'Previously on "Jeopardy! Masters"...'
Health & Medicine, 1,200.
Answer -- Daily double.
Ken, I'd like to make it a true Daily Double.
Ooh. Okay. [ Cheers and applause ]
What is congestive heart failure?
Well-done. 23,600 now for Victoria.
Victoria Groce had an amazing game.
32,000 is the highest score we've seen
coming into Final Jeopardy all season on "Jeopardy! Masters."
And you are the winner of this quarterfinal match.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Isaac Hirsch finished Double Jeopardy with 10,000.
Did he think of Grover Cleveland?
He got it, as well,
making Isaac Hirsch the winner of tonight's game.
[ Cheers and applause ]
How does that feel?
It feels a little like
that meme from "Breaking Bad" where they're like,
"He can't keep getting away with this."
[ Laughter ]
Victoria is still in first place
with 10 points.
But look at this.
Isaac Hirsch has moved into
third following that win.
With scores as close as these
the last two quarterfinal games
will make all the difference
in who's going to advance.
[ 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."'
[ Cheers and applause ]
'Introducing tonight's first group of quarterfinalists --'
[ Cheers and applause ]
'And now here is your host, Ken Jennings.'
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, Johnny,
and welcome to the last night of quarterfinal games
in this year's "Jeopardy! Masters."
By the end of the hour,
we will know which four of our players
are advancing to the semifinals
and which two are headed home.
Up first, we have our three current leaders,
Victoria, Yogesh, and Isaac.
Good luck, Masters.
Here are the categories that await you
as we move into the Jeopardy! round.
First up...
Then we have...
Then...
And finally...
I'm Dame Prue Leith of "The Great British Bake Off"
and "The Great American Baking Show."
Whether you say frosting or icing,
I have baking clues coming up for you.
Victoria, you were so excited to see Dame Prue.
I love Prue!
Where are we gonna start?
We're gonna start with World Leaders. Hey.
Oh. Sorry, Prue.
[ Laughs ]
During his 2004 coronation,
Norodom Sihamoni prayed before this kingdom's Golden Throne.
- Yogesh. - Where is Cambodia?
- Correct. - Nonfiction, 600.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
You found it early, Yogesh, as you often do.
You can wager up to 1,000 points.
Yeah. Let's do 1,000.
Alright. For 1,800 points if you're right,
here's your clue.
What is that book called?
What is..."Going Clear"?
"Going Clear" is correct. Yes.
Taking you to 1,800.
[ Applause ]
Here is my gift to you.
Baking with Dame Prue, 1,000.
- Yay! - She's so happy.
Here's Dame Prue.
I hear there's a saying, "As American as apple pie."
For a French twist, there's this rustic cousin similar to a tart,
made with a buttery, flaky crust and sliced apples.
- Victoria. - What is tarte tatin?
Sorry. No.
Yogesh or Isaac?
[ Beep ] That's a galette.
- I'm sorry, Prue. - Back to you, Yogesh.
You'll get another chance, Victoria.
- Don't worry. Yogesh? - Double Talk, 1,000.
- Victoria. - What is Ngorongoro Crater?
- Yes. - Baking, 800.
Back to Dame Prue.
At Christmas, you might bake
a chocolatey, rolled sponge cake
that's decorated to look like a yule log.
It has this fancy French name.
- Isaac. - What is a buche de Noel?
- Correct. You're on the board. - Hey.
5 Bands for 1,000.
- Victoria. - What's the MC5?
- Yes. - Baking, 600.
Back to Prue.
A hazelnut filling pairs nicely with chocolate topping
used on these miniature cream puffs
that are perfect for serving at parties.
- Victoria. - What are profiteroles?
- Yes. - Baking for 400.
Dame Prue.
From a word for "grandmother" and having its roots
in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe,
this sweet bread, often with a chocolate filling,
is twisted or braided and baked in a loaf.
- Victoria. - What's a babka?
- Correct again. - Baking, 200.
One more time, Dame Prue.
Pistachios and dried cranberries
are a delicious addition
to these twice-baked Italian cookies
that are easier to make than you might think.
- Yogesh. - What is biscotti?
- Yes. - Double Take, 800.
This type of Southeast Asian transport
is named for the groovy sound its engine makes.
- Victoria. - What's a tuk-tuk?
- Right. - 5 Bands, 800.
"A Decade of Destruction"
Looked back at the career of this metal band
that always got your six.
- Victoria. - Who are Five Finger Death Punch?
Wow! Metalhead. I didn't know.
[ Laughter ]
No. [ Laughs ]
5 Bands for 600.
- Isaac. - Who are Ben Folds Five?
Yes.
Almost Rhymes with Orange, 1,000.
- Victoria. - What's a flange?
Flange. Yes.
5 Bands, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is "I Want You Back"?
- Right. - World Leaders, 1,000.
- Victoria. - Who is Modi?
- Good for 1,000. - 5 Bands, 200.
- Yogesh. - Who are Maroon 5?
That's the band.
I just realized what that category was.
[ Laughter ]
Nonfiction, 1,000.
- Victoria. - Who is Zinn?
- Howard Zinn. Correct. - Nonfiction, 800.
- Victoria. - What is "Braiding Sweetgrass"?
- Well-done. Right again. - Nonfiction, 400.
- Victoria. - Who is Wilkerson?
- Yes. - Nonfiction, 200.
Yogesh.
What is "Into the Wild"?
- Correct. - World Leaders, 600.
- Yogesh. - What is Lula?
- Correct. - Double Talk, 600.
- Yogesh. - What's a nene?
- Yes. - Rhymed to Orange, 800.
- Isaac. - What is a melange?
- Yes. - Orange, 600.
- Victoria. - What's a lozenge?
- Yes. - Double Talk, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is "Sing Sing"?
- Correct. - Leaders, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is KLM?
- Correct. - Orange, 400.
- Victoria. - What's an orphanage?
- Right. - Double Talk, too.
- Victoria. - What's couscous?
- Right. - Orange, 200.
She's the Grammy-winning younger sister
of a Grammy winner.
- Yogesh. - Who is Solange Knowles?
- Yes. - I'm not sure if any of those
really almost rhymed with orange, but close enough.
Here's the final clue, in World leaders.
- Victoria. - Who is Sheinbaum?
- Yes. - Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico.
You're in the lead with 9,200 at the end of the Jeopardy! round.
Yogesh not far behind.
Isaac selects first when Double Jeopardy! begins
in just a moment. Stay with us.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Isaac Hirsch a vision in tan.
I don't know if you've noticed, but in this game,
you are facing two of last year's "Masters" finalists.
- I have noticed. - But you're on the same stage.
You qualified for the same game.
Has this helped you get over your "Jeopardy! Masters"
impostor syndrome at all?
No. But I'd rather be a well-paid impostor
than a poorly paid impostor, so I'm happy.
- Ah, yes. - Happy to be here.
Now, people who saw you on our show before know this,
but you are not the first "Jeopardy!" contestant
in the Hirsch family, right?
That is correct.
My dad was on in 1985, and he lost.
So, you know, second-chance tournament, huh?
Bring back Steve. [ Laughter ]
#BringBackSteve. [ Applause ]
[ Victoria laughs ] I'm told we have a picture of Steve
from his appearance on the show.
Oh, wow.
[ Applause ]
You would never know we're related.
[ Laughter ]
Total strangers. What's the opposite of uncanny?
It's so canny.
[ Laughter ]
It really is. We're very canny.
We're a very canny family.
- #BringBackSteve. - Bring back Steve.
Yogesh, I'm told you have a story
about another "Jeopardy!" great,
- Ben Chan, and his students. - Yes.
As a review for his students,
he had set up a "Jeopardy!" board.
And he'd allowed them, you know, to play in teams
and to choose their team names.
And I guess one group
that didn't care that much about their grade
decided to call themselves Team Yogesh.
[ Laughter ]
They know about the rivalry, I guess.
Is that right? Your?
Very deep and intense rivalry.
Definitely. [ Laughs ]
- How did Team Yogesh do? - I'm not sure.
But I told Ben that I was definitely #TeamTeamYogesh.
[ Laughs ] Team Team Yogesh. Well-done.
Victoria Groce, last year's "Masters" champ,
always shouts out her daughter Nora
- in Final Jeopardy! with a "Hi, Nora." - Yeah.
What's Nora up to?
What's she doing later this year?
So, this fall, she's going to be doing study abroad
for a semester at Yonsei University
- in Seoul, South Korea. - In Seoul, Korea.
Which I know where you've spent a good bit of time there.
I went to high school like... 500 feet from Yonsei University.
- Oh, perfect! - I know it well.
Seoul is an amazing city.
Like, she's gonna have a great time. Do you get to go?
The hope was if this went well enough
that Phil and I could come
for the very end of her study abroad
and, like, spend a few days and then head home with her.
- That sounds like fun. - Yeah.
That's great.
Yeah. Very excited.
Isaac, you're gonna select first in Double Jeopardy!
Let's take a look at your categories
in this round, Masters.
First up...
Then...
Followed by...
Then...
And finally...
- Isaac, select. - Opera, 1200.
- Victoria. - Who is Donizetti?
- Right. - Opera, 1,600.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You have a big lead, Victoria.
And it's a strong category, if I recall.
Why not? All of it.
Okay. Wow.
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughs ]
Going for 20,800 in Opera.
Here's your clue.
Who were...the Valkyries?
No. I'm sorry. They're the Rhinemaidens.
Oh, of course.
The Rhinemaidens from "The Ring."
So that drops you down. You lose 10,400.
Start again.
Best picture Oscar Winners, 2,000.
Frank Capra won an Oscar for directing this film,
based on a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
Yogesh.
What is "You Can't Take It With You"?
- That's the movie. - Love Frank Capra.
Oscar Winner, 1,600.
- Victoria. - What is "Cimarron"?
- Right. - Oscar Winners, 1,200.
- Victoria. - What is "The Last Emperor"?
- Right again. - Oscar Winners, 800.
Victoria.
What's "The Bridge on the River Kwai"?
- You got it. - Ends With "Q," 2,000.
- Yogesh. - What is a mustache?
Sorry. No. Victoria.
What is "L.H.O.O.Q."?
That's correct. What he put at the bottom.
- Ends With "Q." - Ends With "Q," 1,600.
Victoria.
Who is Vidocq?
No. Yogesh.
Who is Lecoq?
Lecoq. That's right.
Measuring Up, 1,200.
- Victoria. - What's a yuan?
- Yes. - Ends With "Q," 1,200.
[ Beep ] The abbreviation for idem quod is I.Q, yes.
Back to you, Victoria. Ends In "Q," 800.
- Isaac. - What is the Nasdaq?
Yes.
Morass, 1,200.
If you're in the Everglades,
don't lose this invasive snake whose name says it's from Asia.
They've led to a decline in mammals.
- Victoria. - What's a Burmese python?
- That's right. - Ancient Egypt, 1,600.
Ramses II's name
is rendered in hieroglyphics inside an oval called this.
- Victoria. - What's a cartouche?
- That's right. - Ancient Egypt, 2,000.
The son of Khufu,
he commissioned the second pyramid at Giza.
And by tradition, his face adorns the Great Sphinx.
- Victoria. - Who is Khafre?
That's the right pharaoh. Well-done.
Ancient Egypt, 1,200.
A king's pschent
combined a white crown -- hedjet --
and a red crown -- deshret -- into one,
symbolizing a union of these two regions.
- Yogesh. - What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
- Correct. - Opera, 2,000.
One of the great opera pairings
was Maria Callas as Tosca
and Tito Gobbi as this villain who lusts after her.
- Isaac. - Who is Scarpia?
- Well-done. - Morass, 1,600.
- vYogesh. - Where is the Orinoco?
Sorry. No.
- Victoria. - What's the Parana?
That's the second-longest.
I'll take the Morass for 2,000.
- Victoria. - What is Congaree?
2,000 more for you.
Measuring Up, 2,000.
Answer -- the final
Daily Double of the game.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And you came back quick from that other Daily Double miss.
What do you want to wager?
I'm not gonna do that [laughing] again.
Not a true Daily Double this time.
- 400, please. - Okay. Just 400.
You'll have 14,000 points if you're right in Measuring Up.
What is a hemidemisemiquaver?
That's a mouthful, but you're correct.
14,000 now for you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Measuring Up, 1,600.
- Victoria. - What's a rad?
- It is. - Opera, 800.
- Isaac. - Who are Hansel und Gretel?
Und Gretel. Right.
Morass, 800.
Yogesh.
What are mangroves?
I'm sorry. No.
Victoria or Isaac?
[ Beep ] Those are cypress trees.
- Back to you, Isaac. - Egypt, 800.
- Yogesh. - What is mummification?
- Right. - Okay. Measuring Up, 800.
- Isaac. - What is a stein?
- Yes. - Ends With "Q," 400.
- Yogesh. - Where is Iraq?
- Right. - Oscar Winners, 400.
- Yogesh. - What is "Midnight Cowboy"?
- Right again. - Measuring Up, 400.
- Isaac. - What is a cord?
- That's it. - Morass, 400.
The Bog of Allen is a 370-square-mile
group of peat bogs between the Liffey River
and this longest Irish one.
- Yogesh. - Where is the Shannon?
- Right. - Opera, 400.
- Victoria. - Who is John the Baptist?
- Right. - Ancient Egypt.
Last clue, in Ancient Egypt.
Isaac.
Who is...Set?
Sorry. No.
Victoria or Yogesh?
[ Beep ] It's Ra who fights Apophis.
Alright. Victoria has the lead as we head into Final Jeopardy!
Here's your category, Masters --
20th Century Fiction.
While you think about that and make your wagers,
we'll pause for a moment, but we'll be right back.
Let's find out how our Masters handle 20th Century Fiction.
Here's the Final Jeopardy! clue.
30 seconds. Good luck.
[ "Think" plays ]
We'll come first to Isaac Hirsch.
His total -- 6,600.
And his response was...
"Best Years of our Lives"? Almost finished.
I'm afraid that's not the right work, Isaac.
So your score will go down...
1,000, to 5,600.
Yogesh Raut was in second place, with 7,400.
He came up with...
What is "Goodbye, Columbus," by Philip Roth?
That's correct.
Departing seniors leaving Columbus, Ohio.
Well-done. So you wagered...
5,801.
That will take you to 13,201
and second place.
But Victoria Groce came back
from that Daily Double miss
and could not be caught in this game.
Did she know it was "Goodbye, Columbus"?
She did. So she will add...
the zero points that she wagered,
leaving her with 16,000 today
and making her the winner
of another "Jeopardy! Masters" quarterfinal game.
Three more points on the leaderboard
for Victoria for first place. [ Cheers and applause ]
One more point for Yogesh, In second place.
No points for Isaac in that game.
In the next match,
we'll find out who's advancing to the semifinals.
You won't want to miss it. We'll be right back.
'Welcome back to "Jeopardy! Masters."'
'Here are the quarterfinalists'
'in tonight's second game --'
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back to the last game of the quarterfinals.
Juveria, Matt, Roger, it all comes down to this.
A win in this game would guarantee you
a spot in the semis.
Good luck. Let's get to work in the Jeopardy! round,
where we have these categories for you --
Then...
Followed by...
Oh, good.
And finally...
Juveria, you start the game.
Presidents for 800.
The only president
buried in Washington, D.C.,
Woodrow Wilson was interred at this location in 1924.
- Matt. - What's National Cathedral?
- Correct. - Presidents, 1,000.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You found it early.
You can wager up to 1,000.
I was hoping it would be in the TikTok category,
but I'll go with 1,000. [ Laughs ]
Alright. Going for 1,800 in U.S. Presidents.
Here's your clue, Matt.
Ooh.
What's...
Pierce?
1854 means Franklin Pierce. Yes. [ Applause ]
1,800 now for you. Select again.
Asia, 1,000.
- Juveria. - What's 'Irkusk'?
No. I'm sorry.
- Roger. - What's Irkutsk?
Kutsk.There's a "T." Yes.
"I" On Asia, 800.
It's the autonomous region
seen here.
- Juveria. - What's Xinjiang?
No. I'm sorry.
- Roger. - What is Inner Mongolia?
Hey, you figured it out. Yes.
"I" On Asia, 600.
- Roger. - What is Incheon?
That's right.
Does That Make You Uncomfortable?, 600.
Juveria.
What is G-U-B-E-R-N-A-T-O-R-I-A-L?
- That's correct. Gubernatorial. - Oh, God!
[ Applause ] [ Laughs ]
That's the worst thing that's ever happened to me here.
It did make you uncomfortable. We were not wrong.
Extraordinarily so.
Fashion for 1,000.
Decades later,
golfer Payne Stewart
put these 1920s baggy knickers back on course.
Roger.
What are...plus fours?
That's right.
Let's go to Presidents for 600.
Back to Presidents. [ Chuckles ]
- Roger. - What is Montpelier?
- Right. - Presidents, 400.
A Seawolf-class submarine
is named for this president,
who graduated from Annapolis in 1946.
- Juveria. - Who is Carter?
- Right. - Fashion for 800.
Roger.
What is a sarong?
Sorry. No.
- Matt. - What's pareu?
Well-done. Pareu. Uncomfortable, 1,000.
Matt.
What's Singapore?
- Good for 1,000. - Uncomfortable, 800.
- Matt. - What's brown recluse?
- Yeah. - Fashion Choice, 600.
- Matt. - What's dissent collar?
No. I'm sorry.
[ Beep ] We said fabric specific.
It was a lace collar.
- Matt, back to you. - Fashion, 400.
No joker,
the name of this traditional theatrical costume
derives from a role in 16th-Century commedia dell'arte.
- Matt. - What is harlequin?
- Correct. - Uncomfortable, 400.
- Juveria. - What's an iron maiden?
- Yes. - TikTok for 1,000.
See how this goes.
- Juveria. - What's a millennial pause?
- The dreaded millennial pause. - Yes. Brutal.
Rapper's Memoir for 1,000.
- Juveria. - Who was 50 cent?
- Yes. - In The Rapper's Memoir for 800.
- Juveria. - Who is Common?
That's why we call him Common.
Overheard On TikTok for 800.
[ Beep ] That's called stitch.
I'm told. I have no idea.
Juveria. [ Laughter ]
Oh, God. TikTok for $600.
Juveria.
What's the Rizzler?
Yes.
And now the Rizzler has been on Jeopardy!
There's no limit to his power now.
I've been waiting to say that. [ Laughter ]
The Rizzler. Rapper for 600.
[ Beep ] From DMX's memoir.
- Juveria. - Rappers for 400.
[ Beep ] Who is Jay-Z?
- Back to you, Juveria. - TikTok for 400.
- Juveria. - What's brain rot?
- Right. - "I" On Asia for 400.
- Matt. - What's Irrawaddy?
- Yes. - I...
don't see that on TikTok enough.
[ Laughter ] Presidents, 200.
- Matt. - What's Lincoln?
- Yes. - Asia, 200.
Roger.
What is Istanbul?
It is.
TikTok, 200.
- Roger. - What is day in the life?
- Yes. - Uncomfortable, 200.
- Juveria. - What's "Fifty Shades of Grey"?
- Correct. - Rapper for 200.
- Roger. - Who is Eminem?
Yes. Here's the last clue,
in Well, That's a Fashion Choice.
- Juveria. - What's an Ascot?
That's right. You're now tied with Roger for second place
in a very close game.
Matt has a 1-000-point lead as we move into Double Jeopardy!
It's coming up next. We'll see you in a moment.
[ Applause ]
Roger Craig, I just realized we're seeing a rematch
of the finals of the Jeopardy! Invitational tournament, right?
You've seen a lot of these two.
- Yeah. - I've seen a lot of them.
What have you learned from Juveria and Matt
as "Jeopardy!" competitors?
I think from Juveria,
I've learned congeniality and how to make friends.
I was a little prickly before.
She's softened me.
- Took the edges off? - Yeah.
And Matt has the habit of drinking a Red bull
or pounding one before a game, so I learned that habit.
But later in the game,
my heart was beating about 200 beats per minute.
so I learned I can't handle a Red Bull.
You just cannot live
at the speed of Matt Amadio.
No. He's on --
Yeah, another wavelength.
It's just too high a stratosphere up there.
But I like that you tried it, Roger.
Matt Amodio, are you on Red Bull
right now? Be honest.
Yes, yes. [ Laughter ]
No congeniality, though.
[ Laughter ]
You have a long and impressive "Jeopardy!" history.
But I just realized I don't know your origin story.
How did you get on "Jeopardy!" in the first place?
Yeah. So, my dad is a very big "Jeopardy!" fan, loves it,
but only wants to experience it vicariously.
So he has always pushed my mom to take the test,
and after many years, she had been dutifully taking it,
never got a call.
She eventually said, "No. I refuse to do this."
And so my dad found a new target and started pushing me
and said, "Now you have to take the test."
And I took the test,
and after a couple of times, I got a call.
I mean, your dad is super vindicated in this story
because, like, it turns out he was right
to annoy you all these years.
Apparently so. But I have to thank him for it, of course.
At the time, you didn't think so.
But look where you are now. Yeah.
Thanks, Dad. [ Chuckles ]
Juveria Zaheer, you told us after the last game
that you didn't do any buzzer prep for Masters.
Is that right? What kind of prep did you do?
So, in my life and in "Jeopardy!",
I'm, like, a doomsday prepper.
Like, I want to prep for the worst-case scenario,
geopolitically or here.
- "Jeopardy!" wise. - Yeah.
So I learned all about, like, boy things,
- like engines and, like, Freon... - Oh, wow.
...and, like, battleships and gross, boy stuff.
I didn't realize that Freon was so boy-coded.
I just learned this now.
- Freon. - Freon's for the boys.
Do you like Freon?
I'm not anti-Freon, so I guess. I told you.
- See? You're not wrong. - Exactly.
Juveria, you're gonna be selecting first
in Double Jeopardy!
Let's take a look at the categories
you three have in front of you.
First...
Then...
Followed by...
And finally...
Juveria, what appeals?
Victorian writing for 1,200.
- Matt. - What's "Daniel Deronda"?
- Well-done. - Victorian, 1,600.
- Roger. - Who is John Stuart Mill?
- That's correct. - Crossword Clues "T," 1,600.
Answer -- Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
[ Laughs ]
The dowsing rod worked.
A chance for you to move into the lead.
- What's the wager, Roger? - 5,400.
Okay. It's everything, then. [ Applause ]
Everything on the line in Crossword Clues, "T."
Here's your clue.
- Roger? - What is transmutation?
- Sorry, no. Transubstantiation - Substantiation.
is that Catholic dogma.
So close.
- But that drops you down 5,400. - Okay.
Make a selection.
A Man Or Plan, 2,000.
- Matt. - What's Grand Canal?
- Yes. - Victorian, 2,000.
Answer --
the other Daily Double.
[ Applause ]
Now, you kind of had a cautionary tale
from Roger there, Matt.
What do you want to do with yours?
You've learned so much from me.
[ Laughter ] 8,000.
Okay. [ Laughter and applause ]
Matt, is that the Red Bull talking?
Yes. [ Laughter ]
For 16,000 points if you're right,
here's your clue in Victorian Writing.
What's...
[ Beep ] So out of time.
You did learn from Roger. You're gonna lose 8,000.
What's "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins?
Juveria, look at this. You're in the lead.
[ Laughter ] I should just not buzz in.
Matt, it's back to you. Crosswords, 2,000.
- Matt. - What's torus?
- Yes. - Canal, 1,600.
- Matt. - What's colon?
Correct. Large intestine.
Airports, 2,000.
[ Beep ] What is Courchevel?
- Matt? - Airport, 1,600.
Named for Princess Juliana
in 1944,
the airport on this Caribbean isle gives beachgoers a thrill.
- Matt. - What's Saint Martin?
- Correct. - Canal, 1,200.
- Juveria. - What's Quezon City?
Yes. Quezon City.
Southern Actors for 2,000.
In her 60s,
this Alabama native,
cautioned about the campy "Batman" show, said,
"Don't talk to me about camp, darling. I invented it."
- Juveria. - Who is Bankhead?
Tallulah Bankhead. Very good.
Squid Game for 2,000.
- Roger. - What is a chromophore?
No.
Juveria or Matt?
[ Beep ] So close, Roger. A chromatophore.
Back to you, Juveria. Squid Game for 1,600.
Roger.
What are seven?
Sorry, no. Juveria or Matt?
[ Beep ] What is 8 -- area code 808?
- Back to you, Juveria. - Southern Actors for 1,600.
Before he was a folksy presence on TV,
Andy Griffith played the sinister demagogue
Lonesome Rhodes in this 1957 film.
- Roger. - What is "A Face in the Crowd"?
Yeah. Great movie.
Crossword clues, 1,200.
- Juveria. - What's teppanyaki?
- That's right. - Southern Actors for 1,200.
This southern actor gained fame as a Western hero,
rising from poverty in Arkansas to play Shane.
- Matt. - What's Ladd?
- Alan Ladd, yes. - Airports, 1,200.
Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named for him
on this island from which he hails.
Its runway is built on stilts.
[ Beep ] And he's from Madeira.
- Matt? - Squid, 1,200.
- Matt. - What's mantle?
- Yes. - Victorian, 800.
- Roger. - What is "Captains Courageous"?
Yes.
Victorian, 400.
- Juveria. - Who's Nash?
- No. Matt. - What's Lear?
That's correct. You're in the lead.
Canal, 800.
- Roger. - What is the Erie Canal?
- Yes. - Canal, 400.
- Matt. - What's Panama?
No. I'm sorry.
[ Beep ] What's the U.K?
- Roger, back to you. - Squid, 400.
- Matt. - What's invertebrate?
- Right. - Squid, 800.
Juveria.
What are, like, models hanging from the roof?
Can you be more specific?
Like, re-creations...
- like fake animals? [ Laughs ] - No. I'm sorry.
- Roger. - What are skeletal models?
No. I'm sorry.
Matt, want to try it?
[ Beep ] So close, Juveria,
but they call it a diorama at the museum.
It's a diorama.
Matt, six clues left.
Airports, 800.
- Juveria. - What's McMurdo?
- Right. - Crossword Clues "T," for 800.
- Juveria. - What's topiary?
- Right again. - Southern Actress for 800.
She ditched her Southern accent early in her career
and brought it back as Victoria Ratliff
in season 3 of "The White Lotus."
- Roger. - Who is Posey?
Parker Posey.
Crossword, 400.
- Matt. - What's tele...medicine?
- That's right. - Phew! Airports, 400.
A street named for this prime minister
cuts across the runway of Gibraltar's airport,
but cars don't use it anymore.
- Juveria. - Who is Churchill?
That's right.
And here's the final clue,
in Southern Actors.
Danny McBride has created larger
and often dumber-than-life characters like Jesse
in this South Carolina-set TV televangelist tale.
- Matt. - What's "Righteous Gemstones"?
That's the right show, taking you to 8,800,
but still 200 points behind Juveria
headed into Final Jeopardy!
Roger, you won't be with us for Final Jeopardy!,
but, Juveria and Matt,
Final Jeopardy! for you will have this category --
British History.
We'll see what happens when we come back.
It's a tight game. Don't miss it.
It all comes down to this.
British History the Final Jeopardy! category.
And here's the clue.
30 seconds. Good luck.
[ "Think" plays ]
We'll start with Matt Amodio,
in second place by just 200 points.
He thought hard about this and finally wrote down...
He crossed out James II and put Charles II.
And it's a good thing you did.
New York was named for James, the Duke of York,
the future James II.
It seems like you know all this, Matt.
You're nodding very wisely. [ Chuckles ]
His brother, Charles II, was the king in question.
How much did you wager?
Okay. Just 2,000.
But you are now on the lead, 10,800,
over Juveria Zaheer, who had 9,000 points.
Did she know it was Charles II?
She also crossed out James and put Charles II.
She wagered...
8,601. [ Cheers and applause ]
That's enough, taking her to 17,601.
Three match points for her.
Great game, both of you.
Let's take a look at the leaderboard.
Victoria Groce is on top
with 13 match points,
followed by Yogesh in second.
Juveria Zaheer will advance,
thanks to that win that
left her with 8 match points.
Isaac and Matt are tied with 6.
But based on the first
tiebreaker, number of games won,
it's Isaac Hirsch
who will be advancing.
Roger, congratulations.
A $50,000 prize for you. Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you for coming back.
- Always great to see you. - Thank you for having me.
[ Applause ] Matt Amodio, for fifth place,
$75,000 prize for you.
Well-done. [ Cheers and applause ]
The semis kick off tomorrow night,
when "Jeopardy! Masters" returns.
We'll see you then right back here
on the Alex Trebek Stage.
Good night.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ "Think" plays ]