[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the February 10 episode of Jeopardy!]
Adriana Harmeyer, Isaac Hirsch, and Neilesh Vinjamuri confronted off in sport two of Jeopardy!‘s Event of Champions on Monday, February 10, with Harmeyer holding a lead over her rivals after successful sport one.
Harmeyer quickly discovered herself up towards it, nonetheless, as Vinjamuri dominated the sport and shortly took the lead in spherical one with $7,000. Hirsch was in second with $4,800 and Harmeyer trailed with $4,400.
Throughout Double Jeopardy! Harmeyer made her solution to second place shortly however fell again to final place after a daring $5,000 wager throughout the Each day Double. The query learn, “Timeless Tevye tune that mentions Superman’s nickname & his favourite sort of abrasive scouring pad.”
Harmeyer hesitated earlier than answering, “What’s Fiddler Man of Metal Wool?” Host Ken Jennings advised her that the primary a part of her reply was incorrect, revealing “If I had been a wealthy man of metal” to be right. This introduced her all the way down to $1,000, giving her different two opponents a sizeable lead.
Additionally in Double Jeopardy!, Vinjamuri appropriately answered his Each day Double, incomes him 29,200, after wagering all of his cash. By the top of the spherical, Vinjamuri led with$31,600, Hirsch remained in second with $18,800, and Harmeyer was struggling on $5,400.
Each Vinjamuri and Hirsch answered the Closing Jeopardy! query right. Harmeyer wagered $0 for the ultimate query, ending with $5,400. Hirsch answered with “Who’s Pyrrhis?” and waged $18,600, making his last whole $37,400. Vinjamuri additionally answered Pyrrhus and added $6,001 to his whole, ending the sport with $37,601, making him the evening’s winner.
This brings the full to Harmeyer and Vinjamuri with one win and Hirsch with zero wins.
After the sport, Harmeyer commented on a Jeopardy! fan Reddit board and defined why she obtained her Each day Double and Closing Jeopardy! questions unsuitable.
“Generally it’s simply not your sport. Congratulations to Neilesh on a tough fought victory!” she wrote.
“Actually the final film I added to my examine/watch checklist however didn’t get to earlier than filming was Fiddler on the Roof. I do know the tune, simply went utterly clean on the title. I eliminated the film from my watch checklist after this.”
“I additionally simply went clean on Pyrrhus,” Harmeyer defined of Closing Jeopardy!. “My thought course of was one thing like this: ‘It’s not Hannibal, he’s not even Greek. Who’s Greek? Why can’t I consider any Greek generals? Instances nearly up, guess I’ll write Hannibal.’”
“I used to be so drained at that time that it appeared potential that I may’ve been remembering unsuitable, and I can’t carry myself to not guess one thing,” she ended.
All three contestants will rematch once more on Tuesday, February 11. The primary participant to attain three wins is the champion.
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