Two-day champion Matthew Marcus returned to Jeopardy! Season 39 on Monday, February 6, 2023, to play his third recreation.
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the software program developer scored $66,000 from his two video games. Within the newest episode, he performed towards two new contenders — Tanya Parrott, a librarian from Gainesville, Virginia, and Jesse Lampert, a gross sales govt from Los Angeles, California.
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The official description of the sport present reads:
“The solutions are given first, and the contestants provide the questions. Three contestants, together with the earlier present’s champion, compete in six classes and in three rounds (with every spherical’s “solutions” being value extra prize cash).”
It continues:
“Within the third spherical, ‘Ultimate Jeopardy,’ the contestants can title their very own jackpot — so long as it is inside the sum of money they’ve already earned. If a participant finishes the second spherical with zero {dollars}, they’re eradicated [from the final round].”
Not one of the gamers had been eradicated earlier than the third spherical within the new episode.
At the moment’s Jeopardy! winner is Matthew Marcus
Matthew Marcus first appeared on the present on the February 2 episode and gained his first recreation. He has maintained his successful streak to date.
Within the newest episode, the classes for the primary spherical had been “Months That Begin With Feb, Wine Tasting 101, U.S. Museums, Add A Letter At The Begin, Physician Who, Elements & Labor.”
Matthew was having a good time as he gave the utmost variety of right solutions in spherical 1. Regardless of that, he landed in second place and the explanation was the Every day Double. He discovered the primary Every day Double earlier than the business break however misplaced it by giving an incorrect reply. Whereas he ranked second, new participant Tanya Parrott took the lead by delivering eight right responses with zero mistaken solutions. Jesse Lampert was additionally not far behind and ended up in third place. The spherical 1 scores of the gamers had been: Tanya at $4,200 Matthew at $3,800 Jesse at $3,400.
Within the second spherical of the Ken Jennings-hosted episode, the classes included “Prepare Routes, Sizzling Tunes, Prisoners Of Battle, S-SS-ing The Scenario, The Iliad & The Odyssey, You Can Name Me Homer.”
Tanya may have gained the Double Jeopardy spherical as nicely, however her conservative bets on each Every day Doubles landed her in second place. She wagered $1,000, respectively, as she discovered each Every day Doubles. She banked $10,600, whereas Matthew bought his likelihood to take the lead on this spherical. He scored $13,400 and Jesse banked $4,600.
Within the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, all three gamers gave the right reply to the ultimate query. Whereas 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.
Therefore, Matthew Marcus gained Jeopardy! at present.
Ultimate Jeopardy! outcomes at present
Within the remaining spherical of the February 6 episode, the class was “Innovations,” and the query, within the type of a clue, learn:
“1917’s ‘Components of Trench Warfare’ mentioned this Outdated West merchandise was ‘tough to destroy’ & ‘tough to get by.’”
The right response to the ultimate clue was “Barbed Wire.”
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All three gamers accurately answered the ultimate query. Check out the ultimate outcomes of the February 6 episode:
Matthew Marcus: $13,400 + $8,000 = $21,400 (What’s barbed wire) (3-day complete: $87,400)
Tanya Parrott: $10,600 + $1 = $10,601 (What’s bard barbed wire?)
Jesse Lampert: $4,600 + $4,599 = $9,199 (What’s barbed wire?)
With at present’s win, Matthew turned the three-day champion with a rating of $87,400. He’ll return within the subsequent episode to play his fourth recreation and if he wins that, he’ll advance to the Match of Champions (ToC).
The syndicated recreation present will air its subsequent episode on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.