[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, June 3, episode of Jeopardy!]
After Jeopardy! followers swooned over three-day champion Geoff Barnes, the contestant tried to win his means into their hearts extra by making an attempt for a spot within the Match of Champions.
Barnes, from Washington D.C., had a three-day complete of $44,801. On Tuesday, June 3, he confronted off in opposition to Peter Vorissis, from Los Angeles, California, and Stella Trout, from Houston, Texas.
Barnes, an analyst, discovered the primary Day by day Double early on within the spherical. With $2,000 in his financial institution, he made it a real Day by day Double since his opponents had been means far behind. In “A Double Shot Of Whiskey,” the clue learn, “Glenfiddich & Glenlivet are well-known scotches of this sort, that means produced from the barley of only one distillery.” “What’s single-malt?” he answered and doubled as much as $4,000.
Throughout the interviews, the reigning champion revealed that he had been a “lifelong Jeopardy! fan” and was “a lot cuter as a toddler.”
“Someplace on my dad and mom’ camcorder, there’s footage of me celebrating each evening when Alex Trebek got here on. I actually liked when he got here on the display. However, I couldn’t say his identify, so I might say, ‘Alex Quebec, Alex Quebec!’ and get actually overestimated about it,” Barnes revealed. “It was the spotlight of my weekdays.”
Host Ken Jennings laughed and stated that Trebek in all probability would have appreciated the Canadian nickname for the reason that late host was Canadian.
On the finish of the spherical, he had the lead with $7,400. Trout, a software program engineer, was in second with $2,800. Vorissis, a author and trainer, wasn’t too far behind with $2,400.
In Double Jeopardy, Trout had the prospect to take the lead when she discovered the primary DD of the spherical on the third clue. She had $4,000 in her financial institution, and she or he made it a real Day by day Double. In “twentieth Century Poetry,” the clue learn, “Ezra Pound was partial to those poetic works outlined as divisions of a protracted poem; he wrote 117 of them.” She answered immediately with “What are the cantos?” Trout doubled up and took the lead with $8,000. She surpassed Barnes, who had $7,400.
Trout continued to dominate the spherical and double up on her complete earlier than discovering the second DD. With $20,000 in her financial institution, Trout wagered solely $3,000. In “Life is a 5-Letter Phrase,” the clue learn, “Out West, Theodore Roosevelt had a ‘half-melancholy feeling as I gazed upon these’ beasts of a ‘almost vanished race.’” She appropriately answered with “What are bison?” including $3,000 to her rating for a complete of $23,000.
Up till that time, Barnes had but to reply one query within the spherical. Nevertheless, he made a little bit of a comeback as he answered a streak of clues, retaining him in second place.
The sport ended with three clues going unanswered, but it surely didn’t matter as a result of Trout had an enormous lead going into Closing Jeopardy with $25,800. Barnes had $10,600. Vorissis remained in final with $3,600.
The class for Closing Jeopardy was “Well-known Buildings.” “In April 2018 an MLB recreation was postponed after ice falling from this construction punctured the roof of Rogers Centre” was the clue.
Vorissis didn’t know that reply and as an alternative gave a shoutout to the River Rats. He wagered $3,599, giving him a ultimate complete of $1. The right reply was CN Tower, which each Barnes and Trout answered appropriately. Barnes wagered $10,599, giving him $21,199, however that wasn’t sufficient. Trout added $3,000 to her complete to provide her $28,800, making her the evening’s winner. She will likely be again on Wednesday to face off in opposition to two new opponents.
Barnes didn’t qualify for the ToC as a Jeopardy! contestant has to win not less than 4 video games.
Followers reacted to Barnes’ loss, with some comfortable about it, whereas others had been unhappy to see him go.
“Geoff’s all finished however his run was the right size. Not the whole lot needs to be an Amodio Rodeo haha,” a Reddit consumer stated.
“Agreed. After a 2 or 3-day streak, I’m prepared for somebody new to win,” replied one other fan.
“I really feel like that is solely actually honest to say when you get into the 5+ day runs; ending at 3 wins is okay, and a lot better these days with the entire Champions Wildcard construction, however going for that assured TOC spot is means, far more of a ‘good’ size, not less than to me,” one other fan replied.
“That may be from (some) viewers members’ perspective, but it surely’s dangerous that he’s unlikely to make it to the ToC. He’s a really sturdy competitor and would have been no totally different within the event,” replied one consumer.
Others had been amazed at Trout’s win.
“Stella placed on a scintillating efficiency!! That double jeopardy spherical was 🔥,” a Reddit consumer wrote.
“Stella is my favourite Jeopardy! participant in a really very long time. So nonchalant whereas being depraved sensible. She has that je ne sais quoi and it really works very properly for her,” commented one other.
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