On Thursday’s (January 23) new episode of Jeopardy! three recently-crowned champions confronted off for the chance to advance to the Match of Champions — specifically, Will Yancey, Drew Goins, and Mehal Shah — in a Wildcard Finals match that was surprisingly marked with some near-miss solutions and large backslides.
Yancey specifically had a tricky evening. He fell sufferer to this sport’s obvious pattern of including S’s to a solution (on a Every day Double, no much less), and solely bought one of many three DDs he discovered proper. Worse, he additionally wager a very good bit on Ultimate Jeopardy however was the one one to get it unsuitable. (As a substitute of understanding that Ural was the river within the Orenburg Oblast that connects Asia and Europe, he guessed the Volga.) Regardless of so many incorrect solutions, although, he was nonetheless very a lot in it till the final query, which landed him at a remaining complete of $5,600.
Shah, nonetheless, earned an enormous lead on evening one by making a dangerous wager in Ultimate Jeopardy, including $12,000 to his $15,200 for a one-day complete of $27,200. Goins, in the meantime, completed in second with $17,600 (however gained the hearts of followers along with his little dance transfer throughout the deliberation music).
Some commenters on Reddit have been surprised by Yancey’s efficiency — “Not like Will to overlook so many,” one fan wrote — however one other warned that the second day may change all the things for any of the three gamers.
“Between three gamers who’ve had ample time to get used to buzzing in on the proper time, Drew bought the brief finish of the stick, however the FJ get and his previous dominant video games may point out an enormous comeback tomorrow. Will’s not out of this both: if he was capable of finding all three DDs on this sport, it’s definitely not unattainable that he may repeat that in sport two,” they wrote. “Something may occur tomorrow, principally!”
The Jeopardy! Wildcard Finals proceed on Friday with the identical three contestants, who’re every vying for a spot within the ToC. (Word: There are two Wilcard entries to that match, after Lisa Ann Walter turned unavailable for the ToC, however the gamers reportedly solely knew of 1 on the time of the sport’s taping, in line with The Jeopardy Fan.)
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