- 15 minutes ago
Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 82: Fri, Apr 24, 2026
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Introducing today's contestants, an accountant originally from Columbus, Ohio, Nico Martinez,
00:21a retired logistics executive from Media, Pennsylvania, Zach Pollack, and a returning champion,
00:30a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jamie Ding, whose 30-day cash winnings total $849,603.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings!
00:49Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:52If you tuned in for yesterday's game, your heart might still be racing,
00:55as our champion Jamie Ding faced his toughest battle to date on the Alex Rebeck stage.
01:00Pushed to bet $13,200 on a single daily double, trying to retake the lead in double Jeopardy!
01:06And then having to wager another $25,201 in final Jeopardy! trying to keep that lead.
01:12In the end, Jamie did emerge victorious, but today it's Zach and Nico getting their chance at the champ.
01:17Good luck to all three of you.
01:18Your categories in the Jeopardy! round are these.
01:23World Capitals first.
01:24It's followed by My First Name's a Verb.
01:27Then we have some Sci-Fi TV.
01:30I Wasn't Familiar With Your Game.
01:33Then Double Talk.
01:35And finally, Mark Twain Tracks.
01:38Jamie, you're up first.
01:39World Capitals for 800.
01:42Cotopaxi Volcano is located about 30 miles south of this capital that's on the slopes of a different volcano.
01:48Jamie?
01:49What is Quito?
01:49Ecuador, right.
01:50Double Talk for 1,000.
01:52This Hawaiian dish is meat and fish wrapped in leaves and steamed or baked.
02:00That's called Laulau.
02:02Jamie, back to you.
02:02I wasn't familiar with your game for 600.
02:05You'll need two jump ropes plus some partners to play this game.
02:09And no, they needn't be from Holland.
02:11Zach?
02:12What is Double Dutch?
02:12That's the game.
02:13Let's do World Capitals 1,000.
02:16A castle overlooking this town is home to the ruling prince of Liechtenstein.
02:20Jamie?
02:21What is Vaduz?
02:21Vaduz is right.
02:23My First Name's a Verb for 600.
02:25Answer?
02:26The Daily Double in the round comes to you, Jim.
02:30You have the lead and $1,800 to wager.
02:33$1,800.
02:34All right.
02:34Trying for $3,600 in the category My First Name's a Verb.
02:39To stab a 007 actor.
02:43It was Pierce Brosnan?
02:45Pierce is the first name.
02:46That's right.
02:47Well done.
02:48Taking you to $3,600.
02:52Familiar with your game for $800.
02:54Also the title of a 2022 film, this triple talk game similar to Mafia has you accusing your friends of
03:00murder.
03:04The game and movie are called Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.
03:07Jamie?
03:08Mark Twintracks for $600.
03:10In one place in Deerslayer, this author has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115.
03:17It breaks the record.
03:19Jamie?
03:20Who is James Fenimore Cooper?
03:21Duncan-on-Cooper, yes.
03:23My First Name's a Verb for $800.
03:25To move up and down repeatedly.
03:27Journalist winner of a 1973 Pulitzer Prize.
03:31Jamie?
03:31What is Bob?
03:32Woodward.
03:32It's in Woodward, right.
03:34Sci-fi TV for $400.
03:36Jeffrey Wright said, the hosts can't hurt you by design in this show.
03:40And everything worked out great, right?
03:42Jamie?
03:43What is Westworld?
03:44You're correct.
03:45Double talk for $600.
03:47Double talk dances include the cha-cha and this Parisian one, a type of quadrille.
03:52Jamie?
03:52What is Can-Can?
03:53Good.
03:54I wasn't familiar with your game for $1,000.
03:56An Apple TV show with Anna Sawai shares its name with this Japanese game described as a cross between pinball
04:02and a slot machine.
04:04Jamie?
04:04What is Pachinko?
04:05That is the game.
04:06Mark Twain tracks for $800.
04:08Mr. Wilson stood elected.
04:10Within a week, he had lost his first name.
04:12This one took its place.
04:16Twain's Mr. Wilson is Puddin' Head Wilson.
04:19Jamie?
04:20Double talk for $400.
04:22The name of this North African dish, often served with harissa, is related to the Arabic for it to pulverize.
04:28Nico?
04:28Whiskus-kus.
04:29Right.
04:30Double talk $800.
04:32We won't say it softly.
04:33This whooshing sound in the heart may cause shortness of breath or your lips to appear blue.
04:39Jamie?
04:39What is Murmur?
04:40That's it.
04:41World's capitals for $600.
04:42It's where you'll find the Museum of Cosmonautics.
04:45Zach?
04:46What is Moscow?
04:48That's correct.
04:48That's the right capital.
04:49You're in second place with $1,200.
04:51We need to pause for a moment.
04:52But don't worry.
04:53We will be back shortly with more Jeopardy.
04:55Stay tuned.
05:02Many Jeopardy players are on a trivia team, but Nico Martinez, an accountant from Columbus, Ohio, has that beat.
05:08Tell me about your trivia life.
05:09I am on three trivia teams on a Sunday, Tuesday, and a Wednesday.
05:14I don't go to all of them every week, but I started the first one to keep up with some
05:19coworkers.
05:20I was leaving a job.
05:21Yeah.
05:21And it was so fun that I explored in the different bars around Columbus and made some more friends and
05:27joined some new teams.
05:28You still got four nights off.
05:29Are you looking for four new teams on a full trivia week for Nico?
05:32Not currently.
05:33Okay.
05:34Three seems like a lot.
05:35You're doing great.
05:36Zach Pollack is a retired logistics executive from Media, Pennsylvania, and a former musician.
05:41Tell me about your band.
05:42Well, I play several instruments, and I like to play lots of different stuff.
05:45But I played for many years with a group in Michigan called Black Jake and the Carnies, and we played
05:50what we called crabgrass, which is sort of punk bluegrass music.
05:54Punk bluegrass?
05:56I'm having a hard time even imagining.
05:57Well, you know, there's songs about clowns and monsters and sin and redemption.
06:02Good stuff.
06:03I love that.
06:03Crabgrass.
06:04Yes.
06:04I'm going to start using that for every punk bluegrass band I come across.
06:07Please do.
06:08Jamie Ding is Lawrenceville, New Jersey's most famous bureaucrat and law student.
06:12You have a habit when you spell words out loud that we've seen once on the show.
06:16What is it you do?
06:17I type them out with my fingers like I'm on a keyboard, an invisible keyboard, while I'm spelling them to
06:23make sure that I get it right.
06:24And that helps you do it?
06:25Yes.
06:26It started off during, like, a marathon spelling bee in eighth grade.
06:30Back then, I was holding up my arms like a T-Rex.
06:32It looked deranged.
06:35Now I do it more subtly.
06:36I could be spelling right now, and you wouldn't know.
06:38That's right.
06:38Like, we don't know your secrets.
06:39But you can go back to doing this again.
06:40It's fine.
06:41Zach, you have command of the board.
06:43Make a selection.
06:43Let's do a sci-fi TV for a thousand.
06:46The crew on the Rocinante covered some ground, flying from sci-fi to prime video when this show got saved
06:52from cancellation in 2018.
06:57That show is called The Expanse.
06:59Zach?
07:00Sci-fi TV 800.
07:02Perhaps Sydney Chandler can teach her dad, Kyle, how to get fluent in xenomorph after starring in this 2025 series.
07:09Nico?
07:09What's Alien?
07:10Alien.
07:10Can you be more specific?
07:13Oh, too much time.
07:15Jamie or Zach?
07:17The show is called Alien Earth.
07:19Back to you, Zach.
07:20First name's Avervith Halsen.
07:22British slang for steel.
07:24British actor Mohammed, who got his kicks as Nathan Shelley on Ted Lasso.
07:29Nico?
07:29What's Nick?
07:30Correct.
07:31Sci-fi 600.
07:32From 2004 to 2009, Mary McDonnell was president Laura Roslin on this show that got frackin' creative with its language.
07:40Zach?
07:41What's Battlestar Galactica?
07:42That's the show.
07:43Mark Twain 1000.
07:44When she found the entire fence whitewashed and elaborately coated, her astonishment was almost unspeakable.
07:51Nico?
07:51Who's Aunt Polly?
07:52Right.
07:53Tom Sawyer.
07:53Mark Twain 400.
07:55He's good enough for one thing, I should judge.
07:58He can outjump any frog in this geographic area.
08:01Zach?
08:01What's Calaveras County?
08:03You're correct.
08:04The game for 400.
08:06The traditional Filipino game, Palo Sabo, involves climbing up a greased pole made of this tree-like grass.
08:12Jamie?
08:13What is bamboo?
08:14Right.
08:14My first name's a verb for 200.
08:16To throw a New York senator.
08:19Nico?
08:20What's Chuck?
08:20Schumer, yes.
08:21First name's a verb, 400.
08:24To tap gently with your hand.
08:26Billy the Kid's final foe.
08:27Zach?
08:28What's Pat?
08:29As in Pat Garrett, you're correct.
08:30World Capitals 400.
08:32When its country reunited in 1990, so did this city, becoming the sole capital.
08:37Jamie?
08:38What is Berlin?
08:39That's right.
08:39Sci-fi TV for 200.
08:41Kind of living up to its name, this anthology series premiered in 1959, as well as in 1985, 2002, and
08:482019.
08:50Jamie?
08:50What is The Twilight Zone?
08:51Yes.
08:52Double talk for 200.
08:53In 1825, the state of New York spent $20,100 to buy the 130 acres that would become the site
09:00for this prison.
09:01Nico?
09:02What's Sing Sing?
09:02You're right.
09:03Mark Twain, 200.
09:05His final words in the book named for him say he's fleeing efforts to civilize me, and I can't stand
09:10it.
09:10I've been there before.
09:11Jamie?
09:12Who is Huckleberry Finn?
09:13Yes.
09:14I wasn't familiar with your game for 200.
09:16In this Hasbro game, you have to sink five of your opponent's vessels before they sink yours.
09:21Nico?
09:22What's Battleship?
09:22That's the right game.
09:23World Capitals 200.
09:24Here's the last clue.
09:26In the treasury beneath Rosenborg Castle in this city, you can see the Danish crown jewels.
09:31Nico?
09:31What's Copenhagen?
09:32Copenhagen is correct.
09:33Nico, you're just $200 out of second.
09:35Jamie's in the lead, and Double Jeopardy is up next.
09:38We'll be back in no time at all.
09:45For me, the Jeopardy round is just an appetizer, an amuse-bouche, if you will, to this real game.
09:50Double Jeopardy.
09:50Here are the categories.
09:53First, they come to America, followed by some small talk.
09:56Note the quotation marks.
09:58Next, I have an invitation for you, an invitation to science.
10:01We have French movies, then classical music, and we finish things off with five-letter history.
10:08Nico, what sounds good?
10:10Let's do classical music for $1,200.
10:13Richard Strauss's also Sprock Zarathustra was a nod to this countryman.
10:18Nico?
10:20Who's Nietzsche?
10:21You got it.
10:22Classical music, 16.
10:24King Charles' 2023 coronation featured pomp, circumstance, and music, too.
10:28Like from this Brit, who was knighted in 1904.
10:32Jamie?
10:32Who was Elgar.
10:33Yes.
10:34An invitation to science for 12.
10:35Answer, a Daily Double.
10:40An invitation for you to make a wager, Jamie.
10:42How much of that $10,600 do you want to risk?
10:45$3,400.
10:46All right, going for $14,000.
10:48Here's a clue just for you in An Invitation to Science.
10:52Thanks to his 1729 book full of sexy pictures of spores, lichens, and fungi,
10:56Pierre-Antonio Michele, has been called the father of this.
11:04What is mycology?
11:06Mycology is the study of fungus, and it's correct here.
11:09You have $14,000.
11:13They come to America for $16,000.
11:16Between 1978 and 1997, the U.S. took in 400,000 of these,
11:21a two-word term from the transport they used fleeing communist Vietnam.
11:25Jamie?
11:26Who are boat people?
11:27Yes.
11:28Classical music for $2,000.
11:29In 1840, this Hungarian composer created the modern piano recital,
11:34playing scores from memory.
11:36Jamie?
11:36Who was Liszt?
11:37$2,000 for you.
11:38French movies for $1,200.
11:40Before winning an Oscar for playing Edith Piaf,
11:43she won a César for a very long engagement.
11:46Jamie?
11:46Who was Cotillard?
11:47Correct.
11:48Five-letter history for $16.
11:50The first of eight popes of this name reigned from 222 to 230
11:54during the rule of Emperor Severus Alexander.
11:57Jamie?
11:58Who was Urban?
11:59You got it.
12:00Small talk for $12.
12:01If it's sympathy you seek,
12:03avoid any person playing this three-word instrument.
12:06Nico?
12:06What's the world's smallest violin?
12:08That's correct.
12:09Small talk $16.
12:11If you're grateful for these,
12:12it means a bad situation could have been worse.
12:14They are the title of a 2023 Dennis Lehane novel.
12:18Nico?
12:19What are Small Miracles?
12:21No.
12:23Jamie or Zach?
12:25The book is called Small Mercies.
12:27Back to you, Nico.
12:29They come to America 12th.
12:30Answer.
12:31The final daily double of the game is yours, Nico.
12:37You have $3,200 to risk.
12:39Can I make it a true daily double, Ken?
12:42Absolutely.
12:42You'll have $6,400 if you're correct.
12:44Here's your clue in They Come to America.
12:46In October 2025,
12:48the U.S. slashed refugee admissions
12:50by over 90% to 7,500 allowed in,
12:54most from this country.
13:01Nico?
13:02What is Mexico?
13:04No.
13:05Oddly, it's South Africa.
13:07That drops you down into third,
13:08but there's lots of money left on the board, Nico.
13:10Make a selection.
13:11They come to America 2,000.
13:13Polish American Heritage Month is October,
13:15death month of both Kosciuszko and this man
13:18with a bridge and a skyway named for him.
13:20Jamie?
13:21Who is Pulaski?
13:22You are correct.
13:23An invitation to science for 1,600.
13:25DNA is composed of four nucleotide bases,
13:28adenine, A, cytosine, C, thymine, T,
13:32and this, G.
13:33Nico?
13:34What's guanine?
13:35No.
13:36Zach?
13:37What's guanine?
13:39Guanine with an N, yes.
13:41Five-letter history, 2,000.
13:43This conservative Israeli political party
13:45first came to power in 1977
13:47with Menachem Begin as prime minister.
13:50Jamie?
13:50Who are Likud.
13:51Correct for 2,000.
13:52French movies for 16.
13:54Breathless and The 400 Blows
13:56are two of the most celebrated films of this movement.
13:59Zach?
14:00What's the French New Wave?
14:01That's right.
14:02French movies, 2,000.
14:03Her film, Aure d'Apris,
14:06was inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany's.
14:07She even has the same first name as that film's star.
14:11Jamie?
14:11Who's Audrey Tattoo?
14:12That's right.
14:13Invitation to Science for 8.
14:15This apparent force caused by Earth's rotation
14:17deflects winds to the right in the northern hemisphere,
14:20to the left in the south.
14:22Zach?
14:22What's the Coriolis effect?
14:24Good.
14:25Science, 2,000.
14:26The length of the line reflects magnitude,
14:28and the arrow shows direction
14:30for this type of quantity, like acceleration.
14:33Zach?
14:34What is a linear quantity?
14:36No.
14:37Jamie?
14:38What, it's a vector?
14:38It's called a vector quantity.
14:40Classical music for 4.
14:42In Holst the Planets,
14:43this section is subtitled the Winged Messenger.
14:47Nico?
14:47What's Mercury?
14:48Mercury is correct.
14:49Five-letter history, 12.
14:51The first of these wars began in 1839,
14:54when British warships destroyed a Chinese blockade
14:57of the Pearl River at Hong Kong.
14:59Nico?
14:59What are the opium wars?
15:00Correct.
15:01Five-letter history, 800.
15:03India's longest-serving prime minister,
15:06he held office from 1947 until his death in 1964.
15:10Jamie?
15:10It was Nehru.
15:11Yes.
15:12French movies for 4.
15:13Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bette in 1946
15:16was an adaptation of this fairy tale
15:18that was later adapted by Disney.
15:20Zach?
15:21What's Beauty and the Beast?
15:22That's right.
15:23Small Talk 2000.
15:25Konstantin Stanislavski often gets credit for this adage,
15:28said when someone complains about playing third footman
15:30with one line.
15:32Jamie?
15:33What is There Are No Small Parts, Only Small Actors?
15:35Hey, you figured it out.
15:36That's correct.
15:37They Come to America for 8.
15:39It has been called the USA's largest Mexican area,
15:42though Cheech Marin made a movie called Born There.
15:45Zach?
15:45What's East L.A.?
15:46Yes.
15:48Let's do Classical Music 800.
15:50The text of this Handel Oratorio
15:52was arranged by Charles Jennings from the Bible.
15:55Isaiah supplied,
15:56For Unto Us a Child is Born.
15:58Jamie?
15:59What is The Messiah?
16:00You're correct.
16:00An Invitation to Science for 4.
16:02The bones of the shoulder include this one,
16:05better known as the shoulder blade.
16:06Nico?
16:07What's the scapula?
16:08You're right.
16:09Small Talk 800.
16:11No prescription is needed for these,
16:13the quantities in which you can proverbially enjoy
16:15something you don't really enjoy.
16:20You might enjoy it in small doses.
16:23Nico?
16:23French movies 800.
16:25Jean Dujardin starred in this,
16:27the first French-produced film
16:29to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
16:31Jamie?
16:31What is The Artist?
16:32That's the movie.
16:33Five letter here, three for four.
16:35This term for the South of the United States
16:37was popularized by a song written in the 1850s.
16:40Zach?
16:41What is Dixie?
16:41Correct.
16:43They Come to America 400.
16:45Comedian Maz Jabrani says,
16:47Iranians like to reassure Americans,
16:49actually, I am this, like the cat, like the rug.
16:53Zach?
16:53That's Persian.
16:54I am Persian, yes.
16:55Small Talk 400.
16:56Here's the last clue.
16:57It's what you might say
16:58when you run into someone unexpectedly,
17:00like at a theme park.
17:02Jamie?
17:02What is Small World?
17:04Yes, it's a small world.
17:05You have $33,200, a big lead.
17:08I'm delighted to see that all three of you
17:09are playing Final Jeopardy today.
17:10Here's the category.
17:12The Literary Year.
17:14We will return with a clue in just a moment,
17:16as soon as the wagers are made.
17:24The players wagered based on their knowledge
17:26of the literary year.
17:27Let's find out what that means.
17:29Here's the clue.
17:31In 1954, on the 50th anniversary of this day,
17:34a group went to a Martello Tower
17:36before going on a bender.
17:3830 seconds starts now, players.
17:40Good luck.
17:53Let's see.
18:11Let's begin on the end
18:12with Nico Martinez, who had $400.
18:14And in Final, what did you come up with, Nico?
18:17No response.
18:19What did you wager?
18:20It doesn't matter.
18:21He wagered nothing.
18:21Still has $400.
18:23Zach Pollack was in second place with $6,600.
18:26Zach's response was,
18:28what is Bloomsday?
18:30Yes, the 50th anniversary of June 16, 1904,
18:33the day on which Joyce said his novel, Ulysses.
18:35Well done.
18:36So you're going to add to that $6,600.
18:38You wagered $1,000.
18:39It'll take you to $7,600.
18:41Jamie Ding had $33,200 today.
18:43Another great score coming into Final Jeopardy.
18:45Did he think of Bloomsday?
18:47He didn't have it.
18:48Did he wager big or small?
18:50Just $198.
18:52So no harm, no foul.
18:53That'll drop him down to $33,002.
18:55And now, a 31-game total of $882,605.
19:01Congratulations, Jamie.
19:02Another fine week.
19:05We enjoyed having you with us this week on The Alex Connect Stage.
19:07Have a great weekend.
19:09We'll be back on Monday.
19:15We'll be back on Monday.
19:39We'll be back on Monday.
19:43We'll be back on Monday.
Comments