[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the June 10 episode of Jeopardy!]
Might a Every day Double guess have modified your complete final result of Adriana Harmeyer’s ninth recreation?
Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana, got here into Monday’s (June 10) episode of Jeopardy! as an eight-day champion with a complete profitable of $183,100. She confronted off with software program developer Josh Fry, initially from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, and highschool video manufacturing instructor Aaron Lemos, from Northridge, California.
Harmeyer bought off to a powerful begin within the first Jeopardy! spherical, operating the Bunny Lit class, however Fry was shut, with $2,800 to her $3,800 (and Lemos had $2000) when he selected the Every day Double, in Capitals & Their Airports. “King Khalid Worldwide is its gateway,” learn the clue. He misplaced all on a real Every day Double. (The proper reply was Riyadh.) Harmeyer led after the primary spherical with $3,000 to her opponents’ $1,600 every.
Harmeyer then discovered the second Every day Double within the Double Jeopardy! spherical underneath Monuments & Memorials and appropriately answered “The Washington D.C. space memorial to this service department depicts a flag-raising on Mount Suribachi” (Marines) and added $1,500, bringing her complete to $11,300. Fry discovered the third Every day Double in “The Animal Kingdom” and was trailing Harmeyer on the time ($7,200 to $10,500).
“Probability for you. What’s going to you wager?” host Ken Jennings requested Fry. After he guess $1,500, the host famous, “simply $1,500.” Fry did appropriately reply, in The Animal Kingdom, the clue studying, “Rats should gnaw continually as a result of these tooth whose identify means “cutter” develop their entire lives, round 4-5 inches per yr” (incisors).
The viewer who put collectively the Reddit thread for the episode famous that Fry “had a golden alternative to take first place” from Harmeyer when he “inexplicably made a tiny guess.”
One other commenter then advised that Fry “undoubtedly appears to have a really sturdy argument for twond likelihood,” the contestant wrote in response, “I would really like that very a lot.” A fan then requested him about his wager on the Every day Double, questioning, “Did you hate the class?”
Fry defined, “I wasn’t tremendous assured, no (particularly after whiffing the primary one), and I used to be extra involved with not letting the sport flip right into a runaway slightly than taking the lead.”
Heading into Remaining Jeopardy!, Harmeyer led with $12,100 to Fry’s $10,700 and Lemos’ $1,600. Solely Harmeyer answered appropriately, in New York Occasions Guide Critiques, “In 1958 a evaluation of this guide now thought-about a basic referred to as it repulsive, disgusting & ‘intellectual pornography,’” with Lolita. She grew to become a nine-day champ with a complete of $204,700.
One fan commented on Reddit, “Even Ken acknowledged that Adriana hasn’t confronted an excessive amount of problem till Josh. I agreed along with his danger on the primary DD, however even had he recognized it, he didn’t know FJ. Nonetheless, good efficiency from him and hope for just a few extra like him.”
What did you consider Fry’s Every day Double wager? Tell us within the feedback part, under.
Jeopardy!, Weekdays, verify native listings
