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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, his 13th runaway
01:00in 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 hoping to get into the Jeopardy!
01:13record 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.
01:51One 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.
02:08You're on the board.
02:12Gus before sunrise for six.
02:14Give it to me straight.
02:16Don't do this nine-letter verb that means to try to sweeten an unpleasant situation.
02:20Jamie?
02:21What is soft pebble?
02:22No.
02:24Erica?
02:24What is sugarcoat?
02:25Sugarcoat.
02:26That's it.
02:27Middle Ages for 600.
02:29When completed in 1144, Paris's Abbey of Saint-Denis was the first major example of this architectural style that would
02:36become all the rage.
02:37Jamie?
02:37What is Gothic?
02:38Yes.
02:39Video Game On for 800.
02:41This three-word title comes before Warzone, Modern Warfare, and more.
02:46Erica?
02:46What is Call of Duty?
02:47Yes.
02:48A 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?
03:06What is Suet?
03:07It is.
03:08Fed's 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.
03:49Fed's for a thousand.
03:50Here's the executive producer of Fed's, 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.
04:06Dominix?
04:08What is NS-13?
04:08That's them.
04:09The Middle Ages for a thousand.
04:11In 979, this dynasty with a musical sounding name completed its reunification of China.
04:17Jamie?
04:17Or the Song.
04:18Correct.
04:19Fed's for 600.
04:20Back to Octavia Spencer.
04:22Reports of drugs, smuggling, and sex inside a Baltimore jail led to the conviction of dozens of inmates and corrections
04:30officers for this type of organized criminal conspiracy,
04:34spelled out in federal RICO statutes.
04:38Dominix?
04:38What is racketeering?
04:39That's what the R is for.
04:40Got it.
04:41Fed's for eight.
04:42In 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.
04:52Texas for a thousand.
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?
05:11What is Grand Theft Auto?
05:12That's where the Grand Theft Auto games are set.
05:14You're in the lead with 6600, and we need to take a quick break.
05:17But we'll be right back with more Jeffy.
05:20Dominix Kovacs is a software engineer from Sacramento.
05:23And Dominix, I noticed that when Johnny introduced you today, you gave us a little ASL.
05:26What's your connection to deaf culture?
05:27Yeah, I'm actually a COTA, 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 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.
05:44And my son's name is Felix Dominix.
05:46And so my parents had a good idea of just kind of doubling the X and you shake a little
05:49double 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. A lot of us don't get to do that. Welcome.
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. It's basically my second full-time job.
06:07But it's very fulfilling. It's very fun.
06:09I'm actually missing my team's senior night tonight to be here.
06:13So I did want to give them a little bit of a shout-out to my five seniors because I
06:17really 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 sister where you
06:29rank the Chinese chicken, as Barenaked Ladies said.
06:33Tell me about your sister. Are you guys close?
06:35We are. Jessie, she's like almost exactly two and a half years younger than me.
06:39And I mean, she roasts me all the time, as is her right as a sister, but she's also tremendously
06:45supportive.
06:46She's now my self-appointed manager.
06:47Oh, you have a manager now?
06:48Yes. She organized a trip to Nobu last night. The 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. Does that mean she's here? Is she watching today?
07:04She is here in the audience today.
07:07Hey, Jamie's sister, sitting with his parents.
07:11Boy, Nobu last night. You've really gone Hollywood after just, what, 18, 19 games?
07:15I know. Disc, disc.
07:17Well, more good news for you. You have control of the board. Let's get back into the round, Jamie.
07:22Uh, video game on for 400.
07:24George R.R. Martin helped create the backstory for the game in which players attempt to restore this 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 nickname for the U
07:39.S. flag. Dominix.
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 institution. Dominix.
07:51What is Arkham Asylum?
07:52That's 1,000 for you.
07:53Historic settlement for 1,000.
07:55This attorney has won settlements in several police misconduct cases, such as the death of Sonia Massey.
08:03His name is Ben Crump. Back to you, Dominix.
08:06Just before sunrise for 1,000.
08:07This adjective means beneath the collarbone.
08:11Jamie.
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 from 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 years before his bro.
08:42Jamie.
08:43It was Mario.
08:44Right.
08:44Middle Ages for four.
08:46Feudal was coined in the 1600s from Latin feudum, meaning this type of land parcel on which the feudal system
08:52was built.
08:53Jamie.
08:54What is a fife?
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.
09:09The USA's master settlement agreement was signed in 1998 by 52 attorneys general and the four largest companies in this
09:17industry.
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 himself the next this
09:31after 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 two 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 theatre.
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 had issues, and a
10:05$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 was in danger of
10:20being 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.
10:26Erica will select first in Double Jeopardy when you return.
10:30We're back and raring to go, literally raring to go into Double Jeopardy.
10:34Categories will be.
10:35Once again, a historic settlement.
10:39Then starts with a pronoun, 20th century lit.
10:43From there we go to climatology, Broadway musicals.
10:48And finally, it's the one letter last name of Erica.
10:52What appeals up there?
10:53Let's do 20th century lit for 1600.
10:56Amy Tan dedicated this 1989 bestseller to my mother and the memory of her mother.
11:02Dominics.
11:02What is the Joy Luck Club?
11:04Correct.
11:05Let's get lit for 1200.
11:06The best known in a series of books, it came between Farmer Boy and On the Banks of Plum Creek
11:11in order of publication.
11:13Erica.
11:14What is Little House on the Prairie?
11:15You got it.
11:1620th century lit for 2000.
11:17Norman Mailer chronicled the life, crimes and death of convicted killer Gary Gilmore in this 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner.
11:25Jamie.
11:25What is The Executioner's Song?
11:27That's the title.
11:28Broadway musicals for 16.
11:30In 1987, the Gershwin Theater was transformed into a roller rink for this elaborate musical.
11:36Jamie.
11:36What is Starlight Express?
11:37That's the show.
11:39Climatology for eight.
11:40Centered on 180 degrees west and 50 degrees north, an area of low pressure is named for these islands.
11:47Jamie.
11:47What are the Aleutians?
11:48Correct.
11:49What's the one letter last name of for 12th?
11:51The historic figure in the New York Post headline that reported her childhood home asks $44 million at 740 Park
11:58Avenue in 2014.
12:02It's a reference to Jackie O.
12:04What 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.
12:16A historical settlement for 1200.
12:17What UNESCO calls the oldest center of civilization in the Americas, Caral Supe is a settlement in these mountains.
12:27It's in the Andes.
12:29Dominics.
12:30A historical settlement for 1600.
12:31The 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.
12:41You're going to try to tie this thing up.
12:46Here's your clue in a historic settlement.
12:48Around 120 BC, Narbo Martius, the modern town of Narbonne, was Rome's first colony in the land the Romans called
12:56this.
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 1200.
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 than 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?
13:478,000.
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 by
13:58telephone that there would be a small hearing concerning his case.
14:07Jamie.
14:08What is G?
14:09That is not correct.
14:11It's Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K.
14:13What is K?
14:14You lose 8,000, you're in second place.
14:16Select.
14:17Broadway for 12.
14:18A top secret plan to deceive Nazis using a corpse is out in the open as a Colin Firth movie
14:23and this Olivier and Tony winning musical.
14:29It's a fantastic show.
14:30Operation Mincemeat.
14:32Jamie, back to you.
14:33Climatology for 2000.
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.
14:45Joel 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.
15:03What is W?
15:04Jamie.
15:04Starts with a pronoun for 2000.
15:06If somebody describes you as this word, meaning related to the theater, it's usually not a compliment.
15:14If you're histrionic.
15:16Starts with his.
15:17Jamie.
15:1820th century lit for 800.
15:19After this most famous novel, E.L. Doctorow moved up in time a few decades to the depression in Loon
15:25Lake.
15:26Dominic.
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.
15:4020th 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 eight.
15:50Semiyarka, or Seven Ravines, is a newly studied Bronze Age settlement in the Kazakh this, a tree-deprived type of
15:57Eurasian 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 two.
16:15Georgia Alvarez of Portugal was an early visitor to China, leading to this first European settlement in the Far East.
16:21Jamie.
16:22What is Macau?
16:23Right.
16:24One letter last name for eight.
16:25The musician who somehow took a jazz album to number two on both the Billboard 200 and R&B hip
16:31-hop charts.
16:32Dominic.
16:32What is G?
16:33That's right, hip-hop legend Kenny G.
16:35Pronoun for 800.
16:36400.
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's?
16:48Settlement for four.
16:49Near an English settlement called a hill fort is the Uffington white this carved into a chalk hillside 3,000
16:55years ago.
16:56Jamie.
16:57What is the lion?
16:58No.
16:59Eric or Dominic's?
17:01That's the Uffington white horse.
17:03Back to Dominic's.
17:04Pronoun for 400.
17:06This compound adjective has traditionally, though not exclusively, described a certain tenacious spider.
17:15That's the itsy-bitsy spider of song.
17:17Three clues left, Dominic's.
17:19Climatology for four.
17:20This Australian city named for a scientist is used in climatology circles for sea-level pressure measurements.
17:26Jamie.
17:27What is Darwin?
17:28Yes.
17:29One letter last name for four.
17:30The man who founded Boston Temple number 11 in the 1950s before moving to number 7 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 3.
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, but 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.
18:13Good luck.
18:161.
18:17There's a infant in the century, behold pop culture, and שהוא and oublier.
18:19There's an infant in a moment.
18:19In the mix.
18:19All right.
18:19There's a child.
18:19There's a child.
18:25Go.
18:25Go.
18:26Go.
18:27Go.
18:29Go.
18:30Go.
18:31Go.
18:31Go.
18:33Go.
18:33Go.
18:36Go.
18:41Go.
18:45Maybe a tough clue. Erica Wagner in the middle had $4,600. Did she come up with a response?
18:50She did not. She wagered all but $200, leaving her with $200. Jamie Ding in second place with $14,400.
18:58What was your response, Jamie? He went to the world of pro wrestling, who is Rowdy Roddy Piper.
19:04I'm afraid that's not the right wrestler, Jamie. What did you wager? You'll lose $5,199, leaving you
19:10with $9,201. It's up to Dominics Kovacs now. His game to lose. His response? Doesn't have
19:18one. No, it was Hulk Hogan. Hulk for the size, Hogan for the Irish fans. How much did you
19:24wager, Dominics? He had to go big. $11,201 will knock him down to second. And Jamie Ding survives
19:31to become a 19-game Jeopardy! champion. His total now, $539,573. What a game. Great game.
19:40We'll see you tomorrow from here on the Alex the Next Day.
19:57We'll see you tomorrow from here on the Alex the Next Day.
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