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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 81: Jamie Ding, Leighanna Mixter, Patrick Nolan
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Today's contestants are an actuary from Wheaton, Illinois, Patrick Nolan.
00:20An attorney originally from Fresno, California, Liana Mixter.
00:25And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:31Jamie Ding, whose 29-day cash winnings totals $793,602.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings!
00:49Thank you so much, Johnny. We're so glad to have you with us today on Jeopardy!
00:53A good friend of our champion, Jamie Ding, once said,
00:56Jamie Ding knows everything about everything.
00:58And after watching him dominate on this stage for the past several weeks,
01:01his knowledge does sometimes appear to be endless.
01:04But as Jamie himself would say, his busy law school schedule meant that
01:08he didn't have a lot of time to intensely study for Jeopardy!,
01:11relying instead on what he calls a sticky mind.
01:13Today that mind will go up against Liana and Patrick,
01:16who I'm sure have sticky minds of their own.
01:18May the stickiest mind win. Good luck to the three of you.
01:21These are your categories in the Jeopardy! round.
01:24Big 12 schools comes up first.
01:26Then we have science.
01:29America from $1750 to $1800.
01:32Then recent hitmakers.
01:34Hobbies and pastimes.
01:36And we finish the board with words for the young.
01:39Jamie, what looks good to you up there?
01:41Uh, America, $1750 to $1800 for $800.
01:44Answer.
01:45A daily double right off the bat.
01:49You were right. It did look good.
01:50You can wager up to $1,000 on this clue.
01:52$1,000.
01:53Going for $1,000 in America, $1750 to $1800.
01:57In 1789, Governor George Clinton named as New York's Attorney General this man,
02:03who, 15 years later, could have used an attorney himself.
02:08Uh, who was Aaron Burr?
02:10Aaron Burr is correct.
02:11And you're on the board first with $1,000.
02:16Hobbies and pastimes for $1,000.
02:18Vases used in this, the Japanese art of flower arranging,
02:22often feature a kenzan, or flower frog, that holds stems upright.
02:26Patrick.
02:26What is it? Ikebana?
02:27Yes.
02:28Uh, science, $1,000?
02:30This 13-letter word is the discharge of water into the atmosphere,
02:34mainly through the stomata of leaves.
02:36Jamie.
02:37What is transpiration?
02:38That's correct.
02:39America, $600.
02:41In 1797, three French agents,
02:44ID'd by these three letters in correspondence,
02:46asked for a $250,000 bribe from U.S. diplomats.
02:50Patrick.
02:51What is XYZ?
02:52Yeah, the XYZ affair.
02:53Uh, America, $1,000.
02:55It's a prerequisite, a must, in fact,
02:57to know George Washington surrendered this fort in July 1754,
03:00and the French burned it.
03:02Patrick.
03:03What is Fort Necessity?
03:04Good for $1,000.
03:05Science, $8.
03:06A candy bar created by Nestle
03:08is in this nickname of the hypothetical model for the universe's end,
03:11where all matter collapses on itself.
03:14Viana.
03:15What is Milky Way?
03:15No.
03:16Jamie.
03:17What is The Big Crunch?
03:18That's correct.
03:19Recent Hitmakers for $600.
03:21Man, I need this Grammy-winning British singer
03:23who put her soul into that tune,
03:25as well as So Easy to Fall in Love.
03:27Patrick.
03:28Who's Dean?
03:29Good.
03:29Olivia Dean.
03:30Science, $6.
03:31Good news.
03:32This layer in the stratosphere is healing,
03:34and that's not going to exacerbate global warming.
03:37Jamie.
03:38What is The Ozone Layer?
03:39That's correct.
03:40Words for the Young for $800.
03:41This four-letter word for a neglected or abandoned child
03:45come to mean an extremely thin person, usually female.
03:49Jamie.
03:49What is a waif?
03:50Correct.
03:51Hobbies and pastimes for $400.
03:53If you take up ballroom dancing,
03:55you are likely to learn this one,
03:56said to be named for a guy, not a canine.
04:02The canine is a fox.
04:03What is the foxtrot?
04:04Back to you, Jamie.
04:05Big 12 schools for $600.
04:07President William Howard Taft,
04:09Governor Bob Taft,
04:10and a couple of Kelseys
04:11are alums of the University of this city.
04:14Jamie.
04:15What is Cincinnati?
04:16Yes.
04:16Hobbies and pastimes for $8.
04:18Instead of making beer,
04:19you can make this by fermenting honey and water.
04:22Patrick.
04:23What is mead?
04:24Right.
04:24America for?
04:26In Chisholm v. Georgia,
04:27the Supreme Court and this first chief justice
04:30said states were subordinate to the federal government.
04:32Leanna.
04:33Who's Marshall?
04:34No.
04:35Jamie.
04:35Who's John Jay?
04:36John Jay is first.
04:38Recent hitmakers for $1,000.
04:40In 2025,
04:41Ella Langley topped the country chart
04:43singing,
04:43She's from this state.
04:45I can tell, by the way,
04:46he's two-stepping around the room.
04:51She's from Texas.
04:52Must have been a Texas two-step.
04:54Jamie.
04:55Science for $400.
04:57Males of this common pig species from Africa
04:59have pairs of bumps on their faces
05:01and two pairs of tusks.
05:03Jamie.
05:03What are warthogs?
05:04Warthogs are right.
05:05You have $5,600.
05:06A narrow lead over Patrick.
05:08Also off to a good start.
05:09Leanna, we'll get you out of the hole
05:10when we come back.
05:11Much more Jeopardy after this.
05:16Patrick Nolan from Wheaton, Illinois,
05:18is an actuary.
05:19I assume you're living that glamorous
05:21actuary life, Patrick.
05:22Like everybody in the business does, for sure.
05:24I assume so.
05:25Tell me about the glamorous Christmas present
05:27you got a few years ago.
05:28Yeah, I sent my wife to a high school quiz bowl
05:30supplies website.
05:32Got a little bit of a weird look
05:33when I asked for a buzzer lockout system.
05:36And it's actually paid a lot of dividends
05:38because every year on Christmas Eve,
05:40I'll set up a Christmas Jeopardy game
05:42with my family.
05:43I'll get to play as, you know,
05:44I'll get to be Ken Jennings.
05:45And, you know, they get really competitive
05:47and my daughters say it's like the best day of the year.
05:49So, big return on investment for that.
05:51I love that.
05:52Did you use it to practice for today on Jeopardy?
05:54I did.
05:54I assume so.
05:56The gift that keeps on giving.
05:57Absolutely.
05:58Leanna Mixter, originally from Fresno,
06:00is an attorney.
06:01Yes.
06:01You have also hosted, not Jeopardy,
06:03like Patrick does.
06:04What kind of show did you host?
06:05So, last year I was involved
06:08with organizing a work retreat
06:09and we decided it would be fun
06:11to interview our boss
06:12in the style of Hot Ones.
06:14Okay.
06:14So, we bought the full set of hot sauces,
06:17got the wings,
06:18I sourced questions from the team
06:20and since it was my idea,
06:21I agreed to host.
06:23I made it through all 10
06:24and didn't get fired.
06:26I was about to say,
06:27this is a dangerous game to play.
06:29I did make him agree in advance
06:30that he wouldn't hold it against me.
06:31There we go.
06:32I'm not an expert on employment law.
06:33You're the attorney here.
06:34But I'm glad you're still working there.
06:36Our champion is Jamie Ding, of course.
06:38I just learned your quiz league team name, Jamie.
06:41Walk me through this.
06:42It is MC Gandalf the Fresh
06:44and his hip hobbits.
06:45Now, are you MC Gandalf the Fresh
06:47or are you one of the aforementioned hip hobbits?
06:49None of us are MC Gandalf the Fresh.
06:51We are all hip hobbits.
06:52It's like Hootie and the Blowfish.
06:53Everyone is both Hootie and the Blowfish.
06:55Exactly.
06:56I love that team name.
06:57Is there a story?
06:58I don't remember exactly.
06:59I wasn't there for it,
07:01but I was all for it once I learned it.
07:03You'll always be Gandalf the Fresh to me, Jamie.
07:05You also have command of the board.
07:07What clue next?
07:08Words for the Young for 600.
07:10A music genre is in this two-word affectionate term
07:13from TikTok.
07:14It's a person who embraces the feminine side of things.
07:20I'm not on TikTok either.
07:21What's a girly pop?
07:22Jamie?
07:23Uh, recent Hitmakers for eight.
07:26He topped the Hot 100 singing,
07:28something so out of the ordinary,
07:29you got me kissing the ground of your sanctuary.
07:32Patrick?
07:32It was Warren.
07:33It is Alex Warren.
07:34Science 2?
07:35This white variety of limestone
07:37is made from shells of marine organisms.
07:39Some classroom versions are made with gypsum.
07:42Leanna?
07:43What is chalk?
07:43Yes.
07:44Hitmakers for?
07:46In Back to Friends,
07:47he lived up to his E-less name,
07:49lamenting getting friend-zoned
07:50after we just shared a bed.
07:52Leanna?
07:53What is somber?
07:54Somber with no E, right.
07:56Hobbies for 600?
07:57Maho Beach in front of the runway at St. Martin
08:00is a renowned spot for this pastime
08:02that rhymes with one in a 1993 Scottish novel.
08:05Jamie?
08:06What is plane spotting?
08:07Not train spotting, but plane spotting.
08:09Words for the Young for 1,000.
08:11Two J's are in this adjective
08:13describing juvenile ideas.
08:15Jamie?
08:16What is jejun?
08:16You add 1,000.
08:17Big 12 for four?
08:18The first Baptist missionary to Texas,
08:21James Huckins co-founded this Waco University,
08:24established in 1845.
08:25Patrick?
08:26Uh, what is...
08:29Nope.
08:30Out of time, I'm afraid.
08:32Jamie or Leanna?
08:34That's Baylor.
08:35Back to you, Jamie.
08:37Uh, big 12 for eight.
08:38Tonight, on The Real Students of Orange County,
08:41UCF, this Southern school
08:43came into being in the shadow of the Mercury program.
08:45Patrick?
08:46What is University of Central Florida?
08:48That's right.
08:49Um, America for two.
08:51Healthy, wealthy, and wise.
08:52In 1757, Ben Franklin edited himself
08:55out of editing this publication after 25 years.
08:58Jamie?
08:59What is Port Richard's Almanac?
09:00Correct.
09:01Words for the Young for 400.
09:03Young mariners who have not yet crossed the equator
09:05have this nickname.
09:06Another word for tadpole.
09:08Leanna?
09:09What is poliwog?
09:09Right.
09:10Uh, words for 200.
09:12This adjective for a whippersnapper
09:14advanced in knowledge or skill
09:15comes from Latin words for a head and to cook.
09:19Jamie?
09:19What is Precocious?
09:20Right.
09:21Big 12 for 1,000.
09:22This Big 12 school is in Manhattan,
09:25also known as the Little Apple,
09:26population 55,000.
09:28Patrick?
09:29What is Kansas State?
09:31Right.
09:32Uh, recent hitmakers for two.
09:33In November 2025,
09:35he was on nearly half
09:37the 25 top country streaming songs,
09:39including I Got Better in the top spot.
09:42Patrick?
09:43Who's Wallen?
09:43Yes, Morgan Wallen.
09:44Uh, Big 12, Thor 2.
09:46Key and Peele's East-West Bowl
09:48featured Ty Royal Smoochie Wallace,
09:51Jack Marius, Tac Theratrix,
09:52and from this Provo College,
09:54Dan Smith.
09:56Leanna?
09:56What is BYU?
09:57Yes.
09:58Uh, and Hobbies for 200.
10:00The hobby of using this device
10:01to sweep for treasure
10:02is prohibited in U.S. national parks
10:04to protect relics and archaeological sites.
10:07Leanna?
10:08What is a metal detector?
10:08Yes, great job.
10:09You finished the round
10:10in positive territory.
10:12Patrick's just behind Jamie.
10:13We got a close game here.
10:14Double Jeopardy's up next.
10:15Don't you miss it.
10:22Patrick finds himself
10:23just $1,200 behind the super champ
10:25as we move into Double Jeopardy.
10:27Where the categories today are
10:29American Lit, first.
10:31Then, second, Celebrity Chefs.
10:33We also have Art for Art's Sake,
10:36Word Origins,
10:37some teeny tiny little countries,
10:40and finally,
10:41I have a lot of grey friends.
10:43Leanna, select.
10:44Word Origins for 2000.
10:46The name of this game
10:47is basically a German word
10:49minus Tisch, or table.
10:54Tisch Fussball.
10:55Table football became Fussball.
10:57Leanna, back to you.
10:58Word Origins for 16.
11:00This word comes from
11:01French genealogical charts.
11:03The branching lines
11:04looked like the pied,
11:05or foot, of a bird.
11:09That's where pedigree comes from.
11:11Leanna?
11:12Let's try teeny tiny countries
11:13for 2000.
11:14Okay, switching categories.
11:15Since 2002,
11:17Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa
11:18has been king of this
11:19small island nation
11:20on the southwestern coast
11:22of the Persian Gulf.
11:23Jamie?
11:24What is Bahrain?
11:24That's right.
11:25I have a lot of grey friends
11:26for 1200.
11:27Robert E. Lee rode this horse,
11:29whose color he described
11:30as Confederate grey
11:31for most of the Civil War.
11:33Patrick?
11:34What is Traveller?
11:35You got it.
11:36Teeny tiny countries, 16.
11:38Airport options
11:39for visiting Andorra
11:40include BCN,
11:42serving Barcelona,
11:43and TLS,
11:44the airport of this city.
11:46Jamie?
11:46Where is Toulouse?
11:47Right.
11:48Art for Arts sake
11:49for 1200.
11:50While the original
11:51of this Michelangelo statue
11:53is indoors
11:53at Florence's Academia Gallery,
11:55there are two outdoor copies nearby.
11:58Patrick?
11:59What is David?
11:59Yes.
12:00Lit for 16?
12:02Pennsylvanian,
12:03Owen Wister's best-known novel
12:05isn't The Pennsylvanian,
12:06but this one
12:07about a southerner out west.
12:11He wrote The Virginian.
12:13Back to you, Patrick.
12:14Art for 16?
12:16Born in Seville,
12:17this 17th-century artist
12:18traveled to Italy
12:19to create paintings
12:20like Vulcan's Forge.
12:22Patrick?
12:22It was Velasquez.
12:23That's right.
12:24American Lit 12?
12:26A South Carolina literary festival
12:28is named for this late author
12:29of The Great Santini.
12:31Patrick?
12:31It was Conroy.
12:32That's correct.
12:33You're in the lead.
12:34Teeny Tiny Countries 12?
12:35Answer.
12:36The Daily Double.
12:38First one in the round
12:39comes to you, Patrick.
12:41A $400 lead
12:43over Jamie Ding
12:44at the moment.
12:44How much do you want to wager
12:45on Teeny Tiny Countries?
12:48I'm going to bet everything, Ken.
12:49Oh.
12:50Not a teeny tiny wager, then.
12:52You'll have 23,200
12:54if you're right.
12:54Here's your clue.
12:56Teeny Tiny Countries.
12:57Borgo Maggiore
12:58and Ceravale
12:59are towns
13:00in this landlocked nation
13:01that bears the name
13:02of a 4th-century holy man.
13:04What is...
13:07San Marino?
13:08San Marino
13:09is correct.
13:10Let's go!
13:11You have 23,200.
13:18Where to now, Patrick?
13:19Let's do
13:20Grey Friends for 16.
13:23She was queen for a day
13:24on July 10, 1553,
13:26and then eight days more.
13:27After that,
13:28thanks to Mary Tudor,
13:29not so much.
13:30Patrick?
13:31It was Lady Jane Grey.
13:32That's right.
13:33American Lit 2000.
13:34He was friends
13:35with gunfighter-turned-sports rider
13:37Bat Masterson
13:38and used his name
13:39for gambler hero
13:40Sky Masterson.
13:41Jamie?
13:42It was Damon Runyon.
13:42That's right.
13:43Guys and Dolls.
13:45Art for Art's Sake
13:46for 2,000.
13:47Answer.
13:47The other Daily Double.
13:53Jamie,
13:54this is an important moment
13:55in the game
13:55and in your run.
13:56How much do you want to wager
13:57on Art for Art's Sake?
13:59It's got to be
14:00a true Daily Double.
14:01Okay.
14:01He's going to try
14:02to do the same thing.
14:03If you're right,
14:04you'll have a narrow lead
14:05back over Patrick.
14:06Here's your clue
14:06in Art for Art's Sake.
14:08The Glass House
14:09in Seattle
14:10is a one-of-a-kind structure
14:11holding a 100-foot
14:12sculpture
14:13by this artist.
14:16Who is Chihuly?
14:18Dale Chihuly is correct.
14:20Jamie moves back
14:21into the lead
14:23with 26,400.
14:25Wow.
14:26Word origins for eight.
14:28This jellyfish relative
14:29is named for its resemblance
14:30to an old combat ship
14:32with sails.
14:33Jamie?
14:33What is it?
14:34Portuguese Man of War?
14:35Yes.
14:35I have a lot of
14:36Gray friends for 400.
14:38A nod to her most famous role,
14:40Jennifer Gray's 2022 memoir
14:42is titled
14:42Out of This Spot
14:43Where Nobody Puts Baby.
14:45Jamie?
14:46What is the corner?
14:46Yes.
14:47Celebrity Chefs for eight.
14:49Discover the essential
14:50this chef.
14:51Favorite recipes
14:52and hard-won wisdom
14:53from my life in the kitchen.
14:54And may we add,
14:56bam.
14:56Leanna?
14:57Who is Emeril Lagasse?
14:58Right.
14:59Celebrity Chefs for 2000.
15:00This Ethiopian Swedish American chef
15:02is equipped to bring
15:03multicultural flavor
15:04to diners and home cooks.
15:09His name is Marcus Samuelson.
15:11Back to you, Leanna.
15:12Chefs for 16.
15:13An episode of
15:15This Chef in Italy
15:15celebrated the 100th birthday
15:17of her grandfather,
15:18an Oscar winner for La Strada.
15:20Patrick?
15:21Who is De Laurentiis?
15:23That's right, Giada.
15:25American Lit 8.
15:26The first American
15:27female professional writer,
15:29Hannah Adams,
15:30wrote a 1799 history
15:32of this region,
15:33including her native Massachusetts.
15:35Patrick?
15:35What is New England?
15:36Right again.
15:37Grey Friends 8.
15:39Earl Grey Tea
15:40is possibly named
15:41for an earl
15:41and most certainly flavored
15:43with the extract
15:43of this Mediterranean
15:44citrus fruit.
15:46Leanna?
15:46What is bergamot?
15:47Right.
15:48Gray for 2000.
15:49James Whistler's
15:50Arrangement in Grey and Black
15:51number one
15:52is a famous portrait
15:53of his mother.
15:54Number two
15:54is of this Scottish historian.
15:57Jamie?
15:57Who is Carlisle?
15:58It is Thomas Carlisle.
16:00Teeny tiny countries
16:01for eight.
16:02On the Maldives
16:03in the Indian Ocean,
16:04a key local product
16:05is coir,
16:06made into ropes
16:07and more lately
16:08souvenirs
16:08from the husks
16:09of these.
16:10Leanna?
16:10What are coconuts?
16:11You got it.
16:12Word origins for 12.
16:13This eight-letter verb
16:14meaning to increase
16:15was created
16:16after the invention
16:17of a moving staircase.
16:19Leanna?
16:19What is escalate?
16:20You got it.
16:21Countries for four.
16:22The Dingley Cliffs
16:24are the highest points
16:24on this mainly
16:25limestone island republic
16:26about 60 miles
16:28south of Sicily.
16:29Patrick?
16:29What is Malta?
16:30Yes.
16:31Art eight?
16:32An Obie and Emmy winner,
16:34Rosalind Drexler
16:35was also a formidable artist
16:36in this movement
16:37of Warhol and Marisol.
16:39Jamie?
16:39What is pop art?
16:40You got it.
16:41American lit for four.
16:42Maybe attendees
16:43at a John dos Passos
16:44society conference
16:45chant the name
16:46of this trilogy
16:47like American fans
16:48at the Olympics.
16:49Jamie?
16:50What is USA?
16:50That's the trilogy.
16:52Celebrity chefs
16:52for 1,200.
16:54In 1999,
16:55this Brit got down
16:56to the bare essentials
16:57of food prep
16:57for the naked chef.
16:59Leanna?
17:00Who's Jamie Oliver?
17:01That's him.
17:01Celebrity chefs
17:02for four.
17:03In 2025,
17:04Leila Ali got in the ring
17:05for the Knockout Kitchen
17:06episode of Beat This Chef.
17:11That show was called
17:12Beat Bobby Flay.
17:14Two clues left,
17:15Leanna, which one?
17:15Word Origins for 400.
17:17The guns made
17:18by Samuel Colt
17:19acquired this name
17:20from the way
17:20the cylinder turned.
17:21Leanna?
17:22Was it a revolver?
17:23Right.
17:23Final clue,
17:24art for art's sake.
17:26The coup de grace
17:26of the Gates of Hell
17:27is Rodin's The Thinker,
17:29a representation
17:29of this Italian writer.
17:31Patrick?
17:32Who is Dante?
17:33Dante is correct.
17:34You finish with
17:34a very impressive
17:35$28,000.
17:36You are just $2,800
17:37behind Jamie Ding
17:39in the lead.
17:39Great game
17:40from all three of you.
17:41Here's the final
17:41Jeopardy category
17:42to decide things.
17:45The 1950s.
17:46Will they make
17:46their wagers?
17:47We'll pause
17:48and then we'll come back
17:48to see how this thing ends.
17:51For final Jeopardy today,
17:52we are turning the clock
17:53back to the 1950s.
17:55Here's the clue, players.
17:57The announcement
17:58declaring this safe
18:00and effective
18:00was made April 12, 1955,
18:03the 10th anniversary
18:04of the death
18:04of a famous American.
18:0630 seconds starts now.
18:07Good luck.
18:38Let's begin with Leanna Mixter,
18:40an impressive $5,400 up against these two.
18:42What did you come up with
18:43in final, Leanna?
18:44You changed nuclear power
18:45to polio vax
18:46at the last minute
18:47and you got it in there
18:48in the nick of time.
18:49That is correct,
18:50the 10th anniversary
18:51of FDR's death.
18:52What did you wager, Leanna?
18:53You'll add $5,000
18:55taking you to $10,400.
18:57Patrick Nolan
18:57was in second place
18:58with $28,000.
18:59Quite a score.
19:00Did he think
19:01of the polio vaccine?
19:02Dr. Salk?
19:03No, he has penicillin.
19:05He wagered $10,000.
19:07That'll drop him down
19:08to $18,000
19:09in second place.
19:10Jamie Ding
19:11with $30,800
19:12can add to it
19:13if he has the polio vaccine.
19:16He's correct.
19:17How much did he wager?
19:19Today he had to go big.
19:20$25,201.
19:22That is your biggest
19:23successful wager, Jamie.
19:24It takes you to $56,001
19:26and makes you
19:27a 30-game Jeopardy! champion.
19:29Your total,
19:31$849,603.
19:34What a game.
19:36That was an all-timer.
19:37We'll see you tomorrow
19:38right here on Jeopardy!
19:39What a game.
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