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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Here are today's contestants.
00:16A data scientist from Madison, Wisconsin, Andrew Ford.
00:21A non-profit professional from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shannon Thomas.
00:26And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jamie Ding, whose one-day cash winnings
00:36totaled $22,633.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:48Thank you, folks. Thank you, Johnny Gilder. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:51Our new champion, Jamie Ding, pulled off an impressive runaway victory on Friday.
00:56And after the game, when I asked him about his Jeopardy! success, he chalked it up to what he called
01:00a cavernous memory.
01:02He also told us about his deep love for Orange.
01:04And as you can see, Jamie is once again rocking his favorite hue on the Alex Rebeck stage.
01:09Today, joined by Shannon with the cool S and Andrew.
01:12Good luck to all three of you.
01:13Let's get right into the game with these categories, shall we, in the Jeopardy! round.
01:18First up, and the winner is...
01:21Then we have the Great British Spelling Show.
01:23Please spell your responses here in the preferred British style, followed by, we have something
01:29in common, board games, tech history, and finally, Grim Goose and Grim.
01:37Jamie?
01:38Tech history for $800.
01:40Acoustic mirrors built in England starting around 1915 to detect aircraft were a forerunner
01:46of this tech that got serious in the 30s.
01:48Andrew?
01:49What is radar?
01:50Yes, you're on the board.
01:51Great British Spelling Show, 600.
01:54It's a long, slender filament of wool or an important part of a diet.
01:58Either way, spell it like they do in Durham and Darby.
02:02Shannon?
02:02What is F-I-B-R-E?
02:05Yes, R-E.
02:05Well done.
02:06British for eight.
02:07Let a 2018 movie title be your guide to this word, describing an item you prefer over
02:13any other.
02:14Jamie?
02:15What is F-A-V-O-U-R-I-T-E?
02:18Yes, favorite with a U.
02:20Board games for a thousand.
02:21This ancient Chinese game is played with 361 pieces called stones.
02:26Andrew?
02:27What is go?
02:28Correct for a thousand.
02:29Board games, 800.
02:31The New Yorker once joked that this game's moral lesson is never apologize for your success
02:36unless doing so sarcastically.
02:38Andrew?
02:39What is sorry?
02:40Write again.
02:41Grim Goose and Grim, 800.
02:44Sit down and have a beer as you read how a tailor first met his beautiful bride,
02:48asleep and imprisoned in the glass, this.
02:51Andrew?
02:51What is menagerie?
02:53No.
02:54Shannon?
02:54What is tomb?
02:55Also incorrect.
02:57Jamie's going to try it.
02:58What is mountain?
02:59No, sorry.
03:00You were close to Shannon.
03:01The glass coffin.
03:03Back to you, Andrew.
03:04And the winner is 600.
03:06This KC guy, MVP of the 2020, 2023 and 2024 Super Bowls.
03:12Andrew?
03:13Who is Mahomes?
03:14Yes.
03:15Board game, 600.
03:16The answer there is a daily double, Andrew.
03:21You've got a little bit of room to maneuver here.
03:23$2,400.
03:24I'd like to make it a true daily double, Ken.
03:26All right.
03:26We'd love to see it.
03:27Go on for $4,800 in board games.
03:30Here's your clue.
03:31The times they were a-changin'.
03:33By 1999, Hasbro changed this game's pink and blue peg-holding station wagons to minivans.
03:40What is life?
03:41The game of life is correct.
03:43You double up to $4,800.
03:45Nicely done.
03:47Tech history, $600.
03:48In the 80s, Warren Lieberfarb of Warner Brothers pushed for this optical disc format.
03:54Rocky and The Mask in 1997 were early releases.
03:58Andrew?
03:59What is DVD?
04:00Early DVDs, yes.
04:01We have something in common.
04:03$800.
04:04This color is in AKAs of Aaron Chwatt, the Lakota leader Mapiwa Luta, and a Captain America villain.
04:12Jamie?
04:12What is red?
04:13Yes, red buttons, red cloud, and the red skull.
04:16And the winner is for $1,000.
04:18This skier, birth name the not-as-fun Brianna, in the downhill for the USA's first gold at
04:23Milan Cortina 2026.
04:25Shannon?
04:26Who is Johnson?
04:26Breezy Johnson, you are correct.
04:28British, $1,000.
04:30If you get caught nicking a tin of butterbiscuits from Harrods, you may go to this very British
04:35four-letter word for a lockup.
04:37Jamie?
04:37What is G-A-O-L?
04:39Yes, J-A-L.
04:41We have something in common for $600.
04:43Kelly Rowland, Gregory Rasputin, per New Style, and Abraham Lincoln were all born under this
04:48sign.
04:49Jamie?
04:50What is Aquarius?
04:51It is.
04:52Goose and Grimm for $600.
04:54A rough four days for this guy who took ill on Thursday and was buried on Sunday.
04:59Once again, that was written for kids.
05:02Jamie?
05:02It was Solomon Grundy.
05:03That's right.
05:04Tech history for $1,000.
05:06Genius on Hold is a film about Walter Shaw, whose ideas led to inventions like this.
05:11I dial your home and your mobile rings.
05:14Shannon?
05:15What is a pager?
05:16No.
05:17Jamie?
05:18What is call forwarding?
05:19Call forwarding is correct.
05:21You've played catch-up, you have $4,000, Andrew still has the lead, and we need to pause.
05:25Back with more Jeopardy in just a moment.
05:28Let's chat with the players.
05:30Andrew Ford of Madison, Wisconsin is a data scientist, and Andrew, I understand you arrived
05:34at your own wedding in style.
05:36Yeah, so my wife and I were moving to another state right after our wedding, so I threw everything
05:42I owned into a U-Haul truck, picked up my best man, then we drove to my wife's hometown for
05:46the wedding, and actually the reception was at what was her parents' house at the time,
05:51so I just sort of parked it out of view, and it was there during the wedding reception.
05:57I love it.
05:57Shannon Thomas is a non-profit professional from Philadelphia.
06:00Your grandmother, like many of our grandmothers, is a big Jeopardy fan.
06:04She is, Ken.
06:05But not the whole show.
06:06No, not the whole show.
06:07She has a habit of recording a lot of Jeopardy at once and then binging it, but she has no
06:12time for any of this faff.
06:14Like this moment right now, the interview.
06:15Yeah, yeah, she's not watching this, so I really hope that, you know, we're trying to
06:19figure out how we get a family member to her to make sure she's, like, sat ready at the
06:22TV so she doesn't just, like, whiz by this bit.
06:24So, hi, Grandma, I hope you're watching.
06:26Hope she's watching.
06:27Yeah.
06:27Even though this might be your first Jeopardy interview, they are all this good, Grandma.
06:30You should not miss this part of the show.
06:32Our returning champion is Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
06:37Good to see you back in orange.
06:39What's the origin of the orange, Jamie?
06:41Why orange?
06:42My parents, they grew up in communist China.
06:44You didn't get to make choices there.
06:46So, my mom, she's never had a favorite color, and I guess when our neighbor asked me, what's
06:50your favorite color, she didn't expect me to have one.
06:52But I said, orange.
06:54Since then, I mean, my childhood bedroom, I made them paint an orange, every knickknack.
06:59Since I got a disposable income, I've started buying orange things because I can.
07:04I rarely regret buying something just because it's orange, but there's a couch that they
07:08got from Amazon for, like, $80 that's pretty bad.
07:11So, maybe they make decent orange couches.
07:15I can't believe an $80 couch would not be top of the line, Jamie.
07:18You have control of the board.
07:20And the winner is for $800.
07:23Secretariat clinching a triple crown with a 31-length win in this 1973 race.
07:28Jamie.
07:28What are the Belmont steaks?
07:30Very good.
07:31The Great British Spelling Show for $400.
07:33Looks like we're going into this political party, once led by Tony Blair.
07:37Andrew.
07:38What is L-A-B-O-U-R?
07:41Going into labor, yes.
07:42Something in common, $400.
07:44Caleb Williams, Carmi's Restaurant on TV, and the Hukumari are all these.
07:50Jamie.
07:51The Bears.
07:51Yes.
07:52We have something in common for $1,000.
07:54Places this word is abbreviated as an X, A-X in fashion, F-X in international commerce,
08:00and E-X-O in a Microsoft platform.
08:04Shannon.
08:04What is Exchange?
08:05That's correct.
08:07British for $200.
08:08Time to play some Tenacious D with this action of resisting attack.
08:12Jamie.
08:13What is D-E-F-E-N-C-E?
08:17Yes, you remember the C.
08:18Board games for $400.
08:20You can steal bills from the bank and skip out on paying rent in the Cheaters edition of
08:24this classic game because fun?
08:27Jamie.
08:28What's Monopoly?
08:28Cheaters Monopoly.
08:30Grim Goose and Grim for $1,000.
08:32He cut out all the calves and sheep's eyes, tossed them in a woman's face, and the marriage
08:37is off.
08:38Clever him?
08:39No, psycho him.
08:40Jamie.
08:41It was Hans.
08:42Clever Hans.
08:42Well done.
08:43Tech history for $400.
08:45Art history lectures and vacation recaps benefited from this mid-20th century machine.
08:50Andrew.
08:51What is a Viewmaster?
08:52No.
08:54Jamie.
08:54That's a slide projector.
08:55That's a slide projector.
08:56And the winner is $200.
08:58This team in a 2025 World Series Game 7 thriller over the Toronto Blue Jays.
09:04Shannon.
09:04Who are the Dodgers?
09:05Yes.
09:06The winner is $400.
09:08Rafael Nadal of this clay court event every year ever.
09:12Okay, just 14 times from 2005 to 2022.
09:16Jamie.
09:17What's the French Open?
09:18Right.
09:19Tech history for $200.
09:20The electromagnetic dental plugger patented by George Green in 1875 is what's known simply
09:26as this at the dentist today?
09:28Jamie.
09:29What's a drill?
09:30It is.
09:31Grim Goose and Grim for $400.
09:33A bit displeased upon hearing his name spoken aloud, he seized his left foot with both hands
09:38and tore himself in two.
09:40Jamie.
09:41It was Rumpelstiltskin.
09:42Right.
09:43We have something in common for $200.
09:45Busting, a natural, and doubling down after splitting are all terms from this card game.
09:50Shannon.
09:51What is Blackjack?
09:52You got it.
09:53Four games for two, please.
09:55Two friends inspired by the success of Scrabble created this wedge fest with 6,000 questions
10:00in its original version.
10:02Andrew.
10:03What is Trivial Pursuit?
10:04That is right.
10:05One more clue.
10:06Grim Goose and Grim.
10:07It's the two-word weapon used to maim a trio of visually impaired rodents.
10:11And honestly, I've never seen such a sight in my life.
10:14Jamie.
10:15What is a carving knife?
10:15Cut off their tails with a carving knife.
10:17Jamie has moved into the lead.
10:18Shannon, you'll select first when we come back.
10:20Stay tuned for Double Jeopardy.
10:23That was a smokin' first round.
10:2529 correct responses on 30 clues.
10:28Now it's time for Double Jeopardy with these categories.
10:31First up, Historic Statements.
10:33Then we have That Being the Title, followed by Landlocked, A Real Work of Art.
10:40Then we'll have a little Pop Culture Rhyme Time.
10:43And finally, a category called Habits Unbecoming.
10:46Shannon, what do you like?
10:48Art for eight.
10:49In Oslo, you can look at The Kiss, an 1897 painting by this man in which the lovers' faces meld
10:55into one.
10:57Jamie.
10:57It was Munch.
10:58That's right.
10:59Landlocked for 1,600.
11:01They're prairie provinces, not port provinces.
11:04These are the only two Canadian provinces without a saltwater coast.
11:08Andrew.
11:09What are Alberta and Saskatchewan?
11:11Correct.
11:12Landlocked 1,200.
11:14Enjoy the Pushkin Museum and the Stephen the Great Monument, but not an offshore ocean cruise in Chisinau, capital of
11:20this Euro nation.
11:22Andrew.
11:22What is Moldova?
11:23Write again.
11:24Landlocked 2,000.
11:26India shares a more than 400-mile border with this country, ruled by King Jigmi Kaysir Namgielwangchuk.
11:33Andrew.
11:34What is Nepal?
11:35No.
11:37Jamie.
11:37What is Bhutan?
11:38Bhutan is correct.
11:39Historic statements for 1,600.
11:41The answer there is a daily bubble for you, Jamie.
11:47Good job finding it.
11:48What do you want to do with it?
11:493,600.
11:50All right.
11:51All right.
11:51For $14,800 with a correct response, here's your clue in historic statements.
11:56According to Suetonius, Caesar uttered this phrase as he took a big gamble and crossed the Rubicon.
12:03What is Alia Yachta Est?
12:06The Dias Cast.
12:08The Dias Cast is correct.
12:10Yes.
12:11I'll figure out the Latin later.
12:14That takes you to $14,800.
12:16Habits Unbecoming for $800.
12:19In wartime, it's damaging the enemy's supplies.
12:22The self-type refers to undercutting your own efforts.
12:26Jamie.
12:27What?
12:27Sabotage?
12:28Self-sabotage, yeah.
12:29Pop culture rhyme time for $1,600.
12:31In 2022, comedian Jenny Slate charmed at the box office, voicing this anthropomorphic fellow with shoes on.
12:39Andrew.
12:39Who is Marcel the Shell?
12:41Right.
12:41That being the title, $1,600.
12:44The title of this YA novel by Stephen Chabosky alludes to the introverted teen Charlie.
12:50Jamie.
12:51What is The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
12:52That's the book.
12:54A Real Work of Art for $2,000.
12:56Around $1490, Leonardo drew this depiction of the body using proportions laid down by an ancient Roman architect.
13:03Andrew.
13:04What is Vitruvian Man?
13:05You add $2,000.
13:06Pop culture rhyme time, $2,000.
13:09Sibling rivalry got funny in the routine Mom Always Liked You Best by this duo.
13:16That rhyming duo is the Smothers Brothers.
13:19Back to you, Andrew.
13:20Habits Unbecoming, $1,200.
13:22The answer there.
13:23A Daily Double now for you.
13:27So a great game just got even more interesting, Andrew.
13:30How much do you want to wage you here?
13:31You could take the lead.
13:32$8,000.
13:33That would put you on top by just $800 if you're right in Habits Unbecoming.
13:39Add two letters to a word for loitering to get this word for faking an illness to get out of
13:44work.
13:51Andrew?
13:52I don't have it.
13:53Sorry.
13:53Oh, that's a shame.
13:54You add two letters to lingering to get malingering.
13:57So you drop back to $2,000, Andrew.
13:59Select.
14:00Habits Unbecoming, $1,600.
14:02This word for obsessively perusing bad news on your mobile device gained traction during the pandemic when most of us
14:08were doing it.
14:09Jamie?
14:10It was doom scrolling.
14:11That's right.
14:12That being the title for $1,200.
14:14Daniel Day-Lewis starred in the film adaptation of this Milan Kundera novel set in 1968 Prague.
14:20Jamie?
14:21What is The Unbearable Lightness of Being?
14:23Right again.
14:23A real work of art for $1,600.
14:26Many works by this American depict one solitary white woman.
14:29In 1955's South Carolina Morning, she's black.
14:33Jamie?
14:34It was Hopper?
14:34That's right.
14:35That being the title for $2,000.
14:37This work by Sartre says that man is a useless passion.
14:42Shannon?
14:42What is On Being?
14:43No.
14:44Jamie?
14:45What is Being and Nothingness?
14:47That's the title.
14:48Historic Statements for $1,200.
14:50Campaign strategist James Carhill made this four-word statement into a catchphrase in 1992.
14:56Jamie?
14:56What is It's the Economy, Stupid?
14:58Yes.
14:59Habits on Becoming for $2,000.
15:02RBP is short for this type of procrastination, a newish term for mindless stuff you do at
15:07night when you should be sleeping.
15:09Jamie?
15:10What is Revenge Bedtime Procrastination?
15:12That's correct.
15:13Pop Culture Rhyme Time for $1,200.
15:15They won a Grammy, and girl, you know it's true, the Grammy was revoked after a lip-syncing
15:20scandal.
15:21Jamie?
15:21Who are a Milli Vanilli?
15:23Yes.
15:23Historic Statements for $2,000.
15:25From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
15:29Said Chief Joseph of this tribe in 1877.
15:32Jamie?
15:33Who are the Nez Perce?
15:34Yes.
15:35A real work of art for $1,200.
15:37A Rubens painted for Antwerp and now in the Prado is one of the great works called this.
15:41Adulation by wise men, you might say.
15:47It's called The Adoration of the Magi.
15:49Back to you, Jamie.
15:50Landlocked for $800.
15:52A U.S. state of landlockedness, it's bordered by six others, including Montana to its north
15:57and Colorado to its south.
15:59Jamie?
16:00What is Wyoming?
16:01Yes.
16:02Historic Statements for $400.
16:04Otto von Bismarck earning an epithet.
16:06The great questions of the time are decided by this and blood.
16:10Jamie?
16:11What is Iron?
16:11The Iron Chancellor, right.
16:13Pop culture rhyme time for $800.
16:15This short-lived TV series set in the 80s helped launch the careers of stars like Jason
16:19Siegel and Linda Cardellini.
16:21Jamie?
16:22What is Freaks and Geeks?
16:23Right.
16:24Habits on Becoming for $400.
16:26It's the word for doing two or more things at the same time, which sounds productive,
16:30but experts say it makes your brain tired.
16:32Jamie?
16:33Well, it's multitasking.
16:34Yes.
16:35That being the title for $800.
16:37Here's Aaron Sorkin.
16:39I told Nicole Kidman that I wasn't looking for a Lucille Ball impersonation in this 2021
16:45film that I wrote and directed about a week in the life of Lucy and Desi Arnaz.
16:53It's called Being the Ricardos.
16:55Back to you, Jamie.
16:56Historic Statements for $800.
16:58Shortly after leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he declared,
17:02it's the ballot or the bullet, it's liberty or it's death.
17:05Jamie?
17:05It's Malcolm X?
17:06Yes.
17:07Landlocked for $400.
17:09It's a North Central African nation bounded by Niger and Sudan, or the name of that kid
17:13who crashed his dad's BMW at the 94 prom.
17:17Shannon?
17:17Who's Chad?
17:18They're both Chad.
17:19A real work of art, $400.
17:21Who else but this Spaniard could have served up 1941's soft self-portrait with grilled bacon?
17:26Andrew?
17:27Who's Picasso?
17:28No.
17:29Shannon?
17:29Who's Goya?
17:30Also incorrect.
17:34It's Salvador Dali.
17:35Shannon?
17:36Pop culture, four.
17:38This band gets knocked down, but they get up again.
17:40You're never going to keep them down.
17:42Jamie?
17:42Who are Chumbawamba.
17:43That's right.
17:44One more clue, that being the title.
17:46This wild and witty play about mistaken identity has the subtitle, A Trivial Comedy for Serious
17:51People.
17:52Jamie?
17:53What is the importance of being earnest?
17:55That's right.
17:55You wrap up a great round with $34,000.
17:58Shannon, I'm afraid you won't be with us for Final Jeopardy, but thanks for being here today.
18:01Here's the category for Jamie and Andrew.
18:07Jamie and Andrew have wagered based on their knowledge of 20th century novels.
18:12This is the clue.
18:14One of its epigraphs is from Genesis 30, about Leah, Rachel, and Rachel's servant, Bilhah.
18:2030 seconds.
18:22Good luck.
18:52We'll begin with Andrew Ford.
18:54Played a strong game, but the Daily Double Miss dropped him down here to $1,600.
18:57You wrote down, Andrew, what novel?
18:59What is beloved?
19:00I'm afraid not.
19:01What did you wager?
19:02You'll lose $718, leaving you with $882.
19:06Jamie Ding had the big lead with $34,000.
19:09Will he be adding to it?
19:10He wrote down a different Toni Morrison novel, Song of Solomon.
19:15I'm afraid that's also incorrect.
19:17Bilhah was the handmaid of Rachel.
19:18What is the handmaid's tale?
19:20How much did you wager, Jamie?
19:22Wow.
19:22A huge wager.
19:24$30,067 knocks you down to $3,933.
19:27But today, that's enough to make you a two-day Jeopardy! champion.
19:31Your total, $26,566.
19:34What a performance today.
19:36Thanks for joining us today on Jeopardy!
19:38We'll see you tomorrow.
19:50We'll see you tomorrow.
19:53We'll search for you tomorrow.
19:56We'll see you tomorrow.
19:57And now, we'll see you tomorrow.
19:58We'll see you tomorrow.
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