[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Thursday, September 25, episode of Jeopardy!]
Steven Olson returned for his fifth Jeopardy! recreation on Thursday, September 25, and tried to safe his spot in an upcoming Event of Champions. However was he crushed by Neighborhood star Erik Charles Nielsen?
Olson, from Princeton, Illinois, confronted off towards Nielsen, from Hollywood, California, and Vickie Talvola, from Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, on Thursday. Olson got here into the sport with a four-day complete of $74,382. Nielsen performed Garrett Lambert on Neighborhood, amongst different roles. Nonetheless, he didn’t point out his appearing profession on the sport present and as an alternative listed himself instead trainer.
Olson answered the primary clue for $800, taking the lead. The band director discovered the Each day Double on clue two. Olson wagered the allotted $1,000 in “Guide Character Inspo.” The clue learn, “The boar-shevik Snowball from Animal Farm was based mostly on this man who obtained in 1940.” He answered appropriately with “Who’s Trotsky?”, making his complete $1,800. He had a $3,000 lead by the primary business break.
By the top of the spherical, all the contestants had answered 9 clues appropriately, however Olson answered 4 fallacious, and he dropped right down to $2,800, a tie for second with Nielsen. Talvola, a quantitative dealer, moved to first place with $4,200.
In Double Jeopardy, Nielsen took a lead at first and located the primary Each day Double on clue three. He had $5,600 and wagered $2,300 in “Phrase Origins.” The clue was “From Latin for ‘unhealthy situation,’ it’s a 6-letter synonym for a illness or dysfunction.” Nielsen answered appropriately with “What’s a illness?”, bettering to $7,900 for the lead.
Then it was a battle between Nielsen and Talvola till Talvola discovered the second DD on clue 11. She made it a real Each day Double with $9,400. In “Plant Information,” the clue was “Additionally a make of automotive from Toyota, it’s the inside petals of a flower-taken collectively.” “What’s a corolla?” Talvola answered appropriately, doubling to $18,800 vs. Nielsen’s $11,500.
Olson tried to take again his lead by answering a number of the clues from then on, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to win. By the top of the spherical, he had $6,400. Nielsen was in second with $12,700. Talvola was the winner with $26,400.
The class for Ultimate Jeopardy was “U.S. Cities.” The clue learn, “This Southern city recognized for large watermelons is the birthplace of the politicians who had been governors of its state in 1983, 2003, and 2023.” Just one contestant obtained it proper, which was Hope, Arkansas.
Olson answered with “What’s… Large Melon City?” He wagered $6,399, leaving him with $1. Nielsen was shut with Little Rock, Arkansas. He wagered $200, giving him a last complete of $12,500. Talvola had the right response and wagered $7. She ended the sport with $26,407.
Talvola was the evening’s winner, so neither Olson nor Nielsen got here out victorious. Olson’s streak got here to an finish. Talvola might be again on Friday for recreation two.
“Glad we’ve got our 1st queen on the throne, and sure, Steve’s run was the right size and he’ll be lengthy cherished,” a Reddit person mentioned.
“I used to be all in on Erik not successful from the second he squandered his DD, however he performed properly and had an actual shot at taking down a multi-day champ. Steven couldn’t know that this is able to be his final recreation (for now – see you within the tourneys),” mentioned one other.
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