[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, March 4 episode of Jeopardy!]
The final semifinals of the Jeopardy! Invitational Event got here right down to a gutsy wager. All of it got here right down to Closing Jeopardy! to find out who was transferring on to the finals.
Juveria Zaheer, from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, performed in opposition to fellow Canadian, Ray Lalonde, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Raymond Goslow, from Marietta, Georgia.
The sport began with a battle between Zaheer and Goslow, with one answering a handful of questions then the opposite. In the meantime, Lalonde, a scenic artist, was within the gap with -$800. Nevertheless, he did know a query about cigars, bringing his complete as much as $0.
Goslow, a library expertise guide, was within the lead till he discovered the primary Day by day Double. He wagered all of his cash and plummeted to $0 when he answered incorrectly. Nevertheless, he shortly turned his recreation round to tie Zaheer, a psychiatrist, by the tip of the primary spherical. Lalonde was in final with $1,400.
In Double Jeopardy!, Goslow, 2022 School Championship runner-up, discovered the DD once more. He was presently within the lead by $400 on the time, so he needed to make a clever choice along with his wager. Within the “On Tour” class, the query learn: “This 16-year-old’s diary entry for October 18, 2006: ‘Oh my God, I’m on the Rascal Flatts tour. I’m opening up for the final 9 dates.’” With an enormous smile on his face, Goslow answered, “Who’s Taylor Swift?” He was right and added $5,000 to his financial institution, bringing his complete to $17,800.
Zaheer, the Jeopardy! Second Likelihood Winner, discovered the second Day by day Double, wagering $4,000. She acquired it fallacious, and her financial institution went right down to $12,800. The spherical ended with Goslow in first with $21,000, Zaheer in second with $14,000, and Lalonde in final place with $4,200. However, all the things got here right down to Closing Jeopardy!.
The class for the ultimate spherical was “Historic Scientists.” The clue learn: “A pair of discoveries by him in 1787 are named for stage characters, a brand new follow on this subject.”
Lalonde answered with “Who’s Herschel?” which was right. He wagered $4,200, ending with $8,400. Zaheer additionally answered with Herschel however determined to wager no cash, holding her at $14,000. Goslow wrote “Idk” and wagered $7,801. He ended with $13,199. That meant Zaheer was the night time’s winner. She seemed shocked when she realized that she could be advancing. Each of her opponents gave her large hugs.
Zaheer advances to Wednesday night time’s finals in opposition to Roger Craig and Matt Amodio. The primary to win two video games will win $150,000 and a spot within the 2025 Masters.
She spoke about her surprising win on Reddit. “What a recreation!” Zaheer started. She complimented her opponents after which talked concerning the recreation.
“I don’t keep in mind a ton. I had a pal who did a tarot studying for me earlier than I flew out – the highest of the deck was energy (a girl clasping a lion’s jaws), and the underside of the deck was the hanged man. I used to be alarmed by the hanged man, however my pal mentioned, ‘when paired with Power, I might interpret it as persistence to make the precise transfer, not dashing in and betting all the things however making actually clever and well timed selections.’” the sport present contestant wrote.
“I considered this throughout my day by day double and ultimate wagers. I additionally considered Ben Goldstein’s FJ wagering video, which everybody ought to watch – for somebody who needs to wager all her cash on a regular basis in each scenario, it was very illuminating,” she continued.
Goslow additionally commented on the thread. “To leap briefly to the tip of the story – I don’t suppose there’s any extra thrilling method to exit on Jeopardy! than being poised to say the final spot in a match ultimate proper till the final wager is revealed! The sensation of getting tens of hundreds of potential {dollars} soften away throughout the course of 30 seconds of Suppose! music is certainly a singular one and I suppose I can at the least take some comfort in realizing I’ve skilled one thing only a few different folks have,” he wrote.
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