A model new episode of Jeopardy! Season 39 aired on Friday, July 21, 2023, that includes three gamers. One-day winner Nik Berry returned to defend his profitable title in opposition to two new gamers — Ben Sasamoto and Taylor Clagett. All three gave robust competitors to one another within the newest episode.
The official synopsis of the syndicated sport present reads:
“A returning champion and two challengers check their buzzer abilities and their data in a variety of educational and common classes.”
Within the July 21 episode, returning champion Nik Berry, a social research trainer from Baltimore, Maryland, performed in opposition to Taylor Clagett, a advertising and marketing director initially from Chesapeake Seashore, Maryland, and Ben Sasamoto, an environmental advisor from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
At present’s Jeopardy! winner is Taylor Clagett
Nik Berry gained Jeopardy! sport within the July 20 episode and returned to play his second sport on Friday. Though he was the winner within the earlier installment, he didn’t carry out nicely within the newest episode in opposition to Ben Sasamoto and Taylor Clagett.
Within the first spherical, the classes included “Completely happy seventy fifth Birthday Israel!, Shakespeare, That Hole Feeling, The Romaines Of The Day, Observe & Subject, and Homophone Connection.”
All three gamers performed nicely within the first section. Whereas Ben reached the highest rank sooner as a consequence of Every day Double, Taylor struggled a bit however then matched his rating with Ben. Returning champion Nik, however, landed in third place.
The scores of the gamers within the first spherical had been Taylor at $3,800, Ben at $3,800, and Nik at $3,000.
Within the second spherical, the classes included “Explorers, Internally Yours, Outdated Hollywood Scribes, Motley Clues, Stately Demonyms, and Ends In ‘X’.”
Nik and Taylor discovered Every day Doubles, respectively, within the Double Jeopardy spherical. Each gamers incorrectly answered their respective Every day Double questions and thus their scores went down. Ben didn’t get any Every day Double benefit, nevertheless, ranked first within the second spherical.
The scores of the contestants had been Ben at $9,400, Taylor at $5,400, and Nik at $1,200.
Within the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, solely Taylor was capable of accurately reply the ultimate query. Curiously, he was the one one with the very best variety of incorrect solutions among the many three gamers. However his luck labored in his favor within the closing spherical as he wagered all his earnings and luckily gave the right reply. Nik and Ben didn’t wager rather a lot however misplaced the sport.
Therefore, Taylor Clagett gained Jeopardy! as we speak.
Ultimate Jeopardy! outcomes as we speak
The ultimate spherical of the July 21 episode was underneath the class of “Numbers Outdated & New,” and the ultimate clue/query learn:
“Expressed in as we speak’s numbers, it’s the sum whole in the event you add the 7 Roman numerals collectively.”
The proper reply was “1666.”
Solely Taylor gave the right reply whereas Ben forgot so as to add “1” to his reply and misplaced the sport. Nik, too, wrote an incorrect response.
Check out the ultimate outcomes of the July 21 episode, hosted by Ken Jennings:
Taylor Clagett: $5,400 + $5,400 = $10,800 (What 1,666?) (1-day whole: $10,800)
Ben Sasamoto: $9,400 – $3,000 = $6,400 (What 666?)
Nik Berry: $1,200 – $17 = $1,183 (What’s 2166?)
In as we speak’s episode, Nik misplaced his profitable title as viewers discovered a brand new winner. Taylor grew to become the one-day winner who will return to the sport present subsequent week to play in opposition to two new gamers.
The following episode will air on Monday, July 24, 2023.