[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, November 20 episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! followers have been in for a brand new champ on Wednesday, November 20’s episode, however not earlier than an AC/DC fail on a top-row clue and different rap misses left viewers shook and host Ken Jennings with a basic (rock) quip able to go.
Mikey McCullough entered because the returning champ with a one-day whole of $18,200. The librarian from Baltimore, Maryland, confronted Mehal Shah, a software program engineer from Seattle, Washington, and Elizabeth Little, a author from Los Angeles, California.
Within the Jeopardy! spherical, Shah bought the Every day Double on the second clue below the “Street Journey” class, accurately figuring out “Key West” and “Key Largo” to have an early $1400 enhance. Followers have been in for some catchup from his opponents, one other film promo class (this time for Gladiator II), and an unrelated however very spirited There Will Be Blood impression from Jennings. McCullough trailed with $2,400, Little had $4,600, and Shah led the way in which with $7,600.
In Double Jeopardy, Shah continued to mount a large lead. Little dropped a giant $4000 on the “3 of The Identical Letter” Every day Double looking for “Overlook.” Shah discovered the remaining Every day Double, wagering a mere $800 of his near-runaway on an “Authors Epitaphs” clue looking for “Virginia Woolf” on which he presciently drew a clean.
Then, issues hit a bitter be aware when the $400 “A Little Night time Music” clue was lastly chosen. It was, “The partitions have been shaking, the earth was quaking” on this AC/DC Prime 40 hit.”
Shah rang in and guessed, “What’s… ‘Shook Me All Night time Lengthy’?” and he was dominated incorrect. Subsequent, Little took a stab at it with, “What’s ‘They Shook Me All Night time Lengthy’?” Jennings requested if McCullough wished to make a guess and she or he stated, “Nah.”
Jennings broke the extended silence with a smirk and dominated, “Totally different pronoun.” He defined that the proper response was, “You Shook Me All Night time Lengthy.” All three contestants nervously chuckled.
From there, the timer ran out shortly after with a couple of clues uncovered and Shah, who had led at each industrial break however couldn’t notch a runaway, went into Closing Jeopardy wtih $12,800, McCullough with $7,600, and Little with $3,800.
The “Figures of Fable” clue was, “Ovid says he “toppled, beating wild with bare arms the unsustaining air… shrieking for succour from his sire.” Nobody got here up with the proper response, “Icarus.” The place’s Ike Barinholz while you want him? Shah dropped $3,001 to win and grow to be the brand new champ with $9,799 and an enormous grin.
Followers took to the Reddit thread of the episode with many react to the tough AC/DC second, with others calling out the opposite music stand-and-stares of the evening, which included triple-stumpers about Migos and A$AP Rocky.
“Ouch! Tune titles will be tough. I’m a giant ACDC fan,” one Redditor wrote.
“I used to be shocked they didn’t settle for Mehal’s response, since ‘shook me all evening lengthy’ is absolutely the chorus, and I’d have thought it’s generally referred to that approach (or that perhaps the title was partially parenthetical like “[You] Shook Me All Night time Lengthy”), however apparently not,” wrote one other.
“Actual titles are wanted (after they’re wanted after all, lol)” wrote a 3rd.
“They have a rap part on jeopardy they usually didn’t know Asap Rocky or Migos,” wrote a fourth on X.
“They didn’t ring in on ASAP Rocky AND Migos #Jeopardy” wrote a fifth.
They didn’t ring in on ASAP Rocky AND Migos #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/EGCQ5w6u7i
— I AM DONE (@anotherdeiinnyc) November 21, 2024
Different followers within the Reddit thread took situation with the imprecise nature of a number of the different classes and have been bothered that the clock ran out (thanks Gladiator II).
One noticed, “It could’ve been actual good to know what the particular letter was in every phrase within the ‘3 OF THE SAME LETTER’ class. Only a nitpick, maybe, however on condition that it went 0/4 within the studio, it couldn’t have harm to throw it in as the primary bit of information in every clue.”
One other felt the identical a couple of totally different class, “I didn’t get the MMM, LEFTOVERS class. What was the theme?”
“I do know many individuals agree that these visitor reader classes suck time, wrote a 3rd on the clock operating out. “However I’ve observed one thing else: the sound on at this time’s was actually dangerous. I had problem listening to on each the video clues. I ponder what offers.”
A fourth surmised, with solely so many video games left earlier than the Event of Champions (and Champions Wildcard) cutoff, “With the postseason clock ticking, every time I see a brand new contestant win one recreation with lower than 29,200 {dollars}, I feel, “Please win one other recreation! Don’t find yourself in One Day Hell!” I do know it’s nice to win a recreation to start with, however…yeah. Pleased to see one other Washington state winner, at the least!”
What did you consider the sport? Do you suppose Mehal Shah can win a couple of extra? And may we lock film promo classes within the Disney vault? Tell us within the feedback part under!
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