'Previously on "Jeopardy! Masters"...'
Victoria Groce had a big lead heading into final.
Did she come up with "Return of the Native"?
She did!
Three match points for you for the win.
Matt Amodio is in second place.
What did he come up with?
Who are the Green Mountain Boys?
That is correct.
Juveria Zaheer needs to get this right.
Did she come up with the Green Mountain Boys?
Aw! She had Sons of Liberty.
Which means Matt Amodio comes from behind
to score his first win of the season.
Those points send Matt into the top three,
just behind Victoria and Yogesh, tied with 7 points each.
[ Beeping ]
'We began with nine masters.'
'Just six have advanced to the quarterfinals.'
'In the end, only one will emerge as the champion.'
'This is "Jeopardy! Masters."'
'Introducing tonight's first group of quarterfinalists --'
[ Applause ]
'And now here is your host, Ken Jennings.'
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, folks. Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
And welcome back to the quarterfinals
of "Jeopardy! Masters."
In tonight's first game, we have a matchup
of our three returning Masters from last season --
our veterans, Victoria, Yogesh, and Matt.
However, despite having competed
in the same tournament last year,
this is the first time you three Masters
are ever playing each other in the same game.
Look at this.
A win for any one of you tonight
will guarantee you the top spot on the leaderboard.
So good luck!
Let's get right into the Jeopardy! round.
I know you're waiting to see the categories.
Here they are.
We have European Cities up first.
Then...
Followed by Music, but Classically.
Then...
Because they each have 13 letters.
And finally...
Victoria, you're up first.
European Cities, 1,000.
Yogesh.
Where is Interlaken?
Correct for 1,000.
European Cities, 600.
- Yogesh. - Where is Bellagio?
- Right again. - Okay.
Words for Triskaidekaphiles, 800.
Victoria.
Where is the counting house?
Right.
European Cities, 800.
Yogesh.
- Where is Lillehammer? - Correct.
New Car, 600.
You brought a spare million, right?
Let's check out the 1907 Rolls-Royce model
known by this colorful and spooky name.
Matt.
What's Gray Ghost?
Sorry. It's not.
Victoria. What's a Silver Shadow?
That's also incorrect.
Yogesh?
[ Beep ] You just needed to combine
the wisdom of Victoria and Matt.
It's the Silver Ghost.
- Oh, okay. - Back to you, Yogesh.
Triskaidekaphiles, 1,000.
[ Beep ] It's called Liebfraumilch.
Oh. Yogesh?
Triskaidekaphiles, 600.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
Are you a triskaidekaphile, Yogesh?
What do you want to wager here?
I'll wager 13 --
No 2,400. [ Laughs ]
2,400, then. Here's your clue.
What is preponderance?
That is a 13-letter word. Correct.
You double-up to 4,800.
[ Applause ]
Sports Fans, 1,000.
Making molehills out of mountains,
in 2025, she became the first alpine skier
to win 100 World Cup races.
- Yogesh. - Who is Shiffrin?
Yes. Sports Fans, 800.
A bit of an outlier in the images in the category,
Alan Roth came up with OBP --
this stat that became huge in the Moneyball era.
- Yogesh. - What is on base percentage?
It is. You beat Matt to the baseball.
Well-done.
Classical Music, 1,000.
[ Classical music plays ]
Victoria. Who is the Queen of Sheba?
Correct for 1,000.
Music, 800.
[ Classical music plays ]
- Victoria. - Who is Dvorak?
- Yes. - Music, 600.
- Victoria. - Who is Pachelbel?
- Yes. - Music, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is an overture?
Concert overture. Right.
Okay. New Car, 1,000.
Maybe one of the high-performance
1960s Mustang models
named for this racecar driver turned sports-car designer.
- Yogesh. - Who was Shelby?
Carroll Shelby. Well-done.
New Car, 800.
Victoria.
Oh, geez. What is Isuzu?
Sorry, no.
Yogesh or Matt?
[ Beep ] It's their luxury division, Infiniti.
Back to you, Yogesh.
Let's find out what Here Are Your Keys are for 1,000.
Oh, wow.
[ Beep ] That's very hard, in your defense.
Dr. William Beanes was his name.
- Yeah. - Back to you, Yogesh.
Here Are Your Keys, 800.
- Victoria. - Who is Hecate?
Correct. Here Are Your Keys, 600.
- Victoria. - Who is Yale?
That's right. Linus Yale Jr.
Sports Fan, 600.
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points
and 25.7 rebounds per game,
but somehow finished second in the MVP vote
to this rival in 1962.
- Victoria. - Who is Russell?
Also pictured, Bill Russell.
European Cities, 400.
Yogesh.
- Where is Moldova? - Right.
Triskaidekaphiles, 400.
- Victoria. - What's a cryptographer?
You got it.
Sports Fans, 400.
- Matt. - What's "Refrigerator"?
The Fridge, yes.
New Car, 400.
[ Beep ] It's called Qi -- Q-I.
- Back to you, Matt. - Keys, 400.
- Victoria. - Who is St. Peter?
- Yes. - Keys, 200.
- Victoria. - What's a conch?
Conch key. Right.
Music, 200.
Matt.
- What's "Peter and the Wolf"? - It is.
Sports, 200.
Victoria.
- Who was Yogi Berra? - It is.
European Cities, 200.
Victoria.
- What is Bonn? - Yes. Former capital.
Triskaidekaphiles, 200.
- Victoria. - What is monochromatic?
- Right again. - New Car, 200.
Final clue.
- Matt. - What's Ferrari?
Two colors of Ferrari.
And that gets you back into positive territory, Matt.
Close game right now between Yogesh and Victoria,
but Matt has some catching up to do in Double Jeopardy!
It's coming your way right after this break.
Matt Amodio from New York City
got a big win in last night's game when he needed one.
I hear you had a recent celebrity encounter.
Who did you see?
Yeah. So, I was out at dinner with my girlfriend
and my aunt and my uncle,
and they were spending much of the meal discussing
whether the person behind me was Wendell Pierce,
the wonderful actor --
- From "The Wire," right? - Yes, indeed.
And, then, towards the end of the meal,
other diners started to congregate behind me.
And so that kind of confirmed in my mind that was him.
I turned around and shyly mouthed, "Hi, Wendell."
And he looked at me and said, "Matt?"
Wow.
And it turns out he is a very big "Jeopardy!" fan.
And that was a really cool experience for me.
And now you guys are best friends,
- you go on vacation together? - Absolutely. Yeah. Yes.
I just like that Wendell Pierce likes "Jeopardy!"
Like, this makes me feel cooler.
Yeah. Eh, I wouldn't go that far, Ken.
[ Laughter and applause ]
Brutal, Matt. Brutal.
Yogesh Raut is back.
Originally from Springfield, Illinois.
I don't think I knew this. You play the piano, right?
- No, I do not. - Oh.
Not very well, at least.
But you did get to play at one point.
Tell me the story. Yeah, well, you know,
one day I was in my senior year of college.
I saw my best friend and roommate at the time
was in the music department.
And I saw they were doing the Merce Cunningham centenary,
including staging a performance of Erik Satie's "Vexations,"
which is a piece, basically just four bars.
And Satie left behind a cryptic notation,
basically suggesting it should be played
- over 800 times in a row. - Oh, wow.
In college, they were doing it in half-hour shifts,
- basically for 24 straight hours. - Oh, I see.
- They subbed someone else in. - Right.
I asked my friend,
"Are there any shifts on the calendar that are open?"
And he was like, "You can take one of mine."
How did it go? How was your performance?
Well-received or warmly received?
Sure.
[ Laughter ]
Victoria Groce from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is here,
our returning Masters champion,
who comes to me with an ethical dispute.
I do.
My husband and I have an ongoing dispute
about the rules of Scrabble.
- Okay. - So, one of us
routinely makes up words when they play.
So something like, "Oh, you know, skutnik --
oh, that's a Lithuanian form of mead."
The thing is, this person also likes to play
the weirdest words they can that are real words
so that it's harder to challenge.
You're calling the bluff of the other player.
Right. Is the bluffer being ethical?
Now I'm just trying to guess which partner is which.
I don't know if you're the bluffer or not. [ Laughter ]
I'm going to say you're not the bluffer,
but I think I'm on the bluffer's side.
I think it's okay to play the fake words.
It's in the rules. It happens in tournament play.
Are you the bluffer, or are you the fed-up --
- I'm the bluffer. - Oh! You're the bluffer!
Oh, no! [ Laughter ]
It's time for "Double Jeopardy!", players.
Pick up your buzzers.
Matt, you're gonna select first from one of these categories.
First...
Then...
Followed by...
And finally...
With "EZ" in quotation marks.
- Matt, select. - World Lit, 1,200.
- Yogesh. - What is "Cry, the Beloved Country"?
- That's the book. - World Lit, 2,000.
In 1990,
this author and diplomat became the first Mexican writer
to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
- Matt. - What's Paz?
Octavio Paz is right.
World Lit, 1,600.
Victoria.
Who is Galsworthy?
- Good. - World Lit, 800.
Yogesh.
Who is Genji? "Tale of Genji."
Entertaining Folks, 2,000.
Given the last name
of this stand-up scene here,
he basically only tells dad jokes.
- Yogesh. - Who is Papa?
It's Tom Papa.
Entertaining Folks, 1,600.
- Yogesh. - Who is Whishaw?
Ben Whishaw. Right again.
Languages, 1,200.
Victoria.
What is Mandarin?
- Right. - Health & Medicine, 2,000.
- Victoria. - What is Cushing's?
Yes, that's right. Cushing's syndrome for 2,000.
Health & Medicine, 1,600.
Victoria.
- What are hives? - Yes.
Health & Medicine, 1,200.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You're doing well in this category
and making a run at Yogesh's lead.
What do you want to do with this Daily Double, Victoria?
Ken I'd like to make it a true Daily Double.
Ooh. Okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And here, you can't bluff. This isn't Scrabble.
Here's your clue in Health & Medicine.
What is congestive heart failure?
Well-done.
23,600 now for Victoria. [ Cheers and applause ]
Still a Daily Double out there, folks.
Way Back In 1825 for 1,600.
Matt.
Ooh!
What's...Brisbane?
- It is Brisbane. - 1825, 1,200.
Victoria.
- What is benzene? - You got it.
Way Back In 1825 for 2,000.
- Victoria. - What is New Harmony?
- Right again. - Way Back In 1825, 800.
- Matt. - What's Papua New Guinea?
Sorry. No.
- Yogesh. - What are the Dutch East Indies?
That's right.
Okay. "EZ," 1,200.
- Matt. - What's klezmer?
Yes.
Languages, 1,600.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Matt was looking for a Daily Double,
and he found a Daily Double.
- What's the bet here, Matt? - 4,200.
I thought it might be.
Going for the true Daily Double in Languages.
Here's your clue.
[ Groans ]
What's...
Droog?
Sorry, no. Nadsat.
- Ah. - The name of the invented language
in "A Clockwork Orange."
You lose 4,200, Matt. Select again.
Languages, 2,000.
Victoria.
- What is Hangul? - Good for 2,000.
Speak "EZ," 2,000.
Yogesh.
What is bezoar?
- Bezoar is right. - Okay.
"EZ," 1,600.
Yogesh.
What is piezoelectricity?
Right again.
Entertaining Folks, 1,200.
Okonma is the last name of this rapper
with the 2024 album "Chromakopia."
He also has a brand of streetwear called Golf Wang.
Victoria.
Who is Tyler, the Creator?
- That's right. - Speak "EZ," 800.
- Victoria. - What's a rendezvous?
- Right. - Health & Medicine, 800.
- Victoria. - What's magnesium?
- Yes. - Languages, 800.
- Yogesh. - What is Swahili?
- That's it. - Okay. Entertaining, 800.
- Yogesh. - Who is Carol Burnett?
- Good. - Way Back In 1825, 400.
- Matt. - What's John Quincy Adams?
Yes. World Lit, 400.
Yogesh.
What is "The Never Ending Story"?
Correct. That's what we know it as.
Entertaining, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is H.E.R.?
- Having Everything Revealed. - Right.
Languages, 400.
Matt.
- What's Python? - That's right.
Health & Medicine, 400.
Matt.
What's kidney stones?
That's right. Here's the final clue, in Speak "EZ."
Victoria.
What is freeze-dried?
Freeze-dried. Yes.
Taking you to an even 32,000 in the lead.
But this is not over yet.
Let's see what our Final Jeopardy!
category will be --
Portmanteau Words. Interesting.
The clue's coming up right after this.
Don't go anywhere.
Let's see how our Masters do
with this Final Jeopardy! category,
Portmanteau Words.
Here's the clue.
30 seconds, Masters. Good luck.
[ "Think" plays ]
We'll begin with Matt Amodio.
1,200 points after the Daily Double miss.
Matt, what was your response?
What is Canexit.
Ah. Like Brexit, but Canadian?
It's a good guess. It's seven letters.
You're on the right track, but that's not quite it, Matt.
You wagered...nothing.
So you still have 1,200 points.
Yogesh Raut had 20,800 in second place.
That's a great second-place score.
What did he say for Final Jeopardy!?
He wrote down --
No response. Didn't get there.
So he will lose...
11,201, leaving him with 9,599.
Victoria Groce had an amazing game.
32,000 is the highest score we've seen
coming into Final Jeopardy!
all season on "Jeopardy! Masters."
Was she correct with her response?
She wrote down Eurexit.
No. You were right to think about Brexit in 2012,
but 1973 is when the U.K. joined the EEC.
So this would be retroactively their Brentry.
- Brentry! Oh! Okay. - Brentry and then Brexit.
What did you wager, Victoria?
Just 9,601, leaving you with 22,399.
And you are the winner of this quarterfinal match.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Three match points for Victoria, in first place.
Coming up after the break, we have our other three Masters,
Juveria, Roger, and Isaac.
We'll be right back.
'Welcome back to "Jeopardy! Masters."'
'Here are the quarterfinalists in tonight's second game.'
[ Applause ]
Thank you, Johnny. Welcome back.
We're halfway through the show, and we're at the halfway point
in this year's "Jeopardy! Masters,"
where the stakes remain as high as ever.
Juveria, Roger, and Isaac are competing for the win
that will boost one of them into the top three,
alongside Victoria and Yogesh.
Good luck, Masters.
Here are the categories we have for you
in the "Jeopardy!" round.
First category...
Followed by...
Then we're Going In Circles.
And finally...
I'm Jamie Lee Curtis.
When I won an Oscar,
I thanked the fans who supported all my movies.
And today, I'll present a category
about some of those past credits.
Juveria, you're up first.
Sailing Through History for 1,000.
Roger. What is Lepanto?
Good for 1,000.
History, 800.
Answer -- a Daily Double, Roger.
[ Applause ]
You just earned 1,000 points,
and we're gonna let you bet any or all of it on this clue.
1,000 points, please.
All in on Sailing Through History.
Here's your clue.
What is...
- 'Bismarck'? - It is the'Bismarck'.
- Okay. - You double your score to 2,000 points.
And you have control of the board.
[ Applause ]
From the Greek for 1,000.
Juveria. What's schizophrenia?
That's right.
Bestsellers for 1,000.
In 2024,
me and you and everyone we know
were talking about "All Fours,"
her novel about a woman cutting loose in her 40s.
- Juveria. - Who is July?
Miranda July. Right.
Circles for 1,000.
Juveria.
- What is a thermal? - Right again.
Vintage Cocktail Hour for 1,000.
- Juveria. - What's a hot toddy?
I'm sorry. No.
Roger or Isaac?
[ Beep ] Apparently, that's a Tom and Jerry.
Jamie Lee Curtis for 1,000.
Here's Jamie Lee.
A daring striptease, dangerous stunts,
and Arnold Schwarzenegger were among the reasons
it was fun to play Helen Tasker
in this action/comedy thriller.
- Juveria. - What's "True Lies"?
That's the movie.
Jamie Lee Curtis for 800.
Back to Jamie Lee.
In 2023, I was honored to win my first Oscar
for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
And I of course paid tribute to my parents,
these two Hollywood icons
who were each Oscar-nominated during their careers.
- Roger. - Who are Tony Curtis and Leigh?
Janet Leigh. You got it.
Going In Circles, 800.
- Roger. - What is Jericho?
- Yes. - Circles, 600.
[ Beep ] Gone too soon. That Steve Prefontaine.
Roger, back to you.
Sailing, 600.
Juveria.
- What's Phoenicia? - No.
Roger or Isaac?
[ Beep ] They were from Carthage.
- Roger? - Greek, 800.
Isaac.
What is an anecdote?
Anecdote means unpublished. Right.
Recent Bestsellers, 800.
- Juveria. - Who is Steves?
Rick Steves. Yes.
Vintage Cocktail Hour for 800.
Roger.
What is Big Bertha?
- I'm sorry. No. - Okay.
Juveria or Isaac? [ Beep ]
That's the French 75.
We're learning so many new cocktails. [ Laughs ]
Juveria, back to you.
Cocktails for 600.
Why not?
[ Beep ] The movie's called "Blood and Sand."
Juveria, we sticking with the weird cocktails?
- Yeah. 400. - Why not?
- Roger. - What is zombie?
- No, it's not a zombie. - Okay.
Juveria or Isaac?
[ Beep ] It's the corpse reviver.
- Juveria? - Yes.
- Last chance. - Yes. 200.
- Last chance at a correct cocktail. - Yes.
- Juveria. - What's vermouth?
- Sweet vermouth, yes. We got one. - Yay!
Alright. [ Applause ]
Bestsellers for 600.
- Juveria. - What is James?
- Yes. - Greek for 600.
- Isaac. - What are bacteria?
- Yes. - Recent Bestsellers, 400.
With more ruminations than recipes,
this James Beard Award- winning chef
provided some food for thought.
- Isaac. - Who is Brown?
- Alton Brown. - Circles, 400.
- Isaac. - What are zoomies?
Doing zoomies. [ Chuckles ]
Jamie Lee Curtis, 600.
Back to Jamie Lee Curtis.
The very first character I played on film
was Laurie Strode,
who had one final showdown 44 years later
with this masked monster in "Halloween Ends."
- Juveria. - Who is Myers?
Michael Myers. Correct.
Greek for 400.
- Juveria. - What's a telegram?
No. Roger.
What is telegraph?
That's the paper --The Daily Telegraph.
Greek, 200.
- Roger. - What is rhinoceros?
Correct.
Bestsellers, 200.
Roger.
What is "Killers of the Flower Moon"?
- You got it. - Circles, 200.
Swindon, England, dazzles and frightens tourists
with what's called the magic this,
consisting of five of them around a central island.
- Isaac. - What is a roundabout?
- Yes. - Sailing, 400.
Juveria.
Who is Grant?
No. Roger.
Who is Farragut?
Farragut is correct.
Sailing, 200.
- Juveria. - Who is Bligh?
- Yes. - Jamie Lee for 400.
I have to be honest.
The reason I took the role in this 2019 comedy whodunit
was Daniel Craig.
Oh, okay. Fine.
And a great script and an amazing ensemble cast.
- Roger. - What is "Knives Out"?
That's correct. Here's the final clue,
coming your way from Jamie Lee Curtis.
Here we go again.
This summer, Lindsay Lohan and I
reprise our roles in the sequel to this 2003 film
with a new, multigenerational twist,
since Lindsay's character is now a mom and I'm a grandmother.
- Juveria. - What's "Freaky Friday"?
Yes. Two pieces of good news for you --
one, you're now in the lead,
and, two, they're making another "Freaky Friday."
Yay!
Everybody's off to a great start.
Close game at the end of the Jeopardy! round.
And Double Jeopardy! is up next.
We'll be right back.
[ Applause ]
Isaac Hirsch is from Burbank, California.
And, Isaac, even before you made the quarterfinals,
everyone was buzzing about one thing,
and that's your fashion sense on the Alex Trebek stage. [ Chuckles ]
That's a particularly great shirt today.
Yeah. 50 years ago certainly,
it would have been considered very cool. [ Laughter ]
That's exactly when I'm from -- 50 years ago. [ Laughs ]
Tell us about your fashion sense.
You know, for the '70s stuff,
I started getting into it I guess 'cause of "Columbo" maybe.
And just, you know,
I think we discussed Robert Culp on "Columbo," style Icon.
That's who I want to look like at all times.
So this is not just how you look on the "Jeopardy!" set.
If one of our viewers is lucky enough to see you in the wild,
you might look like --
I said a 1970s children's TV host.
[ Laughs ] And I'm gonna stick with that.
I might, if I'm not eating that day,
If I'm going out to eat,
I will probably be wearing regular clothes
so to not damage the goods.
You don't want to spill on a shirt that beautiful.
- Yeah. Exactly. - I understand.
Also looking very dapper today,
Roger Craig from Arlington, Virginia.
Roger, we learned
during the "Jeopardy! Invitational tournament"
that you are now married
to another one of the all-time "Jeopardy!" greats,
Julia Collins.
How did you two meet? Tell us about your story.
So, we first met about 10 years ago in New York,
but, then, at the all-star games that we were at.
Her and I reconnected and got married. Yeah.
And so now we're married, and it's wonderful.
I'm extremely lucky.
Is there ever a chance
that we could see you and your wife
playing head-to-head
on "Jeopardy!" or "Jeopardy! Masters?"
Sure. That's not for me to decide.
[ Laughter ] But yeah. Why not?
Well, we've been inviting you both
to the "Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament" for a long time,
so we would love to see that happen sometime.
Can't wait to see Julia back.
Juveria Zaheer is back from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
I hear you're a bit of a celebrity
on both sides of the border.
It must be especially in Canada, right?
You recently got recognized somewhere a little bit unusual?
Yeah. So, like many people, I'm a commuter.
So after a long shift at work, I go to Union Station.
And there's a great jerk chicken place there --
my favorite food in the whole world.
And if it's been a bad day, I get jerk chicken.
And so I went to order my jerk chicken,
and the young woman looked at me,
gave me a big smile, and she said, "I recognize you."
And it was, like, such a lovely moment.
And she said, "You're here all the time."
[ Laughter ]
And, then, she said, "Large jerk, half coleslaw, half rice."
And I said, "Yeah. That's me."
[ Laughter ]
That's fantastic.
Isaac, right now you're in third place,
so you're gonna select first in the Double Jeopardy! round.
Let's reveal the new categories.
First up, we have...
Wow. Then...
Followed by...
Then a category...
[ Laughter ] Name might ring a bell.
And finally...
Isaac, what will it be?
Tony Winners for 1,200.
[ Beep ] Looks like Roger had one of them.
- "Equus"? - "Equus." The other one's "Amadeus."
Oh!
- Isaac, back to you. - Okay. Tony Winner, 1,600.
Angela Lansbury won
her last acting Tony in 2009
for a revival of this Noel Coward comedy.
- Isaac. - What is "Blithe Spirit"?
- It is. - Tony Winners, 2,000.
Isaac.
Oh, I shouldn't have done that.
- Who is LuPone? - It is Patti LuPone.
You should have done that.
You're in the lead.
Okay. Builders & Founders, 1,200.
Conquistador Pedro de Valdivia
founded this capital city named for James,
patron saint of Spain.
- Roger. - What is Santiago?
That's right.
Ungulates, 2,000.
- Juveria. - What's an ibex?
Good for 2000.
Ungulates for 1,600.
Answer -- a Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
You just pulled back ahead of Isaac,
who knows his Tony winners.
What do you want to do from the lead, Juveria?
My brother is a veterinarian for ungulates,
- so I got to do -- - Really?
Yeah. So 6,200 -- whatever how much money I have.
True Daily Double.
On the ungulates. I'm sorry, Omar.
But only because
you have an ungulate veterinarian in the family.
He really loves ungulates.
Lots of pressure, then. [ Laughter ]
Here is your clue, with 6,200 on the line, in Ungulates.
What is...
a river otter? [ Beep ]
Out of time, I'm afraid.
I think you're covered here,
'cause your brother does not treat many of these.
It's a pygmy hippopotamus.
- Of course. Sorry. - So you lose 6,200, but --
- Okay. It's fine. [ Chuckles ] - Select again.
Builders & Founders for 2,000.
Along with an art dealer,
this heir to a cosmetics fortune founded the Neue Gallery,
opened in 2001 in a New York City mansion.
- Juveria. - Who is Lauren?
No. I'm sorry.
- Roger. - Who is Lauder?
Lauder -- Ronald Lauder.
Builders, 800.
- Juveria. - What's Ithaca?
Yes.
Around The Water, 2,000.
This Mexican isthmus
is featured in a poem by Wallace Stevens,
who rhymed it with "Upon the deck."
- Juveria. - What is Tehuantepec?
Correct. You're out of the hole.
Hobbies for 2,000.
- Isaac. - What is photography?
You got it.
Hobbies, 1,600.
[ Beep ] That sausage is called merguez.
Isaac, back to you.
Hobbies & Pastimes, 1,200.
[ Beep ] Recent hipster trend with medieval weapons --
ax-throwing.
- Back to you, Isaac. - Builders & Founders, 1,600.
About 60 miles from Munich
is Linderhof Palace,
the only one this kooky 19th-Century king
lived to see completed.
Roger.
Who is Mad King Ludwig?
That's right.
Water, 1,600.
Roger.
What is Matamoros?
Right.
Tony winners, 800.
With six, she has won
the most competitive Tonys,
most recently in 2014
for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."
- Juveria. - Who is Audra McDonald?
It is.
Contronyms for 1,600.
Answer --
the other Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
The first one knocked you back into third, Juveria,
but you've made your way back a little bit.
2,000, please.
2,000 at stake in Contronyms.
Here's your clue.
What is weather?
Weather is right, taking you to 3,600. [ Applause ]
On the comeback trail. Select again.
Contronyms for 2,000.
[ Beep ] They're all livid.
Red, white, or blue. Back to you, Juveria.
Ungulates for 1,200.
Helping it stay warm in Arctic environments,
this ungulate has some of the longest hair
in the animal kingdom.
- Juveria. - What's a musk ox?
Alex Trebek's favorite. Yes.
Around The Big Water, 1,200.
- Isaac. - What is Caillou?
- Yes. - Contronyms, 1,200.
Isaac.
What is free fall?
No. I'm sorry.
Juveria or Roger? [ Beep ]
It can be either good or bad to be going downhill.
Back to you, Isaac.
Oh. Contronyms, 800.
Roger.
- What is handicap? - Correct.
Contronyms, 400.
- Juveria. - What's variety?
- Right. - Florida for 800.
- Juveria. - What's San Antonio?
No. I'm sorry.
- Isaac. - What is Corpus Christi?
- That's correct. - Hobbies & Pastimes, 800.
- Juveria. - What's bocce?
It is bocce.
Ungulates for 800.
- Roger. - What are rabbits?
- No. I'm sorry. - Okay.
- Isaac. - What are camels?
Much more fun to trek with camels than rabbits.
[ Chuckles ] Ungulates, 400.
The more than 40 species of deer include this one,
whose name comes from Native American words
meaning "snow shoveler."
- Juveria. - What's a caribou?
- Right. - Hobbies for 400.
Isaac.
- What is a kiln? - No.
Roger.
What's a spinning wheel for pottery?
Yeah. It's the wheel.
Tony Winners, 400.
- Isaac. - Who is Jackman?
- Yes. - Builders & Founders, 400.
- Juveria. - What's a canal?
Yes. And here's the last clue.
Back to whatever that body of water is called.
- Isaac. - Who is Santa Ana?
That's right.
Taking you to 10,000 even.
But you're still a little bit behind Roger
in a very close game.
as we head into Final Jeopardy!, Masters.
Your category will be... The Presidency,
And your clue will be coming up in just a moment.
Stay tuned.
In a very tight game, the Final Jeopardy! category
to decide this thing is The Presidency.
And here's the clue.
30 seconds. Good luck.
[ "Think" plays ]
Juveria Zaheer is in third place
with 6,000 points thanks to the pygmy hippo.
What was your response?
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Yes. The mayor of Buffalo, New York.
"The Veto Mayor of Buffalo," they called him.
So you're gonna add to your 6,000.
What did you wager?
You double-up to 12,000 points.
And suddenly you're in the lead. [ Applause ]
Isaac Hirsch finished Double Jeopardy! with 10,000.
Did he think of Grover Cleveland?
He got it, as well.
He wagered...
Look at that. 2,001.
He now has 12,001 points,
moving him into first place. [ Applause ]
So it's down to Roger Craig,
with 10,800.
His response...
- Oh! - I was writing "Cleveland."
We know you were writing Cleveland,
but you only got halfway.
So your score will drop by...
799, dropping you to 10,001, in third place,
and making Isaac Hirsch the winner of tonight's game.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Congratulations, Isaac.
3 points for Isaac Hirsch for winning tonight,
1 point for Juveria Zaheer for coming back
and finishing in second.
No points for Roger tonight.
Let's take a look at the leaderboard, Masters.
Victoria still in first place with 10 points,
as we knew she would be, followed by Yogesh.
But look at this.
Isaac Hirsch has moved into third with 6 match points now
following that win.
Juveria is currently ahead of Matt
based on having more correct responses.
But that fourth-place spot will be crucial
when we conclude the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
At the end of that show,
we will know which four of our Masters
will be advancing to the semifinals.
We'll see you next week. Have a good night.
[ Applause ]
[ "Think" plays ]