[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Friday, November 22 episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! followers received a shock on Friday, November 22’s episode as Mehal Shah, celebrated for his daring bets and $36,263 win only a day earlier, was decisively defeated by a formidable newcomer. Not solely was his streak reduce brief, however Ken Jennings, who started the match praising Shah’s “dominating” play, ended it by mocking his wildly off-base Ultimate Jeopardy reply—a dramatic 180 to shut the week.
Shah, a software program engineer from Seattle, Washington, entered with a two-day complete of $46,062, and his opponents have been undoubtedly conscious of his splashy earlier win. He confronted Adam Hersh, an legal professional from Brooklyn, New York, and Courtney Schooley, a preschool trainer from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Within the Jeopardy! spherical, it was Hersch who as an alternative received off to a scorching begin, including $2,000 to have a $5,200 lead on the primary Day by day Double, realizing the “French-Named Meals And Drink” was “Bouillon and bouillabaisse.” After some notably peppy anecdotes, together with a puke-filled engagement, pupil insult, and cheese plate engagement, respectively, Hersh held $5,800, Schooley had $2,400, and Shah clawed again to the lead with $7,200.
In Double Jeopardy!, Hersh regained the lead by nabbing the second Day by day Double for $4,000, realizing the “Authors, Initially” clue was “Hinton.” The final Day by day Double loomed and all three gamers Forrest Bounced across the sport board trying to find it. The champ discovered it beneath “I Tinker” in a make or break second with $11,600, Schooley with $8,400 and Hersch with the lead and $13,400. He took a deep sigh, mentally tinkering with what to do. Jennings reminded him, “Not like yesterday, Mehal you might be betting from second place.” Shah opted to solely wager $4,000, so whereas he was right with “Morse,” it wasn’t sufficient to even hold the lead by Ultimate Jeopardy.
Hersch got here again into first with $16,600, Shah had $14,400 and Schooley had $8,400. All of it hinged on the “Motion pictures and Psychology” clue which was, “On this movie, Paula Alquist tells Gregory Anton, ‘Have you ever gone mad, my husband? Or is it I who am mad?”
Schooley appropriately wrote down “Gaslight”, doubling as much as $16,800. Shah, nevertheless, incorrectly wrote down “Foile a’ deux.” Jennings learn it out-loud and incredulously requested, “The Joker film?” including, “Not right.”
With that brutal jab, the credit rolled on his streak as he dropped to $0. Final was Hersh who was additionally right, including $12,400 for the win with $29,000 and a big grin. “You probably did it!” Jennings exclaimed.
Followers flooded the Reddit thread for the episode, shocked by Shah’s defeat after such an enormous assertion final sport, Hersh’s win towards a superb participant, and Jennings’ mockery of the outgoing champ’s unsuitable reply.
“Nicely… Adam simply did that,” one Redditor wrote.
“”The Joker film?” LOL rattling Ken chill,” wrote one other.
“With a win like Adam simply had, it’s logical to suppose that he may be capable of pull off a three-game streak. However time’s operating out!” wrote a 3rd referring to the upcoming Match of Champions.
“ONLY if he bets a bit greater if he pulls DDs,” speculated a fourth.
“In any case, as sturdy as Mehal was this sport, I adored Adam Hersh (some humble bowing of the top upon profitable, like aw shucks, not what you anticipate from a Manhattan legal professional – so cute!)” wrote a fifth. “And may solely fault him for not going all in on his first DD.”
“Though, to be honest, had Mehal repeated his TDD with DD3, since he solely caught one at this time, he’d have put himself in a greater place, as properly,” wrote a sixth.
“Nice sport!” wrote a seventh. “I like that Mehal and Adam have been going forwards and backwards for the lead AND that Courtney was capable of get to >50% of the chief’s rating going into FJ, so all people was in rivalry on the finish.”
What did you consider the sport? Does Adam Hersch have a number of extra wins up his sleeve with the ToC cutoff quick approaching? And the way did nobody know J.D. Salinger? A highschool English trainer simply misplaced her wings! Tell us your ideas within the feedback part beneath.
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