[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Thursday, April 17, episode of Jeopardy!]
Andrew Hayes returned to the Jeopardy! stage for the seventh time after accumulating a six-day whole of $137,804. He answered 33 questions right throughout his sixth recreation and certified for an upcoming Match of Champions. Discover out if the present champion wins his seventh recreation or if somebody defeats him.
Hayes, from, Tupelo, Mississippi confronted off in opposition to Steven Hoying, from Hilliard, Ohio, and Michelle Dolinski, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday’s (April 17) episode. The sport began off as a good race between Andrew Hayes, a regulation scholar, and Hoying, an attorney-at-law.
Hoying discovered the Day by day Double proper earlier than the primary business break. The query was, “An eleventh level is received in a desk tennis online game with the very best graphics Atari might think about in 1972.” “What’s Pong?” he answered appropriately, giving himself $6,000 on a real Day by day Double. This made the sport present contestant $2,000 forward of Hayes with $6,000 in his financial institution. Hayes had $4,000, and Dolinski, a physics professor, had $600.
By the tip of the spherical, there have been three Triple Stumpers and just one incorrect reply, which was from Hayes. The query was “I say! The facet has scored 24 wicket factors & staked out each balls! Nicely achieved, facet!” “What’s cricket?” Hayes answered, incorrectly. Hoying swept in and appropriately answered “croquet.”
Each Hayes and Hoying answered 11 questions appropriately, however Hoying was nonetheless within the lead attributable to his right DD. He had $8,200. Hayes’ whole was $6,000. Dolinski trailed with $2,600, with 5 right solutions.
In Double Jeopardy, Hoying had a runaway win after discovering each DDs and presenting 23 right responses, with solely two incorrect. He discovered the primary DD on query 17. The clue within the class “The Vice President Who,” learn, “- had Seattle’s county named after him, although it was later renamed (with the identical identify) for a civil rights chief.” Hoying answered, “Who’s (William Rufus DeVane) King?”
“Sure! County now named for Martin Luther King,” host Ken Jennings mentioned. Hoying added $6,000 to his whole, giving him $12,600 vs $9,600 for Andrew Hayes.
Two questions later, Hoying discovered the second DD. “This method of weight used for gold is called for a metropolis in medieval France, not historic Turkey,” the clue learn. He appropriately answered, “Troy.” Hoying wagered $5,000, giving him $20,600.
Hayes fell behind when he answered 4 questions improper, and solely 15 questions proper. Dolinski solely answered 14 proper, however none improper. There have been 5 Triple Stumpers within the spherical.
Hoying led with $29,200. Dolinski was in second with $13,400. The reigning champion, Hayes, was in third with $8,800. He’d want a miracle to win in Remaining Jeopardy.
In “Fictional Characters,” the ultimate query learn, “This character’s efforts in Africa to finish an epidemic killing monkeys impressed Jane Goodall to do one thing comparable.” Dolinski didn’t write something. She wagered $5,000, ending with $8,400. This made Hayes presently in second place. Each Hayes and Hoying answered, “Who’s Physician Dolittle?” which was right. Hayes ended with a complete of $13,410, after wagering $4,610. Hoying added $203 to his whole, giving him $29,403, making him the evening’s champion.
Andrew Hayes ended with a seven-day whole of $151,214. After his unimaginable run, he had 153 solutions proper and solely 20 improper. Hayes discovered 12 of the 21 Day by day Doubles and has a complete coryat of 17,514. A Coryat rating is “a participant’s rating if all wagering is disregarded,” in keeping with j-archive. It was invented by Karl Coryat earlier than his 1996 recreation.
Hoying might be again on Friday, April 18, for his second recreation in opposition to two new opponents.