[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Friday, April 18, episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! has a brand new champion once more! The sport was an in depth battle that got here all the way down to the ultimate query to find out the winner in spite of everything three recreation present contestants accurately answered a Day by day Double. The champion gained consideration on-line for his thrilling gameplay.
Steve Hoying, from Hillard, Ohio, was again for his second recreation. He had a one-day complete of $29,403 after defeating champ Andrew Hayes in a runaway win. Hoying versed Rachael Grey, from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Liam Starnes, from Barrington, Illinois, on Friday, April 18.
The sport began off tight between all the challengers, however Grey, a graduate pupil, took the lead by the primary business break. Regardless of discovering the primary Day by day Double of the sport, Hoying, an attorney-at-law, remained in third place. The clue learn, “Round 1675 he stated: ‘If I’ve seen additional it’s by standing on the shoulders of giants.’” “Who was Newton?” he answered accurately, doubling as much as $3,600.
By the top of the spherical, there have been 5 Triple Stumpers. Just one query was answered incorrectly, and that was from Hoying. “Launched within the Nineteen Twenties, this Japanese mayo model was named for a novelty doll in style around the globe,” was the query. “What’s Daruma?” he answered, nevertheless it was fallacious. Kewpie was the right reply, so he misplaced $600.
The primary spherical ended with Grey in first place with $6,200. Starnes, an undergraduate pupil, had $4,400. Hoying, the reigning champion, was in third place with $4,200.
In Double Jeopardy, Starnes took a giant lead after he answered the primary six clues and located the primary DD of the spherical. “Grand Rapids, Michigan has a public sculpture by this man — a 42-ton stabile,” was the clue. “Who’s (Alexander) Calder?” he answered, which was appropriate. After wagering $6,000, Starnes was now within the lead with $17,600.
Grey discovered the second DD. The clue learn, “It’s the title of Demi Moore‘s memoir; Bruce Willis & Ashton Kutcher are characters, however not Pleasure, Anger, Disappointment or Bing Bong.” She answered, “What’s Inside Out?” which was proper. Grey gained $4,000, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to provide her the lead, solely giving her $7,800.
The spherical ended with two fallacious solutions— one from Hoying and one from Starnes— and 5 Triple Stumpers. This put Starnes within the lead with $19,600. Grey was in second with $16,200. The reigning champ, Hoying, was in third with $13,800.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy was “Presidential Nominees.” The query was, “The yr the Democratic nominee gave his ‘Cross of Gold’ speech, the GOP nominee was this man who backed the gold normal.” Grey was the one one to reply incorrectly with, “Who’s Taft?” She wagered $12,000, ending with $4,200. Each Hoying and Starnes answered, “Who’s [William] McKinley?” All of it got here all the way down to their wagers. Hoying wagered $6,000, ending with $19,800. That put him within the lead by $200. Nonetheless, Starnes wagered $12,801, so his closing complete was $32,401. He was the evening’s champion, defeating Hoying.
Starnes, a pupil on the College of Chicago, shall be again on Monday, April 21, to face off in opposition to two new opponents.
Followers reacted to Starnes’ win and the unimaginable recreation performed between the three contestants. “What a recreation! This was a really effectively performed recreation all spherical, congrats to Liam!” a Reddit person stated.
“You by no means know after one recreation, however I can see Liam sticking round for a number of days,” wrote one other.
“If I had a nickel for everytime this season a university child from suburban Chicago has gotten a clue in regards to the Sea of Cortez proper and used it to propel himself into the lead and win in a FJ about Presidential nomination speeches that two gamers bought proper, I’d have two nickels, and the opposite one was my recreation!” former participant Zoe Grobman wrote.