[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, September 23, episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! contestant Steven Olson took a giant gamble on the ultimate query of Wednesday’s (September 23) episode. His wager was dangerous because the query was a triple stumper.
Olson, from Princeton, Illinois, performed towards Hester Bass, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Justin Ames, from Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Olson has a two-day complete of $46,406 after a runaway win on Monday.
The start of the sport was a good struggle between Olson, a band director, and Bass, a author. Olson had $3,600, and Hester had $3,400 earlier than Olson discovered the Day by day Double on clue 14.
He made it a real Day by day Double in “The Reply is 42!” The clue learn, “The primary of their form, they had been printed in Mainz, Germany, within the fifteenth century with Latin textual content in 42-line columns.” “What’s the Gutenberg Bible?” Olson answered accurately, doubling as much as $7,200.
Olson answered 16 clues accurately within the spherical, giving him a complete of $11,200. Bass had $3,600 after six appropriate clues and one incorrect. Ames, an employment lawyer, answered six proper and two improper to provide him $2,400. Each contestants had the prospect to catch as much as Olson.
Nonetheless, in Double Jeopardy, Olson discovered each Day by day Doubles on clues 4 and 7. With $12,400, he wagered $8,000. In “Composers,” the clue was, “Plaques on neighboring London homes honor Jimi Hendrix & this German-born composer, a a lot earlier resident.” The band director answered accurately with “Who’s Handel?” He improved to $20,400.
Three clues later, the second DD in “Discovery” learn ” Since its discovery by James Clark Ross in 1831, this location has migrated steadily towards Russia.” He had the lead with $22,000 and wagered solely $1,000. “What’s the North Pole?” he answered.
“Are you able to be extra particular?” host Ken Jennings requested him.
“What’s the magnetic North Pole?” Olson reanswered.
“It’s the magnetic north pole, not the geographic one. That’s proper,” Jennings responded. Olson improved to $23,000.
By this level, Bass and Ames couldn’t catch up even when they answered each clue proper. Olson ended with 27,800 earlier than Closing Jeopardy. Bass had $3,200. Ames moved to second with $4,000.
The clue for Closing Jeopardy was within the class “Youngsters’s Books.” The clue was, “Realizing he couldn’t draw horses, the person behind this 1963 guide drew the title characters purely from his creativeness.” Not one of the contestants accurately answered, “What’s The place the Wild Issues Are?”
Bass dropped all the way down to $700 when she answered, “What’s Harold and the Purple Crayon? Thanks everybody!!).” She wagered $2,500 from her complete. Ames’ response was “What’s Black Magnificence?” He wagered $2,401, dropping him to $1,599. The reigning champion answered, “What’s My Little Pony???” He was improper, so he dropped all the way down to $10,683 after wagering $17,117.
Though it was not an enormous complete, $10,683 did give Olson his third win. He shall be again tomorrow, Wednesday, for his fourth sport. Olson has a three-day complete of $57,089.
Followers reacted to the Closing Query. “Unintentionally difficult FJ clue? It just about says, ‘guess any youngsters’s guide, however don’t guess a guide about horses!’ However then two good folks go along with a horse and a pony. Form of like if you’re instructed don’t contact x after which all you wish to do is contact x?” a Reddit consumer mentioned.
“That was a dangerous wager from Steven,” mentioned one other.
“When Closing Jeopardy is Youngsters’s Literature, you possibly can predictably rely on it having one thing to do with The place the Wild Issues Are. Somebody on the Clue Crew should actually love that guide,” a The Jeopardy! Fan commenter mentioned.
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