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    ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Makes Expensive Gaffe on a Rhyming Query

    Willie MurphyBy Willie MurphyMay 14, 20254 Mins Read
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    [The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, May 14, episode of Jeopardy!]

    A dangerous Each day Double wager on a rhyming query price one Jeopardy! participant the win. The sport was a detailed name till the ultimate query.

    Andrew Jones, from Queens, New York, returned for this third recreation on Wednesday, Could 14. He performed towards Jen Johnson, from Timonium, Maryland, and Brandon Monsman, from Cleveland, Ohio. Jones had a two-day whole of $26,400 after a dangerous all-in wager the sport earlier than.

    The sport was fairly even to start with with every of the contestants answering a handful of questions. Monsman, a bartender, discovered the primary Each day Double on query 13. He made it a real Each day Double and wagered $1,000. In “Knives Out,” the clue learn, “Referees on this sport carry a knife known as a tanto, to represent their willingness to commit seppuku in the event that they make a nasty name.” “What’s sumo?” he answered accurately, doubling as much as $2,000.

    Regardless of, Monsman accurately answering the DD, Jones, a graduate pupil, nonetheless led by the primary industrial break with $3,800. He additionally picked up 5 extra right responses to have the lead of $4,400 by the top of the spherical. Monsman had $3,600. Johnson, a communications supervisor, trailed with $2,800. It was nonetheless anyone’s recreation, however Jones made an important mistake in Double Jeopardy that made his opponents surpass him.

    Johnson discovered the second DD on clue quantity two. The sport present contestant wagered $2,400 within the class “Authors’ Houses.” The clue learn, “Some years after vacating the ‘Previous Manse, he bought a house from the Alcotts & known as it ‘The Wayside.’” “Who was Hawthorne?” she answered accurately, doubling as much as $4,800 and taking the lead.

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    Jones discovered the ultimate DD 5 questions later. He went all in with $5,600 as his wager. In “Rhyme Time,” the clue learn, “A compulsion to sing a tune of mourning.”

    “What’s a lament? I don’t know,” he answered. The reply was “a dirge urge.” “That’s good,” he replied. Jones dropped all the way down to $0. This put him at an enormous drawback going into Last Jeopardy.

    Nonetheless, he had an incredible comeback and retook the lead by the top of the spherical, however he received the penultimate query fallacious, which induced Monsman to guide by $400. The clue, which turned out to be a Triple Stumper, learn “On this mount that towers over Jerusalem, Jesus commandeered a colt to journey to town.” Jones answered, “What’s Hebron?” and misplaced $1,200 from his whole. The right reply was The Mount of Olives.

    He ended the spherical with $8,000. Monsman led with $8,400. Johnson trailed by solely a little bit with $6,000.

    The class for Last Jeopardy was “South American Cities.” ” GPS know-how has decided {that a} widespread monument close to this capital was constructed about 800 toes too far to the south” was the query.

    Each Monsman and Jonhson answered accurately with “What’s Quito [Ecuador]?” Johnson wagered $2,401, giving her a last whole of $8,401. Monsman wagered $8,000, ending the sport with $16,000. All of it got here all the way down to Jones’ reply and wager. He answered, “What’s Buenos Aires?” which was incorrect. He wagered $1,999, dropping him all the way down to $6,001. Jones didn’t win his third recreation.

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    Monsman turned the brand new winner. He’ll face off towards two new opponents on Thursday, Could 15.

    Reddit customers weren’t an enormous fan of the DD query that tripped Jones up. “Not a fan of inserting a DD in DJ in a gimmick class akin to RHYME TIME,” one fan wrote.

    “I agree that placing a DD in a difficult wordplay class was a little bit of sharp observe, significantly when added to a full class of we’ll stump you clues (which felt like a little bit little bit of dangerous vibes or throw down, from the writers),” one other mentioned.

    “One other powerful shut match at the moment and congrats to Brandon. I received FJ simply at the moment since I used to be simply in Quito final 12 months hehe,” a 3rd mentioned.

    “I solely knew DD3 as a result of I had beforehand regarded up the etymology of a Pokémon’s title – Skeledirge from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. I like studying new issues and connecting it to Jeopardy, and vice versa,” one other wrote.





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