Two-day champion Matthew Marcus returned to Jeopardy! Season 39 on Monday, February 6, 2023, to play his third sport.
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the software program developer scored $66,000 from his two video games. In the most recent episode, he performed in opposition to two new contenders — Tanya Parrott, a librarian from Gainesville, Virginia, and Jesse Lampert, a gross sales government from Los Angeles, California.
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The official description of the sport present reads:
“The answers are given first, and the contestants supply the questions. Three contestants, including the previous show’s champion, compete in six categories and in three rounds (with each round’s “answers” being worth more prize money).”
It continues:
“In the third round, ‘Final Jeopardy,’ the contestants can name their own jackpot — as long as it’s within the amount of money they’ve already earned. If a player finishes the second round with zero dollars, they are eliminated [from the final round].”
None of the gamers have been eradicated earlier than the third spherical within the new episode.
Today’s Jeopardy! winner is Matthew Marcus
Matthew Marcus first appeared on the present on the February 2 episode and won his first sport. He has maintained his successful streak to date.
In the most recent episode, the classes for the primary spherical have been “Months That Start With Feb, Wine Tasting 101, U.S. Museums, Add A Letter At The Start, Doctor Who, Parts & Labor.”
Matthew was having a good time as he gave the utmost variety of appropriate solutions in spherical 1. Despite that, he landed in second place and the rationale was the Daily Double. He discovered the primary Daily Double earlier than the business break however misplaced it by giving an incorrect reply. While he ranked second, new participant Tanya Parrott took the lead by delivering eight appropriate responses with zero fallacious solutions. Jesse Lampert was additionally not far behind and ended up in third place. The spherical 1 scores of the gamers have been: Tanya at $4,200 Matthew at $3,800 Jesse at $3,400.
In the second spherical of the Ken Jennings-hosted episode, the classes included “Train Routes, Hot Tunes, Prisoners Of War, S-SS-ing The Situation, The Iliad & The Odyssey, You Can Call Me Homer.”
Tanya might have won the Double Jeopardy spherical as properly, however her conservative bets on each Daily Doubles landed her in second place. She wagered $1,000, respectively, as she discovered each Daily Doubles. She banked $10,600, whereas Matthew bought his probability to take the lead on this spherical. He scored $13,400 and Jesse banked $4,600.
In the Final Jeopardy spherical, all three gamers gave the right reply to the ultimate query. While Jesse and Matthew didn’t draw back from betting large quantities, Tanya once more went with the bottom quantity within the remaining spherical. She guess just one greenback within the remaining spherical and landed in second place, adopted by Jesse in third.
Hence, Matthew Marcus won Jeopardy! at present.
Final Jeopardy! outcomes at present
In the ultimate spherical of the February 6 episode, the class was “Inventions,” and the query, within the type of a clue, learn:
“1917’s ‘Elements of Trench Warfare’ said this Old West item was ‘difficult to destroy’ & ‘difficult to get through.’”
The appropriate response to the ultimate clue was “Barbed Wire.”
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All three gamers accurately answered the ultimate query. Take a have a look at the ultimate outcomes of the February 6 episode:
Matthew Marcus: $13,400 + $8,000 = $21,400 (What is barbed wire) (3-day complete: $87,400)
Tanya Parrott: $10,600 + $1 = $10,601 (What is bard barbed wire?)
Jesse Lampert: $4,600 + $4,599 = $9,199 (What is barbed wire?)
With at present’s win, Matthew turned the three-day champion with a rating of $87,400. He will return within the subsequent episode to play his fourth sport and if he wins that, he’ll advance to the Tournament of Champions (ToC).
The syndicated sport present will air its subsequent episode on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
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