Jeopardy!‘s Event of Champions is underway and the competitors is already heating up as returning gamers David Erb, Grant DeYoung, and Amy Hummel went head-to-head within the January twenty eighth match.
The sport was fairly evenly matched by the tip of the primary spherical with Amy getting into Double Jeopardy with 2,200, Grant with 2,800, and David with 3,000 factors. However issues received somewhat extra critical throughout that second spherical as David added some main factors in the course of the second Every day Double and Grant adopted go well with with the third Every day Double of the sport.
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Ultimately, Amy entered Ultimate Jeopardy with 6,600, Grant with 3,200, and David with 7,200, which means it was nearly anybody’s recreation to win, with David holding a slight edge. However the spherical proved to be rather more difficult than initially believed as all three gamers offered the mistaken response to the clue from the class “Palindromic Dates,” which learn, “This 7-digit date noticed the premiere of Handel’s ‘Water Music.’”
The right response ought to have been, “What’s 7/17/1717?” However huge bets got here again to hang-out Grant and David who completed with 399 and 1,199 factors for his or her last scores. In the meantime, Amy wagered small and benefited from the technique as she accomplished the spherical with 6,401.
Amy is the second winner for this yr’s Event of Champions, as she’ll be part of Will Wallace, who gained yesterday’s recreation, for the Semifinals. As beforehand revealed, Adriana Harmeyer, Isaac Hirsch, and Drew Basile will probably be included within the Semifinals as properly with out having to compete within the ongoing Quarterfinals which can conclude on Monday, February 3 with Drew Goins, Amar Kakirde, and Lucas Partridge.
What did you consider the most recent spherical of this match? Did your favourite participant come out on prime? Hold forth within the feedback part, beneath, and keep tuned because the thrilling competitors continues.
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