[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, July 3, episode of Jeopardy!]
A Jeopardy! contestant made a stunning wager that led them to win the sport, nevertheless it might have gone horribly flawed. Jason Singer, from Portland, Maine, tried to interrupt the one-day curse that tied the 2002 document on July 1.
With a one-day complete of $22,401, Singer performed his second sport to attempt to up that quantity. He competed in opposition to Stephanie Yang, from Queens, New York, and Jeff Foels, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, July 2.
“Yesterday, Jason Singer turned fortunate quantity 13 for consecutive video games with a brand new champion, tying a document set all the best way again in 2002,” host Ken Jennings stated. “Can Jason break the one-day curse at present?”
The start of the sport didn’t go so nicely for Singer, an actual property agent. He was in third for many of it. Yang, a kids’s guide designer, was solely $200 away from the lead with $2,400 when she discovered the primary Every day Double. She wagered $1,000 in “Isn’t It Iconic?” The clue learn, “Britannica famous the picture of this man who died in Bolivia in 1967 ‘turned an icon of leftist radicalism and anti-imperialism.’” Yang shook her head and shrugged her shoulders as she answered, “Who was Che Guevara?” She was appropriate and moved as much as first with $3,400.
By the tip of the spherical, it was a tighter sport. Each Singer and Yang had $4,800. Foels, a stay-at-home dad, led with $6,000.
Double Jeopardy was a decent spherical between all three contestants. At one level, they have been all tied with $7,200. However when Foels discovered the primary DD of the spherical, he was in second with $9,600. He wagered $4,000.
In “-Ology,” the clue learn, “Courting from the early twentieth century, this 2-word phrase refers to a suggestion supposed to get somebody to do the alternative.” Foels answered appropriately with, “What’s reverse psychology?” He moved to first place with $13,600.
Foels discovered the final DD on the subsequent clue. He wagered $4,000 once more in “Historic Shark Tank.” The clue was, “Mr. Great will spend money on Elizabeth Magie Phillips’ ‘Landlord’s Recreation’… if she’ll rename it this, good to have in enterprise.” Foels didn’t give a solution. The proper response was Monopoly. He dropped all the way down to $9,600, placing him again in second place.
The remainder of the spherical was a battle for first place between Singer and Foels. Singer saved forgetting “What’s..?” in the direction of the tip of the spherical, permitting Foels to steal his reply. By the tip, Singer and Foels have been tied with $13,200. Yang had $4,800.
Last Jeopardy had by no means been extra essential. All of it got here all the way down to wagers. The class for Last Jeopardy was “Males of Drugs.” “He advised of a affected person who ‘took maintain of his spouse’s head, tried to raise it off, to place it on’” was the clue.
Yang was flawed and put down, “Who’s Dr. Do?” She wagered $0, ending with $4,800. Each Singer and Foels acquired it proper with, “Who’s Oliver Sacks?” Foels wagered $3,599, making his remaining complete $16,799. Singer, who added “#BringBackSusan” to his response, shouting out his spouse, who gained in 2021, wagered his full quantity of $13,200. That gave him $26,400, and a two-day complete of $48,801.
Singer turned the primary two-champion in over a month. He broke the curse and can return for sport three on Thursday, July 3.
“And for the primary time in 14 video games, we’ve got a two-day champion,” Ken Jennings stated.
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