Jeopardy! followers had been handled to an thrilling recreation on December 14. The sport was a high-energy face off between Andrew Chaikin, Yungsheng Wang, and Garrett Marcotte, leading to excessive ultimate scores.
Yungsheng led the primary spherical with $5,400 complete, with Garrett in second with $2,400 and Andrew (who beforehand had $0 on the first business break) in third with $2,000. Double Jeopardy is the place the thrilling excessive scoring got here in. Andrew doubled his rating to $15,200 together with his first Day by day Double discover, and he discovered one other Day by day Double two clues later, including one other $5,000 to his rating. Extra accurately answered clues led to Andrew heading into Closing Jeopardy with the lead at $26,600.
Yungsheng wasn’t too far behind. Regardless of discovering no Day by day Doubles in the course of the recreation, he answered a swatch of clues accurately and introduced his rating as much as $18,600 by the point of Closing Jeopardy. Garrett was in third with $4,800. It was the Closing Jeopardy wagers that gave this recreation a noteworthy finish.
The class was “Enterprise,” the clue: “Of the massive 4 U.S. airways, the 4 that every have over 15 p.c of the home market, it’s the youngest.” The proper reply was, “What’s Southwest,” and solely Yungsheng answered accurately. He guess all of it, bringing his ultimate rating to a whopping $37,200. Andrew dropped all the way down to $15,999, and Garrett ended with $0.
Followers on Reddit praised Yungsheng’s spectacular win. As one commented on the Jeopardy! Reddit dialogue board, “What a recreation oh my goodness. I really feel unhealthy for Garrett who I might inform simply couldn’t get in on that buzzer. Yungsheng performed extremely properly although, I beloved seeing him comeback and sweep a ton of $2,000 clues after Andrew obtained the each day doubles. That is gonna be a tremendous finals, can’t wait to see it play out!”
“Yungsheng with an $18,600 Coryat to Andrew’s $17,200 regardless of having 5 incorrect responses to Andrew’s one,” one fan replied. “Very spectacular. The mixed $12,500 Andrew reaped on DD2 & DD3 had been the massive distinction going into FJ.”
“Wow what a recreation,” added one other viewer. “I used to be pleased with no matter occurred there. Yungsheng was on a TEAR within the recreation however Andrew guess large on himself and will have been rewarded for it. The Closing match needs to be a doozy!”
Along with his win, Yungsheng will now compete within the Champions Wildfard ultimate in opposition to Gary Hollis and Tyler Vandenberg. Based mostly on this recreation, one fan thinks he’s going to win all of it.
“Sure! Yungsheng wins from second place once more. I beloved the hugs he gave to Andrew and Garrett on the finish, all of them actually performed an unimaginable recreation,” they wrote. “I believe primarily based on his efficiency right now that Yungsheng will in all probability win all of it, however Gary and Tyler are nice opponents and will certainly not make it simple.”
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