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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Please welcome today's contestants.
00:17A college professor from San Marcos, California, Kimberly Ayers.
00:22A physician and medical school professor from Los Angeles, California, Seth Politano.
00:28And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:35Jamie Ding, whose 12-day cash winnings total $314,440.
00:45And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:52Thank you so much, Johnny, and welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:56Following another runaway win yesterday, our 12-game champion, Jamie Ding, has now crossed the $300,000 mark in earnings.
01:03And, as I found out, has a bit of history with me.
01:06Jamie and I, it turns out, met at a quiz ball tournament 20 years ago where I was keeping score.
01:11I asked Jamie to review my work, and he said, no one on his team disputed my scoring.
01:15So that's a great sign.
01:16I live for those five-star reviews, Jamie.
01:18Seth and Kimberly are here as well.
01:20Good luck to all three of you.
01:21Let's get right into the game.
01:22We have these categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:26Historic Names is the first one.
01:29Then a little bit of The Hard Stuff, followed by We Make That, Crossword Clues M, then TV Guidance,
01:38and finally, The Bible of...
01:40Jamie Ding, you're up first.
01:42Historic Names are 800.
01:43In 1786, crystal seller Jacques Balmain packed some brandy and maybe a coat and set off to climb this highest
01:51alpine mountain.
01:53Kimberly.
01:53What is Mont Blanc?
01:54That's right.
01:56Let's do Crossword Clues for 800.
01:58Virtual World Coined in Snow Crash.
02:01Nine letters.
02:03Jamie.
02:03What is Metaverse?
02:04It is the Metaverse.
02:05The hard stuff for 1,000.
02:07This word refers to what's been done to steel if it's heated to a high temperature, then cooled for increased
02:13hardness.
02:14Jamie.
02:15What is tempered?
02:15Right for 1,000.
02:16We make that for 600.
02:18The Impreza, a hatchback that gets 33 miles per gallon on the highway and for some reason has a name
02:23meaning party in Polish.
02:26Jamie.
02:26What is Subaru?
02:27It is.
02:28TV Guidance for 800.
02:30Episodes of this series that debuted in 2025 include Please, Carol and We Is Us.
02:36Seth.
02:37What is the pit?
02:38No.
02:39Jamie.
02:39What is pluribus?
02:40That is the show.
02:41The Bible of for 400.
02:43The Bible of the trumpet, Arbonne's complete conservatory method, teaches major, minor, and chromatic these.
02:50Kimberly.
02:50What are scales?
02:51That's right.
02:52We make that for 800.
02:54The trademarked Blazy Susan Leider, windproof and refillable for lifetime use.
02:59Jamie.
03:00What is Zippo?
03:00It is a Zippo.
03:01It's Thorpe names for 1,000.
03:03Ross McConaughey of Harar led troops during the Battle of Adwa in an 1895 to 1896 war named for these
03:10two countries.
03:11Jamie.
03:12What are Russia and Turkey?
03:13No.
03:15Seth for Kimberly?
03:17The two countries, Italy and Ethiopia, or Abyssinia.
03:20Back to you, Jamie.
03:22The hard stuff for 600.
03:23Per the 1666 Rebuilding of London Act, against future perils of fire, all future buildings were to be made of
03:31stone and or this.
03:33Jamie.
03:33What is brick?
03:34Good.
03:35We make that for 1,000.
03:36The caring smart toilet, priced at $5,000.
03:40That is indeed bold.
03:42Kimberly.
03:43What is Kohler?
03:44Kohler is correct.
03:45Let's go to hard stuff for eight.
03:47So strong it's used in making propeller shafts for nuclear subs, lignum vitae is one of the world's hardest types
03:53of this.
03:55Jamie.
03:55What is wood?
03:56It is.
03:57Crossword clues for 600.
03:59Bad smelling.
04:00Ten letters.
04:01Jamie.
04:02What is malodorous?
04:03Write again.
04:04TV guidance for 1,000.
04:06Detective Vic Mackey was a bad cop.
04:08I mean, wow, like so bad.
04:10Killed guys, cracked skulls, you name it, on this FX show.
04:14Jamie.
04:14What is The Shield?
04:15Yeah, great show.
04:16The Bible of for 600.
04:18With articles like Rosé Myths, Decanter Magazine has been called the Bible of this.
04:23Kimberly.
04:24What is wine?
04:25You got it.
04:26Crossword clues for 1,000.
04:28Glass blowing Venetian Isle, six letters.
04:31Jamie.
04:32What is Murano?
04:32That adds $1,000 to your score.
04:34You're at $7,000 early.
04:36Wow.
04:36But lots of time left for Seth and Kimberly.
04:38We need to pause, and we'll be back in just a moment.
04:49Kimberly Ayers from San Marcos, California, is a college professor who is very into what?
04:55I have a bit of a crossword obsession.
04:57Like a crossword problem or just an obsession?
04:59Some could say it's a problem.
05:00I've done at least 5,000 New York Times crossword puzzles.
05:03Wow.
05:04I really pride myself on my streaks.
05:06At one point, I had an over 1,000-day streak going, and then I signed into the app, and
05:11it glitched out and set my streak back to zero.
05:13So in your heart, you still have a streak, but the app doesn't know.
05:16I know, and I tried to contact them and asked them if they could restore it, and they said
05:21there's nothing they can do.
05:22Are you on Jeopardy just to appeal to the New York Times to restore your streak?
05:24I think that's a great idea.
05:26If they see this, you know.
05:27That would be a great side effect.
05:28Thank you for being here, Kimberly.
05:30Seth Politano from here in Los Angeles is a physician and a medical school professor.
05:34The Winter Olympics ended recently, Seth.
05:36You and your husband are into one sport in particular.
05:39What is it?
05:39Curling.
05:40How did you get into curling?
05:41Sitting on the couch watching the Beijing Olympics, or just watching, and said, that'll
05:45be kind of cool to learn a little bit more about.
05:47Looked it up on the phone, and surprisingly, there are two major curling clubs in Southern
05:52California.
05:53And so you two now curl.
05:54You're curlers.
05:55We curler.
05:55Yeah, I wouldn't say Olympic-level koi yet.
05:57Not yet.
05:58Not quite yet.
05:59I like that attitude.
06:01Speaking of Olympic-level play, we have our 12-game champion, Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and
06:06law student from New Jersey.
06:07In your very first game, Jamie, you told me about the Instagram account you and your
06:12sister keep to rank General Tso's chicken.
06:14But you also have a personal account with a very different collection.
06:18What do you post on your own Instagram?
06:20I post pictures of bookmarks that I found in library books or used books.
06:25So you get a library book.
06:26It has a bookmark in it from another user, another reader, and you put it online.
06:30How many of these bookmarks are in your collection?
06:32Three.
06:33Yeah.
06:34A collection of three bookmarks.
06:36I cannot wait to check out your Instagram, Jamie.
06:39I don't know when I'll have that much time.
06:41Right now, it's your board.
06:42The Bible of 4,000.
06:44His elements is often called the Bible of mathematics.
06:48Jamie.
06:48Who is Euclid?
06:49Yes.
06:50TV Guidance, or 600.
06:51He started grunting in imitation of an audience focused on scotch and sirloin and kept doing
06:57it on home improvement.
06:58Seth.
06:59Who is Tim Allen?
07:00Right.
07:00TV Guidance, 400.
07:02Jenna Ortega as her.
07:04Someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary.
07:07Seth.
07:08Who is Wednesday?
07:09Right.
07:09You're out of the hole.
07:10TV Guidance, 200.
07:12Some donors to this organization get a passport to a library that includes Nova and Antiques
07:17Roadshow.
07:18Kimberly.
07:18What is PBS?
07:19PBS donors, right.
07:20Crossword clues for 100.
07:22For the crossword lover, a business leader in oil or media, seven letters.
07:27Kimberly.
07:28What is a magnate?
07:29You got it.
07:30We make that for four.
07:32The Shasta 10X Premier Cowboy hat with a cattleman crown.
07:36Jamie.
07:37What is Stetson?
07:37Right.
07:38Historic names for 600.
07:40Out of Africa, this German general had the assignment of defending Normandy in 1944, which
07:45didn't work out for him.
07:47Seth.
07:47Who is Rommel?
07:48That's right.
07:50Historic names, 400.
07:51This Scottish king was a rival of the real-life Macbeth and did have a son named Malcolm.
07:57Seth.
07:58Who is Duncan?
07:58Just like in the play, yes.
08:00Historic names, 200.
08:02Defeated in his 1835 run to represent Tennessee in Congress, he headed for Texas.
08:07That did not work out well.
08:09Jamie.
08:09It was Davy Crockett.
08:10Correct.
08:11We make that for 200.
08:13A frappuccino and a venti nine shot with a pump of mocha?
08:16Wait, did you say, okay, yes, that's me.
08:19I'm con.
08:20Seth.
08:21What is Starbucks?
08:22Right.
08:23Crossword clues, 200.
08:25Female headed social system, 10 letters.
08:28Kimberly.
08:28What is a matriarchy?
08:29You got it.
08:30Uh, Bible for eight.
08:32Your reward, the Daily Double.
08:37You're in second place with a chance to make up some ground here.
08:40What's the wager, Kimberly?
08:42Let's do 1,600.
08:44All right, going for 5,200 in the Bible of.
08:46Here is a clue for you.
08:48The Bubishi, an ancient self-defense text used by Okinawan masters, has been published
08:54as the Bible of this.
08:56What is karate?
08:56It is the Bible of karate, yes.
09:00You add 1,600.
09:02Hard stuff for four.
09:04Thanks to its tetrahedral atomic structure, this pure carbon mineral is the hardest known
09:09substance in nature.
09:10Seth.
09:11What is a diamond?
09:12It is.
09:12Hard stuff, 200.
09:14Cement plus water plus sand and or gravel equals this hard stuff used in construction.
09:20Seth.
09:20What is concrete?
09:21Right again.
09:22Bible, 200.
09:23Final clue.
09:24Ring Magazine proclaims itself the Bible of this sport.
09:28Kimberly.
09:28What is wrestling?
09:29No.
09:30Jamie.
09:31What is boxing?
09:31It's the Bible of boxing.
09:33Yes, you have the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round, but not a huge one over Kimberly.
09:37Seth will select first when we return with Double Jeopardy! after this.
09:46Welcome back, Jeopardy! lovers.
09:48Now that you're here, we can begin Double Jeopardy! with these six new categories.
09:52We begin in Africa, then it's Book Titles, followed by Contenders, I Think I'm Pregnant, followed
10:01by Five for Fighting, and finally Mime Enough at Last.
10:07Seth, what do you choose?
10:08Pregnant for $1,200.
10:10Pregnant for $1,200.
10:10Answer there is a Daily Double!
10:14Well spotted.
10:15You have $2,000 to risk.
10:17I'll do $1,200.
10:18All right, going for $3,200.
10:20Here's your clue in I Think I'm Pregnant.
10:23In 2008, Jenna Carvanitas had a cake filled with pink icing when she popularized this.
10:29She later said the concept is limiting.
10:32What are gender reveals?
10:34That is correct.
10:35The inventor of the gender reveal now has some regrets.
10:38Select again, Seth.
10:39Pregnant for $1,600.
10:41It's common to have two of these imaging tests done during pregnancy.
10:45One is a dating scan and the other an anatomy scan.
10:48Jamie.
10:49It was an ultrasound.
10:50That is correct.
10:51Book Titles to $1,200.
10:52The pocket-sized quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong is also known by this diminutive and colorful name.
10:59Jamie.
11:00It's the Little Red Book.
11:01It is.
11:02Africa for $2,000.
11:03Once part of the Portuguese empire, it's the small African nation indicated here.
11:09Jamie.
11:09Well, it is Guinea.
11:10No.
11:12Seth or Kimberly?
11:14So close, but it's Guinea-Bissau, Jamie.
11:17Back to you.
11:17Contenders for $1,600.
11:19This cardinal was a popular favorite to be named Pope in 2025, largely thanks to his charmingly
11:25Italian name.
11:29That's Cardinal Pizzaballa.
11:31A real cardinal who exists.
11:33Pizzaballa.
11:34Jamie.
11:35Five for fighting for $2,000.
11:37A bout in the boxing ring is also a case of this.
11:39An old-timey plural word that uses the main weapon of the combatants.
11:43Jamie.
11:44What is Fisticuffs?
11:45Good for $2,000.
11:46Mime Enough at Last through $1,200.
11:49A bitter mime ranting about his romantic failures makes a memorable cameo in this 90s rom-com set
11:55in grunge-era Seattle.
11:59What is Singles?
12:01From Cameron Crowe.
12:02Back to you, Jamie.
12:03Book titles for $1,600.
12:05The Arrest of Christ is one of the illuminations in this medieval masterpiece held in Dublin's
12:10Trinity College Library.
12:12Jamie.
12:12What is the Book of Kells?
12:13It is.
12:14Contenders for $800.
12:16The last living American signer of this organization's charter, the late Harold
12:20Stassen made nine increasingly feeble presidential runs.
12:26Last living signer of the UN charter.
12:29Jamie.
12:30Five for fighting for $1,200.
12:32Something no one has to pay for could be described this multi-hyphenated way, as could
12:36any Donnybrook.
12:38Seth.
12:38What is a five-finger discount?
12:40No.
12:41Jamie or Kimberly?
12:44That term for a Donnybrook, a free-for-all.
12:46Jamie.
12:47I think I'm pregnant for $2,000.
12:48At-home tests detect levels of this hormone produced by the placenta, and often abbreviated
12:54to three letters.
12:55Seth.
12:56What is HCG?
12:57That's right.
12:58Pregnant $800.
12:59Here's the stitch.
13:01In the 17th century's complete midwife's practice, a pregnancy test involved this item
13:05that has an eye.
13:07Jamie.
13:08What is a needle?
13:08Correct.
13:09Five for fighting for $1,600.
13:11From the French, this five-letter word for a disorganized fight has three E's.
13:16Jamie.
13:17What is a melee?
13:17Yes.
13:19Africa for $1,200.
13:20The answer there?
13:21A daily double for you, Jamie.
13:26You find it with the lead.
13:27How much do you want to put at risk?
13:29$5,400.
13:30All right.
13:31Going for $21,000 then.
13:32Here's your clue.
13:33In Africa.
13:35This African capital city of about 2.5 million lies on sites that were once part of the ancient
13:41empire of Carthage.
13:43What is Tunis?
13:45That's correct.
13:46The capital of Tunisia takes you up to $21,000.
13:50Select.
13:51Book titles for $2,000.
13:53An 11th century Japanese courtesan wrote the best known of the diaries called this, traditionally
13:58kept in sleeping quarters.
14:00Jamie.
14:00What is the pillow book?
14:01Good for $2,000.
14:02Contenders for $1,200.
14:04Also a champion in a seat at the bridge table, Amalia Lyle Kearse has been considered
14:08by three presidents for a seat here.
14:11Kimberly.
14:11What is the Supreme Court?
14:12Right.
14:13Contenders for two.
14:15In 2025, Greg Abel, who oversaw Fruit of the Loom and Seize Candies, was made this
14:20company's successor CEO over insurance boss Ajit Jain.
14:27He replaced Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
14:30Back to you, Kimberly.
14:31Book titles for eight.
14:33A Harlem postal worker began compiling this travel guide in 1936.
14:37Seth.
14:38What is Green Book?
14:40Right.
14:40Book titles, $400.
14:42Encyclopedia Britannica says this American rival is for elementary through high school
14:46students.
14:47Jamie.
14:48Well, it's the world book.
14:49Yes.
14:50Mime Enough for $800.
14:52Before rock stardom, he studied with mime legend Lindsey Kemp and performed as a mime.
14:57Maybe explains the Aladdin Sane look.
15:00Seth.
15:01Who is Gene Simmons?
15:02No.
15:03Jamie or Kimberly?
15:05That's David Bowie's early mime career.
15:08Back to you, Jamie.
15:09Africa for $1,600.
15:11Mandingo and Malinke are other names for a West African people, but I do know them as
15:16this, the name Alex Haley used.
15:21As Sinead O'Connor sang, I do know Mandinka.
15:23Jamie.
15:24Mime Enough for $2,000.
15:26Modern mime has roots in the physical comedy, stock characters, and improvisation of this
15:3116th century Italian theatrical form.
15:34Jamie.
15:35What is Commedia dell'Art?
15:36Right.
15:37Five for fighting for $800.
15:38This type of protracted heavyweight fight sounds like a gathering of garden mollusks.
15:47Two definitions of slugfest.
15:50Back to you, Jamie.
15:51Mime Enough that lasts for $1,600.
15:53This celebrated French mime debuted his signature character, Beep the Tragicomic Clown in 1947.
15:59Jamie.
16:00It was Marceau.
16:01Yes.
16:02Africa for $800.
16:03This most populous country in Africa is also one of the richest.
16:08Jamie.
16:08What is Nigeria?
16:09Right again.
16:10Contenders for $400.
16:12Victor Korchnoi was never world champion of this game, though he won four USSR titles,
16:17which was pretty close to the same thing.
16:19Jamie.
16:20What is chess?
16:20That is the game.
16:21Five for fighting for $400.
16:23This five-letter word is a common play in rugby.
16:26Outside of rugby, it means a fight.
16:28Kimberly.
16:29What's a scrum?
16:30Good.
16:30Pregnant for $400.
16:32In the 1930s, the hog bend test used the African-clawed species of this amphibian to test if a human
16:38woman was pregnant.
16:40Jamie.
16:40It was a frog.
16:41It is a frog.
16:42Mime Enough for $400.
16:43Before he was the little tramp in silent films, he was in the Fred Carno pantomime troupe playing
16:48the inebriated swell.
16:50Jamie.
16:51It was chaplain.
16:51Yes.
16:52We have one more clue coming out of Africa.
16:55Reflecting the continent's colonial heritage, it's an official language of 20 African countries,
17:00including Burundi and Gabon.
17:02Jamie.
17:02It was French.
17:03French is correct.
17:04You finished up with, wow, $29,400 today, but he can still add to it because Final Jeopardy
17:09is up next for all three of you.
17:10Here is your category.
17:12U.S. History.
17:14You make your wagers while we pause for the shortest of breaks.
17:19U.S. History will be our final Jeopardy category for today.
17:23Here's the clue.
17:25Amelia Earhart was among the guests at a 25th anniversary ceremony held December 17th,
17:301928, in this state.
17:33You have 30 seconds now.
17:34Good luck.
17:48Good luck.
18:0525th anniversary in 1928.
18:07We'll start in the middle with Seth Politano.
18:09He had $4,000 and wrote down what state?
18:13North Carolina.
18:14You correctly deduced that they were honoring
18:16the Wright Brothers' first flight outside of Kitty Hawk.
18:18How much did you wager, Seth?
18:20You'll add $2,601, taking you to $6,601.
18:23You are in second place for the moment.
18:25It depends on Kimberly Ayers' response.
18:27Does she have North Carolina?
18:29Oh, crossed out Missouri, thinking of Charles Lindbergh maybe,
18:32and wound up in North Carolina.
18:34You're correct.
18:35Did you wager more than a dollar?
18:361401 now moves you into second place with $8,001.
18:40Very hard to catch Jamie Ding today with that $29,400.
18:43Did he think about the Wright Brothers?
18:46He was right with a W and drew a little map.
18:48Look at that.
18:49I don't know if we'll get complaints from North Carolina,
18:51but I think that's not bad.
18:53What did you wager, Jamie?
18:54Wow.
18:55$16,160 today takes him to $45,560.
19:00And now a 13-day total of a lucky $360,000 even.
19:06Well done.
19:07Jamie, we'll be back tomorrow again, and I hope we see you as well.
19:11We will be back there.
19:14Good back.
19:18Good back.
19:28Good back.
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