'Jeopardy!' Champ Takes Questions

Jamie Ding started his 32nd game of “Jeopardy!” by picking a clue from the category “Entertaining Demises.”

- BY JOHN JURGENSEN

That choice—and Ding’s incorrect response—was a harbinger of what was to come: the end of a popular champion’s reign on the show.The new champion as of Monday is Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia.