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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:12Let's meet today's contestant.
00:16A recent engineering graduate from Mount Airy, Maryland, Kalaha Pollard.
00:21An editorial director from Denver, Colorado, Bayer Ward.
00:26And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jamie Ding, whose eight-day cash winnings
00:37totaled $222,203.
00:43And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:50Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:53In his first eight appearances here on the Alex Rebeck stage, our champion, Jamie Ding, has earned over $200,000
00:59and racked up season 42 records in just about every category we have.
01:04Correct responses, buzzer percentage, final score, Koryat.
01:07And although it hasn't mattered every game because he's had a runaway lead five times of the eight, he's also
01:13been correct in Final Jeopardy! in all his games but one.
01:16Today, he's joined by two new challengers, Thayer and T.
01:19Good luck to all three of you. Let's get to work in the Jeopardy! round, where we have these categories
01:23today.
01:25U.S. Geography starts us off, then Viral Food, followed by To Be, Dear Mr. Sci-Fi or Fantasy, play
01:36us a tune.
01:37Something to make us all happy in that Dear Mr. Sci-Fi category, you need to name the authors.
01:43Jamie, you begin.
01:44U.S. Geography for $800.
01:46The last of Florida's Keys are a group of seven islands known as the Dry Vs.
01:52Jamie.
01:52What are Tortugas?
01:53That's correct.
01:542B for $1,000.
01:55Answer there is a daily double, Jamie.
02:00You can wager up to the largest dollar amount on the board, which is $1,000.
02:04$1,000.
02:05Going for $1,800, here's your clue in 2B.
02:09The first issue of this magazine in 1894 was focused on advertising. Music came later.
02:21Jamie?
02:22What is Bubble?
02:24Sorry, no.
02:25The magazine was Billboard.
02:26Two Bs in Billboard.
02:28You're down to negative 200, but lots of time left. Select again, Jamie.
02:32Dear Mr. Sci-Fi for $600.
02:34After vigentillions of years, Great Cthulhu was loose again and ravening for delight.
02:40Thayer.
02:41Who is Lovecraft?
02:42Yes.
02:43Sci-Fi $800, please.
02:45Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
02:48Jamie.
02:48Who is Adams.
02:49Yes, Douglas Adams.
02:51Something to make us all happy for $1,000.
02:53Maybe try an R-A-O-K, short for this type of deed, that can bring joy to the giver
02:58as well as the recipient.
03:00Thayer.
03:00What is a random act of kindness?
03:02Correct.
03:03Uh, Sci-Fi $1000.
03:05No, that Martian picture writing, it wasn't anything. Let it go. Thayer.
03:10Uh, who is Bradbury?
03:12Martian Chronicles, you got it.
03:13Can I have 2B800, please?
03:15Weird Al's parody of Pretty Fly for a white guy replaces white guy with this type of religious leader.
03:21T.
03:22What is a rabbi?
03:23Pretty Fly for a rabbi.
03:24Yes.
03:252B for six.
03:27Black, Manafort, Stone, and Kelly was a firm engaged in this fully legal activity in Washington, D.C.
03:32A center for it.
03:34Jamie.
03:34Was lobbying.
03:35Good.
03:36Play us a tune for $800.
03:37In 2024, weekends with this singer in residency at Caesars in Vegas included songs like Rumor Has It.
03:45Jamie.
03:45Who's Adele?
03:46Good.
03:47Something To Make Us All Happy for $400.
03:49Animatronic gag gift Big Mouth Billy Bass brought cheer with this optimistic Bobby McFerrin tune.
03:55Perfect for the category.
03:57Jamie.
03:58What is Don't Worry, Be Happy?
03:59That is the tune.
04:00Viral Food for $600.
04:02Double roasted potatoes with gruyere and a certain caramelized topping is a viral dish named for this soup.
04:08Jamie.
04:09What is French Onion Soup?
04:10Yes.
04:11U.S. Geography for $1,000.
04:13Congaree National Park is roughly 20 miles southeast of this southern capital.
04:18Jamie.
04:19What is Columbia?
04:19In South Carolina, correct.
04:21Something To Make Us All Happy for $600.
04:23Undoubtedly, new sheets make us happy, especially if they have a high this, like an 1800 one from Sweet Home.
04:30Jamie.
04:31What is Thread Count?
04:32High Thread Count.
04:32Place a tune for $1,000.
04:34On August 15, 1965, 55,000 fans paid up to $5.75 to maybe hear Help, I'm Down, and 10
04:43other Beatles songs at this New York City venue.
04:46Later.
04:47What is Madison Square Garden?
04:48No.
04:49Jamie.
04:50What is Shea Stadium?
04:50He played Shea Stadium, yes.
04:52Viral Food for $1,000.
04:53A viral red pickle is marinated in this sweet and sour and picante red sauce from Mexico, sprinkled with tajin
05:00and stuffed with Takis.
05:02Tea.
05:03What is Tapatio?
05:04No.
05:05Jamie or Thayer?
05:07That condiment is Chamoy.
05:09Jamie, you have the lead midway through the round.
05:11We have 15 more clues in this round and they will come your way right after we pause for the
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05:40Talaha Pollard, also known as Tea, is a recent engineering graduate from Mount Airy, Maryland.
05:46During the pandemic, a lot of us had different challenges, but you had a cool opportunity.
05:50Some of who are now my dear friends are in an Americana, bluegrass, all-female band called Della Mae.
05:57And I joined their Patreon when they started one to kind of have a way to connect with their fans
06:03and be doing music things when they couldn't tour.
06:06And just in the kind of getting to know you portion of those cocktail hours that we called them,
06:12I found out that two of them lived in the same county as me in Maryland.
06:15And I hadn't known. I had been a fan of the band for seven years.
06:18So they're your neighbors, it turns out.
06:20Right. So cut to six years later, we're all just really dear friends.
06:23And I know they're watching. They've helped me study for sure.
06:26That's great. Yeah.
06:27That's never happened to me with one of my favorite bands, I'll tell you that.
06:30Thayer Warren is an editorial director from Denver.
06:33Thayer's a little bit of an unusual name. Is there a story?
06:36Look, this is all lore.
06:37Okay. I love lore.
06:38There were the Thayers and the Warrens.
06:40And I guess it was some sort of Hatfield-McCoy-Warren clan situation.
06:44These are two different historical families who hated each other.
06:46That's right. And there was a big court case.
06:48And it was presided over by the man who would be the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
06:54Later, obviously, they made up because here I am.
06:56You're an olive branch, finally uniting the Thayers and the Warrens.
07:00What a nice day.
07:00So I hope both groups are watching tonight and you show us the way forward, Thayer.
07:03Well done.
07:04Our champion is Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and a law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
07:08whose prized possession is very scholarly. What is it, Jamie?
07:12It is a copy of the Iliad as translated by Emily Wilson a few years ago.
07:17You mentioned Emily Wilson when you got an Odyssey clue right earlier in your run.
07:21You mentioned her translation to me. She's a favorite of yours?
07:24I guess so.
07:25And when the Iliad translation came out, she was doing a book signing in Philadelphia.
07:31I went with my friend Katie and she signed my copy.
07:35And the thing that really touched me was that she initially spelled my name wrong, J-A-I-M-E.
07:40And then she caught that and corrected it.
07:42And she drew like a little spear to cover up the typo.
07:46Ah, a very Homeric way to cover it up.
07:49Well, you're a fan of hers.
07:50And if she's watching, she might be a fan of yours now, Jamie.
07:53Make the next selection for us.
07:55U.S. Geography for $600.
07:57Mount Augusta isn't in Georgia or Maine for that matter.
08:01It's in Alaska on the state's border with this Canadian territory.
08:04Jamie.
08:05What's the Yukon territory?
08:06Yes.
08:07Play us a tune for $200.
08:08This Taylor Swift tour that ended in 2024 played for about 10 million people
08:13and grossed a tidy $2 billion.
08:16T.
08:17What is the heirs tour?
08:17Yes.
08:18Uh, something to make us all happy for $800, please.
08:21These flowers are sure to warm even the coldest among us.
08:25Luoyang China is devoted to them.
08:27T.
08:27What are peonies?
08:28Write again.
08:29All right.
08:30Something to make us all happy for two.
08:31Your face will certainly light up if you were gifted one of these treats that means good,
08:36good in French.
08:38T.
08:38What is a bonbon?
08:39Oui, oui.
08:41T.
08:41Place a tune for six.
08:43Between tunes in 2025, he told fans, I do some basic security checks.
08:48Is that person your partner?
08:49No one else's partner?
08:51T.
08:51Who's Chris Martin?
08:52Yeah, after the viral video at Coldplay Show.
08:54Uh, let's finish Category 4-4.
08:57This group was like butter at an October 2022 stadium show back home in South Korea.
09:03Jamie.
09:03Or BTS?
09:04You got it.
09:052B for $200.
09:07Terrytown and Scarsdale are examples of these places outside New York City.
09:11Bayer.
09:12What are suburbs?
09:13Correct.
09:14Can we do viral food $400, please?
09:16Ooh la la.
09:17Le crookie is a hybrid pastry with cookie dough baked inside of this roll.
09:23T.
09:23What is a croissant?
09:24That's right.
09:25Uh, viral food for $8.
09:26The youths can't get Kanafa chocolate bars with Kanafa and pistachio cream named for this
09:32UAE city.
09:33Bayer.
09:34What is Dubai?
09:35Dubai chocolate, yeah.
09:36Can I get U.S. Geography $400, please?
09:39Behold the majesty at the National Elk Refuge adjoining Grand Teton National Park in this
09:43state.
09:45Jamie.
09:45Where's Wyoming?
09:46It is.
09:472B for $400.
09:49It's a type of singing quartet or an ice cube-led comedy franchise.
09:53Jamie.
09:54What is barbershop?
09:55Yes.
09:55U.S. Geography for $200.
09:57A measly 535 feet tall.
10:00This state's highest peak, Driscoll Mountain, is in Bienville Parish.
10:04T.
10:04What is Louisiana?
10:05Right.
10:06Viral food for $2.
10:07This two-word romantic command precedes a creamy chicken dish that might make a fellow
10:12want to bend the knee.
10:13T.
10:13What is marry me?
10:14It is marry me chicken.
10:16Dear Mr. Sci-Fi 4-4.
10:18A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict
10:23with the first law.
10:25Jamie.
10:25It was Azamoth.
10:26Yes.
10:27We have one more clue from Dear Mr. Sci-Fi or Fantasy.
10:30Death had come to dawn on raven wings, writ small and sealed with a blob of hard red wax.
10:35Thayer.
10:36Who is Poe?
10:37No.
10:38Jamie.
10:38Who is Martin?
10:39A different work with Ravens.
10:40George R. R. Martin.
10:41Yes, you have $8,000.
10:42Jamie.
10:43T.
10:43And Thayer are tied at the end of the Jeopardy round.
10:45Double Jeopardy coming up right after this.
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11:11T. and Thayer are tied for second place, but T. gave us the more recent correct response.
11:15So she goes first in Double Jeopardy.
11:17Our categories are, first, historic women, then biblical first names.
11:23We have co-stars, quite some feet, then that's a red flag, and finally, don't cost much.
11:32T. what sounds good to you there?
11:33Uh, let's do biblical first names for 16.
11:37Jed is commonly short for this name, found in 2 Samuel.
11:41Thayer.
11:41What is Jedediah?
11:43That's right.
11:44Co-stars for 1600, please.
11:46Ansel Elgort played Shailene Woodley's love interest in The Fault in Our Stars,
11:50and her brother in this film and its sequels.
11:52Jamie.
11:53What is Divergent?
11:54Yes.
11:54That's a red flag for 1200.
11:56The crescent on the flag is a symbol of Tunisia's national religion.
12:00The points on the star represent these religious tenets.
12:04Thayer.
12:05What are the five pillars?
12:06Of Islam?
12:07That's right.
12:09Can I get co-stars 2000, please?
12:11The first season of Feud focused on the rivalry of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis while making this 1962 film.
12:18Jamie.
12:19What, it's all about Eve?
12:20No.
12:21Thayer or T.
12:23It's whatever happened to baby Jane.
12:25Thayer.
12:26God, that's a red flag, 1600, please.
12:29German states have their own flags, including this one that gave its name to soldiers fighting for Britain in the
12:34Revolutionary War.
12:35Jamie.
12:36What is Hess?
12:37Yes, those were Hessians.
12:38Historic women for 1600.
12:40The woman known as Madam This Chinese Nationalist Leader was only the second woman to address a joint session of
12:45Congress.
12:46Jamie.
12:47It was Chiang Kai-shek.
12:48Correct.
12:49Biblical first names for 800.
12:51It's the first name shared by the two women seen here.
12:56Jamie.
12:57What's Naomi?
12:58Yes, Watson Campbell.
13:00Quite some feet for 1200.
13:02Don't look too closely at the feet of this, the only living two-toed bird.
13:06They can deliver a powerful kick.
13:08Thayer.
13:08What is an ostrich?
13:10It is.
13:11Can I have quite some feet 1600, please?
13:13Answer.
13:14A daily double there for you, Thayer.
13:20A chance to take over the lead from Jamie if you're feeling aggressive.
13:23Quite some feet is the category.
13:25Let's bet 3000, please.
13:27All right.
13:279400 will put you close.
13:29Quite some feet.
13:30Here's the clue.
13:30It doesn't take a genius to figure out how Sula Nabuxiai, the blue-footed this seabird, got its familiar name.
13:38What is the blue-footed booby?
13:40That's right.
13:41That takes you to 9400.
13:44Great game.
13:45Select again, Thayer.
13:47Can I have don't cost much 1600, please?
13:50In 1962, an unknown Barbara Streisand stole the show, I Can Get It For You This Way, Better Than Retail.
13:57Jamie.
13:57What is wholesale?
13:58That's the show.
13:59That's a red flag for 800.
14:01This country's flag resembles the 15th century banner of Skanderbeg, its national hero.
14:06There's a square named after him in Tirana.
14:09Jamie.
14:09What's Albania?
14:10Right again.
14:11Co-stars for 1200.
14:13And just like that, this Sex and the City co-star made a much-anticipated cameo in the season 2
14:18finale of And Just Like That.
14:23The one who didn't return, who is Kim Cattrall?
14:26Back to you, Jamie.
14:27Historic Women for 800.
14:29Moderate French Revolutionary Madame Roland said,
14:32Oh, this motto-friendly quality, what crimes are committed in thy name?
14:37T?
14:37Who's Liberty?
14:38Yes.
14:39Uh, let's do biblical first names for two.
14:43Meaning, blessed, it was the given name of philosopher Spinoza, and it begins many a Jewish blessing.
14:49Thayer.
14:49What is Baruch?
14:50Good for 2000.
14:52Kyiv, don't cost much for 1200, please.
14:55Arrakis Hypogea, they're actually legumes.
14:58Tea.
14:59Or peanuts.
14:59Right.
15:00All right.
15:01Don't cost much for eight.
15:02Amid inflation in 2024, burger chains promoted this five-letter type of meal or menu.
15:07At Wendy's, it was the biggie bag.
15:10Jamie.
15:10What's a combo?
15:11No.
15:13Tea.
15:13What is value?
15:14A value meal, right.
15:15All right.
15:15Don't cost much for two.
15:17As Atomic Energy Commission Chair, Louis Strauss of Oppenheimer fame coined this phrase for a gloriously inexpensive resource.
15:27What is too cheap to meter?
15:29Tea, back to you.
15:31Red flag for two.
15:32First hoisted in 1866, this kingdom's flag was designed by King George Tupou I in consultation with Shirley Baker, a
15:40British missionary.
15:41Tea.
15:42Was Tonga?
15:43Correct.
15:44Red flag for four.
15:46The small stars on China's flag were originally said to represent social classes.
15:50The big star was for the CCP, this group.
15:53Jamie.
15:54What is the Chinese Communist Party?
15:55Yes.
15:56Co-stars for 800.
15:58In 2025, the cast of this series reunited for a live reading of the pilot with an emotional video message
16:04from James Van Der Beek.
16:05Thayer.
16:06What is Dawson's Creek?
16:07That's right.
16:09Biblical first names for 1200.
16:11I am a rock.
16:12I am this name of a disciple whose name means rock.
16:16Jamie.
16:16What is Peter?
16:17Correct.
16:18Historic woman for 2000.
16:19Nanny of the Maroons, or escaped slaves, fought the British colonizers to a draw on this Caribbean island and is
16:26on its $500 bill.
16:28Jamie.
16:28What is Jamaica?
16:29Correct.
16:30Quite some feet for 2000.
16:32These lizards with a name from mythology run across water with the help of big feet that capture pockets of
16:37air.
16:38Jamie.
16:39What are basilisks?
16:40Correct for 2000.
16:41Historic women for 1200.
16:42The answer there is the last Daily Double of the game.
16:48And it's good news for you that you found it, Jamie, with they are only $6,600 behind you.
16:535,200.
16:55All right.
16:55For $5,200, here's your clue in historic women.
16:59A 2025 doc about her includes her exploits in space and the life partner she was never able to acknowledge.
17:06Who was Sally Ride.
17:08Yes, Sally Ride is correct.
17:10That takes you to $24,000.
17:13Quite some feet for 800.
17:15The even-toed these include camels and deer.
17:18Horses are the odd-toed kind.
17:20Jamie.
17:21What are ungulates?
17:21Yes.
17:22Biblical first names for 400.
17:24Herman Melville named this evil captain after an evil king of Israel.
17:28Jamie.
17:29Who's Ahab.
17:29Right again.
17:30Historic women for 400.
17:32Despite her delicate name, Temperance Flowerdew survived the starving time at this settlement in 1609-1610,
17:38and married two Virginia governors.
17:41Thayer.
17:41What is it, Jamestown?
17:42You got it.
17:43Uh, quite some feet, 400.
17:46Relax.
17:46The claws of the giant vis of South America are for digging burrows and tearing into termite mounds.
17:52T.
17:52What is an anteater?
17:53No.
17:54Thayer.
17:55What is an armadillo?
17:55It's an armadillo.
17:56Don't cost much, 400.
17:58Proverbial event with severely slashed prices.
18:01There doesn't have to have been an actual conflagration.
18:04Thayer.
18:04What is a fire sale?
18:05Right, again.
18:06Last clue from CoStars.
18:08On his passing in 2025, Jane Fonda called this friend and frequent CoStar a beautiful person
18:13in every way.
18:15T.
18:15Who's Robert Redford?
18:16It is Robert Redford.
18:17T, you finished with 7200.
18:19Thayer, you are keeping Jamie honest.
18:20This game is not out of reach yet as we move into Final Jeopardy.
18:23So the category that will decide things is...
18:25Writers on Writers.
18:28Think about that, players, and make your wagers.
18:30When we come back, we'll reveal the clue.
18:33Writers on Writers is the category.
18:35Here's the clue.
18:37Jane Austen called this English poet infallible.
18:4130 seconds.
18:42Good luck.
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18:47Next weakness.
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18:50The magic is for conve throw.
18:5542 seconds.
18:56Simple Dist ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠ° Yeah, right.
19:04You already humanit is for example.
19:05You Voracz Janet.
19:05But I don't know Hawaii, too.
19:06You Govern They're traveling.
19:08The Handbias.
19:09You're not away.
19:09I don't know.
19:11You're dramatic.
19:12We'll begin with Talaha Pollard, better known as Tee, who had $7,200.
19:16What poet did you come up with, Tee?
19:19Said Byron.
19:20Beautiful penmanship, but I'm afraid it's not Byron.
19:22What was the wager?
19:24She went big.
19:25It'll knock her down to zero.
19:26Thayer Warren was in second place with $13,400.
19:29Did he come up with the right poet?
19:31He has Keats, and I'm afraid it's not Keats either, Thayer.
19:34You risked everything as well.
19:36You are also at zero.
19:38Things are looking better for Jamie Ding, who was under pressure a moment ago.
19:41$25,200.
19:42He wrote down Wordsworth.
19:46No, Jane Austen was making a little pun here.
19:48She said he was the only infallible Pope.
19:51Alexander Pope.
19:53So what did you wager, Jamie?
19:55You only lose $1,601, leaving you with $23,599 today, and now a nine-game total of $245,802.
20:05Very nice work.
20:08Thanks for being with us today on Jeopardy.
20:09We'll be back here on the Alex Kovacs stage tomorrow.
20:28We'll be back here on the Alex Kovacs stage tomorrow.
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