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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Today's contestants are a musical theater writer from Brooklyn, New York, Jeff Beanstalk.
00:20A radio news anchor from Long Island, New York, Donna Vaughn Singer.
00:26And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:32Jamie Ding, whose nine-day cash winnings totaled $245,802.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings!
00:48Thank you so much, Johnny Gilbert. Good to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:52Yesterday's game proved that even a seemingly unstoppable champ like Jamie Ding can leave openings for his opponents.
00:58Jamie did not have the game sewn up at the end of Double Jeopardy!
01:00And he was not correct in final, although luckily for him, his opponents weren't either.
01:05So he's back today looking for a double-digit win against two new challengers.
01:08Donna and Jeff, good luck to all three of you.
01:10Let's see what categories await you three in the Jeopardy! round.
01:14We have, from left to right, it's opening day in the major leagues, that is.
01:18Then, this side of Paradise, Nevada, we have plot holes, unique schools, scrum one, scrum all.
01:28And finally, I'm wondering, what is that thing? Jamie?
01:32Plot holes for $800.
01:34He approached the hole he had dug with the aid of the torch.
01:37The treasure was there. Start counting, Monte Cristo.
01:41Jamie?
01:41It was Dante's.
01:42Edmund Dante's, yes.
01:43It's opening day for $600.
01:45Because of one of these actions, MLB's 1995 opening day didn't happen until April 25th.
01:52Jeff?
01:52What is his strike?
01:53Right.
01:54The plot hole $600.
01:56He lives in a comfy hole in the middle of the wild wood.
01:59And on a snowy night, it's a good thing for a rat and mole that he does.
02:03Jeff?
02:03What is Mr. Badger?
02:05Yes.
02:06Let's go with plot holes for $400.
02:08In a 1937 fantasy novel, this well-to-do guy lived in a hole in the neighborhood of the hill.
02:14Jeff?
02:15What is Bilbo Baggins?
02:16Right.
02:17The Hobbit.
02:18Let's go for plot holes a thousand.
02:20This colorful camp is where you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the
02:24hot sun to turn him into a good boy.
02:27Jamie?
02:27It was Camp Green Lake.
02:28In the book holes, right.
02:30Unique schools for $600.
02:32Norland College in Bath, England trains people to work in this profession.
02:36Fran finds title trade on TV.
02:39Donna?
02:39What is nanny?
02:41That's right.
02:42It's opening day 200.
02:43Of course, he hit a three-run homer in 1923 to power New York to a 4-to-1 opening
02:48day win in the first game played at Yankee Stadium.
02:51Jamie?
02:52It was Ruth?
02:53It was Babe Ruth.
02:54Scrum one, scrum all for $400.
02:56The last words of General John Sedgwick at Spotsylvania during this war.
03:00They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.
03:03Jamie?
03:03It was the U.S. Civil War.
03:05Yes, he was wrong.
03:06What is that thing for $800?
03:08That thing is really this word, meaning twisted and covered in knots.
03:12Shakespeare uses it, about a tree, but not the L-Y ending version.
03:17Jamie?
03:17What is it?
03:18Gnarly?
03:18Gnarly?
03:19No.
03:21Donna or Jeff?
03:23Close.
03:24Shakespeare used gnarled, but not gnarly.
03:27Back to you, Jamie.
03:28Unique schools for $1,000.
03:29You won't want to get very, very sleepy in class at HMI, where the H represents this technique.
03:36Jamie?
03:36Or just hypnotism.
03:37Yes, hypnosis.
03:39Scrum one, scrum all for $600.
03:41Choose your fighter.
03:42Kenshi, maybe Katana, or perhaps Baraka.
03:45They are all in this video game series.
03:47Now finish him or her.
03:49Okay, it.
03:50Jamie?
03:51It was Mortal Kombat.
03:52That is the game, yes.
03:53Opening day for $800.
03:55No surprise, this all-time MLB hit king holds the record with 31 opening day hits.
04:01Jamie?
04:02It was Pete Rose.
04:03Correct.
04:04The site of Paradise, Nevada for $400.
04:06About 30 miles southeast of Paradise, you'll find this marvel constructed in the early 1930s.
04:12Jamie?
04:13What is Hoover Dam?
04:14That's right.
04:15What is that thing for $600?
04:17Keep that thing outside.
04:18That thing emits a this type of odor that comes from the glandular secretions of male deer.
04:26From the musk deer, a musky odor.
04:28Jamie?
04:29Unique schools for $800.
04:31Answer.
04:31A daily double for you, Jamie.
04:36You have $4,400.
04:38You can put any or all of it at stake in unique schools.
04:41Eh, true daily double.
04:42Okay.
04:43Going for $8,800.
04:44He says it casually, but that's a lot of money.
04:46Let's see the clue.
04:48Tucked away off the Appian Way is a school dedicated to this ancient combat profession.
04:53What is Gladiator?
04:55Gladiator doubles your score to $8,800.
04:57Very nice.
05:00Donna and Jeff, you get a moment to rest.
05:02Plan your strategy for a comeback as we take this break.
05:04Back with more Jeopardy in a moment.
05:11Jeff Beanstalk of Brooklyn is a musical theater writer.
05:14Tell me about your work, Jeff.
05:15One show that I've written is a video game musical.
05:20I mean, they say it right where you know, right?
05:22So it's a musical about the game or about people playing the game?
05:25That one.
05:26We had to kind of create a fictional game and then interweave a story into it.
05:31And it's been produced exactly two places, Dayton, Ohio and Denmark.
05:37Wow.
05:38Yes.
05:38So plan a trip to Dayton or Denmark to see Jeff's musical about video games.
05:42And a time machine because that was a decade ago, but yeah.
05:45Donna Von Singer is a radio news anchor from Long Island, New York.
05:49An award-winning one, right?
05:50You've been on the air for a while.
05:51I have been, and I've worked with some great teams and for some great news organizations.
05:56And we've been recognized with awards, and I've won a bunch of them.
06:00And, you know, being a mom of two kids, you know, no matter how cool you are, your kids
06:03just don't think you are.
06:05Okay.
06:05Even with all your awards?
06:06Even with all the awards.
06:07And then my husband, who's also in the broadcasting business, but he's in television sports,
06:12he worked on the Rio Olympics and won an Emmy with his team.
06:16And that, everyone was impressed with.
06:18Oh, I see.
06:19So his one award is in the center of the living room and gets, you know, the spotlight in our
06:23house, but...
06:24It's the eternal struggle between radio and TV, right?
06:26Yeah, there you go.
06:27Well, thank you for fighting the good fight for radio, Donna.
06:29Our champion is Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from New Jersey.
06:33Recently joined what organization?
06:35I joined the Jane Austen Society of North America.
06:38Wow.
06:38What does the Jane Austen Society of North America do?
06:40They read Jane Austen.
06:41They have a conference about Jane Austen.
06:43They're devoted to her.
06:46And they were offering free student memberships in honor of her 250.
06:49He was first to say.
06:50Are you going to be in trouble for missing a Jane Austen final Jeopardy yesterday with
06:54your colleagues?
06:56Possibly.
06:57Well, what happened was I joined in December because I didn't find out about it until December.
07:02Clearly, I should have joined earlier in the year.
07:04Exactly.
07:04You needed to study more.
07:06Well, you have control of the board right now, Jamie.
07:07What clue will it be?
07:09Paradise, Nevada for 600.
07:11Travel 2,100 miles from Paradise, Nevada to another unincorporated paradise in this Midwest
07:17state's Upper Peninsula.
07:18Jamie.
07:19What is Michigan?
07:20Paradise, Michigan.
07:21It's opening day for 1,000.
07:22In 1940, Bob Feller threw an opening day no-hitter as this city's team beat the White Sox,
07:28won nothing.
07:29Jeff.
07:29What's the Cleveland Indians?
07:31Cleveland is correct.
07:32Let's go with this side of Paradise, Nevada for 800.
07:35Try your luck at Harrah's Casino in Vegas or travel north on U.S. 95 and cut west to get
07:41to the Harrah's on this lake.
07:43Jamie.
07:43What is Tahoe?
07:44It is.
07:45It's opening day for 400.
07:47He hit career homer 714 on his first swing on opening day 1974.
07:52Donna.
07:53What is...
07:53Who is Hank Aaron?
07:54Hank Aaron is correct.
07:55This side of Paradise, Nevada for 200.
07:57Go north and west from Paradise to another state and walk the mesquite flat dunes of this
08:03hot and dry 3.4 million acre national park.
08:06Jeff.
08:07What's California?
08:08No.
08:09Donna.
08:10What is Death Valley?
08:11Yes.
08:11We needed the park.
08:12What is that thing for 200?
08:15Ew.
08:15That thing is this mollusk containing adjective meaning soft and moist, like a hand I don't
08:20want to shake.
08:22Donna.
08:22What is clammy?
08:23That thing is clammy.
08:24What is that thing for 100?
08:26Ugh, that thing is bulging and swollen, i.e. this word from Greek for the edible part
08:31of an onion.
08:32Jamie.
08:33What is bulbous?
08:34Correct.
08:35Scrum one, scrum all for 800.
08:37Slaying was on the to-do list of this man of myth, specifically the Nemean lion and,
08:42oh, hail no, the hydra.
08:44Jamie.
08:44It was Heracles.
08:45Yes.
08:46This side of Paradise, Nevada for 1,000.
08:48Go west and down under from Paradise to Surfer's Paradise in this precious-sounding
08:53two-word locale near Brisbane.
08:55Jeff.
08:55What is the Gold Coast?
08:56You add 1,000.
08:57Uh, what is that thing for 1,000?
08:59I must admit, that thing does have this appealing type of milky luster that calls to mind an
09:05October birthstone.
09:06Jamie.
09:07It was opalescent.
09:08Yes, you add 1,000.
09:10Scrum one, scrum all for 200.
09:12In 1 Samuel, this man took on a foe whose height was six cubits in a span and got to
09:17smoting.
09:18Jamie.
09:18It was David.
09:19Against Goliath.
09:20Right.
09:20Unique schools for 400.
09:21Learn how to swim with just a single tail at the Los Angeles school named for this mythical
09:26creature.
09:27Jamie.
09:28What is mermaid?
09:29You are correct.
09:30Scrum one, scrum all for 1,000.
09:31In football's Iron Bowl, Alabama faces this rival.
09:35Tim Cook and celebrity Jeopardy vet Charles Barkley are alums.
09:39Jamie.
09:40What is Auburn?
09:40Of Auburn.
09:41Right.
09:42Plot holes for 200.
09:43With Javert on his mind, he was seeking a hole in which he might hide until he could
09:47find one where he might dwell.
09:49Jamie.
09:50It was Jean Valjean.
09:51That's right.
09:52We have one more clue in unique schools.
09:54Widespread lack of reindeer knowledge was a reason Charles Howard created a school for
09:58folks trying to cosplay as this fella.
10:01Jamie.
10:02It was Santa Claus.
10:02School for Santas.
10:04Yes.
10:04A very good round for you.
10:05You have 14,400.
10:07But Donna and Jeff, lots of time to play catch up in Double Jeopardy.
10:10Lots of cash on the board, too.
10:11We'll get underway right after these loops.
10:18We have doubled the amount of money on the board, hence Double Jeopardy.
10:23Here are the new categories, players.
10:25We have global food up first, then a little history, followed by writing teams, let's science
10:33this, I play bassoon, and finally, in Tame Impala.
10:39All responses here made up of letters in the words, Tame Impala.
10:43Donna, which category?
10:45How much?
10:45I play bassoon, 400.
10:48Mozart wrote two works for bassoon, a concerto and a sonata with this large string instrument.
10:53It has a wide range, like the bassoons.
10:55Jamie.
10:56What was the harp?
10:57No.
10:58Jeff.
10:58Cello.
10:59No.
11:01Donna.
11:01What is the bass?
11:02No.
11:03It is the cello, Jeff, but you forgot your phrasing.
11:06In Double Jeopardy, we need to hear, what is the cello?
11:08Back to you, Donna.
11:10I play bassoon for 800.
11:12Rachel Goff's long tenure as principal bassoon here, the LSO, includes a concerto written for
11:17her as part of its 2004 centennial.
11:21Jamie.
11:21What is the London Symphony Orchestra?
11:23That's right.
11:24What science this for 1600?
11:26The radiation named for this man is theoretically emitted by the space-time around a black hole.
11:31Jamie.
11:32It was Stephen Hawking.
11:33That's correct.
11:33History for 2000.
11:35This Native American people who share their name with one of the Finger Lakes were the
11:39largest in the Iroquois Confederacy.
11:41Jeff.
11:42What is the Huron?
11:43No, not the Huron.
11:44Donna.
11:45Who are the Seneca?
11:46Seneca.
11:46Well done.
11:47History for 400.
11:48This ruling dynasty of English monarchs that came to power in 1485 originated in Wales.
11:57What is the Tudor dynasty?
11:59Donna.
12:00History for 800.
12:01In 1521, Magellan claimed these Asian islands for Spain, which held them into losing a war
12:07in 1898.
12:09Jamie.
12:10What are the Philippines?
12:10Good.
12:11Global food for 1600.
12:12With its creamy texture and mild taste, ricotta cheese is traditionally made in Italy from
12:18this milk component.
12:22It's made from whey.
12:24Jamie.
12:25Riding teams for 1200.
12:26In 2025, these two guys signed a $1.5 billion deal to make 50 more episodes of their Comedy
12:33Central show.
12:34Jamie.
12:35Who are Parker and Stone.
12:36Yes, of South Park fame.
12:37I play bassoon for 1600.
12:39A bridging figure from the classical to this emotional age, Carl Maria von Weber wrote
12:44bassoon works for virtuoso Georg Friedrich Brant.
12:47Jeff.
12:48What is the Romantic Era?
12:49That's right.
12:50Writing teams for 2000.
12:52He teamed up with Ben Elton to write Black Adder before becoming the master of Brits in
12:56Love with films like Notting Hill.
12:58Jamie.
12:59Who's Grant?
13:00No.
13:00Jeff.
13:01Who's Rone Atkinson?
13:02Also incorrect.
13:04Donna?
13:06The writer of that movie, Richard Curtis.
13:08Back to you, Jeff.
13:09Let's go with writing teams for 1600.
13:11Richard Levinson and William Link created this rumpled cop for a 1960s Chevy mystery show
13:17long before Peter Falk played him.
13:19Jeff.
13:19Who's Columbo?
13:20Yes.
13:21Bassoon for 2000.
13:22The answer there is a daily bubble, Jeff.
13:28You have 2200 to risk.
13:30You could move into second place here.
13:31Let's go with 1200.
13:33All right.
13:34Going for 3400 in I Play Bassoon.
13:37Here's your clue.
13:38A landmark in 20th century music, it opens with an unusually high bassoon solo, adding
13:44to audience confusion at the wild first performance.
13:47What is the Rite of Spring?
13:48That's right.
13:48You're in second place.
13:51All right.
13:53Let's do history for 1600.
13:56Rivals of Rome, the Parthians ruled a vast empire from their kingdom south of the Caspian
14:01Sea in what is today this nation.
14:03Jamie.
14:04What is Iran?
14:04Right.
14:05Global food for 800.
14:07In emulation of Muhammad, these desert fruits, tamer in Arabic, are commonly eaten to break
14:12one's fast during Ramadan.
14:14Jeff.
14:14What is a date?
14:15What is a date?
14:16That's right.
14:17Let's science this for 2000.
14:18Water freezes at 273.15 this, and you don't need to add degrees.
14:24Jamie.
14:25What is Kelvin?
14:25Kelvin, correct for 2000.
14:27In tame impala for 1600.
14:29Scholars debate whether Hamlet says, oh, that this tutu solid or sullied flesh would do this.
14:36Jeff.
14:36What is melt?
14:37Right.
14:38In tame impala for 2000.
14:39It's a marine snail, very hard to pry off a rock.
14:43Jeff.
14:43What is a barnacle?
14:44No.
14:46Jamie or Donna?
14:48That's the incredible limpet.
14:50Back to you, Jeff.
14:51History for 1200.
14:5317th century Muslim pirates who gave 10% to their wealthy backers operated off this North
14:58African coast named for a local people.
15:01Jeff.
15:01What is the Barbary coast?
15:02You got it.
15:03I play bassoon for 1200.
15:05Finish off the bassoon.
15:07Anthony Parnther performed the solos when Amy Ryan played a bassoonist on this TV series
15:11about Upper West Side crime solvers.
15:13Jeff.
15:14What is only murders in the...
15:16What is only murders in the building?
15:18That's the show.
15:19Let's do global food for 2000.
15:22The name of this Mexican soup that's from the Nahuatl word for hominy can be spelled with
15:26an S or a Z.
15:27Jamie.
15:28Or it's pozole.
15:29That's correct.
15:30In tame impala for 1200.
15:31In the 14th century, the increased power of weapons led to chainmail giving way to this
15:36type of armor.
15:38Jamie.
15:38Or it's plate armor.
15:39Yes, plate is correct.
15:41Let's science this for 800.
15:43In 1995, scientists at CERN manipulated positrons to orbit antiprotons, creating the first atoms
15:49of this once sci-fi stuff.
15:52Jamie.
15:53It's antimatter?
15:54Correct.
15:55Writing teams for 800.
15:56Betty Comden from Brooklyn and Adolph Green of the Bronx wrote the words to this.
16:00The hell of a town song, not the be a part of it one.
16:04Jamie.
16:05What is New York, New York?
16:06Yes, you beat the two New Yorkers to that, in fact.
16:08Global food for 1200.
16:10A few years ago, people in Tokyo voted this instant dish the greatest Japanese invention
16:15of the 20th century.
16:17Jeff.
16:17What is ramen?
16:18Yes, top ramen.
16:19Let's science this for 1200.
16:20Answer.
16:21A daily double for you, Jeff.
16:26And this could shift the game.
16:28You have $7,400 to risk.
16:30Let's do $3,400.
16:32All right.
16:33You'll have $10,800 if you're right.
16:35Your category?
16:36Let's science this.
16:38One shift, two shift.
16:40These two terms for increase and decrease in light wavelengths from an object moving toward
16:44and away from you.
16:48Who is Jimmy Pants?
16:50No, I'm sorry.
16:52One shift, two shift.
16:53Red shift, blue shift.
16:54Got it.
16:54Are the two phenomena.
16:56So you lose a little bit.
16:57You're still in second place.
16:58Select.
16:58Let's do In Tame Impala for 800.
17:01This type of tree is evergreen.
17:03So winter, spring, summer, or fall, you've got a frond.
17:06Donna.
17:07What is a palm?
17:08That's it.
17:09In Tame Impala for a 400.
17:11One topic on an agenda.
17:13Or a pair of lovers.
17:14As in John and Mary are this.
17:16Jamie?
17:17Or as an item.
17:18Yeah.
17:18Let's science this for 400.
17:19The thickest of the Earth's layers, it extends through about 1,800 miles of hot, viscous
17:24rock.
17:25Jeff?
17:26What is the mantle?
17:27Good.
17:28Let's do with writing teams for 400, please.
17:31Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the team behind this franchise about Jack Sparrow, tell you
17:36writing secrets at wordplayer.com.
17:38Jamie?
17:39What is Pirates of the Caribbean?
17:40That is the franchise.
17:41Here's Global Food.
17:42The final clue?
17:43The white pearl albino variety of this product from the Caspian Sea can run about $15,000
17:49per pound.
17:50Jamie?
17:50What is caviar?
17:51Right.
17:52Taking you up to an even $26,000 and bringing us to Final Jeopardy.
17:55The category players will be U.S. Business, and we'll take care of that business after
18:00this break.
18:02We are dealing with U.S. Business in Final Jeopardy today.
18:05Here's the clue.
18:07When it was founded in northern Minnesota in 1902, this company had one goal, to mine for
18:13corundum.
18:14It has since expanded.
18:15You have 30 seconds.
18:16Good luck.
18:17Good luck.
18:47Let's begin with Donna Vaughn Singer, New York radio legend, $3,800.
18:51Did she come up with the correct response?
18:52What is 3M?
18:54Yes, one of the M's was for Minnesota, one for mining.
18:57What did you wager, Donna?
18:59You'll add $3,798, bringing you to $7,598.
19:04Jeff Beanstalk was in second place with $4,400.
19:07Did he know it was 3M?
19:10No, put North Star.
19:11He wagered all but $5, so that'll drop him down to third.
19:15Jamie Ding had $26,000.
19:17Will he be adding to it with 3M?
19:20He was correct.
19:21He even colored it in.
19:22What was the wager?
19:23$1,800 takes him to $27,008.
19:26A 10-day total now of $272,810.
19:31And he's a double-digit champion.
19:33Tomorrow he'll go for win number 11.
19:35I hope we see you then.
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