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00:00is Jeopardy!
00:02♪♪
00:08Today's contestants are an entrepreneur and trivia host
00:12from London, Ontario, Canada, Aaron Brown.
00:16An educational consultant from Navarre, Florida, Angel Ho.
00:21And our returning champion, an undergraduate student
00:25at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois,
00:28Rishabh Wupalapati, whose two-day cash winnings
00:33total $42,402.
00:38And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!
00:43Ken Jennings.
00:45Thank you, folks. Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
00:47Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:48In yesterday's game, our champion, Rishabh Wupalapati,
00:51made a change to his final Jeopardy! response
00:54in the final seconds of the music.
00:56And that wise decision turned out to secure him the win
00:59his second in a row.
01:00Let's hope we have another nail-biter today
01:02as we welcome Angel and Aaron.
01:03Good luck to all three of you.
01:05The Jeopardy! round is up first
01:08with these categories.
01:10I want you to picture the hit song
01:12that we have planted by
01:15around the U.S.,
01:17the app and website user,
01:19note the quotation marks,
01:20a little recent slang,
01:23and speaking of which, that blows.
01:25Rishabh, start us off.
01:26Around the U.S. for $800.
01:28Since 1990, the Black Rock Desert
01:31has been home to this annual event.
01:33Aaron.
01:34What's Burning Man?
01:35Yes.
01:36I'll take recent slang $1,000, please.
01:38Something celestial bodies tend to do.
01:41This was deemed by Men's Health
01:43the new ghosting, i.e.,
01:45no contact but following online.
01:50That's called orbiting.
01:52Back to you, Aaron.
01:53Planted by for $1,000, please.
01:55A pear tree planted around 1647
01:58by this Dutch colonial governor
02:00stood at 3rd Avenue and 13th Street
02:03until it was killed in a 19th century carriage wreck.
02:06Rishabh.
02:07Who is Stuyvesant?
02:08Correct for $1,000.
02:09Let's go around the U.S. for $1,000.
02:11Head to this Texas city
02:12to visit the Dr. Pepper Museum.
02:14You might get a free beverage.
02:16Angel.
02:17What is Austin?
02:18I'm sorry, no.
02:19Rishabh or Aaron?
02:21You'd have to head to Waco for your free Dr. Pepper.
02:24Back to you, Rishabh.
02:25Around the U.S. for $6,000.
02:27Harry Truman made it
02:28the official presidential retreat in 1945.
02:31Rishabh.
02:32What is Camp David?
02:33Good.
02:34Let's go recent slang for $8,000.
02:36If you're looking for instruction
02:38on how to be a better you,
02:39ask for an LPT, short for this.
02:42There's a subreddit with tons of them.
02:44Aaron.
02:45What's life pro tip?
02:47Correct.
02:48I'll take that blows $1,000, please.
02:50In 1979, Tropical Storm Tip
02:53upgraded to Super This Tip
02:55and raged through the Western Pacific
02:57with 190 mph winds.
03:00Angel.
03:01What is a super tycoon?
03:02No, I'm sorry.
03:03Aaron.
03:04What's typhoon?
03:05Super typhoon.
03:07So close, Angel.
03:08Back to you, Aaron.
03:09I'll take app and website user $1,000, please.
03:12It follows WhatsApp
03:14in an app that connects people far and near.
03:17Aaron.
03:18What's messenger?
03:19WhatsApp messenger.
03:20You got it.
03:21Pitch of the hit song, $1,000, please.
03:23The movie, now Voyager,
03:25partly inspired this number one 80s hit.
03:28Rashad.
03:29What has hit you with your best shot?
03:30I'm sorry, no.
03:32Angel.
03:33What is Betty Davis' eyes?
03:34You are looking at Betty Davis' eyes, right.
03:36Planted by 800?
03:37The answer there is a barely double, Angel.
03:40We're still in the hole,
03:42but this could get you back to zero
03:44because you can wager up to $1,000.
03:46Let's do $1,000 and see what happens.
03:48$1,000 on, planted by.
03:50Here's your clue.
03:51These trees at Rideau Hall,
03:53home of Canada's Governor General,
03:55include plantings by Haile Selassie
03:57and King Baudouin of Belgium.
04:04Angel.
04:05Do you not know?
04:07No guess.
04:08Being Canada, they are maple trees.
04:11Make a selection.
04:12Around the U.S., 400.
04:14This, actually a volcano,
04:17Aaron.
04:18What's Mount Hood?
04:19Yes, it is.
04:20That blows for eight, please.
04:22Researchers at Marineland in Canada say
04:25this pale whale blows bubbles in meaningful ways,
04:28from bored to startled.
04:30Aaron.
04:31What's a beluga?
04:32You got the right whale.
04:34Picture the hit song for 800, please.
04:36A Madonna dance hit.
04:41That's a ray of light.
04:43Aaron.
04:44Map and website user for 800, please.
04:46If you go to unitedcenter.com
04:48and decide to go see a concert or some comedy,
04:51you'll be taken to this company's website.
04:53Aaron.
04:54What's Ticketmaster?
04:55Right.
04:56That blows for six, please.
04:58Plural noun for a pear-shaped pump.
05:00Two boards are pushed together to expel air
05:02and help start a fire.
05:04Rishabh.
05:05What's an extinguisher?
05:06No, I'm sorry.
05:07Aaron.
05:08What's a bellows?
05:09That's how a bellows works.
05:10Yes, $6,200.
05:11An impressive lead at the moment, Aaron,
05:13but lots of game left.
05:14We'll see what happens when we come back
05:16with more Jeopardy! in just a moment.
05:18He's accused of strangling his pregnant wife.
05:20He's an entrepreneur and a trivia host.
05:22Are those two things connected, Aaron?
05:24They are.
05:25At first, it wasn't.
05:26I started being a trivia host just for fun,
05:28and the next thing you knew, I'm just like you.
05:30I'm a trivia host working two days a week.
05:32I started because I love it,
05:33not because I thought I was going to make money
05:35or make a big business out of it,
05:37but the next thing you know,
05:38two nights, three nights, four nights a week,
05:40and now I have trivia minions back home
05:42who are trivia hosts,
05:43and I want to give a shout-out to all my trivia babies.
05:45Trivia Daddy made it to the big stage,
05:47and you can, too.
05:48You have to take the anytime test, you guys.
05:50If you don't take it, you'll never be here.
05:52I don't have any Canadian trivia minions, Aaron.
05:55I'm very jealous.
05:56Congratulations on your success.
05:58Angel Poe from Navarre, Florida,
06:00is an educational consultant.
06:02You do the big day.
06:03Tell us what that is.
06:04I do.
06:05I'm a very avid birder, birdwatcher,
06:07and I do, at least once a year, a big day,
06:10which is a 24-hour crazy bird-a-thon
06:12where you start at midnight and end at 11.59
06:15on the same day,
06:16and you try to see as many species as possible.
06:18My record was this past year 156 species in a day.
06:21156 species in 24 hours?
06:23In Nevada, in the desert.
06:24Wow.
06:25It's amazing, yeah.
06:26Good for you.
06:27I'm sure you're making some of those up,
06:28like Emperor Penguin.
06:29Yeah, absolutely.
06:30That's the birder's number one rule.
06:31Don't lie.
06:32Honest birder.
06:33I love it.
06:34Congratulations.
06:36That's a great big day.
06:37Rishabh Upalapati from Vernon Hills, Illinois,
06:38an undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania.
06:40You've won $42,000 here, Rishabh,
06:42but that's not the first time you've won money
06:44with your brain, right?
06:45No.
06:46So at my internship last summer,
06:48basically we were having a talk,
06:50and the boss said,
06:51if you ask me an uncomfortable question,
06:53I'll give you $100.
06:55So I basically asked him,
06:57who do you think is going to win the election?
06:59And he was like,
07:00here's your $100.
07:02A small price to not have to answer the question.
07:05Exactly.
07:06Well, right now you have no money at all
07:08because Aaron has the lead and control of the board.
07:10Make a selection for us, Aaron.
07:12I'll take recent slang for $600, please, Ken.
07:14Waving this neutral item indicates a quirky trait
07:17that is neither good nor bad,
07:19but might give you pause in considering a love interest.
07:22Aaron.
07:23What's a green flag?
07:25Sorry, no.
07:26Rishabh.
07:27What's a red flag?
07:28That's also incorrect.
07:29Angel, not going to try it.
07:32This is new to me as well.
07:33A beige flag.
07:34Neutral but quirky.
07:35Back to you, Aaron.
07:36The app and website user for $600, please.
07:39In 2015, around five years after this company
07:42debuted in San Francisco,
07:44it partnered with MAD.
07:46Aaron.
07:47What is Uber?
07:48Right.
07:49Planted by for $600, please.
07:50She planted a tree on Banyan Drive in Hilo in 1935,
07:54shortly before making a solo flight to California.
07:57Angel.
07:58Who is Amelia Earhart?
07:59Right.
08:00The app and website user for $400.
08:03Investment firm Francisco Partners
08:05always knows when it's going to rain
08:07since acquiring this dot-com from IBM.
08:10Rishabh.
08:11What is weather?
08:12Right.
08:13Let's go picture the hit song for six.
08:16Taylor Swift felt it creeping up on her.
08:21Ooh, the Swifties might be mad.
08:23What is a lavender haze?
08:24Rishabh.
08:25Around the U.S. for two.
08:27Head to Lake Itasca in Minnesota
08:29if you want to see the source of this river.
08:32Rishabh.
08:33What is the Mississippi?
08:34Yes.
08:35Planted by for four.
08:36The Haifa grounds of the Technion, Israel, Stanford, or MIT
08:40have a tree planted in 1923 by this visiting Jewish scientist.
08:45Rishabh.
08:46Who is Einstein?
08:47Right.
08:48Picture the hit song for four.
08:49Miley Cyrus came in like one in 2013.
08:52Rishabh.
08:53What is a wrecking ball?
08:54Like a wrecking ball.
08:55Recent slang for four.
08:56Want to clap back at someone born between 1946 and 1964?
09:01Use this two-word expression.
09:03Rishabh.
09:04What is okay boomer?
09:05I'm Gen X, Rishabh.
09:06Select again.
09:07What is that blows for four?
09:09A fan blows hot air over and around food,
09:12helping to assure even cooking in this type of oven.
09:15Aaron.
09:16What's an air fryer?
09:17Correct, or convection oven.
09:19Select again, Aaron.
09:20Planted by 200, please.
09:23You can still peer through Judith's Hedge in Cambridgeshire,
09:26planted around 1075 by a niece of this conquering king.
09:30Rishabh.
09:31Who is William the Conqueror?
09:32You got it.
09:33Recent slang for two.
09:35Also a sound that comes from a faucet,
09:37this word now describes your expert fashion sense.
09:40Rishabh.
09:41What is drip?
09:42Yes.
09:43That blows for two.
09:44In a chapter called The Cyclone,
09:46in spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind,
09:49this girl fell fast asleep.
09:51Aaron.
09:52Who's Dorothy?
09:53Yes, Wizard of Oz.
09:55App and website user, please.
09:57Swipe right is a sign of approval on this wildly popular dating app.
10:01Angel.
10:02What is Tinder?
10:03It is Tinder.
10:04Here's your final picture of the hit song.
10:06An Elvis hit.
10:08Rishabh.
10:09What is hound dog?
10:10It is a hound dog, yes.
10:11You're in second place with 1,800.
10:13Angel, you'll select first in Double Jeopardy when we return.
10:16Did you know the first thing about Aaron's early lead,
10:19but we got a lot of game left to play in Double Jeopardy.
10:21The categories are first, historic slogans and mottos,
10:25then the books of Mormons, some women's organizations,
10:29followed by biopic subjects, horsing around,
10:33and finally, aye, aye, aye.
10:36Each response will contain that aye, blank, aye, blank, aye sequence.
10:39For example, the word division.
10:41Angel, start us off.
10:42Women's organizations, 1,600, please.
10:46This nonpartisan group sponsored the televised presidential debates
10:49between Ford and Carter.
10:51Rishabh.
10:52What is the League of Women Voters?
10:53Right.
10:54Historic slogans for 2,000.
10:56Huey Long said the motto of his share our wealth society was this.
11:01Crowns might be a problem, however.
11:03Rishabh.
11:04What is every man a king?
11:05Good for 2,000.
11:06Let's go books of Mormons for 2,000.
11:08Uncle Orson is the online persona of this author of Ender's Game
11:12and the Pathfinder series.
11:15That's author Orson Scott Card.
11:18Back to you, Rishabh.
11:19Biopic subjects for 2,000.
11:21The current war isn't about the latest conflict,
11:25but the rivalry between these two industrial titans.
11:30Current war between Edison and Westinghouse.
11:33Rishabh.
11:34Women's organizations for 2,000.
11:36A motto of this Jewish women's organization is
11:41or the healing of the daughter of my people.
11:44Rishabh.
11:45What is Hadassah?
11:46Good for 2,000.
11:47Historic slogans for 16.
11:49It's the economy, stupid, was an effective,
11:51but perhaps not the most graceful line from this Clinton strategist.
11:55Rishabh.
11:56Who's Carvel?
11:57Yes.
11:58Historic slogans for 12.
12:00This 19th century rallying cry gave us options.
12:03A line of latitude versus a new war with Britain.
12:06Rishabh.
12:07What is 54-40 or fight?
12:09That's the slogan.
12:10Let's go biopics subjects for 16.
12:13David Garrett, who played this 19th century Italian
12:16in The Devil's Violinist, is kind of the modern-day version of him.
12:20Aaron.
12:21Who's Paganini?
12:22It is Paganini.
12:23Horsing around 2,000, please.
12:25In the Lord of the Rings books, Gandalf the Wizard
12:28is the one who tames and rides this lord of horses.
12:34His horse is called Shadowfax.
12:36Aaron.
12:37Horsing 16, please.
12:38In his two years of racing, 1919 and 1920, he won 20 of 21 races.
12:44In 1999, he was named Horse of the Century.
12:47Angel.
12:48Who's Seabiscuit?
12:49Sorry, no.
12:52Who is Man o' War?
12:54Back to you, Aaron.
12:55Horsing around 12, please.
12:57He narrates Anna Sewell's only novel.
13:00Aaron.
13:01Who's Black Beauty?
13:02Yes.
13:03Take biopics subjects 1,200, please.
13:06There are no wire hangers ever for this mommy dearest and screen legend.
13:10Aaron.
13:11Who's Crawford?
13:12Joan Crawford is right.
13:13Take women's organizations 12, please.
13:16Answer.
13:17Daily Double.
13:21Rishabh came out with guns blazing in this round.
13:23You have just pulled ahead of him again.
13:252,000, please.
13:26Okay, you'll have 12,800 if correct.
13:28In women's organizations, founded in 1929 to promote the values of Hellenism,
13:34the Daughters of Her is named for the patient wife of Odysseus.
13:44Aaron.
13:45I'm not sure.
13:46That's a shame.
13:47Those are the Daughters of Penelope.
13:49You're down to 8,800, but still a close game, Aaron.
13:52Select.
13:53The Books of Mormon 16.
13:54A book called Unmask Alice tells how Utah housewife Beatrice Sparks
13:59wrote this supposed teenage diary.
14:02Aaron.
14:03What's Go Ask Alice?
14:04Yes.
14:05Books of Mormons 12.
14:07Answer.
14:08The other Daily Double.
14:11You're back in the lead, but I don't know if you enjoyed the first one, Aaron.
14:14What do you want to wager this time?
14:16Let's get this money, honey, all of it.
14:18Whoa!
14:19That surprised me.
14:20For everything, all the marbles, 10,400.
14:22Here's your clue.
14:23In the Books of Mormons, one heck of a labyrinth is the only way out
14:28in this 2009 James Dashner novel.
14:34Aaron.
14:35What's The Maze?
14:38I'm sorry.
14:39No.
14:40The Maze Runner is the title of the book.
14:43Start building again.
14:44All right.
14:45Triple I, 2,000, please.
14:47On a list of the elements in alphabetical order,
14:49it comes between iodine and iron.
14:52Rashab?
14:53What is iridium?
14:54It is.
14:55I-I-I for 1,600.
14:56It describes someone who is sue-happy and prone to taking others to court.
15:00Rashab?
15:01What is litigious?
15:02Correct.
15:03Uh, Books of Mormons for 8.
15:05Brandon Mall's Fablehaven books feature brownies, goblins,
15:08and, of course, these tiny winged lasses like Shiara.
15:14Shiara's a fairy.
15:16Rashab?
15:17Triple I for 12.
15:18Legacy Box is a service that does this to your old photos and movies
15:22so you can store them in the cloud.
15:24Aaron?
15:25What is digitize?
15:26Right.
15:27Mottos, 800, please.
15:29Irving Berlin teamed with Disney for a commercial that used this rhyming tune,
15:34a slogan that aimed to draft the 34th president.
15:37Aaron?
15:38What's I Like Ike?
15:39Correct.
15:40Women's Organization's 800, please.
15:42Betty Friedan was a founder of this feminist organization
15:45and served as its first president.
15:50What is now the National Organization for Women?
15:53Aaron?
15:54Horsing for 8, please.
15:56Bellerophon was riding this winged horse when he killed the chimera.
16:00Angel?
16:01What is Pegasus?
16:02Right.
16:03I-I-I, 800, please.
16:05Master of Sacred Theology is one degree offered by Yale's School of This.
16:10Angel?
16:11What is Divinity?
16:12Right again.
16:13Horsing around 400, please.
16:14At the 1815 Battle of Waterloo,
16:16he rode his favorite horse, Marengo, for the last time.
16:19Rashab?
16:20Who is Napoleon?
16:21Correct, with less than a minute.
16:22Bypick Subjects for 8.
16:24Colin Firth, as this monarch, perseveres and finally articulates successfully
16:28in the king's speech.
16:30Aaron?
16:31Who's George V?
16:32I'm sorry, no.
16:34Rashab?
16:35Who's George VI?
16:36The VI, yes.
16:37Women's Organization's for 4.
16:39Queens are the chapter leaders of this society,
16:42named for the colorful chapeaus worn by its members.
16:45Angel?
16:46Let's go for it.
16:47What's the Red Hat Society?
16:48Yes.
16:49Okay, I-I-I, 400, please.
16:51Synthetic, like a type of turf.
16:53Angel?
16:54What is artificial?
16:55Right again.
16:56Bypick Subjects, 400, please.
16:58Nowhere Boy shows us him as a boy and an adolescent in Liverpool.
17:02Aaron?
17:03Who's Lennon?
17:04It is.
17:05Books of Mormons, please, 400.
17:07The main character of Stephanie Myers,
17:09the short second life of Brie Tanner,
17:11is dealing with becoming one of these.
17:13Rashab?
17:14What's a vampire?
17:15That's it.
17:16And we will not have time for that final clue.
17:18A big lead for Rashab.
17:19Angel, you made quite a comeback, congratulations,
17:21didn't quite make it for Final Jeopardy.
17:23We loved having you on the show.
17:25Rashab and Aaron, here's your category and final today.
17:28Letters of the Artists, interesting.
17:30While they make their wagers, we'll take a quick break.
17:33Poe's Captioning, sponsored in part by...
17:35Letters of the Artists.
17:37Let's see what that's all about, here's the clue.
17:40In 1896, he wrote,
17:42My prices are $2,000, $3,000, and $4,000
17:46for head and shoulders, three-quarter length,
17:48and full length, respectively.
17:5030 seconds, good luck.
17:52♪♪♪♪♪♪
18:19Prices would be thinking of an American dollar.
18:21His response was,
18:23Rodin, and I'm afraid that's not correct.
18:25Aaron, you wagered $912, and we'll finish with $688.
18:31Rashab Wupalapati had the lead with $15,400.
18:34His response, another French artist, Degas.
18:37No, this is John Singer Sargent.
18:39$4,000, then $150K for a portrait.
18:42That's good work if you can get it.
18:43What did you wager, Rashab?
18:45$5,000 knocks you down to $10,400 today,
18:48but still a three-day total of $52,802.
18:51Well done.
18:52From me, Alex, for backstage, thanks for joining us.
18:54We'll see you tomorrow.
18:56♪♪♪♪♪♪