Show #42 2026-03-27 (taped 2025-03-11) Celebrity

2026 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!All Stars quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Roy Wood Jr. — a comedian, writer, and host originally from Birmingham, Alabama

Cynthia Nixon — an actor and director originally from New York City

Sean Gunn — an actor originally from Manchester, Missouri

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sean $1,700 $2,700 $8,200 $19,000
Winner: semifinalist
$21,500
34 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Cynthia $-200 $300 $4,800 $0
2nd place: $30,000 to Doctors Without Borders USA
$7,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Roy! $1,400 $3,500 $3,500 $0
3rd place: $30,000 to I See Me, Inc.
$8,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S SO 19th CENTURY THIS IS "US" COLLECTIVE ANIMAL NAMES, WITH OPTIONS MILITARY RANK INCLUDED WE KNEAD THE DOUGH! JOHNNY GILBERT'S '90s LYRICPALOOZA
$100 [13]
In 1836 William Travis wrote "the people of Texas & all Americans in the world" to get some help at this landmark; too late
the Alamo
Sean
$100 [23]
Don't be fooled by the cute name: these debris clumps under your furniture can clog electronics & cause respiratory problems
dust bunnies
Cynthia
$100 [16]
I'm a proud non-smoker, but why are these "ships of the desert" in a caravan when a pack of them would have been spot on?
camels
Roy!
$100 [19]
Hello, sailor! Horatio Magellan are the given names of this cereal mascot who commands the S.S. Guppy
Cap'n Crunch
Cynthia
$100 [14]
Caraway seeds are added to the dough before kneading when making this bread, the standard for a Reuben sandwich
rye bread
Roy!
$100 [1]
"Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on, once more, you open the door... & my heart will go on & on"
Celine Dion
Roy!
$200 [11]
In 1862 he played Richard III in New York City but 3 years later, broke a leg onstage in a much more horrifying way
John Wilkes Booth
Cynthia
$200 [3]
Whether green or white, the edible shoots of this vegetable are called spears
asparagus
Sean
$200 [18]
A bunch of turkeys seems perfect, but they collectivize as a this, a group gathered by a sheriff to go after Old West bad guys
a posse
Roy!
$200 [17]
On January 10, 1946 51 countries were represented when the first session of this body of the United Nations convened
the General Assembly
Cynthia Roy!
$200 [27]
Your falafel will taste better if this pocket bread is freshly baked (& it only takes about 4 minutes to knead & 3 minutes in the oven)
pita
Sean
$200 [4]
"Confronted all the dope fiends, if there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it, check out the hook while my DJ revolves it"
Vanilla Ice
Roy!
$300 [8]
After meeting his Waterloo, Napoleon failed in a plan to head to America in July 1815 & was exiled to this "holy" island
St. Helena
Cynthia
$300 [2]
Fittingly, the Seth Rogen comedy "This Is the End" was the last-ever rental at a company-run one of these stores
a Blockbuster Video
Roy!
$300 [24]
A neck of these African beasts would have almost been as appropriate as a tower of them is
a giraffe
Sean
$300 [20]
Jayden Daniels"capitalized" & won the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year playing for this team
the Washington Commanders
Roy!
$300 [28]
From the French for "rod", this long & narrow loaf is great for a po-boy
a baguette
Cynthia
$300 [5]
"A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly... No, I don't want no scrub, a scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me"
TLC
Roy!
$400 [10]
Independence, Missouri & the Willamette River Valley were the start & end points of this emigration route; we don't have dysentery stats
the Oregon Trail
Roy!
$400 [9]
Un-capitalizing the name of this month gives you a word meaning grand or majestic
August
Cynthia
$400 [25]
A hypnosis of cobras would have been pretty cool to say, but the slitherers group as a this, a long case that holds arrows
a quiver
Cynthia
$400 [22]
Examples of this harsh 2-word penalty include flogging, last carried out by the U.S. justice system in Delaware in 1952
corporal punishment
Roy!
$400 [29]
After you knead the dough for this Jewish bread that's traditional for Shabbat, you startbraiding it; bake untilgolden
challah
Roy!
$400 [6]
"What I got, you got to give it to your mama... give it away, give it away, give it away now, give it away, give it away, give it away now"
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean
DD $500 [12]
Marx your calendars! 1848 was the year this pamphlet began ominously with "A spectre is haunting Europe"
The Communist Manifesto
Cynthia
$500 [15]
Are your ears ringing? Maybe someone's talking about you! But the more likely culprit is this medical affliction
tinnitus
Sean
$500 [26]
Damon Albarn led a band of them that ends with a "Z"; these primates band together as well, but we'd go with a magilla
gorillas
Sean
$500 [21]
PMI, short for this, may be required if you take out a home loan & pay less than 20% of the purchase price
private mortgage insurance
$500 [30]
There are a total of 3 C's in the name of this Italian bread that can be made with minimal (or even no!) kneading
focaccia
Roy!
$500 [7]
"I like big butts & I cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny, that when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist... you get sprung"
Sir Mix-a-Lot
Sean

Double Jeopardy! Round

DESTINATION WEDDING THE LANGUAGE OF FAITH BOOK COVERS RADIO STATIONS YOU GOTTA HAVE ART GETTING OLD MOVIES
$200 [17]
Want an island wedding? This Asian nation composed of some 17,500 islands has "I do" written all over itI _ D O _ _ _ _ _
Indonesia
Sean
$200 [26]
A setback that later leads to a great outcome is one of these "in disguise"
a blessing
Sean
$200 [15]
A predatory bird is staring right at you on the cover of Helen MacDonald's acclaimed 2016 book "H Is for" this
Hawk
$200 [19]
Similar to the Pride Flag, the logo for KGAY 106.5 FM in Palm Springs also features the colors of this
the rainbow
Sean
$200 [10]
A crescent moon & Venus are seen in the sky over Saint-Rémy in this masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh
The Starry Night
Cynthia
$200 [5]
In "Here", the couple who age from their teens to 80 are played by these 2 actors we remember as Forrest & Jenny
Tom Hanks & Robin Wright
$400 [18]
Get hitched at the Kentucky Derby! We're betting big on "I do" at the name of this racetrack_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _D O _ _ _
Churchill Downs
Roy!
$400 [27]
A business opportunity too good to be true or some foods mentioned in the book of Leviticus may not be this
kosher
$400 [14]
Giving away the plot, a cover of the 2001 novel "Life of Pi" shows a boat whose passengers are a boy & this animal
a tiger
Sean
$400 [22]
Known as "The Vine", KVYN is an FM music station that broadcasts from this famed California valley
Napa
Cynthia
$400 [9]
Van Rijn is the last name of this Dutch artist who gave us the masterpiece "The Night Watch"
Rembrandt
Sean
$400 [1]
So these creatures don't normally age & die... unless they get their version of progeria, like David Bowie in "The Hunger"
vampires
Sean
$600 [16]
Put "I do" & Mickey too on invites to your wedding at this Disney World park_ _ _ I __ _ _ _ D O _
Magic Kingdom
Sean
$800 [29]
My friend Ed reads the sports pages, Roxane Gay's Substack & especially the New Testament this way, with regularity
religiously
Cynthia
$600 [11]
S. Neil Fujita's designs include one that looks like a drop of you-know-what for the cover of this Truman Capote book
In Cold Blood
Cynthia
$600 [23]
Sound it out, if it helps: WZLY, a college radio station, serves the school whose alums include this first lady
Hillary Clinton
$600 [8]
In the 1950s Time magazine dubbed this American artist "Jack the Dripper"
Jackson Pollock
Cynthia
$600 [2]
In Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut, this actress, born in 1929, is "Eleanor the Great", bereft after a friend's death
June Squibb
Cynthia
$800 [20]
Get married in a rotunda! Politicians often say "I don't", but this D.C. landmark reads, "I do"_ _ _ I _ _ _D O _ _
the Capitol Dome
Roy!
$1,000 [30]
It's an event no human could have prevented, & it may not be covered by your insurance
an act of God
Cynthia
$1,000 [13]
Patti Smith used a photo booth pic she took in 1969 with this photographer for the paperback cover of her 2010 memoir "Just Kids"
Mapplethorpe
Sean
$800 [24]
Borrowing its name from a local delicacy, 105.9 KPOI serves this state capital
Honolulu
Roy!
$800 [6]
This Jewish painter depicted fiddlers on roofs, but the jury is out on if he inspired the title "Fiddler on the Roof" for a musical
Chagall
Sean
$800 [3]
Playing anaging couplein this movie, Henry Fonda won his first acting Oscar & Katharine Hepburn her fourth
On Golden Pond
Sean
$1,000 [21]
Its very name screams "I do". Exchange vows at this skiing mecca west of Denver_ _ I _ ,_ _ _ _ _ _ D O
Vail, Colorado
Sean
DD $2,500 [28]
Hindu belief led to this phrase meaning a person or idea that no one dares criticize
a sacred cow
Sean
DD $1,300 [12]
A haunting paperback cover of a 1979 V.C. Andrews book shows a girl gazing out of the window of this room
the attic
Cynthia
$1,000 [25]
This 4-letter Texas city is home to a country radio station whose call letters spell the city's name
Waco
Sean
$1,000 [7]
He's known for color field paintings, large areas of solid colors stacked atop each other, like "Untitled 1952"
Mark Rothko
Cynthia Roy!
$1,000 [4]
Beach resort vacationers age faster than even too much sun would cause in this director's 2021 movie "Old"
M. Night Shyamalan
Sean Roy!

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY NOVELS

A 2017 exhibit devoted to this novel on its 60th anniversary featured a giant map labeled "Hitch-Hiking Trip"

On the Road

Roy! "What is Hiking: The Book 2." — wagered $900
Cynthia "What is thehitchhiker'shitch-hiker's guide to l" — wagered $7,500
Sean "What is On the Road?" — wagered $0

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