A model new episode of Jeopardy! Season 39 aired on Friday, April 21, 2023, that includes one returning champion and two new gamers. One-day winner Emma Hill Kepron was the returning contestant, whereas newcomers have been Anjali Salvador and Igor Petrovich. They competed in three rounds and the best scorer superior to the subsequent episode.
Explaining the sport intimately, the official description 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 “solutions” being value extra prize cash).”
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].”
Meanwhile, all three performed decently nicely within the newest episode. Returning champion Emma is a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, whereas newcomer Anjali Salvador is a lawyer from Houston, Texas, and Igor Petrovich is an lawyer from Ashburn, Virginia.
Today’s Jeopardy! winner is Emma Hill Kepron
Emma Hill Kepron first appeared on Jeopardy! within the April 20 episode, and scored $11,400 in her first sport. In the newest episode, she competed in opposition to new gamers Anjali Salvador and Igor Petrovich.
The classes for the primary spherical included “Basketball Greats, The California Missions, Sliding Into Your “D.M.”s, Rhyme Time, You Drive, A Hard Bargain.”
With a gradual begin, Igor took the lead within the first spherical as he gave 9 right solutions and one incorrect response. Anjali, however, discovered the primary Daily Double, plus accurately answered seven questions together with two incorrect ones. Unfortunately, she bought held again with simply $200, in any other case, she would have ranked first as an alternative of Igor. Returning champion Emma, surprisingly, didn’t give her greatest within the first spherical as her rating was far behind the brand new gamers’ scores and thus ranked third.
The scores of the gamers in spherical 1 have been Igor at $4,800, Anjali at $4,600, and Emma at $600.
In the second spherical of the Ken Jennings-hosted episode, the classes have been “Speak Of The Dickens, Go Jump In A Lake, Scientific Numbers, Foreign Political Parties, “F”ive Letter Words, Cutting In Line At The Movies.”
In Double Jeopardy, Emma crawled her means again to the primary place. She and Igor discovered the second spherical’s Daily Doubles, nevertheless, their bets have been conservative. While viewers initially thought the 2 might have wagered the next quantity, they later realized how essential the wager was. Emma topped the scoreboard, defeating Igor by simply $100. Anjali, too, performed nicely on this spherical.
The scores have been Emma at $12,100, Igor at $12,000, and Anjali at $9,400.
In the Final Jeopardy, Anjali and Emma gave the proper reply to the ultimate query. Fortunately, Anjali’s whole rating was lesser than Emma’s, whereas Igor gave an incorrect reply within the last spherical, serving to the librarian rank first.
Hence, Emma Hill Kepron won Jeopardy! in the present day.
Final Jeopardy! outcomes in the present day
In the April 21 episode, the class for the ultimate spherical was “Historic Groups,” and the ultimate query, aka clue, learn:
“Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force.”
The right reply to the ultimate clue was “Praetorian Guard.”
Emma and Anjali gave the proper reply within the last spherical, whereas Igor wrote “centaurions.” Take a take a look at the ultimate outcomes of the April 21 episode:
Emma Hill Kepron: $12,100 + $2,500 = $14,600 (What is the Praetorian guard?) (2-day whole: $26,000)
Anjali Salvador: $9,400 + $2,500 = $11,900 (What is the Praetorian guard)
Igor Petrovich: $12,000 – $11,000 = $1,000 (What are centaurions?)
With in the present day’s win, Emma grew to become the two-day champion and can return subsequent week to the sport present to defend her win in opposition to two new gamers.
Jeopardy! Season 39 will air its subsequent episode on Monday, April 24, 2023.
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