Grand champ, Jeopardy! legend, and “faceless bureaucrat” Jamie Ding returned for his 21st game on the Alex Trebek Stage, hoping to add to his 20-day total of $572,600.
On April 10, his competitors were Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee, and Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia. Would either of them have what it takes to knock Ding from his Jeopardy! throne? Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Friday, April 10, episode of Jeopardy!.
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