[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, July 9, episode of Jeopardy!]
Two would-be winners from the Massive Apple determined it was time to take a swing on the boy from the Backyard State, as Rahul Kak, a legislation pupil from Brooklyn, and Sarah Mulligan, a lawyer from New York, confronted off towards returning Jeopardy! champ Scott Riccardi, whose four-day money winnings totaled a powerful $132,402.
Host Ken Jennings recapped yesterday’s thrilling sport, when Riccardi was given a run for his cash by Scott Puma, who racked up 23 right responses to Riccardi’s 24. If Riccardi wins right this moment, it would mark his fifth consecutive victory and earn him a spot within the Event of Champions.
Proper off the bat, Riccardi discovered the Day by day Double, hidden below “American Historical past” for $600. With no cash but in his financial institution, he wagered the utmost allowed of $1,000 on the clue: “Round 1870, unbranded strays gained this moniker from the identify of a Texas rancher negligent in marking his calves.” Riccardi incorrectly answered, “What’s a mustang?” beginning him off on the flawed foot with -$1,000. The proper response was, “What’s a maverick?”
Riccardi bought out of the pink with the “American Historical past” clue: “In 1865, Mary Surratt was executed by the U.S. authorities; in 1953, she turned the following lady to undergo that destiny.” His right response, “Who’s Ethel Rosenberg?” introduced him again to $0.
By the point the sport went to a business break, it was an in depth match as Riccardi and Mulligan have been tied at $1,200, with Kak shut behind at $800.
Throughout the contestant interviews, Kak revealed that being on Jeopardy! wasn’t even essentially the most thrilling a part of his day. “I’m truly going to a Beyoncé live performance later,” he stated, then supplied Jennings an invitation: “If you wish to come, you may.”
“That’s good! I’m going to put on this! Is that okay?” Jennings requested, referring to his internet hosting apparel.
“Yeah. I’ve a cowboy hat in my trunk, so I’ll give that to you,” Kak joked.
The spherical continued with Mulligan choosing first, but it surely wasn’t as fast-paced as earlier days. Mulligan pulled forward of each Kak and Riccardi because of the “Quantity, Please” class and the clue: “Variety of factors a group will get for a security within the NFL.” Riccardi incorrectly guessed three, dropping his whole from $2,200 to $1,600, whereas Kak mistakenly answered one, bringing his rating right down to -$600. Mulligan appropriately responded with two, elevating her whole to $2,400.
Subsequent, all three contestants missed a Sport of Thrones clue within the “We Are Literary Household” class. The $200 clue learn: “George R.R. Martin wrote, one on this household, ‘at all times pays his money owed… I feel I’ll attempt to sleep. Wake me if we’re about to die.’” The proper response was “Who’re the Lannisters?”
The primary spherical was marked by a number of missed alternatives to achieve floor, maintaining scores low for a lot of the sport, till the ultimate stretch, when issues lastly heated up. By the point the trio entered Double Jeopardy!, Riccardi had reclaimed the lead with $3,800, adopted by Mulligan with $2,600, and Kak in third with -$200.
Riccardi found the primary of the spherical’s Day by day Doubles within the “Earth Science” class for $600. He wagered $4,000 of his $6,600 on the clue, “On a world scale, this course of of warmth switch sees heat air rise and chilly air sink, driving a lot of climate and local weather.” Together with his reply of “What’s convection?,” Riccardi’s new whole rose to $10,600, placing him nicely forward of his opponents.
He rapidly discovered the following Day by day Double below the “Take a Lengthy Stroll” class for $1,600, on which he wagered $5,000. “Only a few have walked your complete size of this route that runs 19,000 miles from Argentina to Alaska through the perilous Darien Hole.” Scott answered, “What’s the Pacific Coast Freeway?,” an incorrect response that dropped his whole to $5,600, dropping floor to Mulligan, who held second place with $2,600, as the sport turned a nail-biter for the Event of Champions hopeful. The proper reply was the Pan-American Freeway.
Very like the primary spherical, Double Jeopardy! was marred by quite a few missed questions that went unanswered, leaving some huge cash on the board. Because of this, the totals coming into Remaining Jeopardy! weren’t as excessive as in earlier video games. Riccardi led heading into Remaining Jeopardy! with $12,000, adopted by Mulligan with $5,400, and Kak in third with $3,800.
With the class “Historical Builders,” the trio’s Remaining Jeopardy! clue was: “A 2nd-century inscription in Northern England information that the gods imposed ‘the need of maintaining intact the empire’ on this man.”
Kak gave essentially the most sincere (and hilarious) reply with, “Who’s… I don’t know!” He wagered $1,601 and dropped to $2,199. Mulligan gave the same response with, “Who…” She was in good humor as she misplaced $2,201, ending with a complete of $3,199.
Fortunately, returning champ Riccardi nailed the reply with “Who’s Hadrian?,” including a modest $500 to his whole and ending with $12,500. With a five-day whole of $144,902, Riccardi secured his spot within the Event of Champions, and, in fact, the prospect to boost his earnings the following day.
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