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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Here are today's contestants.
00:15A community membership facilitator from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Aaron Howard.
00:22A clinical psychology PhD student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Max Genico.
00:29And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:35Jamie Ding, whose six-day cash winnings totaled $162,203.
00:44And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:50Thank you so much, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome to a new week here on Jeopardy!
00:54If you were watching the show last week, you witnessed five exciting games.
00:58As our champion, Jamie Ding, dominated on the Alex Rebeck stage, breaking records and building
01:03up an impressive total, all while sporting various shades of his favorite color, orange.
01:08Today, in his seventh game, Jamie faces new competition in Max and Aaron.
01:11Good luck to all three of you fine people.
01:13Allow me to show you your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:17We have, first, a place in history, then some NATO phonetic alphabet suggestions, followed
01:25by Super Bowl ads, animal idioms, science AKAs, and finally, fitting sports names.
01:34Jamie, you'll make the first selection of the week.
01:36NATO phonetic alphabet for $800.
01:38Trot off, foxtrot.
01:40F takes to the sea with this flatfish that's borne with an eye on each side, but soon has
01:45one moved to the top.
01:46Jamie.
01:47What is flounder?
01:48Correct.
01:48Animal idioms for $600.
01:50At the comedy show, I was seated in the front row, like this defenseless fowl.
01:55Jamie.
01:56What is a sitting duck?
01:56I was a sitting duck.
01:58Fitting sports names for $800.
02:00It's a good name for a ball player, but, as a reporter noted regarding Mr. Bailey of
02:04the Reds, not so much for a pitcher.
02:10Unfortunately, he's named Homer.
02:12Back to you, Jamie.
02:13Animal idioms for $1000.
02:15I'm pretty sure he's only skilled in a single area as one of these equines.
02:20Jamie.
02:20What's a one-trick pony?
02:22Good.
02:22Super Bowl ads for $600.
02:23Oscar winner Taika Waititi directed Last Harvest, a tear-jerking 2026 ad for this snack brand.
02:31Erin.
02:32What is Lay's?
02:33Lay's is correct.
02:34A place in history, $800.
02:36In 1900, churches and homes of foreign-born people in Beijing were burned during this rebellion.
02:43Jamie.
02:43What's the Boxer Rebellion?
02:44That's right.
02:45NATO phonetic alphabet for $400.
02:47L used to land in Lima, but now touches down in this world capital, home to the Castel de
02:53Sao-Georges.
02:54Max.
02:54What is Lisbon?
02:55Yes, you're on the board.
02:56Let's go history, $1000.
02:58On an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco, the place then known as this was captured by
03:03the Tlaxcaltek and the Spanish in 1521.
03:06Jamie.
03:07Where's Tenochtitlan?
03:08Right.
03:09Science A.K.A. is for $800.
03:11Despite its alternate name, the Seven Sisters, this cluster is actually made up of more than
03:16a thousand stars.
03:18Max.
03:18Or the Pleiades.
03:19That's correct.
03:20Sports name's $1000.
03:22Played by Christian Bale on film, Ken Miles covered hundreds of miles for this team that
03:27beat Ferrari at Le Mans.
03:28Jamie.
03:29It's Ford.
03:30Ford versus Ferrari.
03:31Right.
03:31Animal Idioms for $800.
03:33The answer there, a daily double.
03:38You're up early with $5,200.
03:40Jamie, what's the wager here?
03:42$4,200.
03:43Okay.
03:44A big wager on Animal Idioms.
03:46Here's your clue.
03:47I love it when I get this largest portion of something, as would befit a savannah predator.
03:53What is the lion's share?
03:55Correct.
03:56Taking you to $9,400.
03:59The lion's share of the money right now.
04:01Select.
04:02Native phonetic alphabet for $600.
04:04We go from a Greek letter, Delta, to this Greek god who was carried to term in the thigh of
04:09his dad, Zeus.
04:10No wonder he liked wine.
04:12Max.
04:12It was Dionysus.
04:13Right.
04:14Super Bowl, $1000.
04:16Titled Brotherhood, a 2013 ad from Budweiser tracked the bond between a trainer and a horse
04:21of this breed.
04:23Max.
04:23It was Clydesdale.
04:24You had $1,000.
04:25Science for $1,000.
04:27Tetanus is also known as this because of what it does to muscles around the mouth.
04:31Jamie?
04:32What is lockjaw?
04:33Yes.
04:34Fitting sports names for $600.
04:36How have we aired a dozen clues about this all-time top scorer for the NBA Spurs and missed
04:41that his name is perfect for his sport?
04:43Max.
04:44Who's Duncan?
04:45Yes.
04:45Very good at Duncan.
04:46You have $3,400.
04:47The three of you can pause for a moment because we need to pause for this commercial break.
04:57Now, a lot of us spent a lot of time in shopping malls back in the day, but Aaron Howard,
05:01a
05:01community membership facilitator from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, you spent more time than you
05:06wanted to in a mall, right?
05:07Why?
05:08I was trapped in a mall by a blizzard one time when I worked at a restaurant there in college.
05:14Trapped in the mall for how long?
05:16Overnight.
05:16Wow.
05:17I had to spend the night there.
05:19I think I got home about 8 o'clock the next morning.
05:21What's the mall like at a snowy 3 a.m.?
05:24Good times?
05:24Well, luckily, a blizzard was predicted and the security guards had stocked up on snacks
05:31and movies because they knew they were going to be there all night.
05:33So my co-worker and I went and hung out with them for the evening to weather down the storm.
05:41Max Jenikov from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a clinical psychology PhD student, has a famous
05:46relative, right?
05:47Yes.
05:48Ruben Kulikovsky, the inventor of the Ruben sandwich.
05:51The inventor of the Ruben?
05:52Yes.
05:52There's some controversy over who really did it, but we really think he did it.
05:56And he is your...
05:58Like a great-great-uncle something.
06:00I don't quite know.
06:01And do you like the Ruben?
06:02Is it a family trait?
06:03I mean, it's not kosher.
06:05So, like, there's a bit of, like, some kind of secret shame there, perhaps.
06:08But I'm a vegetarian, so I don't eat it.
06:09But it's a love sandwich around the world, and that's what I care about.
06:13I was going to say leave off the Swiss cheese, but if you're a vegetarian, that's not going
06:16to be a very good Ruben with just sauerkraut and Russian dressing, I think.
06:19Our champion is Jamie Ding from Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
06:22You wanted to be announced as a faceless bureaucrat, but, in fact, in your bureaucratic
06:26job, you do some good work, right?
06:28Tell us what you do.
06:28The agency I work for, we manage the low-income housing tax credit for New Jersey.
06:32We fund a huge chunk of the affordable housing that's built in the state.
06:37New Jersey's doing really well.
06:38We're ahead of, like, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania.
06:42If you're from one of those states, then shame on you.
06:45Build more housing.
06:45But there's always room for improvement.
06:48That's great.
06:48So getting stuff built and finding more affordable places for people to live.
06:52Max, you have command of the board right now.
06:54Let's get back into the round.
06:55Make a selection.
06:56All right.
06:57Let's do history for six.
06:59Seven popes would reign from this city on the Rhone River after Pope Clement V moved the
07:04seat of the papacy there in 1309.
07:06Max.
07:07Was Avignon.
07:08Right.
07:08NATO for 1,000.
07:10It used to take tea to tango, but now it's this, a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses.
07:16Max.
07:16Was a Troika.
07:17Right again.
07:17Super Bowl for eight.
07:19Called the goat of Super Bowl ads, the commercial in which Apple unveiled the Macintosh was inspired
07:24by this novel.
07:25Max.
07:26It was 1984.
07:27Yeah.
07:27Also the year it aired.
07:29Science for six.
07:30Because of its similar appearance, iron pyrite is also called by this two-word name.
07:36Jamie.
07:36Well, it's fool's gold.
07:37Correct.
07:38Fitting sports names for 200.
07:40In 2025, star quarterback Niko Iamalayava said, I am a-leaving this school's volunteers for UCLA.
07:48Erin.
07:48What is Tennessee?
07:49Right.
07:50Super Bowl ads, 400.
07:52In 2003, this company's ad offered a humorous take on the ending of the movie Castaway.
07:58Max.
07:58Was FedEx.
07:59Yes.
08:00Animal for four.
08:01What seemed simple has turned into a complex problem, like one of these containers of annelids.
08:06Max.
08:07Was a can of worms.
08:08That is the idiom.
08:09Science for four.
08:10Before it was widely used in medicine, nitrous oxide, also known as this, was used for fun and recreation.
08:17Erin.
08:17What is laughing gas?
08:19Right.
08:20A place in history, 400.
08:22Cemetery Hill was the main site of the Union Army's artillery at this Civil War battle in July 1863.
08:28Max.
08:29Was Gettysburg.
08:30Good.
08:30Fitting sports names for four.
08:32In 1998, Kansas State's Nathan Leeper won this event at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Championships with just under seven and
08:40a half feet.
08:42Erin.
08:42What is the high jump?
08:43Right.
08:44A place in history, 200.
08:46Biographer Stuart N. Lake called the shootout at this place the key to the eminence of Wyatt Earp.
08:52Erin.
08:53What is the OK corral?
08:54You got it.
08:55Animal idioms, 200.
08:57The very obvious major problem wasn't even discussed, though we all knew it was this enormous herbivore amongst us.
09:04Jamie.
09:05What is the elephant in the room?
09:06Yes.
09:07NATO for 200.
09:09NATO may have an issue when we drop kilo.
09:11We gain speed with this maritime unit, but the K being silent, not optimal.
09:17Jamie.
09:17What is the not?
09:18The not, right.
09:19Science, aka, is for 200.
09:21Dry ice is what we commonly call the solid form of this gas.
09:25Jamie.
09:26What's carbon dioxide?
09:27It is.
09:28Last clue from Super Bowl ads.
09:30A 1992 Nike ad starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, aka Hair Jordan, led to the birth of this movie
09:36franchise.
09:37Max.
09:38With Space Jam.
09:39We would not have Space Jam without that ad.
09:41You're in second place, Max.
09:42Jamie with a big lead after the Daily Double.
09:44Erin, you'll select first in the Double Jeopardy round coming up after this.
09:49I hope you're ready for Double Jeopardy because we are two Daily Doubles this round, hidden in these categories.
09:56His Widow Lived On is up first.
09:58Then we have PCI, pop culture initials, followed by a bit of lit.
10:04Middle C, the letter C will be in the exact center of each response here.
10:08Mexican Geography, and we end with Farewells.
10:13Erin, what appeals?
10:15His Widow Lived On for 1600.
10:18The former Mary Anna Morrison lost her husband, this Confederate general, after an 1863 battle and defended his honor as
10:25late as 1911.
10:26Max.
10:27Who's Jackson?
10:28Stonewall Jackson it is.
10:30A bit of lit for 1200.
10:32This Elizabethan man wrote of a very four-word shepherd asking someone to come live with me and be my
10:37love.
10:38Max.
10:39Was Mar-Vell?
10:39No.
10:41Jamie or Erin?
10:43It's Christopher Marlowe.
10:45Back to you, Max.
10:46Uh, Farewells for 1200.
10:48Juliet follows her good night to Romeo with this famous five-word thought.
10:53Max.
10:53Was parting as such sweet sorrow.
10:55Very good.
10:56Uh, Farewells for 16.
10:57A Roman farewell was Ave Atque, this word, pronounced as two syllables.
11:04Jamie.
11:04What is vale?
11:05Vale is the word.
11:06Middle C for 2000.
11:08Kinda sticky, physically speaking, or kinda icky, aesthetically speaking.
11:13Erin.
11:14What is yucky?
11:15No.
11:16Jamie or Max?
11:17Jamie.
11:17What is tacky?
11:18Two different definitions of tacky.
11:20Very good.
11:20Mexican geography for 1200.
11:23Showcased in a 2018 movie by Alfonso Cuarón, it's the name for a trendy neighborhood near the center of Mexico
11:28City.
11:29Max.
11:30Was Roma or Roma Noche?
11:31Roma, that's the movie, yeah.
11:33Let's do a bit of lit for two.
11:35Dawn and Adulthood Rites are two books in the Xenogenesis series by this black sci-fi author from Pasadena.
11:41Max.
11:42Who is Butler?
11:42Yes, Octavia Butler.
11:44Uh, pop culture initials for 12.
11:46This 2001 film that's feeling quite relevant these days was once called the best fairy tale Mr. Spielberg has made.
11:53Jamie.
11:54What is AI, artificial intelligence?
11:56That's it.
11:57Middle C for 1600.
11:59It's who the old sheriff in town is vis-a-vis the new sheriff in town.
12:07Among other things, he's the predecessor.
12:09Back to you, Jamie.
12:11Mexican geography for 800.
12:13Mexico's two largest peninsulas.
12:15They are found on opposite sides of the country.
12:17Jamie.
12:18What are Baja, California, and Yucatan?
12:20Correct.
12:22His widow lived on for 1200.
12:23The answer there, a daily double for you, Jamie.
12:29You have not given up the lead, but Max is making a run.
12:32What do you want to wager here?
12:334,200 again.
12:35It worked last time.
12:36Going for 4,200 more in His Widow Lived On.
12:39Almost 30 years after this author's death, his widow Elaine befriended Bruce Springsteen around when he made the Ghost of
12:45Tom Joad.
12:48It was Steinbeck.
12:50Yes, Tom Joad from The Grapes of Wrath.
12:51You add 4,200 again.
12:57Farewells for 2000.
12:59Fan fiction from 1699 about this son of Odysseus romping with a nymph inspired David's painting of their farewell.
13:06Jamie.
13:07It was Thalamicus.
13:07It is.
13:08PCI for 1600.
13:10A reboot of both a 70s TV series and a 2003 film, this acronym titled drama ran for eight seasons
13:17and shared a TV universe with The Shield.
13:23That was the reboot of SWAT.
13:25Back to you, Jamie.
13:26Middle C for 1200.
13:28It's a political philosophy deriving its name from the Latin word for a bundle of sticks.
13:32Max.
13:33It was fascism.
13:34Right.
13:35PCI for 2000.
13:37Short for formerly known as, the initials in this stage name of singer Talia Barnett were added in response to
13:44a legal dispute.
13:45Max.
13:46It was FKA twigs.
13:47You add 2000.
13:48Um, Mexican geography for 16.
13:50The answer there, the last Daily Double of the game.
13:55Becomes an opportunity for you, Max.
13:57Yeah.
13:57You can see the scores.
13:58How much do you want to wager here on Mexican geography?
14:01Ooh, boy.
14:04Let's do 7,000.
14:06All right.
14:07You'll be just off the lead if you're correct.
14:09Here's a clue for you.
14:10Mexican geography.
14:11This southern Mexican state is known for the Mayan ruins of Palenque and Bonampak and is the site of the
14:17Zapatista uprising.
14:24It's Chichen Itza.
14:26Sorry.
14:27No.
14:27Chiapas is the state.
14:29What is Chiapas?
14:30All right.
14:31You're still in second place.
14:32Make another selection.
14:33Uh, bail late for 16.
14:34Aldous Huxley used this four-letter word for a mind-numbing drug in Brave New World.
14:39Jamie.
14:40What is Soma?
14:41It is.
14:41Mexican geography for 2000.
14:44Alphabetically, Mexico states run from Aguascalientes in the center to this Z1 to the north.
14:49Max.
14:50Z-Wantanejo?
14:51No.
14:53Jamie or Aaron?
14:55Pretty difficult.
14:56Zaka, take us.
14:57Back to you, Jamie.
14:58His widow lived on for 2,000.
15:00This physicist, whose name is a unit of frequency, died in his 30s in 1894.
15:05His widow lived to be forced to flee Nazi Germany.
15:08Max.
15:09His Hertz?
15:09Yes.
15:11Um, widow for eight.
15:13Samurai Widow is a book by the former Judith Jacklin, who met this original SNL cast member
15:17in high school in Wheaton, Illinois.
15:19Aaron.
15:20Who's John Belushi?
15:21Yes, he was the samurai out of the hole.
15:23A bit of lit, 800.
15:25The creator of Hey Arnold said the show was influenced by this two-word Latin American literary genre.
15:32Jamie.
15:32What's magic for realism?
15:33Yeah, new information for me about Hey Arnold.
15:36His widow lived on for 400.
15:38In a 2020 movie, Linda Cardellini plays May, this gangster's widow, caring for him in his final illness.
15:45May lived until 1986.
15:47Max.
15:47With Capone?
15:48She was Al Capone's widow.
15:50Uh, initials for eight.
15:51You didn't want to get in harm's way.
15:53Harm was played by David James Elliott on this military law show.
15:57Max.
15:58With JAG?
15:59Yes.
16:00Uh, middle C for eight.
16:01It's a fancy word for chewing.
16:04Jamie.
16:05What's mastication?
16:06That's right.
16:06Mexican geography for 400.
16:09Three connected ranges of these mountains form a backbone through Mexico.
16:13Jamie.
16:14What is Sierra Madre?
16:15Correct.
16:16Farewells for 800.
16:18In the hilarious 1930s, this other name for Ethiopia was used to say goodbye.
16:23Aaron.
16:23What is Abyssinia?
16:25Right.
16:26A bit of lit, 400.
16:28Adultery, astrology, gullible carpenters, and mooning can all be found in the Miller's Tale in this 14th century work.
16:34Max.
16:35Or the Canterbury Tales?
16:36That's right.
16:37A middle C for 400.
16:38It's a legal term for theft.
16:40Petit ou non?
16:42Jamie.
16:43Or it's larceny.
16:44Petit larceny.
16:45That's right.
16:45Farewells for 400.
16:47Urging isolationism, in September of 1796, this man published his farewell address to the American people.
16:54Jamie.
16:54It was George Washington.
16:55Yes.
16:56The last clue concerns pop culture initials.
16:58It was the AP in the crabby teacher sitcom AP Bio.
17:02Jamie.
17:03Or it's advanced placement.
17:04You got it.
17:05You finished with 28,200.
17:07Max and Aaron took a shot, but you have a big lead heading into Final Jeopardy.
17:10Let's see what category you three are dealing with today.
17:13Historic Americans.
17:14It's a broad category.
17:16We'll find out more after the break.
17:19It looks like we have Historic Americans as a Final Jeopardy category today.
17:23Here's the clue.
17:25Before taking office in 1801, President Jefferson asked the Army to locate this officer who had knowledge of the Western
17:32country.
17:3330 seconds.
17:34Good luck.
17:42Good luck.
18:04Perhaps a clue that's a 50-50 guess for our players.
18:07Let's find out.
18:08We'll start on the end with Erin Howard.
18:09$1,400.
18:10She wrote down, who is Lewis?
18:14Not Clark.
18:15Meriwether Lewis is correct.
18:16Became Jefferson's private secretary.
18:18How much will you add, Erin?
18:20You wagered 1,000.
18:21You'll have 2,400.
18:22Max Jenikov had $9,800 coming into Final Jeopardy.
18:25Impressive.
18:26Will he be adding to it?
18:27Did he have Lewis?
18:28He did.
18:29He wagered $6,000.
18:32He now has $15,800.
18:33That will likely be a second place total today because Jamie Ding locked this thing up with $28,200.
18:39Does he have Meriwether Lewis?
18:42He guessed the right one, too.
18:43Three for three.
18:43What will you add?
18:45$4,800 takes you to $33,000.
18:47And now a seven-game total of $195,203.
18:52Well done.
18:53You're getting up there.
18:56Thanks for starting out the loop with us on Jeopardy.
18:58We'll see you back here tomorrow.
19:42We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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