[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Friday, March 7, episode of Jeopardy!]
What’s… again to usually scheduled programming? After months of tournaments, Jeopardy! is again with the common syndicated recreation present. Matt Amodio gained the Jeopardy! Invitational Event on Thursday, March 6, ending the reign of tournaments.
Now, seven-day streak winner Laura Faddah, from Memphis, Tennessee, has returned to try to beat her report. She confronted off towards Omar Abu Realh, from Annandale, Virginia, and Roger Ghaman, from Studio Metropolis, California.
Faddah etched her title into the historical past books on December 27, 2024, when she grew to become the primary contestant ever to win a minimum of seven video games with lower than $100,000 complete. The supervisor’s complete of $87,400 broke the earlier report by contestant Tim Aten. He gained seven consecutive video games for a complete of $107,499 earlier than shedding his eighth recreation. Apart from Faddah, no different champion has had lower than $100,000 after seven wins. On Friday, she advised host Ken Jennings that she began watching Jeopardy! when she was 10 along with her household.
Nonetheless, on Friday’s recreation, issues weren’t trying too good for Faddah as the primary query she had answered was the eighth one, and he or she obtained it improper, placing her at -$1,000. Her saving grace was Realh, an aerospace engineer, discovering the Day by day Double and answering incorrectly, placing him at -$600. Ghaman was on a roll, answering many of the questions and gaining a considerable lead.
As the primary spherical wound down, Faddah moved to second place after Realh repeatedly answered questions improper. By the tip of the primary spherical, the quantities weren’t substantial. Realh was in final place with $800. Faddah was sitting in second with $1,800. Ghaman, a TV editor and substitute trainer, was in first with $3,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Realh nearly surpassed Ghaman with $2,800 by answering the primary few questions within the spherical. Nonetheless, when he discovered the primary DD, he wager all of it, obtained it improper, and went again all the way down to $0. He was then actually within the gap with -$4,000. By the point Faddah discovered the second DD, she was within the lead with $6,200.
“By his marriage to this lady, Boaz was the daddy of Obed, the grandfather of Jesse, & the great-grandfather of David,” the query learn. “Who’s Bathsheba?” Faddah answered incorrectly. She dropped all the way down to $4,000 after wagering $1,800. She was nonetheless within the lead. The proper reply was, “Who’s Ruth?”
They ran out of time earlier than ending Double Jeopardy with only some questions left on the board. On the finish of the spherical, Faddah led with $9,200. Ghaman was in second with $6,600. Realh got here in final with $800.
The class for Ultimate Jeopardy was “Science Fiction.” The clue learn, “Title shared by a groundbreaking journal launched in April 1926 & a TV Anthology collection that premiered in September 1985.”
Realh answered with “What’s Well-liked Science?” however crossed it out. He wagered $0, staying at $800. Ghaman’s reply was “What’s Outerlimits?” which was additionally incorrect. He wagered $3,601, making his remaining complete $2,999. Faddah wrote down “What’s Unsolved Mysteries?” She was additionally incorrect. The proper reply was “Wonderful Tales.” Faddah wagered $4,001, giving her a complete of $5,199, making her the evening’s winner.
This gave her her eighth-straight win with a complete of $92,599. Realh left with $2,000, and Ghadam left with $3,000. Faddah will likely be again on Monday, March 10, to defend her report with two new contestants.
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