[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, November 19 episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! followers had been in for a memorable matchup on Tuesday, November 19, as a contestant battling Stage IV most cancers bravely shared his analysis. Nonetheless, he and the reigning champ fell brief, and a brand new winner emerged regardless of what many followers referred to as an totally baffling wager.
Paul Clauson, a tax analyst (on unpaid depart) from Madison Heights, Michigan, was the one to beat. He entered with a two-day whole of $36,300 after back-to-back runaways. He confronted Chris Burge, a highschool trainer from Farmers Department, Texas, and Mikey McCullough, a librarian from Baltimore, Maryland.
Through the interviews, Ken Jennings requested Burge, “I perceive you’re dealing with a well being problem proper now that you just wished to speak about.” The participant replied, “Yeah, I’ve been preventing Stage IV colon most cancers since Could.” Jennings responded, “Oh wow.”
“Below younger grownup diagnoses have elevated rather a lot lately,” he continued. “Undoubtedly encourage folks to not ignore any form of signs. Undoubtedly push to get examined, particularly you probably have any household historical past of it.”
“That’s an incredible phrase to get on the market,” Jennings concluded. “Thanks a lot, Chris.”
Within the Jeopardy! spherical and after the transferring second, Clauson hit a pace bump lacking the primary Every day Double. Burge led when the smoke cleared with $6,400, McCullough with $4,200, and the champ had $2,600.
In Double Jeopardy!, Clauson’s streak regarded unsteady as he trailed for a lot of the clues. Ultimately, McCullough discovered the second Every day Double having mounted a large lead. With an opportunity to place the sport away, she solely wager $2,000, giving her a good wider lead however not the runaway. Clauson chipped away on the clue board to take care of second place, and whereas he wanted the final Every day Double, he didn’t discover it, and Burge did with few clues left however missed it dropping out of competition.
This left the sport between Clauson and McCullough going into Closing Jeopardy, with him at $11,000, her at $20,200, and Burge at $1,600
The “Sports activities & The Metropolis” clue was, “At 800 West Foremost & 700 Central on this metropolis are an organization & a venue each concerned in Triple Crowns.”
Solely Burge was appropriate in writing “Louisville” from a distant third. Clauson dropped to $0 with an incorrect response ending his run and McCullough solely dropped $2000 to turn into the brand new champ with $18,200.
Followers flooded the Reddit thread for the episode, praising Burge for his unbelievable anecdote and reacting to the brand new champ. Many identified that her DD2 wager would have misplaced her the sport had Clauson been appropriate in Closing Jeopardy.
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