Jeopardy! viewers would possibly nonetheless be feeling the adrenaline from the sport that aired on Friday, November 8, which one fan referred to as one of the enjoyable episodes they’d ever seen.
In that match, one-day champion Susan Stumme, a journalist from Arlington, Virginia, confronted off in opposition to Ross Dickson, a analysis marketing consultant from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Rachel Marcus, a author and marketing consultant from New York Metropolis.
Susan took an early lead and stayed far forward of Ross and Rachel for many of the Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy rounds — though she missed a Every day Double by figuring out the opera Don Giovanni by the protagonist’s Spanish title, Don Juan.
However after Ross’ massive wager over the last Every day Double — he added $6,400 to his rating by figuring out that Charles de Gaulle presided over France’s Fifth Republic — he and Susan ended Double Jeopardy tied at $14,600, with Rachel trailing with $12,200.
And but, Susan and Ross each whiffed on the Remaining Jeopardy clue: “In a letter he wrote, ‘On August 7, 1501… we decided that the brand new land was not an island however a continent.’”
Susan and Ross each thought the explorer in query was Christopher Columbus, but it surely was Rachel who responded accurately with Amerigo Vespucci. And so Susan ended the sport with $0, Ross ended up with $10, and Rachel reigned victorious with $20,600.
In a Reddit thread in regards to the episode, followers raved over the three contestants’ gameplay. “I didn’t actually need anybody to lose that recreation, actually,” one wrote.
One other mentioned: “Actually, one of the enjoyable video games to observe I’ve ever seen. … This is able to be an important recreation to point out somebody who hasn’t seen loads of Jeopardy! earlier than or hasn’t watched shortly. It’s stability between the tremendous old-school type of play and a number of the current tournaments, the place each [Daily Double] is an all-in guess.”
A 3rd fan additionally referred to as it a enjoyable watch, including, “Appeared like Susan was going to run away with it, however Rachel picked up a bunch of excessive worth clues in Double Jeopardy and Ross practically doubled up on a DD.”
Another person mentioned, “Ross clutching his chest after that DD had me laughing. I may really feel his reduction.”
And Susan entered the chat, too, providing “just some ideas on the highs and lows of being a one-day champ” within the Reddit thread.
“I wasn’t kidding; being on Jeopardy! was a dream come true,” she wrote. “Successful my first recreation was exhilarating, however I performed so a lot better in recreation two… and misplaced. I bought nice classes for my strengths and had the buzzer timing nailed. In the long run, you gotta get [Final Jeopardy]. And I didn’t. Kudos to Rachel for the win, and congrats to Ross on an important comeback. Our contestant group total was pretty, and I had a tremendous day assembly them and competing with them.”
And talking of enjoyable, one other Reddit consumer identified a humorous coincidence between Friday’s Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune episodes: “After Rachel beat Ross and Susan, Phoebe gained on Wheel of Fortune; fairly a Pals reunion.”
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