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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 78: Mon, Apr 20, 2026
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Pictures Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:14Here are today's contestants.
00:17An economic researcher from Somerville, Massachusetts, Caroline Coughlin.
00:22An account manager from Austin, Texas, Caleb Phillips.
00:26And our returning champion, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
00:33Jamie Ding, whose 26-day cash winnings totaled $732,000.
00:42And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!
00:47Ken Jennings.
00:49Thank you so much. Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
00:52Welcome to Jeopardy!
00:53If you've been watching the show over the past several weeks,
00:56you have witnessed the evolution of a super champion.
00:58Jamie Ding here has racked up multiple records.
01:01He's won 26 games and nearly three-quarters of a million dollars,
01:04responding correctly to 839 clues along the way.
01:08We've learned quite a bit about Jamie.
01:10He usually wears orange, a nod to Princeton in part, his alma mater.
01:13His favorite letter is F, his favorite number 6.
01:16He once met Alex Trebek at the National Geography Bee,
01:18and I kept score for him once in a Quiz Bowl tournament.
01:21He's inspired by his parents, former educators,
01:23who have been in the crowd for every single one of his games,
01:25and he and his sister run a social media account
01:27where they rank General Tso's chicken.
01:30He loves cryptic crosswords, bad mnemonics.
01:32He's like the Great Wall of China.
01:33He's been to two Olympics.
01:34What is there left to learn about this man?
01:36What will we uncover in today's show?
01:38I imagine Caleb and Caroline, the challengers,
01:40are hoping to uncover his Jeopardy! kryptonite,
01:42but I'm not sure we've seen it yet.
01:44Good luck to all three of you.
01:45Let's play Jeopardy!
01:46Here are your categories in the first round.
01:49We have A Word from the Founding Fathers.
01:52Glad they were here for that.
01:54Then Australian Geography,
01:56et tu, T-U in quotation marks.
01:59Then I'm Hearing Voices,
02:01followed by Home Ownership is Stressful.
02:03And finally, In Roger's Thesaurus.
02:07Jamie, what appeals today?
02:08Australian Geography for 800.
02:11Also known as the Never Never,
02:12this 2.1 million square mile region
02:15is where explorer Ludwig Leichhardt and his team
02:17disappeared in 1848.
02:19Jamie?
02:20What is the Outback?
02:21That's correct.
02:22Hearing Voices for 6.
02:24Before going Boom Boom Pow in her music career,
02:26she vocalized Charlie Brown's sister Sally
02:29on TV in the mid-80s.
02:30Caleb?
02:31Who is Fergie?
02:32Right.
02:33Hearing Voices for 400, please.
02:35Lucy Liu slithered in and was in fighting shape
02:38as Viper on this show, Legends of Awesomeness.
02:41Jamie?
02:42What is Kung Fu Panda?
02:43Good.
02:43Home Ownership is Stressful for 8.
02:46Oh, Landscaper.
02:47Too much this element,
02:49one of the three main fertilizer nutrients
02:51with phosphorus and potassium,
02:53turned the lawn brown.
02:54Jamie?
02:55What is Nitrogen?
02:56Yes.
02:57At 2 for 1,000.
02:58Composed of nine small coral islands in Oceania
03:01scattered over 360 miles,
03:03this country was once known as the Ellis Islands.
03:06Jamie?
03:07What is Tuvalu?
03:07Good for 1,000.
03:08Australian Geography for 6.
03:10See many of those wild and weird Aussie animals
03:13at the Taronga Zoo in this coastal metropolis,
03:16the most populous city.
03:18Caroline?
03:18What is Sydney?
03:19Yes, you're on the board.
03:20Australian Geography for 1,000.
03:22This island off Australia's southern coast
03:24makes up most of its smallest state.
03:27Jamie?
03:27Or is Tasmania?
03:28Right.
03:29A word from the Founding Fathers for 6.
03:31Alexander Hamilton, who knew about handling money.
03:34A national this, if it is not excessive,
03:36will be to us a national blessing.
03:39Caleb?
03:39Was it debt?
03:40Yes.
03:41At 2, 200, please?
03:42This brass instrument weighs in at 20 to 30 pounds,
03:46but I want to bring in the novelty 100-pound one
03:48called Big Carl.
03:50Caleb?
03:51Was it tuba?
03:51Correct.
03:52Home ownership for 600?
03:54My neighbors seem shifty,
03:56so I'm beefing up security
03:57with this kind of outdoor lighting
03:59that uses passive infrared sensors.
04:02Jamie?
04:03What is motion detecting?
04:04Yes, motion sensitive.
04:05You got it.
04:05In Roger's Thesaurus, for 1,000.
04:07Answer.
04:08That's a daily double, Jamie.
04:12You have an early lead.
04:14The category has to do with the Thesaurus.
04:17What do you want to wager?
04:182,400.
04:19All right.
04:20Going for an even 7,000.
04:22Here's your clue in Roger's Thesaurus.
04:25Monology.
04:25Self-address.
04:27This onstage act of speaking to oneself.
04:32What is a soliloquy?
04:34Soliloquy is right, and it takes you to $7,000.
04:41Hearing voices for 8.
04:42When it came to bringing the Joker to manic life
04:45in Batman the Animated Series,
04:47the Force was with this actor.
04:49Caleb?
04:49Who is Hamill?
04:50You got it.
04:51Mark Hamill.
04:52At 2, 600, please.
04:53This Little Richard song mentions a gal named Sue
04:56who rocks to both the East and the West.
04:59Jamie?
05:00What is Tutti Frutti?
05:01Right.
05:01Home ownership for 4.
05:03Multiple drains in my home are blocked.
05:05I'm not connected to municipal sewers,
05:07so it's an issue with this six-letter on-site system.
05:10Jamie?
05:11What is septic?
05:12Yes.
05:13In Roger's Thesaurus for 8.
05:15Terminology.
05:16Place naming.
05:17Taxonomy.
05:18It often follows binomial.
05:20Jamie?
05:21What is nomenclature?
05:22That is correct.
05:23You have $8,800,
05:24and we have to take a break,
05:26a pause, an interim, an interval.
05:27We'll be right back with more Jeopardy after this.
05:31Caroline Kofflin here hails from Somerville, Massachusetts,
05:33an economic researcher
05:34who a little over a decade ago
05:36had kind of an unusual internship.
05:38Yes.
05:39My alma mater, Northeastern, does a co-op program,
05:41and I got to spend a semester
05:43working in the Scottish Parliament
05:45during and after the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014.
05:48Ooh, a lively time in the Scottish Parliament.
05:50Yes.
05:51Day one, they showed up and asked me,
05:53do you have your walking shoes on?
05:54We're going door-knocking,
05:56asking people to say no thanks to Scottish independence.
05:59You are anti-independence.
06:00Are you Scottish-American?
06:01I am, and it did feel a little strange as an American
06:05to be asking other people to say,
06:07no thanks, we don't want to be independent from Britain.
06:09That's kind of our thing, Caroline.
06:11I understand that.
06:13Also joining us, Caleb Phillips from Austin, Texas,
06:15an account manager who in 2012 did something even crazier
06:19than hang out at Scottish Parliament.
06:21That's right, Ken.
06:21In 2012, I decided that it would be a good idea
06:24to run with a bunch of very large bovine animals
06:26down the street in Pamplona.
06:27Oh, wow.
06:28Running with the bulls.
06:29Running with the bulls, absolutely.
06:30How'd it go?
06:31Not well is the answer to that question.
06:34They narrowed the kind of traffic
06:36to get the funnel of the bulls into the arena.
06:38When that happened, my coordinated self tripped
06:40and caused a massive pileup in the kind of alleyway
06:44that led into the bullring,
06:45and literally they had to kind of pull me out
06:47from underneath the massive dog pile that I was under.
06:50You might still be famous in Pamplona.
06:52I think they named the street after me or something.
06:55That guy, the guy who fell down.
06:57Jamie Ding is our champion, of course.
06:58He's been here 26 days.
07:00This is his 27th.
07:01Jamie, we heard about your Instagram,
07:03the General Tso's Chicken,
07:04but you used to have a Twitch channel.
07:06Yes, I played through
07:08the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
07:10Kingdom Hearts is a crossover
07:11between Disney and Square Enix or Final Fantasy.
07:14Right.
07:15So I had an idea for one of the rewards,
07:17which was to offer a random Disney fact.
07:19You could redeem a random Disney fact from me.
07:21Oh, to your audience.
07:22Can you give me a random Disney fact while we're here?
07:25Yes.
07:25The kid who voiced Bambi in the film,
07:28eventually he went on to a long, long career
07:30in the U.S. Marines.
07:32Oh, wow.
07:32Oh, he was a tough guy.
07:33Yes, but he had to keep his past
07:35an absolute secret throughout
07:37because otherwise no one would ever
07:38take him seriously again.
07:40The guys would have razzed him
07:41if they found out he was Bambi.
07:42That's a pretty good Disney fun fact, Jamie.
07:44I enjoyed everything about it.
07:45You have command of the board.
07:47Select.
07:48At two for eight.
07:49This style of architecture included
07:51mullioned windows and decorative chimneys.
07:54Jamie.
07:54What is Tudor?
07:55Yes.
07:56A word from the Founding Fathers for a thousand.
07:58This man, for whom a Fairfax, Virginia university
08:01is named, said the slave trade
08:02was disgraceful to mankind.
08:04Caroline.
08:05Who is James Madison?
08:07No.
08:08Jamie or Caleb?
08:10That was George Mason.
08:12George Mason University.
08:13Jamie.
08:14Roget is for a 600.
08:16Rectify, redress, reform, write.
08:18This word meaning to cure also begins with R.
08:22Jamie.
08:22What is remedy?
08:23You got it.
08:24Home ownership for a thousand.
08:25Call an electrician.
08:27The breaker box is sparking,
08:29which could be caused by this phenomenon,
08:30where current jumps between two conductors.
08:33Caroline.
08:34What is static electricity?
08:36No.
08:37Jamie.
08:37What is arcing?
08:38Arcing, that's right.
08:40Roget is for four.
08:42Cordiality, amiability, neighborliness.
08:44Thank you for your this,
08:46which starts with a medical building.
08:48Jamie.
08:49What is hospitality?
08:50Correct.
08:50Founding Fathers for eight.
08:52James Madison in number 47 of these papers.
08:55Tyranny is legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands.
08:59Jamie.
09:00What are the Federalist papers?
09:01Yes.
09:02Australian Geography for four.
09:04Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere,
09:06roughly split by this major line of latitude.
09:08Jamie.
09:09What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
09:11You got it.
09:12Home ownership for two.
09:14Wouldn't you know it?
09:15Thin tunnels called mud tubes are visible on my outer foundation walls.
09:19A telltale sign of infestation by these.
09:22Jamie.
09:22What are termites?
09:23Correct.
09:24Hearing voices for a thousand.
09:26John DiMaggio as this liquor-loving robot.
09:28My life, and by extension everyone else's, is meaningless.
09:32Caleb.
09:33Who is Binter?
09:33On Futurama, right.
09:35At two for 400.
09:36The seat of Pima County, this city sits on the Santa Cruz River.
09:40Jamie.
09:41What is Tucson?
09:42Yes.
09:43Founding Fathers for two.
09:44Thomas Jefferson.
09:45A monarchy is a government of Vs over sheep.
09:49Jamie.
09:49What are wolves?
09:50Right.
09:51Roger's the Taurus for two.
09:54Covetousness, this deadly sin.
09:56Caleb.
09:57What is greed?
09:58No.
10:00Caroline.
10:01What is jealousy?
10:03No.
10:04Jamie.
10:05What is avarice?
10:06Also incorrect.
10:07Everyone loses a little.
10:08That's a synonym for envy.
10:10Back to you, Jamie.
10:11Founding Fathers for four.
10:13John Adams.
10:14Avarice.
10:15Ambition.
10:15Revenge.
10:16Would break the strongest cords of this document as a whale goes through a net.
10:20Jamie.
10:21What is the Constitution?
10:22Yes.
10:23Australian Geography for two.
10:24These two oceans lap at Australia's easternmost and westernmost shores.
10:29Caleb.
10:30What are the Pacific and Indian?
10:33You got them both.
10:34Here's the final clue.
10:35In hearing voices in 2022, Vin Diesel motored from film to TV as this Marvel character, mostly
10:42limited to a three-word vocabulary.
10:44Jamie.
10:44It was Groot.
10:45He is Groot.
10:46Taking you to $14,000.
10:48A big lead, but lots of money and two daily doubles on the board and double jeopardy, Caleb
10:52and Caroline.
10:52Do not despair.
10:54Double Jeopardy is next.
10:57Here's a quick score change, but it's good news for all three of our players.
11:00Our judges did find greed as a synonym for covetousness in the thesaurus.
11:05So Caleb's going to get $400 back.
11:06And that means Jamie and Caroline's responses never happened.
11:09So they get $200 back.
11:11Caroline's going to be selecting first in Double Jeopardy.
11:14Let's show our contestants the categories.
11:16First up, we are back in the New York groove.
11:20Then we have old names for things.
11:23The family in the plot.
11:24A category from the French.
11:27Followed by hope.
11:28The thing with feathers.
11:30Caroline.
11:32Let's start with from the French for $1,600.
11:35Often, an animal with an Anglo-Saxon name, like sheep, got a French-derived one when prepared
11:40for the table, like this entree.
11:43Jamie.
11:43What is mutton?
11:44It is.
11:45Old names for things, 12.
11:47Answer.
11:47That's a daily double, Jamie.
11:53You can see the scores.
11:54How big is the swing going to be here on old names for things?
11:58$5,200.
12:00All right.
12:00You're going for $21,000, if my math is correct.
12:03Here's your clue.
12:03Old names for things.
12:05This NFL team first took to the field in 1920 as the Decatur Staley's.
12:12Or the Bears.
12:13That's right.
12:14Decatur, Illinois.
12:14Now the Chicago Bears.
12:17Select again, Jamie.
12:19Back in the New York groove for $2,000.
12:22The Pogues have a different take on the classic holiday song, with this one set on Christmas
12:27Eve, babe, in the drunk tank.
12:29Jamie.
12:29What is fairy tale of New York?
12:31You get $2,000.
12:32Hope for $1,600.
12:34Thomas Hope was a noted furniture designer whose work typified this style, named for the de facto
12:38reign of George III's son.
12:41Jamie.
12:41What is Regency?
12:42Good.
12:43The family and the plot for $12.
12:45The Earnshaw family in this novel mourns the loss of Hindley Earnshaw due to removal by movie
12:50adapter Emerald Fennell.
12:52Jamie.
12:52What is Wuthering Heights?
12:53That's the book.
12:54From the French for $2,000.
12:56In Mission Impossible Fallout, this type of file could have Ethan Hunt in big trouble.
13:01Caroline.
13:02What is a dossier?
13:03Hey.
13:03Well done.
13:04You're out of the hole.
13:04From the French for $1,200.
13:06This Indiana city, whose name is two French words, gave us Jeopardy! super champ Harrison
13:11Whitaker.
13:12Jamie.
13:12What is Terre Haute?
13:13You got it.
13:14The Thing with Feathers for $16.
13:17No matter the hawk or eagle on screen, you are likely hearing the cry of this hawk, named
13:22for the color of its dorsal feathers.
13:24Jamie.
13:25What is the red-tailed hawk?
13:26That's correct.
13:27Hope for $800.
13:28John II of Portugal renamed the Cape of Storms, this, for the commercial importance it represented.
13:34Jamie.
13:34What is the Cape of Good Hope?
13:36That's right.
13:37Back in New York, Peru for $12.
13:39Joan Jett, Patti Smith, and Blondie cut their teeth musically in this letter-perfect
13:43Bowery Club.
13:45Jamie.
13:45What is CBGB?
13:47That's right.
13:47CBGBs.
13:48The family in the plot for eight.
13:50In The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, Daphne, the eldest daughter of this family, KOs a suitor
13:56as the Duke of Hastings looks on.
13:58Jamie.
13:58What is Bridgerton?
13:59Yes.
14:00Hope for $12.
14:01This New York jeweler nicknamed the King of Diamonds donated the Hope Diamond to the
14:05Smithsonian in 1958.
14:07Caleb.
14:08Who's De Beers?
14:09No.
14:10Jamie or Caroline?
14:12It was Harry Winston.
14:14Back to Jamie.
14:15The Thing with Feathers for $2,000.
14:17The Egyptian god Thoth is usually depicted with the head of the sacred type of this waiting
14:22bird with black and white feathers.
14:24Jamie.
14:24What is an IBIS?
14:25$2,000 more for you.
14:27From the French for $4.
14:28Making baby boomers blanch, a 2019 survey found this weekly stipend from mom and dad
14:34to a kid averages about $30.
14:36Caleb.
14:37What's an allowance?
14:38That's a big allowance, yes.
14:39From the French for $800, please.
14:41A bivvy tent gets its name by shortening this French-derived word for a temporary encampment.
14:46Jamie.
14:47What is a bivwack?
14:48Good.
14:49The Thing with Feathers for $1,200.
14:51These large seabirds, including the wandering type, come ashore only to breed.
14:56Caroline?
14:59What is an albatross?
15:00That's right.
15:01A Thing with Feathers for $800.
15:03With feathers-like hair and nostrils on the tip of its bill, this bird from New Zealand
15:08has been dubbed an honorary mammal.
15:10Jamie.
15:11What is a kiwi?
15:12That's right.
15:13Hope for $2,000.
15:15James Earl Jones played boxer Jack Jefferson in this play loosely based on heavyweight champ
15:19Jack Johnson.
15:21Caleb.
15:21What is the great white hope?
15:22You add $2,000.
15:23The family in the plot for $1,600.
15:26The Clarks' marriage is breaking up in this, Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel about
15:30their 10-year-old son.
15:32Jamie.
15:33What is ordinary people?
15:34No.
15:35Caleb or Caroline?
15:38That Roddy Doyle book is Patty Clark, ha, ha, ha.
15:41Back to you, Caleb.
15:42Old Names for Things for $800.
15:44In ancient times, it was Byzantium.
15:46Today, it's this city.
15:48Caleb.
15:48Was it Istanbul?
15:49Yeah.
15:50Old Names for Things for $1,600.
15:52Founded in 1918 as Rent-A-Car with a fleet of 12 Model Ts, the company would soon be renamed
15:57for this new owner.
15:59Caleb.
16:00Was Hertz?
16:00John Hertz, yeah.
16:02Back in the New York group for $800, please.
16:03William Drayton was not quite the rap name he was after, so he went with this as he
16:08clocked in with Public Enemy at Long Island's Adelphi University.
16:12Caleb.
16:12Was Flava Flav?
16:13Yeah, never the wrong answer.
16:15Back in the New York group for $400, please.
16:17I had a vision of love, Long Island's own.
16:20She was back in West Babylon in 2025, promoting her album Here For It All.
16:25Caleb.
16:26Was Mariah Carey?
16:27That's right.
16:28Back in the New York group for $1,600.
16:30Solo, Ace Fraley hit the top 20 with New York Groove, but was best known as the Spaceman,
16:35soloing for this band.
16:37Jamie.
16:37Or Kiss.
16:38Right.
16:38The Family and the Plot for $2,000.
16:40Here's the final Daily Double of the game, Jamie.
16:46You're at $35,000.
16:47What's the bet?
16:48$13,000.
16:49Okay.
16:50Wow.
16:50For $48,000, here's your clue in The Family and the Plot.
16:54The title of this Ann Tyler novel about Maggie and the Morans she marries into refers to
16:59instruction during pregnancy.
17:06Jamie?
17:07What is Shake Well?
17:09Sorry, no.
17:10That's actually bad advice during pregnancy.
17:12Breathing Lessons is the novel.
17:14Breathing Lessons.
17:14You're down to $22,000.
17:16Select.
17:16Hope for $400,000.
17:18The home where he spent the first four years of his life in Hope, Arkansas is now a National
17:21Historic Site.
17:23Caleb?
17:23Who's Clinton?
17:24Yes.
17:25Thing with feathers for $400,000.
17:27Nanoscopic structures inside feathers give these tiny birds, like Anna's or the fiery-throated
17:31ones, their range of colors.
17:33Caleb?
17:34What are hummingbirds?
17:35Yes.
17:35Family and the Plot for $400,000.
17:37Fred and George, twins in this family, had a joke shop in Diagon Alley called Wizard Wheezes.
17:42Caleb?
17:43For the Weasleys.
17:44Right again.
17:45Uh, old names for $400,000.
17:47This app was briefly known as Pickaboo, but due to legalities, that name soon disappeared.
17:52Caleb?
17:53What is Snapchat?
17:54That's right.
17:55One more clue in old names for things.
17:57Upper Volta is the former name of this country, also with a two-word name that's located in
18:01Western Africa.
18:02Jamie?
18:03What is Burkina Faso?
18:04That's right.
18:04You get $2,000 back and have the lead heading into Final Jeopardy.
18:07Your category today is...
18:09Mountains.
18:10And the clue's coming up right after this.
18:13We are dealing with mountains in Final Jeopardy today.
18:16Let's show these three the clue.
18:18Heidi was set in Mayenfeld, which is northeast from this 13,642-foot peak, with a name that
18:25describes what Heidi is.
18:2730 seconds, players.
18:29Good luck.
18:29Any idea?
18:35He's a great deal with two lights.
18:36He's a great deal with two lights and his lights.
18:40Do it?
18:43It's weird.
18:44It's weird.
18:44He's an old lady.
18:44You'll be a little one before he sees it.
18:44I guess it's beautiful waiting for you to look.
18:44I'm so glad I'm so glad you can see.
18:47Maybe I'm so glad you can see it.
18:48I'm so glad we can see it.
18:49Good luck.
18:49When you are living here in New York.
18:52I'm so happy.
18:53It's good luck.
18:58You're so glad you can see it.
19:00Caroline Coughlin on the end has $1,800
19:02and just wrote down Swiss something.
19:06I'm afraid not.
19:07How much did you wager?
19:08You will lose $1,800.
19:10It is Swiss, but which one?
19:12Caleb Phillips had $10,000.
19:13What mountain did you think of?
19:15Mont Blanc.
19:16That is not correct either, I'm afraid.
19:18He wagered, well, nothing at all.
19:20So he still has $10,000.
19:22Jamie Ding in the lead with $24,000.
19:24He wrote down the Eiger.
19:27No, Heidi lived near the Jungfrau.
19:29That's the famous Alpine peaker's name means maiden or young woman.
19:32What is the Jungfrau?
19:34You wagered $3,000, knocking you down to $21,000 today
19:37and making you a 27-day champion with a total of $753,000.
19:42Thanks for joining us today on Jeopardy.
19:44We'll be back tomorrow.
19:45We'll be back tomorrow.
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