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Celebrity Jeopardy! - Season 4 Episode 8 - Semifinal 2: W. Kamau Bell, Steven Weber and Sean Gunn
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00:00From the Alex Trebek stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars!
00:12Introducing tonight's Celebrity Semifinals.
00:16You know him as Brian Hackett on Wings, and currently as Dr. Archer on Chicago Men.
00:23It's Stephen Webber.
00:25He's an actor best known for his role as Perk 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.
00:54And 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 semifinal games on Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars.
01:09We already know that Mina Kimes is advancing to the finals, but who will join her tonight?
01:13Could it be Sean Gunn, or Stephen Webber, or W. Kamau Bell, playing his first game in this tournament after
01:19being seeded into these semifinals?
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.
01:52Let'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.
02:13Stephen.
02:14What is doom-scrolling?
02:15Correct. You don't want to doom-scroll.
02:17Uh, classical music classics for 100.
02:21Johan Strauss II 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.
02:41What 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.
02:51What is zero?
02:51That's right. You don't have to know that it's 6,750 minutes.
02:55It's still zero.
02:55I didn't do the first one. That'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 Stephen?
03:15That's the definition of bootylicious.
03:17Ah.
03:17Back to you.
03:18That's my name 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, anyone can read the news.
03:44I promise to feel the news.
03:47Stephen.
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.
04:05Bezay's Carmen includes two of opera's most famous arias, one sung by Carmen and the other by her suitor, one
04:12of these performers.
04:13Sean.
04:14What is it, tenor?
04:16No, I'm sorry.
04:18Kamau or Stephen?
04:20The kind of performer he is in the opera, he's a toreador, a bullfighter.
04:24Back to you, Stephen.
04:24Classical music for four.
04:27Torville 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?
04:36Correct.
04:37Uh, Mathletics, 300.
04:38Answer there is a daily double.
04:39Woo!
04:43We 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.
05:05You 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.
05:28I was going to miss that no matter what happened.
05:31Sean.
05:32You jock.
05:32Mathletics, 500.
05:34Here'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.
05:4810 basketball players plus 200 laps.
05:50What is 210?
05:51Oh.
05:52Sean, select.
05:53No more Mathletics.
05:54Yes, seriously.
05:55Um, let'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.
06:07Uh, 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 math.
06:16I'm going to commit Harikari.
06:17Oh, goodness.
06:18No math.
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.
06:34He's ferocious.
06:35And then I had a scary moment at some point when I blew a line of one of the most,
06:42you know, famous quotes from The Godfather.
06:45And I know my, I have friends who will actually whack me when they see that.
06:50Just to be clear, you have seen The Godfather before.
06:52Way too many times, of course.
06:54But under, under duress.
06:55In the heat of the moment, I, I, it was a grammatical error.
06:58But then I, I think I more than made up for it when I pulled out the clue, which was
07:04Denzel Washington appeared on Broadway in a play written by the first black female playwright.
07:11And as soon as I saw Denzel's name, Broadway, I was like, fences, no, not August Wilson, no, and time
07:17is, and you're about to, you were about to go.
07:19I was very close.
07:20And I went, erase it in the sun.
07:21In the nick of time.
07:22I don't know where.
07:23Oh, 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, why?
07:30Stephen, so are we.
07:32Tell 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
07:39warriors, after they come back from sacrificing so much.
07:43New Directions helps them with housing and employment and medical issues.
07:48And it's a fantastic organization.
07:50Wonderful.
07:51Well, we already know they're going to win quite a bit.
07:53Yeah, thanks.
07:53Could be a million dollars.
07:55Good luck, Stephen.
07:56Sean 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.
08:06You 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, that I had gotten a piece of advice
08:15from my friend, 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, a nugget of information for the buzzer that
08:29I 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.
08:41You don't want to give it away mid-game.
08:43No.
08:43Absolutely.
08:44Yeah, you do?
08:45This guy's cut through.
08:46He's good.
08:46He is good.
08:47Like, I can already tell he's great on the buzzer.
08:49Tell us about the charity you're playing for, Sean.
08:52I'm playing for Women for Women International, which goes into conflict-affected countries and helps equip the women survivors there
09:01to 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,
09:09what's your recommendation for the best way to spend your donation dollar if you're going to donate somewhere?
09:14And he told me that anything that goes towards the education and empowerment of women and girls worldwide shows an
09:23immediate difference in terms of how those communities and those places are able to enhance the quality of living for
09:30everyone in their community.
09:31Most bang for your buck.
09:33Yeah.
09:33That's great advice for those of us looking to give.
09:35Thank you, Sean, and good luck to you as well.
09:38W. Kamal Bell, Oakland's favorite son and our most recent Celebrity Jeopardy! champion.
09:44Welcome back.
09:44Say it again, Ken.
09:45Say 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.
09:53Although, when people congratulate on me, I say being the smartest celebrity is a little bit like being the strongest
09:57two-year-old.
09:58But it still feels good.
10:01How dare you.
10:03But also accurate.
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.
10:17But you did come back.
10:19And I assume part of that is because of the organization you're playing for.
10:22Yeah, so last time, we got to give a million dollars to donors' shoes.
10:26Thank you, Jeopardy!
10:27Thank you for that.
10:27And that goes to schools around the country, 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!
10:38And I got to wipe out all the class projects in my dad's hometown of Mobile, Alabama.
10:41So thank you very much for that.
10:42Two whole cities!
10:43Congratulations!
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.
10:59A critic likened its first movement to a boat floating on a lake at night.
11:03And this name for piano sonata number 14 by Beethoven was born.
11:10Steven.
11:11What is it?
11:11Eroica?
11:12No, I'm sorry.
11:14Kamau or Sean?
11:16A boat at night because it's the moonlight sonata.
11:19Back to you, Steven.
11:20How 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.
11:30Sean.
11:30Who's Jay-Z?
11:31Correct.
11:32Knew each other when, 200.
11:34Jonah Hill was the officiant at the wedding of this musician, a childhood pal, to Beati Prinsloo.
11:43Who is Adam Levine?
11:44Sean, back to you.
11:46Uh, knew each other when, 300.
11:48The 2025 documentary, AKA Charlie Sheen, shows home movies Charlie made with pals like Sean Penn in this not-yet
11:56-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.
12:43Bark-a-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?
12:54Mmm.
12:55What are loungers?
12:56Nah.
12:56God.
12:57We already said lounger in the Clink of Hour show.
13:00I hate Jeopardy.
13:00Those are recliners, Steven.
13:02They're what?
13:03Recliners.
13:04Ah, come on, loungers.
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, what a
13:17door.
13:18Come out.
13:18What is it, Tiffany?
13:19You got it for 500.
13:21Whew.
13:21Uh, 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.
13:57and was completed over the next 1,800 years.
14:00Sean.
14:01Uh, 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
14:10him in the Roman Senate.
14:12Sean.
14:12Who's Brutus?
14:13Write again.
14:14Uh, 400.
14:15The Western Roman Empire fell in 476, but the Eastern one kept plugging along for another
14:21thousand-ish years, with this 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
14:38as history's oldest set of laws.
14:41Sean.
14:41Who is Hammurabi?
14:42That is correct.
14:43And look at these scores.
14:44Wow.
14:441,500.
14:451,500.
14:46Everybody well positioned for Double Jeopardy, which is the next round on Celebrity Jeopardy
14:49All-Stars.
14:50Back in a moment.
14:52That's it.
14:53Hammurabi, Jay-Z, and Hammurabi.
14:55Jay-Z!
14:56I'm so mad at the dude.
14:57Oh, my goodness.
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.
15:12A little trip around the USA.
15:15Followed by Russian lit.
15:17Then species not from around these here parts.
15:20And finally, si, hablo espanol.
15:24Each correct response here will begin with the letter C or con la letra C.
15:28Come out.
15:29You're up first.
15:30Let's do movies and movies for 200.
15:34In a film within Nodding Hill, this actress was just a girl standing in front of flesh-eating
15:39robots asking them not to eat her.
15:41Sean.
15:42Who is Julia Roberts?
15:43Yes.
15:44Movies and movies, 400.
15:46Keep the change, you filthy animal, is a line from Angels with Filthy Souls, a movie within
15:52this movie.
15:53Come out.
15:53What is Home Alone?
15:54Correct.
15:55Movies and movies for 600.
15:57A Nazi propaganda film called Nation's Pride plays during Operation Kino in this Quentin Tarantino
16:03film.
16:03Come out.
16:04What is Inglorious Bastards?
16:06That's the film.
16:07Movies and movies, 800.
16:09This title hero, played by Danny Trejo from a movie trailer at the start of Planet Terror,
16:13got his own franchise.
16:15Come out.
16:16What is Machete?
16:17Yes.
16:18Uh, why did I try to say it in Spanish?
16:20Uh, movies and movies, 1,000.
16:23It's fitting that Total Devastation is a fake movie in this 2021 comedy with a comet that totally
16:29devastates 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, uh, 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.
16:51Uh, let's do Se Hablo, Si Hablo Español para 200.
16:57Okay, 200.
16:58This four-letter word that's Spanish for house comes in the Blanca variety in Morocco.
17:04Sean?
17:04What is Casa?
17:05That's it.
17:06Uh, let'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
17:14faith.
17:14Sean?
17:15What is Albuquerque?
17:16No, I'm sorry.
17:18Kamauer, Steven?
17:20It's Santa Fe that's the capital.
17:22Back to you, Sean.
17:24Speech is not from around these here parts for 200.
17:27In 2019, Twitter user at Willie McNabb 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?
17:38Uh, yeah.
17:39He said hogs, but same animal.
17:40Okay.
17:41Uh, Si Hablo Español for 400.
17:44This Spanish word for cockroach is in the name of a Spanish folk song about an insect whose
17:48crawling days are over.
17:50Steven?
17:51What's cucaracha?
17:52Si.
17:53Si Hablo Español for 600.
17:55Little Havana in Miami is centered on this word, ocho, Spanish for 8th Street.
18:03Street is calle, calle ocho.
18:06Back to you, Steven.
18:07Si Hablo Español for 8th.
18:08This slow-cooked dish, usually made with pork, translates to little meats.
18:13Kamau?
18:14What are carnitas?
18:15Correcto.
18:16Uh, can I call Bad Bunny for help?
18:18No, we have no phone a friend here.
18:20Okay, okay.
18:21Uh, Si Hablo Español for 1,000.
18:23Last 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, you got it.
18:33Uh, Russian lit for 200.
18:35The globe-trotting journey that's the title of this Jules Verne novel was speedy for its
18:40time.
18:41Kamau?
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
18:53the 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.
19:06Spanish.
19:07My wife used to be a park ranger at Yosemite.
19:09Oh.
19:12Welcome back to Celebrity Jeopardy!
19:13All-Stars.
19:14Stephen, 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 taken
19:24by 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.
19:34You've made it to the semifinals twice of one of your favorite shows.
19:37That's pretty cool.
19:38Pretty cool.
19:38And I just want to throw in that, uh, you know, this show is, uh, forget about me.
19:43Let's talk about the show.
19:44This is part of culture.
19:46You 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?
19:54Da-da-da-da-da-da.
19:55That's the Final Jeopardy song.
19:56So, uh, you can use that in a trivia contest.
20:02But often a bridesmaid, never a bride.
20:04You 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, Stephen.
20:10Sean Gunn, uh, you prepared a lot for the show your first time around.
20:14What about this time?
20:16Yeah, I, I, uh, you know, the first time around, because I, too, would like to make it past this
20:23round, Stephen.
20:24Um, I, uh, no, I, I, um, last time, the one thing that was so annoying was my wife had
20:32drilled me on world capitals.
20:34It was like the one thing that we actually sat down and studied, and then my final Jeopardy question, I
20:40don't know if you remember.
20:40I do.
20:41But it was, it was, it was film festivals.
20:42I was very confident, and I had to, I had to remember that Sarajevo was the capital of Bosnia, and
20:47I 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.
21:02Yeah.
21:02You are just one game away right now, so let's see what happens.
21:04We'll see.
21:05Good luck to you.
21:06We have one Celebrity Jeopardy finalist on this day.
21:08I made it to the finals.
21:09It's Kamau Bell.
21:10No, I mean, you know, they have careers, though.
21:15You had something pretty cool happen after your Celebrity Jeopardy appearance.
21:18Somebody reached out.
21:19Yeah, so as you know, the last time you interviewed me, I talked about how my middle kid, Juno, quizzed
21:23me on Olivia Rodrigo to get ready for Jeopardy.
21:26Then 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 to say
21:35thank 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 up?
21:43This is a Juno original, so she draws portraits of our family.
21:45This is from several years ago, but as you can see, she's a dead-on artist.
21:49This is a 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. It'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, beating the Pimlico track
22:12record.
22:13Kamau.
22:14Who is Secretariat?
22:15No.
22:16Sean or Steven?
22:18She wrote Seabiscuit.
22:20Came to Sean too late.
22:22Yeah.
22:23Russian Lit for 600.
22:25The title of this novel by Kotaro Isaka refers to the high-speed train on which an assassin known as
22:31Ladybug is traveling.
22:32Kamau.
22:33What is the bullet train?
22:34Right.
22:35Russian Lit 800.
22:36Answer there.
22:37It's a daily bubble, Kamau.
22:38Oh, 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.
22:53Swimming 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.
23:19It'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 way to write things.
23:28Two points for the C.
23:29It was a good move.
23:30In my heart, you do.
23:32But you need to start rebuilding.
23:33You're at $0, Kamau.
23:34Select again.
23:34Thanks for reminding me.
23:36Russian Lit 1000.
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.
23:50What's Crime and Punishment?
23:51Also not Crime and Punishment, though.
23:53Kamau.
23:54Not 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.
24:06After Black Thursday the next month, it was at $299 and kept falling.
24:10Kamau.
24:11What is it, Dow Jones?
24:12Yes.
24:13A day of the week, $600.
24:14In 1965, what would become this restaurant chain opened its first location in New York at 1st Avenue and 63rd
24:22Street.
24:26It's in a day of the week because this is TKF 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.
25:17Columbia is dealing with some 170 cocaine hippos.
25:20Since 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,
25:46and 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
25:59got their anatomical name for their resemblance to a handful of digits.
26:03Stephen.
26:04What are the Finger Lakes?
26:05Yes.
26:06Around the USA for six.
26:07Answer.
26:08It's a daily double for you.
26:09Yay!
26:11Not me.
26:13You are leading in a close game, Stephen.
26:16The category's around the USA.
26:17What will you wager?
26:19I'll wager 1,000.
26:20All right.
26:214,100 will be your total if you're right.
26:23Here's your clue.
26:25This largest lake entirely in Wisconsin
26:27shares its name with a company that makes RVs.
26:31What is Adirondack?
26:33No.
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 six.
26:43Although this kind of roving plant is a symbol of the Old West,
26:46it comes from the Old Country.
26:48One variety is named Russian thistle.
26:50Sean.
26:51What is a tumbleweed?
26:51Yes.
26:521,000.
26:53Here's the final clue.
26:54Invasive fish species like tilapia and carp
26:57in waterways around Mexico City
26:59threaten this adorable species of salamander.
27:06That little guy is the axolotl.
27:08What is a Sean Gunn salamander?
27:10Oh, so 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 the side base.
27:21Don't go anywhere.
27:22One round.
27:23You made a good sport.
27:24I went Margaret Cho.
27:26Never go full Margaret Cho.
27:27I'm back seat.
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.
27:37First, it happened in Europe.
27:39Then we're jingle-minded.
27:41Followed by cliches.
27:43What's that song about?
27:45You'll name each song.
27:47Getaways.
27:48And 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?
28:01For 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.
28:09Kamau.
28:09Who is Steve Kerr?
28:10Yes.
28:11I can't miss that one.
28:13Death and taxes, Steph Curry for 600.
28:16Federico 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.
28:27Let's go to cliches for 300.
28:30Clichés 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?
28:38Or chest.
28:38You're right.
28:39Steph 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.
28:52Death and taxes and Steph Curry for 1,200.
28:54Please be about Steph Curry.
28:56Good news.
28:57Steph and Ayesha'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?
29:07Yeah.
29:07Woo.
29:08All right.
29:09Let's do death and taxes and Steph Curry for 1,500.
29:12This Jewish mourner's prayer, included in all daily services, makes no mention of death.
29:17Stephen.
29:18What is Kaddish?
29:19Yes.
29:19Um, cliches for 600, please.
29:23To 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.
29:40Come out.
29:41What is outside of the box?
29:42Good.
29:43Uh, let's do cliches for 1,200.
29:46It'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.
30:11Back to you, Stephen.
30:13What does he know?
30:14Uh, okay.
30:15What's that song about for 300?
30:17Michael 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, if a gent really is into his significant other, just propose already.
30:31And may I add, whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh.
30:35Sean.
30:35What is put a ring on it?
30:38No, 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 and or to hang out
31:12with a special someone.
31:13Come out.
31:14What is All I Want for Christmas Is You?
31:16There we go.
31:17Okay.
31:18Uh, What's That Song About, 1200?
31:21Answer there is a daily double call.
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, but is ugly because, you know,
31:48the 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, but the New York Times
32:11effect on man line?
32:13A mystery to us.
32:18That's from the lyrics of Stayin' Alive.
32:20Back to you, Come out.
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, preceded by a five-syllable audio logo
32:32you know well.
32:34Come out.
32:35What is I'm Lovin' It?
32:36Yeah.
32:37Uh, Jingle Minded, 600.
32:39They're the two words repeated over and over and over again in a jingle that's been plugging
32:43ribs for Chili since the 90s.
32:46John.
32:47What are baby back ribs?
32:48Yes.
32:49Um, okay, let's do what happened in Europe for 600.
32:52Answer.
32:53A daily double for you now.
32:59You're pondering the scores, Sean, and as you can see, you could move into the lead
33:03here.
33:042,000.
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 called it an anti-fascist
33:16bulwark.
33:23Oh, my goodness.
33:24Um, quickly.
33:26What is the hag?
33:27No, sorry.
33:29That's what East Germany called the Berlin Wall.
33:31I don't know.
33:31What is the Berlin Wall?
33:33You lose a little ground, but select again.
33:35Uh, it, uh, it happened in Europe 900.
33:37During the 1930s, more than 2,800 Americans crossed the Atlantic to join the Republican
33:43side in this country's civil war.
33:45Stephen.
33:46What is Spain?
33:46Right.
33:47It happened in Europe for 12.
33:49Rejecting old ideas and embracing science, the 17th century movement called the Enlightenment
33:54is also known as the age of this.
33:57Come out.
33:58What is knowledge?
33:58Knowledge, not knowledge.
34:00Sean or Stephen?
34:02Close, though.
34:03The age of reason.
34:04Back to you, Stephen.
34:05It happened in Europe for 15.
34:07This textile machine, critical to the Industrial Revolution, was not named after inventor James
34:12Hargreaves' daughter.
34:17That's the spinning jenny.
34:18Where to now, Stephen?
34:19How about getaways for 1,200?
34:22When Lenny Kravitz thinks, I want to get away, he can head for his Airstream trailer on Eleuthera
34:28in this archipelago.
34:33Those are the Bahamas.
34:34Stephen?
34:35Of course they are.
34:36Uh, getaways for nine.
34:38Answer?
34:39Daily Double.
34:44Now, Kamau and Sean have both struggled with the Daily Devils 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, this queen made a dramatic escape from Loch Levin Castle, but soon was a captive
35:03again down south in England.
35:08Who's Mary, Queen of Scots?
35:10Mary, Queen of Scots is correct.
35:13You have 2,500 to your score.
35:18Okay, uh, getaways for 15, please.
35:22In 1968, the Beatles got away for a songwriting and meditation retreat at this type of place
35:27in 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.
35:36He really didn't.
35:36Oh, okay.
35:37Yeah, getaways for three.
35:401972's The Getaway has a shootout at Texas's Laughlin Hotel before Steve McQueen and Ali
35:45McGrath get away to this country.
35:47Sean?
35:48What is Mexico?
35:49Yes.
35:50Uh, getaways, 600.
35:5319th century folks who used the Catskill Mountain House as a getaway included artists of the
35:58school named for this river.
35:59Sean?
36:00What is the Hudson?
36:01Write again.
36:02Uh, Jingle Minded, 900.
36:04Mad Men would have us believe Don Draper wrote the iconic Coke jingle that goes, I'd like
36:09to do this in perfect harmony.
36:11Stephen?
36:12What does Teach the World to Sing?
36:13Yes.
36:14Uh, Jingle Minded for 12.
36:16Since 1984, coffee drinkers have known that the best part of waking up is this.
36:21Sean?
36:22What is Folgers in your cup?
36:23Yes.
36:24And here's the last clue from Jingle Minded.
36:26A jingle debuted by Experian in 2007 goes F-R-E-E.
36:31That spells freethesetowords.com, baby.
36:38The website is freecreditreport.com.
36:41That's what Experian does.
36:43So Stephen's Daily Double Success gives him the lead at the end of Triple Jeopardy.
36:46Here's your final Jeopardy category, all-stars.
36:49Literary animals.
36:51Think about some literary animals and make your wagers.
36:53In the meantime, we'll take a quick break, but we'll be right back with the clip.
36:59Oh.
37:01Nice and done, Sarah.
37:03Nice and done.
37:07I could do what I did the first time, which was bet everything, thinking I knew it, and
37:11lose.
37:12It's a good idea.
37:14I think I will.
37:15Yeah.
37:16Shall I, audience?
37:17You don't want to embarrass myself.
37:23Welcome back to Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars.
37:26The final Jeopardy! category tonight, literary animals.
37:29Here's the clue.
37:31Edgar Allan Poe reviewed Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, which featured Grip, one of these creatures
37:37that screamed more.
37:39Thirty seconds.
37:40Good luck.
37:42Good luck.
38:10Welcome to Sean Gunn.
38:12The modern Jeopardy!
38:12got $3,300 at the moment and wrote down, what is a Raven? Correct. Poe's Raven says never more
38:19instead of more, but he may have been inspired by Dickens. What did you wager, Sean? We'll add
38:243,000 to your score. You wind up with 6,300. W. Kamal Bell in second place with 3,600.
38:30Did he
38:31think of the Raven? He's correct as well. He wagered nothing. So he still has $3,600 and a
38:38cool shirt. But Steven Webber had a big lead, $11,800. Hard to catch today. Did he know
38:44it was the Raven? He's correct in final. He will add 1,000 more, taking him to $12,800.
38:52But more to the point, Steven. It finally happened for you. At one last, you are a Celebrity Jeopardy
38:58finalist. Congratulations. Kamal and Sean, thank you so much for being with us. $50,000
39:05will go to each of your charities. Well-played game. Three great players here. Join us next
39:11time on Celebrity Jeopardy All-Stars. It's the last semifinal. We'll see you then. Good
39:15night. Did you know the latest episodes of Jeopardy
39:19are now streaming on Hulu? Steven, you're finally, at long last, Celebrity Jeopardy
39:26finalist. It's legitimately thrilling. You had to dig deep against these two. You were
39:32very evenly matched on the buzzer. Kamal was actually trying on more of those clues than
39:36either of you, but you got in about the same number of times. It was 22 correct responses
39:40for Steven, 21 for Kamal, 20 for Sean. So could not have been more level. This was a great
39:45tight game. I mean, it really was from the beginning. But what really swung this game
39:49was maybe not buzzer, but those three daily doubles. I hate them. I hate them. I hate
39:53them. I hate them. Next time I'm going $5 every time. Well, I mean, when you know it,
39:58you sure feel good when you did that big wager. I would just like to thank Black Jesus for
40:02giving Steven a win. Yeah, Black Jesus is very mercurial. It turns out. No, no, it's
40:06that's how it works. That's how it works. Guess what? He's Black Jesus. He can do what
40:10he wants. He can do what he wants. He has decided to spread his blessings to Steven
40:14Weber for reasons known only to him. I'm converting right now. Steven, congratulations. We'll see
40:20you in the finals. What a great game, everybody. Thanks for being here.
40:22Thanks for being here.
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