Jeopardy! returned with another thrilling episode on October 22, 2024, welcoming the returning champion Tristan Brown. Stephnie Cooper and Will Wallace participated to challenge Tristan who won $22,700 on his first day winning.
As the show's format goes, Ken Jennings, the host, presents the contestants with three rounds, and the clues are in the form of answers in each round.
Each round serves according to the categories. The first round of the Tuesday, October 22, episode had the following categories:
"Selling Insurance-That's Just A Part Of The Story-6 By 6 Names-TV Transports-It's A Peninsula-"M" Before "N"
Tristan stood first in round one and had a sweeping run by jumping from one category to another and answering almost all clues correctly. Stephanie was trying to catch up but had a slow start.
Will took a lot of time to warm up and stood at the bottom when round one ended with $1,000. Tristan topped the chart with $6,800. Stephanie got hold of the game and managed to place herself in second position with $3,200.
For the Double Jeopardy round the categories were:
"The Dutch Colonial Empire-Pop Star-The Cultural 19th Century-French Words and Phrases-Chemistry-She's A Saint"
Let us have a look at what happened in the second round and who won the Tuesday, October 22 Jeopardy!
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the October 22 gameplay of Jeopardy! episode. Viewers' discretion is required.
Who won on October 22, Jeopardy! episode? All details explored
Tristan Brown, a re-entry employment advocate from Richmond, Virginia became the champion by winning the October 21 episode. He was joined by Stephanie Cooper, a Ph.D candidate from Baltimore, Maryland, and Will Wallace, a game designer director from Austin, Texas.
All three players came with their varied knowledge to gamble their chances of winning the episode.
However, as a former winner, Tristan had some experience that helped him have a head start in round one. As the round started, all three players were pumped up. Will Wallace was at the game this time from the beginning. He wagered $2000 in Daily Double and won it by answering the correct answer.
As the round progressed Will dominated the second round completely with his extensive knowledge in categories like Chemistry and 19th-century culture. Stephanie and Tristan followed and as the round ended all three players were standing neck-to-neck. Scores at the end of the second round were:
- Tristan Brown: $10,000
- Stephanie Cooper: $10,400
- Will Wallace: $9,400
The clue for the Final Jeopardy in the category "Detective Authors" was:
"For much of the 1920s, he lived on Eddy Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District"
Ken Jennings asked the contestants to take 30 seconds before writing down their answers for the Final Jeopardy clue. As the moment of truth came, only Will was able to come up with the right answer and wagered almost everything.
Stephanie Cooper wagered $5000 and left with $5,400. However, the former champion Tristan Brwon also took a big risk and wagered all his $10,000 which cost him heavily as he was left with $0.
Will Wallace became the new champion of Jeopardy! until the next episode and won $18, 799.
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