Week of April 6: Inaugural Balls

About this episode

John returns as Jamie Ding impressively wins multiple games and discusses Leon Trotsky.

John is back as Jamie Ding survives a near-loss scare and then rebounds to win the rest of his games this week in a convincing fashion, etching his name into the 20-win club. We also get a Name of the Year candidate, one of the longest responses to a single J! clue ever, and Jamie is once again flexing with a wrong answer. Plus, we dive deep on Leon Trotsky. If you want to dive as deep as a pickaxe on our show, why not support the show on Patreon? You'll get a new bonus episode every month, exclusive access to our Discord and our entire back catalogue of bonuses, and MORE! Join today at patreon.com/jeopardypodcast. SOURCE: The National WWII Museum: "Trotsky's Struggle Against Stalin" by Jason Dawsey Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

People in this episode

Host: John

Guest: Jamie Ding

Topics covered

• Jeopardy!
• game show
• trivia
• Leon Trotsky
• comedy
• competition

Keywords

• Jeopardy!
• Jamie Ding
• Leon Trotsky
• trivia
• game show
• comedy
• competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The National WWII Museum, The Jeopardy! Fan, J-Archive

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