[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Friday, December 6 episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy! champ Dave Bond pulled off a second win on Friday’s episode, and talking of issues that are available pairs, viewers have been caught off guard when the quiz present introduced a clue with the phrase “boob” in reference to a feminine breast for the primary time. Others realized that the cutoff for the 2025 Match of Champions entailed a little bit of a booby prize for the champ.
Bond, a retired grant author from West Henrietta, New York, entered with a one-day complete of $25,000, having overthrown two-day champ Stevie Ruiz. He confronted Erin Adams, a historian and educator from Springfield, Tennessee, and Zach DeBoer, a graduate pupil from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Within the Jeopardy! spherical, nobody pulled forward till Bond doubled to $8,000, accurately getting the primary Each day Double beneath “Scientific Discoveries” as “Endorphins.” He completed the spherical within the lead with $8,400, DeBoer with $6,000, Adams with $4,800.
In Double Jeopardy!, quickly after Adams missed the second Each day Double beneath “Literary Landmarks,” not figuring out “Pushkin,” the $800 “A For Artwork” clue was chosen. Ken Jennings learn, “3-word title of a Titian within the Prado: she’s reaching for the forbidden fruit, he’s reaching for her boob.”
DeBoer buzzed in and accurately responded, “Who’re: Adam and Eve?” Possibly it was the clue ending with the punctuated “boob,” or maybe simply listening to former champion Jennings say it in such a context, nevertheless it immediately made viewers perk up with consideration.
From there, DeBoer discovered the final Each day Double, however Bond’s huge acquire on the primary one allowed him to prepared the ground going into Last Jeopardy although all three gamers have been within the 5 figures, making for a nailbiter end. The returning champ had $16,400, Adams had $13,000, and DeBoer had $12,000.
The “TV CHARACTERS” clue was, “On TV within the Nineteen Sixties & the 2020s, this character has a primary identify that’s partly from Latin for “Loss of life.”” Bond and Adams have been appropriate with “Morticia Addams,” and the champ added $10,000 for a giant $26,400 win and a two-day complete of $51,400.
Followers celebrated the champ’s win within the Reddit thread for the episode, the place the vast majority of reactions have been, sure, in regards to the boob clue- some identified it was certainly Jeopardy!’s first ever.
“TIL you may say boob on jeopardy,” one person wrote.
“It was beforehand established you may say “manboobs”, so that is giving equal therapy to all types of boobs,” wrote one other.
“It’s taken about 50 years, however through the use of “boob” in a clue in reference to a feminine breast, Jeopardy! has lastly progressed to the extent of language utilized by Seventies Match Sport,” identified a 3rd.
“Doubt that will fly 20 and even 10 years in the past. “Breast” would’ve been the phrase of selection. The clue writers have gotten extra goofy in recent times,” wrote one other.
“Individuals speaking about boob, however I really feel like glazing was wilder lmao,” argued a fourth.
“I used to be so distracted by Ken saying boob that I didn’t even hear the clue!” wrote a fifth.
Different followers within the thread introduced up Jennings point out of the Match of Champions cutoff, which entails a troublesome break for Bond: even when he retains successful, he won’t be in January’s 2025 ToC (or the postseason in any respect), however within the subsequent yet another than a yr from now.
“Possibly I misunderstood Ken – he mentioned WHOEVER wins at this time might be included within the subsequent eg subsequent spherical of CWC/TOC and many others bc cutoff. Does that imply that Dave, a 2 day champ, won’t be within the upcoming tournaments?” a sixth fan requested.
“Sure, his stats will roll over to the 2026 TOC/postseason relying on how a lot he continues to win,” defined a seventh.
This additionally signifies that from right here on out till the ToC airing in late January, any participant who goes on huge successful streak might be within the subsequent annual match, not this one. There’s additionally extra urgent concern on the board, which is that there wound up being solely 20 qualifiers for the 21-player, upcoming 2025 ToC, one thing producers will doubtless handle on Monday’s Inside Jeopardy! podcast.
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