[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Monday, April 14, episode of Jeopardy!]
Did Jeopardy! champion Andrew Hayes win his fourth recreation and assure himself a spot in an upcoming Event of Champions? Learn on to seek out out.
Hayes, from Tupelo, Mississippi, confronted off in opposition to Jade Snelling, from Blacksburg, Virginia, and Kyle Harvey, from San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, April 14. Hayes’ three-day complete is $72,202. Profitable 4 or extra regular-season video games on Jeopardy! qualifies a participant for a future Event of Champions. Gamers with 5 or extra wins obtain an computerized invitation, and people with 4 wins could be invited if sufficient five-plus recreation winners haven’t already certified.
Throughout the first spherical, Hayes, a legislation pupil, led with six right responses earlier than the primary business break. When the sport present got here again, Hayes discovered the Day by day Double after two questions. In “Quoting the Tarantino Movie” class, the clue learn, “‘The ‘D’ is silent, hillbilly!’” Hayes didn’t reply instantly, and host Ken Jennings prompted him to present a solution. “What’s Django Unchained?” he answered.
“Oh, within the nick of time, sure,” Jennings mentioned. “I didn’t assume you had it in you.” Hayes wagered $4,200, giving him a considerable lead. After the primary spherical, he led with $11,600. Harvey, a civil engineer, had $6,000. Snelling, an archivist, trailed with $2,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Hayes discovered the primary DD of the spherical three questions in. The clue learn, “Lawrence Walsh, impartial counsel on this Nineteen Eighties scandal, known as it ‘a cover-up engineered within the White Home.’” He appropriately answered, “the Iran-Contra scandal,” giving him an additional $2,000.
Hayes discovered the subsequent DD however didn’t have as a lot luck with this one. The clue learn, “As a noun, it’s a snug place to sleep courtesy of our hen buddies; as a verb, it’s to rent extra staff than wanted by union demand.” “What’s nest?” he answered. The right reply was “to featherbed.” Hayes misplaced $4,000 on that query.
Nonetheless, the reigning champion was nonetheless within the lead by the tip of the spherical with $17,600. Harvey wasn’t too far behind with $13,200. Snelling had $5,600.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy was “American Authors.” The clue learn, “Like a personality in one among his novels, this creator hid in a meat locker throughout an Allied bombing.” The right reply was Kurt Vonnegut, which each Hayes and Snelling answered. Harvey answered with “Who’s Heller?” He wagered $1,999, which gave him a closing complete of $11,201. Snelling wagered $3,200, for a complete of $8,800. Hayes wagered $8,801, for a closing complete of $26,401, making him the night time’s winner.
That is his fourth win, which suggests he qualifies for an upcoming Event of Champions. His four-day complete is now $98,603. Hayes will face off in opposition to two new opponents on Tuesday, April 15.
“I actually like Andrew. Blissful to see he’s within the TOC now,” a Reddit person mentioned.
Harvey additionally spoke out in regards to the recreation on Reddit. “That is Kyle from at present’s episode. First off, congrats to Andrew on incomes his fourth victory and reaching a step away from locking in his TOC spot. Enjoying the primary recreation of the day, I didn’t get a ton of time to mingle with the opposite contestants, however I did discuss with him a bit within the inexperienced room, and he looks like a very nice man, simple to root for,” he wrote.
“Concerning that Remaining, I’ve been KICKING myself since tape day. I utterly missed two enormous clues that may have led me instantly to Slaughterhouse-5, and subsequently Vonnegut: the meat locker (within the second, I processed it as ‘someplace odd’ which led me to Catch-22 because it’s extra of a comedy), and the bombing being performed BY the Allies. I do know Slaughterhouse-5 and Vonnegut very well, so I’m type of aghast at having whiffed so dangerous. It wouldn’t have modified the consequence in any respect so there’s some solace in that however I really feel I’m normally fairly strong at Remaining Jeopardy at dwelling so it will’ve been good to nail the one actual one I’ll ever get, particularly one which in hindsight appears somewhat simple,” he mentioned in regards to the closing query.