Ken Jennings has been across the block just a few instances, so it’s not straightforward to catch the Jeopardy! host off guard. Nonetheless, in the course of the Monday, July 7 episode of the sport present, the quizmaster let loose not one, however two shocked “wows” thanks to 2 very spectacular contestants.
Returning champion Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey, got here again to defend his title after two scintillating wins, bringing with him a two-day money whole of $68,000. He wrapped up Friday, July 4, sport with a formidable $54,000, which “in reality, [was] the second-highest rating we’ve seen all season, behind solely Will Yancey in Champions Wildcard,” commented Jennings. (When requested what he deliberate to do along with his winnings, the music-loving Riccardi stated he would purchase a marimba.)
In the beginning of the sport, Riccardi pulled into an early lead when he hit a Every day Double and risked his total quantity of $2,200 on “Watery Responses.” The clue learn, “Kind of like ‘Between the Satan and the deep blue sea,’ this phrase with two not-great choices means ‘it doesn’t matter what.’” Riccardi shortly responded, “What’s ‘Come hell or excessive water?’” Jennings was fast to reward the returning champion, “That’s the phrase!” Riccardi’s whole was then $4,400, nicely above the challengers, tutor and bowling alley attendant Ashley Caval Curto’s whole of $1,400 and lawyer Vince Carter’s sum of $400.
After the break, Riccardi may need had probably the most spectacular financial institution, however it was Carter who stole the present along with his private story. He delivered what Jennings known as the “good Jeopardy! anecdote” when he advised a witty account about bowling with an archduke. “He was a classmate once I did my 12 months overseas in Madrid,” stated the South Pasadena resident. “At some point we had been chatting over a beer afterwards, and the query of his final title got here up, and he stated, ‘Oh, it’s Habsburg.’” Apparently, his grandfather was the final emperor of Austria. Even Jennings was impressed with Carter’s bowling buddy’s royal lineage, “Wow. The Habsburgs.”
However the actual kicker? Carter continued that as impressed as he was along with his pal’s household ties, his royal pal was equally impressed along with his. “And as as I used to be as a historical past pupil that he was a Hapbsburg, he was simply as that my uncle had labored on Knight Rider.”
After the break, director James Gunn made an look within the appropriately titled “DC Universe With James Gunn” class, the place he shared a narrative and a solution, “I went on-line and searched: What’s the dumbest DC character of all time and I discovered a personality who first appeared in Detective Comics #300 named Polka Dot Man. I like him a lot that I made him a part of my Rogue’s Gallery on this 2021 film.”
Riccardi answered incorrectly with, “What’s Suicide Squad?” When nobody else responded, Jennings defined that Riccardi had missed a key phrase. The proper reply was THE Suicide Squad.
By the top of the primary spherical, Riccardi had pulled forward with $8,800, whereas Carter had $4,800 and Ashley had $3,200.
In Double Jeopardy!, after a rapid-fire spherical wherein all of the contestants had an opportunity to show their psychological mettle, Riccardi discovered the primary Every day Double of the spherical within the class “twentieth Century Lit” for $2,000. He wagered $5,000, which might have pushed his whole from $13,200 to $18,200: “Chapter I of Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ begins with this well-known four-word query.” Riccardi answered with no issues, “Who’s John Galt?” The reply gave him the lead he wanted to drag far and forward of his opponents.
Third-place participant Curto discovered the second Every day Double, which was within the class of “Some Econ” for $2,000. She wager $4,000 of her $8,400 whole and an opportunity for the second place spot with the reply, “Milton Friedman held that this portmanteau that hit the U.S. financial system within the Nineteen Seventies marked the top of ‘naive Keynesianism.’” She bought the reply appropriate, bringing her whole to $12,400 and transferring up forward of Carter with the query, “What’s Stagflation?”
On the finish of Double Jeopardy, simply earlier than the contestants entered Last Jeopardy, Carter obtained a bit of fine information. The judges accepted his response of “commerce steadiness” to an earlier clue, permitting his whole to extend by $1,600. All three contestants superior to Last Jeopardy, with Riccardi at $25,000, Carter in second place with $14,000, and Curto in third with $11,600.
The Last Jeopardy class was “Film Music,” with the clue, “The final two Finest Music Oscar winners whose titles had been the identical title because the film they had been in had this man within the main position.” Curto went first with a fallacious reply of Timothee Chalamet. She wagered $7,400, which dropped her whole from $11,600 to $4,200.
Carter wrote, “Who’s Daniel Craig?” which was appropriate, as he starred as James Bond in each Skyfall and No Time to Die. His wager of $11,001 introduced his whole to $25,001, giving him a one-dollar lead over Riccardi.
The nail-biter ending was then handed over to Riccardi, who wanted an accurate reply to retain his standing as Jeopardy champion. “Who’s Daniel Craig?” appeared on his podium, confirming his title was secure for now. With a wager of $3,001, Riccardi’s whole rose to $28,001, securing his third consecutive win and a three-day whole of $96,001, a quantity that earned one other “Wow” from host Jennings.
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