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00:00For backstage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:11Today's contestants are an actuary from Wheaton, Illinois, Patrick Nolan.
00:18An attorney originally from Fresno, California, Rihanna Mixter.
00:23And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jamie Ding, whose 29-day cash winnings
00:33totaled $793,602.
00:39And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:46Thank you so much, Johnny. We're so glad to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:50A good friend of our champion, Jamie Ding, once said,
00:53Jamie Ding knows everything about everything.
00:56And after watching him dominate on the stage for the past several weeks, his knowledge does sometimes appear to be
01:01endless.
01:01But as Jamie himself would say, his busy law school schedule meant that he didn't have a lot of time
01:06to intensely study for Jeopardy!
01:08Relying instead on what he calls a sticky mind.
01:11Today that mind will go up against Leanna and Patrick, who I'm sure have sticky minds of their own.
01:15May the stickiest mind win! Good luck to the three of you!
01:18These are your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:21Big 12 schools comes up first.
01:24Then we have science.
01:26America from 1750 to 1800.
01:29Then recent hitmakers.
01:31Hobbies and pastimes.
01:33And we finish the board with words for the young.
01:37Jamie, what looks good to you up there?
01:38Uh, America, 1750 to 1800 for 800.
01:42Answer.
01:42A daily double right off the bat.
01:46You were right, it didn't look good.
01:48You can wager up to $1,000 on this clue.
01:50$1,000.
01:51Going for $1,000 in America, 1750 to 1800.
01:55In 1789, Governor George Clinton named as New York's Attorney General this man, who 15 years later could have used
02:02an attorney himself.
02:05Uh, who was Aaron Burr?
02:07Aaron Burr is correct.
02:08And you're on the board first with $1,000.
02:13Hobbies and pastimes for $1,000.
02:15The vases used in this, the Japanese art of flower arranging, often feature a kenzan, or flower frog, that holds
02:22stems upright.
02:23Patrick.
02:24What is Ikebana?
02:25Yes.
02:26Uh, science, 1,000?
02:27This 13-letter word is the discharge of water into the atmosphere, mainly through the stomata of leaves.
02:34Jamie.
02:34What is transpiration?
02:35That's correct.
02:36America, 600.
02:39In 1797, three French agents, ID'd by these three letters in correspondence, asked for a $250,000 bribe from U
02:46.S. diplomats.
02:47Patrick.
02:48What is X, Y, Z?
02:49Yeah, the X, Y, Z affair.
02:51Uh, America, 1,000.
02:52It's a prerequisite, a must, in fact, to know George Washington surrendered this fort in July 1754, and the French
02:59burned it.
03:00Patrick.
03:00What is Fort Necessity?
03:02Good for 1,000.
03:02Science, 8.
03:03A candy bar created by Nestle is in this nickname of the hypothetical model for the universe's end, where all
03:09matter collapses on itself.
03:12Leanna.
03:12What, it's Milky Way?
03:13No.
03:14Jamie.
03:14What, it's the Big Crunch?
03:15That's correct.
03:16Recent hit makers for 600.
03:18Man, I need this Grammy-winning British singer who put her soul into that tune, as well as So Easy
03:23to Fall in Love.
03:25Patrick.
03:25Who's Dean?
03:26Good, Olivia Dean.
03:28Science, 6.
03:28Good news, this layer in the stratosphere is healing, and that's not going to exacerbate global warming.
03:34Jamie.
03:35What, it's the ozone layer?
03:36That's correct.
03:37Words for the young for 800.
03:39This four-letter word for a neglected or abandoned child has also come to mean an extremely thin person, usually
03:45female.
03:46Jamie.
03:47What, it's a waif?
03:48Correct.
03:48Hobbies and pastimes for 400.
03:50If you take up ballroom dancing, you are likely to learn this one, said to be named for a guy,
03:55not a canine.
03:59The canine is a fox.
04:01What is the foxtrot?
04:02Back to you, Jamie.
04:03Big 12 schools for 600.
04:05President William Howard Taft, Governor Bob Taft, and a couple of Kelseys are alums of the University of this city.
04:12Jamie.
04:12What, it's Cincinnati?
04:13Yes.
04:14Hobbies and pastimes for eight.
04:15Instead of making beer, you can make this by fermenting honey and water.
04:20Patrick.
04:20What is mead?
04:21Right.
04:22America 4.
04:23In Chisholm v. Georgia, the Supreme Court and this first chief justice said states were subordinate to the federal government.
04:30Leanna.
04:30Who's Marshall?
04:31No.
04:32Jamie.
04:33Who's John Jay?
04:33John Jay is first.
04:35Recent hitmakers for 1,000.
04:37In 2025, Ella Langley topped the country chart singing,
04:41She's from this state.
04:42I can tell, by the way, he's two-stepping around the room.
04:49She's from Texas.
04:50Must have been a Texas two-step.
04:51Jamie.
04:53Science for 400.
04:54Males of this common pig species from Africa have pairs of bumps on their faces and two pairs of tusks.
05:00Jamie.
05:01What are warthogs?
05:02Warthogs are right.
05:03You have 5,600, a narrow lead over Patrick.
05:05Also off to a good start.
05:06Leanna, we'll get you out of the hole when we come back.
05:08Much more Jeopardy after this.
05:14Patrick Nolan from Newton, Illinois, is an actuary.
05:17I assume you're living that glamorous actuary life, Patrick.
05:19Like everybody in the business does, for sure.
05:22I assume so.
05:22Tell me about the glamorous Christmas present you got a few years ago.
05:25Yeah, I sent my wife to a high school quiz bowl supplies website.
05:29Got a little bit of a weird look when I asked for a buzzer lockout system.
05:33And it's actually paid a lot of dividends because every year on Christmas Eve, I'll set up a Christmas Jeopardy
05:39game with my family.
05:40I'll get to play as, you know, you get to be Ken Jennings.
05:43Yeah.
05:43And, you know, they get really competitive and my daughters say it's like the best day of the year.
05:47So, big return on investment for that.
05:49I love that.
05:49Did you use it to practice for today on Jeopardy?
05:51I did.
05:52I assumed so.
05:53The gift that keeps on giving.
05:55Absolutely.
05:55Leanna Mixter, originally from Fresno, is an attorney.
05:58Yes.
05:59You have also hosted not Jeopardy like Patrick does.
06:01What kind of show did you host?
06:03So, last year I was involved with organizing a work retreat and we decided it'd be fun to interview our
06:09boss in the style of Hot Ones.
06:11Okay.
06:12So, we bought the full set of hot sauces, got the wings.
06:16I sourced questions from the team and since it was my idea, I agreed to host.
06:20I made it through all ten and didn't get fired.
06:23I was about to say, this is a dangerous game to play.
06:26I did make him agree in advance that he wouldn't hold it against me.
06:29There we go.
06:29I'm not an expert on employment law.
06:31You're the attorney here, but I'm glad you're still working there.
06:33Our champion is Jamie Ding, of course.
06:35I just learned your Quiz League team name, Jamie.
06:38Walk me through this.
06:39It is MC Gandalf the Fresh and his hip hobbits.
06:42Now, are you MC Gandalf the Fresh or are you one of the aforementioned hip hobbits?
06:47None of us are MC Gandalf the Fresh.
06:48We are all hip hobbits.
06:50It's like Hootie and the Blowfish.
06:51Everyone is both Hootie and the Blowfish.
06:53Exactly.
06:53I love that team name is our story.
06:55I don't remember exactly.
06:56I wasn't there for it, but I was all for it once I learned it.
07:01You'll always be Gandalf the Fresh to me, Jamie.
07:03You also have command of the board.
07:04What clue next?
07:06Words for the Young for 600.
07:08A music genre is in this two-word affectionate term from TikTok.
07:11It's a person who embraces the feminine side of things.
07:17I'm not on TikTok either.
07:19What's a girly pop?
07:20Jamie?
07:21Recent hit makers for eight.
07:22He topped the Hot 100 singing, something so out of the ordinary, you got me kissing the ground of your
07:28sanctuary.
07:29Patrick?
07:30It was Warren.
07:31It is Alex Warren.
07:32Science too.
07:33This white variety of limestone is made from shells of marine organisms.
07:37Some classroom versions are made with gypsum.
07:40Leanna?
07:40Leanna?
07:40What is chalk?
07:41Yes.
07:42Hit makers for?
07:43In Back to Friends, he lived up to his E-less name, lamenting getting friend-zoned after we just shared
07:49a bed.
07:50Leanna?
07:51What is somber?
07:52Somber with no E. Right.
07:53Hobbies for 600?
07:55Maho Beach in front of the runway at St. Martin is a renowned spot for this pastime that rhymes with
08:00one in a 1993 Scottish novel.
08:03Jamie?
08:03What is plane spotting?
08:04Not train spotting, but plane spotting.
08:07Words for the young for 1,000.
08:08Two J's are in this adjective describing juvenile ideas.
08:13Jamie?
08:13What is jejun?
08:14You add 1,000.
08:15Big 12 for four?
08:16The first Baptist missionary to Texas, James Huckins co-founded this Waco University, established in 1845.
08:23Patrick?
08:25What is...
08:26Out of time, I'm afraid.
08:29Jamie or Leanna?
08:32That's Baylor.
08:33Back to you, Jamie.
08:34Big 12 for eight.
08:36Tonight, on The Real Students of Orange County, UCF, this Southern school came into being in the shadow of the
08:41Mercury program.
08:43Patrick?
08:43What is University of Central Florida?
08:45That's right.
08:47America for two.
08:48Healthy, wealthy, and wise.
08:50In 1757, Ben Franklin edited himself out of editing this publication after 25 years.
08:56Jamie?
08:56What is poor Richard's Almanac?
08:58Correct.
08:59Words for the young for 400.
09:00Young mariners who have not yet crossed the equator have this nickname, another word for tadpole.
09:06Leanna?
09:06What is polywog?
09:07Right.
09:08Words for 200.
09:09This adjective for a whippersnapper, advanced in knowledge or skill, comes from Latin words for a head and to cook.
09:16Jamie?
09:17What is precocious?
09:18Right.
09:18Big 12 for 1,000.
09:20This Big 12 school is in Manhattan, also known as the Little Apple, population 55,000.
09:25Patrick?
09:26What is Kansas State?
09:28Right.
09:29Recent hit makers for two.
09:31In November 2025, he was on nearly half the 25 top country streaming songs, including I Got Better in the
09:38top spot.
09:39Patrick?
09:40It was Wallen?
09:41Yes, Morgan Wallen.
09:42Big 12 for two.
09:44Key and Peele's East-West Bowl featured Ty Royal Smoochie Wallace, Jack Marius Tack Theratrix, and from this Provo College,
09:52Dan Smith.
09:53Yes?
09:53And Hobbies for 200.
09:55The hobby of using this device to sweep for treasure is prohibited in U.S. national parks to protect relics
10:01and archaeological sites.
10:03Leanna?
10:03What is a metal detector?
10:04Yes, great job.
10:05You finished the round in positive territory.
10:07Patrick's just behind Jamie.
10:08We got a close game here.
10:10Double Jeopardy's up next.
10:11Don't you miss it.
10:17Patrick finds himself just $1,200 behind the super champ as we move into Double Jeopardy, where the categories today
10:23are American Lit first, then second, Celebrity Chefs.
10:29We also have, apart for art's sake, Word Origins, some teeny tiny little countries, and finally, I have a lot
10:37of gray friends.
10:39Leanna, select.
10:40Word Origins for $2,000.
10:42The name of this game is basically a German word minus Tisch, or table.
10:50Tisch Fussball, table football, became Fussball.
10:53Leanna, back to you.
10:54Word Origins for $16.
10:55This word comes from French genealogical charts.
10:59The branching lines look like the pie, or foot, of a bird.
11:05That's where pedigree comes from.
11:07Leanna?
11:08Let's try teeny tiny countries for $2,000.
11:09Okay, switching categories.
11:11Since 2002, Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has been king of this small island nation on the southwestern coast of
11:18the Persian Gulf.
11:19Jamie?
11:19What is Bahrain?
11:20That's right.
11:21I have a lot of gray friends for $1,200.
11:23Robert E. Lee rode this horse, whose color he described as Confederate gray for most of the Civil War.
11:29Patrick?
11:30What is Traveler?
11:31You got it.
11:32Teeny tiny country is $16.
11:34Airport options for visiting Andorra include BCN, serving Barcelona, and TLS, the airport of this city.
11:42Jamie?
11:42What is Toulouse?
11:43Right.
11:44Art for art's sake for $1,200.
11:45While the original of this Michelangelo statue is indoors at Florence's Academia Gallery, there are two outdoor copies nearby.
11:54Patrick?
11:55What is David?
11:55Yes.
11:56Lit for $16.
11:58Pennsylvaniaan, Owen Wister's best-known novel isn't The Pennsylvanian, but this one about a southerner out west.
12:07He wrote The Virginian.
12:09Back to you, Patrick.
12:10Art for $16.
12:11Born in Seville, this 17th century artist traveled to Italy to create paintings like Vulcan's Forge.
12:17Patrick?
12:18It was Velasquez.
12:19That's right.
12:20American Lit 12.
12:21A South Carolina literary festival is named for this late author of The Great Santini.
12:26Patrick?
12:27It was Conroy.
12:27That's correct.
12:28You're in the lead.
12:29Teeny Tiny Countries, 12.
12:31Answer.
12:32The Daily Double.
12:33First one in the round comes to you, Patrick.
12:37A $400 lead over Jamie Ding at the moment.
12:40How much do you want to wager on Teeny Tiny Countries?
12:44I'm going to bet everything, Ken.
12:45Oh, not a Teeny Tiny wager then.
12:48You'll have $23,200 if you're right.
12:50Here's your clue.
12:51Teeny Tiny Countries.
12:53Borgo Maggiore and Cerro Valle are towns in this landlocked nation
12:57that bears the name of a 4th century holy man.
13:00What is San Marino?
13:04San Marino is correct.
13:06Let's go.
13:07We have $23,200.
13:13We're here now, Patrick.
13:15Let's do Grey Friends for 16.
13:18She was queen for a day on July 10th, 1553.
13:21And then eight days more.
13:23After that, thanks to Mary Tudor, not so much.
13:26Patrick?
13:26It was Lady Jane Grey.
13:27That's right.
13:29American Lit 2000.
13:30He was friends with gunfighter turned sports writer Bat Masterson
13:33and used his name for gambler hero Sky Masterson.
13:37Jamie?
13:37It was Damon Runyon.
13:38That's right.
13:39Guys and Dolls.
13:40Art for Art's Sake for 2000.
13:42Answer.
13:43The other Daily Double.
13:49Jamie, this is an important moment in the game and in your run.
13:52How much do you want to wager on Art for Art's Sake?
13:54It's got to be a true Daily Double.
13:56Okay.
13:57He's going to try to do the same thing.
13:59If you're right, you'll have a narrow lead back over Patrick.
14:02Here's your clue in Art for Art's Sake.
14:04The Glass House in Seattle is a one-of-a-kind structure holding a 100-foot sculpture by this artist.
14:12Who is Chihuly?
14:14Dale Chihuly is correct.
14:16Jamie moves back into the lead with 26,400.
14:21Wow.
14:22Word origins for eight.
14:24This jellyfish relative is named for its resemblance to an old combat ship with sails.
14:28Jamie?
14:29What is it, Portuguese Man of War?
14:30Yes.
14:31I have a lot of Gray friends for 400.
14:33A nod to her most famous role, Jennifer Gray's 2022 memoir is titled Out of This Spot, Where Nobody Puts
14:40Baby.
14:41Jamie?
14:41What is the corner?
14:42Yes.
14:43Celebrity Chefs for eight.
14:44Discover the essential this chef.
14:46Favorite recipes and hard-won wisdom from my life in the kitchen.
14:50And may we add, bam.
14:52Leanna?
14:52Who is Emeril Lagasse?
14:53Right.
14:54Celebrity Chefs for 2000.
14:55This Ethiopian Swedish American chef is equipped to bring multicultural flavor to diners and home cooks.
15:04His name is Marcus Samuelson.
15:06Back to you, Leanna.
15:08Chefs for 16.
15:09An episode of This Chef in Italy celebrated the 100th birthday of her grandfather, an Oscar winner for La Strada.
15:16Patrick?
15:17Who is De Laurentiis?
15:19That's right, Giada.
15:20American Lit 8?
15:21The first American female professional writer, Hannah Adams, wrote a 1799 history of this region, including her native Massachusetts.
15:30Patrick?
15:31What is New England?
15:32Right again.
15:33Gray friends ate.
15:35Earl gray tea is possibly named for an earl and most certainly flavored with the extract of this Mediterranean citrus
15:40fruit.
15:41Leanna?
15:42What is bergamot?
15:43Right.
15:43Gray for 2000.
15:45James Whistler's arrangement in gray and black number one is a famous portrait of his mother.
15:49Number two is of this Scottish historian.
15:53Jamie?
15:53It was Carlisle.
15:54It is Thomas Carlisle.
15:56Teeny Tiny Countries for eight.
15:58On the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, a key local product is coir, made into ropes and more lately souvenirs
16:04from the husks of these.
16:05Leanna?
16:06What are coconuts?
16:07You got it.
16:08Word Origins for 12.
16:08This eight-letter verb, meaning to increase, was created after the invention of a moving staircase.
16:14Leanna?
16:15What is Escalate?
16:16You got it.
16:17Countries for four.
16:18The Dingley Cliffs are the highest points on this mainly limestone island republic about 60 miles south of Sicily.
16:24Patrick?
16:25What is Malta?
16:26Yes.
16:27Art 8?
16:28An Obie and Emmy winner, Rosalind Drexler, was also a formidable artist in this movement of Warhol and Marisol.
16:34Jamie?
16:35What is pop art?
16:36You got it.
16:36American Lit for four.
16:38Maybe attendees at a John Dos Pasos Society conference chant the name of this trilogy, like American fans at the
16:44Olympics.
16:45Jamie?
16:46What is USA?
16:46That's the trilogy.
16:47Celebrity Chefs for 1200.
16:49In 1999, this Brit got down to the bare essentials of food prep for the naked chef, Leanna?
16:56Who's Jamie Oliver?
16:56That's him.
16:57Celebrity Chefs for four?
16:58In 2025, Layla Ali got in the ring for the Knockout Kitchen episode of Beat This Chef.
17:07That show was called Beat Bobby Flay.
17:09Two clues left, Leanna.
17:11Which one?
17:11Word Origins for 400.
17:13The guns made by Samuel Colt acquired this name from the way the cylinder turned.
17:17Leanna?
17:18What, is it a revolver?
17:18Right.
17:19Final clue.
17:20Art for art's sake.
17:21The coup de grace of the gates of hell is Rodin's The Thinker, a representation of this Italian writer.
17:27Patrick?
17:28Who is Dante?
17:28Dante is correct.
17:29You finish with a very impressive $28,000.
17:32You are just $2,800 behind Jamie Ding in the lead.
17:35Great game from all three of you.
17:36Here's the final Jeopardy category to decide things.
17:40The 1950s.
17:41Will they make their wagers?
17:43We'll pause and then we'll come back to see how this thing ends.
17:46We are turning the clock back to the 1950s.
17:49Here's the clue, players.
17:51The announcement declaring this safe and effective was made April 12th, 1955, the 10th anniversary of the death of a
17:58famous American.
18:0030 seconds starts now.
18:01Good luck.
18:32Let's begin with Leanna Mixter, an impressive $5,400 up against these two.
18:36What did you come up with in final, Leanna?
18:37You changed nuclear power to polio vax at the last minute and you got it in there in the nick
18:42of time.
18:43That is correct, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death.
18:45What did you wager, Leanna?
18:47You'll add $5,000 taking you to $10,400.
18:50Patrick Nolan was in second place with $28,000.
18:53Quite a score.
18:54Did he think of the polio vaccine, Dr. Salk?
18:56No, he has penicillin.
18:58He wagered $10,000.
19:01That'll drop him down to $18,000 in second place.
19:04Jamie Ding with $30,800 can add to it if he has the polio vaccine.
19:09He's correct.
19:11How much did he wager?
19:12Today he had to go big.
19:14$25,201.
19:16That is your biggest successful wager, Jamie.
19:18It takes you to $56,001 and makes you a 30-game Jeopardy champion.
19:23Your total is $849,603.
19:28What a game.
19:30That was an all-timer.
19:31We'll see you tomorrow right here on Jeopardy.
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