The competitors continues to warmth up in Jeopardy! Masters because the second week of the Knockout Spherical video games aired Wednesday night time (Might 7), which noticed two spectacular runaway victories.
Within the first sport of the night, Isaac Hirsch, Adriana Harmeyer, and Neilesh Vinjamuri battled it out. Vinjamuri received off to a sizzling begin, answering 14 appropriate clues within the first spherical. Nevertheless, Hirsch landed the sport’s first Each day Double to provide him a slight lead heading into Double Jeopardy.
Hirsch, a buyer assist group lead from Burbank, California, continued his momentum within the subsequent spherical, discovering one other Each day Double and securing a runaway. The scores going into Last Jeopardy had been Hirsch with 20,000 factors, Vinjamuri with 9,2000, and Harmeyer with 7,400.
Host Ken Jennings then learn out the ultimate clue: “This saint who helped convert Scotland to Christianity shares his title with the Latin phrase for an animal despatched out 3 occasions by Noah.”
The right reply was, “Who’s Columba?” Vinjamuri virtually received it proper however crossed out the proper response and adjusted it to Columbus. Together with his wager of 5,601, it dropped him to final place with 3,599, which means he didn’t earn some extent for this sport. Harmeyer completed second with 4,400, giving her 1 level, whereas Hirsch completed first and took all 3 factors.
Hirsch then returned for the second sport of the night time, taking over the opposite winners of the first-round video games, Yogesh Raut and Roger Craig. Sadly for Hirsch, he couldn’t repeat his success, as Raut continued his successful methods by completely dominating the episode.
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By the top of Double Jeopardy, Raut had answered 26 clues appropriately, with just one incorrect. This gave him an insurmountable lead with 25,700 factors heading into Last Jeopardy. In the meantime, Hirsch stood in second with 4,400, and Craig trailed with 2,800.
The ultimate clue learn: “‘Cover & Search’ & ‘The Cradle’ by this French artist had been among the many 200 or so works proven at a gallery on Blvd. Des Capucines in 1874.”
Solely Craig answered appropriately with “Who’s Berthe Morisot?” giving him a vital match level for second place. Raut took the three factors for ending first, whereas Hirsch ended with 0 for being in final place.
Under is how the league desk is wanting thus far. As you’ll be able to see, Raut is the clear chief with 6 factors thus far, whereas Craig and Hirsch take up the second and third spots with 4 and three factors, respectively. Final 12 months’s Masters champion, Victoria Groce, solely has 1 level thus far, as does Harmeyer and Jeopardy! Invitational winner Matt Amodio.
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Vinjamuri, Juveria Zaheer, and Brad Rutter at present have 0 factors and are in peril of being eradicated. After three episodes (two video games per contestant), the three gamers with the least match factors might be out of the match.
Subsequent Wednesday’s (Might 14) match-ups will see a showdown between Groce, Amodio, and Harmeyer within the first sport of the night time.
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The second sport will then see a battle between Vinjamuri, Zaheer, and Rutter.
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Jeopardy! Masters, Wednesdays, 9/8c, ABC, subsequent day on Hulu