How did Milwaukee ER doctor Amy Hummel do on 'Jeopardy!' Wednesday night?
Dr. Amy Hummel, a Milwaukee ER doctor, can now add "Jeopardy!" champion to her already-impressive title.
Hummel answered 21 total clues correctly on Wednesday night's episode and won $18,900. She'll be the returning champion for Thursday's show.
Here's a look at the many questions Hummel got right, what we learned about her, and how Final "Jeopardy!" shook out. Plus, how to tune in:
What we learned about Dr. Amy Hummel during the show
"Johnny Gilbert introduced you as hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but I understand you haven't always lived there," host Ken Jennings said to Hummel.
Hummel has lived in four states in the last 10 years, "mostly for school," she shared.
"I thought it was going to be like witness protection program or something," Jennings joked.
"Amazon gets confused 'cause I have about 20 addresses in there," she said.
Hummel attended St. Olaf College for undergrad and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for medical school, according to her University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine profile.
She did her residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, and was part of the Class of 2023.
In June 2023, University of Wisconsin EM Residency tweeted that Hummel was heading to Milwaukee to work as a community emergency physician.
"Amy is excited to explore a new city and work at several different sites that each serve very distinct populations," the tweet said.
Who Dr. Amy Hummel competed against on April 24's episode of 'Jeopardy!'
Returning champion and Philadelphia professor Mark Lashley and Paul Drake, a front desk lead from Grand Blanc, Michigan.
What Dr. Amy Hummel answered correctly during the 'Jeopardy!' Round
Clue: "He called his memoir 'A Very Punchable Face,' and he's been punched in numerous sketches on 'Saturday Night Live."
Hummel: "Who is Colin Jost?"
Clue: "This Chinese exercise with flowing, rhythmic movements has forms such as parting the wild horse's mane and playing the lute."
Hummel: "What is tai chi?"
Clue: "There's a silent 'P' at the beginning of this word that comes from the Greek for 'pertaining to air' and is used of tires."
Hummel: "What is Pneumatic?"
Clue: "Finally free to tell her story. She speaks candidly about her conservatorship and Justin Timberlake in 'The Woman in Me.'"
Hummel: "Who is Britney Spears?"
Clue: "One of the final rites for pilgrims to this holy city is to throw stones at the three walls of Mina."
Hummel: "What is Mecca?"
Clue: "In Shinto households, it is common to have communion with Kami (or gods) by drinking this after a major festival."
Hummel: "What is sake?"
Clue: "In January 2024 the U.S. began striking targets of this rebel group in Yemen who were attacking Red Sea shipping."
Hummel: "Who are the Houthis?"
Clue: "The 1847 storming of Chapultepec Castle near Mexico City inspired these first five words of the Marine Corps' famous him."
Hummel: "What are From the Halls of Montezuma."
Clue: "1960s space heroes Neil Armstrong and John Glenn ('The Mig-Mad Marine') had both been combat flyers in this war."
Hummel: "What is Korea?"
Clue: "Hebrew for 'Daughter of Commandment,' this rite celebrates the transition of 12-year-old Jewish girls into adulthood."
Hummel: "What is a bat mitzvah?"
What Dr. Amy Hummel answered incorrectly during the 'Jeopardy!' Round
Nothing!
These were the standings at the end of the 'Jeopardy!' Round
Hummel: $6,000
Drake: $5,800
Lashley: $4,600
What Dr. Amy Hummel answered correctly during the Double 'Jeopardy!' Round
Clue: "In 2014 this rapper released "Fancy" alongside Charli XCX and took inspiration from 'Clueless' for the song's music video."
Hummel: "Who is Iggy Azalea?"
Clue: "His satirical 1729 essay "A Modest Proposal" suggested poverty in Ireland could be lessened by killing and eating the children of the poor."
Hummel: "Who is Swift?"
Clue: "Death is stronger than I am," this British woman wrote in 'The Death of the Moth,' published the year after she took her own life."
Hummel: "Who is Virginia Woolf?"
Clue: "The city's rep as the 'Salsa Capital' has many people going (going) back (back) to Cali (Cali) in this country."
Hummel: "What is Columbia?"
Clue: "From 1612 to 1614 this cretan-born artist painted the 'Adoration of the Shepherds' for his own burial chapel."
Hummel: "Who is El Greco?"
Clue: "Uganda's Murchison Falls on the Victoria branch, the upper most part of this river is about 200 miles north of Kampala."
Hummel: "What is the Nile?"
Clue: "He went solo from his brothers for his 2014 hit 'Jealous.'"
Hummel: "Who is Nick Jonas?"
Clue: "Acre, Amazonas and Mato Grosso Do Sul are states in this nation."
Hummel: "What are Brazil?"
Clue: "In a landmark essay, Ta-Nehisi Coates argued 'the case for' these payments to descendants of slaves."
Hummel: "What are reparations?"
Clue: "Before his Rose Period, Picasso went through a period named for this color."
Hummel: "What is blue?"
What Dr. Amy Hummel answered incorrectly during the Double 'Jeopardy!' Round
When Hummel chose the category "Near the equator" for $800 during the Double "Jeopardy!" Round, she hit the "Daily Double." She wagered $4,000 of her $16,000.
The clue Jennings read: "The largest living monitor lizard shares its name with this island in the middle of the Indonesian Archipelago."
Hummel ran out of time to answer. The answer was a Komodo dragon, Jennings revealed.
Also during Double "Jeopardy!," one of the clues was: "The Mond Crucifixion by this angelic Italian Renaissance artist was painted around 1502 when he was only 19."
Hummel answered: "Who is Bocelli ... Botticelli?" That was incorrect. Drake guessed Gabriel, which was also wrong.
The correct answer was Raphael, Jennings said.
These were the standings at the end of the Double 'Jeopardy!' Round
Hummel: $13,200
Drake: $9,400
Lashley: $8,600
What happened in Final 'Jeopardy!'
The Final "Jeopardy!" clue was: "Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers' craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock."
All three contestants gave the correct answer of "What is the Hindenburg?" Hummel had initially started writing a different answer, but she crossed it out and wrote the right one in time.
Lashley had wagered $801, bringing his total for the day to $9,401.
Drake wagered $7,801, which took him to $17,201.
Wagering $5,700, Hummel came out on top with a total of $18,900.
How to watch Dr. Amy Hummel on 'Jeopardy!'
Hummel will be the returning champion on Thursday's episode of "Jeopardy!" The episode will air on WDJT CBS58 Milwaukee at 6 p.m. CT.
Hummel will be competing against Tyler Jarvis, a Portales, New Mexico, researcher and Ph.D. student, and Justin Brandt, a West Hills, California, attorney, according to the show's website.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee, Wisconsin ER doctor Amy Hummel won Jeopardy! April 24
