Friday’s episode of Jeopardy! had all of it come all the way down to the ultimate query, which prompted a participant to lose out over a easy mistake. 5-day champion Josh Weikert, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, returned for his sixth sport after beating the four-day curse, and confronted off in opposition to two new contestants. Considered one of his opponents misplaced the sport after getting the ultimate query unsuitable, and is now talking out concerning the flub. Politics professor Weikert confronted off in opposition to Revell Carr from Lexington, Kentucky, and Mike Budzinski from Chicago, Illinois.

Budzinski’s mistake in Last Jeopardy price him the win on the final hurdle, which noticed Weikert victorious as soon as once more. The clue learn: “The ‘Hermit Nation’ & ‘The Land of the Morning Calm’ are nicknames for these two neighbors.” All three gamers answered the query incorrectly, as Carr wrote “Tibert and Nepal”; Budzinski wrote “Scotland and England”; and Weikert wrote “Nepal and Bhutan.” The reply was North Korea and South Korea.

On Reddit, Budzinski spoke about his Last Jeopardy reply. “Talking of Last Jeopardy, I misinterpret the clue,” he stated. “As an alternative of ‘Land of the Morning Calm,’ I heard ‘Land of the Setting Solar,’ what I believed was a riff on Land of the Rising Solar. So I appeared means west to the opposite aspect of Europe/Asia. Plus, Scottish individuals are king of hermits, proper?”

Josh Weikert Is This Week’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion

Previous to Weikert’s Friday win, his five-day winnings totaled $80,202. Weikert’s win was not a easy journey on Friday; he and his opponents acquired off to a rocky begin, as Weikert and Budzinki incorrectly answered an $800 query. Carr didn’t reply and remained at $0. Nevertheless, as soon as Weikert accurately answered a query about his metropolis’s soccer workforce, the Philadelphia Eagles, and rose to -$400, the sport acquired again on monitor, with Weikert rising as Friday’s Jeopardy! winner.

Weikert formally took the lead when he answered questions on geography and angels accurately. Nevertheless, Carr, a fellow professor, proved to be Weikert’s worthy competitor when he discovered the primary Every day Double of the sport. Carr had $2,200 within the financial institution and wagered $1,200, whereas Weikert had $2,400, and Carr was set to shut the $200 margin. Nevertheless, Carr dropped to $1,000 after not figuring out the reply to a clue associated to style, through which host Ken Jennings advised him the reply was “miniskirt.”

After Carr and Weikert confronted off, Budzinski, a portfolio supervisor, needed to face off in opposition to the five-day Jeopardy! champion. Budzinski was additionally a fierce competitor, as they traded leads forwards and backwards after answering questions accurately. By the tip of the spherical, Budzinski led the leaderboard with $4,000, whereas Weikert took second place with $3,600, and Carr trailed behind with $2,000. Weikert discovered the primary and second DD in Double Jeopardy and wagered $2,000 each instances with $10,000 in his financial institution. He answered each questions accurately and raised his financial institution to $14,400. By the tip of the spherical, Weikert led with $21,600, whereas Budzinski got here second with $7,600, and Carr nonetheless trailed behind with $1,200.

Weikert grew to become the six-day champion after the Last Jeopardy regardless of dropping to $20,000. Budzinski ended the sport with $6,600 after wagering $1,000 in Last Jeopardy, and Carr left with $100 after wagering $1,100. With a six-day complete of $100,202, Weikert is ready to face off in opposition to two new opponents on Monday, March 31.

Jeopardy! returns on Monday on ABC.

Supply: Reddit