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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Let's meet today's contestants.
00:16An accessibility audio producer from San Francisco, California, Caitlin Muller-McLean.
00:23A beverage manager from Boston, Massachusetts, A.J. Maroney.
00:28And our returning champion, a software engineer from Jersey City, New Jersey, Dan Lane,
00:35whose one-day cash winnings totaled $2,193.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:49Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:52Yesterday's final Jeopardy! clue stumped all three of our players,
00:55but thanks to a savvy wager, Dan Lane from third place was able to emerge as our winner,
01:00taking out six-game champ Peter McFerrin,
01:02and telling us after the game, no one expects the Danish Inquisition.
01:07I guess now A.J. and Caitlin know to expect it.
01:09I'm wishing all three of you a great game.
01:11Let's find out now what categories are waiting for you in the Jeopardy! round.
01:15We'll start with state facts, then Greek mythology, we follow that with some triple rhyme time,
01:23Pittsburghers, mine all mine, and finally...
01:28I'm Fox Sports host Rob Stone.
01:30Whether you say soccer or football, the FIFA World Cup is coming to North America,
01:34and we'll have clues to get you ready.
01:37Dan, as the champ, you go first.
01:38State facts, a thousand.
01:40On June 11th, Hawaii celebrates this great king with a parade and other festivities.
01:46Caitlin.
01:46Who is Kamehameha?
01:48Right.
01:48State facts for eight.
01:50Despite this nickname for Minnesota, the state actually boasts many more.
01:55Dan.
01:55What's the land of 10,000 lakes?
01:57Right.
01:58State facts, six.
01:59In land area, it ranks 49th in the nation.
02:03Caitlin.
02:03What is Delaware?
02:04Correct. Second smallest.
02:06Triple rhyme time for 800.
02:08Mistake making pickled fish from the sea named for Vetus.
02:13Caitlin.
02:13What is an erring, herring, bearing?
02:16That's right, erring, bearing, herring, but sure.
02:18Triple rhyme time for 1,000.
02:20An order to forcefully take the Shanghai maples.
02:26If you want that, you tell someone, seize the Chinese trees.
02:30Back to Caitlin.
02:31Pittsburghers for eight.
02:33Long time pit prof, Dr. Thomas Starzl, achieved the first of these transplants.
02:37Later received by Jim Neighbors and David Crosby.
02:40Dan.
02:41What are kidneys?
02:42No.
02:43Caitlin.
02:43What is a heart transplant?
02:45Also incorrect.
02:46AJ?
02:48David Crosby was a hard liver.
02:49He needed a new liver.
02:50What is a liver transplant?
02:52Caitlin.
02:53Pittsburghers for six.
02:54The city breathed and saw easier after Mayor David Lawrence said in 1946,
02:59Our people want this.
03:01The subject of a 1970 federal act.
03:03AJ.
03:04What is clean air?
03:05Yes.
03:06Greek mythology for eight.
03:07Answer.
03:08A billy-double for you, AJ.
03:11You've got one clue under your belt, but you can wager up to a thousand dollars.
03:15Let's wager a thousand.
03:16Going for 1600 in Greek mythology then, here's your clue.
03:21This god tried to give a gift to humans, but the spring he made produced salt water,
03:26his natural element.
03:27Who is Poseidon?
03:28That's right.
03:28You're tied for the lead.
03:31Select again, AJ.
03:33Greek mythology, a thousand.
03:35He provided plenty of muscle for the Argonauts, but left the group to seek his vanished lover,
03:39Hylus.
03:40Caitlin.
03:41Who is Jason?
03:42No.
03:43AJ.
03:43Who is Heracles?
03:44That's correct.
03:45Greek mythology, six.
03:47Robert Graves wrote of a fight in which this hero, outnumbered, had to take out Medusa's
03:51head and turn 200 men to stone.
03:53Dan.
03:54Miss Perseus?
03:55Yeah.
03:56Triple rhyme time, 600.
03:58Uncool moniker for your new painting enclosure is a lame frame name.
04:06Dan, back to you.
04:08Pittsburghers, a thousand.
04:08Four years after she co-founded the Free Press.
04:12In 2025, this journalist from Squirrel Hill was made editor-in-chief of CBS News.
04:17Caitlin.
04:18Who is Weiss?
04:19Very Weiss, right.
04:20Triple rhyme time for four.
04:21A creature like Tinkerbell, whose her suitness causes quite the fright.
04:26Caitlin.
04:27Who is a scary hairy fairy?
04:29Right.
04:30Triple rhyme time for two.
04:32Bodacious booty of a baseball adjudicator.
04:35AJ.
04:35What is a plump ump rump?
04:37We love a plump ump rump, yes.
04:40Greek mythology, four.
04:42Arcus, a son of Zeus, gave his name to this region that ancient Greeks thought of as primitive,
04:47but became a symbolic paradise.
04:49AJ.
04:50What is Arcadia?
04:51Arcadia is named for Arcus, and you're in the lead with $3,200.
04:54Well done.
04:54We need to pause for a moment, but we will come right back to finish the Jeopardy! round.
04:58Stay tuned.
04:59Caitlin Muller-McClain here is an accessibility audio producer from San Francisco,
05:04and you've spent some quality time with one of the great musical talents of our time.
05:08Caitlin, who is that?
05:09Weird Al Yankovic.
05:10The legend.
05:10Yes.
05:11I have seen him live about 25 times, going back from the time I was about 14.
05:17I would go to concerts with my mom.
05:19It was a great bonding experience.
05:21Now, my husband and I go to shows together.
05:23Um, I've been really lucky to meet him about 10 times.
05:27Whoa.
05:27And I even own a pair of his boxer shorts.
05:30I hope he knows this part.
05:31He does, yes.
05:31He gave them to me.
05:33He is a lovely guy.
05:34Weird Al is the best.
05:35And a lot of people's first concert.
05:36You are not alone there.
05:38Our other challenger is AJ Maroney from Boston, a beverage manager.
05:42And I understand Maroney's have a proud tradition of game show appearances, right?
05:46Absolutely, yeah.
05:47Uh, my grandfather was on Password back in the 60s.
05:49Wow.
05:49Won, uh, the largest possible prize of $500.
05:53Um, some of the rest of the family, uh, was on Family Feud in the late 80s.
05:57Um, and in, I think it was 2008, my dad was on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
06:00That's great.
06:01So every other decade, a Maroney has to be on a game show.
06:03So what's the record to take if you want to be the highest-scoring Maroney in game show history?
06:08Uh, more than I have right now.
06:09Well, you're doing well right now.
06:10You're in the lead.
06:11Our returning champion is Dan Lane, a software engineer from Jersey City, New Jersey.
06:15You're a Cornell man, right?
06:17Yes.
06:18Uh, my dad also went to Cornell, and, uh, we actually lived in the same dorm.
06:22And I want to give a shout-out to Dad, who's here in the front row.
06:26Uh, he's a retired FDNY lieutenant, and he's battling stage four cancer,
06:30but I'm so glad that he's able to be here today.
06:33He's doing great!
06:36But it's AJ who has control of the board at the moment.
06:38Make a selection, AJ.
06:39Uh, let's finish Greek mythology for two, please.
06:41A brother of Boreas, Zephyrus was the personification of this wind blowing from the Ionian Sea.
06:48AJ?
06:49What is the west wind?
06:49Yes.
06:50Mine all mine, 800.
06:52This non-precious ore that gets turned into your car, fridge, et cetera,
06:57makes up over 90% of the metal mined worldwide.
07:00Dan?
07:00What's aluminum?
07:01No.
07:03AJ or Caitlin?
07:0490% is iron ore.
07:06Back to AJ.
07:07Mine all mine, 600.
07:09Thomas Newcomen revolutionized mining in 1712 with the first atmospheric steam engine,
07:14which could perform this urgent function.
07:19It was for pumping water out of mines.
07:22AJ, back to you.
07:23Let's do State Facts 400.
07:25Stand back.
07:26This turtle that has a pretty good bite with its hooked beak is the state reptile of New York.
07:30AJ?
07:31What is the snapping turtle?
07:32Yes.
07:33State Facts 2.
07:34It's the only state whose name begins with two vowels.
07:37Caitlin?
07:38What is Iowa?
07:39That's correct.
07:40Pittsburghers for four.
07:42Life was sadly not an amusement park ride for this engineer who gave his name to one.
07:46He died in Pittsburgh aged 37 in 1896.
07:50Caitlin?
07:50Who is Kennywood?
07:51No.
07:52Dan?
07:53Who's Ferris?
07:53Ferris, a Ferris wheel fan.
07:55Mine a thousand.
07:56With a mining-coded state nickname, it also has the USA's largest gold mines along a mineral-rich strip known
08:03as the Carlin Trend.
08:04AJ?
08:05What is Nevada?
08:06The silver state.
08:06Yes.
08:07Mine all mine four.
08:09Deeper than the Empire State Building is tall, Siberia's Myrni mine is owned and operated by the world's largest producer
08:15of these.
08:19Of diamonds.
08:20It's a diamond mine.
08:21AJ?
08:22Pittsburghers for two.
08:24Atop Pittsburgh Magazine's 50 Greatest Pittsburghers, this TV personality never left a letter from a child unanswered.
08:31Caitlin?
08:31Who is Mr. Rogers?
08:32Right.
08:33Mine all mine for two.
08:35Wakefield, England has a national museum devoted to this type of mining, which at its peak employed over a million
08:40people.
08:41Dan?
08:42What's coal?
08:43That's correct.
08:44And you three soccer fans left your favorite thing for last.
08:46Where do you want to start?
08:47Let's start with a thousand.
08:49Here's Stu Holden.
08:51Led by manager Alf Ramsey, England won the 1966 final game and their only cup so far, 4-2 over
08:58West Germany, played at this iconic UK venue.
09:02Dan?
09:02What's Wembley?
09:03That's right.
09:04800?
09:05Here's Rob Stone.
09:06Called the queen of football, this Brazilian forward scored a record for man or woman, 17 goals playing in six
09:15World Cups.
09:18That's Marta.
09:19Marta Vieira da Silva.
09:21Back to Dan.
09:21600.
09:22Here's Alexi Lalas.
09:24Catching the final live on July 19th, 82,500 fans will pack this East Coast stadium that's also home to
09:32the NFL's Jets and Giants.
09:34Dan?
09:35What's Meadowlands?
09:37No.
09:38AJ or Caitlin?
09:40The stadium is called MetLife.
09:42Dan, two clues left.
09:43I'm afraid they're about soccer.
09:44400.
09:45Here's John Strong.
09:47With a tournament high eight goals, including a hat trick in the final, France's Kylian Mbappe won this award in
09:532022.
09:54Dan?
09:55What's the golden cleat?
09:56No.
09:58AJ?
09:58What's the golden boot?
09:59Golden boot is the name.
10:00Here's the final clue, FIFA World Cup.
10:03Maurice Adu.
10:04One of the all-time greats, he helped his nation win three World Cups, the first in 1958 when he
10:09joined the team at only 17 years old.
10:12Caitlin?
10:13Who is Pele?
10:13It is Pele.
10:14Our thanks to the Fox Sports team.
10:16The 2026 World Cup kicks off tomorrow.
10:18And with AJ in the lead, Double Jeopardy will kick off right after this.
10:23We arrive now at Double Jeopardy.
10:26Our champion will select first again from these categories.
10:30We have science up first with an S.
10:33Then news agencies, followed by in-flight entertainment.
10:37Here you'll name the movie we describe.
10:39German words, und phrases.
10:41Then that's two hours of my life.
10:45I'll never get back.
10:47Dan?
10:48Science, 2000.
10:50Often sticky, this female reproductive flower part sits atop the pistil and is where pollen lands to begin fertilization.
10:58Caitlin?
10:58What is the stamen?
10:59No.
11:00Dan or AJ?
11:02What is the stigma?
11:04Back to Dan.
11:05Science, 1600.
11:07Danish scientist Inge Lehmann discovered that the P-type of these waves can travel through the Earth's solid inner core.
11:14Dan?
11:15What are seismic waves?
11:16That's correct.
11:17Science, 1200.
11:19It's the type of cell membrane needed for osmosis, a process critical to maintaining homeostasis in the body.
11:28It has to be a semi-permeable membrane.
11:31Dan?
11:31Science, 800.
11:33This element's chemical symbol comes from its Latin name, natrium.
11:37Dan?
11:37What's sodium?
11:38Yeah, N-A.
11:39Finish science.
11:41This hormone and neurotransmitter is often called the feel-good chemical.
11:44A lack of it was long thought linked to depression.
11:47Caitlin?
11:48What is serotonin?
11:49Good.
11:49In-flight entertainment for 16.
11:52Wesley Snipes in the title role on a hijacked plane quips, always bet on black.
11:57AJ?
11:58Was Blade?
11:59No.
12:00Dan or Caitlin?
12:02That movie is Passenger 57.
12:04Back to you, Caitlin.
12:05In-flight entertainment for 2000.
12:08Matthew Modine leads a B-17 crew on their final bombing mission over Germany during World War II.
12:16I'm thinking these are before your time, but not mine.
12:18That's Memphis Belle.
12:19Caitlin?
12:20German words and phrases for 12.
12:23Common in Austria, a Schnellstrasse is the type of road seen here.
12:28Schnell is German for this adverb.
12:30Caitlin?
12:30What is quickly?
12:31Yes, fast.
12:32German for 16.
12:34If you're good at doing this, you have sprachgefull and should do well in the category.
12:41You're good at learning or speaking a language.
12:44Back to you, Caitlin.
12:45German for 800.
12:47Around 1495, Durer drew two women, a fancy Venetian on the right and a Nuremberg housewife.
12:53This word in German.
12:55Caitlin?
12:55What is Frau?
12:57Can you be more specific?
12:59What is Fraulein?
13:00No.
13:01AJ?
13:02What is Hausfrau?
13:02Hausfrau is housewife.
13:04Two hours of my life, 1600.
13:06Clifton Truman Daniel plays his presidential grandpa in a revival of the show scorchingly titled,
13:11Do This Harry.
13:15It's a one-man show.
13:17Give him hell, Harry.
13:18AJ?
13:19Uh, two hours, 12.
13:20Answer.
13:21A daily double.
13:23You're still in the lead, AJ.
13:24$4,400 to risk on, that's two hours of my life.
13:28Let's do 2,000, please.
13:29All right.
13:30You'll extend your lead to $6,400 with a correct response in, that's two hours of my life.
13:35A one-man show about this man who defended Leopold and Loeb, among others, is titled,
13:40A Passion for Justice.
13:46AJ?
13:47I don't know.
13:48No guess.
13:48The lawyer here is Clarence Darrow.
13:51That drops you down to $2,400, now in second place.
13:53Make a selection.
13:54Uh, In Flight, 12.
13:56A parolee tries to stop a group of prisoners from hijacking their plane.
14:00Caitlin?
14:01What is Con Air?
14:02Right.
14:02In Flight Entertainment for eight.
14:04A Navy aviator returns to train a group of younger pilots, including the son of his deceased
14:09best friend.
14:10AJ?
14:11What is Top Gun Maverick?
14:12Correct.
14:13In Flight for four.
14:14FBI agent Samuel L. Jackson takes on a jet full of deadly venomous reptiles that have
14:19been released to kill a mob witness.
14:21Caitlin?
14:21What is snakes on a plane?
14:23It sure is.
14:23German words and phrases for 2,000.
14:26It's German for joy, and is the first word sung in the Ode to Joy.
14:33What is Freude?
14:35Back to you, Caitlin.
14:36News agencies for 12.
14:38This news agency that bears the name of its German-born founder broke the news of Lincoln's
14:43murder in Europe ahead of its rivals.
14:45AJ?
14:46Was it the Huffington Post?
14:47No.
14:50That would be a scoop for the Huffington Post, but this was Reuters in 1865.
14:54Back to you, Caitlin.
14:55I'll never get back for 1,200.
14:57This founder of nine California missions died in Carmel in 1784 on his 35th anniversary
15:03of leaving Spain for the New World.
15:06Dan?
15:06Who's Monterey?
15:07No.
15:08AJ or Caitlin?
15:10That's Father Junipero Serra.
15:12Caitlin?
15:13I'll never get back for 16.
15:15Around 470 BC, this was done to former hero Themistocles.
15:19It didn't just mean you were shunned in society.
15:21You were gone from Athens.
15:23AJ?
15:23What is ostracism?
15:24Correct.
15:25I'll never get back for 8.
15:27The girl who stole stockings is the true story of an English 12-year-old who did it in
15:311810 and was put on a ship for here forever.
15:35Dan?
15:35What's Australia?
15:36Yes.
15:37I'll never get back 2,000.
15:39On July 16, 1910, this explorer left England on HMS Saxon bound for Cape Town, then for the
15:45South Pole.
15:46Dan?
15:47Who's Shackleton?
15:48No.
15:49AJ or Caitlin?
15:51The one who never came back?
15:53Robert Scott.
15:53Back to you, Dan.
15:55That's two hours of my life, 2,000.
15:57In the year of magical thinking, Vanessa Redgrave played this poet of the great Californian
16:01emptiness.
16:05She was Joan Didion in that show.
16:07Dan?
16:08News Agency is 2,000.
16:09You might know this Russian outlet, originally the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency, by a shorter
16:15name.
16:18What is TASS?
16:20Dan?
16:20News Agency is 1,600.
16:22The answer there is a daily double.
16:25You can wager up to $2,000 here in news agencies.
16:28Dan?
16:29Let's do 2,000.
16:30Going for the maximum.
16:32You'll still be in third place, but closer game.
16:33Here's your clue in news agencies.
16:36Meaning the island, this news network is based in Doha, Qatar.
16:40What is Al Jazeera?
16:42Al Jazeera is right, yes.
16:44Just 1,200 separating first from third.
16:47Select Dan.
16:48I'll never get back 400.
16:50Toddler Mary Allerton never returned to England.
16:52She died aged 83 in 1699 as this ship's last living passenger.
16:57Caitlin?
16:58What is the Mayflower?
16:59Yes.
17:00That's two hours of my life for 800.
17:02Game show great Charles Nelson Reilly directed Julie Harris as Emily Dickinson in the bell
17:06of this place.
17:08A.J.
17:08What is Amherst?
17:09Correct, with less than a minute.
17:11News for eight.
17:12This man's Big Apple-based news service has media platforms like Citilab.
17:16Dan?
17:17Who's Bloomberg?
17:18Right.
17:18Finnish news agencies.
17:20Aided by the invention of the telegraph, this cooperative news agency was an early wire
17:24service that formed in 1846.
17:26A.J.
17:26What is the Associated Press?
17:28Yes.
17:29German, 400.
17:30Drang nach Osten, meaning drive in this direction, was used in the 19th century for medieval
17:35Germans move toward fertile lands.
17:37Dan?
17:38What's East?
17:38Drive East, yes.
17:39Final clue?
17:40That's two hours of my life.
17:41Known for playing Jim Morrison and Doc Holliday on film, he staged the one-man show Citizen
17:46Twain to wide acclaim.
17:48A.J.
17:49Who is Russell?
17:49No.
17:50Caitlin?
17:51Who is Val Kilmer?
17:52Yes, that's Val Kilmer as Twain.
17:53A.J.'s in the lead in a tight game as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:56Here's the category.
17:57Heading north.
17:58Back with the clue after this.
18:01Bundle up for Final Jeopardy today.
18:03We are heading north with this clue.
18:06If you want to visit the world's northernmost town, know that most flights are three hours
18:11to or from this national capital.
18:13Thirty seconds.
18:14Good luck.
18:14meet the world's northernmost town.
18:16Come back.
18:17.
18:18.
18:45Let's see what chilly places they were thinking of.
18:47Kitland, Muller, McLean was in third place with 3,400.
18:49Her response was Reykjavik.
18:52I'm afraid not.
18:53Kaitlin, how much did you wager?
18:54Nothing.
18:54You still have $3,400.
18:56Dan Ley was in second place with 3,600.
18:59He wrote down different Nordic capital, Helsinki.
19:02But it's not Helsinki either.
19:03He wagered 8.07.
19:06That'll knock him down to 2,793.
19:08So we come to AJ Maroney in the lead with 4,400.
19:11Does he have the right capital here?
19:13He wrote down Moscow.
19:15No, the world's northernmost town is on Svalbard.
19:19Longyearbyen in Norway.
19:21What is Oslo?
19:22Was the correct response.
19:23It all comes down to this wager.
19:24AJ went too big.
19:262801 knocks him down to 1,599
19:29and makes Kitland Muller McLean today's Jeopardy! champion.
19:32For a total $3,400.
19:36Thanks for being with us today on The Alex for Next Stage.
19:38We'll see you tomorrow.
19:40APPLAUSE
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