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00:00From the Alex Trebek stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Star!
00:12Introducing tonight's Celebrity Semi-Pinals.
00:16You know him as Brian Hackett on Wings, and currently as Dr. Archer on Chicago Men.
00:23It's Steven Weber.
00:26He's an actor best known for his role as Kirk on Gilmore Girls, and currently starring as Maxwell Lord in
00:34the DC Comic Universe.
00:36Here's Sean Gunn.
00:39And he's a stand-up comedian, author of the best-selling sub-stack Who's With Me, and the most recent
00:46champion of Celebrity Jeopardy!
00:49It's W. Kamau Bell.
00:53And now, here is your host, Ken Jennings.
01:00Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
01:02Thank you, folks.
01:03And welcome, everyone, to the second of our three semi-final games on Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars.
01:08We already know that Mina Kimes is advancing to the finals, but who will join her tonight?
01:13Could it be Sean Gunn, or Steven Weber, or W. Kamau Bell, playing his first game in this tournament after
01:19being seeded into these semi-finals?
01:21Good luck to all three of you.
01:23Let's start finding out who will be forging ahead to the finals and one step closer to that million-dollar
01:28grand prize as we play the Jeopardy! round with these categories.
01:32First up, that's ancient history.
01:35Then we have home furnishings, some newish words, followed by they knew each other when, classical music classics, and finally,
01:46a little mathletics.
01:48We'll find out if these three are mathletes.
01:50Kamau, you're going to start us off.
01:51Let's do newish words for 100.
01:54Often paired with bada-boom, this hyphenated term was the name of a gentleman's club in The Sopranos.
02:01Kamau.
02:01What is bada-bing?
02:02You got it.
02:03Uh, newish words for 200.
02:05The name of a classic first-person shooter video game begins this word for excessively consuming negative news on your
02:12phone.
02:13Steven.
02:14What is doom-scrolling?
02:15Correct. You don't want a doom-scroll.
02:17Uh, classical music classics for 100.
02:20Johan Strauss II's On the Beautiful Blue Danube is this type of composition that's written in 3-4 time.
02:28Sean.
02:29What is a waltz?
02:30It is a waltz.
02:31Uh, let's do mathletics for 100.
02:34Number of holes on a golf course plus number of runs that score on a Grand Slam home run.
02:40Sean.
02:40What is 22?
02:4118 plus 4, yes.
02:42Mathletics, 200.
02:44Value of love in tennis times number of minutes in 75 pro soccer games.
02:50Kamau.
02:50What is zero?
02:51That's right.
02:52You don't have to know that it's 6,750 minutes.
02:54I didn't do the first one.
02:55That's all I knew.
02:56There you go.
02:57Uh, let's do, uh, newish words, 300.
03:01Per the Oxford English Dictionary, this adjective, popularized by Destiny's Child, means shapely, especially in the buttock area.
03:09Kamau.
03:10What is thick?
03:10No, I'm sorry.
03:12Sean or Steven?
03:15That's the definition of bootylicious.
03:17Ah.
03:17Back to you, Kamau.
03:18That's my nickname in high school.
03:21Sorry.
03:22Oh, black people are going to be so mad at me again.
03:24Okay.
03:25Uh, newish words, 400.
03:27Although dating to at least the Howdy Doody days, this word became a favorite of surfers and mutant ninja turtles.
03:34Kamau.
03:35What is cowabunga?
03:36Yes.
03:37Uh, newish words, 500.
03:38In the monologue introducing this concept, Stephen Colbert said,
03:42anyone can read the news.
03:44I promise to feel the news.
03:46Stephen.
03:47What is truthiness?
03:48Good for 500.
03:49Uh, classical music classics for two.
03:52Got 15 hours to kill?
03:54Check out the Ring of the Nibelung, also known as the Ring Cycle, a set of four grand operas by
03:59this composer.
04:01Stephen.
04:01Who's Wagner?
04:02Yes.
04:03Uh, classical music for three.
04:05Bizet's Carmen includes two of opera's most famous arias, one sung by Carmen and the other by her suitor,
04:11one of these performers.
04:13Sean.
04:14What is it, tenor?
04:16No, I'm sorry.
04:18Kamau or Stephen?
04:19The kind of performer he is in the opera, he's a toreador, a bullfighter.
04:24Back to you, Stephen.
04:24Classical music for four.
04:26Torville and Dean's gold medal performance in ice dancing at the 1984 Olympics brought new popularity to this piece by
04:33Ravel.
04:34Sean.
04:35What is bolero?
04:35Correct.
04:36Uh, Mathletics, 300.
04:38Answer there is a daily double.
04:39Woo!
04:43You can wager up to $500 here on Mathletics.
04:47Sean, how do you feel about Mathletics?
04:48I feel enough to wager 500.
04:50All right.
04:51Going for $800 if he's right.
04:53Here's the clue.
04:55Number the ref counts to in a boxing knockout times number of hockey goals in a hat trick.
05:01What is 30?
05:02That's right.
05:03Ten times three.
05:04You have $800 and it's still your board, Sean.
05:07Uh, Mathletics, 400.
05:09Number of teams competing in March Madness divided by the number of teams competing in the Rose Bowl.
05:16Sean.
05:16What is four?
05:17No.
05:18Oh.
05:19Kamau or Stephen?
05:20Kamau.
05:21What is two?
05:22No, also not two.
05:23Oh, no.
05:23God.
05:24Stephen, not going to try it.
05:26There are now 68 teams in March Madness, so it's 34.
05:29I was going to miss that no matter what happened.
05:31Sean.
05:31You jocks.
05:32Mathletics, 500.
05:33Here's the final Mathletics clue.
05:35Number of players on the court during a basketball game plus number of laps in the Indianapolis, 500.
05:42Sean.
05:43What is 5,000?
05:44No.
05:46Kamau or Stephen?
05:47Tough one.
05:48Ten basketball players plus 200 laps.
05:50What is 210?
05:51Oh.
05:52Sean, select.
05:53No more Mathletics.
05:54Yes, seriously.
05:55Let's go to That's Ancient History for 100.
05:58We can't decide on a favorite, but Khufu and Ramses II are regarded as two of the most influential of
06:04these ancient Egyptian kings.
06:06Stephen.
06:06Uh, what's a pharaoh?
06:08Pharaoh is correct.
06:09You're in the lead as we come to our first break.
06:11Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars will be back after these messages.
06:14I'm, I'm...
06:15No more Maths.
06:16I'm going to commit Harikari.
06:17No Maths.
06:19Ugh.
06:22After Stephen Webber, originally from Queens, and in the semifinals after a very hard-fought quarterfinal match,
06:29you were only, I think, one clue ahead of Macaulay Culkin, who gave you a real run for your money.
06:33He's ferocious.
06:34Uh, and then I had a scary moment at some point when, uh, I blew a line of one of
06:41the most, you know, famous quotes from The Godfather.
06:45And, uh, I know my, I have friends who will actually whack me, uh, when they see that.
06:50Just to be clear, you have seen The Godfather before.
06:52Uh, way too many times, of course, but, uh, under duress.
06:55But in the heat of the moment?
06:56I, I, it was a grammatical error, but then I, I think I more than made up for it when
07:00I pulled out, uh, the clue, which was, um, uh, Denzel Washington appeared on Broadway, uh, in a play written
07:08by the first, uh, black female playwright.
07:12And as soon as I saw Denzel's name, Broadway, I was like, fences, no, not August Wilson, uh, and time
07:17is, and you're about to, you were about to go.
07:19I was very close.
07:20And I went, raise him in the sign.
07:21In the knicker time.
07:22Oh, so I'm, I, I think I made up for it.
07:24Your heart must have been pounding.
07:25I'm glad I was wearing Depends.
07:28So are all of us.
07:29Yeah, what?
07:30So are we.
07:31Tell us about the charity you are playing for.
07:33So I'm playing for New Directions for Veterans, which is a fantastic organization which takes care of our veterans, our
07:38warriors, after they come back from sacrificing so much.
07:42Uh, New Directions helps them with, uh, housing and employment and medical issues, and it's a fantastic organization.
07:50Wonderful.
07:51Well, we already know they're going to win quite a bit.
07:53Yep, thanks.
07:53Give me a million dollars.
07:54Good luck, Steven.
07:55Sean Gunn is here, originally hailing from Manchester, Missouri.
07:59That's right.
07:59You are coming off a huge, dominating performance in your quarterfinal.
08:03You had a 79% buzzer accuracy.
08:06Wow.
08:06You were the only player correct in Final Jeopardy.
08:09How'd you get so good on the buzzer, Sean?
08:11Well, I don't know exactly, but I can tell you that I, uh, that I had gotten a piece of
08:15advice from my friend, uh, Muffy Morocco, who had, who's a trivia veteran who'd been on the show.
08:20Yes.
08:21And she had gotten advice from a multi-time champion of Jeopardy, um, a nugget of information for the buzzer
08:29that I am not going to share here with my opponents.
08:32But we'll see how it holds up.
08:35If I lose, I'll give it to them so that maybe they can use it the next round.
08:38I see.
08:38You will pass it along.
08:39I will.
08:40If you don't advance.
08:40I'm always prepared to do so.
08:41But you don't want to give it away mid-game.
08:43No, absolutely.
08:44Yeah, you do?
08:45This guy's cutthroat.
08:46He's good.
08:46He is cutthroat.
08:47Like, like, I can already tell he's great on the buzzer.
08:50Uh, tell us about the charity you're playing for, Sean.
08:52I'm playing for Women for Women International, which, uh, goes into conflict-affected countries and helps, um, uh, equip the,
09:00the women survivors there to rebuild their communities.
09:03I had a good friend who works in the government and did a lot of work with NGOs, and I
09:08asked him, what's your recommendation for the best way to spend your donation dollar if you're going to donate somewhere?
09:15And he told me that, uh, anything that goes towards the education and empowerment of women and girls worldwide, uh,
09:22shows an immediate difference in terms of, uh, how those communities and those places are able to enhance the quality
09:29of living for everyone in their community.
09:31Most bang for your buck.
09:33Yeah.
09:33That's, that's great advice for those of us looking to give.
09:35Thank you, Sean, and good luck to you as well.
09:38W. Kamau Bell, Oakland's favorite son and our most recent Celebrity Jeopardy! champion.
09:44Welcome back to the-
09:44Say it again, Ken, say it again.
09:45Our most recent Celebrity Jeopardy! champion.
09:48Yes.
09:48Welcome back to the Alex Trebek stage.
09:50How does it feel to be back with us?
09:52I mean, it feels great, although when people congratulate on me, I say being the smartest celebrity is a little
09:56bit like being the strongest two-year-old.
09:58But, uh, but it still feels good.
10:01How dare you?
10:03But also accurate.
10:04Uh, yeah.
10:05I mean, nowadays, Celebrity Jeopardy! champs do get invited to play, like, regular, nightly, daily, syndicated Jeopardy!
10:10I know.
10:11I don't like all these invites back, if I'm honest.
10:13I just want to be the champion.
10:14You looked very good your first time out.
10:16You have nothing to prove, but, but you did come back.
10:19And I assume part of that is because of the organization you're playing for.
10:22Yeah.
10:22So, we, we, last time, we got to give a million dollars to donors' shoes.
10:26Thank you, Jeopardy!
10:26Thank you for that.
10:27And that goes to schools around the country, that, to their teachers, to raise money for classroom projects.
10:32And because of that million dollars, I got to wipe out all the classroom projects in Oakland, California, where I
10:37live.
10:37Wow!
10:37And I got to wipe out all the class projects in my dad's hometown of Mobile, Alabama, so thank you
10:41very much for that.
10:42Two whole cities! Congratulations!
10:43Yeah, it was.
10:45And you can do more with more money from this tournament, so best of luck to you.
10:49You and Sean have a little bit of catching up to do, but it's early.
10:52Steven, go ahead and make the next selection.
10:54Okay.
10:55Um, let's finish out classical music classics for five.
10:58A critic likened its first movement to a boat floating on a lake at night, and this name for piano
11:04sonata number 14 by Beethoven was born.
11:10Steven.
11:11What is eroica?
11:12No, I'm sorry.
11:13Ah!
11:14Kamau or Sean?
11:16A boat at night because it's the moonlight sonata.
11:19Back to you, Steven.
11:20Uh, how about they knew each other when, Ken, for one?
11:24In a high school lunchroom rap battle, Busta Rhymes was bested by this Empire state-of-mind artist.
11:29Sean.
11:30Who's Jay-Z?
11:31Correct.
11:31Uh, knew each other when, 200.
11:34Jonah Hill was the officiant at the wedding of this musician, a childhood pal, to Beati Prince Lou.
11:43Who is Adam Levine?
11:44Sean, back to you.
11:45Uh, knew each other when, 300.
11:48The 2025 documentary, A.K.A. Charlie Sheen, shows home movies Charlie made with pals like Sean Penn in this
11:56not-yet-glitzy city on the Pacific Coast Highway.
11:59Steven.
12:00What's Malibu?
12:00Yeah, Malibu back in the day.
12:02Knew each other when for four.
12:03Snoop Dogg said that this future bad teacher ran with his homegirls as high schoolers in Long Beach.
12:12Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz grew up together.
12:15Steven?
12:15Uh, knew each other when for five.
12:18Gwyneth Paltrow was childhood friends with this SNL portrayer of Oprah, Kamala, and Donatella.
12:24Steven?
12:25Who's Maya Rudolph?
12:25That's right.
12:26Let's go mad with home furnishings for 300.
12:30It's gonna be crazy.
12:31Ugh.
12:31Give it a spin.
12:32This tray makes passing food and condiments way more fun, though the name is a bit judgy.
12:38Steven?
12:39What's a lazy Susan?
12:40It is.
12:41Uh, home furnishings for four.
12:43Barka Lounger offers swivel and power types of these that allow you to sit back with style.
12:49Steven?
12:50What are chairs?
12:51Can you be more specific?
12:52What are lounge chairs?
12:53Mmm.
12:54What are loungers?
12:56Nah.
12:56God.
12:57We already said lounger in the crew.
12:59I hate Jeopardy.
13:00Those are recliners, Steven.
13:02They're what?
13:03Recliners.
13:04Ah, come on.
13:05Loungers.
13:06Ah, never mind.
13:07Select again, Steven.
13:08Let's not fight.
13:09Home furnishings for five.
13:11To get some light on your breakfast, try illumination with one of these stained glass lamps Audrey Hepburn would adore.
13:17Come out.
13:18What is it, Tiffany?
13:19You got it for $500.
13:21Whew.
13:22Uh, home furnishings, $100.
13:25Heading down to Ikea to pick up some of the Venetian kind of these for your windows?
13:29They're listed under Veclar Fly.
13:32Steven?
13:33What are blinds?
13:33Yes.
13:34And, uh, let's finish this torture.
13:37Home furnishings for $200.
13:38The excitement continues.
13:40Jeff Lebowski was very upset when this home furnishing was ruined by interlopers.
13:45It really tied the room together.
13:47Steven?
13:47What's the rug?
13:48Right.
13:49Uh, that's ancient history for two.
13:52Construction of this landmark began in the Qin Dynasty during the 3rd century B.C. and was completed over the
13:58next 1,800 years.
14:00Sean?
14:00Uh, what is the Great Wall of China?
14:02You are correct.
14:03Uh, history, 300.
14:05Julius Caesar addressed his dying words to this man, a leader of the conspiracy to assassinate him in the Roman
14:11Senate.
14:12Sean?
14:12Who's Brutus?
14:13Right again.
14:14Uh, 400.
14:15The Western Roman Empire fell in 476, but the eastern one kept plugging along for another thousand-ish years, with
14:22this city as its capital.
14:27Now, Istanbul, but it was Constantinople.
14:30Here's the final clue, and that's ancient history.
14:32Known as his code, a collection of legal decisions by this king of Babylon was once regarded as history's oldest
14:39set of laws.
14:40Sean?
14:41Who is Hammurabi?
14:42That is correct.
14:43And look at these scores.
14:44Wow.
14:44And look at these scores.
14:46Everybody well positioned for Double Jeopardy, which is the next round on Celebrity Jeopardy All-Stars.
14:50Back in a moment.
14:52That's it.
14:53Hammurabi.
14:53Jay-Z and Hammurabi.
14:55Jay-Z!
15:00Welcome back to Celebrity Jeopardy All-Stars.
15:03You are just in time for Double Jeopardy.
15:05Let's show our celebs the new categories.
15:08First up, it's A Day of the Week.
15:10Then Movies in Movies, A Little Trip Around the USA.
15:15Followed by Russian Lit.
15:17Then Species Not From Around These Here Parts.
15:20And finally, Si, Hablo Español.
15:24Each correct response here will begin with the letter C or Con La Letra C.
15:28Come out, you're up first.
15:30Let's do Movies in Movies for $200.
15:34In a film within Nodding Hill, this actress was just a girl standing in front of flesh-eating robots asking
15:40them not to eat her.
15:41Sean?
15:42Who is Julia Roberts?
15:43Yes.
15:44Movies in Movies, $400.
15:46Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal, is a line from Angels with Filthy Souls, a movie within this movie.
15:52Come out.
15:53What is Home Alone?
15:54Correct.
15:55Movies in Movies for $600.
15:57A Nazi propaganda film called Nation's Pride plays during Operation Kino in this Quentin Tarantino film.
16:03Come out.
16:04What is Inglourious Bastards?
16:05That's the film.
16:06Movies in Movies, $800.
16:08This title hero, played by Danny Trejo from a movie trailer at the start of Planet Terror, got his own
16:14franchise.
16:15Come out.
16:16What is Machete?
16:17Yes.
16:18Why did I try to say it in Spanish?
16:21Movies in Movies, $1,000.
16:23It's fitting that Total Devastation is a fake movie in this 2021 comedy with a comet that totally devastates Earth.
16:30Come out.
16:31What is Don't Look Up?
16:32Well done in that category.
16:33You're in the lead with $3,300.
16:34I retire now.
16:35I'm out.
16:37Let's do A Day of the Week, $200.
16:40It's held on a Tuesday in November as, post-harvest, many 19th century farmers needed to travel
16:46a day or two to perform their civic duty.
16:48Steven.
16:49What's Election Day?
16:50You got it.
16:52Let's do Se Hablo...
16:53Si Hablo Español para...
16:55Doscientos.
16:56Okay, $200.
16:58This four-letter word that's Spanish for house comes in the Blanca variety in Morocco.
17:03Sean?
17:04What is Casa?
17:05That's it.
17:06Let's go to Around the USA for $200.
17:09This capital of New Mexico in the northern Rio Grande Valley has a name that means Holy
17:13Faith.
17:15Sean?
17:15What is Albuquerque?
17:16No, I'm sorry.
17:18Kamau or Steven?
17:20It's Santa Fe that's the capital.
17:22Back to you, Sean.
17:23Species Not From Around, these here parts for $200.
17:27In 2019, Twitter user AtWillieMcNab asked the net, how do I kill the 30 to 50 feral these
17:34porcine creatures that terrorize the South?
17:37Steven.
17:37What are pigs?
17:38Yeah, he said hogs, but same animal.
17:40Okay.
17:41Si Hablo Español for $400.
17:44This Spanish word for cockroach is in the name of a Spanish folk song about an insect
17:48whose crawling days are over.
17:50Steven.
17:51What's cucaracha?
17:52Si.
17:52Si Hablo Español for $600.
17:55Little Havana in Miami is centered on this word, ocho, Spanish for ape street.
18:03Street is calle, calle ocho.
18:05Back to you, Steven.
18:06Si Hablo Español for eight.
18:08This slow-cooked dish, usually made with pork, translates to little meats.
18:13Kamau.
18:14What are carnitas?
18:15Correcto.
18:16Can I call Bad Bunny for help?
18:18No, we have no phone-a-friend here.
18:20Okay, okay.
18:22Si Hablo Español for $1,000.
18:24Last one.
18:25The first female president of the Philippines had as her first name this Spanish word for
18:30heart.
18:30Sean.
18:31What is corazon?
18:32Corazon Aquino.
18:33You got it.
18:33Russian lit for $200.
18:35The globe-trotting journey that's the title of this Jules Verne novel was speedy for its
18:40time.
18:40Kamau.
18:41What is around the world in 80 days?
18:43You are correct.
18:44Uh, let's do around the USA 400.
18:47Rising more than 3,000 feet above a valley, El Capitan, in this national park, is one of
18:52the world's tallest monoliths.
18:54Sean.
18:55What is Yosemite?
18:56Yosemite is right.
18:57Sean, you pull into second place.
18:58And with this game very close, we need to pause for a moment.
19:01But more Celebrity Jeopardy!
19:02All-Stars after this break.
19:04Woo!
19:06Spanish.
19:07My wife used to be a park ranger at Yosemite.
19:09Oh.
19:12Welcome back to Celebrity Jeopardy!
19:13All-Stars.
19:14Steven, you've talked on this stage before about your lifelong love of Jeopardy!
19:18You're a genuine fan of the show, right?
19:19I've been watching since the Art Fleming days, when the clues were on cards that were
19:24taken by hand out of the slots.
19:26And, uh, all snark aside, it's such an honor and a privilege and a dream to be on this show.
19:33You've made it to the semifinals twice of one of your favorite shows.
19:37That's pretty cool.
19:38Pretty cool.
19:39And I just want to throw in that, you know, this show is, uh, forget about me, let's
19:43talk about the show.
19:44This is part of culture, you know, kind of global culture.
19:47And I always love the fact that Merv Griffin, the show's creator, wrote the theme, Think.
19:53Right?
19:54During the Final Jeopardy music.
19:55The Final Jeopardy song.
19:56So, uh, you can use that in a trivia contest.
20:02But often a bridesmaid, never a bride, you want to get to the finals this time, right?
20:05I really do.
20:06Okay.
20:07Wishing you good luck.
20:08We know you love the show.
20:09Thank you for watching, Steven.
20:10Sean Gunn, you prepared a lot for the show your first time around.
20:14What about this time?
20:15Yeah, I, uh, you know, the first time around, because I, too, would like to make it past
20:22this round, Steven.
20:24Um, I, uh, no, I, um, last time, the one thing that was so annoying was my wife had drilled
20:32me on world capitals.
20:34It was like the one thing that we actually sat down and studied.
20:37And then my final Jeopardy question, I don't know if you remember, but it was, it was
20:41film festivals.
20:42I was very confident.
20:43And I had to, I had to remember that Sarajevo was the capital of Bosnia.
20:47And I just, I didn't have it.
20:49And so last night, late at night, I'm like looking at world capitals again.
20:55I'm like, maybe this time it'll work out.
20:57We'll see.
20:58Maybe this time.
20:58You were very close, agonizingly close to the finals last time.
21:01Yeah.
21:02You are just one game away right now.
21:03So let's see what happens.
21:04We'll see.
21:05Good luck to you.
21:06We have one Celebrity Jeopardy finalist on the stage.
21:08I've made it to the finals.
21:09It's Kamau Bell.
21:10No, I mean, you know, they have careers, though.
21:14You had something pretty cool happen after your Celebrity Jeopardy appearance.
21:18Somebody reached out.
21:19Yeah.
21:19So as you know, the last time you interviewed me, I talked about how my middle kid, Juno,
21:23quizzed me on Olivia Rodrigo to get ready for Jeopardy.
21:25Then that ended up being a question in Celebrity Jeopardy that I nailed.
21:30Yeah.
21:30And it got through the internet, and Olivia Rodrigo sent a video to me to share with Juno
21:35to say thank you and to say that Juno's dad is super cool.
21:38Wow.
21:39Yeah.
21:40I see Juno there on your shirt.
21:42Is she the one who makes it?
21:42This is a Juno original, so she draws portraits of our family.
21:45This is from several years ago.
21:47But as you can see, she's a dead-on artist.
21:49This is the likeness of me.
21:50It's perfect.
21:50As you can see, the hair is perfect.
21:52It's uncanny.
21:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:53It's like I'm seeing two Kamau bells.
21:55I know.
21:55It's confusing.
21:56My eyes are up here.
21:57Very nice.
21:58Sean, you have commanded the board right now.
22:00Oh, okay.
22:02Let's do Russian Lit for $400.
22:05Laura Hillenbrand wrote a non-fiction bestseller about this horse that won a 1938 match race,
22:11beating the Pimlico track record.
22:13Kamau.
22:14Who, Secretariat?
22:14No.
22:16Sean or Steven?
22:18She wrote Seabiscuit.
22:20Came to Sean too late.
22:22Yeah.
22:22I have Russian Lit for $600.
22:24The title of this novel by Kotaro Isaka refers to the high-speed train on which an assassin known as
22:30Ladybug is traveling.
22:32Kamau.
22:33What is the bullet train?
22:34Right.
22:35Russian Lit $800.
22:36Answer there is a daily double, Kamau.
22:38Come on, man.
22:42You're out in front, and you need to decide how aggressive you want to be on Russian Lit.
22:47Oh, this is going to be a mistake.
22:50Let's go true daily double.
22:51Yeah.
22:52Wow.
22:52Wow.
22:53Swinging for the fences early.
22:55You'll have 9,000 if you're right, Kamau.
22:57Here's your clue in Russian Lit.
23:00A Camaro's speedometer passes 100 miles per hour as a 1958 Plymouth Fury pursues it in this novel by Stephen
23:08King.
23:15I'm out.
23:18What is Carrie?
23:19No, it's the one with the car, but you didn't quite get there.
23:22What is Christine?
23:23Yeah.
23:24I can tell you were so close.
23:26I was with a C.
23:27It was still the right wager, I think.
23:28Do I get points for the C?
23:29It was a good move.
23:30In my heart, you do, but you need to start rebuilding.
23:33You're at $0, Kamau.
23:34Select again.
23:34Thanks for reminding me.
23:36Russian Lit $1,000.
23:38Here's some Russian Russian Lit.
23:40In this Tolstoy novel, Count Vronsky is leading in a horse race, but shifts in the saddle and loses.
23:46Stephen.
23:47What's War and Peace?
23:48It's not War and Peace.
23:49Sean.
23:49What's Crime and Punishment?
23:51Also not a Crime and Punishment, though.
23:53Kamau, not going to try it.
23:55What is Anna Karenina?
23:57Back to you, Kamau.
23:58Oh, a day of the week for $400.
24:00On September 3rd, 1929, this average stood at 381 points.
24:05After Black Thursday the next month, it was at $299 and kept falling.
24:10Kamau.
24:11What is the Dow Jones?
24:12Yes.
24:13Day of the week, $600.
24:15In 1965, what would become this restaurant chain opened its first location in New York at First Avenue and 63rd
24:22Street.
24:26It's in a day of the week because this is TGN Friday.
24:29In here, it's Friday.
24:31Kamau, back to you.
24:32A day of the week, 800.
24:33In its early days, this news publication used Ben Franklin's old print shop.
24:38And remember, there's a day in the name Kamau.
24:41What is this, Saturday Evening Post?
24:43That's right.
24:43Woo!
24:44Oh, Jesus.
24:45What?
24:45I don't know.
24:46I don't know.
24:47Thank you, Black Jesus.
24:48A day of the week.
24:49Specifically, a day of the week, 1,000.
24:52Jesus' entry into Jerusalem is commemorated on this, the first day of Holy Week.
24:59Stephen.
25:00What is Palm Sunday?
25:01That's good for 1,000.
25:02Thank you, Black Jesus!
25:04Woo!
25:06He's here for all of us.
25:08Exactly.
25:10Okay.
25:11Oh, this is exhausting.
25:14Species for 800.
25:16Columbia is dealing with some 170 cocaine hippos since this drug lord imported some in the 1980s.
25:23Kamau.
25:24Who is Pablo Escobar?
25:25Right.
25:26Species not from around these parts, 400.
25:29Pasadena has thousands of these green and red non-native birds.
25:33Pasadena has thousands of these green and red non-native birds.
25:37Sean.
25:37What are parrots?
25:38Yes.
25:40Around the USA for 1,000.
25:42This salty old bay gets very wide near Cape Charles, Virginia, and narrows near Annapolis, Maryland.
25:51What is Chesapeake Bay?
25:53Sean.
25:54Around the USA, 800.
25:56These long, roughly parallel lakes in upstate New York got their anatomical name for their resemblance to a handful of
26:02digits.
26:03Stephen.
26:04What are the Finger Lakes?
26:05Yes.
26:06Around the USA for 6.
26:07Answer.
26:08It's a daily double for you.
26:09Yay!
26:11Not me.
26:13You are leading in a close game, Stephen.
26:15The category is around the USA.
26:17What will you wager?
26:18I'll wager 1,000.
26:20All right.
26:214,100 will be your total if you're right.
26:23Here's your clue.
26:24This largest lake entirely in Wisconsin shares its name with a company that makes RVs.
26:31What is Adirondack?
26:32No.
26:33Lake Winnebago.
26:34That's the chair.
26:35Winnebago.
26:36I'm tired.
26:36That's why I said that.
26:37Well, this game could not be closer.
26:39Very exciting.
26:40Two clues left, Stephen.
26:41Species for 6.
26:43Although this kind of roving plant is a symbol of the Old West, it comes from the Old Country.
26:48One variety is named Russian thistle.
26:50Sean.
26:51What is a tumbleweed?
26:51Yes.
26:52A thousand.
26:52Here's the final clue.
26:54Invasive fish species like tilapia and carp in waterways around Mexico City threaten this adorable species of salamander.
27:05That little guy is the axolotl.
27:08What is a Sean Gunn salamander?
27:11So sweet.
27:12That would be the cutest salamander.
27:14Sean Gunn's in the lead right now with 2,600, but it is anybody's game.
27:17And Triple Jeopardy is up next.
27:19That's the round that will help decide this.
27:21Don't go anywhere.
27:22One round left.
27:23You need a good sport.
27:24I went Margaret Cho.
27:25Never go full Margaret Cho.
27:27I'm got seed basket.
27:30It's time to submit our all-stars to an amount of Jeopardy that is frankly unsafe.
27:34It's Triple Jeopardy.
27:35And these are the categories.
27:36First, it happened in Europe.
27:38Then we're jingle-minded.
27:41Followed by cliches.
27:43What's that song about?
27:44You'll name each song, getaways, and finally a category about the three certainties in life.
27:51Death and taxes and Steph Curry.
27:54Kamau, you're up first.
27:56Being from Oakland, I feel like I have to go with death and taxes and Steph Curry.
28:00For how many?
28:00For 300.
28:01All right.
28:02Also a guard in his day and with a name resembling Curry, he's been the coach for all Steph's championships.
28:08Kamau.
28:09Who is Steve Kerr?
28:10Yes.
28:11I can't miss that one.
28:12Uh, death and taxes and Steph Curry for 600.
28:15Federico Diaz on this TV show styled himself a restorative artist.
28:20Someone who can make you look good at a viewing.
28:23Stephen.
28:24What is six feet under?
28:25It is.
28:26Uh, let's go to cliches for 300.
28:29Cliches with alt versions include one about someone who's being secretive or playing his cards here.
28:36Sean.
28:36What is close to the vest?
28:37Or chest.
28:38You're right.
28:39Uh, Steph Curry, 900.
28:421978's Proposition 13 was a revolt against the perceived unfairness of these taxes in California.
28:48Kamau.
28:49What are property taxes?
28:50Right.
28:51Uh, death and taxes and Steph Curry for 1200.
28:54Please be about Steph Curry.
28:55Good news.
28:57Ah.
28:57Steph and Aisha's organization Eat, Learn, Play has helped kids in this city do all three with millions for its
29:03school district.
29:04Kamau Bell.
29:05What is the Oakland School District?
29:06Yeah.
29:07Woo.
29:07All right.
29:08Uh, let's do death and taxes and Steph Curry for 1500.
29:12This Jewish mourner's prayer included in all daily services makes no mention of death.
29:17Stephen.
29:18What is Kaddish?
29:18Yes.
29:19Um, cliches for 600, please.
29:22To stir up a situation on purpose is to do this, perhaps with a pointy stick and a nearby grizzly.
29:28Stephen.
29:29What is poke the bear?
29:30Right.
29:31Uh, cliches for nine.
29:33The cliche think this way may come from an old puzzle.
29:36The only way to connect nine dots with just four lines.
29:40Kamau.
29:41What is outside of the box?
29:42Good.
29:43Uh, let's do cliches for 1200.
29:45It's what makes Jack a dull boy.
29:48Sign up for the company's softball team, Jack.
29:51Stephen.
29:51What is all work and no play?
29:53Yes.
29:53Uh, and cliches for 15.
29:56Oren Hargraves, author of It's Been Said Before, has an overused cliches list, including this
30:01four-word one for stop noisily and slowly.
30:08He doesn't think you should say grind to a halt.
30:11Ah.
30:12Back to you, Stephen.
30:12What does he know?
30:13Uh, okay.
30:14What's that song about for 300?
30:16Michael Jackson's repeated denials of paternity.
30:19She wasn't the man's lover.
30:21Sean.
30:22Who's Billie Jean?
30:23Not my lover, yes.
30:24Song about 600.
30:26Beyonce's advice.
30:27If a gent really is into his significant other, just propose already.
30:31And may I add, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
30:35Sean.
30:35What does put a ring on it?
30:37Um, no, I'm sorry.
30:40Kamau or Stephen?
30:42That's the subtitle, but the song is called Single Ladies.
30:45Oh, right.
30:46Single Ladies parentheses put a ring on it.
30:48Back to you, Sean.
30:49Let's try It Happened in Europe for 300.
30:52June 23rd, 2016 marked the date of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum,
30:58a.k.a. this referendum.
31:00Come out.
31:00What is Brexit?
31:01Yes.
31:02Uh, let's go back to What's That Song About for 900.
31:06Mariah Carey's Yuletide Wish to top the charts every December since 2019
31:10and or to hang out with a special someone.
31:13Come out.
31:14What is All I Want for Christmas is You?
31:16There we go.
31:17Okay, uh, What's That Song About, 1200.
31:21Answer there is a Daily Double.
31:22Come on.
31:23Woo!
31:28You were frustratingly close to the last one.
31:30How much do you want to wager with the category being What's That Song About?
31:34Let's see.
31:34I'd like to wager $2,000.
31:36All right.
31:36You will extend your lead.
31:37You'll have $8,500 if you're right.
31:39Here's the clue for you.
31:41Jealousy.
31:42Sting also said this hit is considered a gentle love song,
31:45but is ugly because, you know, the stalking.
31:50Uh, uh, what is I'll Be Watching You?
31:54Yeah.
31:55Ooh, that's the right song, but the title is Every Breath You Tame.
31:58Ah!
31:59You had the right song in mind come out, but you only lose $2,000 this time.
32:03Select again.
32:04What's That Song About, 1500?
32:07The Bee Gees intro to the life of a dancing man who just can't lose.
32:10But the New York Times effect on man line?
32:13A mystery to us.
32:18That's from the lyrics of Stayin' Alive.
32:20Back to you, Kamau.
32:21I didn't know any of that.
32:23Uh, let's do Jingle Minded, 300.
32:26In 2003, Justin Timberlake debuted this McDonald's slogan,
32:30preceded by a five-syllable audio logo you know well.
32:34Kamau.
32:34What is I'm Lovin' It?
32:35Yeah.
32:36Uh, Jingle Minded, 600.
32:38They're the two words repeated over and over and over again
32:42in a jingle that's been plugging ribs for chili since the 90s.
32:46Jon.
32:46What are baby back ribs?
32:48Yes.
32:49Um, okay, let's do what happened in Europe for 600.
32:52Answer.
32:52Daily Double for you now.
32:59You're pondering the scores, Sean, and as you can see,
33:02you could move into the lead here.
33:042000.
33:05Okay.
33:06That'll narrow the gap.
33:07Here's your clue, and it happened in Europe.
33:10Upon its 1961 construction, the builders of this European landmark
33:14called it an anti-fascist bulwark.
33:22Oh, my goodness.
33:24Um, quickly.
33:26What is the Hague?
33:27No, sorry.
33:28That's what East Germany called the Berlin Wall.
33:31I don't know.
33:31What is the Berlin Wall?
33:32You lose a little ground, but select again.
33:35Uh, it, uh, it happened in Europe 900.
33:38During the 1930s, more than 2,800 Americans crossed the Atlantic
33:41to join the Republican side in this country's civil war.
33:45Steven.
33:46What is Spain?
33:46Right.
33:46It happened in Europe for 12.
33:49Rejecting old ideas and embracing science,
33:51the 17th century movement called the Enlightenment
33:54is also known as the age of this.
33:57Come out.
33:58What is knowledge?
33:59Not knowledge.
34:00Sean or Stephen?
34:02Close, though.
34:03The age of reason.
34:04Mm.
34:04Back to you, Stephen.
34:05It happened in Europe for 15.
34:07This textile machine, critical to the Industrial Revolution,
34:10was not named after inventor James Hargreaves' daughter.
34:16That's the spinning jenny.
34:18Where to now, Stephen?
34:19How about getaways for 1,200?
34:22When Lenny Kravitz thinks,
34:24I want to get away,
34:25he can head for his Airstream trailer on Eleuthera
34:27in this archipelago.
34:32Those are the Bahamas.
34:34Stephen?
34:35Of course they are.
34:36Uh, getaways for 9.
34:37Answer?
34:38Daily Double.
34:44Now, Kamau and Sean have both struggled
34:46with the Daily Doubles in this round, Stephen.
34:48What do you want to wager in getaways?
34:50I'll wager 2,500.
34:52Okay.
34:53You'll have 9,400 if you're right, Stephen.
34:56Here's your clue.
34:57In 1568,
34:59this queen made a dramatic escape
35:00from Loch Levin Castle,
35:02but soon was a captive again
35:03down south in England.
35:08Who's Mary, Queen of Scots?
35:10Mary, Queen of Scots is correct.
35:13You add 2,500 to your score.
35:18Okay.
35:19Getaways for 15, please.
35:22In 1968, the Beatles got away
35:24for a songwriting and meditation retreat
35:25at this type of place in India.
35:28Ringo lasted 10 days.
35:30Stephen?
35:30What is an ashram?
35:31Yeah, Ringo didn't like the food.
35:33Ha!
35:34Ken.
35:35No, he didn't.
35:35He really didn't.
35:36Oh, okay.
35:37Getaways for three.
35:401972's The Getaway has a shootout
35:42at Texas' Laughlin Hotel
35:44before Steve McQueen and Ally McGraw
35:46get away to this country.
35:47Sean?
35:48What is Mexico?
35:49Yes.
35:49Uh, Getaway's 600.
35:5219th century folks
35:54who used the Catskill Mountain House
35:55as a getaway
35:56included artists of the school
35:58named for this river.
35:59Sean?
36:00What is the Hudson?
36:01Right again.
36:01Uh, Jingle Minded 900.
36:03Mad Men would have us believe
36:05Don Draper wrote the iconic Coke jingle
36:07that goes,
36:08I'd like to do this in perfect harmony.
36:11Stephen?
36:12What is Teach the World to Sing?
36:13Yes.
36:14Uh, Jingle Minded for 12.
36:16Since 1984,
36:17coffee drinkers have known
36:18that the best part of waking up
36:20is this.
36:21Sean?
36:22What is Folgers in your cup?
36:23Yes.
36:24And here's the last clue
36:25from Jingle Minded.
36:26A jingle debuted by Experian in 2007
36:29goes F-R-E-E.
36:30That spells freethesetowords.com, baby.
36:38The website is freecreditreport.com.
36:41That's what Experian does.
36:43So Stephen's Daily Double Success
36:44gives him the lead
36:45at the end of Triple Jeopardy.
36:46Here's your final Jeopardy category,
36:48all-stars.
36:49Literary Animals.
36:50Think about some literary animals
36:52and make your wagers.
36:53In the meantime,
36:53we'll take a quick break,
36:54but we'll be right back
36:55with the clip.
36:59Oh.
37:01Nicely done, Sarah.
37:03Nicely done.
37:07I could do what I did
37:08the first time,
37:09which was bet everything,
37:10thinking I knew it,
37:11and lose.
37:12It's a good idea.
37:14I think I will.
37:15Yeah.
37:16Shall I, audience?
37:17You don't want to embarrass me, Sarah.
37:22Welcome back
37:23to Celebrity Jeopardy All-Stars.
37:26The final Jeopardy category tonight,
37:27Literary Animals.
37:29Here's the clue.
37:31Edgar Allan Poe reviewed
37:32Dickens' Barnaby Rudge,
37:34which featured Grip,
37:36one of these creatures
37:37that screamed more.
37:3930 seconds.
37:40Good luck.
37:40Good luck.
38:10We'll come to Sean Gunn.
38:12He's got $3,300 at the moment
38:13and wrote down,
38:16what is a raven?
38:17Correct.
38:17Poe's raven says,
38:19never more instead of more,
38:20but he may have been
38:21inspired by Dickens.
38:22What did you wager, Sean?
38:23We'll add 3,000 to your score.
38:25You wind up with 6,300.
38:28W. Kamau Bell in second place
38:29with 3,600.
38:30Did he think of the raven?
38:33He's correct as well.
38:34He wagered nothing,
38:36so he still has $3,600
38:37and a cool shirt.
38:39But Stephen Webber
38:40had a big lead,
38:41$11,800.
38:42Hard to catch today.
38:43Did he know it was the raven?
38:46He's correct in final.
38:48He will add 1,000 more,
38:50taking him to $12,800.
38:52But more to the point, Stephen.
38:54It finally happened for you.
38:55At one last,
38:56you are a Celebrity Jeopardy! finalist.
38:59Congratulations.
39:02Kamau and Sean,
39:03thank you so much
39:03for being with us.
39:04$50,000 will go to each
39:06of your charities.
39:06Well-played game.
39:08Three great players here.
39:10Join us next time
39:11on Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars.
39:12It's the last semi-final.
39:14We'll see you then.
39:15Good night.
39:16Did you know
39:17the latest episodes
39:18of Jeopardy!
39:19are now streaming
39:20on Hulu?
39:22Stephen,
39:23you're finally,
39:24at long last,
39:25a Celebrity Jeopardy! finalist.
39:26It's legitimately thrilling.
39:29You had to dig deep
39:30against these two.
39:31You were very evenly matched
39:32on the buzzer.
39:34Kamau was actually trying
39:35on more of those clues
39:36than either of you,
39:36but you got in
39:37about the same number of times.
39:39It was 22 correct responses
39:40for Stephen,
39:4121 for Kamau,
39:4220 for Sean.
39:43So, could not have been
39:44more level.
39:45This was a great, tight game.
39:46I mean, it really was
39:47from the beginning, so...
39:48But what really swung this game
39:49was maybe not buzzer,
39:50but those three daily doubles
39:52in Triple Jeopardy.
39:52I hate them, I hate them,
39:53I hate them, I hate them.
39:54Next time,
39:55I'm going $5 every time.
39:56Well, I mean,
39:57when you know it,
39:58you sure feel good
39:59when you did that big wager.
40:00I would just like to thank
40:01Black Jesus for giving
40:02Stephen the win.
40:03Yeah, Black Jesus
40:04is very mercurial.
40:06No, no, no,
40:06that's how it works,
40:07that's how it works.
40:07Guess what?
40:08He's Black Jesus.
40:09He can do what he wants.
40:11He can do what he wants.
40:11He has decided
40:12to spread his blessings
40:13to Stephen Weber
40:14for reasons not only to him.
40:15I'm converting right now.
40:19Stephen, congratulations.
40:20We'll see you in the finals.
40:21What a great game, everybody.
40:22Thanks for being here.
40:32You
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