[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, July 3, episode of Jeopardy!]
A Jeopardy! contestant made a stunning wager that led them to win the sport, nevertheless it may have gone horribly improper. Jason Singer, from Portland, Maine, tried to interrupt the one-day curse that tied the 2002 file on July 1.
With a one-day whole of $22,401, Singer performed his second recreation to try to up that quantity. He competed towards Stephanie Yang, from Queens, New York, and Jeff Foels, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, July 2.
“Yesterday, Jason Singer grew to become fortunate quantity 13 for consecutive video games with a brand new champion, tying a file set all the way in which again in 2002,” host Ken Jennings mentioned. “Can Jason break the one-day curse at present?”
The start of the sport didn’t go so properly for Singer, an actual property agent. He was in third for many of it. Yang, a kids’s ebook designer, was solely $200 away from the lead with $2,400 when she discovered the primary Each day Double. She wagered $1,000 in “Isn’t It Iconic?” The clue learn, “Britannica famous the picture of this man who died in Bolivia in 1967 ‘grew to become an icon of leftist radicalism and anti-imperialism.’” Yang shook her head and shrugged her shoulders as she answered, “Who was Che Guevara?” She was appropriate and moved as much as first with $3,400.
By the top of the spherical, it was a tighter recreation. Each Singer and Yang had $4,800. Foels, a stay-at-home dad, led with $6,000.
Double Jeopardy was a good spherical between all three contestants. At one level, they had been all tied with $7,200. However when Foels discovered the primary DD of the spherical, he was in second with $9,600. He wagered $4,000.
In “-Ology,” the clue learn, “Courting from the early twentieth century, this 2-word phrase refers to a suggestion meant to get somebody to do the alternative.” Foels answered appropriately with, “What’s reverse psychology?” He moved to first place with $13,600.
Foels discovered the final DD on the subsequent clue. He wagered $4,000 once more in “Historic Shark Tank.” The clue was, “Mr. Great will spend money on Elizabeth Magie Phillips’ ‘Landlord’s Recreation’… if she’ll rename it this, good to have in enterprise.” Foels didn’t give a solution. The proper response was Monopoly. He dropped right down to $9,600, placing him again in second place.
The remainder of the spherical was a battle for first place between Singer and Foels. Singer saved forgetting “What’s..?” in direction of the top of the spherical, permitting Foels to steal his reply. By the top, Singer and Foels had been tied with $13,200. Yang had $4,800.
Last Jeopardy had by no means been extra vital. All of it got here right down to wagers. The class for Last Jeopardy was “Males of Medication.” “He instructed of a affected person who ‘took maintain of his spouse’s head, tried to elevate it off, to place it on’” was the clue.
Yang was improper and put down, “Who’s Dr. Do?” She wagered $0, ending with $4,800. Each Singer and Foels bought it proper with, “Who’s Oliver Sacks?” Foels wagered $3,599, making his remaining whole $16,799. Singer, who added “#BringBackSusan” to his response, shouting out his spouse, who gained in 2021, wagered his full quantity of $13,200. That gave him $26,400, and a two-day whole of $48,801.
Singer grew to become the primary two-champion in over a month. He broke the curse and can return for recreation three on Thursday, July 3.
“And for the primary time in 14 video games, now we have a two-day champion,” Ken Jennings mentioned.
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