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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:15Today's contestants are a professor from Cary, North Carolina, Brian Chu,
00:22an entertainment strategist originally from Long Island, New York, Nikki Sveta,
00:27and our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:34Jamie Ding, whose 14-day cash winnings totaled $371,600.
00:43And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:50Thank you so much, folks. Thank you, Johnny Yilmer. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:54It was a record-setting game yesterday for Jamie Ding, who finished the double Jeopardy! round with $55,800,
01:01the highest we've seen all season, and he would have finished final Jeopardy! with $100,000,
01:06but he was unable to come up with a correct response of April Fool's Day,
01:09despite, as he told us after the game, it being his favorite day of the year.
01:13So his wager of $44,200 meant he finished with a smaller payday,
01:17but he's back today going for win number 15,
01:19and Nikki and Brian are here with plans of their own to stop Jamie at all costs.
01:23Good luck to all three of you. Let's dive into the Jeopardy! round.
01:27Your categories are U.S. History up first,
01:32then TV title pairs. You provide the show's title.
01:36After that, Weapon of Choice.
01:39That was quite a satyr, and I hope yours last night was meaningful, if you had one.
01:43Followed by Homes and Authority figures.
01:48Jamie, start the round for us.
01:49U.S. History for $800,000.
01:52Right on track.
01:53In 1869, this company's railroad, extending from Omaha,
01:57met up with another at Promontory, Utah.
02:00Jamie.
02:01What is the Central Pacific?
02:02No.
02:03Nikki O'Brien.
02:06As Jamie might now know, it's the Union Pacific, the other one.
02:09Back to you, Jamie.
02:10Weapon of Choice for $600,000.
02:11There are foam options available if you want to use this training item
02:15without possibly concussing yourself.
02:17Brian.
02:18What are nunchuckers?
02:20Right, nunchucks.
02:21TV title pairs, $800,000.
02:23The very animated Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden.
02:30They voiced Rick and Morty.
02:32Brian.
02:33TV title pairs, $600,000.
02:35Crime solvers Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.
02:38Nikki.
02:39What is Rizzoli and Isles?
02:40That's the show.
02:41TV title pairs for $1,000.
02:43Funny and British, Matthew Horne and Joanna Page.
02:50The name of that show, Gavin and Stacey.
02:52Back to you, Nikki.
02:53TV title pairs, $400.
02:55Roommates and babysitters, Jeanette McCurdy and Ariana Grande.
02:58Brian.
02:59Who are Cat and Jack?
03:01No.
03:03Nikki.
03:04Nikki.
03:16Who are Beavis and Butt-Head?
03:19Who are Beavis and Butt-Head?
03:20Yes.
03:22Weapon of choice, $400.
03:24It's name makes sense when you know this flogging device has a nanopole of cords.
03:28Jamie.
03:29What is a cat and nine tails?
03:30Right.
03:31Homes to $400.
03:32The Neptune pool at this castle in San Simeon, California holds 345,000 gallons of water.
03:39Jamie.
03:40What is Hearst Castle?
03:41That's correct.
03:42That was quite a suitor for $800.
03:45Billionaire Roman Abramovich took over a 111-room hotel in this desert in the south of Israel
03:50to give his seder that exodus feel.
03:52Jamie.
03:53What is the Negev?
03:54Good.
03:55Authority figures for $1,000.
03:57A rapidly growing variety of North American maple tree is called the box type of this wise
04:02person.
04:03Nikki.
04:03What is a sage?
04:04No.
04:05Jamie.
04:06What is an elder?
04:07Box elder.
04:08That's it.
04:08Homes for $600.
04:10The name of this Pennsylvania home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed
04:13alludes to the natural feature that it sits upon.
04:16Jamie.
04:17What is falling water?
04:18Yes.
04:18That was quite a seder for $1,000.
04:20Just before the 1943 uprising named for this area, the Jews there went ahead with the
04:25final seder for most of them.
04:27Jamie.
04:28What is the Warsaw Ghetto?
04:29Correct.
04:29For $1,000.
04:30Authority figures for $800.
04:32Someone in a CEO's or similar role may be this, like the director of a school or a managing
04:38one.
04:39Ryan.
04:40What is director?
04:41No.
04:42Jamie or Nikki?
04:44That would be a principal.
04:46Jamie.
04:47Seder for $600.
04:48On April 4th, 1969, the first anniversary of this tragic event, 800 people gathered for
04:54a civil rights-based freedom seder.
04:57Jamie.
04:57What is the assassination of MLK?
04:59That is correct.
05:00It takes you to $4,000.
05:02Nikki and Brian have some work to do getting back to the black, and that will happen, I'm
05:05sure, when we return with more Jeopardy.
05:09Brian Chew is with us from Cary, North Carolina.
05:11He's a professor, and you've had kind of an unusual journey to get here to Jeopardy.
05:15What happened?
05:15Yeah, that's right.
05:16I actually started on Pop Culture Jeopardy.
05:19Okay.
05:19Last year, I played on Pop Culture Jeopardy with my sister and my niece.
05:22Fun.
05:23I actually got to tweak Colin Jost.
05:24I told him he was my sixth favorite Weekend Update anchor of all time.
05:28Wow.
05:29I mean, there have been some legends, though.
05:30I hope he took that the right way.
05:32Yeah, I think so.
05:32I will say that you are my second favorite Jeopardy host of all time, and that will always
05:36be the case.
05:37Fair enough.
05:37I think it will be for me as well.
05:39Well, thank you for making it back on the Alex Trebek stage.
05:41Congratulations.
05:42Also with us, we have Nikki Svetov, originally from Long Island, an entertainment strategist.
05:47You're recently married.
05:48Congratulations.
05:49And you and your husband had a bet about your wedding.
05:52What was it?
05:52Yes.
05:53We're both extremely competitive.
05:54We turn everything into a game, so we made a bet about how many people would end up RSVP-ing
05:58yes to the wedding.
05:59And who won?
06:00So it ended up, we were actually a tie halfway between our scores, and then his friend asked
06:04to bring a very new girlfriend, so I had to say yes so I could clinch the win.
06:07So you had to bring this person.
06:09You didn't even necessarily want at your wedding.
06:10No, they're not dating anymore, but it still helped me win the bet.
06:12Well done.
06:13Our champion, of course, is Jamie Ding of New Jersey.
06:16You actually used to work for something called the New Jersey Leadership Collective.
06:20Tell me what that is.
06:20So it's like a training program for young progressives.
06:25This one's focused on New Jersey.
06:27I did the program in 2020, and honestly, it helped save my life during COVID because every
06:32time I did it, I just felt so positive and enthusiastic about the world.
06:36Right.
06:36Tough time.
06:36And then afterwards, I was the selections chair for a couple of cycles, picking candidates
06:43to be like me.
06:44New Jersey leaders of the future.
06:46I love it.
06:46It's your board right now, Jamie.
06:48Make the next election.
06:49Weapon of choice for 800.
06:51Used in the Civil War, this eponymous weapon was .58 caliber and fired 200 rounds per minute.
06:57Jamie.
06:57What's the Gatling gun?
06:58Yes.
06:59U.S. history for 1,000.
07:01Here's the dirt.
07:02Active from 1848 to 1854, this third party opposed the expansion of slavery in new territories.
07:09Jamie.
07:10What was the Free Soil Party?
07:11That's the party.
07:11Homes for 800.
07:13George Vanderbilt opened this North Carolina estate to friends on Christmas Eve, 1895.
07:19Now it's open to tourists.
07:21Jamie.
07:21What's the Biltmore?
07:22Yeah, you beat Brian to the North Carolina stuff.
07:25Weapon of choice for 1,000.
07:26Time to get medieval on your brains.
07:29The name of this weapon here also means to swing frantically.
07:33Jamie.
07:34It was a flail.
07:34It is a flail.
07:35That was quite a satyr for 400.
07:38Satyrs were often held on this island near Manhattan.
07:411908s included Benjamin Axelrod, an eight-time stowaway to try to reach America.
07:46Jamie.
07:46What is Ellis Island?
07:47Yes.
07:48Authority figures for 600.
07:49The answer there is a daily double for you, Jamie.
07:54You have $8,000 to play with here.
07:56What do you want to risk?
07:58$5,000.
07:59All right.
07:59You'll have $13,000 if you're right in the category authority figures.
08:04The name of this tequila brand, one of the top five sellers worldwide, is Spanish for boss.
08:11What is Patron?
08:13Patron is the tequila.
08:14Well done.
08:15Taking you to $13,000.
08:18Homes for $1,000.
08:20This architect and his wife Anne lived in Carbondale, Illinois, in what is lovingly called the Dome Home.
08:26Jamie.
08:26Who is Fuller?
08:27Buckminster Fuller is right.
08:28Authority figures for $400.
08:30Forget the soups on the boys.
08:32Real power is with the L.A. County Supes, short for the board of these.
08:36Five people governing $10 million.
08:39Jamie.
08:40Who are supervisors.
08:41Right.
08:41Yours history for $600.
08:43This famous piece of advice attributed to Horace Greeley continues,
08:47And grow up with the country.
08:48Jamie.
08:49What is go west, young man?
08:50That is the quote.
08:51Weapon of choice for $200.
08:53This weapon comes in two forms, as a spray and as a heavy metal club, but not in an Aussie
08:59metal kind of way.
09:00Jamie.
09:01What is a mace?
09:02Two kinds of mace.
09:03U.S. history for $400.
09:05Fueled by the internet, the rapid rise in tech stocks in the late 90s known as this bubble burst big
09:10time in 2000.
09:12Brian.
09:12What is dot com?
09:13The dot com bubble is right.
09:14U.S. history for $200.
09:16In April 1945, the New York Times reported his last words.
09:20I have a terrific headache.
09:22Brian.
09:23Who is FDR?
09:24That's correct.
09:25You're on the plus side.
09:26Home to $200.
09:28Orchard House, home to Louisa May Alcott, is on Lexington Road in this Massachusetts town, often paired with Lexington.
09:34Brian.
09:35What is Concord?
09:36Right again.
09:36Authority figures too.
09:37The old idea that this person can perform a marriage ceremony is shaky, but it does happen aboard Princess Cruises.
09:44Jamie.
09:45It was the captain.
09:45That's correct.
09:46One more Seder-related clue coming up.
09:49Many believe that this meal was a Passover Seder.
09:51Matthew 26 sure sounds like it.
09:54Jamie.
09:54What was the Last Supper?
09:55Last Supper is correct.
09:56You finished with $15,600.
09:58We got Brian out of the hole.
09:59It will be Nikki's turn in the Double Jeopardy round when we come back.
10:04That was a big round for Jamie, but this thing is not over.
10:07Two Daily Doubles on the board in Double Jeopardy hidden in these categories.
10:11First up, International Geographic, followed by a little of What the Doctor Ordered.
10:17We have School of Music, then words in the dictionary found not far past perfect, alphabetically that is.
10:24After that, the silver screen, and finally some author figures.
10:30Nikki, where to?
10:31Do the silver screen for $1,200.
10:33What TV channel would produce and screen the Christmas-themed movie romance Silver Bells?
10:37This one, of course.
10:39Jamie.
10:40What's the Hallmark channel?
10:41Yeah.
10:41School of Music for $1,600.
10:44Sounding like a West Coast university, this Boston School of Music offers 15 majors, including jazz composition and game scoring.
10:51Ryan.
10:52What is the Berklee School of Music?
10:53Yes.
10:54Silver Screen, 8.
10:56Lawrence Fishburne was the voice of the enigmatic title figure in 2007's Fantastic Four Rise of Him.
11:03Jamie.
11:04He was the Silver Surfer.
11:05Right.
11:05School of Music for $1,200.
11:07Flying off from the Air Force in 1954, he studied piano at Juilliard for a bit before moving his wars
11:13to the stars and scoring a few films.
11:16Jamie.
11:17Who's John Williams?
11:17Yes.
11:18International Geographic for $1,600.
11:21Home to Steenbach and Dyker, the Kalahari Desert occupies almost all of this landlocked nation of Southern Africa.
11:28Jamie.
11:28Where's Botswana?
11:29Right again.
11:30Author figures for $1,800.
11:32When this beat author died in 1969, 12 years after the publication of his best-known book, his estate was
11:38valued at $91.
11:41Jamie.
11:41Who's Kerouac?
11:42Right.
11:43Silver Screen for $1,600.
11:45A major plotline in this 2012 film hinges on the outcome of an Eagles-Cowboys game.
11:50Jamie.
11:51What is Silver Linings Playbook?
11:52Right.
11:53School of Music for $2,000.
11:55The Symphony Orchestra at the tuition-free Curtis Institute of Music plays in a hall named for this black opera
12:00diva.
12:01Jamie.
12:02Who's Anderson?
12:02That's correct, for $2,000.
12:04What's the doctor ordered for $1,200?
12:06For my back pain, Doc ordered a visit to a D-O, short for this.
12:10Those docs use a more holistic approach to health.
12:13Nikki.
12:14What is the doctor of osteopathy?
12:16That's right.
12:17What the doctor ordered for $1,600.
12:19Doc says consider donating.
12:21O- is the universal red cell donor, and this blood type, positive or negative, is the only universal plasma
12:27donor.
12:28Jamie.
12:28What is AB?
12:29Yes.
12:30Past perfect for $2,000.
12:31The ruins of this ancient city include the palaces of Darius and Xerxes, and a complex that held a treasury
12:37looted by Alexander the Great.
12:40Jamie.
12:40What is Persepolis?
12:41Yes.
12:42Author figures for $1,600.
12:44This Edinburgh author was also a publishing investor, and an 1826 bankruptcy left him liable for $120,000.
12:52Jamie.
12:52Who is Walter Scott?
12:53Well done.
12:54Past perfect for $1,200.
12:56Seen here is what may loom up in the dreams of this medical professional.
13:01Ryan.
13:02What is periodontistry?
13:04That's right.
13:05Yes.
13:06Silver screen, $400.
13:0820 years before Monty Python, the Paul Newman film The Silver Chalice centered on a struggle over this legendary artifact.
13:15Jamie.
13:15What's the Holy Grail?
13:16You got it.
13:17Author figures for $1,200.
13:19The answer there is a daily double, Jamie.
13:24It might depend on how you feel about the category.
13:27It's author figures.
13:28How much do you want to risk?
13:30$11,600.
13:31All right.
13:32You'll have $42,000 if you're right.
13:34The category's author figures.
13:35The clue is this.
13:37Nikos Kazantzakis felt this epic poem needed a 33,333 line sequel in which the hero gets tired of being
13:45home and leaves once more.
13:47Or it's The Odyssey.
13:48The Odyssey is right.
13:50And that's a big bump for your score.
13:54Select again, Jamie.
13:55What the doctor ordered for $400.
13:56The doctor ordered a skin test for this lung disease, which the WHO says infects 10 million people a year.
14:04Jamie.
14:04What is tuberculosis?
14:05Yes.
14:06International Geographic for $1,200.
14:08This capital of Belarus on the Sviselich River was almost completely destroyed during World War II.
14:14Jamie.
14:15What is Minsk?
14:16Yes, we'll take that.
14:17Minsk.
14:18What the doctor ordered for $2,000.
14:20I have pain when I swallow.
14:22The doctor ordered an x-ray of this bone, the only one that floats, i.e. isn't attached to another
14:27bone.
14:29Jamie.
14:29What is the hyoid?
14:30It is.
14:30Very nice.
14:31Past perfect for $1,600.
14:33This style of men's wig, often with side curls, was worn from the 17th to the 19th century after Louis
14:39XIV made it fashionable.
14:44It's called a peruke.
14:45Jamie.
14:46Author figures for $2,000.
14:48This Jamaican author of A Brief History of Seven Killings had his first novel, John Crowe's Devil, rejected 78 times.
14:58That author is Marlon James.
15:00Where to now, Jamie?
15:02International Geographic for $800.
15:04This island's Cape Spear is the most easterly point of North America.
15:08Jamie.
15:09Or is Newfoundland.
15:09Yes.
15:10School of Music for $400.
15:12Eastman School of Music alum Alexander Courage boldly went and composed the theme for this TV show.
15:17Gene Roddenberry wrote unused lyrics.
15:20Jamie.
15:21Or Star Trek.
15:22Yeah.
15:23Silver Screen for $2,000.
15:25The 1976 buddy comedy Silver Streak starred Richard Pryor and this other comic genius.
15:30Jamie.
15:31Who is Gene Wilder?
15:32It is.
15:33International Geographic for $2,000.
15:35Answer there.
15:35The final Daily Double of the game falls to you, Jamie.
15:47$21,200.
15:49$21,200.
15:51For 70k even, if he's correct, International Geographic.
15:55Here's the clue.
15:56Situated among mountain peaks, this small country has the highest average elevation of any in Europe at about 6,600
16:03feet.
16:05What is Liechtenstein?
16:08No, I'm afraid even higher than Liechtenstein is Andorra.
16:11Your score actually moves downward for a change.
16:13You have 27,600.
16:15Select.
16:16What the doctor ordered for 800.
16:18Doc ordered me to drop my cholesterol and I didn't listen.
16:22Now I'm on this class of drugs that stops my liver from making waxy crud.
16:26Jamie.
16:26What are statins?
16:27Yes.
16:28Past perfect for 400.
16:30Temporary and transient are antonyms of this word.
16:34Jamie.
16:34What is permanent?
16:35Right.
16:36School of music for 800.
16:37The Moscow State Conservatory is named for this composer, whose first symphony was 1866's Winter Daydreams.
16:45Jamie.
16:45Who is Tchaikovsky?
16:46That's him.
16:47Geographic for 400.
16:49This 2.3 million square mile tropical region, also called the Selva, reaches its northernmost extent in Colombia and Venezuela.
16:57Ryan.
16:58What is the rainforest?
16:59Can you be more specific?
17:00The Brazilian rainforest?
17:02No.
17:03Jamie.
17:04What is the Amazon rainforest?
17:05It is the Amazon rainforest, yes.
17:06Past perfect for 800.
17:08You may find my reading of this clue to be rather this, done apathetically and with no commitment.
17:14Jamie.
17:14What is perfunctory?
17:15That's right.
17:16And it kind of was.
17:17Here's the last clue in author figures.
17:20AstridLindgren.com says, this girl has been translated into 80 languages.
17:24In French, she's Fifi Brandassier.
17:26Jamie.
17:27Who is Pippi Longstocking?
17:28That's what we call her, yes.
17:29You finished with 31,200.
17:32You were up and down, but still a big lead as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:34Here is the category for you three.
17:37Historic names.
17:38Doesn't help you narrow it down much, but think about that and make your wagers.
17:41We will be back shortly with the clue.
17:44Our three contestants are dealing with historic names as a Final Jeopardy category.
17:49Let's show them the clue.
17:51In 2025, France posthumously made this man, who was accused, humiliated, and condemned,
17:57a brigadier general.
17:5830 seconds.
17:59Good luck.
18:30We'll begin with Nikki Sveta, and her response was not completed.
18:35How much did you wager, Nikki?
18:37It doesn't matter.
18:37You didn't wager a penny.
18:38You still have $400.
18:39Brian Chu was in second place with $2,800.
18:42He wrote down Louis XVI.
18:45That's incorrect as well.
18:46How much will Brian's score drop?
18:48You lose 267, leaving you with 2,533.
18:51And you might have to settle for second today because Jamie Ding had $31,200 and wrote down
18:56who was Dreyfus.
18:58Yes, Alfred Dreyfus stripped of his rank due to the scandal, due to anti-Semitism.
19:02A chance for a bigger payday today.
19:03What did you wager?
19:04A lot.
19:05$25,200 takes you to $56,400.
19:09And now a 15-day total for you of $428,000 even.
19:13Congratulations.
19:16We'll be back going for win number 16 tomorrow.
19:18You won't want to miss it.
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