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Jeopardy! - Season Episode 95 - Tristan Williams, Bridget Palmer, Kyle Li
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Let's meet today's contestants.
00:17A software engineer from Saratoga, California, Kyle Lee.
00:22A university teacher originally from Beaverton, Oregon, Bridget Palmer.
00:27And our returning champion, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Tristan Williams, whose five-day cash winnings total $103
00:38,499.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:49Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:52With a fifth win in yesterday's game, our champion Tristan Williams made it official.
00:56He is headed to the Tournament of Champions.
00:58And when I asked him after the game how that felt, he said he was just happy to have another
01:02chance to play so he can bring his family.
01:04They haven't been here to see him play yet.
01:06Today, Tristan is joined on the Alex Rebeck stage by Bridget and Kyle.
01:10And I wish all three of you a very hearty good luck.
01:12Let's get into the Jeopardy! round.
01:13The categories we'll be working with today are...
01:16First, a Saturday Night Fever.
01:18Then we have, not the Bee Gees, but the GBs.
01:21After that, it's the celebrity's favorite team, word puzzles, cave dwelling, and finally...
01:30I'm Kareem Rahma of the show Subway Takes.
01:32The subway also gives, and I'll have clues about some of the art and culture it has inspired.
01:38Tristan, start the game for us.
01:40Let's do a Saturday Night Fever for $600.
01:43Yet I will rise like this man in John 11.
01:45He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes.
01:50Tristan...
01:50Who is Lazarus?
01:51Yes.
01:52Fever, 800.
01:54Maybe I'll curl up and read this Michael Crichton novel about an infection from space that wipes out an Arizona
01:59town.
02:00And second thought...
02:04That book is called The Andromeda Strain.
02:07Back to you, Tristan.
02:08Fever, 1,000.
02:09But not scurvy or dysentery.
02:11Two major causes of death in this Civil War prison in Georgia, where nearly 13,000 Union men perished.
02:18Tristan...
02:19What is Andersonville?
02:20That's good for 1,000.
02:21GB is 800.
02:23Ending his tenure in 2010 and followed by five straight Tories, this man was the last Labor Prime Minister before
02:29Keir Starmer.
02:30Tristan...
02:30Who is Gordon Brown?
02:31He's the GB.
02:32GB is 600.
02:33The New York City Ballet says he is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet.
02:40Tristan...
02:41Who is George Balanchine?
02:42Right again.
02:43GB is 1,000.
02:44In 1927, this sculptor got a commission from South Dakota to do some chipping in an outdoor space.
02:50That was done by 41.
02:52Kyle...
02:53Who is Borglum?
02:54Gustav Borglum?
02:56No.
02:57Tristan...
02:57Who is Gutsan Borglum?
02:58Gutsan Borglum.
02:59Yes, Mount Rushmore.
03:01Cave Dwelling, 800.
03:02An 1829 visit to Fingal's Cave in Scotland inspired this German composer to write his Hebrides overture.
03:09Tristan...
03:10Who is Mendelssohn?
03:10Correct.
03:12Cave Dwelling, 600.
03:13Will Rogers called the massive Big Room Cave Chamber at these New Mexico caverns the Grand Canyon with a roof
03:19over it.
03:20Tristan...
03:21What are the Carlsbad Caverns?
03:22You got it.
03:23Cave Dwelling, 1,000.
03:24The first cave paintings to become famous were found by the daughter of an archaeologist in 1879 at Altamira in
03:31this nation.
03:32Tristan...
03:33What is Spain?
03:33It was Spain.
03:35Subway Art and Culture, 800.
03:36Here's Karim Rachma.
03:38Rome is building a new subway line to help with the city's eternal traffic.
03:43You can see ancient artifacts in the station under this vast landmark begun by Emperor Vespasian.
03:50Bridget...
03:50What is the Colosseum?
03:51Yes, you're on the board.
03:52Cave Dwelling, 400.
03:54In the first century AD, religious manuscripts were hidden in caves near Qumran and when found became known as these
04:00documents.
04:01Tristan...
04:02What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
04:03You got it.
04:04Celebrity's favorite team for 800.
04:06Paul Rudd, this NFL team, presumably from his days growing up in Overland Park.
04:12Tristan...
04:12Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
04:13That's correct.
04:14Favorite team, 600.
04:16Daniel Craig, who grew up on the Wirral Peninsula, this city's famed football club.
04:23What is Liverpool?
04:24Back to you, Tristan.
04:26Yeah, favorite team, 1000.
04:27Kid Rock, who got to party with the Stanley Cup.
04:31Tristan...
04:31Who are the Florida Panthers?
04:32No.
04:33Bridget or Kyle?
04:35He's a little Florida-coated, but he likes the Red Wings.
04:38Back to you, Tristan.
04:39Subway Art and Culture, 600.
04:41Back to Karim.
04:42Including a scene where he gets outfoxed on the subway platform, the role of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection
04:48won an Oscar for this man who prided himself on being a New York actor.
04:53Bridget.
04:54Who is Hackman?
04:55The legendary Gene Hackman is correct. You're in second place with 1,400. And we've come to the midway point
04:59of the round. But we'll be right back. Stay tuned.
05:03Kyle Lee here hails from Saratoga, California. You're a software engineer now. But back in high school, you had a
05:08pretty fancy job working where?
05:10I worked at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the kitchen. And when I got there, I thought I'd be, you
05:14know, flambang, sautéing, like working with lobster and caviar.
05:19But the first day on the job, I, like, mangled maybe, like, $100 worth of abalone. And then they just
05:25put me on, like, fava bean duty.
05:26Is that a demotion? Is that the lowest kitchen job?
05:28Yeah, yeah. So I learned that, like, fava beans, you have to shuck them twice.
05:31No one wanted to do that.
05:32So that was my job.
05:34And they're cheaper than abalone.
05:35Actually, yeah.
05:36That's a good gig. Bridget Palmer is a university teacher originally from Beaverton, Oregon, but now living overseas. Where are
05:42you?
05:43Yes, I live in Finland.
05:44In Finland?
05:44Do you manage to keep up with Jeopardy! from all the way in Finland?
05:47I don't know if you know this, but sometimes people upload shows online.
05:50I've heard.
05:50And so living in Finland, sometimes that's the only way I can watch. Forgive me.
05:53The person uploading the videos was a Moroccan beekeeper.
05:58Really?
05:58Yes, and it turned into this wholesome community.
06:01He would upload the episode, but then he would go out and show us the bees.
06:04And the comment section turned into this real community of not only Jeopardy! enthusiasts,
06:08but we all became kind of beekeeping enthusiasts along the way.
06:11I love this.
06:12Tristan Williams is our returning champion, a Nebraskan data scientist.
06:15You've been married now for a year or two, you said.
06:18Almost two.
06:19How did you propose to your now wife?
06:21We love to run together in Central Park.
06:23We went around.
06:24We ended up in the Northwoods, the blockhouse there.
06:26We stopped and I was like, that was the first route you took me on when we ran together in
06:30Central Park.
06:31You reenacted your first run.
06:32So, yeah, and then she said, oh, that's why it was such a bad route.
06:36I proposed and she said yes.
06:38Congratulations.
06:39Bridget, you have control of the board.
06:41Make a selection for us.
06:42Let's do Word Puzzles for 800.
06:44To make an extraordinary exertion.
06:47Tristan.
06:48What is Bend Over Backwards?
06:49Yes.
06:50Word Puzzle 600.
06:52A classic Sergio Leone film.
06:54Kyle.
06:55What is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly?
06:56That's the film.
06:58Word Puzzles for 1,000.
06:59Good to learn before your next vacation, perhaps.
07:03Tristan.
07:04What's a foreign language?
07:05Foreign language, right.
07:07GBs 400.
07:08The answer there is a daily double.
07:11You have a $7,000 lead finding the first daily double of the game.
07:15Tristan, how big do you want to risk?
07:17Let's do 4,400.
07:19All right, going for 12,800.
07:21Your category is the GBs.
07:23On June 3rd, 1875, three months after the premiere of his opera set in Seville,
07:29Heart Issues killed this Frenchman at 36.
07:33Who is Georges Bizet?
07:35Georges Bizet of Carmen fame.
07:37That's correct.
07:38You add 4,400.
07:41Word Puzzles, 400.
07:43A good strategy when buying stocks.
07:45Tristan.
07:46What is Buy Low, Sell High?
07:47Correct.
07:48Subway Art and Culture, 1,000.
07:49Back to Kareem Rachma.
07:50If you want to get from the Transit Museum to Duke Ellington's longtime home
07:55at 935 St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem,
07:58all I can tell you is to do this, Duke's signature tune.
08:02Tristan.
08:03What is Take the A Train?
08:04That's it.
08:05Subway Art and Culture, 400.
08:07Here's Kareem.
08:08Underground can be a romantic place,
08:10as in this film when Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffur
08:14proposes to Lisa on the subway.
08:17One filming location was Brooklyn's Hoyt Skimmerhorn Station.
08:20Kyle.
08:21What is Coming to America?
08:22That's right.
08:23The Celebrity's Favorite Team, 400.
08:25Bill Murray, among this baseball club's long-suffering fans.
08:29Kyle.
08:30Who are the Cubs?
08:31Yes.
08:32Saturday Night Fever, 400.
08:34I think I should eat something.
08:35Also known as soybean paste,
08:37this Japanese staple is rich in vitamin B and supports immunity,
08:41so soup's on.
08:42Kyle.
08:43What is miso?
08:43That's the soup.
08:44Saturday Night Fever, 200.
08:46103 degrees?
08:47Uh, I guess I'm not making tomorrow's flight to this city
08:51to visit Epcot and the 50-acre Harry P. Lou Gardens.
08:54Kyle.
08:55What is Orlando?
08:56Not going to Orlando.
08:57GB's 200.
08:58One of at least 300 reasons this actor is in the category,
09:01he has fallen a few times on screen,
09:04but knows how to save the president.
09:06Bridget.
09:07Who is Butler?
09:08Gerard Butler.
09:08Right.
09:10Celebrity's Favorite Team, 200.
09:11Timothee Chalamet cheering as they beat the Celtics
09:14in the 2025 playoffs.
09:16Tristan.
09:17We're the New York Knicks.
09:18Yes.
09:18Word Puzzles, 200.
09:19What you might still have with that bully from grade school.
09:23Bridget.
09:24What is Unfinished Business?
09:25You got it.
09:25Cave Dwelling, 200.
09:27For 100,000 years,
09:28Neanderthals lived in Gorham's Cave Complex,
09:31part of this Iberian megaboulder of a peninsula.
09:34Tristan.
09:35What is Gibraltar?
09:36Yes.
09:36The last clue coming from Kareem Rachma.
09:39In a 1974 essay,
09:41Norman Mailer compared these subway graffiti artists
09:44with their own signatures
09:45to Botticelli and Michelangelo.
09:48Bridget.
09:49What are taggers?
09:50Yes.
09:51Our thanks to Kareem.
09:52In addition to subway takes,
09:54you can watch the return of Keep the Meter Running
09:55starting today on YouTube.
09:57Tristan has a big lead at the end of the Jeopardy round,
09:59but lots of money on the board in double Jeopardy
10:01for Bridget and Kyle to not a comeback.
10:03We'll see what happens in a moment.
10:06Hope you're all strapped in
10:08for the post-bounding excitement of double Jeopardy.
10:10Two daily doubles in this round,
10:12hidden in these categories.
10:14At the far left, we have Polish History.
10:17Then it's in the book,
10:19followed by people getting together,
10:22blank, blank, and blank,
10:24followed by words of assortment.
10:26That song is quite commercial.
10:29Kyle, where would you like to start?
10:31Polish History for 16.
10:33Boleslaw I, the first king of Poland,
10:36beginning in 1025,
10:37was known by this epithet,
10:38also beginning with B.
10:40Bridget.
10:41What is brave?
10:41He was brave.
10:42Polish History, 12.
10:44Before he was Pope John Paul II,
10:46Father Karl Wojtyla
10:47had been archbishop of this city of southern Poland
10:50for 14 years.
10:51Tristan.
10:52What is Krakow?
10:53Yes, Krakow.
10:54Polish History, 2000.
10:561410's Battle of Grunwald
10:58marked a major victory
10:59of a Polish-Lithuanian army
11:00over this order of knights.
11:02Kyle.
11:03Who are the knights, Templar?
11:04No.
11:06Bridget.
11:06Who are Teutonic?
11:08Teutonic knights.
11:09That is correct, for 2000.
11:10It's in the book, 12.
11:11In an autobiography by this poet
11:13who passed in 2014,
11:15she calls William Shakespeare
11:16her first white love.
11:18Bridget.
11:19Who is Angelou?
11:20Yes.
11:20It's in the book, 16.
11:22In 1Q84 by this Japanese author,
11:25Aomame sees two moons
11:27clearly floating in the sky.
11:28Tristan.
11:29Who is Murakami?
11:30Yes.
11:31It's in the book, 2000.
11:33Near the end of a work by this author,
11:35Leela tells her pal,
11:36you're my brilliant friend.
11:37You have to be the best of all,
11:39boys and girls.
11:40Tristan.
11:41Who is Ferrante?
11:41Elena Ferrante for 2000.
11:43People getting together, 1200.
11:45This 13th century effort
11:46waged by Pueri
11:48may not have happened,
11:49but if it did,
11:50it didn't have papal approval
11:51or reach the Holy Land.
11:53Bridget.
11:53What is a crusade?
11:54Can you be more specific?
11:56What is the first crusade?
11:57No.
11:58Kyle.
11:59What is the fifth crusade?
12:01Also incorrect.
12:02Tristan?
12:04Pueri?
12:05That's the children's crusade.
12:06Back to you, Tristan.
12:07People getting together, 1600.
12:09Answer.
12:10Theory double.
12:13With a comfortable lead, Tristan,
12:15I guess you could bet big or small
12:16or anything in between.
12:17What's the number?
12:19Let's do 4,400 again.
12:22All right.
12:224,400.
12:23We'll see if it works out again
12:24in people getting together.
12:26In 1916,
12:28Billy Sunday drew 65,000 in Boston
12:30to one of these meetings,
12:31so-called because they reawaken
12:33Christians' faith and enthusiasm.
12:40Tristan?
12:41Uh, what's, uh,
12:44re-baptism?
12:44No, you get your faith reawakened
12:46at a revival.
12:47A revival meeting.
12:49So you lose 4,400.
12:50A little bit closer game.
12:51Select.
12:52Yeah, let's do words of assortment
12:53for 1,200.
12:54There's a word for a cooking vessel
12:56in this noun,
12:57meaning diverse assortment,
12:58which is fitting,
12:59since it was once a word
13:00for meat stew.
13:04Where would Jeopardy be
13:05without potpourri?
13:07Tristan?
13:07Words of assortment, 1,600.
13:09Answer.
13:10The other Daily Double
13:10is yours as well.
13:15You found all three.
13:16Are you going to wager 4,400 again
13:18or something else?
13:19No.
13:20Uh, let's do 2,000.
13:21Okay.
13:22With $2,000 at stake,
13:23here's your clue
13:24in words of assortment.
13:26Familiar to fans of Dune,
13:28this French word,
13:29meaning mixture,
13:30refers to a jumble
13:31of different things.
13:39Tristan?
13:40Uh, what is spice?
13:42No, sorry.
13:43Spice is also called melange.
13:45Oh.
13:45So you lose $2,000?
13:47Back to you.
13:48It's in the book for $800.
13:50In The Long Goodbye
13:50by this author,
13:52P.I. Philip Marlowe
13:53feels as hollow and empty
13:54as the spaces between the stars.
13:56Kyle.
13:57Who is Chandler?
13:58Right.
13:59People getting together, $2,000.
14:01Mother of musician Fela,
14:03Funmilayo Ransomkuti
14:04led 1940s mass protests
14:06that challenged
14:07the colonial structure
14:08in this country.
14:12Fela Kuti and his mom
14:14were Nigerian.
14:15Back to you, Kyle.
14:15Words of assortment, $2,000.
14:17The literary critic
14:18Frederick Jameson
14:19dismissed this type of art,
14:21made up of parts
14:22drawn from many sources
14:23as blank parody.
14:25Kyle.
14:25What is collage?
14:26No.
14:28Bridget.
14:28What is patchwork?
14:29Also incorrect.
14:32He dismissed pastiche.
14:34Back to you, Kyle.
14:35Blank, $2,000.
14:36The title of this bewitching
14:38Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak flick
14:39refers to things needed
14:41for a Catholic ritual.
14:42Tristan.
14:43What is bell, book, and candle?
14:44That's the movie.
14:45Blank, blank, and blank, $1,600.
14:47This New York Times bestseller
14:48by Lynn Trust
14:49takes a zero-tolerance approach
14:51to punctuation.
14:52Tristan.
14:52What is eats, shoots, and leaves?
14:54That's the title.
14:55Blank, blank, and blank
14:56for $1,200.
14:57In a fantastical poem
14:58by Eugene Field,
14:59they sailed off
15:00in a wooden shoe.
15:01Bridget.
15:02What is Lincoln, Blinkin, and Nod?
15:05No.
15:06Tristan or Kyle?
15:09So close, Bridget,
15:10but a wink-in is first.
15:11Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod.
15:12Tristan.
15:13That song is quite commercial
15:14for $2,000.
15:16Arthritis drug Enbrel
15:18used an instrumental version
15:19of this 90s band's All Right.
15:24All Right by Supergrass.
15:26Tristan.
15:27Quite commercial, $1,600.
15:28Bob Seeger's dad
15:30worked at Ford forever,
15:31but this song of Bob's
15:32was used to sell Chevy trucks
15:34in a 13-year campaign.
15:36Tristan.
15:36What is Leica rock?
15:37Right.
15:38Quite commercial, $1,200.
15:40Brands from Apple to NASCAR
15:41used this band's song, Ride,
15:43as in ride with me home.
15:50That's by the Vines.
15:52Tristan.
15:52Quite commercial, $1,200.
15:54Don't change by this Aussie band
15:56is supposed to get you
15:57to buy a Chevy Equinox.
15:59Tristan.
15:59What is NXS?
16:00It is.
16:01Quite commercial, $400.
16:02This Bill Withers classic
16:04about dependability
16:05is used to promote Verizon.
16:07Tristan.
16:07What does lean on mean?
16:08Right.
16:09Blank, blank, and blank, $800.
16:10This familiar mantra
16:11from the Environmental Protection Agency
16:13involves donation
16:14and preventing waste.
16:16Bridget.
16:16What is reduce, reuse,
16:18and recycle?
16:18Correct.
16:19Words of assortment, $800.
16:21Before it referred to
16:22a hodgepodge
16:23or a race for versatile swimmers,
16:24this was a word for combat,
16:26especially hand-to-hand.
16:28Kyle.
16:28What's medley?
16:29Yes.
16:29Polish history, $100.
16:31In the 1980s,
16:33the trade union Solidarity,
16:34led by this electrician,
16:35challenged Soviet control of Poland.
16:38Tristan.
16:38Was Waleza?
16:39Yes, Lech Walesa.
16:40Polish history, $400.
16:42An SS false flag operation
16:44at Glewice on August 31st of this year
16:46was one pretext
16:47for an attack on Poland
16:48the next day.
16:49Tristan.
16:50What is 1938?
16:51No.
16:52Bridget.
16:52What is 1939?
16:5339 is right.
16:54It's in the book, $400.
16:56As she's falling down a hole
16:58in an 1865 work,
16:59she dreams of walking
17:00hand-in-hand
17:01with her cat, Dinah.
17:02It gives one pause.
17:04Kyle.
17:04Who's Alice?
17:05Yes.
17:06People together, $800.
17:07In a somber moment
17:09at this 1963 event,
17:11NAACP head Roy Wilkins
17:12told the crowd
17:13that W.E.B. Du Bois
17:14had died the day before.
17:18That's the March on Washington.
17:20Kyle.
17:21People getting together, $400.
17:22In this Greek city,
17:24you can go to a hill
17:24called the Nix
17:25and see where thousands of men
17:27gathered to make decisions
17:28as the assembly.
17:30Tristan.
17:30What is Athens?
17:31Right.
17:31Words of assortment, $400.
17:33This two-word expression
17:34derives from hunting,
17:36where it referred to
17:36an assortment of oft birds
17:38and the sack
17:39to carry them home.
17:42That's where we get
17:43a mixed bag.
17:44The last clue
17:45from blank, blank, and blank.
17:47Still around today,
17:48this trio began
17:49sounding off together
17:50on Rice Krispies boxes
17:51in 1941.
17:53Bridget.
17:54What is snap,
17:55crackle, and pop?
17:56Yes, snap, crackle, and pop
17:57is correct.
17:58Kyle, I'm afraid
17:59you won't be with us
17:59for Final Jeopardy.
18:00You'll receive our $2,000
18:02third-place prize.
18:02Lovely to have you here.
18:04Tristan and Bridget,
18:04here's your Final Jeopardy category.
18:07Films of the 1990s.
18:09Interesting.
18:09Think back,
18:10and we'll come back
18:10with the clue.
18:13Films of the 1990s
18:14is today's Final Jeopardy category.
18:16Here's the clue.
18:17In French,
18:18this 1993 film
18:20is called
18:20Un Jour Sans Fin.
18:2230 seconds.
18:23Good luck.
18:53Un Jour Sans Fin.
18:54A little French 101 might help here.
18:56Bridgette Palmer was in second place with $4,000.
18:59And what did you come up with, Bridgette?
19:00What is Groundhog Day?
19:02Yes, French for a day without end.
19:04How much will you add?
19:05You wagered everything, so you double up to $8,000.
19:08Well done.
19:09Tristan Williams had a big lead again today with $20,200.
19:12Did he think of Groundhog Day?
19:13Ah, no, Braveheart.
19:15How much did he wager?
19:16Pretty big wager.
19:17$10,000 will knock him down to $10,200.
19:20But it doesn't matter.
19:21He's a six-day Jeopardy champion.
19:22With a total of $113,699.
19:26Congratulations.
19:27We'll be back on the Alex Correct stage tomorrow.
19:29See you then.
19:48You
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