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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 79: Jamie Ding, Lydia Sekscenski, Max Ernst
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Please welcome today's contestants.
00:17A software engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Max Ernst.
00:22A sales consultant from Wallingford, Connecticut, Lydia Saxinski.
00:27And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:33Jamie Ding, whose 27-day cash winnings totaled $753,000.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!
00:47Ken Jennings.
00:49Thank you, Johnny.
00:51Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:52It was runaway win number 21 and win number 27 overall yesterday for our champion, Jamie Ding.
00:58But a miss on the last daily double of the game made things interesting at the end of Double Jeopardy!
01:03A little too interesting, as Jamie told us after the game.
01:06But even with that smaller payday, Jamie was able to cross the three-quarters of a million dollar mark
01:10and is now ranked fifth all-time for most regular season Jeopardy! earnings,
01:15behind only Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, James Holtzauer, and myself.
01:19He's certainly made his mark here on the Alex Rebeck stage.
01:21What we don't know is how long he will remain our champion.
01:24The challengers today are Lydia and Max.
01:26Welcome and good luck to all three of you.
01:28Let's get to work in the Jeopardy! round.
01:30Here are your categories.
01:33We begin with Bio 101.
01:35Then, I need a new car.
01:38We have Miscellany.
01:40All-Star Games.
01:42A little history for you.
01:44And here in the sixth spot, from Fluff to Gesundheit.
01:48Responses are alphabetically between those two words.
01:51Jamie, where to first?
01:52Bio 101 for 800.
01:54Echolalia, the compulsion to repeat words heard,
01:57is a symptom of this syndrome, first described in 1885.
02:01Lydia?
02:02What is autism spectrum disorder?
02:03No.
02:05Max?
02:05What is Tourette's?
02:06Tourette's syndrome is right.
02:07I'll take Bio 101 for 1,000.
02:09This term, for the self-regulating process,
02:12maintaining equilibrium while adjusting to survive,
02:14is from the Greek for standing still.
02:17Jamie?
02:17What is homeostasis?
02:19Yes.
02:19Miscellany for aid?
02:20The Great Depression is one of the galleries
02:22at his Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa.
02:27Max?
02:27Who is Herbert Hoover?
02:28You got it.
02:29All-Star Games for 800.
02:31The 2025 National Rugby League men's All-Star Game
02:34saw a team of these Indigenous Kiwis
02:36top a team of Indigenous Australians.
02:38Lydia?
02:39Who are the Maori?
02:40Right.
02:41Bio 101 for 600.
02:42A National Library of Medicine site
02:44says bacillus species are rod-shaped these
02:47that are ubiquitous in nature.
02:49Jamie?
02:50What are bacteria?
02:51You got it.
02:51I need a new car for 1,000.
02:53That loud rattling noise means
02:55I may need a new this alliterative two-word part
02:58that reduces discharge of noxious gas from my engine.
03:01Lydia?
03:02What is a catalytic converter?
03:03That's right.
03:04I need a new car for eight.
03:06Ugh.
03:06White smoke coming from my tailpipe.
03:08Probably a damaged head one of these
03:10that seals off the internal combustion process.
03:13Lydia?
03:14What is a gasket?
03:14Right again.
03:15Head gasket.
03:16I'll do a little history for you for 1,000.
03:19Pertinax was one of several Roman emperors
03:21killed by this guard.
03:22It did not pay to disgruntle.
03:24Lydia?
03:27Uh, what are the septenarians?
03:30No.
03:30Max?
03:31Who's the Praetorian Guard?
03:32Praetorian Guard is correct.
03:33Uh, from fluff to gesundheit for 800.
03:35It's a male horse missing
03:37one very specific piece of equipment.
03:39Lydia?
03:40What is it, gelding?
03:41Yeah.
03:42Miscellany for 1,000.
03:43A monument in Edinburgh
03:45honors the story of a terrier
03:46named Greyfriars This,
03:48spending over 14 years
03:49guarding his master's grave.
03:51Jamie?
03:52It was Bobby.
03:53Yes.
03:53All-star games for six.
03:55In the 1999 Major League Baseball
03:57All-star game held here,
03:59hometown hero Pedro Martinez
04:00struck out the side to start the game.
04:02Max?
04:03What is New York?
04:04No.
04:05Jamie?
04:06What is Boston?
04:07That's right.
04:07Fenway Park.
04:08From fluff to gesundheit for 400.
04:10It's also known as a verbal noun.
04:13Lydia?
04:15What is a, uh, gerund?
04:18Yes, a mimic of time.
04:19All right.
04:20I'll do from fluff to gesundheit for 1,000.
04:23Put a charge in your response
04:24with this adjective,
04:26a synonym for voltaic.
04:27Jamie?
04:28What is galvanic?
04:29Well done.
04:29A little history for you for 600.
04:32In 1777,
04:33this 19-year-old French aristocrat
04:35accepted a commission of Major General
04:37for the American cause without pay.
04:39Jamie?
04:40It was Lafayette.
04:41Correct.
04:41All-star games for 1,000.
04:43This Motown legend sang a classic version
04:46of the Star-Spangled Banner
04:47before the 1983 NBA All-Star Game.
04:50Lydia?
04:50Who is Marvin Gaye?
04:52It was Marvin Gaye.
04:53Maybe the best version ever.
04:54You're in second place, Lydia.
04:56We have a close game at the first break.
04:57Back with more Jeopardy after this.
05:01Max Ernst, with us from Philadelphia,
05:03is a software engineer
05:04who once in Germany
05:05got to visit a museum devoted to whom?
05:08To Max Ernst.
05:09To you?
05:09To me, yes.
05:10Not to you.
05:11To a different Max Ernst.
05:11To a different Max Ernst, yes.
05:13My wife has a good friend who's German
05:15who happens to be from the same town
05:16that Max Ernst the artist is from.
05:18And so we went to visit her.
05:19She said,
05:20I'm going to take you to the Max Ernst Museum.
05:21And she said,
05:22I called ahead and told them
05:23Max Ernst was coming in.
05:24They said,
05:25the artist?
05:25And she goes,
05:26no, he's dead.
05:28You'd think they would know that.
05:29I would think so.
05:31But yeah,
05:31so then they let me in for free
05:32so I got to see
05:33the Max Ernst Museum for free.
05:34You get a discount
05:35if you're named Max Ernst.
05:36Apparently, yes.
05:37Like Denny's.
05:38Lydia Seksensky
05:39is here from Wallingford, Connecticut.
05:41A sales consultant
05:42and a bit of a poet.
05:43You write sonnets?
05:44I mean, I wrote a sonnet.
05:46I wrote a few sonnets.
05:47What's your sonnet about, Lydia?
05:48So this one ended up getting published
05:50in the undergrad mag
05:51in one third place.
05:53It's called
05:53Cheese Balls,
05:54the Yummy Extra on My Fingers.
05:56And it's about
05:57licking cheese ball dust
05:58off my fingers.
05:58And it is a 14-line
06:00Shakespearean sonnet.
06:01Is there an excerpt from it
06:03you can favor us with?
06:05I have been saving you
06:06for last, my friend.
06:07When all the cheese balls
06:09are at last consumed,
06:10the orange film
06:11that coats my fingers
06:12and my secret reverie
06:14again resumed.
06:15I scrape the pad
06:16against enamel edge,
06:17collect the savory dust
06:18against my tooth.
06:19Though some who witness
06:20may think me savage,
06:21at best,
06:23people would deem
06:23this act uncouth.
06:24Very nice.
06:25Look at that.
06:27That's the best
06:28sonnet about snack food
06:29I have ever heard.
06:30It's not even close.
06:31I'm glad you think so.
06:32Our champion is
06:33Jamie Ding
06:34from New Jersey.
06:35You once attended
06:36a wedding
06:36at an unusual venue.
06:37What was going on there?
06:38It was in Manhattan.
06:39It was an old carriage house
06:41that used to belong
06:42to Aaron Burr.
06:45And allegedly,
06:45it's haunted by the ghosts
06:47of Aaron
06:48and his daughter,
06:49Theodosia.
06:50Did you see any evidence
06:51of haunting Burr ghosts?
06:52There were some
06:53rather stern-looking
06:54portraits of the two,
06:55but mostly I was focused
06:57on my friends,
06:58Will and Susanna.
06:59Will is one of my
07:00oldest and dearest friends
07:01and it was a great wedding.
07:02That's good.
07:03You don't want any ghosts
07:04ruining the wedding.
07:05Lydia,
07:05you gave us
07:06the last correct response.
07:07Where to now?
07:08I'll do a little history
07:09for eight.
07:10Losing a leg
07:11in an 1838 battle
07:12didn't stop this general
07:13from becoming
07:14acting president of Mexico
07:15in 1839
07:16and dictator soon thereafter.
07:19Jamie.
07:19It was Santa Anna.
07:20Yes.
07:21Miscellany for six.
07:22In 2025,
07:24Maria Corina Machado
07:25won the Nobel Peace Prize
07:26for promoting democratic rights
07:28for the people
07:28of this country.
07:29Max.
07:30What is Venezuela?
07:31Right.
07:32Miscellany for 400.
07:33Though this brand
07:34has somewhat updated
07:35its logo,
07:36it still uses
07:37the now nearly
07:37100-year-old drawing
07:39of baby Ann Turner Cook.
07:41Lydia.
07:42What is Gerber?
07:42Right.
07:43I need a new car for six.
07:44My car is emitting
07:46a foul stench
07:47and blue exhaust smoke,
07:48which could mean
07:49a leak is causing
07:49the engine
07:50to burn this fluid.
07:51Lydia.
07:52What is transmission fluid?
07:53No.
07:54Jamie?
07:55What is motor oil?
07:56That's right.
07:57All-star games for four.
07:58In 2023,
08:00the NFL's Pro Bowl
08:01stopped tackling
08:02and went to this
08:02less punishing format.
08:04Jamie.
08:05What is flag football?
08:06Right.
08:06Fluff to Gesundheit for six.
08:08The answer there,
08:09a daily double, Jamie.
08:14You're in the lead
08:15as you find it.
08:15How much do you
08:16want to risk?
08:18Uh,
08:193,200.
08:19Okay.
08:21Going for 9,800
08:22with a correct response
08:23in From Fluff to Gesundheit.
08:25A musical composition
08:27or a state of activity
08:28without full awareness.
08:32What is a fugue?
08:34Fugue is right.
08:34Yes, you add 3,200.
08:37Where to now, Jamie?
08:39All-star games to 200.
08:41For 2025,
08:43this league replaced
08:44its annual all-star game
08:45with a four-nations face-off
08:47of teams
08:47from Canada,
08:48the U.S.,
08:49Finland,
08:49and Sweden.
08:50Jamie.
08:51What is the NHL?
08:52Good.
08:53I need a new car for 400.
08:54The dashboard light
08:56that says ABS,
08:57short for this system,
08:58stays lit up.
08:59So I guess I'll be pumping
09:00my brakes during emergencies.
09:02Max.
09:03What is anti-lock brake system?
09:04Yes.
09:05Bio 101 for 400.
09:07Mitosis covers
09:08the duplication of these,
09:09the parts of cells
09:10that carry hereditary info.
09:12Sorry, now I got a split.
09:14Jamie?
09:15What are your chromosomes?
09:15That's right.
09:16Miscellany for two?
09:18Oui!
09:18French-American Heritage Month
09:20is celebrated during this month
09:21that also has Bastille Day.
09:23Lydia.
09:24What is July?
09:25Right.
09:26A little history for four?
09:28Plans for these German
09:29post-World War I payments
09:30included Owen Young's
09:31in 1929,
09:33setting them at 121 billion marks.
09:35Max.
09:36What are reparations?
09:37Correct.
09:38A little history for 200.
09:40The Zhuyong, Daoma,
09:41and Zijing passes
09:42of this structure
09:43were the three strong fortifications
09:45close to the Ming capital.
09:47Jamie?
09:47What is the Great Wall of China?
09:48Yeah, you've been there.
09:50Bio 101 for two.
09:52Blood is returned to the heart
09:53by way of the renal vein
09:54of this organ.
09:56Jamie?
09:57What are the kidneys?
09:57You got it.
09:58Fluff to Gesundheit for two.
10:00The Latin for brother
10:01gives us this verb
10:02that's used when one socializes
10:04with inappropriate types.
10:06Max?
10:07Uh, what is fraternal?
10:08No.
10:08Is fraternize?
10:09Lydia?
10:10What is fraternize?
10:11Fraternize is the verb.
10:12A little too late there, Max.
10:13One more clue.
10:14It's in the category
10:15I need a new car.
10:16My car is generating puddles
10:18of this brightly colored liquid
10:19often paired with coolant.
10:21Lydia?
10:22What is windshield wopper,
10:24uh, windshield wopper?
10:25Washer?
10:25No.
10:27Jamie or Max?
10:29That's antifreeze.
10:30Jamie, you're in the lead
10:31at the end of the Jeopardy round
10:32and we will come back
10:33because Double Jeopardy is on deck.
10:36It's Double Jeopardy time
10:37and here are the categories.
10:40We begin at the left
10:41with bio 201 this time,
10:43then starts and ends
10:45with the same vowel,
10:46some folk music,
10:49then a trip to the eastern hemisphere
10:51followed by Nuns the Wiser
10:53and The Tail End.
10:55Lydia?
10:56Let's do folks music for 16.
11:00Never Did No Wanderin'
11:01is a song by The Folksmen,
11:02a folk band that gets back together
11:04in this Christopher Guest mockumentary.
11:06Lydia?
11:07What is Against the Wind?
11:09No.
11:10Jamie or Max?
11:12So close.
11:13It's called A Mighty Wind.
11:15Back to you, Lydia.
11:15All right.
11:16Folk's music for 2000.
11:18A folk duo reunites
11:20in The Ballad of Wallace Island,
11:22a film starring this actress.
11:23IRL, she's married to folks
11:25Marcus Mumford.
11:26Lydia?
11:26Who is Carey Mulligan?
11:27Good for 2000.
11:28Folk's music for 12.
11:29This actor in Walk Hard
11:31briefly goes folk
11:32with bizarre Dylan-esque lyrics
11:34like cabbage is the darling
11:35of the laundromat.
11:37Lydia?
11:38Who is Riley?
11:39John C. Riley.
11:40Dewey Cox himself.
11:41All right.
11:42Starts and ends
11:42with the same vowel for 16.
11:45Including 1st and 2nd Maccabees,
11:47the 14 additional books
11:48of the Bible used by Catholics
11:49are known by this collective name.
11:51Max?
11:52What is the Apocrypha?
11:53Right.
11:53Bio 201 for 2000.
11:56Genius of place
11:57tells the life of this man,
11:58a civilian hero of the Civil War,
12:00as well as creator of green space
12:02we still enjoy.
12:06Like Central Park,
12:07who is Frederick Law Olmsted.
12:09Back to you, Max.
12:10Bio 201 for 1600.
12:12The biography
12:13Sex the Measure of All Things
12:14gets down and dirty.
12:15Not really.
12:16About this scientist
12:17and 1950s personality.
12:19Lydia?
12:20Who is Kinsey?
12:21Right.
12:21The tail end for 16.
12:22Answer.
12:24Daily double for you, Lydia.
12:29You're in second place.
12:30Depending on the wager,
12:31you could be in first place
12:32in a moment.
12:33What do you want to risk?
12:34Let's do $3,400.
12:36All right.
12:37For $3,400,
12:39here's your clue
12:39in the tail end.
12:41Near the end
12:41of a 1947 tale
12:43from this author,
12:44we learn that
12:44the plague bacillus
12:45never dies
12:46or disappears for good.
12:53Who is Sinclair?
12:55That is not correct.
12:56It's the plague
12:56by Albert Camus.
12:57So you drop into third,
12:59but select again.
13:00Tail end for two.
13:01This Mississippi set book
13:03with a repetitive title
13:04ends repetitively
13:05with the line,
13:06I don't hate it.
13:07I don't hate it.
13:08Jamie?
13:09What is Absalom, Absalom?
13:10That's the book.
13:11None's the wiser
13:11for $1,200.
13:13Now the patron saint
13:14of racial justice,
13:15Catherine Drexel
13:16established a school
13:17for indigenous people
13:17in Miss New Mexico City.
13:19Lydia?
13:20What is Albuquerque?
13:21No.
13:22Max?
13:22What is Santa Fe?
13:23That's correct.
13:24Eastern Hemisphere
13:25for $2,000.
13:26This Southeast Asian country
13:27is literally on fire.
13:29Its Mount Merapi
13:30has been in a state
13:31of continuing eruptions
13:32since 2020.
13:36In Indonesia.
13:37Max?
13:38Eastern Hemisphere
13:38for $16,000.
13:40Follow the prime meridian
13:41south from Greenwich
13:42and you'll arrive
13:42at this Spanish region
13:44with a same-named capital
13:45conquered by Al-Sid.
13:49What is Valencia?
13:50Back to you, Max.
13:52Starts and ends
13:52with the same valve
13:53for $2,000.
13:54This simple organic compound
13:55is a flammable gas
13:56that also helps ripen fruit.
13:58Lydia?
13:59What is...
14:02Nothing.
14:03No.
14:04Max?
14:04What is ethylene?
14:05Ethylene is correct.
14:06Starts and ends
14:07with the same valve
14:07for $1,200.
14:09The words khaki
14:10and bandana
14:10come from Hindi
14:11and this related language.
14:13Jamie?
14:14What is Urdu?
14:14Yes.
14:15Eastern Hemisphere
14:16for $8.
14:17Abu Dhabi
14:17takes up more than
14:18three-quarters
14:19of the total land area
14:20in this country
14:21made up of the former
14:22truchel states.
14:24Jamie?
14:24What is the UAE?
14:25Yes.
14:25The tail end
14:26for $12.
14:27A kid in this
14:28John Green novel
14:29about a search
14:30is into famous
14:31last words
14:31and ends the book
14:32with Thomas Edison's.
14:34Lydia?
14:34What is Looking for Alaska?
14:35That's the book.
14:37Bio 201 for $12.
14:38Answer.
14:39The other daily double
14:40is also yours, Lydia.
14:42As you know,
14:43you can wager up
14:44to $2,000 here.
14:45We'll do the house, Max.
14:47$2,000.
14:47Okay.
14:48Here's your clue
14:49in Bio 201.
14:50Chapters in a bio
14:51of this president
14:52include
14:53The Heat in the Kitchen
14:54and
14:54The Moon,
14:55The Stars,
14:56and All the Planets.
14:59Who is Jefferson?
15:01I'm afraid not.
15:02Harry Truman.
15:03So you're back
15:03in negative territory,
15:04but lots of time
15:05to make that up, Lydia.
15:06Select.
15:06All right.
15:07None's the wiser for $2.
15:0817th century nun
15:09Mariana Alcoforado
15:11is said to have penned
15:11the Portuguese letters
15:12that influenced
15:13this sonnets
15:14to Orpheus' poet.
15:18Who is Rilke?
15:19Lydia?
15:20None's the wiser for $16.
15:22Despite Britannica's
15:23description of her
15:24as a consecrated virgin
15:25with a speech impediment,
15:26the BBC aired her story
15:28of painting in 1996.
15:33I remember her.
15:34Sister Wendy.
15:34Back to you, Lydia.
15:35The tail end parade.
15:37Chaos is the order
15:38of the day
15:38at the end
15:39of this 1945 classic
15:40with pigs and men.
15:42Impossible to say
15:42which was which.
15:43Max?
15:44What is Animal Farm?
15:45That's right.
15:46Tail end for 400.
15:47The epilogue
15:48of this 1851 tale
15:49ends with a ship
15:50called the Rachel
15:51picking up a lone survivor.
15:53Jamie?
15:53What is Moby Dick?
15:54Yes.
15:55Starts and ends
15:55with the same vowel
15:56for eight.
15:57The Mexican type
15:58of this herb
15:58is also called
15:59Rosemary Mint.
16:01Lydia?
16:02What is Oregano?
16:02Right.
16:03Folk's music for eight.
16:05On this sitcom,
16:06Leslie Knope
16:07goes to Washington
16:07and learns that
16:08Cory Booker
16:09and Orrin Hatch
16:09are in a folk band
16:10called Across the Isle.
16:12Max?
16:13What is Parks and Rec?
16:14Yes.
16:15The Eastern Henness
16:15for a 1200.
16:16The Eastern Hemisphere
16:17is home to Earth's
16:18highest point,
16:19Mount Everest,
16:20and the lowest point
16:21on Earth's surface
16:22at this body of water.
16:23Max?
16:24What is the Dead Sea?
16:25Right again.
16:25The Eastern Hemisphere
16:26for 400.
16:27You'll find Tokyo
16:28on this island,
16:29one of the world's
16:29ten biggest.
16:30Jamie?
16:31What is Honshu?
16:32Yes.
16:33Bio 201 for eight.
16:34A 2015 biography
16:35of this early baseball star
16:37says journalist Al Stump
16:38created a false picture
16:39of him
16:40as a violent,
16:41unhinged racist.
16:42Jamie?
16:42Who is Ty Cobb.
16:43Right.
16:44Folk music for four.
16:46Taylor Swift
16:47has performed
16:47this folk ditty
16:48by Phoebe Buffay.
16:50Lydia?
16:50What a smelly cat.
16:51Yeah.
16:52None's the wiser for eight.
16:54A book called
16:54The Soul of DNA
16:55said Sister Miriam's
16:57chemical method
16:57affirmed the structure
16:58of the DNA bases
16:59and this model.
17:01Jamie?
17:01What is the double helix?
17:03Yes.
17:03Bio 201 for four.
17:05In 1845,
17:06this ex-slave
17:07wrote his autobiography.
17:08In 2018,
17:09David Blight examined his life
17:11in a bio subtitled
17:12Prophet of Freedom.
17:13Lydia?
17:14Who is Frederick Douglass?
17:14Yes.
17:15Uh, start to end
17:16with the same vowel for four.
17:17At the University of Michigan
17:19School of Nursing,
17:20exploring palliative care
17:21is this type
17:21of discretional course.
17:23Lydia?
17:24What is this, hospice?
17:25No.
17:26Jamie?
17:26What is an elective?
17:27It is an elective.
17:28Last clue from Nuns the Wiser.
17:29Before becoming known
17:30the world over,
17:31she spent nearly two decades
17:32teaching at the Loreto
17:33Sisters School
17:34in Calcutta.
17:35Lydia?
17:35Who is Mother Teresa?
17:36That is correct
17:37and it puts you
17:37in final jeopardy.
17:38Lydia, well done.
17:40Jamie has the lead
17:41but not an insurmountable
17:42one today.
17:42The category for you three
17:44is 18th Century Works
17:46and the clue's coming up
17:47right after this.
17:49Today's final jeopardy clue
17:50is in the category
17:5118th Century Works
17:52and here is that clue.
17:55Ironically,
17:56it was the mayor
17:56of Strasbourg,
17:57a victim of the guillotine,
17:58who requested
17:59the composition of this.
18:0130 seconds.
18:02Good luck.
18:32We'll begin in the middle
18:33with Lydia Sekskensky.
18:34$400,
18:35made it into final
18:36at the last minute.
18:37Is she correct?
18:38She wrote down
18:39La Marseillaise
18:40and that is correct
18:41even though he was
18:42from Strasbourg,
18:42not Marseille.
18:43What did you wager?
18:44A zero wager
18:45leaves you with $400.
18:47Max Ernst was in second place
18:48with $10,800.
18:50Does he have La Marseillaise?
18:52He does.
18:52What was the wager?
18:53$9,000
18:54taking him to $19,800.
18:57A very rare situation
18:58for our champion Jamie Ding.
18:59He's in second place
19:00and needs to get this right.
19:01Is he correct?
19:02He got it.
19:04Did he wager enough?
19:05Just barely.
19:06$4,001 takes him
19:07to $21,601.
19:09Jamie survives the scare
19:11to become a 28-game champion.
19:12His total, $774,601.
19:17Great game, everybody.
19:18Thanks for joining us.
19:20We'll be back tomorrow.
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