Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jun. 3 - Here are today's very well-qualified contestants:

• Emma, a user experience librarian from Illinois, did her master's paper on Jeopardy!;

• Jay, a senior research engineer from Georgia, memorized the entire first edition of Trivial Pursuit; and

• James, a professional sports gambler from Nevada, whose daughter made Alex a get-well card. James is a 32-day champ with winnings of $2,462,216.

Emma scored on both DDs in DJ and as a result, for the first time James found himself out of the lead going into FJ with $23,400 vs. Emma at $26,600 and Jay with $11,000.

DD1, $1,000 - LITERATURE - The title peak of this Thomas Mann novel is home to a Swiss sanitorium (James wagered $1,000 on the first clue of the game.)

DD2, $800 - CAPITAL "A" - It's home to the annual United States Sailboat Show (Emma bet her entire $7,600 to take the lead from James, who had $12,600.)

DD3, $2,000 - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - On book covers from GOP lawmakers Jason Chaffetz & Mike Lee is this phrase for the bureaucracy said to be working against democracy (Emma wagered $3,000 from her score of $20,400 vs. $17,400 for James.)

FJ - SHAKESPEARE'S TIME - The line "A great reckoning in a little room" in "As You Like It" is usually taken to refer to this author's premature death

All three players were correct on FJ, with Emma adding $20,201 to win with $46,801. James departs with $2,464,216, falling short of the regular game earnings record but with much more in Jeopardy! winnings sure to come in the future.

Triple Stumper of the day: As Alex pointed out, the only clue missed in the entire game was one about "paternalistic" Iowa state taxes on cigarettes.

Clue selection strategy: I found it very unusual that with one DD remaining, James went to a TV category with several others still untouched. James lost control and never got it back until after Emma found DD3 several clues later.

Fun with statistics: The probability of James losing any single game was often estimated at around 3 out of 100, so perhaps it's fitting that James lost a game almost exactly one-third of the way to 100 wins.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex got to use his Nixon impression several times, and as he signed off, he seemed almost moved to tears by the end of this legendary champion.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Magic Mountain"? DD2 - What is Annapolis? DD3 - What is deep state? FJ - Who was Christopher (Kit) Marlowe?

I think this often - today I actually felt compelled to post this. He is so charismatic, quick-witted, and engaged, and still radiates curiosity. Thank you Ken - my wife and I watch you every night, and probably have a stronger marriage because of you.

I have been watching Jeopardy! Since I was single digits years old. I was pretty shaken up when Alex got ill and passed. I felt like Jeopardy would never be the same again. I actually stopped watching it - couldn’t face the show without him.

After the “who’s going to be the host” competition finished I found myself flicking through the channels and landed on an episode. I stayed and watched Ken Jennings and I realized that while my feelings of losing Alex were valid my refusal to watch the show was my mistake as I was missing out.

Earlier this year, my girlfriend and I went to a live taping of the show. I had an absolute blast and Ken is a class act. Ken was literally born to be a Jeopardy! star - as the GOAT (proven!) contestant and now as an incredible face for the show.

I’ve noticed more recently that Ken is letting more personality into his hosting role. He comments, puts on voices, and is genuinely brilliant. We are so lucky that Ken has picked up Alex’s enormous mantle.

A PhD student, from New Haven, Connecticut will be hosting an AMA on Monday October 25th starting around 6pm EDT. I plan to be around for the full evening after that point, fielding your questions with my answers for a change.

Fair warning: you may ask me anything, but I'm not promising answers to everything. I'm apparently a minor public figure now, and I'd hate for some random dumb thing I say to put my career in jeopardy or out of Jeopardy or whatever.

Edit: I hope it goes without saying, but since this is r/Jeopardy, I'd like to keep this as Jeopardy-relevant as possible

Edit 2: Hello! I'm answering them as fast as I can. I'll post updates about taking a break or something up here in this spot I'm mostly answering from top-down, so please use your votes to push ones you want to see as far to the top as you can

7:25 EST edit: I am still planning to chug along without breaking at least until 9pm EST, so if I haven't gotten to your question yet, don't give up!

9:34 EST edit: I am going to take a break for about a half hour and come back at 10pm EST. Keep posting if you have more questions!

12:35 EST edit: OK I think I am going to call it quits for today. I can't believe there are still so many questions to go! I'm going to check back in and add more comments tomorrow and the day after, but I could really use some help. Look through questions towards the bottom of the page and give upvotes to the ones you most want me to answer. Doing that will help ensure I get to them one of these days!

contestants participating in Jeopardy stand on platforms that rise and drop depending on their height so everyone appears at similar heights on camera

I visited the Sony Pictures Studio yesterday and we visited the Jeopardy sound stage where our guide told us this neat fact!