THE WEEKLY STANDARD’s Nick Swezey turned in a dominant performance on Jeopardy! last night, pulling in a total of $32,001. In a key moment early in the contest, reigning Champ Shad Small was flummoxed by a question dealing with a “type of [weather] front with little or no movement.” Swezey, showing a deep knowledge of climate, moved in for the kill. “What is a stationary front?” asked the new champ. Later in the show, Swezey surprised even his own fans by deftly moving down the board in a category called “Royalty and Ballet.” Swezey was in the lead heading into Final Jeopardy! and the category was “Quotations from B.C.” He bet big, banking on his well-spent undergraduate years at Johns Hopkins to carry him through to the finish. The answer:
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