It's been a real run of long-term champions recently and that continues anew this week as we say goodbye to Liam Starnes and hello to Ben Ganger, who puts together an impressive 4-game win streak. We also get a trifecta of hilarious Final Jeopardy! answers, a contestant tries valiantly to pronounce "Nate Bargatze", and friend of the show Alison Betts' innocuous comment on a Reddit post gets the J! fans fuming. Plus, we dive deep on Lee Child's creation, "Jack Reacher".

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SOURCE: The Guardian: "Sacked at 40 and On the Scrapheap. Now Brummie Tops the US Book Charts" by David Smith; January Magazine: "The Persuasive Lee Child" by Ali Karim; Grantland: "The Curious Case of Lee Child" by Bryan Curtis

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller.