[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Thursday, May 22, episode of Jeopardy!]
Brendan Liaw was on a scorching streak and returned for this third recreation of Jeopardy! after racking up a two-day complete of $38,798. Did he win this recreation or did the stay-at-home-son return to residing on his mother and father’ sofa?
Liaw, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, performed in opposition to Angela Mustapha, from Conway, Arkansas, and Matt Askins, from Chandler, Arizona, on Thursday, Might 22. He lastly received a Ultimate Jeopardy query right after followers identified that he was 0 for 2.
Not like Wednesday’s recreation, there have been much more Triple Stumpers, with seven simply within the first spherical. Liaw picked up six questions accurately by the primary industrial break to provide him a large lead of $3,600.
The Every day Double was discovered on the primary query again. Askins, an aerospace engineer, discovered it and wagered $1,000 regardless of having solely $400 in his financial institution. Within the class “Final Traces of the Kids’s E book,” the clue learn, “‘However he by no means knew that it actually was his personal bunny, come again to take a look at the kid who had first helped him to be actual.’” Askins answered “What’s the Velveteen Rabbit?” which was right. He nonetheless sat in third place with $1,400.
By the tip of the spherical, Liaw led with $5,000. Mustapha, a library specialist, had $1,800. Askins trailed with $1,200. The spherical had seven incorrect solutions.
In Double Jeopardy, Askins tried to get into second place when he wagered $4,000 and made it a real Every day Double. Nonetheless, he received it flawed and dropped right down to $0. In “Creatures of the Earth,” the clue was, “Buildings referred to as osteoderms all through this mammal’s physique shield it from predators.” “What’s a porcupine?” he answered. The proper reply was an armadillo.
Eleven questions later, Liaw discovered the final DD of the sport. He had $15,400 in his financial institution and wagered $2,400. In “Out of doors Artwork,” the clue learn, “Shepard Fairey used a 1967 photograph of this athlete to create a 7-story mural outdoors a Louisville YMCA.” “Who was Muhammed Ali?” Liaw answered accurately. This introduced him to $17,800. Mustapha was manner behind in second with $5,800.
This spherical had 5 Triple Stumpers and two incorrect solutions, together with a DD. It was far completely different from the “virtually good” recreation performed the day earlier than. Liaw had a runaway win with $19,800. Mustapha had $9,400. Askins was nonetheless in third with $2,800.
The class for Ultimate Jeopardy was “Born & Died.” The clue was “He was born in Fürth, Germany in 1923, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, & handed away in Connecticut in 2023.” Solely Liaw received it right. Askins answered, “Who’s Sadat?” He wagered $0 and ended with $2,800. Mustapha’s reply was “Who’s Wiesel?” She wagered $600, so her closing complete was $8,800. Liaw answered with “Who’s Kissinger?” That was proper so he added $800 to his complete, giving him a closing complete of $20,600.
Liaw spoke out on Reddit about his DD and Ultimate Jeopardy reply. “Kudos to Matt for going all in on the DD. I believe Ken [Jennings] requested afterward if Matt felt he wanted to wager aggressively to try to beat me and Matt mentioned sure. So large respect to him for the arrogance to go for it. my DD wager now, virtually definitely ought to have wagered extra however I believe I didn’t really feel nice concerning the class for no matter motive on the time,” he wrote.
“Kissinger got here to me fairly shortly and I begrudgingly wrote his title down – I believe it was the ‘born in Germany’ and 12 months of the Nobel Prize that received me to Kissinger.” Kissinger was an American diplomat and Secretary of State below presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford whose actions and insurance policies sparked criticism. Others have been shocked that two of the contestants received the ultimate query flawed.
“Brendan has reallly performed nicely particularly contemplating his shaky begin! I really feel like he might be round for some time, and he’s received a likable persona up to now, in order that’s nice,” one Reddit consumer mentioned.
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