[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Monday, January 19, episode of Jeopardy!]
The Jeopardy! Event of Champions kicked off with a surprising end result. Learn on to search out out if six-game champions Liam Starnes superior to the semi-finals or if another person took that spot.
The Event of Champions is performed in three rounds. The 18 contestants who qualify compete in six, semi-final video games. The winners from these video games compete towards Scott Riccardi, Laura Faddah, or Paolo Pasco within the subsequent three video games. From there, the winners of these three video games advance to the finals, through which the primary participant to safe three wins in seven video games is topped the champion and takes dwelling $250,000, a trophy, and the ToC title.
Starnes, from Columbus, Ohio, performed towards Tom Devlin, from Washington D.C., and Aaron Levin, from Seattle, Washington, on January 19. Starnes, a cost program supervisor, might need been the favourite to win, however Devlin, an legal professional, is a three-game champion and a fierce competitor. Levine, a sports activities anchor, can also be a three-game champion, so Starnes was up towards some robust competitors.
Starnes discovered the Day by day Double on clue 5. With $1,600 in his financial institution, he made it a real Day by day Double and wagered all of it in “Literary Quotations.” The clue learn, “William Blake wrote that if these portals ‘have been cleansed each factor would seem to man as it’s, infinite.’”
He didn’t have a solution till host Ken Jennings prompted him. “What are mirrors?” Starnes answered incorrectly. The right response was the doorways of notion, so he dropped all the way down to $0.
Nevertheless, Starnes acquired again on the board and had $1,200 after the primary 15 clues, placing him in third place. By the tip of the spherical, Starnes solely racked up $200 extra to offer him a complete of $1,400. Levine, who was in first place within the first half, dropped all the way down to second with $2,000. Devlin went from a unfavorable rating to $5,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Starnes discovered the primary DD on clue one. He wagered the allotted $2,000 regardless of solely having $1,400. In “How Tariff-ic,” the clue learn, “senate.gov known as this 1930 piece of tariff laws ‘among the many most catastrophic acts in congressional historical past.’” He was appropriate — “What’s the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?” — and improved to $3,400.
Nevertheless, Starnes didn’t have a lot luck in the remainder of the start of the spherical. He hadn’t answered one other clue after that when Levine discovered the second DD on clue 10. He had $5,600 and guess all of it. In “twentieth Century Girls of the World,” the clue was, “In 1935 she turned director of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Coaching Institute.”
“Who’s Joliot-Curie?” Levine answered. The right response was Anna Freud. That introduced Levine all the way down to $0. Devlin nonetheless had the lead with $9,400.
Starnes gained momentum once more, answering the subsequent two clues accurately. The remainder of the sport was a race between Starnes and Devlin. However his appropriate responses weren’t sufficient to drag into first place.
Devlin ended with $19,400. Starnes had $6,200. Levine was in third place with $1,600.
The class for Remaining Jeopardy was “Well-known Photographs.” The clue learn, “Being solely 5’5″, photographer Joe Rosenthal needed to climb on prime of a Japanese sandbag to snap a photograph whereas on this peak.” Just one contestant acquired the right response of Mount Sirabachi, however was it sufficient for them to take the win?
Levine had the right response, however he solely guess $1, leaving him with $1,601. Starnes’ response was, “What’s Iwo Jima?” He was mistaken and wagered all of his cash, making his closing whole $0. Devlin was sitting fairly, even when he had the mistaken response. He simply needed to be cautious along with his wager. He additionally answered, “What’s Iwo Jima?” Devlin wagered no cash, so he ended with $19,400.
That made Devlin the evening’s winner. He’ll advance to the semi-finals towards Scott Riccardi and the quarterfinals sport two winner.
Levine spoke out on Reddit about his DD response and the sport. “Man, I really feel unhealthy for Aaron,” one fan mentioned.
He replied, “Nothing that two months of remedy and psychoanalysis can’t treatment after lacking a clue on Anna Freud 😂. It damage – BADLY. Tom absolutely outplayed us along with his wealth of data and buzzer acumen, however a steal was there for the taking with DD3. Extremely completely satisfied for Tom although! A VERY deserving champ who I’ll be rooting for because the event goes on, and was an absolute pleasure to play towards him and Liam (though I’d have most well-liked it within the semis lmao).”
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