[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, February 26 episode of Jeopardy!]
A Jeopardy! Invitational Event contestant made a surprising confession earlier than profitable Wednesday’s (February 26) episode. In the course of the introductions, fan-favorite Ben Chan, a philosophy professor, from Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, admitted to crashing a marriage.
Chan began off the sport within the gap as the primary query that he picked was a Day by day Double, and he acquired it improper. Getting the DD improper tripped him up and made his whole beneath $1,000 earlier than the primary industrial break. His opponent, Shane Whitlock, from Benton, Arkansas, dominated the competitors, racking up $5,600 midway by means of the primary spherical. The opposite contestant, Claire Sattler, a comic and analysis scientist, was within the gap with $-200. Whitlock is a radiologist by day and a recreation present contestant by evening. He’s the 1996 School Championship winner.
In the course of the introduction spherical, the contestants admitted some surprising issues. The primary was that Whitlock didn’t know that Marilyn Monroe was on the primary cowl of Playboy Journal. Sattler, the 2018 Teen Event winner, tried to pitch herself to Pop Tradition Jeopardy! host, Colin Jost, to be a author on Saturday Evening Stay. He has been a workers author on the present since 2005 and the coanchor of “Weekend Replace”since 2014 with Michael Che.
Maybe probably the most surprising reveal of all was Chan’s confession: “I perceive for the reason that final time we noticed you, you had a marriage incident. What occurred?” host Ken Jennings requested.
“Yeah, so I checked Jeopardy! TOC bucket listing merchandise off. Subsequent bucket listing merchandise was wedding ceremony crasher,” Chan admitted. “I used to be lingering on the sidewalk exterior of a marriage. A few folks acknowledged me from TOC and invited me in, and I wakened the following morning with my spouse’s initials on me… It was a great time apparently.”
Jennings cracked up and requested if he really crashed the marriage if he was invited. Chan mentioned that it was a “vampire rule” for him. “I used to be not on the visitor listing, however I used to be invited.”
After the primary spherical, Whitlock nonetheless led with $9,000. Chan was in second with $3,200, and Sattler was in third with $800, Nevertheless, Whitlock’s luck was about to vary.
In Double Jeopardy!, Chan, 2024 ToC winner and nine-time Jeopardy! champion, was quick on the buzzer. He answered numerous questions appropriately and was neck and neck with Whitlock. They each picked questions that had been value extra money. Sattler barely acquired to reply any as the boys battled it out. With the present lead at $19,600, Chan discovered the second Day by day Double and solely wager $5. Fortunately, he did as a result of he acquired it improper as soon as once more.
Whitlock then answered a number of questions appropriately, catching as much as Chan, particularly when Chan answered a $2,000 query improper and was now neck and neck with Whitlock. Whitlock discovered the following Day by day Double and took away his lead by betting $3,500. He wasn’t certain both and his whole dropped to $13,500.
Sattler appeared to have a tough time along with her buzzer, fiercely urgent it. She ended the sport with $0. Whitlock wound up in second with $14,700. Chan was the evening’s massive winner with $18,395.
The Last Jeopardy! query learn: “The one 2 democrats to be elected president between James Buchanan in 1856 & FDR in 1932.”
Whitlock appropriately answered, “Who’re Wilson & Cleveland?” He wagered $6,000, making his remaining whole $20,700. In a surprising flip of occasions, Chan answered: “Who’re Wilson and Garfield?” He wagered $3694, making his remaining whole $14,701. Sattler was unable to take part in Last Jeopardy! as a result of her remaining whole was $0.
Tomorrow’s remaining matchup earlier than the semi-finals could have Seth Wilson, 12-game Jeopardy! winner, Jackson Jones, 2019 Teen Event semifinalist; 2nd place, 2023 Excessive College Reunion Event, and Juveria Zaheer, Season 40 Second Probability & Champions Wildcard winner; 2024 Event of Champions quarterfinalist.
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