13:14II battle, also known as the Ardenne counteroffensive.
13:17Tristan.
13:18What's the Battle of the Bulge?
13:19Right again.
13:20Cold War history, 2000.
13:22Even worse than Valley Forge, Washington's encampment in this New Jersey town, 1779 to 1780, was known
13:29as the Hard Winter.
13:31Laurel.
13:32What is Morristown?
13:32Well done, for 2000.
13:34Cold War history, 800.
13:36The U.S. fought its longest war against this country known for harsh winters.
13:40In the early years, fighting waned during cold weather.
13:43Will.
13:44What's Korea?
13:45No.
13:46Tristan.
13:46What is Russia?
13:47Also incorrect.
13:50Laurel?
13:50That country is Afghanistan.
13:52Back to you, Laurel.
13:54For the same veil, 800.
13:56Window washers, wiper.
13:59Laurel.
13:59With a squeegee?
14:00Right.
14:01Same veil, 1200.
14:02These delicious nuts are good sources of calcium, iron, and unfortunately, fat.
14:08Tristan.
14:08What are macadamia nuts?
14:09Right.
14:10Stage name's 1600.
14:13Bronx-born Isis Gaston took this rhyming stage name from a Finsta she made as a teen.
14:18Tristan.
14:19Who is Ice Spice?
14:20That's her.
14:20Stage name's 800.
14:22Lauren Palmer adopted a new first name when her manager overheard her mom calling her this
14:27four-letter nickname.
14:28Tristan.
14:29What is Kiki?
14:29Kiki Palmer.
14:30Stage name's 2000.
14:31The verdict is out on whether this Brit would have been more intimidating in Git Carter
14:35if his name in the credits was Morris Micklewhite.
14:38Will?
14:39Who's Michael Caine?
14:39Yes.
14:40Meeting in the middle, 2000.
14:42The ancient Sassanians spoke Middle Persian, also called this, sharing the name of the dynasty
14:47of the last shahs of Iran.
14:52Their name was Pahlavi.
14:54Will?
14:55Getting lit, 2000.
14:57At Paris' oldest bookshop, Librarie de la Main, Truffaut found a copy of this 1953 novel
15:04about a love triangle and was inspired by it.
15:07Will?
15:08What is Jules and Jim?
15:09Yes, the basis for his movie.
15:11Let's do Artie Supreme, 2000.
15:13Sadly, she's as much remembered for her bizarre fatal auto accident as for being, per the New
15:18York Times, the matriarch of modern dance.
15:21Tristan.
15:21Who is Duncan?
15:222000 more for you.
15:24For the same valve, 1600.
15:26The answer there is a daily double, Tristan.
15:28And before you wager, we need to update the scores.
15:31I'm afraid, Laurel, that our judges have listened back and ruled that you did not complete your
15:34response of tympanum for the tympanic membrane.
15:37We're going to have to deduct that amount from your score.
15:39So, Tristan, you're now wagering with these scores in mind.
15:42What will it be?
15:45Let's do $1,500.
15:48All right.
15:48With $1,500 at stake in four of the same vowel, here's your clue.
15:53Vasily Andreev brought this three-stringed folk instrument to the concert stage.
15:59What is a balalaika?
16:00Four A's in balalaika.
16:02That's right.
16:02Taking you above $20,000.
16:08Cold War History, 400.
16:10Of this range, prone to avalanches, an Austrian officer in World War I said,
16:14the mountains in winter are more dangerous than the Italians.
16:17Will?
16:18What are they, Alps?
16:19Right.
16:20For the same vowel, 2000.
16:22Not a ton of four U words, but this adjective, meaning lacking in moral principles, is one.
16:28Tristan.
16:28What is unscrupulous?
16:29Good for 2000.
16:30For the same vowel, 400.
16:32Want to join the Freemasons or Delta Kappa Gamma?
16:35Be prepared to undergo this process.
16:37Laurel.
16:38What is initiation?
16:39Yes.
16:40Meeting in the middle, 400.
16:41A 2018 Pew survey found 89% of Americans described themselves as part of this group,
16:47including upper and lower.
16:49Tristan.
16:50What is the middle class?
16:51Everybody's middle class.
16:52Getting Lit, 400.
16:54Grab Harry Moolish's The Discovery of Heaven, a classic of this language, at Maastricht's
16:59stunning book-handle Dominikanen.
17:01Tristan.
17:02What is Dutch?
17:02Yes.
17:03Stage name's 400.
17:04Tom Maypother became this action star.
17:07Tristan.
17:08Who's Tom Cruise?
17:09We know him better as Tom Cruise.
17:10Here's the last clue from Artie Supreme.
17:12The Burgers of Calais is an acclaimed sculpture from this Parisian.
17:16Will.
17:16Who's Rodin?
17:17That is the right sculptor, taking you to 9200.
17:20But Tristan has a big lead again as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:22Here is your category, you three.
17:25U.S. lakes.
17:26And we'll come back with a clue right after we pause for this word.
17:30We are back with a Final Jeopardy category of U.S. lakes and this final clue of the game.
17:36This big lake, named for a French marine minister, begins its name with a way that official might
17:41conceivably cross the body of water.
17:4330 seconds.
17:44Good luck.
18:15Laurel Gilmore finished in third place with 4600.
18:18What did you come up with in Final?
18:21Lake Champlain is, I'm afraid, not the right lake.
18:24Laurel, you wagered everything.
18:27We'll take that away and leave you at zero.
18:29Will Thornton was in second place with 9200 at the end of the round.
18:32He wrote down Lake Swim.
18:35That sounds fun.
18:36I'd love to go to Lake Swim.
18:37You could swim across, right?
18:39Not correct, I'm afraid.
18:40You wagered, ah, no wager at all.
18:43So you still have $9,200.
18:44But Tristan Williams had the big lead with 23,700.
18:48Will he add to that?
18:49He wrote down Lake Pontchartrain.
18:52He even spelled it right.
18:53Yes, P-O-N-T means bridge in French.
18:55You will be adding, how much did you wager?
18:583,600 more to your score.
18:59So 27,300 and now a five-day total of $103,499.
19:06Congratulations, Tristan.
19:07You're headed to the Tournament of Champions.
19:11But first, he'll keep playing with us.
19:13Thanks for joining us.
19:14We'll see you next time.
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