‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Makes Baffling Wager on Boozy Final Question
Spoiler Alert
Was it the last call for the Jeopardy! champion who made a risky wager on the final clue? He made the same wager as in his first game on a boozy question.
Will Goree, from Austin, Texas, entered his second game with a total of $28,600. The teacher played against Ethan Amaker, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Molly Gendell, from Brooklyn, New York. Warning: Spoilers for the Wednesday, November 11, episode of Jeopardy! ahead!
Goree had the lead of $800 when he found the Daily Double on clue three. He wagered the allotted $1,000.
The clue in “Almost Done Reading the Novel” was “‘I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous & happy, in that England, which I shall see no more.'”
“What is the Good Soldier?” he answered. The correct response was A Tale of Two Cities, so Goree dropped to -$200. He continued to get two more novel clues wrong and took third place with -$1,200. However, Goree pulled himself out of the red by the first 15 clues with $5,400.
By the end of the round, Goree still had the lead with $4,800. Gendell, an editor, was in second place with $2,400. Amaker, an attorney, had -$200.
In Double Jeopardy, Amaker got on the board after correctly answering the first clue. Gendell found the first DD on clue nine. She had $3,600 and made it a true Daily Double.
The clue in “Words You Don’t Hear So Much” read, “It’s a 4-letter covering of the head of a newborn; David Copperfield was born with one, hence perhaps the name of fiction’s Holden.”
“What is a caul?” she answered correctly. She moved to a close second place with $7,200. Goree had $7,600.
Gendell found the last DD on the next clue. She wagered $3,000 on “Singer’s Memoirs.”
The clue was “Not a quick read, her ‘My name is…’ memoir from 2023 is just under 1,000, or if you prefer the audio, 48 hours!” “Who is Barbara Streisand?” Gendell answered correctly. This put her in the lead with $10,200.
Goree went on a spree and took the lead by the end of the round with $15,600. Gendell had $9,000. Amaker was in third place with $2,200.
The Final Jeopardy category was “Liquor Brands.” The clue read, “The facility of this liquor brand in Cataño has a garden that attracts the nocturnal pollinators it’s associated with.” Only one of the game show contestants had the correct response.
Amaker answered “What is Bacardi?” which was right. He wagered $2,199, giving him a final total of $4,399.
Gendell’s response was “What is Patron?” She wagered $6,601, making her total $2,399. Goree’s answer of “What is Don Julio?” was also wrong. However, he wagered no money, so he ended with $15,600.
This made him a two-day champion with a total of $44,200. Goree will return on Thursday for his third game.
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