[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Monday, May 5, episode of Jeopardy!]
A Jeopardy! participant made two large wagers that value her the sport. She and her fellow opponent tried to take down four-day champion Ben Ganger, however two fallacious solutions and an all-in guess didn’t accomplish that for her. Ganger, a knowledge analyst, has a four-day complete of $96,415.
Ganger, from Goshen, Indiana, confronted off towards two new opponents on Monday (Could 5) night time after having a dominant week. The opposite two gamers had been Ellen Goldlust, from Charlottesville, Virginia, and Rhyne Modlin, from Hickory, North Carolina.
Nonetheless, Ganger had dangerous luck at first of the sport. He answered the primary query appropriately however dropped all the way down to -$200 when he answered the second fallacious. For $1,000, in “Eighth Notes,” the clue was “In line with Dante, the eighth of those realms was fort he everlasting punishment of fraudsters like seducers & flatterers.”
“What’s hell?” Ganger answered.
“Are you able to be extra particular?” host Ken Jennings requested.
“What’s inferno?” the sport present contestant answered.
That was nonetheless fallacious, so Ganger dropped all the way down to -$200. Goldlust, a historian, buzzed in. “What are the circles of hell?” she answered appropriately. This gave her the lead with $1,000. The spherical was then a stiff competitors between Ganger and Goldlust.
Goldlust discovered the primary Each day Double of the sport. With $3,600 in her financial institution, she made it a real Each day Double, wagering all of her cash. In “Lake and Rivers,” the clue learn, “The Desna River flows into the Dnieper River close to this world capital.” She hesitated earlier than answering “What’s Warsaw?” The proper reply was Ukraine. Goldlust gave up her lead and dropped all the way down to $0.
Regardless of dropping all of her cash partway by the spherical, Goldlust managed to be in second place by the tip. She had $3,000 in comparison with Modlin, a scientist and entrepreneur, who had $2,200. Ganger ended the spherical with $6,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Ganger had an enormous lead in comparison with his opponents. Goldlust tried to make his lead a bit smaller by going all in on her second Each day Double however fell flat.
With $3,400, she risked all of it. If he acquired it appropriately, she would have solely been $400 behind Ganger. The clue was in “From Thyme to Time,” during which the solutions had been between thyme and time within the dictionary. The clue learn, “Marinated meat cooked on a skewer, Indian model.” Goldlust didn’t give a solution, which dropped her again all the way down to $0. Tikka was the right reply.
She had a very good likelihood of surpassing Modlin as he solely had $600. Two questions later, Ganger discovered the ultimate DD of the sport. With $7,200 in his financial institution, he wagered $2,500. In “Literary Dressup,” the clue was “Later immortalized by Audrey Hepburn, she ‘wore a slim cool black costume, black sandals, a pearl choker.’” “Who’s Eliza Doolittle?” he answered, which was fallacious. Doolittle was a fictional character within the performs Pygmalion and My Honest Girl. The proper reply was Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Ganger dropped all the way down to $6,700 however maintained the lead. “Okay,” he mentioned after getting it fallacious, shaking off the loss.
On the finish of the spherical, he had the lead with $11,500. Goldlust had $4,000 and second place, regardless of dropping every part. Modlin ended with $2,600.
The class for Closing Jeopardy was “Official Languages.” The clue was, “Of the 4 unbiased nations of the Americas with out English or Spanish as an official language, it’s the smallest in space.” All three contestants answered with “What’s Suriname?” however had been all fallacious. The proper reply was Haiti.
Modlin wagered $1,000, giving him a ultimate complete of $1,600. Goldlust wagered $1,201, giving her $2,799. Ganger ended with $9,500, after wagering $2,000. This was one in all his smaller finish totals, however he nonetheless walked away with the win.
Ganger acquired a ticket to the Match of Champions and had a five-day complete of $105,915. The opera singer will sing his means again on stage on Tuesday, Could 6 to face two new opponents.
Jeopardy! followers praised Goldlust, regardless of her dropping to the champion.
“Large fan of Ellen. She risked large twice and it value her, however she was a very good participant and stored clawing again. She must be actually pleased with her efficiency,” a Reddit consumer mentioned.
“Agreed. I assumed she may need him early on, and even after her two daring, however unlucky TDDs…she stored it neck and neck, undeterred,” replied one other. “Up till the tip it regarded like he would possibly NOT have a runaway. Daring strikes, appropriate responses, beating Ben to the buzzer repeatedly, AND educating yoga? I curtsy to you, Ellen, wherever you’re.”
“Good recreation! Ellen was an incredible competitor and stored the sport thrilling. Completely satisfied for Ben although, he positively deserves his spot within the TOC,” wrote one other.