On February 17, 27 Jeopardy! greats competed for a spot within the finals of the Jeopardy! Invitational Event. Now, it’s down to 3 for the primary recreation of the finals, and considered one of them blamed their buzzer velocity for his or her loss.
Matt Amodio from New York, New York; Roger Craig from Arlington, Virginia; and Junveria Zaheer from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, competed in opposition to one another on Wednesday, March 5.
Craig, an utilized scientist, and Amodio, a mathematician, have been certainly quick on the buzzers. They rang in on nearly each query. Zaheer, a psychiatrist, rang in on a number of and answered them accurately, however her downfalls have been within the Day by day Doubles. “A strong punch, it’s doubtless named for the agricultural follow of slicing dried grass,” the query learn. “What’s roundhouse?” she answered incorrectly, dropping $3,400 and happening to $0.
The spherical bought worse for her after that. She was -$1,000 within the gap whereas the boys dominated the spherical. On the finish of the primary spherical, Craig was within the lead with $5,200. Amodio was in second with $4,600. Zaheer was nonetheless in final place with -$600.
Amodio discovered the primary Day by day Double in Double Jeopardy!, giving him an enormous lead. He made it a real DD and wagered all of his cash. “Related to the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Strait of Bonifacio separates these 2 islands,” the query learn. “What are Corsica and Sardinia?” he answered, which was right, giving him a complete of $13,200.
From there, he was on a roll, gaining a considerable lead. Craig discovered the second DD within the spherical. “The D.O.J. states that parts of this paired crime contain the ‘intent to facilitate the fee of against the law by one other,’” the query learn. “What’s aiding and abetting?” Craig accurately answered. This introduced his complete to $19,200, solely $5,000 away from Amodio.
Nonetheless, it was Amodio who led the competitors going into Remaining Jeopardy!. He had $30,000. Craig stood at $22,800. Zaheer solely had $1,000.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy! was “Medieval Europeans.” Right here’s the clue: “This mathematician of Pisa studied in Algeria & later wrote a guide introducing Arabic numerals to a bigger viewers.” Zaheer answered accurately with “Who’s Fibonacci?” nevertheless it nonetheless didn’t give her sufficient for the lead. She wagered $500, and that was her remaining complete. Craig answered the identical and wagered $7,597, giving him a remaining complete of $30,397 and the present lead. Amodio, nevertheless, answered accurately as properly. He wagered $15,601, bringing him to $45,601, and the night time’s winner.
Amodio is now one win away from profitable the entire competitors. The primary to 2 wins takes house $150,000 and a spot in Jeopardy! Masters. Recreation two of the finals will air on Thursday, March 6.
Zaheer opened up on Reddit about her opponents and how briskly they’re on the buzzer.
“Oh boy, hahahaha. Not my finest recreation! These guys are unimaginable on the buzzer, and I began urgent, getting earlier and earlier. After which managed to get in solely on issues I…didn’t know 😅 However! Tomorrow is one other day, and I bought to reply a Survivor query,” she wrote.
“Very enjoyable to get to share a stage with two legends and my finest pal, Ken Jennings.”
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