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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Let's meet today's contestants.
00:17A software engineer from Sacramento, California, Dominix Kovacs.
00:22A high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri, Erica Wagner.
00:27And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, J.B. Ding, whose 18-day cash
00:37winnings totaled $530,372.
00:44And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:51Thank you so much, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:54In a shocking turn of events yesterday, it was another runaway win for our champion, Jamie Ding.
00:59His 13th runaway in 18 victories.
01:02And he crossed the half-million-dollar mark, something only seven other Jeopardy! players have ever done in regular season
01:07play.
01:08The milestones just keep mounting for Jamie, but today Erica and Dominix are here,
01:12hoping to get into the Jeopardy! record books themselves, with the title of Giant Killer.
01:16Good luck to all. Let's get to work in the Jeopardy! round.
01:19Your categories today will be these.
01:22We begin with a historic settlement.
01:24Then it's video game on.
01:27Texas places.
01:28From there we head back to the Middle Ages.
01:31Then feds.
01:33And finally, just before sunrise.
01:36Responses here come just a little bit before the word sunrise in the dictionary.
01:40Jamie, you're up first again.
01:42The Middle Ages rate.
01:43Answer there.
01:44A daily double for you, right out of the gate.
01:47You have zero dollars to wager, which is unfortunate.
01:50You can wager up to a thousand.
01:52One thousand.
01:52Going for a thousand dollars in the Middle Ages.
01:55Here's your clue.
01:57France's confiscation of the English-held Duchy of Guyenne kicked off this conflict that went into OT after OT.
02:05What is the Hundred Years' War?
02:07It is the Hundred Years' War. You're on the board.
02:12Just before sunrise for six.
02:14Give it to me straight.
02:15Great. Don't do this nine-letter verb that means to try to sweeten an unpleasant situation.
02:20Jamie?
02:21What is soft pedal?
02:22No.
02:24Erica?
02:24What is sugarcoat?
02:25Sugarcoat. That's it.
02:27Uh, Middle Ages for 600.
02:29When completed in 1144, Paris' Abbey of Saint-Denis was the first major example of this architectural style that would
02:36become all the rage.
02:37Jamie?
02:38What is gothic?
02:38Yes.
02:39Video game on for 800.
02:40This three-word title comes before Warzone, Modern Warfare, and more.
02:46Erica?
02:46What is Call of Duty?
02:47Yes.
02:48Uh, Historic Settlement for 600.
02:51This Wolfsburg company had to compensate thousands of drivers after cheating on emissions tests in Dieselgate.
02:57Dominix?
02:58What is Volkswagen?
02:59Correct.
03:00Just before sunrise for 800?
03:02It's the solid white fat around sheep's kidneys.
03:06Jamie?
03:06Or the suet?
03:07It is.
03:08Feds for 400.
03:09Operation Oxy Alley took down fake pain management clinics that distributed 20 million pills of the opioid known by this
03:16generic name.
03:18Dominix?
03:18What is Oxycontin?
03:19No.
03:21Jamie or Erica?
03:23The generic Oxycodone.
03:25Back to you, Jamie.
03:26Texas Places for six.
03:28Named for a pair of cities, this airport ranks among the busiest in the nation, with about 86 million annual
03:34travelers.
03:35Jamie?
03:36What is Dallas-Fort Worth?
03:37That's right.
03:38Historic Settlement for eight.
03:39In 2026, the family of this woman reached a settlement with a pharma company that used her immortal cells without
03:45consent.
03:46Jamie?
03:47Who is Henrietta Lacks?
03:48Yes.
03:49Feds for 1,000.
03:50Here's the executive producer of Feds, Octavia Spencer.
03:53In Operation Mean Streets, an undercover informant risked his life to infiltrate the infamously violent gang originally called Mara Salvatrucha,
04:03but better known by this alphanumeric name.
04:07Dominix?
04:07What is NS-13?
04:08That's them.
04:09The Middle Ages for 1,000?
04:11In 979, this dynasty with a musical-sounding name completed its reunification of China.
04:17Jamie?
04:17Or the Song?
04:18Correct.
04:18Uh, Feds for 600.
04:20Back to Octavia Spencer.
04:22Reports of drugs, smuggling, and sex inside a Baltimore jail led to the conviction of dozens
04:28of inmates and corrections officers of inmates and corrections officers for this type of organized criminal conspiracy spelled out in
04:35federal RICO statutes.
04:38Dominix?
04:38What is racketeering?
04:39That's what the R is for.
04:40Got it.
04:41Feds for eight.
04:41In Illinois, FBI agents couldn't act until a suspect fled a traffic stop, giving this two-word principle to justify
04:49searching his home.
04:50Jamie?
04:51What is probable cause?
04:52You got it.
04:53Texas for 1,000.
04:53Texas for 1,000.
04:54The Bridge of the Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo Bridge connect Juarez-Mexico to this border city.
05:00Jamie?
05:00What is El Paso?
05:02That is the city.
05:03Video game on for 600.
05:05San Andreas, in this long-running game series, is a crime-ridden fictional state, not a seismic fault.
05:11Jamie?
05:11Where's Grand Theft Auto?
05:12That's where the Grand Theft Auto games are set.
05:14You're in the lead with 6,600, and we need to take a quick break.
05:17But we'll be right back with more Jeff.
05:20Dominix Kovacs is a software engineer from Sacramento.
05:23And Dominix, I noticed that when Jami introduced you today, you gave us a little ASL.
05:26What's your connection to deaf culture?
05:27Yeah, I'm actually a CODA, so my parents are deaf and one of my brothers.
05:30But even more than that, the majority of my extended family is deaf, too.
05:33And so I grew up in such this deaf-rich environment where it was really easy for me to pick
05:37up sign language before I could ever even talk.
05:38And tell me about how your nine-month-old got his name.
05:40Yeah, so my sign name is like this, which is just like an X that you kind of wiggle around
05:43because Dominix.
05:44Yeah.
05:44And my son's name is Felix Dominix, and so my parents had a good idea of just kind of doubling
05:48the X,
05:48and you shake a little double X, so it's almost like a junior, but in a sign language sense.
05:51I love the idea of picking a name because you like the sign.
05:53That's great.
05:54A lot of us don't get to do that.
05:55Welcome.
05:56Also with us, Erica Wagner, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri.
05:59And more than a teacher, you're also the cheer coach.
06:02Yes.
06:02What's that like?
06:03It's a lot.
06:04It's basically my second full-time job, but it's very fulfilling.
06:08It's very fun.
06:09I'm actually missing my team's senior night tonight to be here, so I did want to give them
06:15a little bit of a shout-out to my five seniors because I really do love them.
06:18I'm very proud of them.
06:19They got a shout-out on national TV.
06:21I mean, I'm sure you're good company, but this is good, too, right?
06:24Jamie Ding is our champion.
06:25Jamie, in one of your very earliest shows, you talked about a blog you have with your
06:29sister where you rank the Chinese chicken, as Bare Naked Ladies said.
06:33Tell me about your sister.
06:34Are you guys close?
06:35We are.
06:36Jessie, she's, like, almost exactly two and a half years younger than me, and, I mean,
06:40she roasts me all the time, as is her right as a sister, but she's also tremendously supportive.
06:45She's now my self-appointed manager.
06:47Oh, you have a manager now?
06:49Yes.
06:49She organized a trip to Nobu last night.
06:52The dinner was fantastic.
06:53And she's also, I guess, assumed the stress that I should be feeling.
06:58Her heart rate got up to 140 during one of the games.
07:02During your games.
07:02Does that mean she's here?
07:03Is she watching today?
07:04She is here in the audience today.
07:07Hey, Jamie's sister.
07:09Sitting with his parents.
07:11Boy, Nobu last night.
07:12You've really gone Hollywood after just, what, 18, 19 games?
07:15I know.
07:16Disc disc.
07:17Well, more good news for you.
07:18You have control of the board.
07:20Let's get back into the round, Jamie.
07:22Video game on for 400.
07:24George R.R. Martin helped create the backstory for the game in which players attempt to restore
07:28this shattered ring.
07:30Jamie.
07:31What is Elden Ring?
07:32Yes.
07:32Texas for 800.
07:34During World War I, the German settled town of New Brandenburg changed its name to this
07:39nickname for the U.S. flag.
07:40Dominix.
07:41What is Old Glory?
07:42Yes.
07:43Video game on for 1,000?
07:44An award-winning 2009 game saw Batman facing down the Joker and other villains in this title
07:49institution.
07:51Dominix.
07:51What is Arkham Asylum?
07:52That's 1,000 for you.
07:53Historic settlement for 1,000?
07:54This attorney has won settlements in several police misconduct cases, such as the death of
07:59Sonia Massey.
08:03His name is Ben Crump.
08:04Back to you, Dominix.
08:06Just before sunrise for 1,000?
08:07This adjective means beneath the collarbone.
08:10Jamie.
08:11What is subclavicular?
08:13Or subclavian, right.
08:14The Middle Ages for two.
08:15In 622, Muhammad and his followers made the journey known as the Hijra, fleeing to Medina
08:21from this city.
08:22Jamie.
08:23What is Mecca?
08:24Yes.
08:24Justice Force sunrise for 400.
08:26Time to throw you figuratively under this female type of promiscuous demon.
08:31Jamie.
08:31What is a succubus?
08:32Under the succubus, yes.
08:34Video game on for 200.
08:36Jumpman was the original name of this iconic character, who debuted in 1981, a couple of
08:41years before his bro.
08:42Jamie.
08:43It was Mario.
08:44Right.
08:45Middle Ages for four.
08:46Feudal was coined in the 1600s from Latin feudum, meaning this type of land parcel on which
08:51the feudal system was built.
08:53Jamie.
08:54What is it?
08:54Fife?
08:55Fife is correct.
08:56Just before sunrise for two.
08:58Around 1,000 AD, Mahmoud of Ghazna was the first Muslim ruler to be called this title.
09:03This, of SWAT, was a much different guy.
09:06Jamie.
09:07What is Sultan?
09:08Right.
09:08Historic settlement for four.
09:10The USA's master settlement agreement was signed in 1998 by 52 attorneys general and
09:15the four largest companies in this industry.
09:18Jamie.
09:19What is tobacco?
09:20Well done.
09:21Feds for 200.
09:22One more time.
09:23Octavia Spencer.
09:24The FBI teamed with Philadelphia police to catch a cold-blooded killer for hire who called
09:30himself the next this, after a hitman played by Keanu Reeves.
09:35Unlike in the movies, the real-life killer got five consecutive life sentences.
09:40Jamie.
09:41Who is John Wick?
09:42That's right.
09:43And the finale of Feds Season 2 debuts tonight on ID.
09:46Three clues left, Jamie.
09:47Texas for four.
09:49The West Texas city of Odessa is home to replicas of Stonehenge and this 16th century London
09:54theater.
09:55Jamie.
09:55Where's the Globe?
09:56That's correct.
09:57Historic settlement for two.
09:59Used for this, like game-changing meds of the 2020s, the 1990s drug cocktail Fen-Fen
10:04had issues and a $3 billion plus settlement ensued.
10:10It was a weight loss drug.
10:12Here's the last clue for you three.
10:14Before an activist named Clara Driscoll stepped up in 1903, this site where Jim Bowie fought
10:19was in danger of being replaced by a hotel.
10:22Dominics.
10:23What is the Alamo?
10:23We almost lost the Alamo.
10:24Yes, you're in second place, Dominics.
10:26Erika will select first in Double Jeopardy when we return.
10:30We're back and raring to go, literally raring to go into Double Jeopardy.
10:34Categories will be, once again, a historic settlement, then starts with a pronoun, 20th
10:42century lit.
10:43From there we go to climatology, Broadway musicals.
10:47And finally, it's the one-letter last name of Erika.
10:52What appeals up there?
10:53Let's do 20th century lit for $1,600.
10:56Amy Tan dedicated this 1989 bestseller to my mother and the memory of her mother.
11:02Dominics.
11:03What is the Joy Luck Club?
11:04Correct.
11:05Let's get lit for $1,200.
11:06The best known in a series of books, it came between Farmer Boy and On the Banks of Plum
11:11Creek in order of publication.
11:13Erika.
11:14What is Little House on the Prairie?
11:15You got it.
11:1620th century lit for $2,000.
11:18Norman Mailer chronicled the life, crimes, and death of convicted killer Gary Gilmore
11:22in this 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner.
11:25Jamie.
11:25What is The Executioner's Song?
11:27That's the title.
11:28Broadway musicals for $16,000.
11:30In 1987, the Gershwin Theater was transformed into a roller rink for this elaborate musical.
11:35Jamie.
11:36What is Starlight Express?
11:37That's the show.
11:39Climatology for $8,000.
11:40Centered on 180 degrees west and 50 degrees north, an area of low pressure is named for
11:45these islands.
11:47Jamie.
11:47What are the Aleutians?
11:48Correct.
11:49What's the one not her last name of for 12th?
11:52The historic figure in the New York Post headline that reported her childhood home asks $44 million
11:56at 740 Park Avenue in 2014.
12:02It's a reference to Jackie O. What is O?
12:05Jamie.
12:06Broadway for 2000.
12:08Angus McGuffey is a character in this musical about a disappearing and reappearing town.
12:13Dominics.
12:14What is Brigadoon?
12:15Right.
12:15A historical settlement for $1,200.
12:17What UNESCO calls the oldest center of civilization in the Americas, Karal Supe is a settlement
12:23in these mountains.
12:27It's in the Andes.
12:29Dominics.
12:30A historical settlement for $1,600.
12:32The answer there is a daily double.
12:35An opportunity for you, Dominics.
12:37As you can see, you have exactly half Jamie's score at the moment.
12:40I'll do all of it.
12:41Okay, you're going to try to tie this thing up.
12:46Here's your clue in a historic settlement.
12:48Around 120 BC, Narbo Amartius, the modern town of Narbonne, was Rome's first colony in
12:54the land the Romans called this.
12:59What is Gaul?
13:01Modern day France.
13:02They called it Gaul.
13:03You just tied it up.
13:09Go to now, Dominics.
13:10Let's do climatology for $1,200.
13:12The N in the O-N-I, or Oceanic This Index, stands for this Spanish word in a name referring
13:18to warmer waters.
13:20Dominics.
13:21What is Nino?
13:21Correct.
13:22Climatology 16.
13:23This warm current that starts in the tropical Caribbean carries about 400 times more water
13:29than the Amazon.
13:30Jamie.
13:31What is the Gulf Stream?
13:32Yes.
13:32One letter last name for 2000.
13:34The answer there is the other daily double.
13:40A chance to respond, Jamie.
13:41You are not usually finding daily doubles with a lead this narrow.
13:45How much do you want to risk?
13:47$8,000.
13:47All right.
13:48A big wager.
13:49$8,000 at stake in it's the one letter last name of the 1925 literary character who was informed
13:57by telephone that there would be a small hearing concerning his case.
14:08What is G?
14:09That is not correct.
14:11It's Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. What is K?
14:14You lose $8,000, you're in second place.
14:16Select.
14:17Broadway for $12,000.
14:19A top secret plan to deceive Nazis using a corpse is out in the open as a Colin Firth
14:23movie and this Olivier and Tony winning musical.
14:29It's a fantastic show.
14:30Operation Mincemeat.
14:32Jamie, back to you.
14:33Climatology for $2,000.
14:35Merchant sailors depended on these steady breezes that blow easterly in equatorial tropical regions.
14:40Erica.
14:41What are trade winds?
14:42That's right.
14:43Broadway musicals, $800.
14:44Joel Goldies coached the cast in Newfoundland dialect for this musical.
14:49Jamie.
14:49What is Come From Away?
14:50Yes.
14:51One letter last name for 16.
14:53The co-founder of a self-help group whose wife Lois co-founded Al-Anon.
15:00The AA co-founder is Bill W. What is W?
15:03Jamie.
15:04Starts with a pronoun for $2,000.
15:06If somebody describes you as this word, meaning related to the theater, it's usually not a
15:11compliment.
15:14If you're histrionic.
15:16Starts with his.
15:17Jamie.
15:1720th century lit for $800.
15:20After this most famous novel, E.L.
15:22Doctorow moved up in time a few decades to the Depression in Loon Lake.
15:26Dominic's.
15:27What is Ragtime?
15:27You got it.
15:29Starts with a pronoun for $12.
15:30The whole one means the entirety.
15:33Split the word and add an S and you've got a Ricky Martin song title.
15:37Erica.
15:37What is Shebang?
15:38Yeah, Shebangs.
15:3920th century lit $400.
15:41Part three of this Ray Bradbury classic is titled Burning Bright.
15:45Jamie.
15:46What is Farinpite $451?
15:47Yes.
15:48A historic settlement for $8.
15:51Semiyarka, or Seven Ravines, is a newly studied Bronze Age settlement in the Kazakh this,
15:56a tree-deprived type of Eurasian plain.
15:59Jamie.
15:59What is Step?
16:00Correct.
16:00Starts with a pronoun for $16.
16:02Often accompanied by pointing, it's a folksy way to say, in the direction indicated.
16:07Erica.
16:08What is Yonder?
16:09No.
16:10Jamie.
16:11What is Thataway?
16:11Thataway is correct.
16:13Historic settlement for $2.
16:14Georgia Alvarez of Portugal was an early visitor to China,
16:18leading to this first European settlement in the Far East.
16:21Jamie.
16:22What is Macau?
16:23Right.
16:24One letter last name for $8.
16:25The musician who somehow took a jazz album to number two on both the Billboard 200
16:29and R&B hip-hop charts.
16:32Dominic.
16:32What is G?
16:33That's right, hip-hop legend Kenny G.
16:35Pronoun for $800.
16:37Tread carefully.
16:38Literally or figuratively, it's an area fraught with unseen hazards.
16:45In a minefield.
16:46Starts with mine.
16:47Dominic.
16:48Settlement for $4.
16:49Near an English settlement called a hillfort is the Uffington white this,
16:53carved into a chalk hillside 3,000 years ago.
16:56Jamie.
16:57What is the lion?
16:58No.
17:00Erica or Dominic's?
17:01That's the Uffington white horse.
17:04Back to Dominic's.
17:05Pronoun for $400.
17:06This compound adjective has traditionally, though not exclusively,
17:10described a certain tenacious spider.
17:15That's the itsy-bitsy spider of song.
17:17Three clues left, Dominic.
17:19Climatology for $4.
17:20This Australian city named for a scientist is used in climatology circles for sea level pressure measurements.
17:26Jamie.
17:27What is Darwin?
17:27Yes.
17:29One letter last name for four.
17:30The man who founded Boston Temple number 11 in the 1950s before moving to number seven in Harlem.
17:36Jamie.
17:37What is X?
17:37Malcolm X.
17:38And the final clue?
17:39I hope I get it.
17:40And Dance 10 looks three.
17:43Typify the hunger in this show.
17:45Erica.
17:45What is a chorus line?
17:46That's a chorus line.
17:47You're in third place.
17:48But for the first time in his run, Jamie's in second going into Final Jeopardy.
17:51Here's your category, players.
17:53Pop culture people.
17:54Back with the clue in just a moment.
17:57This, our closest game in weeks, will be settled by the Final Jeopardy category of pop culture people.
18:02Here's the clue.
18:04Adopted in 1979, this name reflected size and strength, as well as a promoter's wish to appeal to Irish-American
18:11fans.
18:1230 seconds.
18:14Good luck.
18:45Maybe a tough clue.
18:46Erica Wagner in the middle had $4,600.
18:48Did she come up with a response?
18:50She did not.
18:51She wagered all but $200, leaving her with $200.
18:55Jamie Ding in second place with $14,400.
18:58What was your response, Jamie?
19:00He went to the world of pro wrestling, who is Rowdy Roddy Piper.
19:04I'm afraid that's not the right wrestler, Jamie.
19:06What did you wager?
19:08You'll lose $5,199, leaving you with $9,201.
19:13It's up to Dominics Kovacs now.
19:15His game to lose.
19:16His response?
19:17Doesn't have one.
19:19No, it was Hulk Hogan.
19:21Hulk for the size, Hogan for the Irish fans.
19:23How much did you wager, Dominics?
19:25He had to go big.
19:27$11,201 will knock him down to second.
19:29And Jamie Ding survives to become a 19-game Jeopardy! champion.
19:33His total now, $539,573.
19:38What a game.
19:39Great game.
19:40We'll see you tomorrow from here on the Alex Revex Show.
19:46Thank you for listening.
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