There’s nothing that unites Jeopardy! followers greater than realizing an apparent reply that every one the contestants bought flawed, and that’s precisely what occurred on Friday’s (December 13) sport.
Friday’s episode noticed returning one-day champion Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas, taking up Carla Winston, a political scientist from Baltimore, Maryland, and Ram Murali, a author initially from London, England.
A class within the first spherical, Folks In Historical past, proved significantly difficult for the three contestants, seeing various incorrect responses. Essentially the most stunning was a triple stumper within the $400 clue, which learn, “An 1806 duel involving this future president resulted within the loss of life of Charles Dickinson.”
Not one of the three gamers might determine it out, so host Ken Jennings needed to reveal the reply, “Who was Andrew Jackson?”
In 1806, Jackson fought a duel with lawyer and slave dealer Charles Dickinson over a dispute involving funds for a forfeited horse race. Dickinson fired first, with the bullet hitting Jackson within the chest. Jackson survived and returned fireplace, killing Dickinson. Jackson was by no means prosecuted, and 23 years later, in 1829, he turned U.S. President.
Followers couldn’t consider that not one of the contestants knew the reply, particularly as Jackson and the duel have come up on Jeopardy! prior to now.
“Stunned no one bought the Andrew Jackson clue,” wrote one commenter on the Jeopardy! Reddit discussion board.
“Sure me too and I’m fairly positive Andrew Jackson’s violent historical past has been a jeopardy query in different episodes,” replied one other person.
“Jeopardy contests ought to go together with Andrew Jackson if there’s a clue a couple of President killing somebody face-to-face,” added a viewer on X.
One other fan mentioned the opening spherical made them “scream” in frustration, writing, “Thomas Pane! Tonight’s first scream! Then, Andrew Jackson! Beginning with a lot screaming!”
Regardless of the Jackson blunder and 7 incorrect responses in complete, all three gamers rebounded later within the spherical, with Chan choosing up $1,000 on the Each day Double and main with $7,600 heading into Double Jeopardy.
Chan continued to carry onto the lead all through the episode, giving her a slight lead over Murali heading into Ultimate Jeopardy! Nonetheless, each Chan and Murali answered the ultimate clue incorrectly, with solely Winston getting it proper. Thankfully, Chan’s underbet noticed her scrape the victory for her second consecutive win.
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