Jeopardy!‘s second (of two) Second Likelihood finals collection started on Thursday (January 9) evening’s episode, and no less than one contestant is publicly hanging his head over his efficiency in that recreation.
Sam Cameron, a finance supervisor from North Dakota, took to Reddit to share his disappointment along with his gameplay, writing, “Uffda! Sorry for stinking up the stage this match! There’s a lot I may say about this recreation, however as a substitute I’ll simply give you this New Yr’s want: might your most cringe-inducing moments not be equally captured on Nationwide TV this 12 months.”
So why was Cameron so onerous on himself? Let’s check out what occurred.
Within the recreation, he went toe-to-toe with Florida pupil Enzo Cunanan and Hawai’i-based journalist Drew Goins. For the Jeopardy! spherical, issues acquired off to a sunny sufficient begin for Cameron — till he discovered the Day by day Double, within the class “All Across the U.S.,” and didn’t know that Pikes Peak is the attraction Colorado Springs boasts to be “America’s Mountain.” That mistake price him dearly, as he misplaced a whopping $3,800. And although it was the one query he acquired mistaken, by the tip of the spherical, he trailed Cunanan’s $2,400 and Goins’ $1,200 with simply $400.
Within the Double Jeopardy! spherical, Goins found the second Day by day Double and capitalized on that. (Within the class “Phrase Historical past,” he appropriately recognized Oxbridge and Camford as college identify mashups coined by William Makepeace Thackeray and added $2,800 to his tally.) However when Cameron discovered the third Day by day Double, he was evidently nonetheless burned by his mistake within the first spherical as a result of he wagered simply $100 after which acquired it proper. (Within the class, “Traditional TV,” he knew that Oz was HBO’s first authentic hour-long drama with the tagline, “It’s no place like house.”)
“My jaw dropped in that class when Sam solely guess 100 bucks on the DD — not even sufficient to get out of the opening,” one fan commented in response to the wager on the Reddit thread. One other justified the choice, although, writing, “As a result of the 1200 and 1600 clues in that class had been each triple stumpers, so he had each motive to assume that he wouldn’t know the 2000 clue both.”
By the tip of the second spherical, Cameron was nonetheless nicely behind with $1,700, trailing Cunanan’s $13,600 and Goins’ $10,400, however he managed to make up some main floor in Ultimate Jeopardy.
The clue of the day, within the class “Animals in Science,” was, “The primary mammal species despatched on a rocket to area, it’s maybe extra well-known for an antigen in its blood.” Each Cameron and Cunanan appropriately recognized the rhesus monkey (or macaque) as the reply, whereas Goins answered incorrectly with mouse. Cameron doubled his rating to finish with $3,400, whereas Goins ended with $5,000 and Cunanan led the pack with a powerful $21,800.
There’s nonetheless one other day to go, so we’ll have to attend and see whose two-day cumulative rating carries them to the Wildcard occasion to affix the primary Second Likelihood winner Will Yancey.
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