Jeopardy! (1984–…): Season 38, Episode 224 - Episode #38.224 - full transcript

♪♪♪

From the Alex Trebek Stage
at Sony Pictures Studios,

this is "Jeopardy!"

Today's contestants are--

a senior vice president of
marketing assets

from Los Angeles, California...

An operations specialist
from Jacksonville, Florida...

And our returning champion--

an attorney
from River Edge, New Jersey...

...whose 2-day cash winnings
total...

[ applause ]



And now hosting "Jeopardy!"--
Ken Jennings

[cheers and applause]
Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.

Welcome, everyone.

With a tug on the ear
for his 3-year old son,

and a Final Jeopardy!
wager that included

his wife's favorite
number yesterday,

our champion Matt Mierswa seems
to be making it a family affair

this week, on the show.

They have to be loving that
back at home,

but maybe even
moreso the fact that you

have won over $25,000
in each of your shows

and have yet to miss a Final Jeopardy!

Today we have two new challengers
for you in Emmie and Stan

Good luck to all three of you.



Let's see what categories
you'll be dealing with

in the Jeopardy! round.

We begin with...

Then...

We have some...

Then we're going to...

And finally...

"Angle" in quotation marks.

Matt, start us off.

The Old West, $200.

-Matt.
-What is a chuckwagon?

-Yes.
-Old West, $400.

"Wild Bill" Hickok stopped a man
from beating

this other famous Bill,
who was eleven at the time,

and the two became lifelong friends.

-Stan.
-Who is "Buffalo Bill?"

Cody, you're correct.

What's Your "Angle"?, for $200.

-Stan.
-What is to dangle?

-You got it.
-What's Your "Angle"?, $400.

-Stan.
-What is to wrangle?

-Yes.
-$600, What's Your "Angle"?

-Matt.
-What is jangle?

-That's right.
-"Angle," $800.

-Emmie.
-What is bangle?

-Right.
-"Angle," $1,000

-Emmie.
-What is mangle?

$1,000 for you, yes.

Build A Bear, $200, please.

-Matt.
-What is Cal Berkeley?

-That's correct.
-Build A Bear, $400.

-Stan.
-What is Ursa Major?

-Right.
-Let's do Odd Numbers for $200.

-Matt.
-What is 75?

Yes.

Old West, $600.

-Matt.
-What is Deadwood?

-Good.
-Old West, $800, please.

-Matt.
-What is Montana?

-That's it.
-Old West, $1,000.

When Butch and "Sundance" and
their "Wild Bunch"

hid in the Wyoming spot seen here,

they were part of this gang named for it.

-Stan.
-What are the badlands?

No.

-Matt.
-What is the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang?

The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang,
you got it.

Odd Numbers, $400, please.

-Stan.
-What are 7 and 11?

Good.

$600, Odd Numbers.

-Matt.
-What is right field?

Right field is right.

You're off to a great start
already, Matt,

but we're going to
take a quick break.

More "Jeopardy!" coming up
after these words.

♪♪♪

Stan Scoggins is a marketing VP,
from here in Los Angeles,

but back in 1989, on a fateful day,
you found yourself where?

Well, I was actually in Munich,

and woke up one Friday morning

to find out that overnight,
the Berlin Wall was coming down.

So went with a friend,
we skipped school,

got on the train, went,
bought a hammer

and pounded away.

[laughs]
I love that you bought a hammer.

You were well equipped.

[laughs]

Everyone wonders, "Where did those
guys get their hammers?"

but you know that
you went to a hardware

store there on the way
to the train station.

What a great story.
You were a part of history.

Emmie Trammell is an operations
specialist from Jacksonville,

who went to space camp,

and you contine to enjoy
astronomy today?

Yeah, I've always been
like a giant space nerd.

I went to space camp
many a summer,

but I recently inhereted a telescope
from my grandfather when he passed.

And so I have been on a quest to be
able to identify all of the constellations.

That's great.
How is it going?

Got the winter ones down.
Working on the summer ones.

It's gonna take a full year,
I think.

Matt Mierswa, our attorney
from New Jersey.

Speaking of hand-me-downs
from another generation,

I noticed that you're
wearing a watch,

but you have no idea
what time it is.

-Why is that?
- Because it doesn't work, Ken.

This watch was my grandfather's.

He's the person who
got me into "Jeopardy!,"

cultivated my love for
shouting at the TV during episodes,

and he passed about
four and a half years ago,

and I have had the watch.

I have been meaning
to get a new battery,

but I don't know,
it's kind of cooler this way.

-He's here with you today.
-Yeah.

That's lovely. I'm into that.

You gave us the
last correct response, Matt.

Get us back into the game.

Build A Bear for $600, please.



-Stan.
-What is dance?

Yes.

Let's go Build A Bear, $800.

-Matt.
-Who is Paddington?

[chuckles]
Yes, he's Paddington.

Build A Bear, $1,000.

-Emmie.
-What is Kodiak?

You are correct.

Odd Numbers, $800, please.

-Matt.
-What is magnum?

-Yes.
-Odd Numbers, $1,000, please.

Matt.

What is 29?

You got there quickly, yes.

Sports Venues, $1,000, please.

-Matt.
-What is FC Barcelona?

-You're correct.
-Sports Venues, $800.

Answer there--
the Daily Double in the round.

[applause]

You've got the lead, Matt.

[sighs]

-$2,200, please.
-All right.

An even $10,000 if you're
correct in Sports Venues.

What is...

What are the botanical gardens?

No, sorry.
It's a sports venue,

and it's Madison Square Garden.
The Garden.

$5,600, you still have the lead,
and you have control of the board.

Sports Venues, $600, please.

-Matt.
-What is Churchill Downs?

-You got it.
-Sports, $400.

-Matt.
-What is the Staples Center?

-Yes.
-Sports, $200.

-Matt.
-What is Wembley?

You are correct.

The Met, $200, please.

-Emmie.
-What is Kennedy Center?

No, sorry.

-Matt.
-What is Lincoln Center?

-That's correct.
-$400, please.

-Emmie.
-What is the Met Gala?

-Yes.
-Met, $600, please.

Stan.

What is Taye?

No.

Matt or Emmie?

[beep]
There is another singing Diggs.

This is David.
Painting by David.

-Emmie, back to you.
-$800, please.

The museum has lots
from the ancient Near East,

this between-rivers region
gave us yon beast.

-Matt.
-What is Mesopotamia?

That's correct.

And the final clue in
The Met: A Verse...

She was Greek,
she loved Onassis,

she could really sing,

her longtime boss around the Met
was named Sir Rudolf Bing

-Stan.
-Who is Callas?

That is Maria Callas.
That's correct.

Taking you to $1,800.

You'll be selecting first
when we come back

with the Double Jeopardy!
round in just a moment.

Don't miss it.

♪♪♪

Matt's in the lead,
but lots of money on the board,

should Stan or Emmie have
a comeback in mind.

Let's see the categories
in Double Jeopardy!

First...

Then...

Next...

And we close with...

You'll have to name the book
whose last line I give you.

-Stan, where do we start?
-Let's do Bottoms Up! for $800.

Not a positive term used of people,

bottom-feeder works for these,

like the channel variety seen here.

-Stan.
-What is a catfish?

-Good.
-Let's do Bottoms Up! for $1,200.

-Emmie.
-What is your bottom dollar?

-Right.
-Bottoms Up!, $1,600.

-Matt.
-What is Foggy Bottom?

Yes.

Uh, Bottoms Up!, $2,000.

-Stan.
-What is sonar?

More specifically?

What is submarine sonar?

No.

-Matt.
-What is a depth finder?

Yes. A depth finder or
a depth sounder.

That's correct.

Bottoms Up!, $400, please.

-Emmie.
-What is rock bottom?

-Right.
-Compound Words, $400.

-Matt.
-What is a sisterhood?

-Yeah.
-Compound, $800.

As seen here,
it's a fun way to work out.

-Emmie.
-What is kickboxing?

-You got it.
-Compound Words, $1,200.

-Emmie.
-What is moonshine?

-You got it.
-Compound Words, $1,600.

-Matt.
-What is a turnpike?

They are turnpikes.

Compound, $2,000.

-Emmie.
-What is wanderlust?

$2,000 more for you.

Let's do Asian Geography,
$400, please.

-Matt.
-What are the Himalayas?

-You got it.
-Asian Geography, $800, please.

-Stan.
-What is Syria?

Syria is correct.
Very good.

Uh, let's do...

Closing Statements for $400.

[beep]

Dean's a character from
"On the Road," by Kerouac.

-Stan.
-Let's do Closing Statements, $800.

The answer there...

is the first of the two
Daily Doubles in the round.

[applause]

You can wager up to $2,000, Stan.

-I think I'm gonna do $1,000.
-OK.

You'll have $2,400
if you're correct.

Here's your clue in
Closing Statements.

-What is "Animal Farm?"
-$1,000 more for you, yes.

[applause]

All right. Let's go over to
Name That Hitmaker for $400.

[beep]

Those are songs by Drake,

as I think Matt realized
just a second too late.

Back to you, Stan.

Let's do $800,
for Name That Hitmaker.

-Stan.
-Who are The Bee Gees?

You got it.

Let's do $1,200,
Name That Hitmaker.

[beep]

Wouldn't it be great
if that were also The Bee Gees?

[laughter]
It's not. It's Ariana Grande.

Stan, where to?

Let's do $1,600 for
Name That Hitmaker.

-Matt.
-Who is Billy Idol?

-You got it.
-Hitmaker, $200.

-Emmie.
-Who is Katy Perry?

You got it.

Health & Medicine, $400.

-Stan.
-What is an inhaler?

Yes.

Let's go Asian Geography for $1,200.

-Emmie.
-What are steppes?

-Yes.
-Asian Geography, $1,600, please.

Long, skinny Lake Balkhash
extends over nearly

400 miles of the eastern
part of this country.

-Matt.
-What is Kazakhstan?

It is Kazakhstan.

Asian Geography, $2000, please.

The answer there is
the other Daily Double.

[applause]

And Emmie's kind of getting
within striking range now.

Uh, $2,000, please.

Okay.
You'll have $19,000.

Here's your clue in
Asian Geography...

-What is Sri Lanka?
-You got it.

[applause]

You go up to $19,000.

Health & Medicine
for $800, please.

-Stan.
-What is bipolar disorder?

It's now called bipolar, yes.

Let's go back to
Closing Statements, $1,200.

-Stan.
-What is "Where the Wild Things Are?"

-You're right.
-$1,600, Closing Statements.

-Matt.
-What is "The Count of Monte Cristo?"

He's the Count.
You're right.

Closing, $2,000, please.

-Emmie.
-What is "The Great Gatsby?"

That is "The Great Gatsby."
Well done. $2,000 more for you.

Health & Medicine, $1,200, please.

-Matt.
-What are cataracts?

Right.

$1,600, Health & Medicine.

-Matt.
-What is psoriasis?

That's correct.

And the last clue in
Health & Medicine...

-Emmie.
-What is folic acid?

You got it.
Another $2,000 for you.

[applause]

And this game is not over,
by a longshot.

Everybody doing well.
Everybody will play in Final Jeopardy!

Let's see what category
we have for you...

We know at least one of
you is a fan of astronomy.

Make your wagers.

And we'll be back with the clue,
in just a moment.

Our contestants' future is gonna
be in the hands of the stars,

because Constellations is
our Final Jeopardy! category.

Time to reveal the clue...

You have 30 seconds. Good luck.

♪♪♪

Dan Scoggins, we're gonna
start on the end with you.

You had $5,600,

and you responded
with the constellation...

I guess it does have a tail,

but I'm afraid
that's not correct.

We're gonna have to take away...

ooh, all of it.

You drop down to $0.

Emmie Trammell--

stayed in this game with help of

some late, high-value responses.

Enough to get Matt sweating a little.

And we know she's a fan of astronomy.

Did she come up with
the right constellation?

Yes. The kid's tail--

Goats have kids.
It is Capricorn, the goat.

So you're gonna add how much?

Giving you a total of...

Matt Mierswa had a big lead,

but first of all,
did he know this was Capricorn?

Wrong sign of the zodiac.

So it's gonna come down
to your wager, Matt.

You bet...

Dropping you down to...

Emmie Trammell, with $21,200,

you are our come-from-behind
Jeopardy! champion. Well done.

[applause]

She'll be playing again tomorrow, folks,

and I hope you'll be here as well.

Thanks for watching.

Promotional consideration
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Tomorrow, champion Emmie Trammell

faces Karla Fossett, from Saco, Maine,

and, from Atlanta, Georgia, Gunan Ganju.