Stephen Webb returned to play his sixth sport in Jeopardy! Season 39 on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
As per the present’s format, the participant who wins a sport returns to the following episode to play in opposition to the brand new contestants. The official synopsis of the syndicated sport present reads:
“A returning champion and two challengers check their buzzer expertise and their data in a variety of educational and fashionable classes.”
On the most recent episode, returning champion Stephen, who had already received 5 consecutive video games and earned $139,281, confronted off in opposition to two new challengers: Lengthy Nguyen (a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada) and Jessica Ashooh (a coverage director from San Francisco, California).
As we speak’s Jeopardy! winner is Stephen Webb
Stephen Webb made his first look on the present within the episode that aired on February 15 and continued to win video games till the episode on February 17. The present then aired the Excessive Faculty Reunion Event for a number of weeks earlier than Stephen returned to the sport present for his fourth sport on March 10, 2023.
Within the newest episode, Stephen performed exceptionally nicely all through the sport till the tip.
Within the first spherical, the classes included “11-Letter Phrases, The Title TV Character’s Buddies, In The Cookie Jar, Right here’s Your Report Card, “B” In Geography, A Pleasure To Have In Class.”
Stephen had an awesome begin in in the present day’s sport. He delivered 14 right solutions, together with a True Day by day Double. For these unaware, True Day by day Double means wagering your complete quantity and successful it again. Whereas Stephen was on a roll, new gamers Lengthy Nguyen and Jessica Ashooh weren’t far behind him. Lengthy gave 10 right solutions, whereas Jessica gave six.
The scores of the gamers within the first spherical have been Stephen at $9,600, Lengthy at $6,000, and Jessica at $3,400.
Within the second spherical of the sport present, the classes have been “Literary London, Lord Of The Dings, Illnesses, Scrambled U.S. Historical past, Banking & Finance, Contronyms.”
The Day by day Doubles didn’t work within the favor of Lengthy and Jessica within the Double Jeopardy spherical. Every discovered a Day by day Double, went all in, and sadly, their respective solutions turned out to be incorrect. Their scores went right down to $0, however they tried their finest to climb again. Jessica nonetheless managed to earn $6,000 within the second spherical, whereas Lengthy had a tougher time and ended up with solely $400. Stephen, however, had a very good run and scored $18,000 in spherical 2.
The Remaining Jeopardy spherical was fairly fascinating as Stephen failed to present the proper reply, whereas each Lengthy and Jessica have been in a position to reply appropriately. Nevertheless, regardless of their right solutions, Stephen nonetheless held a commanding lead, and the brand new gamers have been unable to defeat him.
Therefore, Stephen Webb received Jeopardy! in the present day.
Remaining Jeopardy! outcomes in the present day
Hosted by Ken Jennings, the March 14 episode’s closing query was below the class of “Nations of the World.”
The clue learn:
“A part of the biggest contiguous land empire throughout the 1200s & 1300s, in the present day it’s the world’s second-largest landlocked nation.”
The reply is “Mongolia.”
Lengthy and Jessica gave the proper reply, whereas Stephen initially wrote the proper resolution, however later modified it to “Kazakstan.”
Check out the ultimate outcomes of the March 14 episode:
Stephen Webb: $18,000 – $2,000 = $16,000 (What’s Mongolia Kazakstan) (6-day whole: $155,281)
Jessica Ashooh: $6,000 + $5,000 = $11,000 (What’s Mongolia?)
Lengthy Nguyen: $400 + $400 = $800 (What’s Mongolia?)
With in the present day’s win, Stephen turned the six-day champion. He has additionally superior to the Event of Champions 2023.
The following episode will air on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.