[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, May 6, episode of Jeopardy!]
Though a whole lot of questions have been answered appropriately on Tuesday’s (Might 6) episode of Jeopardy!, the contestants’ totals have been fairly low, and all of it got here right down to their wagers on their Day by day Doubles.
Ben Ganger, from Goshen, Indiana, tried to go for his sixth win. The information analyst had a five-day complete of $105,915 and have become the fifth qualifier for 2026’s Event of Champions. Ganger confronted off towards two new opponents: Keegan Olson, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Sarah Gillis, from Asbury Park, New Jersey.
When host Ken Jennings stepped out on the stage, he stated that Ganger instructed him after Monday’s present, “ToC, man. That’s past my wildest goals.”
The start of the sport was a fairly even enjoying area as all three sport present contestants answered a handful of questions appropriately. Gillis, a mortgage mortgage processor, discovered the primary Day by day Double of the sport. With $1,400 in her financial institution, she wagered all of her cash. In “Howdy Neighbor,” the clue learn, “China borders the windfall of Sukhbaatar on this neighboring nation.” “What’s Mongolia?” she answered appropriately, doubling her as much as $2,800. This put her within the lead and was $1,000 over Ganger.
The spherical had 4 Triple Stumpers, which implies all three contestants didn’t know the reply. Ganger answered two incorrect, in addition to Gillis. Olson obtained one incorrect, however their complete quantities weren’t something substantial. In a stunning flip of occasions, Olson was within the lead with $4,600. Gillis was in second with $3,400. Ganger trailed with $2,800.
Olson discovered the primary Day by day Double in Double Jeopardy after solely two questions. With $6,600 in his financial institution, he wagered $4,000. In “Flags,” the query learn, “Overlaying a whole lot of floor, Mozambique’s flag options an open guide, a hoe, and this weapon invented within the Forties.” “What’s a machine gun?” he answered. Jennings requested him to be extra particular, and he stated, “What’s a Kalashnikov?” He dropped right down to $2,600, because it was incorrect. “I’m afraid we wanted the particular weapon, Keegan. It’s an AK-47,” Jennings stated. He was now in third place. Olson shortly gained the lead as he sped by the following few questions, leaving Ganger nonetheless in third.
He discovered the second DD and made it a real Day by day Double at $10,200. The clue in “Chilly Warfare Occasions” learn, “Countering atheistic communism, in 1954 this 2-word phrase was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.” He answered, “What’s in God?” which was incorrect. Jennings let him comprehend it was “One nation below God.”
“That’s powerful for a Canadian,” he stated. Olson dropped right down to $0, now placing him in final place. Gillis shortly took the lead with $7,400. Ganger had $3,600 and Olson was in third with $2,800 going into Closing Jeopardy.
That spherical ended with 5 Triple Stumpers and two incorrect DDs from Olson.
The class for Closing Jeopardy was “Phrase Origins.” The clue was, “Fittingly, this adjective describing a hit-you-in-the-gut form of feeling goes again to a Latin phrase for inner organs.” Each Olson and Ganger appropriately answered, “What’s visceral?” Olson wager all of it, making his ultimate complete $5,600. Ganger wagered $2,001, giving him $5,601, solely $1 forward of Olson.
It was as much as Gillis and her reply and wager. She answered incorrectly by not placing something down. Gillis solely wagered $100, although, giving her a ultimate complete of $7,300 and making her the brand new winner. The stress might be minimize with a knife on set as Jennings talked to them. Gillis can be again on Wednesday to face two new opponents and attempt to get her second win.
Followers reacted to Olson’s DD wagers and solutions on Reddit. “I believe not accepting Kalashnikov for DD2 was a extremely poor ruling,” one fan stated.
“Strongly agree. The AK-47 is usually known as a ‘Kalashnikov,’” a fan replied.
“I strongly disagreed with the judges on their DD2 name, then was SO shook by Keegan’s second DD (barely a) miss that I needed to cease watching,” wrote one other.
“DD2 – Brutal ruling. I knew it was AK-47, however I’m shocked the judges didn’t both settle for “Kalashnikov” or give Keegan one other ‘be extra particular’ immediate,” stated one Reddit consumer.
“Keegan gambled too onerous,” wrote one final fan.