Jeopardy!’s ongoing winner Stephen Webb went towards coverage director Jessica Ashooh and Lengthy Nguyen, a retired engineer, in the course of the March 14 episode of the trivia present. However might he improve his complete winnings of $139,281 in his sixth recreation tonight?
The three went into Double Jeopardy, with Stephen main with $9,600, Lengthy following up with $5,800, and Jessica alongside $3,400.
Jessica instantly will get a Each day Double when the spherical begins within the class Literary London: “This 1881 Mark Twain novel takes place in London’s poorer areas in addition to in a few of its ritzier locales.” She, sadly, obtained it mistaken and misplaced all of her earnings, betting all of it.
Loing will get the second Each day Double throughout Double Jeopardy within the class Scrambled U.S. Historical past: “1820s announcement: No credo on benefit,” then betting all of it when he proclaims he’s from Vegas. Sadly, his reply was mistaken; it was, the truth is, the Monroe Doctrine.
Because of every contestant’s blunders, Stephen had the lead into Last Jeopardy with $18,000, forward of Jessica’s $6,000 and Lengthy’s low $400.
The query for Last Jeopardy beneath the Nations of the World class: A part of the biggest contiguous land empire in the course of the 1200s & 1300s, right now it’s the world’s second-largest landlocked nation.
Stephen had the proper reply written however crossed it out with an incorrect reply. Lengthy and Jessica each obtained it right, however since Stephen solely ended up betting $2,000, he eked out a win.
Both contestant might have gained the sport if Jessica and Lengthy obtained their Each day Doubles right. As an alternative, Stephen has elevated his general earnings within the competitors to $155,281.
I used to be rooting so exhausting for Lengthy tonight. That every day double was sooo painful. Lengthy, you’re nonetheless wonderful #jeopardy pic.twitter.com/rgks8QHMS0
— Laura Huang (@ProfLauraHuang) March 14, 2023
“Yeah, I had an excessive amount of time to consider a comparatively apparent clue that didn’t truly matter on the size of profitable the sport and talked myself into the much less apparent, and subsequently mistaken, reply,” Stephen said on Reddit.
Though the reigning champion secured one other victory, followers on-line have been dismayed that Lengthy misplaced. “Aww I really feel dangerous for the vegas man! He actually obtained each different query in that class right,” one consumer mentioned.
Jessica additionally had one thing to say in regards to the second on Reddit: “We have been all STUNNED when Lengthy went all-in so late in DJ, however props to him, as a result of it’s important to play large to win large.”
See what else followers needed to say under, and don’t miss Webb throughout his seventh recreation tomorrow.
Man within the center performed so nicely till he put all of it on the road #Jeopardy
— LinestandingNYC℠ (@linestandingnyc) March 14, 2023
lengthy might have gained it #Jeopardy
— mike 📉📈 (@tradesbymike) March 14, 2023
I needed Lengthy to win. He would have been enjoyable. #Jeopardy
— KittyHawk (@EdsMyDad1919) March 14, 2023
Dammit Lengthy. Too dangerous. #Jeopardy
— Jimco (@jimco915) March 14, 2023
Aww I really feel dangerous for the vegas man! He actually obtained each different query in that class right! I dont blame him for betting all of it. Proper determination. #Jeopardy
— bigboss2020 (@bigboss202011) March 14, 2023
LONG NOOOOOOOOO
— i like jeopardy (@jeopardyfan69) March 14, 2023
Dude guess all of it 12k on a every day double saying he’s from
Vegas
He might have crushed this Stephen man on jeopardy however he ended the spherical with 400— jim thomas (@jmt15444) March 14, 2023
lengthy performed valiantly 🫡💕
— i like jeopardy (@jeopardyfan69) March 14, 2023
Lengthy trip dwelling #jeopardy
— Ga.rednk (@13mills13) March 14, 2023
