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Jeopardy! - Season Episode 111 - Peter McFerrin, Webster Guan, Susan Moskop
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Introducing today's contestants, a registered nurse from Charlottesville, Virginia, Seth McElroy,
00:21an art department coordinator from Brooklyn, New York, Jackie Gonsalves,
00:26and our returning champion, an energy industry professional from Verona, California, Peter McFerrin,
00:35whose four-day cash winnings total $96,997.
00:44And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:51Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:54Yesterday's game was the first come-from-behind win for our champion, Peter McFerrin,
00:58who went all-in on final and came out on top.
01:01With nearly six figures in winnings now, Peter tells us he wants to put that money to good use.
01:05He wants to pay down some debt, help out some local cat rescues,
01:09as part of what he calls his own crazy cat family at home,
01:12and perhaps most importantly, buy a car for his teenage daughter
01:15so he doesn't have to drive her everywhere anymore.
01:18Today's goals for Peter are clear.
01:19He wants to win game number five, advance to the TOC, and keep earning some money.
01:24Jackie and Seth have a simpler goal.
01:25They just want to spend this weekend as a Jeopardy! champion.
01:28I wish you all good luck. Let's see what happens.
01:30Here's the Jeopardy! round-up. First, your categories are...
01:34That's egregious is first.
01:36Then, for a good time call, we have TV, but recently...
01:41The King is unwell.
01:44That shellfish.
01:46Didn't agree with him.
01:48A little story. Peter, where to?
01:50All right, the King is unwell for sex.
01:53New research on this French King's death in 1715 after a very long reign
01:57says it wasn't bacterial gangrene, but a fungal infection.
02:01Peter.
02:02Who's Lily the 14th?
02:03Right.
02:04The King's unwell for eight.
02:05A WikiLeaks cable revealed that King Pumipan of this country suffered from depression,
02:10a clinical symptom of Parkinson's disease.
02:12Seth.
02:13What is Bhutan?
02:14No.
02:15Peter.
02:16Peter.
02:16What is Nepal?
02:17That's also incorrect.
02:19Jackie?
02:20Not gonna try it.
02:21King of Thailand.
02:22Back to you, Peter.
02:23King's unwell for a thousand.
02:24England's Henry V. didn't die in battle, but of this awful intestinal disease,
02:29also known as the bloody flux.
02:30Peter.
02:31What is dysentery?
02:32Correct.
02:33That shellfish for sex.
02:35Angels on horseback is a classic recipe featuring these shellfish,
02:39wrapped in bacon and broiled.
02:41Jackie.
02:42What are scallops?
02:42No.
02:44Peter or Seth?
02:47This is new to me as well.
02:48Broiled oysters.
02:49Peter.
02:50All right.
02:51Egregious for sex.
02:52It's radical.
02:53It's maximum.
02:54Take it to the this using three E's as its sole vowel.
02:59Peter.
03:00What is extreme?
03:01Take it to the extreme.
03:03For a good time, call for eight.
03:05Want to hike California's John Muir Wilderness with this club?
03:08Call 415-977-5522.
03:11Seth.
03:12What is the Sierra Club?
03:13That is it.
03:14That shellfish for 800.
03:16If you're feeling lucky, take a gamble on this alliterative dish.
03:20A New England classic.
03:22Seth.
03:22What is clams casino?
03:24Right again.
03:25That shellfish for a thousand.
03:27A great way to prepare lobster is this one.
03:29Also a month of the French Revolutionary calendar.
03:32Peter.
03:32What is thermidor?
03:33Good for a thousand.
03:35Didn't agree.
03:35Six.
03:37Historian Fritz Fischer with the view associated with Prime Minister Lloyd George that the major
03:41powers slithered into this war.
03:44Peter.
03:44That was World War I.
03:45Yes.
03:46Didn't agree.
03:47Eight.
03:48Frederick Cruz in many books with this Austrian.
03:50For example, with his treatment of his patient Dora.
03:53Peter.
03:54It was Sigmund Freud.
03:55That's correct.
03:55Didn't agree for a thousand.
03:56William F. Buckley Jr.
03:58About pretty much everything with this writer in 1968 televised debates.
04:03Peter.
04:04Who's Gore Badal?
04:05Yeah.
04:05Good time.
04:06Six.
04:07Call 207-879-9500 for ticks to see the Portland, Maine Sea Dogs, a minor league affiliate of this
04:14nearest MLB franchise.
04:16Peter.
04:17Who are the Boston Red Sox?
04:19Yes.
04:20Good time.
04:20Thousand.
04:22612-377-2224 is the box office for the Guthrie Theatre.
04:26Overlooking the Mississippi in this beautiful upper Midwest city.
04:31Peter.
04:31What is Minneapolis?
04:33It is.
04:33Well done.
04:34TV.
04:35Sex.
04:36This HBO series finally returned for season three in 2026.
04:40Featuring Eric Dane's last role, playing Jacob Elordi's dad.
04:44Jackie.
04:45What is Euphoria?
04:46Yes.
04:46TV recently for 200.
04:48In 2025, 23 women hit the playing field with 66-year-old ex-NFLer Mel Owens, who suited up in
04:55this title role.
04:56Jackie.
04:57What is The Golden Bachelor?
04:58Good.
04:59You're in positive territory.
05:00And you've brought us, with Peter in the lead, to our first break.
05:03Back in a moment with much more Jeopardy.
05:06Steph Mathelroy from Charlottesville, Virginia, is a registered nurse.
05:09And, Steph, I understand that's a calling you've practiced in many parts of the world, right?
05:13Yes.
05:14When I finished undergrad, before I was a nurse, I volunteered for a year in West Africa with Mercy Ships,
05:19which is basically an organization that runs a full hospital on a ship, providing free surgical care for people who
05:24otherwise wouldn't be able to access it.
05:26It's like a hospital pulls up to your port or country.
05:28That's exactly right.
05:29Yep.
05:29And so that really got me exposed to nursing and got me interested in specifically going into operating room nursing.
05:35Ah, well, thank you for doing that.
05:36I love that.
05:36Thanks.
05:38Jackie Gonsalves from Brooklyn, New York, is an art department coordinator.
05:41Tell me about the high school superlatives you had in your yearbook.
05:45They're a little bit appropriate today.
05:46So, I got voted Mellowist, which is cool.
05:49Okay.
05:49I got Class Snoozer, which I thought when I was following a sleeping class I was doing it in, like,
05:54a chill, low-key way.
05:55But everybody was like, dude, no, like, we knew.
05:58Like, it's not.
06:00Yeah, there's Mellowist and then the next level is Class Snoozer.
06:02But then I also got most likely to be on Jeopardy!
06:04Hey!
06:04Yeah.
06:05And now you've fulfilled all three of them.
06:06It took a while.
06:07Yeah.
06:07It took me a cool 18 years.
06:09But, you know, I was doing other stuff and we did it, Ken.
06:11We got here.
06:12Plus, somebody as mellow as you was going to take a little extra time to do all her superlatives.
06:15Yeah.
06:15Well done.
06:16Congratulations on making it here.
06:17Thanks.
06:18Our returning champion, Peter McFerrin, an energy industry professional from Corona, California,
06:23would like to talk about his dad.
06:24He was a big part of your life and your journey here, yes?
06:26So, my dad was, at least in his younger years, very fond of reading and knowledge, devoured newspapers.
06:34And, um, so he would give me geography quizzes every night when starting, gosh, I must have
06:40been three or four at the-
06:42Three or four.
06:42Yeah, at the oldest.
06:43And so, you know, and we had atlases and encyclopedias and, yes, I am one of those nerds
06:50who will go down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and emerge slightly dazed two hours later.
06:57Hours later.
06:58Yes, sir.
06:59Well, I'm sure your dad would be so impressed by what you've done here, particularly with
07:01the geographic knowledge.
07:03Helped you in your game yesterday.
07:04But right now, Jackie has control of the board.
07:07Go ahead and make a selection.
07:08TV recently for 400.
07:10Going down in a plane crash was only the start of Xavier Collins' Season 2 Troubles.
07:15Just another day in this Hulu drama.
07:18Seth.
07:18What is Paradise?
07:19Yes.
07:20TV recently, 800.
07:22Breaking news.
07:23Well, at least recent news.
07:24In 2024, this actress was up for an Emmy for playing Alex Levy on The Morning Show.
07:30Seth.
07:30Who is Aniston?
07:31That's correct.
07:32TV recently, 1,000.
07:33To exclude unwanted events from his documentary, this Tracy Morgan guy has his phone play the
07:39Beatles because that ain't in the budget.
07:40Jackie.
07:41Who is Reggie Dinkins?
07:42Reggie Dinkins is right.
07:43For a good time call for 200.
07:47Plus 498923396500 is tourist info for Munich.
07:50Handy if you're heading to the September 19th opening day of this festival.
07:54Jackie.
07:55What is Oktoberfest?
07:56Yes.
07:56For a good time call 400.
07:59808-667-1998 is the number for Maui's Old Lahaina This Show.
08:04Back strong after the tragic 2023 fires.
08:07Seth.
08:08What is a luau?
08:08Yes.
08:09That's egregious for 800.
08:11The answer there is a daily double for you, Seth.
08:15You're in second place.
08:17How egregious a wager would you like to make?
08:19Let's make it a true daily double.
08:21All right.
08:22You'll have 4,800 if you're correct.
08:24The category is, that's egregious.
08:27Unbearable, like the acts that in part asked for restitution for the Boston Tea Party.
08:36What are the stamp acts?
08:38I'm afraid not.
08:39These were called the intolerable acts.
08:41So you lose a little ground, but it's still your board.
08:44Seth, make a selection.
08:45That's egregious for 1,000.
08:47It's also abominable.
08:48This H-word can be found before crime in Black's Law Dictionary.
08:52Jackie.
08:53What is heinous?
08:53Yes.
08:54That's egregious for 200.
08:56Archaically, it meant fiery hot.
08:58NBAically, it is a particularly hard type of foul.
09:01One or two.
09:02Peter.
09:03It was flagrant.
09:04Correct.
09:05Didn't agree for.
09:06Edmund Burke.
09:07With this man who cheered the French Revolution.
09:10A book by Yuval Levin says their debate began left versus right.
09:14Peter.
09:14It was Thomas Paine.
09:15It is.
09:16King's unwell for four.
09:17The Habsburg dynasty in this country ended in 1700 with the death of Charles II,
09:22whose ill health has been linked to inbreeding.
09:25Peter.
09:26What is Spain?
09:27Good.
09:28King's unwell for two.
09:30Kalakawa, king of these islands, died of kidney disease in San Francisco in 1891.
09:35Peter.
09:35It was Hawaii.
09:36You got it.
09:37Egregious for four.
09:41Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite this.
09:44Horrifying, but so catchy.
09:46Jackie.
09:47What is atrocious?
09:47Something quite atrocious, yes.
09:49Uh, didn't agree with him for 200, please.
09:51Sir Arthur Eddington, with Subramanian Chandrasekhar, that these ultimately can collapse into new,
09:56very dense objects.
09:57Seth.
09:58What are black holes?
10:00No.
10:01Peter.
10:02What are stars?
10:02Yes, that stars can collapse.
10:04Shellfish fork.
10:05Amand de Mer in French.
10:07These little bivalves that are great in pasta may just warm a part of your heart.
10:12Seth.
10:12What are cockles?
10:13Yes.
10:14Final clue.
10:15People love to fry up these crabs, named for the fact that they just molted.
10:19Seth.
10:20What are soft shell crabs?
10:21That's correct.
10:22It takes you up to 400, making up ground after the Daily Double miss.
10:24And you'll get to select first when we come back.
10:26Double Jeopardy is next.
10:30Before we run away, I promise you Double Jeopardy, and we will not let you down.
10:33Two Daily Doubles this time, and these six new categories.
10:36From left to right, you in danger, literary girl.
10:40Then, coining some words, we have, is there a documentary in the house?
10:46Some hodgepodge, world cities, and back formations.
10:52Seth, what do you want to do first?
10:54World cities for 1,200.
10:56The answer there, Seth, is a Daily Double.
10:59You can wager up to $2,000, the biggest amount on the board.
11:03Let's do the 2,000.
11:04All right, going for 2,400 if you're right, Seth.
11:06Here's your clue in.
11:07World cities.
11:09This Middle Eastern city, alphabetically first in national capitals, was once a pearl fishing port.
11:16What is Amman?
11:18I'm afraid Abu Dhabi is the first.
11:21It knocks you down into the red, but select again.
11:23World cities, 1,600.
11:25This Kenyan city, situated partly on an island in the Indian Ocean, was once the capital of British East Africa.
11:31Peter.
11:32It was Mombasa.
11:33Yes.
11:34World cities for two.
11:35This capital of India's Tamil Nadu state was formerly called Madras.
11:40Peter.
11:41What is Chennai?
11:412,000 for you.
11:43Doc, 12.
11:44Hero with a Thousand Faces documents the doctors and nurses struggling in Africa
11:48with this five-letter hemorrhagic fever.
11:51Peter.
11:51What is Ebola?
11:52Right.
11:53Documentary for 16.
11:55An HBO documentary on this man, aka Dr. Death, showed his life after prison, including a 2008 congressional run.
12:03Seth.
12:03Who is Kevorkian?
12:04Yes.
12:05Is there a documentary in the house, 800?
12:08Ken Burns directed a PBS documentary about this place begun by a British immigrant in Rochester, Minnesota in the 19th
12:14century.
12:15Seth.
12:16What is Mayo Clinic?
12:17Right.
12:17Is there a documentary in the house, 2,000?
12:19This doctor who wrote Awakenings was given the documentary treatment in one subtitled, His Own Life.
12:26Jackie.
12:26Who is Oliver Sacks?
12:27It is.
12:28Documentary for 400.
12:30This American doc who gave us a vaccine for polio was the focus of the shot felt round the world.
12:35Seth.
12:36Who is Salk?
12:36You got it.
12:37Jonah Salk.
12:38Coining some words for 1,200.
12:40Oui.
12:41Many Canadian maple leaf bullion coins proclaim they're both fine silver and this poor.
12:47Peter.
12:47It was Argent.
12:48Yes, in French.
12:49Hodge, 12.
12:51This German painter came from a family of artists.
12:54You hear more about his dad, the elder, than his uncle Sigmund.
12:58Peter.
12:59It was Holbein?
13:00Yes.
13:01World Cities 8.
13:03Built for a 1929 international exhibition, the Palau Nacional in this city is now home to the National Art Museum
13:09of Catalonia.
13:10Peter.
13:11It was Barcelona.
13:12Right.
13:13Hodge, 416.
13:15Uterine prolapse and fibroids are reasons for this surgery.
13:19A total one does not include removal of the ovaries.
13:22Jackie.
13:22What is a hysterectomy?
13:23Yes.
13:24Hodgepodge for 800.
13:26Hamlet tells this friend, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
13:31Jackie.
13:32Who's Horatio?
13:32Right again.
13:33Hodgepodge for 2,000.
13:35The Raven and Eagle represent two groups in the social hierarchy of this indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
13:42Peter.
13:42Who are the Haida?
13:43Correct, for 2,000.
13:45You in danger for eight.
13:46In the Hunchback of Notre Dame, she was sleeping at the moment when the outcasts assailed the church.
13:52Seth.
13:52It was Esmeralda.
13:53You got it.
13:54Um, coining some words, 1,600.
13:56Its two-euro coin was designed by Raimo Haino and includes the word swami, the country's name, in its own
14:03language.
14:04Seth.
14:05What is Finland?
14:06Swami means Finland.
14:07Uh, coining some words, 2,000.
14:08The answer there, the Daily Double.
14:11The good news is you've found all three of them, Seth, and maybe a chance for redemption here with the
14:16third.
14:16You have 3,600 to play with.
14:18Let's do 2,000.
14:21Okay, you'll have 5,600 if you're correct.
14:23In coining some words, on a 1995 German coin, this man's name appears above a big X and two images
14:31of a hand, one showing just the bones.
14:39Seth?
14:40Who is pious?
14:42No, I'm afraid not.
14:43The X was for X-rays.
14:45This was their discoverer, Rentgen.
14:47You only lose 2,000 this time.
14:49Make a selection.
14:50Uh, coining some words, 800.
14:51The name of this institution that issues British paper money was on a 1994 two-pound coin, marking its 300th
14:58anniversary.
15:01It's the Bank of England that puts out paper money.
15:04Seth?
15:04Coining some words, 400.
15:06On the reverse of a 2026 nickel, this name appears directly under a certain building.
15:11Seth?
15:12What is Monticello?
15:13That's the building.
15:15Um, World Cities for 400.
15:17This was the name of St. Petersburg from 1924 to 1991.
15:21Peter?
15:22What is Leningrad?
15:23Yeah.
15:24Back for A.
15:25This verb that never was a verb before comes from a type of thief who enters a dwelling.
15:31Jackie?
15:32What is burglaring?
15:33Burgling?
15:34What is burgling?
15:36Yes, I did not rule against you. Burgling is correct. Burgle's the verb.
15:39Back formations for 400.
15:41Take a word that many are about horror movies or blood, drop ish, and you get this, meaning a qualm.
15:47Seth?
15:48What is squeam?
15:48A squeam, yeah.
15:50Back formations, 1,200.
15:52Back forming from a majestic type of event.
15:54This verb sometimes replaces to crown.
15:57Peter?
15:58What is coronate?
15:59To coronate, yes.
16:00All right, you in danger for 16.
16:02Effie Trinket smooths the slip of paper and reads out the name in a clear voice.
16:06And it's not me, it's this character.
16:10Seth?
16:11Who is Primrose Everdeen?
16:12That's right, Katniss's sister.
16:14Uh, Hodgepodge 400.
16:161912 Nobel Peace Prize winner Alihu Root helped originate the permanent court of international justice in this Dutch city.
16:23Seth?
16:23What is The Hague?
16:24Yes.
16:25Back formation, 1,600.
16:27As a lover of beauty, Oscar Wilde was called this, back formed from a word one syllable longer.
16:33Peter?
16:34What is an esthete?
16:35That's the word.
16:36Back formations for two.
16:38Disliked by some as business jargon, this verb is back formed from what Valmont and the Marquise de Martoy had
16:44together.
16:45Peter?
16:45What is liaise?
16:47Yeah, they're in dangerous liaisons.
16:48Very good.
16:49You're in danger for two.
16:50After she sets Thornfield ablaze, it doesn't end well for Mr. Rochester's unstable first wife named this.
17:00That's Bertha.
17:01Bertha Mason.
17:02Peter?
17:0212.
17:03This teen detective dealt with the invisible intruder and the mysterious mannequin, both of which actually do sound terrifying.
17:11Jackie?
17:11Who is Nancy Drew?
17:12That's correct.
17:13One more clue about literary girls.
17:15It's both the color and then her name after she chews some gum.
17:18And Mrs. Beauregard yells, you're turning this.
17:20This?
17:21Jackie?
17:22What is violet?
17:22You're turning violet.
17:23Violet, you're in second place, Jackie, with 9,600.
17:26Peter's on the lead.
17:27Here's the Final Jeopardy category for you three.
17:30Military history.
17:31We will be back with our last Final Jeopardy of the week right after this.
17:35Big news for fans of military history.
17:37That's today's Final Jeopardy subject.
17:39Here's the clue.
17:41At the U.S. Naval Academy, a 19th century memorial inscribed,
17:45Commerce Laments Their Fall, honors heroes of this conflict.
17:4930 seconds starting now, players.
17:51Good luck.
18:22Seth McElroy has $4,400 coming into Final Jeopardy.
18:25Let's see if he can add to that.
18:26His response?
18:28Didn't get to one.
18:29What did you wager, Seth?
18:31A mere $47, so you still have 4,353.
18:35Jackie Gonsalves was in second place with $9,600.
18:38Her response was?
18:40What is literally IDK, Ken?
18:42You are literally correct.
18:44You didn't know.
18:45Unfortunately, we cannot award you any money for that.
18:47You wagered $600.
18:50You still have $9,000 left.
18:52Peter McFerrin could not be caught today.
18:54$23,000 in the lead.
18:56Let's see what he came up with.
18:57Which war?
18:58The War of 1812.
19:00No, the 19th century war in which sailors sacrificed for commerce.
19:04Shipping lanes?
19:05The Barbary Wars.
19:06North Africa.
19:07So you're going to lose a little bit, Peter.
19:09What did you wager?
19:10Just $3,799, leaving you with $19,201.
19:14And you are now a five-day champion.
19:18$116,198 and a ticket to the Tournament of Champions.
19:21Congratulations.
19:23He won all week.
19:24We'll see what he does next week.
19:25Have a great weekend, everyone.
19:26We'll see you on Monday.
19:30We'll see you on Monday.
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