What’s a Jeopardy! champion being the one contestant to make it to the top on The 1% Membership? Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland, didn’t suppose he was going to make it to the ultimate query, however his uncertainty led him to almost $100,000 on Tuesday’s (August 5) new episode.
Rhee first appeared on Jeopardy! on June 20, 2011, and have become a five-day champion with a complete of $107,203. He then moved on to the 2011 Match of Champions, the place he was a wildcard semifinalist. Rhee competed within the second sport and misplaced in opposition to Buddy Wright. He additionally competed on The Chase in 2013 and gained $35,000.
Now, the champion tried to win much more cash by approaching The 1% Membership. However he wasn’t the one TV star who appeared on the present. Tre Watson, from Love Island USA, and Andrew Gordon, from Massive Brother 12, each appeared on the episode. Massive Brother 20 runner-up Tyler Crispen appeared earlier within the season, however didn’t make it to the top. Gordon made it to the highest 4. Watson misplaced on the 60 p.c query.
On the 45% query, host Joel McHale talked to Rhee after he bought it proper. Rhee mentioned he guessed after utilizing his move. “Do you suppose you’re going all the best way tonight?” McHale requested.
“For actual, no?” the Jeopardy! champion responded.
“Good reply, Jay!” McHale mentioned.
However Rhee saved shifting on from query to query. On the 10% query, he nonetheless didn’t suppose he was going to make all of it the best way.
“Hey, Jay, you suppose you’re going to make it to the 1% query?” McHale requested after he bought the final query proper.
“I hope so,” Rhee mentioned.
By the top of the sport, he was the one one left and moved on to the 1% query by himself. Since he was by himself, he gained $10,000, however he might give that as much as reply the 1% query. He went for the $98,000 within the prize pot.
The query was “You’ll come out on prime if you recognize, what’s the final phrase on this sequence?” The sequence was “TEAS, SHOUT, STEW, _____?”
When the timer ran out, Rhee clutched the facet of his head and grimaced. “I put in letters that aren’t in the proper order,” he defined. “ORTHN. So, I do know the sequence, however I couldn’t work out a phrase that I might use with these letters that wasn’t North. These are all instructions— East, South, West. After which as North, however you must flip it into one other phrase.”
The proper reply was “Thorn,” which he didn’t have.
“You have been so shut, Jay. I’m sorry you didn’t win your approach into the 1% Membership,” McHale mentioned to the contestant, who’d stroll away with nil regardless of making all of it the best way.
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The 1% Membership, Tuesdays, 8/7c, Fox, subsequent day on Hulu