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Jeopardy - Season 43 - Episode 54: Jamie Ding, Carman Nareau, Aidan O'Connell
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00:01From the Alex Rebeck stage at Sony Picture Studios, this is Jeopardy!
00:13Please welcome today's contestants, a wastewater treatment operator from Henderson, Nevada, Aidan O'Connell,
00:22a founder from Oakland, California, Carmen Nuro, and our returning champion, a bureaucrat
00:30and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Jamie Ding, whose two-day cash winnings total
00:36$26,566.
00:41And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!
00:45Ken Jennings.
00:47Thank you, Johnny.
00:49Welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:50Our champion, Jamie Ding, put on a masterclass here yesterday.
00:54His 36 correct responses were a season record, beating the previous high of 35, held by none
01:00other than 14-game champion Harrison Whittaker.
01:02Jamie is certainly showing off a high level of play behind that champion's podium, but
01:06will he have the luck of the Irish with him today on St. Patrick's Day as he faces Carmen
01:10and Aidan O'Connell?
01:12Pretty Irish.
01:12Good luck to the three of you.
01:14Let's start filling your pots of gold in the Jeopardy! round with these categories.
01:18We begin with genius in a battle, then it's the law, it's St. Patrick's Day and they're
01:25in green so you can't pinch them in this category, then X because each response will contain that
01:31letter, followed by Los Angeles, and I love that album.
01:36Jamie, where do we start?
01:38It's the law for 800.
01:40In Pakistan, this Muslim code of religious law was long applied through its own appellate
01:45court.
01:45Jamie?
01:46What is Sharia?
01:47Yes.
01:48X for 1,000.
01:50Trade name Narcan, it's available over the counter and carrying a little of it as a nasal spray
01:55can save the life of someone overdosing.
01:57Jamie?
01:58What is Naloxone?
01:59Good for 1,000.
02:00Los Angeles for 600.
02:02Royce Hall and the Ronald Reagan Medical Center are iconic parts of this school with about
02:0646,000 students.
02:09Carmen?
02:09What is USC?
02:10No.
02:11Aidan?
02:11What is UCLA?
02:12That's the right school.
02:13You can't pinch them 800?
02:15Those who favor this brand's iconic green cap include blues musician C6 Steve.
02:21Aidan?
02:21It was John Deere?
02:22That's right.
02:23Uh, Genius in a Battle 800.
02:25The 1918 surprise attack led by this general nicknamed Black Jack led to the Argon forest
02:30being cleared of German troops.
02:33Jamie?
02:33It was Pershing.
02:34Black Jack Pershing, yes.
02:36You can't pinch them for 1,000.
02:37This guy from the Philly suburbs tells TV viewers where to put their money.
02:41Our money says his is on the Eagles.
02:44Jamie?
02:44Who's Kramer?
02:45It is Jim Kramer.
02:46X for 600.
02:48Maimonides set down his philosophy in A Guide for Them, AKA the Confused, the Baffled,
02:54the Hopelessly at Sea.
02:55Jamie?
02:56Or the Perplexed.
02:57A Guide for the Perplexed, right.
02:59I love that album for 800.
03:00This one goes out to an album I love, their 1987 document, which features the song The One
03:06I Love.
03:10The One I Love by R.E.M.
03:12Back to you, Jamie.
03:13It's The Law for 1,000.
03:14Issued during the reign of Clovis, Salick Law was the legal code of these people who conquered
03:19Gaul in the 5th century A.D.
03:22Jamie?
03:22Or the Franks.
03:23Salient Franks, that's right.
03:25Can't pinch them for 600.
03:26The green dress worn by this actress in Atonement won raves for costume designer Jacqueline
03:31Duran.
03:32Jamie?
03:33Who's Keira Knightley?
03:33It is.
03:35Los Angeles for 800.
03:36In 2025, the stage at this summer venue was named for John Williams, who has conducted
03:42his own music and others there since 1978.
03:45Aiden?
03:46With the Hollywood Bowl?
03:46You got it.
03:47Love that album, 600.
03:49X's 1980 debut album Los Angeles was produced by Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for this other
03:54classic L.A. band.
03:56Jamie?
03:57Who are the Doors?
03:58Right.
03:59Genius in the Battle for 1,000.
04:00This barbarian king ruled an empire that took on the Eastern Roman one in 443.
04:06Success led to annual payments of 2,100 pounds of gold.
04:13For Attila the Hun.
04:15Jamie, back to you.
04:16It's the law for 600.
04:17In effect since 1951, and abbreviated UCMJ, it's the set of criminal laws governing all
04:24U.S. Armed Forces branches.
04:26Jamie?
04:26What is the Uniform Code of Military Justice?
04:29Correct.
04:30X for 800.
04:31Also starting with EX, it means still existing.
04:35The Linen Book of Zagreb is the oldest this type of Etruscan book.
04:39Jamie?
04:40What is extant?
04:42Extant, that is the word, yes.
04:44Didn't really trip off the tongue, but it takes you to $7,800.
04:47It brings us to our first break.
04:48Much more Jeopardy! to come right after this.
04:57Aiden O'Connell is from Henderson, Nevada.
04:59You're a wastewater treatment operator.
05:02Yes, sir.
05:02Is that ever a hands-on job, as it were?
05:04Always a hands-on job.
05:05Hands on all sorts of things.
05:07We do a lot of maintenance on pumps and motors, and we do have lift stations that go below
05:11the ground, and sometimes you've got to get on a little wooden swing and get lowered
05:15by a crane about 30 feet into the ground.
05:16And just remember that the walls shimmering is nothing to be worried about.
05:20It's just the thousands and thousands of bugs.
05:22You just keep your eyes on the work, get done, get up and get out.
05:25If you don't turn into a Ninja Turtle, it was a good day.
05:27There are no turtles down there, I can promise you.
05:29Good to know.
05:30Carmen Nero is here from Oakland, California.
05:32You're a founder.
05:33You were not allowed to watch much TV as a kid, I understand.
05:37Yeah, specifically English TV.
05:39My dad wanted me to be exposed to other languages.
05:42My mom's family would speak Spanish, but I would sneak it in before he got home.
05:47And what would you watch illicitly?
05:49Cartoons and Jeopardy.
05:51What a rebel.
05:52Exactly.
05:52Watching Jeopardy when your parents are at home.
05:54In hindsight, do they know this or are they finding out right now?
05:57I think they're finding out right now.
05:58Wow.
05:58You might have a tough conversation when you get home.
06:01Our champion is Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and a law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
06:06Jamie, I saw a total eclipse of the sun once and it was life changing.
06:09You've been twice.
06:10Yes.
06:11You're an eclipse fan.
06:12Do you chase them?
06:13I am chasing them now.
06:14We first went in 2017.
06:16It was a group of us.
06:17It was me, my friend, Michael, Sam and Stephanie.
06:22And yeah, there's one this year that's crossing Iceland.
06:25And then the eclipse of the century is next year.
06:29And maybe if I win enough money that will help pay for travel to Egypt.
06:34Yeah.
06:35Gonna see probably clear skies in Egypt.
06:37Good spot for an eclipse.
06:38Right now you have the lead and it's your board, Jamie.
06:40What'll it be?
06:41I love that album for a thousand.
06:43A highlight of OutKast's 2000 album Stankonia is B.O.B., subtitled this.
06:49It became reality a few years later.
06:51Jamie.
06:52What is Bombs Over Baghdad?
06:53Good for a thousand.
06:54Genius in a battle for 600.
06:56By faking retreats, William the Conqueror drew out the English on the way to finally taking
07:01out Harold II at this battle.
07:03Jamie.
07:03What is Hastings?
07:04Yes.
07:05Los Angeles for a thousand.
07:07Much of the area was destroyed in 1965 riots, but this L.A. historic cultural monument
07:12that includes three tall spires survived.
07:18Those are the Watts Towers.
07:20Worth a visit.
07:21Back to you, Jamie.
07:22X for 400.
07:23The quality on display here, it's a word that demonstrates Latin's handedness bias.
07:28Jamie.
07:29What is Dexterity?
07:30Correct.
07:31It's the law for 200.
07:33This type of legislation obligates an automaker to offer relief to buyers for defects to a
07:38vehicle over a specific time.
07:40Carmen.
07:40What's the warranty?
07:41No.
07:42Aiden.
07:43What is Lemon Law?
07:44Lemon Law.
07:44That's it.
07:45He can't pinch him 400.
07:47Here's this green-clad outlaw on his deathbed, asking to be buried where his arrow falls.
07:52Jamie.
07:53Who is Robin Hood?
07:54Yes.
07:54Los Angeles for 200.
07:56This L.A. beach neighborhood along the Pacific Ocean bears the name of an Italian city
08:01with which it shares a prominent aspect.
08:03Jamie.
08:04What is Venice Beach?
08:04That's right.
08:05It's the law for 400.
08:06The answer there is a daily double.
08:13You have an $8,000 lead near the end of the first round, Jamie.
08:16What'll it be?
08:172,400.
08:18All right.
08:19Going for 12,800 in It's the Law, here's your clue.
08:23From a Rudyard Kipling work, it's the idea that the strongest or most merciless in a society
08:28or group will survive.
08:31What is the Law of the Jungle?
08:33Law of the Jungle adds 2,400 to your score.
08:38Where now?
08:39I love that album for 200.
08:41I could drink this 2016 Beyonce surprise release album in a gulp.
08:45Though sometimes I just sip the hits, like Freedom.
08:48Carmen.
08:49What is Lemonade?
08:49Correct.
08:50I love that album, 400.
08:52The title of this 2022 album refers to some times when Taylor Swift couldn't sleep
08:57and was ruminating on her life.
08:59Jamie.
09:00What is Midnight's?
09:01Yes.
09:02Genius in the Battle for 400.
09:04The plan of this army lieutenant general in 1943?
09:07Surprise.
09:08Rock the enemy back on his heels.
09:10Relentless pursuit.
09:11Mop him up.
09:12Hayden.
09:13It is Patton?
09:13It is Patton.
09:15Genius in the Battle, 200.
09:16In 218 BC, this general gassed up 37 elephants for a road trip and drove over the Alps with
09:2230,000 buddies into Italy.
09:25Jamie.
09:25It was Hannibal.
09:26That's the general.
09:27Los Angeles for 400.
09:28Joan Didion wrote of the 60s ending with the 1969 murders in LA by followers of this
09:34man.
09:34Jamie.
09:35It was Manson.
09:36Right.
09:36You can't pinch them for 200.
09:38That's Sam Hartman at QB for this school whose green uniform tradition fits the team name
09:43and goes back a century plus.
09:45Jamie.
09:46It was Notre Dame.
09:47Fighting Irish are correct.
09:48One more clue in X.
09:50In Old England, it took 40 of these coins to equal one pound sterling.
09:55Aidan.
09:55That's a shilling?
09:56No.
09:58Jamie or Carmen?
10:00The coin with an X would be a sixpence.
10:02Jamie has $14,000, quite a score at the end of the Jeopardy round.
10:06But lots of time to catch up for Carmen and Aidan in Double Jeopardy, beginning right
10:10after this one.
10:18Carmen's in green, but she's also in the red at the moment.
10:20We'll take care of that in Double Jeopardy.
10:22She'll select first from these categories.
10:24First up, everyone's saying it, everybody loves dinosaurs.
10:28Then we have a little sword play.
10:30The cinematic sum up through the decades.
10:33Some other lesser Kens.
10:36Five letter verbs.
10:37And finally, personifying the nation.
10:40Carmen?
10:41Let's start with five letter verbs for 800.
10:43With or without the word, it's what the traffic sign here wants you to do.
10:47Jamie.
10:48What is yield?
10:49Yes.
10:49A cinematic sum up through the decades for 1200.
10:531990s.
10:53The Vincent Price is right.
10:55Johnny Depp is a sheer delight.
10:57Jamie.
10:58What is Edward Scissorhands?
10:59That's the movie.
11:00Swordplay for 2000.
11:02Spoiler alert.
11:03This swashbuckling title hero from an Edmund Rostand play dies waving his sword about with Roxanne as witness.
11:10Jamie.
11:10Who is Cyrano de Bergerac?
11:12Yeah, Cyrano.
11:12Other Kens for 1600.
11:14Answer there.
11:15One of the Daily Doubles in the round goes to you, Jamie.
11:21How much of that 18,000 do you want to risk on Other Kens?
11:256000.
11:25Okay.
11:26Pretty big wager for 24,000 if he's right.
11:29Here's the clue in Other Kens.
11:31In 1998, sales of Tom Clancy's new novel Rainbow Six were outpaced by sales of a near 450 page report
11:39written by this Ken.
11:41Who was Ken Starr.
11:42Yes, the Starr report on the Clinton scandals at $6,000 to your total.
11:49Personifying the nation for 1200.
11:51Before Uncle Sam, the US was depicted as this woman who shares her name with a river.
11:56Jamie.
11:57It was Columbia.
11:57That's her.
11:59Five letter verbs for 2000.
12:01It's a synonym for braid and it shares the same two vowels.
12:06Jamie.
12:06It was plate.
12:07To plate, you got it.
12:09Cinematic sum up for 1600.
12:121960s.
12:13Two bikers hit the road to Cannes and win best film by a new director.
12:16Oh, wait, man.
12:17I mean the movie's about the bikers, man.
12:20Jamie.
12:21It was Easy Rider.
12:22Correct.
12:23Everybody loves dinosaurs for 1600.
12:25This name that has been used for fossils formerly classified as Brontosaurus means deceptive lizard.
12:31Aidan?
12:33Where's...
12:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:35Aidan doesn't have it.
12:37Jamie.
12:37What is it, Patosaurus?
12:38That is right.
12:39Personifying the nation for 2000.
12:41A cartoon from the War of 1812 shows James Madison duking it out with George III as this personification of
12:48England.
12:49Jamie.
12:50It was John Bull.
12:512000 more for you.
12:52Five letter verbs for 1200.
12:54Cut ties with or cut off a finger accidentally.
12:58Jamie.
12:58What is Sever?
12:59Right.
13:00Through the decades for 800.
13:032010s.
13:03Daniel Kaluuya meets Alison Williams' parents, but not in a ha-ha meet the parents kind of way.
13:09Jamie.
13:10What is Get Out?
13:11Right.
13:11Swordplay for 1600.
13:14In Athena, two young fencers brandish this type of sword, also a word for an antagonist in a play.
13:20Jamie.
13:20What is foil?
13:21You got it.
13:22Dinosaurus for 2000.
13:25Tyrannosaurus ruled the Cretaceous.
13:27This big meat-eater was boss in the Jurassic.
13:30Jamie.
13:30Well, it's allosaurus.
13:31It is.
13:32Five letter verbs for 1600.
13:34To earnestly yearn for or desire, but hopefully not by neighbor's wife.
13:39Aidan.
13:40What is it, covet?
13:40Right.
13:41Personifying the nation 1600.
13:43The answer there is a daily double for you, Aidan.
13:49You have $2,600 to bet on personifying the nation.
13:53Uh...
13:54I don't know.
13:54Let's do 2500.
13:55All right.
13:55All but 100 at stake.
13:57Yeah.
13:57Here's your clue.
13:58Personifying the nation.
13:59Clad in a salicot hat and a shirt called a barong Tagalog, Juan de la Cruz personifies this country's every
14:06man.
14:07What's the Philippines?
14:08Philippines is correct.
14:09You now have $5,100.
14:14Are there lesser Ken's 2000?
14:17Ken Thompson shared a Turing Award for his work during the 60s and 70s on this influential computer operating system.
14:24Aidan.
14:24Was it the ENIAC?
14:25No.
14:26Jamie.
14:27Was it Unix?
14:28Unix is right.
14:29Through the decades of 2000.
14:311950s.
14:32Ed Wood, Aliens, Bela Lugosi placed in the film after his real life death.
14:37In other words, perfection.
14:39Jamie.
14:39What is Plan 9 from Outer Space?
14:41That's the movie.
14:42Swordplay for 1200.
14:44In this Gilbert and Sullivan musical, the police are overcome by the title sword wielding vagabonds as Mabel looks on.
14:51Jamie.
14:51What is Pirates of Penzance?
14:53That's the musical.
14:54Personifying the nation for 800.
14:56Argentina is often depicted as one of these cowboys of the Pampas.
15:00Carmen.
15:01What is Gaucho?
15:01That's right.
15:02Um, let's be Personifying the Nation for 400.
15:04In an 1899 painting, a maiden symbolizing Finland is under attack by an eagle representing this big aggressive neighbor.
15:12Jamie.
15:12What is Russia?
15:13Yes.
15:14Dinosaurs for 1200.
15:16Corithosaurus was one of the dinos known as this for their snouts resembling that of a familiar animal.
15:22Jamie.
15:23What is Duckbill?
15:23Correct.
15:24Swordplay for 400.
15:25In this musical, Arthur defeats the Black Knight after cutting off some extremities.
15:30Just flesh wounds, really.
15:32Jamie.
15:33What is Spamalot?
15:34Good.
15:35Other Ken's for 1200.
15:37This Ken co-founded Florentine Films, which produces his documentaries.
15:41Jamie.
15:42It was Burns.
15:43Ken Burns, right.
15:44Five letter verbs for 400.
15:46Derived from Dutch, it's to drink liquid with a loud sucking noise, and it's not very polite.
15:51Carmen.
15:51What is Slurp?
15:52That's right.
15:53Other Ken's for 4.
15:54In 1985, Ken Lay founded this energy company that later became known for things unrelated
16:00to energy.
16:01Jamie.
16:02What was Enron?
16:03Yes.
16:04Cinematic sum up for 400.
16:061940s.
16:07Ilsa gets on the plane, but we'll always have Paris.
16:10Aiden?
16:11What is Casablanca?
16:12Right.
16:13Other Ken's 800?
16:15It's the last word in a number one hit by Kenny Loggins.
16:18After much repeating of the phrase, everybody cut.
16:21Aiden.
16:22It's Footloose?
16:22Yeah.
16:23Swordplay 800.
16:25In 2023, the game Token Ranbu was adapted for the stage in this type of Japanese drama,
16:31and featured swords aplenty.
16:33Jamie.
16:33What's Kabuki?
16:34Correct.
16:35Dinosaurs for 800.
16:36When dinosaurs emerged during this geologic period, they had to compete with other big
16:41reptiles like the Phytosaurs.
16:43Jamie.
16:43What is the Triassic?
16:45That's right.
16:45One more clue.
16:46Everybody continues to love dinosaurs.
16:49Research at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on the fossil called Dueling
16:53Dinosaurs says this horned beast fought a Nanotyrannus, not a young T-Rex.
16:58Jamie.
16:59What was Triceratops?
17:00That is the right dinosaur.
17:0244 correct responses in that game.
17:04Puts Jamie at 48,800 as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:07A new record for the season.
17:09How high will he go?
17:10Here is the category today.
17:13Historic Names.
17:14You three will make your wagers and then we'll return with the final clue of the game.
17:19Historic Names is a wide open Final Jeopardy! category.
17:22Let's see how our players handle this clue.
17:26This name of a grand duchess of the 20th century comes from a word meaning resurrection in Greek.
17:3130 seconds starting now.
17:33Good luck.
18:04Let's begin with Carmen Nero in the middle.
18:06$600.
18:06You came back from negative territory late.
18:08We love to see it.
18:09Were you correct in Final?
18:11Who is Rosario?
18:12I'm sorry, no.
18:13What did you wager, Carmen?
18:15Everything but a dollar.
18:16So you'll finish with a buck.
18:18Aidan O'Connell had $4,300 after the Daily Double.
18:21His response?
18:23Who indeed?
18:23Indeed.
18:24You can say that to any Final Jeopardy!
18:25Who indeed?
18:26What did you wager?
18:28Ah, zero.
18:29So you lose no money at all.
18:30You finish with $4,300.
18:32Jamie Ding's 44 correct responses today is, as far as our records show, a tie for the
18:36second best game of Jeopardy! that's ever been played.
18:40The current record is 45 in a game.
18:41Will Jamie be adding to his 44?
18:44Who is Anastasia?
18:46Yes, the daughter of the last czar, Nicholas II.
18:49How much will he add?
18:50A big wager like yesterday?
18:52A mere $2,434 takes him to our biggest single game winnings of the season.
18:56$51,234.
18:59And now a three-day total of $77,800.
19:05We'll be back going for win number four.
19:07What a game.
19:07Hope you join us tomorrow.
19:09Thank you very much.
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