Show #9480 2026-01-16 (taped 2025-11-07) Champions Wildcard

2026 Champions Wildcard final game 2.

Contestants

Stella Trout — a software engineer originally from Houston, Texas (subtotal of $12,800)

Jonathan Hugendubler — an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland (subtotal of $1,200)

Cameron Berry — a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts (subtotal of $10,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cameron $2,200 $4,000 $10,000 $4,399 $10,000
18 R, 2 W
Jonathan $3,200 $3,800 $12,000 $0 $10,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Stella $3,400 $7,200 $6,400 $100 $17,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ADULTS IN CHILDREN'S LIT MIDNIGHTS I'M IN SEPHORA WITHOUT MY GLASSES A "MINOR" DISTRACTION ROCK, RAP & REMEMBER USE YOUR SIXTH SENSE
$200 [30]
Slugworth, Prodnose & Fickelgruber are rivals of this candy-making genius
Willy Wonka
Cameron Stella
$200 [29]
In Mother Goose's version of the fairy tale, Cinderella rushes from the ball as the clock strikes 12 & leaves behind this fancy footwear
the glass slipper
Cameron
$200 [28]
Can't read the label on this spray-pump bottle; my wet hair needs nourishing & detangling, so I hope it's leave-in this type of product
conditioner
Stella
$200 [25]
In the night sky, 7 of this lesser bear's stars outline the Little Dipper
Ursa Minor
Jonathan
$200 [5]
"Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" is a classic collab between Snoop Dogg &this man
Dr. Dre
Cameron
$200 [27]
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says the accused has the right to a trial that is both public & this
speedy
Stella
$400 [17]
In an E.B. White book, the desk clerk at the Ritz hotel is dubious when this kind of bird, trumpet in tow, wants to check in
a swan
Cameron
$400 [11]
Albert Bierstadt was in London when he heard that this volcano was acting up, so he rushed to Italy to paint it at midnight
Vesuvius
Cameron Jonathan
$400 [23]
This bottle is too small to be lotion; it must be this type of product applied to the face just a few drops at a time (not the truth kind)
a serum
Jonathan
$400 [24]
In 2023 those playing this got their 1st collective bargaining agreement; Double-A salaries doubled to about $30,000
Minor League Baseball
Stella
$400 [4]
Krist Novoselic provided the bassline on "Come As You Are" & other hits by this trio
Nirvana
Cameron
$400 [26]
The "sixth barrel" type of this container holds about 5 gallons, or about 55 12-ounce servings
a keg
Cameron
$600 [16]
In the book this sister of Beezus "and Her Father", she tries to get her dad to quit smoking
Ramona
Stella
$600 [6]
In "Henry IV, Part II", this character says, "We have heard the chimes at midnight"
Falstaff
Stella
$600 [12]
I hope my Biodance collagen mask is on properly; I'll peel off the mask when I wake up tomorrow & be part of this 2-word TikTok trend
morning shed
$600 [13]
A somber or subtle element of a story is said to be "in" this, like Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1
a minor key
Cameron
$600 [3]
Rosa Parks sued this duo for using her name on a 1998 hit, but it still made Rolling Stone's list of the 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs
OutKast
Cameron
$600 [20]
This sixth planet from the Sun was the farthest of the planets known to the ancients & takes almost 30 years to make one orbit
Saturn
Cameron
DD $1,000 [8]
The first book about him says right off that he's an M.D., a "proper" doctor (not a veterinarian)
Dr. Dolittle
Stella
$800 [10]
The Arctic midnight sun lights up the view seenherein Tromsø in this country
Norway
Cameron
$800 [21]
I need one of these little metal contraptions to use before applying mascara; Shiseido makes a good one, if I could only find it
an eyelash curler
Stella
$800 [14]
Around 1900 B.C., the Hittites established a kingdom on this peninsula
Asia Minor
Stella
$800 [2]
"Hey! Ho! Lets go!" are the opening words of their 1976 self-titled, genre-defining debut album
the Ramones
Jonathan
$800 [18]
This sixth president of the U.S. was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent" but was denied a second term in office
John Quincy Adams
Stella
$1,000 [7]
The novel this girl "Sometimes", whose changes in name & time inspired a song by The Cure, has a headmistress called Miss Bite
Charlotte
$1,000 [9]
The title jester of this Verdi opera is out for revenge, not laughs, conspiring with an assassin at midnight, but the plot backfires
Rigoletto
Stella
$1,000 [22]
All the lipsticks look alike; someone point me toward the viral black honey shade from this brand developed in 1968 by a skin doc
Clinique
$1,000 [15]
Obadiah & Habakkuk are 2 of the Old Testament figures known as these
Minor Prophets
Jonathan
$1,000 [1]
"Empire State Of Mind" was a hit for Jay-Z & Alicia Keys; "N.Y. State Of Mind" is a classic by this 3-letter man who feuded with Jay
Nas
Jonathan
$1,000 [19]
In Revelation, when this non-movie-title item was opened, "there was a great earthquake" & the sun turned black
the sixth seal
Stella

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED IN JANUARY WORLD CAPITALS MAKING CONSERVATION IMPRACTICAL FINERY OF YORE WE LOVE A LOVE TRIANGLE JUST ADD "S"
$400 [8]
In January 1922 in Toronto, young Leonard Thompson got the first successful injection of this, thanks to a cow & its pancreas
insulin
Stella
$400 [26]
It's located in the province of Leinster
Dublin
Jonathan
$400 [24]
This U.S. president popularized the term "conservation" & engaged in plenty himself, creating 5 national parks & 150 national forests
Teddy Roosevelt
Cameron
$400 [30]
Made from up to 6 yards of fabric, the "cartwheel" type of this Elizabethan collar had up to 600 pleats & extended 8" from the neck
a ruff
Stella
$400 [28]
Fans of this saga faced the ultimate love triangle, wondering if Bella was team Edward or team Jacob
Twilight
Stella
$400 [22]
To rule a kingdom &to quit your job
reign & resign
Cameron
$800 [7]
The first of these trials in more than 130 years began in the U.S. Senate January 7, 1999
presidential impeachment trial
Cameron
$800 [25]
Serbia's capital, it was formerly the capital of Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Cameron
$800 [23]
The first federal wildlife law, the Lacey Act of 1900 addressed growing public concern over the decline of this now-extinct bird
the passenger pigeon
Stella
$800 [29]
Chopineshad a big moment in the 16th century in this European city, where women used the high soles to teeter above wet streets
Venice
Stella
$800 [27]
Thissoapy teen series found Belly Conklin torn between her childhood friends, the brothers Conrad & Jeremiah
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jonathan
$800 [21]
A part of the hand &a sacred hymn from the Bible
palm & psalm
Cameron
$1,200 [2]
On January 13, 1898 he published a letter sternly accusing the French army of falsely accusing one of its officers
Zola
Stella
$1,200 [16]
In 2019 St. Paul, Minnesota added a new sister city, this capital of Somalia
Mogadishu
Cameron
$1,200 [10]
William Wordsworth helped fuel the early conservation movement by writing in praise of this scenic region where he lived
the Lake District
Stella
$1,200 [20]
Popularized in 1910, this long, tight skirt was named for a practice of tying together horses' legs
a hobble skirt
$1,200 [9]
In "Casablanca" the 3 little people whose problems don't amount to a hill of beans are Rick, Ilsa & this hubby of Ilsa's
Victor Laszlo
$1,200 [3]
Timber sawed into planks &to take a snooze
lumber & slumber
Stella
$1,600 [5]
This country changed its name to Kampuchea in January 1976 & years of brutality followed
Cambodia
Cameron
$1,600 [15]
Locals in this central American country call the capital Tegus for short
Honduras
Jonathan
$2,000 [12]
A zone of undeveloped land, or a movement founded by Wangari Maathai to fight deforestation by planting trees
a greenbelt (the Greenbelt Movement)
$1,600 [14]
In the 1800s this plastic emerged as a cheap substitute for the ivory used in fancy hair combs; the bad news? It was highly flammable
celluloid
$1,600 [17]
The O.G. love triangle onTVseries saw Nate torn between Blair & Serena
Gossip Girl
Stella
$1,600 [4]
A place of damnation &a ring of electrons
hell & shell
Jonathan
$2,000 [6]
The January 22 & 23, 1879 Battles of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift were the first big fights in Britain's war against this people
the Zulu
Cameron
DD $3,800 [1]
You need 2 sets of double letters to spell this capital of a Baltic state
Tallinn
Jonathan
DD $11,200 [11]
Within the Department of the Interior, this is the country's oldest conservation agency
the Fish and Wildlife Service
Stella
$2,000 [13]
Women sometimes had to walk sideways to get through doors while wearing these flamboyantly large sleeves named for a cut of meat
leg of mutton sleeves
Cameron
$2,000 [18]
Here's a hot take: rewatching this 2004 weepie has led some to see the merits of Lon over Noah as a better choice for Allie
The Notebook
Stella
$2,000 [19]
An athletic throwing event &to debate an issue
discus & discuss
Stella

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN NOVELISTS

This author's wish to use different ink colors to represent multiple POVs was granted in 2012, 83 years after the novel's publication

William Faulkner

Stella "Who is Walker?" — wagered $6,300
Cameron "Who is [letter crossed out] Stein?" — wagered $5,601
Jonathan "Who is Fitzgerald?" — wagered $12,000

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