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“Danger!” promised “something crazy” during Friday’s “Final Jeopardy!” would happen. And the match program did not disappoint.
Friday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” ended in a rare duel between contestants Jack Weller and Brian Chang, the returning three-day champion.
“In all the years I’ve watched #Jeopardy, I can not remember ever seeing a tie,” tweeted user @ meghansmith55.
Both contestants entered Final Jeopardy with $ 18,800.
‘A lot depends on this final category … a very important’ Final Jeopardy ‘that appears in the category of’ statues ‘,’ says Ken Jennings, the host who took over the helm after the death of Alex Trebek in November 80 on 80 of pancreatic cancer.
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The question: “Statues in honor of this man who was killed in 1779 can be found in Waimea, Kauai and In Whitby, England.”
Weller and Chang both guessed right: “Who’s a cook?” And both contestants bet everything they had, resulting in $ 37,600 and a tie.
To determine a champion, both contestants took part in a draw with a winner, a question about ‘History’: ‘In October 1961, Stalin’s body was found in the grave of this other man from the tent. achieved. ‘
Chang first buzzed with the correct answer of “Lenin”.
“Brian Chang, you just won $ 37,600, and you’re our four-time ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion with a total of $ 88,102, “Jennings said.” What a fantastic game. “
Weller won a consolation prize of $ 2,000 for his second place.
Kyker @ EmersonLotzia refer to the tiebreaker as “one of the rarest and most intense glasses of competition.” A tiebreaker last took place during a regular, non-tournament match on March 1, 2018.