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00:00Backstage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:11Introducing today's contestants, an artistic director and director of education from Lowell, Massachusetts, Deidre Purcell.
00:20A high school teacher from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Jacob Ross Hewitt.
00:26And our returning champion, an attorney and theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee, Adam Remsen, whose five-day cash winnings totaled
00:37$99,601.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:48Thank you, Johnny Gilmore. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:51Our champion, Adam Remsen, hit win number five yesterday and officially qualified for the Tournament of Champions.
00:57But unlike the five-game winner on this date exactly 23 years ago, Adam doesn't have to retire undefeated.
01:03He can keep playing. That rule change is 23 years old. Very important in my Jeopardy! story.
01:08And now for Adam, it means he's coming back for win number six against the newcomers, Jacob and Deidre.
01:12Good luck to all three of you. Let's get into the Jeopardy! game, shall we?
01:15In the first round, we have these categories.
01:19Religious matters is first. Then, whole foods.
01:23I played a real person. Followed by great legs.
01:28Let me help you with this one. Vowelless Hawaiian words.
01:32And finally, we'll learn about Charles Curtis, the man, the legend. Adam?
01:37Let's try vowelless Hawaiian words for 800.
01:41You have my gratitude. MHL. Adam?
01:44What's mahalo? Right. Hawaiian words for 600.
01:48Mark Zuckerberg owns thousands of acres on it. K.
01:52Adam?
01:53What's kawaii?
01:54That's correct.
01:55Hawaiian words for a thousand.
01:57Family. H-N.
02:00Adam?
02:00What's ohana?
02:01Ohana means family.
02:03Whole foods for 600.
02:05Noah's Bagels uses this Yiddish-derived word for its cream cheese-based toppings.
02:11Deidre?
02:11What is shmear?
02:12That's right.
02:13Religious matters for six, please.
02:16The vast majority of Muslims belong to this group that rejected political succession based on blood ties to Muhammad.
02:22Jacob?
02:23What is Sunni?
02:24Right.
02:25Religious eight, please.
02:27In Hindu belief, the goddess Durga was created to slay the demon Mahisha, who took the form of this ox
02:33-like animal.
02:34Adam?
02:36What is a water buffalo?
02:37It is.
02:38Whole foods for eight.
02:40This process kills microorganisms responsible for the holes in Swiss cheese, so the cultures are re-added after.
02:47Deidre?
02:47What is pasteurization?
02:49That's right.
02:49Religious matters for a thousand?
02:51So far as we know, Michelangelo was no sport fisherman, yet that seems to be a tarpon he painted with
02:57this biblical prophet.
03:02That's Jonah on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
03:05Back to you, Deidre.
03:06Whole foods for a thousand.
03:08A thick spaghetti with a long hole down the tube, this type of pasta gets its name from the Italian
03:13for whole.
03:14Deidre?
03:15What is bucatini?
03:16It is.
03:17I played a real person 600.
03:19In the series Winning Time, about the Lakers in the 1980s, Adrian Brody played this guy, rising to become head
03:25coach.
03:26Adam?
03:27Who's Jackson?
03:28No.
03:29Jacob or Deidre?
03:31He plays Pat Riley.
03:33Back to you, Deidre.
03:34A real person for eight.
03:36Here's Mira Sorvino.
03:38Jill Isaacs wrote the 90s biopic about two sides of a legend titled This Name and Marilyn.
03:44I played the second one.
03:46Jacob?
03:47Who's Joe DiMaggio?
03:48No.
03:49Deidre?
03:50Who is Norma Jean?
03:51Norma Jean in Maryland.
03:52Well done.
03:53Real person for a thousand.
03:55This WikiLeaks founder published his own emails asking Benedict Cumberbatch not to portray him in the Fifth Estate.
04:01Adam?
04:02Who is Assange?
04:03Right.
04:04Great Legs for 600.
04:06Answer.
04:06Daily Double for you, Adam.
04:10It's a close game early.
04:12You're just $400 ahead of Deidre.
04:14I have no idea what to expect from this category.
04:16Let's make it a true Daily Double.
04:18Okay.
04:19Risking it all on great legs, whatever that means.
04:21Here's your clue.
04:23In 2025, this international sports star, nicknamed Mr. Spice, said he never skipped leg day as a pro.
04:30Who is Beckham?
04:31That's correct.
04:31David Beckham doubles your score to 7,200.
04:37Charles Curtis, the man, the legend for a thousand.
04:40Curtis received a peace pipe from Red Tomahawk, a man credited with killing this chief who fought General Custer.
04:46Adam?
04:47Who's Sitting Bull?
04:48It is.
04:49Great Legs for a thousand.
04:51Odin Steed was this eight-legged horse.
04:57Who is Sleipnir?
04:58I don't know how you ride an eight-legged horse.
05:00It sounds challenging.
05:01Adam's in the lead at the moment as we come to the midway point in the first round.
05:04And we'll be back with more Jeopardy after this.
05:12These are for fellas from Lowell, Massachusetts.
05:14You're an artistic director and a director of education.
05:17You're an artistic director where?
05:19Watertown Children's Theater.
05:20Oh, that's very cool.
05:21And you've actually acted a little bit in theater yourself, right?
05:23You got a story?
05:24Yes.
05:25So as part of my work at the Children's Theater, we were approached to do a production of a math
05:32musical.
05:33What could be better than a musical about math?
05:34Exactly.
05:35The staff were the performers, and we got to perform it both on-site at our theater and also at
05:40a math teacher convention.
05:42That's the only crowd that wants to see a musical about math.
05:44It was so fun.
05:45They must have gone bonkers for that.
05:47They did.
05:47Finally, a musical about math.
05:49Jacob Ross-Yord is here from Vancouver, British Columbia, a high school teacher who has a trick to keeping his
05:54students engaged.
05:55What do you do?
05:56Yeah, often on a Friday, I'll give them one of the New York Times crossword puzzles to work on.
06:00I find that's a really good way to build vocab and general knowledge, which are both really useful things.
06:05In an English class.
06:06Now, you say you do it on Friday.
06:07Do you give them a Friday puzzle?
06:08No.
06:09I'll usually give them a Monday puzzle, because those are the easier ones.
06:12And then I'll put a Sunday puzzle up on the projector and try to live-solve race them to do
06:16the Mondays.
06:16Oh, wow.
06:17See if anybody can beat me.
06:18So far, I'm undefeated.
06:19But I just got to say, Jacob, you would have been my dream teacher.
06:22I wish I had gone to your school.
06:24That sounds great.
06:24Our returning champion is Adam Remsen from Memphis.
06:28You and your son recently started doing a bonding activity at the same time.
06:32What are you doing together?
06:33Yeah, I played guitar for 35 years, but I had always wanted to learn piano.
06:37So he was starting to get interested in music.
06:40And so we said we were going to get him piano lessons.
06:43And I thought, why not?
06:44And so at the same time, I started taking lessons from the same person that he was.
06:48So for about four months, we were taking lessons from the same teacher.
06:52And I gave up after that.
06:54I still play every day.
06:55But I just want to bang through, hey, Jude.
06:58I'm good.
06:58But my son, of course, is light years ahead of me.
07:01I see.
07:01So if you guys were competitive, he would be kicking butt right now.
07:04It's not competitive.
07:05It's supportive.
07:06There we go.
07:07Adam, the next selection is yours.
07:09What will it be?
07:10Great Legs for 800.
07:12Legs the Frog was one of the original nine of these collectible stuffed animals from Ty.
07:17Adam?
07:17What are Beanie Babies?
07:18You got it.
07:20Charles Curtis for eight.
07:21In 1923, Charles Curtis introduced this failed amendment to the Senate.
07:26It was written by Alice Paul.
07:31Way back in 1923, that's the Equal Rights Amendment.
07:34Back to you, Adam.
07:35Charles Curtis for six.
07:37In 1932, Charles Curtis became the first vice president to open this event
07:41and stopped in Vegas on his way to Los Angeles.
07:45Deidre?
07:45What is the Olympics?
07:46Right.
07:47Great Legs for 400.
07:49Charlie Horse, Water on the Knee, and Wrenched Ankle are items to remove from a poor sap's
07:54leg in this Hasbro game.
07:56Jacob?
07:57What is Operation?
07:58Correct.
07:59Real Person 400.
08:00Rose Byrne played this feminist in the miniseries Mrs. America, set during the 1970s women's movement.
08:06Adam?
08:07Who is Steinem?
08:08Yes.
08:10Vowel is Hawaiian words for four.
08:12An outdoor area used as living room because, oh yeah, you're in paradise.
08:17L-N.
08:18Adam?
08:18What's Lanai?
08:19What's Lanai?
08:19On the Lanai.
08:20Hawaiian words for two?
08:22Greetings, L-H.
08:24Adam?
08:24What's Aloha?
08:25Right.
08:26Whole Foods for?
08:28Known for their wintergreen mints, these holy candies probably won't help you too much if
08:33you're capsized.
08:34Deidre?
08:35What are Lifesavers?
08:36That's good.
08:37Whole Foods for two.
08:38Now that Tim Hortons has many stores in the U.S., you don't need to head north of the
08:42border to enjoy their maple bacon one of these.
08:45Jacob?
08:46What's a donut?
08:47Well done with the Canadiana.
08:49Religious Matters 400.
08:51This period of preparation for Christ's birth that starts on the Sunday closest to November
08:5530th begins the liturgical year.
08:58Adam?
08:59What's Advent?
08:59Right.
09:01Religious Matters for two.
09:03Japan has three traditional sects of this form of Buddhism, with Soto the largest.
09:08Jacob?
09:09What is Shinto?
09:09No.
09:10Adam?
09:11What's Zen?
09:12That's correct.
09:13Great Legs, too?
09:14In 2026, Southwest eschewed the mad dash to primo seats and began offering seats with
09:20more of this seven-letter feature.
09:22Adam?
09:23With legroom?
09:23Correct.
09:24Real Person, too?
09:26Christian Bale is unrecognizable as this man, the title character in Vice.
09:31Jacob?
09:32Who's Cheney?
09:32You got it.
09:33Dick Cheney.
09:34400, please.
09:35One-eighth Native American, Charles Curtis, grew up on the Macaw Reservation, near this
09:40historic trail that went into New Mexico.
09:42Adam?
09:43What's the Santa Fe Trail?
09:44That's it.
09:45And last clue?
09:46One more fact about Charles Curtis.
09:48As Herbert Hoover's vice president, Charles Curtis advocated for these, what he called
09:52the protection against foreign competition.
09:55Jacob?
09:56What are tariffs?
09:56Tariffs is correct.
09:58Taking you to $600.
09:58You're in third place, and we'll select first when we return.
10:01Double Jeopardy after the break.
10:08Eden is 16, but there's so much money on the board in Double Jeopardy.
10:12That could change very quickly.
10:13Here's the new lineup of categories.
10:15We begin with Science and Nature.
10:17Then, Adjectival Artists.
10:20We have In the Dictionary, Distinguished Mexicans, Metro Booming, and finally, Don't Trust You.
10:29Jacob?
10:30Science and Nature 400, please.
10:32Better wash your hands.
10:33There are as many as a billion of these in a teaspoon of soil, including the decomposing
10:38and nitrogen-fixing kind.
10:40Adam?
10:40What are bacteria?
10:41That's right.
10:42Science and Nature for eight.
10:44Thanks to Edward Jenner's discovery of a vaccine for this in 1796, the death rate from
10:49it dropped considerably.
10:51Jacob?
10:52What is smallpox?
10:52That's right.
10:53$1,200.
10:54Answer for you is a daily double.
10:59You can lead you up to $2,000 here, Jacob.
11:01$2,000, please.
11:02Going for $3,400, here's your clue in Science and Nature.
11:06They're the two chemical elements whose symbols begin with K.
11:13What are potassium and krypton?
11:18Oh, you got them both.
11:20That takes you to $3,400.
11:22Well done.
11:24Let's do Artists 400.
11:26The stage name of this Super Bowl headliner came from an old photo in which he's dressed
11:31up for Easter and not very happy about it.
11:33Deidre?
11:34Who is Bad Bunny?
11:35Right.
11:36Artists 800?
11:37Signed at age 11, this rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., dropped the D from his
11:42name to disavow his absent father.
11:45Deidre?
11:46Who is Lil Wayne?
11:46Yes.
11:48Artists 1200?
11:50This rapper's stage name is an initialism inspired by her cousin's disappearance during
11:54the Sri Lankan Civil War.
11:56Adam?
11:57Who's MIA?
11:57Yes.
11:59Dictionary for 1200.
12:01Literally meaning having no equal.
12:03It also applies to a single one of the candies seen here.
12:06Deidre?
12:07What is a nonpareil?
12:09Yes.
12:10Dictionary 800?
12:11It can be a ruminant or in all caps, the most accomplished person in a field.
12:16Adam?
12:17What's a goat?
12:18That's it.
12:19Dictionary 16.
12:20Answer.
12:21A daily double for you.
12:25And you have a little more room to work with than Jacob did with his.
12:28You can wager up to 13,600.
12:305,000, please.
12:32All right.
12:3218,600 will be your total if correct.
12:35In the dictionary.
12:37The speech of the common people.
12:38It was also the name given to a Latin version of the Bible.
12:42What's it, Vulgate?
12:43That's right.
12:44Taking you to 18,600.
12:49A dictionary for 2000.
12:50This 13-letter German word means pleasure taken from another's misfortune.
12:56Jacob?
12:56What is schadenfreude?
12:57Yes.
12:59Distinguished Mexicans, 400.
13:00Carlos Fuentes wrote a story about Ambrose Bierce called The Old This, a Spanish word for
13:06an often clueless Yankee.
13:07Adam?
13:08What's a gringo?
13:09The old gringo.
13:10Metro booming for 2000.
13:12Called the world's fastest growing megacity, this place on an Asian river delta accounts
13:17for one-fifth of its country's population.
13:20Adam?
13:22What's Dhaka?
13:23That's correct.
13:24In Bangladesh.
13:25Metro booming for 16.
13:27The power of the Merrimack River helped give Lowell, Massachusetts a population boom back
13:31when it was the cradle of this 19th century era.
13:37We stumped even Deidre from Lowell.
13:39It was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.
13:41Back to you, Adam.
13:43Metro booming for 12.
13:44A national historic landmark, this town in the Black Hills attracted miners and Wild West
13:49characters after gold was found nearby in the 1870s.
13:53Adam?
13:53It was Deadwood?
13:54Right.
13:55Metro for eight?
13:56Some projections say this city, founded by Yoruba fishermen, will surpass 30 million
14:01people in 2050.
14:02Adam?
14:03What's Lagos?
14:04Right, in Nigeria.
14:05Metro for 400.
14:07This fourth largest city in Texas, among the fastest growing metro areas in the U.S., has
14:12an unofficial motto to keep itself weird.
14:14Adam?
14:15It's Austin.
14:16Yeah.
14:16Don't trust you for 400.
14:19Amy Dunn really makes this Gillian Flynn novel go, framing her husband for murder and then
14:24committing murder herself.
14:25Jacob?
14:26What is Gone Girl?
14:27Spoilers there for Gone Girl.
14:29Science and Nature, 2000.
14:31Most bony fishes possess this two-word gas-filled sack that helps prevent floating upwards or sinking.
14:38Jacob?
14:38What's a swim bladder?
14:39That's it.
14:40Science, 16.
14:42Skills of this mammal in the genus Herpestes.
14:45Killing cobras, cracking open eggs by throwing them at rocks.
14:49Jacob?
14:49What's a mongoose?
14:50Mongoose skills.
14:51Distinguished Mexicans, 800.
14:53Baroque 17th century poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz worked from one of these institutions.
14:59Deidre?
15:00What is the convent?
15:01Yes, Sor means sister.
15:03Artist, 1600.
15:05This Latino rap icon led the hip-hop collective Terror Squad, who in 2004 urged us to lean back
15:11and do the rockaway.
15:15That's Fat Joe.
15:17Deidre?
15:17Artists for 2,000.
15:19This indie band, known for the aughts anthem, Float On, took its humble-sounding name from
15:24a story by Virginia Woolf.
15:26Deidre?
15:27Who are a modest mouse?
15:28Right.
15:29Don't trust you for 800.
15:31This YA book series by Sarah Shepard that got the small-screen treatment focuses on four
15:35girls and a missing friend.
15:40What is Pretty Little Liars?
15:42Back to you, Deidre.
15:43Dictionary for 400.
15:45This word for a pal who's also an adversary actually goes back to the 1890s.
15:50Deidre?
15:50What is Frenemy?
15:51Correct.
15:52Don't trust you for 12?
15:54Iago's brazen plot against Othello includes a false claim that Desdemona is having an affair
15:59with this man, Othello's lieutenant.
16:01Jacob?
16:02It was Cassio.
16:03Well done.
16:04Trust, 16.
16:05The title character in several of this author's books, Tom Ripley, proved to be a chameleon-like
16:10fraudster and murderer.
16:12Adam?
16:12Who's Patricia Highsmith?
16:14Yes.
16:14Don't trust you for 2000.
16:16Keep it on the down low.
16:18The group at the heart of this Donna Tartt novel accidentally killed a guy and covered
16:22it up.
16:25In her book, The Secret History.
16:27Three clues left, Adam.
16:29Distinguished Mexicans for 2000.
16:31Choreographer Amalia Hernandez created the troupe called these two words de Mexico, which
16:37drew from local dance traditions.
16:41That's the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.
16:44Two more, Adam.
16:451600.
16:46A Washington, D.C. statue in a traffic circle honors this reformist Mexican president of the
16:511860s.
16:55Who is Benito Juarez?
16:56Last clue in Distinguished Mexicans.
16:59Comedian Cantinflas earned a Golden Globe as passepartout in this 1956 film.
17:04Jacob?
17:05What is Around the World in 80 Days?
17:06That's correct.
17:07You're in second place.
17:08Great game for you indeed, Dreda.
17:09But Adam has a big lead heading into final, where today's category will be.
17:13Holidays and Observances.
17:14We'll reveal the clue after this clip.
17:17It comes from the category Holidays and Observances.
17:20And here it is.
17:22July 6th, 2025 was designated a Day of Compassion and the start of a Year of Compassion in honor
17:28of his 90th birthday.
17:3030 seconds now.
17:31Good luck.
17:32All villainous music is set up.
17:46Don't you want to go to the top or if you want to go to the top?
17:46Well, let's go.
17:47Well, let's go.
17:48Go to the top of your face before that's ours.
17:48One little day is set up in a pretty nice littleauer.
17:59Love you.
18:00I don't want to go to the bottom of my heart.
18:02Compassionate and turning 90.
18:04Let's start with Deidre Purcell, who had $9,800 coming into final.
18:07Her response was Jimmy Carter.
18:11Not a bad guess, but not correct, I'm afraid, Deidre.
18:13You wagered $4,000.
18:15The miss will leave you with $5,800.
18:17Jacob Ross-Yort was in second place with $11,800.
18:21He wrote down something at the last minute.
18:23Who is the Dalai Lama?
18:25And that is correct.
18:26Yes, turned 90 last year.
18:27What was the wager?
18:29You'll add $7,801, bringing you up to $19,601.
18:33But very hard to catch Adam Remsen today with $25,000 coming into final.
18:37Some strong daily double play to put things away.
18:39Did he think of the Dalai Lama?
18:41No, he put Rodgers.
18:42Fred, I assume?
18:44How much did you wager, Adam?
18:45You'll lose just $99, dropping you down to $24,901.
18:50And making you a six-game Jeopardy champion.
18:52And a six-digit winner.
18:54$124,000.
18:55Congratulations, Adam.
18:58He spent all week with us, and he'll be back on Monday.
19:00Join us then.
19:01I'll be back on Monday.
19:03And we'll be back on Monday.
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