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00:01From the Alex Rebecca stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Please welcome today's contestants.
00:16A senior cost accountant from Denver, Colorado, Rebecca Joseph.
00:21A data scientist from San Francisco, California, Chenfei Liu.
00:26And our returning champion, a content manager from Washington, D.C., Chris D'Angelo,
00:34whose four-day cash winnings total $83,600.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:47Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:50Following a fourth win yesterday, our champion, Chris D'Angelo,
00:53told us how hard it's been living with this secret.
00:56Winning on Jeopardy! one minute and then being back at work the next, like nothing's happened.
01:01I told him it was little like being a superhero,
01:03and he shared that his students used to call him Clark Kent.
01:07Well, he's been putting on a super performance here,
01:09but could today be the day we reveal the alter ego of Chenfei or Rebecca?
01:13Let's find out. Good luck to all three of you.
01:14As we move into the Jeopardy! round, we'll show you your categories.
01:18First up, it's the year of the horse.
01:20Then we have bangers with a B,
01:23a little archeology,
01:25followed by American authors,
01:29common bonds,
01:30and 13-letter words.
01:33Chris, champion selects first.
01:35Common bonds, 600.
01:37Knob, deadbolt, mortis.
01:40Chris.
01:41What is a lock?
01:42Yes.
01:43Common bonds, 800.
01:44Say, minky, bowhead.
01:50Those are all types of whale.
01:52Back to Chris.
01:53Common bonds, 1,000.
01:55Rene Magritte,
01:56Justine Henin,
01:57Jean-Claude Van Damme.
01:59Chris.
01:59What are Belgians?
02:00They are all from Belgium.
02:02Bangers, 600.
02:03The New York Times said this Cher song,
02:06the biggest hit of 1999,
02:07had resurrected a mutating career that refuses to be buried.
02:10Chen-Fei.
02:12What is belief?
02:12That is the song.
02:14Bangers for 800.
02:15The title of this Destiny's Child song is in the OED as an adjective,
02:19meaning sexually attractive.
02:20Chen-Fei.
02:21What is bootylicious?
02:22Right again.
02:24Bangers for 1,000.
02:25This 2020 song was such a monster hit
02:27that it's said to have landed the weekend a Super Bowl halftime gig.
02:31Chris.
02:32What is blinded by the light?
02:33No.
02:34Chen-Fei.
02:35What is blinding lights?
02:36Blinding lights is the title.
02:38Archeology for 800.
02:39In the Sahara, a depiction of two life-sized giraffes
02:44is the largest animal one of these objects,
02:46from Greek for rock and carving.
02:49Chris.
02:49Was it lithograph?
02:51No.
02:52Chen-Fei or Rebecca?
02:54It's a petroglyph.
02:56Back to Chen-Fei.
02:58Bangers for 400.
02:59In Justin Bieber's first top five hit,
03:02he repeats this title word more than 50 times.
03:05Chen-Fei.
03:05What is baby?
03:06Right.
03:07Bangers for 200.
03:08A pivotal event in the history of onomatopoeia,
03:11this Black Eyed Peas song held the number one spot
03:14for three months straight.
03:16Chen-Fei.
03:16What is boom boom pal?
03:17Correct.
03:19Year of the Horse for 800.
03:20This American breed is so named because it excels in races
03:24of 1,320 feet or less.
03:27Chris.
03:27What is a quarter horse?
03:28Correct, a quarter mile.
03:30Thirteen letter words, 600.
03:32It can mean both hastiness and rain, for example.
03:36Chris.
03:37What is precipitation?
03:38You got it.
03:39Thirteen letter words, 800.
03:41You're not the Pope, so stop doing this,
03:43speaking in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
03:46Chris.
03:47What is pontificating?
03:48That's the word.
03:49Thirteen letter words, 1,000.
03:51Latin word for the head of a family.
03:53In law, it follows diligence to mean a theoretical person
03:56who takes proper care.
03:58Chris.
03:58What is patrofamilias?
03:59You add 1,000.
04:01Year of the Horse, 600.
04:03We'll issue you one if you don't know that he was the first racehorse
04:06with $1 million in career earnings.
04:08Chris.
04:09What is citation?
04:10Right.
04:11Horse, 1,000.
04:12The Nez Perce developed the Appaloosa near the Palouse River
04:15in this state, where it's the state horse.
04:21The Nez Perce of Idaho.
04:23All right, Chris has a $600 lead as we reach our first break,
04:26and we'll come back and chat with our play right after this.
04:29Rebecca Joseph from Denver is a senior cost accountant.
04:33Where do you work, Rebecca?
04:34I work for a nonprofit called AlloSource.
04:37We try to honor the gift of life because we get donated skin
04:40and muscle and tissue from families, and then we turn that into products
04:45to help other people recover through burned skin or sports medicine
04:49or other reconstructive surgeries.
04:50That's amazing.
04:51Somebody's tragic story becomes a happy story for someone else.
04:55I love that.
04:56Thank you so much.
04:56Thanks for being here on Jeopardy.
04:58Chenfei Liu from San Francisco is a data scientist.
05:01What did you do on your honeymoon, Chenfei?
05:02It's a little more ambitious than anything I would have tried.
05:04Yeah, for our honeymoon, my wife and I did a 200-mile backpacking trip
05:08from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney.
05:11It's called the John Muir Trail.
05:12Right.
05:12And it was beautiful.
05:13We saw mountain passes, marmots, and caught a monsoon at the end.
05:17Oh, so that wasn't so beautiful, the monsoon.
05:19It was actually quite, I think, unifying, I think.
05:22We brought us together.
05:23A little adversity at the end.
05:25Yeah, yeah, exactly.
05:26That's definitely the kind of honeymoon both spouses have to be on board for.
05:29Yeah.
05:30Our returning champion is Chris D'Angelo from D.C.,
05:32a content manager going for win number five today.
05:35Before this, what was your biggest gaming win ever, Chris?
05:38So when I was 14, my family went on a cruise, and they played bingo every day that you're
05:43at sea, and the last day is a progressive jackpot.
05:46Okay.
05:47And so when I was 14 years old, you had to fill the whole card.
05:50And so I won, and I won $1,250, which when you're 14 may as well be the 80-something
05:55thousand I've won on in Jeopardy.
05:57My father's an attorney and a very practical person, so most of it was invested in stocks
06:01I still have, but I was able to use about $300 to buy myself a huge 27-inch television
06:08to put in my bedroom.
06:09Wow.
06:10Well, first of all, congratulations on your bingo skills and on your investing skills.
06:14Most kids would not have that money.
06:16It's your board right now, Chris.
06:17Where to?
06:18Authors, 600, please.
06:20Marilyn Monroe was Truman Capote's first choice to play Holly Golightly in the film
06:24version of this book.
06:26Chris?
06:26What is Breakfast at Tiffany's?
06:27That's right.
06:28Authors, 800.
06:29In addition to his Easy Rollins detective novels, he's also written science fiction
06:34and several plays.
06:38Who is Walter Mosley?
06:39Back to Chris.
06:40Authors, 1,000, please.
06:42This Asian-American author, who grew up in Shaker Heights, wrote of 1970s small-town Ohio
06:47in Everything I Never Told You.
06:49Chen Fei?
06:50Who's Celestine?
06:51Is right.
06:52Archeology for 400.
06:53In 2024, a rare blue room with female figures painted on the walls and sacred objects
06:59was discovered at this site in Italy.
07:02Chris?
07:02What is Pompeii?
07:03You're right.
07:04Archeology, 600, please.
07:05The answer there is a daily double, Chris.
07:09A narrow lead at the moment for you.
07:12How aggressive do you want to be in archaeology?
07:14I haven't had a chance to say this yet.
07:16Let's make it a true daily double.
07:17All right.
07:17Going for the true daily double, 9200 if you're right.
07:20Here's your clue in archaeology.
07:22In 2025, 22 massive stone blocks were recovered from the Mediterranean seabed off Egypt, remnants
07:29of this ancient wonder.
07:31What is the lighthouse of Alexandria?
07:33Is correct.
07:34Doubling you up to 9200.
07:39Archeology, 1,000, please.
07:41Rediscovered in the early 20th century, this Inca archaeological site is perched at about 7,700 feet above sea level.
07:48Chris?
07:49What is Machu Picchu?
07:50You add 1,000.
07:51Horse, 400.
07:52This future president's preferred means of transportation during the Civil War was his horse named Cincinnati.
07:58Chen Fei?
07:59Who's Lincoln?
08:00No.
08:00Rebecca?
08:01Who's Ulysses S. Grant?
08:02You got it.
08:03Archeology, 200.
08:05Excavations around London have turned up mass burial pits with the remains of victims of this epidemic that hit England
08:11in 1348.
08:12Chen Fei?
08:13What's the Black Death?
08:14Yes.
08:15Common bonds are 400.
08:17Spy, looking, stained.
08:20Chen Fei?
08:20What is glass?
08:21Right again.
08:22Common bonds, 200.
08:23North, fishing, telephone.
08:26Chen Fei?
08:27What is pole?
08:27They are poles.
08:2813 letter, 400.
08:30I know if you're disobedient or disrespectful to authority, you're this adjective, soldier.
08:35Chris?
08:36What is insubordinate?
08:37That's right.
08:3813 letter, 200.
08:39An event that occurs every four years happens this adverbial way.
08:44Chris?
08:44What is quadrennial?
08:45No.
08:47Chen Fei or Rebecca?
08:49That's an 11 letter word.
08:51Adverbially, it's quadrennial-ly.
08:53Chris?
08:53Back to you.
08:54Authors, 400.
08:56Vlogbrothers is the YouTube channel of best-selling author brothers Hank and him.
09:00Chen Fei?
09:01John Green?
09:02John Green?
09:03Correct.
09:04American Authors were 200.
09:05In February 1867, she was born in a log cabin in the big woods of Wisconsin.
09:11Chris?
09:11Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
09:14The future Laura Ingalls Wilder, now year of the horse.
09:16At Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, you can get up close and personal with these Budweiser horses.
09:21Chris?
09:22What are Clydesdales?
09:23That's correct.
09:24So you have the lead, $10,800 on the strength of that Daily Double.
09:27But Chen Fei and Rebecca, a lot of cash on the board if you want to catch up in Double
09:30Jeopardy.
09:30That begins in a moment.
09:34In a moment, I'm going to ask Rebecca to make a selection to begin the Double Jeopardy round.
09:37But first, the categories.
09:38We begin with the operas of Giovanni Antonio Cringy.
09:42If you've never heard of Cringy, that's okay.
09:44We just made him up.
09:45After that, two-word magazine titles.
09:49Overseas territories.
09:51Followed by funny ladies.
09:53Anagrams of each other.
09:55And finally...
09:56I'm Brendan Fraser.
09:58And I'm Andrew Scott.
09:59D-Day didn't start or end on D-Day.
10:02As you'll find out in today's category and in our new movie, Pressure.
10:06Rebecca, start us off.
10:08Cringy for $400.
10:10In a cringy opera, Bermont and Baronda are these.
10:13Like Wagner's Sigmund and Sigmunda.
10:15And like them, ew, they have a child together.
10:18Chen Fei.
10:19What are siblings?
10:20That's correct.
10:21Funny ladies for $800.
10:23Best known for her role as the nanny.
10:25She plays Timothee Chalamet's mom in Marty Supreme.
10:28Chris.
10:29Who is Fran Drescher.
10:30Correct.
10:31Anagrams, $1,200.
10:33Put the kibosh on and an alphabetical list of keywords at the end of a book.
10:38Chris.
10:39What is nixed and index?
10:40You got it.
10:41Anagrams, $1,600.
10:43The front side of a coin and very wordy.
10:49This is difficult.
10:50What are obverse and verbose?
10:52Back to Chris.
10:53Anagrams, $2,000, please.
10:55A seven-sided figure and a microorganism that causes disease.
11:01Chen Fei.
11:01What is heptagon and pathogen?
11:03Well done.
11:04Uh, two-word magazine titles are $1,600.
11:07Under editor Gilbert Grosvenor, this magazine, known for maps and photos, reached a circulation
11:12of one million by 1926.
11:14Rebecca.
11:15What is National Geographic?
11:16That is the magazine.
11:18Two-word magazine titles, $1,200.
11:19Answer there is a daily double for you, Rebecca.
11:24How much of that $2,000 do you want to risk on two-word magazine titles?
11:28Uh, $1,000, please.
11:29All right.
11:29Going for $3,000 if you're right.
11:31Here is your clue.
11:33It now publishes a large print edition to go along with its familiar 5.5-inch by 7.5-inch
11:39version.
11:41What is TV Guide?
11:42I'm afraid not.
11:44It's Reader's Digest that's still small, so you lose $1,000, but select again.
11:49Two-word magazine titles for $800.
11:51Its seal of approval dates back to 1909.
11:54Chris.
11:55What is Good Housekeeping?
11:56Correct.
11:57Uh, Territories, $1,200.
11:59This autonomous Dutch territory is the A in the ABC islands of the Lesser Antilles.
12:04Rebecca.
12:05What is Aruba?
12:06Correct.
12:07Uh, two-word magazine titles, $400.
12:09Turns out this mag, with cover subjects like Lynn Swan, 1976, and Candace Parker, 2007,
12:15used AI-generated articles in 2023.
12:19Chen Fei.
12:20What's Sports Illustrated?
12:21You got it.
12:21Overseas for $16.
12:23Answer.
12:23A daily double for you now, Chen Fei.
12:26And an opportunity.
12:28You can take the lead with a big wave.
12:29You're here.
12:30$2,500.
12:32Here is your clue in Overseas Territories.
12:35This island, found by the Royal Navy in 1767, is still British territory.
12:40So, mutineers, think twice about heading there.
12:48What is Bermuda?
12:50That is not correct.
12:51The bounty mutineers wound up on Pitcairn Island.
12:55What is Pitcairn?
12:56You're still in second place, Chen Fei.
12:58Select.
12:58Overseas for two.
12:59The vineyards of Pico Island in this Portuguese archipelago are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
13:05Chris.
13:05What are the Madeiras?
13:06No.
13:08Chen Fei or Rebecca?
13:10What are the Azores?
13:11Back to Chen Fei.
13:13Anagrams for eight.
13:14A mixture of two or more metallic elements and true blue.
13:19Chris.
13:20What is alloy and loyal?
13:21You got them both.
13:22Funny Ladies, $1,200.
13:23She ended up donating the $8 striped pregnancy dress that she wore in her special baby cobra
13:29to the Smithsonian.
13:30Chen Fei.
13:31Who's Ali Wong?
13:32Correct.
13:33Opera's for 12th.
13:35A cringey touch.
13:36He specified polka dot lederhosen for his heroine, Gerta.
13:39Not quite the red dress of this Puccini title character.
13:43Rebecca.
13:44Who is Tosca?
13:45Well done.
13:46Opera's 800.
13:47She famously sings to Samson,
13:49My heart opens to your voice as flowers to Don's kisses.
13:53Cringey's Ruth sings to Boaz,
13:55You're my ugikins.
13:56Rebecca.
13:57Who is Delilah?
13:58Right again.
13:59Opera 1600.
14:00Non poi vivere con loro,
14:02or You Can't Live With Them,
14:03is the cringey version of this Mozart opera about women,
14:06meaning they all do it.
14:08Chris.
14:09What is Cozy Fantutti?
14:10That's the opera.
14:11Magazine title's 2000.
14:13This fashion magazine was founded in 1867 with Mary Louise Booth as its editor.
14:17The double A spelling came in 1929.
14:23There's a double A in Harper's Bazaar.
14:25Back to you, Chris.
14:26Funny Ladies 1600.
14:28Before creating and starring in Abbott Elementary,
14:31she did a viral video series called The Girl Who's Never Been On A Nice Date.
14:38Starring creator Quinta Brunson.
14:40Chris.
14:41Funny Ladies 2000.
14:43TV's Laugh-In helped launch the career of many funny people,
14:46including this comedic actress.
14:48Chris.
14:49Who is Goldie Hawn.
14:50Good for 2000.
14:51D-Day 400, please.
14:53Here's Andrew Scott.
14:54Clouds literally hung over the invasion.
14:56With a big storm approaching, the operation was nearly called off,
15:00until British meteorologist Captain James Stagg
15:02correctly predicted a break in the weather on this fateful date.
15:07Chris.
15:07What is June 6th?
15:08Yes.
15:09D-Day 800, please.
15:11Back to Andrew Scott.
15:12Overlord was the codename for the combined invasion of Normandy
15:15from the air, land and water.
15:17The assault from the sea, including the landings on the beaches,
15:20was codenamed Operation This Appropriate Roman God.
15:25Chris.
15:25Who is Neptune.
15:26Operation Neptune.
15:27D-Day 1200, please.
15:29Here's Brendan Fraser.
15:29The first town liberated on D-Day was the vital crossroads of Saint-Marie-glise.
15:34A memorial there commemorates the D-Day ordeal of Père-Touper John Steele,
15:39who dangled from a church steeple for hours as battle raged below after dropping
15:44with the famed U.S. division called the 82nd.
15:47This?
15:48Chris.
15:49What is airborne?
15:50Right.
15:51D-Day 1600.
15:52Back to Brendan.
15:53If you see a plane, it will be ours, Ike reassured his troops.
15:58Knowing that over Normandy, the allies had achieved not just air superiority,
16:02but this even more complete dominance of the skies.
16:09They had achieved air supremacy.
16:11Back to you, Chris.
16:12D-Day 2000, please.
16:13One more time, Brendan Fraser.
16:15The strategic Pointe du Hoc overlooked both American invasion beaches,
16:20the task of scaling its imposing cliffs and capturing its gun emplacements
16:25in the face of constant fire, fell to two battalions of these elite U.S. Army troops,
16:32whose motto is that they lead the way.
16:36Chen Fei.
16:36Who are the Navy SEALs?
16:37No.
16:38Rebecca.
16:39Who are the Green Berets?
16:40Also incorrect.
16:42Chris is not going to try it.
16:44Those are the Rangers.
16:45Our thanks to Andrew and Brendan for that category.
16:47Pressure opens on Friday.
16:48Back to you, Chris.
16:50Opera 2000, please.
16:52For this two-word procession in Aida, the premier had elephants.
16:55Cringy wanted dancing poodles in Il Gradasso.
17:01That's the triumphal march from Aida.
17:03Chris?
17:04Anagrams, 400, please.
17:06Cooked food in oil and dismissed from a job.
17:09Chris?
17:10What is fried and fired.
17:12Right.
17:13Overseas territories, 800, please.
17:15Appropriately, the flag of this U.S. territory depicts a bald eagle holding a traditional Polynesian war club.
17:21Chen Fei.
17:22What's American Samoa?
17:23You got it.
17:23Funny ladies for four.
17:25Fans were devastated to learn of the 2026 passing of this comedy legend, known for her roles on TV and
17:30film.
17:31Chris?
17:32Who is O'Hara?
17:33Catherine O'Hara is right.
17:34Last clue from overseas territories.
17:36The Ile de la Possession is one of the Crozet Islands.
17:39Part of this country's southern and Antarctic territories.
17:45The country is France.
17:47All right.
17:47Chris with the lead at the end of Double Jeopardy.
17:49The final Jeopardy category will be...
17:51Famous lines from literature.
17:53You three think about that and make your wagers.
17:55We'll pause and then come back with the clue.
17:58The category is famous lines from literature.
18:01But there are a lot of those.
18:02Let's see the clue.
18:04Both the first line and the last line of this 1859 novel begin with it.
18:09You have 30 seconds, players.
18:11Good luck.
18:42Rebecca Joseph has $2,200.
18:44What did she come up with in Final Jeopardy?
18:46What novel?
18:47What is A Tale of Two Cities?
18:48And that is correct.
18:49It begins with, it was the best of times and worst of times, of course, but the ending is famous
18:53too.
18:54Sidney Carton's It Is A Far, Far Better Thing.
18:55What did you add, Rebecca?
18:57You wagered $2,100.
18:59You will nearly double up to $4,300.
19:01Chen Fei Liu is in second place with $5,100.
19:03Did he know it was A Tale of Two Cities?
19:05He did.
19:06He wagered just $67.
19:09He'll finish with $5,167.
19:11Once again, Christiangelo could not be caught with $19,200.
19:16Is he correct in Final Tale of Two Cities?
19:18No Uncle Tom's Cabin.
19:20We'll have to take a little bit back.
19:21Chris, how much?
19:22You'll drop just $5,800 to $13,400.
19:25You have now earned $97,000 and are a five-game champion.
19:29You're headed to the Tournament of Champions, Chris.
19:31Well done.
19:33If he's going to keep playing before then, come back for game number six tomorrow.
19:56Thank you very much.
19:58Gosh.
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