Coming into the second day of Jeopardy!‘s Second Probability closing, Will Yancey had a bonus over fellow finalists Colleen Matthews and Kaitlin Tarr after ending the primary sport with a serious runaway. Nevertheless, his lead was removed from insurmountable, and it was nonetheless anybody’s sport on Friday’s (January 3) episode. Evening two of the match nearer proved as a lot by bringing all the pieces proper right down to the wire.
Coming into the evening, Yancey led the pack with $20,000 from Thursday’s sport, with Matthews boasting $8,400, and Tarr following far behind with $1. Whereas Yancey took a fairly commanding lead early on within the final sport, and held onto it all through, issues acquired off to a a lot rockier begin for the historical past lecturer on evening two.
Within the Jeopardy spherical, he did handle to seek out the Day by day Double once more and wager all of his $1,000 on “10, 11, and 12-Letter Phrases.” The clue was, “Containing a root from Latin for ‘scales,’ it’s a state of steadiness in physics,” and he accurately guessed that the phrase was “equilibrium.” Nevertheless, he earned simply $3,400 whole within the spherical, trailing Matthews’ $6,400 and Tarr’s $6,000.
Double Jeopardy was much more precarious. 4 incorrect solutions left Yancey with a serious rating deficit, whereas Tarr and Matthews racked up factors. Matthews nabbed the second Day by day Double, wagering $3,000 of her $10,400 on “Are We There But?” with the clue studying, “This mountain’s main peaks are named Liberty Cap, Level Success & Columbia Crest, which is definitely the summit.” She accurately guessed Mt. Rainier was the reply and took the lead.
By the point he discovered the third Day by day Double of the day, within the class “Slang From Your Startup Job,” he was a full $10,000 behind Matthews and wagered simply $1,000. It proved to be a mistake, as he knew that “bandwidth” was the reply to the clue, “‘Do you suppose you may have the’ this phrase ‘to do extra work?’ — The phrase has expanded to imply extra than simply ‘knowledge capability.’”
By the top of Double Jeopardy, Tarr had the lead with $16,000, with Matthews at $12,600, and Yancey at $7,600. Contemplating his day-one lead over Matthews was simply $5,800, that meant the outcomes of this Remaining Jeopardy had been essential for each.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy was “Nineteenth-Century Fiction,” and the clue was, “In Chapter 9 of an 1851 work, a preacher in a New England port metropolis delivers a sermon about this Outdated Testomony prophet.” Each Yancey and Matthews accurately guessed that it was Jonah — with the novel at hand being Herman Melville’s Moby Dick — and since Yancey well wagered all of his factors, he earned $15,200 for the spherical. In the meantime, Matthews practically doubled her rating, including $12,000 to her $12,600 for a day by day win of $24,600, however with simply $8,400 from Thursday’s sport, she got here in second with $33,000 and received $15,000 for second. Tarr completed in final after getting the query incorrect, shedding $11,605 for a day by day whole of $4,395 so as to add to the prior day’s $1 — taking dwelling $15,000 as a runner-up.
Not solely does Yancey then get his money winnings for first place within the Second Probability Match, however he additionally will get to maneuver on to the Champions Wildcard occasion, which begins on January 13.
“That couldn’t have been reduce any nearer throughout Double Jeopardy. At present’s sport is an instance of why you shouldn’t depend out the opposite two gamers distantly trailing the chief,” one fan wrote on Reddit in response to the outcomes. “Good to see one other native Texan make a terrific displaying, congrats Will! And congrats to Colleen and Kaitlin on a high-effort displaying as effectively.”
The Second Probability match continues on Monday with a brand new group. Extra particulars in regards to the lineup might be discovered proper right here.
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