[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, June 17, episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! led to one other Triple Stumper on Tuesday, June 17. The ultimate query decided the winner after a nail-biting shut recreation.
Sarah Cox, from Austin, Texas, returned for her second recreation with a one-day whole of $15,050. She confronted off in opposition to Stefany Meyer (not the creator), from Burke, Virginia, and Dan Hopkins, from Hanover, New Hampshire.
Cox, a chief of employees, discovered the primary Each day Double early within the recreation. She was tied for second with $800 and wagered as much as $1,000. In “2-Phrase Responses,” the clue learn, “Pregnant girls know this different time period for vitamin B9.” Cox answered appropriately with “What’s Folic Acid?” giving her the lead with $1,800.
By the top of the spherical, Cox led with $7,600. Hopkins, a trainer, was in second with $3,400. Meyer, an information analyst, had $1,400.
Double Jeopardy was met with quite a lot of Triple Stumpers. The primary DD wasn’t discovered till clue 13 by Hopkins. He was in second with $7,400, solely $200 away from Cox. He wagered $2,000. In “Previous to the OED,” the clue learn, “Within the olden days, this ‘d’ phrase simply meant a discourse or dissertation; now it means extra of an offended rant.” Hopkins answered appropriately with a diatribe and took the lead with $9,400.
Two clues later, he discovered the final DD. He wagered $3,000. In “You Can’t A Fjord it,” the clue was “The Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland is regarded as the birthplace of this object that tragically entered historical past in 1912.” He took an enormous lead with $12,400 after answering, “What’s the iceberg that sank the Titanic?”
Cox, the reigning champion, moved down to 3rd by the top of the sport with $8,000. Meyer had $10,600. Hopkins was within the lead with $16,000.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy was “The Sixties.” “Following the Baptist Church bombing in 1963, MLK telegrammed him that the blood of 4 women ‘is in your palms,’” was the clue. The proper response was George Wallace, which not one of the recreation present contestants wrote.
Cox answered, “Who’s J.E, Hoover?” She wagered $7,000, giving her a closing whole of $1,000. Meyer’s reply was “Who’s JFK?” She wagered $2,000 to provide her a closing whole of $9,600. Hopkins’ reply was “Who’s John F Kennedy?” He wagered $5,201, to provide him a closing whole of $10,799.
Hopkins was the evening’s winner and can be again on Wednesday, June 18, to face off in opposition to two new opponents. Followers reacted to the ultimate clue.
“I’m very shocked that right this moment’s Remaining Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper,” a Reddit consumer mentioned.
“I can perceive guessing Hoover in case you can’t consider something higher, however the concept MLK would telegram JFK one thing so brazenly antagonistic makes zero sense to me,” replied one other.
“With a triple miss on a Remaining the place I really feel such as you needed to understand it (I’m positive there have been individuals who guessed appropriately, however I can consider approach too many candidates), we’ve had solely 183 appropriate in Remaining,” added a 3rd.
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