Jeopardy! followers love seeing contestants win a number of video games, particularly after they win sufficient to qualify for the Event of Champions or break a file for a long-game streak, cementing them within the sport present‘s historical past. So, can anybody break the continued one-game curse?
Andrew Brigger, from Roseville, Minnesota, has a one-day whole of $16,000, after beating one-day champion Bevin Blaber. He confronted off in opposition to Emily Croke, from Denver, Colorado, and David Spelman, from Livingston, New Jersey, on Monday, June 23, to attempt to win his second sport.
“What number of extra consecutive 1-time champions are we gonna see till somebody lastly breaks that curse?” a Reddit consumer requested. Apparently, another as a result of Brigger, a social research instructor, misplaced his second sport. The final sport that wasn’t a single win was June 12, the place Matt Massie gained his third sport, however his reign was quick, as he misplaced the subsequent day. The one different individual to win a couple of sport in June was Nikhil Joshi, who gained two and competed in three.
It appeared like every part was going properly for Brigger as he led by $800 by the point he discovered the Every day Double within the spherical. His opponents each had $0 and hadn’t answered one clue. He wagered $1,000 in “Historic U.S. Enterprise.” The clue learn, “The Bismarck Tribune shocked the nation with the primary full account of this 1876 occasion wherein one in every of its correspondents died.” Brigger accurately answered with “What’s the Battle of Little Huge Horn?” giving him a complete of $1,800.
Nevertheless, Brigger didn’t keep the lead all through the spherical. Spelman, a advertising and marketing strategist, took the lead with $5,800. Brigger was in second with $2,000. Croke, a stay-at-home mother, had $1,400.
Brigger’s luck didn’t flip round in Double Jeopardy. Spelman discovered the primary DD on clue 4 with a lead of $8,600. In “Dawn, Sundown,” he wagered $4,400, which nonetheless would have given him the lead if he obtained it incorrect. The clue learn, “Mt. Bromo is legendary for its otherworldly sunrises; it’s one in every of this nation’s greater than 50 energetic volcanoes, greater than another nation.” Spelman hesitated earlier than answering, “What’s Norway?” He was incorrect and dropped all the way down to $4,200. The right reply was Indonesia.
Nevertheless, by clue 15, Brigger was $200 away from first place. He discovered the final DD and wagered $6,000. In “Earlier than and After,” the clue was, “Fruity dessert created at Brennan’s in New Orleans that had the 2011 hit track ‘Pumped Up Kicks.’” He didn’t give a solution and dropped all the way down to $1,200, placing him in final place. The right response was Bananas Foster the Individuals.
By the top of the sport, Croke led with $12,200, and Spelman had $6,600. The reigning champion was in final place with $2,000.
The class for Closing Jeopardy was “Collections.” The clue learn, “In 1896, the Vassar-educated spouse of this man wrote, ‘hundreds of {dollars} could also be paid for a replica of Shakespeare.’” Just one participant obtained the correct reply, which was “Who’s (Henry Clay) Folger?” That was Croke’s reply, and he or she wagered $1,001, giving her a closing whole of $13,201. Brigger answered, “Who’s Smith?” He didn’t wager any cash, giving him $2,000. Spelman answered, “Who’s Rockefeller?” He wagered $5,601, dropping all the way down to $999.
Croke can be again on Tuesday, June 24, for her second sport, however can she break the curse?
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