[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Friday, July 18, episode of Jeopardy!]
Scott Riccardi, from Somerville, New Jersey, has turn into the most-talked-about contestant on Season 41 of Jeopardy! due to his “superchampion” standing and cracking the Prime 20 all-time record. For Friday’s (July 18) sport, although, he might need individuals speaking for a special purpose: The 11-time winner shared that he was as soon as electrocuted whereas in an orchestra.
Riccardi, who has an 11-day complete of $282,101, returned for his twelfth sport (and, hopefully, win). He confronted off towards Ameen Ismail, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Julia Broussard, from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Firstly of the episode, host Ken Jennings shared that Riccardi, an engineer, completed with 39 right responses on Thursday, which is essentially the most the sport present has seen all season.
The primary a part of the sport didn’t begin off too nicely for Riccardi, although. There have been many Triple Stumpers, and by the point the primary industrial break got here round, he was in third place. To not point out, he needed to share an embarrassing story when the present returned.
“You had an thrilling highschool expertise, proper? What occurred to you there?” Ken Jennings requested.
“It was type of ramping up once I was within the orchestra for all the spring musicals,” Scott Riccardi shared. For Hire, they put us proper on stage, they usually had this metallic cage. I assume it wasn’t grounded proper, so each time you stepped into it, you’d get a little bit of a shock. However then the following 12 months, in rehearsal for The Addams Household, I used to be making an attempt to unplug a keyboard amp, and I obtained an actual dangerous shock. I didn’t suppose anybody seen as a result of they have been all rehearsing, however I regarded over and there was one horrified freshman, simply staring open-mouthed at me.”
Jennings laughed and stated, “However, you’ve lived a charmed life. You’re residing all of your adventures and made it to the Alex Trebek Stage.” The contestant agreed earlier than Jennings went again to his podium.
Scott Riccardi tried to take the lead when he discovered the Day by day Double within the second half of the spherical. With $1,800, he moved to second place. He wagered $1,000 in “Ambrose Bierce’s Satan’s Dictionary.” The clue learn, “This group, then of 90 males: ‘A physique of aged gents charged with excessive duties & misdemeanors.’” “What’s the Senate?” Riccardi answered accurately. This pushed him into first place with $2,800, solely $200 above Ismail, a particle physicist.
He saved the momentum up the remainder of the spherical and maintained the lead with $4,000. Ismail had $3,600. Broussard, a college administrator, was in third with $1,800.
In Double Jeopardy, Riccardi answered three clues accurately earlier than discovering the primary DD of the spherical. He wagered $4,000 out of his $8,800, which might nonetheless hold him in first place if he obtained it mistaken. In “MP,” the clue learn, “From Italian, it’s an individual who places on, & usually funds, public leisure, like a live performance or theatrical occasion.” “What’s impresario?” the champion answered accurately, giving him $12,800.
Solely two clues later, Ismail discovered the final DD. He was in second with $5,200 and wagered $5,000. In “Battle Locks,” the clue was “These blue-painted Scottish warriors whose identify is from Latin for ‘paint’ are historically illustrated with flowing locks.” With uncertainty, Ismail stated, “Who’re the woad raiders?” He was mistaken and dropped all the way down to $200 and third place. The proper response was The Picts.
The opposite two contestants tried to catch as much as Riccardi for the remainder of the spherical by answering a lot of the clues accurately, however he was simply too far forward. Riccardi ended with $22,400. Broussard was in second with $6,800. Ismail had $2,600.
The class for Last Jeopardy was “Science Phrases.” The clue learn, “Increasing on a phrase created by a Czech playwright, Asimov coined this time period in 1941 for a department of science that didn’t exist then.” The proper response was “robotics,” and all three contestants obtained it proper.
Ismail wagered $105, giving him a closing complete of $2,705. Broussard wagered $0, giving her $6,800. Riccardi wagered $8,000, making his profitable complete $30,400. He has a 12-day complete of $312,501. His twelfth win moved him up two spots to quantity 14, in line with The Jeopardy! Fan (try the All-Time winnings on the sidebar). Riccardi will return for his thirteenth sport on Monday, July 21.
“Not that many contestants can say that they’ve gained at the least twelve Jeopardy video games in common play. Congrats to Scott!” a Reddit consumer stated.
“Man, I want I might make it look that straightforward,” wrote one other.
“There are solely 5 extra episodes within the season (i.e., 1 extra tape day). The way in which he’s been enjoying, I’d say Scott has an excellent likelihood of continuous his streak into season 42,” added a 3rd.
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