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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Today's contestants are a retired arts administrator and actress from Memphis, Tennessee, Susan Moskov.
00:23A biotech data scientist from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Webster Juan.
00:28And our returning champion, an energy industry professional from Corona, California, Peter McFerrin, whose three-day cash winnings totaled $74
00:40,197.
00:43And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:50Thank you so much, folks. Thank you, Johnny. And welcome to Jeopardy!
00:53We saw a competitive game involving all three of our contestants yesterday, but in the end, it came down to
00:59the wagering in Final Jeopardy!
01:00No one was correct, but Peter here had a big lead going in and was able to bet small and
01:05win big.
01:06So he's back today, joined by Webster and Susan. The best of luck to all three of you.
01:09Let's find out what happens as we enter the Jeopardy! round with these categories.
01:14We have over your head in the first slot, then it's science, that name is a word, geography R.S.,
01:23then an alphanumeric response, and finally, the Tony Awards.
01:28They're happening this weekend. Peter, make the first election for us.
01:31Geography R.S. for sex.
01:34George Vancouver named this peak that's southeast of Tacoma for his fellow naval officer, Peter. Webster.
01:40What is Mount Rainier?
01:42Correct.
01:42Science, 800.
01:44Answer there is a daily double, Webster, right off the bat.
01:47You have $600 at the moment, but as you know, you can wager up to $1,000.
01:51$1,000.
01:52Going for $1,000 more in science with this clue for you.
01:56On the periodic table, these are the only two elements ending in D.
02:00In 2025, the Large Hadron Collider was able to briefly turn one into the other.
02:12Webster.
02:15What is...
02:16Ran out of time.
02:18It was the goal for centuries to turn lead into gold.
02:21Lead and gold.
02:22So you're in the hole, but just a little bit, Webster.
02:24Select again.
02:24Science, 600.
02:26The tip of your schnoz and the boneless bodies of stingrays are both made of this tissue.
02:31Webster.
02:32What is cartilage?
02:33Yes, just like that.
02:34You're out of the hole.
02:34Science, 1,000.
02:36Protease is this type of substance that breaks down proteins into peptides and amino acids.
02:41Webster.
02:42What is enzymes?
02:43That's right.
02:44Science, 400.
02:46In 2025, we glimpsed the coma and center of 3I Atlas, an interstellar one of these objects
02:52rarely seen in our solar system.
02:54Peter.
02:55What is a comet?
02:56Right.
02:56You're on the board.
02:57Geography 8.
02:58This city on the James River is home to the Robert E. Lee House and the home of Chief
03:02Justice John Marshall.
03:04Susan.
03:05What is Richmond?
03:06Yes.
03:07Tony Awards, 200.
03:09Not content with simply winning a Tony in 2004 for the boy from Oz, he hosted the ceremony
03:14as well.
03:15Susan.
03:16It's Hugh Jackman.
03:17Correct.
03:18Tony Awards, 400.
03:19Hello.
03:20Trey Parker got religion and won four Tonys for book, score, direction, and best musical
03:24for this show.
03:26Webster.
03:26What is Book of Mormon?
03:27That's right.
03:28Geography, 1,000.
03:30This capital city at the junction of two wadis is home to more than 15,000 mosques.
03:35Peter.
03:36What is Riyadh?
03:37Saudi Arabia, yes.
03:38Over your head, sex.
03:40Stop horsing around and name this constellation that has three of the bright stars that make
03:45up the asterism of the great square.
03:47Susan.
03:48What is the Big Dipper?
03:49No.
03:50Peter or Webster?
03:53Stop horsing around because that's Pegasus.
03:55Back to you, Peter.
03:56Name's a word, sex.
03:57It's a fine girl's name, as well as a class of fine distilled beverages like cognac and
04:02Armagnac.
04:03Webster.
04:04What's Brandy?
04:05Fine girl, right.
04:06Science, 200.
04:08This layer in the stratosphere absorbs almost all of the sun's dangerous ultraviolet light.
04:13Webster.
04:14What is ozone?
04:14You got it.
04:16Geography, 4.
04:18The Arv River has its origins on Mont Blanc and flows into this river near Geneva.
04:23Peter?
04:24What is the Roan?
04:24Roan is right.
04:26Alphanumeric, 4.
04:28This company makes a Scotch-weld repair paste to help reduce aircraft on-ground time.
04:33Peter?
04:34What is 3M?
04:35Yes.
04:36Alphanumeric, 8.
04:37If you've been found doing something embarrassing, you've been caught in this, a term from video
04:42resolution.
04:43Webster?
04:44What is HD?
04:45No.
04:46Peter, Susan?
04:48You forgot the numeric part.
04:50Caught in 4K, Webster.
04:51You three can relax for a moment because we need to take a quick break.
04:54But we'll be back with more Jeopardy!
04:55We'll see you after this.
04:58Let's chat with our players, beginning with Susan Moskop, a retired arts administrator
05:02and actress from Memphis, Tennessee.
05:04I understand you're getting back into the acting game.
05:06Is that right, Susan?
05:07Yes.
05:07I did it in high school and college.
05:09And then I took a 35-year break.
05:11And in 2021, I auditioned again for a play and got in.
05:16And I haven't stopped since then.
05:18You've been doing theater ever since.
05:19Yeah.
05:20I love that.
05:20That sounds great.
05:21Welcome back to the theater.
05:23Webster Guan from Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a biotech data scientist, but also an expert
05:27in a very different field.
05:29Webster, you're part of an online community that studies what?
05:32We all love dunking, like slam dunking.
05:35Everybody loves dunking, Webster.
05:37Tell us what you know about it.
05:39Our community, we love, you know, just the actual act and sport of, you know, doing artistic
05:44things in the air, jumping high, of course, and, you know, inventing new dunks.
05:48And you actually do this?
05:49This is not just academic for you?
05:50You can dunk and invent new dunks?
05:52Yeah.
05:52Well, I haven't really invented many new ones, but, you know, I'm working my way up the ladder.
05:57I like dunking.
05:58We have a little community.
05:59We, you know, get together and have dunk sessions.
06:01This is just a humble brag that you can dunk a basketball.
06:03And I'm like, okay.
06:05I guess Webster can...
06:06I'm a little tall, so...
06:06I guess Webster can dunk.
06:07I should be able to.
06:08Well done.
06:08Congratulations.
06:10Our returning champion is Peter McFerrin from Corona, California, an energy industry professional.
06:15What we don't know about you is what kind of music you like, Peter.
06:18I understand you're a big music fan.
06:19Yes.
06:19I'm pretty into indie rock.
06:21I dropped a Vampire Weekend reference on you last game because there was a candidate...
06:25There was a contestant named Gabriel.
06:27We had a Peter and a Gabriel.
06:28Exactly.
06:29And instead of referencing Peter Gabriel, you referenced the Vampire Weekend song about Peter Gabriel.
06:33Yes.
06:33Feels so unnatural.
06:34Deep cut.
06:34One of my favorite bands is one of your favorite bands, XTC.
06:38Oh, I love XTC.
06:39I had Big Day stuck in my head all morning, and I can tell you that I frequently feel like,
06:46notwithstanding performance here, the mayor of Simpleton.
06:49Oh, no.
06:49It was a big day for you, Peter.
06:51You did very well.
06:52Although, every time XTC comes up as a clue on the Jeopardy board, nobody gets it right.
06:56So I'm waiting for a correct response of XTC.
06:58I don't know if it'll be today, but Peter, it's your board.
07:01Let's do over your head for eight.
07:03In 1984, this Richard Branson airline launched inaugural service with a single plane between Gatwick and Newark.
07:10Webster.
07:10What is Virgin?
07:12Virgin Airlines?
07:13No.
07:14Peter.
07:15What is Virgin Atlantic?
07:16Virgin Atlantic is the name of the airline.
07:18Alphanumeric for six.
07:19A little of this explosive is used to safely detonate unexploded ordnance.
07:24Webster.
07:25What is C4?
07:26That's right.
07:27Name is a word 800.
07:28A cut-down form of a female name.
07:31It can also mean a cutting remark or a cutting part of a fish hook.
07:34Peter.
07:35What is a barb?
07:36Yes.
07:37Alphanumeric, thousand.
07:38The EU and now the AU are part of this economic body that has one more member than its name
07:44indicates.
07:45Peter.
07:45What is the G7?
07:47No.
07:48Webster or Susan?
07:50It's a little bit of a bigger group, the G20.
07:53Back to you, Peter.
07:54Over your head for a thousand.
07:56The Demoiselle, the smallest type of this bird, has a brutal migration that takes it 25,000 feet up over
08:02the Himalayas.
08:04Susan.
08:05What is a flamingo?
08:07No.
08:10It's a type of crane.
08:11Back to Peter now.
08:13Tony Award's sex.
08:14Attention was paid when this show, with a heck of a spoiler as the title, won Best Play in 1949
08:20and Best Revival in 1984, 1999, and 2012.
08:25Susan.
08:25What is Death of a Salesman?
08:27That's it.
08:28Tony Award's 800.
08:302025's Best Revival of a Musical went to this bloody good show that had Joe Gillis singing out on 44th
08:36Street, not on Webster.
08:38What is 42nd Street?
08:40No.
08:41Peter or Susan?
08:43He was singing about Sunset Boulevard.
08:46Back to you, Susan.
08:47Tony for 1,000.
08:49Boasting hands of jazz, he danced away with eight choreography awards, including one for the rather ominous Dance-In.
08:56Peter.
08:56This is Bob Fosse.
08:57Good for 1,000.
08:58Over your head for four.
09:00In the NBA, the top edge of the rim is exactly this many feet above the floor.
09:05Sadly, just one inch past my ability to dunk.
09:08Webster!
09:09What is 10 feet?
09:10You had to get that right.
09:10That is correct.
09:12That name is a word for 1,000.
09:13A hoisting apparatus or a support tower over a drill hole is a Derek.
09:22Webster?
09:23Geography, too.
09:24The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez are arms of it.
09:28Peter.
09:29What does the red say?
09:29Yes.
09:30Alphanumeric, too.
09:32Locals have called this lofty land form Dapsang or Chogori.
09:36Peter.
09:37What is Mount Everest?
09:38No.
09:39Webster.
09:39What is K2?
09:40That's correct.
09:41Name is a word for 100.
09:43It can precede built to mean something constructed cheaply and badly.
09:48Peter.
09:48What is Jerry?
09:49Yeah.
09:50Name is a word, too.
09:52The name of a naive stage character, this diminutive of Patrick came to mean a fall guy
09:56or rube.
09:57Hey, there's another one.
09:58Peter.
09:59It was a Patsy.
10:00A Patsy, yes.
10:01One more clue, hopefully not over your head.
10:03This self-assured landmark, it calls itself the world's most famous building, has observation
10:08decks on floors 86 and 102.
10:11Peter.
10:11What is the Empire State Building?
10:12That's correct.
10:13You're in the lead at the end of the Jeopardy round.
10:15Guess what's up next?
10:16You know.
10:16Double Jeopardy.
10:17Stay tuned.
10:19While you were gone, we doubled the amount of money on the board.
10:22Double Jeopardy means Susan will select first from these categories.
10:26First up, I'm a little bit verklimped.
10:29Then we have quick lit, affirmations.
10:33The customer is never right, it turns out.
10:36Then the Civil War, then the Civil War, and finally, X going to give it to you.
10:41Susan?
10:42Quick lit for $800.
10:44In a twain short story, Daniel Webster was this type of animal.
10:48Susan?
10:49What is a frog?
10:50Jumping frog, yeah.
10:51Quick lit, $1,200.
10:53Title lab container of Sylvia Plath's only novel.
10:56Susan?
10:57What is the bell jar?
10:58Right again.
10:59$1,600 quick lit.
11:01Agents Smiley and Carla first sparred in this 1974 Le Carré book.
11:06Webster?
11:07What is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
11:09That's the right book.
11:10Klimt, $1,600.
11:12After a long battle, Maria Altman gained ownership of Klimt's portrait of her aunt, known as this,
11:18like the Helen Mirren film about it.
11:20Susan?
11:21What is the kiss?
11:22No, not the kiss.
11:24Peter or Webster?
11:25What is Woman in Gold?
11:27That's the painting.
11:27Webster, back to you.
11:29Klimt, $1,200.
11:30Klimt was influenced by the vivid colors of the Rinpa movement from around 1700 in this then capital of Japan.
11:37Susan?
11:38What is Kyoto?
11:39That's right.
11:40Quick lit, $2,000.
11:42Don Quixote's much put upon steed.
11:44Peter?
11:45Who is Ross Nante?
11:46That's right.
11:47Civil War for 12.
11:49The answer there is a daily double for you, Peter.
11:55You're in the lead.
11:56How confident do you feel about the Civil War?
11:58I'm pretty confident.
11:59I'm going to go $3,600.
12:00Okay, that's a big wager.
12:02It'll take you to $10,200 if you're right.
12:04Your clue in the Civil War.
12:06The site of a key siege during the Revolutionary War,
12:09this Virginia port was taken by the Union after another siege in 1862.
12:14What is Norfolk?
12:16I'm sorry.
12:17No, it's Yorktown.
12:18It was actually Yorktown.
12:19So we have a very close game now.
12:21You drop to $3,000.
12:22Select again.
12:23X gone give it to you for $12,000.
12:25A word for a South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
12:29gets hit with an X in its midsection to become this athlete.
12:33Webster?
12:34What's a boxer?
12:35Board or boxer.
12:36That's it.
12:37Klimt, $2,000.
12:38For a mansion in Brussels, Gustav created a gorgeous frieze
12:42featuring this archetypal tree that you won't find in any forest.
12:45Peter?
12:46What is a tree of life?
12:47Good for $2,000.
12:48X is going to give it to you for $8,000.
12:50A primate gets an X and levels up to become this word for the uppermost point.
12:55Webster?
12:56What is apex?
12:57Yes, ape to apex.
12:59X, 16.
13:00Answer.
13:00A daily double now for you, Webster.
13:04And a good moment to find it.
13:05You're knocking on the door with $200 off the lead.
13:08True daily double.
13:10Okay.
13:11I was not sure I was going to hear that.
13:13You'll have $9,600 if you're correct in X gone give it to you.
13:16To wound badly gets jabbed with an X.
13:20To get this word for a general truth.
13:23What is maxim?
13:24From maim to maxim and you're in first place, Webster.
13:29Still your board.
13:31Affirmations, 400.
13:33Remind yourself to prioritize this kind of health.
13:36And not just on October 10th, the world day for it.
13:39Peter?
13:39It was mental health.
13:40Yeah.
13:41Civil War 16.
13:42This April 1862 union victory with a biblical name shocked both sides
13:47with more than 20,000 total casualties.
13:50Susan?
13:51What is Shiloh?
13:52That's right.
13:53Civil War 2000.
13:55The Monitor and the Merrimack slugged it out in this Virginia harbor
13:58with a name that includes a short form of roadstead.
14:01Peter?
14:02It was Hampton Roads.
14:03Good for 2000.
14:04Civil War for eight.
14:05The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3rd, 1863.
14:09On July 4th, Confederates surrendered this vital city in the West.
14:14Peter?
14:14It was Vicksburg.
14:15Correct again.
14:16Affirmations for 12.
14:18He went viral with a 2024 commencement speech,
14:21noting he won almost 80% of his matches,
14:24but just 54% of the points.
14:26It's only a point.
14:27Peter?
14:28It was Roger Federer.
14:29It is.
14:30Affirmation 16.
14:31Practice this amorous quality where Ken feels kind toward Ken.
14:35Ignore its definition as vanity and Shakespeare calling it a sin.
14:39Webster?
14:40What is self-love?
14:42Yes.
14:43Customer 800.
14:44This Seinfeld character can't get supreme flounder from a Chinese restaurant,
14:48so she has to resort to all sorts of tricks.
14:51Susan?
14:52Who is Elaine?
14:53Yes.
14:54Quicklit 400.
14:56Palindromic orphan of great expectations fame.
14:58Webster?
14:59Who is Pip?
15:00Correct.
15:01Customer 12.
15:02Steve Martin F-bombs Edie McClurg several times at a car rental kiosk in this 1987 comedy,
15:08but ends up losing the war.
15:10Peter?
15:10What is trains, planes, and automobiles?
15:12No.
15:14Webster or Susan?
15:16Right movie, but in the wrong order, Peter.
15:18It's planes, trains, and automobiles.
15:20Webster, you select.
15:22Affirmations 800.
15:24You be good to you.
15:25Even the flight crew will tell you,
15:26put this on before assisting others.
15:29Susan?
15:29What is the oxygen mask?
15:30Yes.
15:32Affirmations, 2,000.
15:33Bruce Lee wrote,
15:35I will encourage my this to guide me as to what is right and what is wrong,
15:38and never set aside the verdict it renders.
15:41Susan?
15:41What is conscience?
15:43Good for 2,000.
15:44Customer always right for 16.
15:46Someone wants to buy cigarettes in this 1994 Kevin Smith flick, but the guys are playing hockey on the roof
15:52of the shop.
15:53Peter?
15:53What is clerks?
15:54What is clerks?
15:54Yes.
15:55X, 2,000.
15:57A wine term for a high-quality vintage gets an X as a nice finish to become this prominent Southern
16:03Hemisphere constellation.
16:07That would be Crux, the Southern Cross.
16:09Crew to Crux.
16:10Peter?
16:11Customer, 2,000.
16:12In this film, waitress Helen Hunt informs Jack Nicholson that repeated rudeness will get him banned from her diner.
16:18Webster?
16:19What is as good as it gets?
16:21That's the movie, yes.
16:23Civil War 400.
16:24Confederate General Longstreet was actually in command of the disastrous Gettysburg attack known as This Man's Charge.
16:30Peter?
16:31Mr. Pickett?
16:31Yes.
16:32Verklempt, 800.
16:34To Gustav, this was an important element of a painting.
16:37For Judith I, he designed it and his brother Georg made it.
16:41Peter?
16:42What is the frame?
16:42Yes.
16:43Axe, 4.
16:45The Vietnamese New Year gets sent an axe to become this word for a type of message.
16:49Peter?
16:50What's taxed?
16:50From Tet.
16:51Customer, 4.
16:52In a Monty Python skit, John Cleese lodges a complaint about a dead one of these just bought from a
16:58store and gets little satisfaction.
17:00Susan?
17:01What is a parrot?
17:02It is an ex-parrot.
17:03Here's the final clue in a little bit for Klimt.
17:05The 2024 New York show Klimt Landscapes, focused on a genre Gustav was less known for, many of the Ottersee
17:12area of this country.
17:17Of his native Austria, he was from Vienna.
17:19We have a close game.
17:20Webster with a narrow lead over the champ, heading into Final Jeopardy.
17:23So a lot depends on this category.
17:25Today we have U.S. Demography.
17:28And we'll come back with a clue right after we pause for this break.
17:32With the wagers now in, it's time to play Final Jeopardy.
17:35U.S. Demography is the category.
17:37Here's the clue.
17:39The United States' three most densely populated municipalities lie along a 3.5-mile stretch of Palisade Avenue in this
17:47state.
17:47You have 30 seconds.
17:49Good luck.
17:49Good luck.
18:19Start on the end with Susan Moskopp, who had $7,200 and wrote down, which state, Susan?
18:25What is New York?
18:27I'm afraid it's not New York.
18:29You wagered $6,401.
18:31That'll leave you with $799.
18:33Peter McFerrin, the champion, in second place with $11,400.
18:37What state did you write down?
18:39What is New Jersey?
18:41That's correct.
18:42Just across the Hudson from New York, it's Guttenberg, West New York, and Union City on
18:46an avenue named, I assume, for the New Jersey Palisades.
18:48You wagered everything.
18:50Wow, you'll double up to $22,800.
18:52So it's all up to Mr. Guan here, who needs to get this right.
18:55Does he have New Jersey?
18:57No, he put Florida.
18:58He wagered $4,400, knocking him down to second place.
19:02And Peter McFerrin survives the scare to become a four-day Jeopardy! champion.
19:06His total now, $96,997.
19:10What a great game.
19:11Thanks for joining us today.
19:13We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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