[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Monday, June 30, episode of Jeopardy!]
When a contestant is on Jeopardy!, they need to be remembered for the sum of money they gained or what number of video games in a row they conquered. They infrequently need to be remembered as solely successful one sport.
However June has been stuffed with one-game champions, back-to-back-to-back. Can July give the sport present a contemporary begin? Host Ken Jennings revealed a file on the finish of one other new champion sport.
Klay Frappier, from McHenry, North Dakota, returned for his second sport on Monday, June 30, after taking house $20,001. He performed towards Dave McBride, from Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, and Eileen Darragh, from Cincinnati, Ohio.
“On Friday, after he grew to become our eleventh new champion in as many video games, I requested Klay Frappier if he hoped to come back again this week and break the one-day curse,” Ken Jennings stated. “His reply: ‘I’d wish to be the man to interrupt the streak, however I’ve additionally loved everybody backstage and I wouldn’t thoughts seeing them expertise a win like I did.’ That’s the camaraderie we love right here at Jeopardy!”
Frappier, an accountant, led all through the entire spherical. He discovered the primary Every day Double in direction of the top. With $6,400 in his financial institution, he wagered $2,000, which might have nonetheless given him the lead irrespective of the end result. In “Chinese language Historical past,” the clue learn, “Like occasions 70 years later, in 1919, scholar demonstrators took management of this plaza to protest authorities actions.” He was right together with his response of Tiananmen Sq., giving him $8,400. Frappier was then $5,000 forward of Darragh, a trainer.
On the finish of the spherical, Frappier had $9,200. Darragh was in second with $2,200. McBride, a compliance advisor, had $1,400.
Double Jeopardy had extra Triple Stumpers than the primary spherical. McBride discovered the primary DD of the spherical. He moved as much as second place with $6,600. McBride wagered $3,600. If he obtained it improper, he’d nonetheless be in second place. If he obtained it proper, he could be $200 forward of Frappier. In “Science Stuff,” the clue was “Immunoglobulins is one other phrase for these, produced within the physique to battle international invaders.” “What are white blood cells?” he answered, which was incorrect. He dropped right down to $3,000. The right response was antibodies.
Midway via the spherical, Darragh discovered the final DD and wagered all of it. She was in third with $1,800 and made it a real Every day Double. The clue in “No Man’s Land” learn, “Westernmost of the prairie provinces, it was named for the spouse of the Marquess of Lorne, a Canadian governor basic.” She answered with Victoria, however the right response was Alberta. Darragh dropped right down to $0.
For the remainder of the spherical, it was a battle for first place between McBride and Frappier. Frappier was solely $600 behind McBride earlier than the final query. Nonetheless, McBride accurately answered the final clue, giving him a complete of $12,200 and the lead. Frappier had $11,200. Darragh’s whole was $800.
The class for Last Jeopardy was “The Supreme Courtroom.” The clue was, “On this case, ‘our consideration is proscribed to the current circumstances’ about ‘equal safety in election processes.’” The query was not a Triple Stumper this time round, with one of many contestants getting it proper and one coming shut.
The right response was “What’s Bush. V Gore?” Darragh wrote, “What’s Gore. v Bush?” Although she had the fitting names, it wasn’t the identify of the case, so it was improper. She wagered $799, ending with $1. Frappier, the reigning champion, didn’t give a response. He wagered $1,001, ending with $10,199. McBride obtained it proper, wagering $10,201. This gave him a complete of $22,401.
That made McBride the evening’s winner, cementing the twelfth straight one-day winner this month. “We might tie the file tomorrow — 13 one-game champs in a row,” Ken Jennings stated to finish the present. The final run occurred from July to September 2002.
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