Jeopardy! Season 39 returned with a model new episode on Monday, April 24, 2023, that includes three opponents. Whereas one was the returning champion, the opposite two have been new gamers. After profitable two competitions, Emma Hill Kepron returned to the sport present to defend her third win in opposition to newcomers. As per the format of the Emmy-winning collection, the highest-scoring participant will advance to the following episode.
The official synopsis of Jeopardy! reads:
“A returning champion and two challengers take a look at their buzzer abilities and their data in a variety of educational and in style classes.”
Within the newest episode, Emma, a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, performed in opposition to two new contenders — Année Tousseau, an editor from Alameda, California, and Dillon Hupp, a improvement director from North Little Rock, Arkansas.
At present’s Jeopardy! winner is Dillon Hupp
Emma Hill Kepron maintained her profitable streak of as much as two video games and will have gained her third sport as properly. Sadly, her luck was not on her aspect within the ultimate spherical.
Within the April 24 episode, the classes for the primary spherical included “African Geography, Synonyms & Antonyms, Non-Video Video games, American Lit, That’s An Animal Sound, Beatles ’S’ongs.”
Returning champion Emma didn’t play properly in comparison with her earlier performances. She gave solely 4 right solutions and one incorrect response. New participant Année Tousseau, appropriately and incorrectly, answered the identical variety of questions as Emma. Dillon Hupp performed splendidly within the first spherical as he gave 15 right solutions, which included a Each day Double. Though he incorrectly answered two questions, it didn’t have an effect on his scores.
The primary spherical scores have been Dillon at $7,400 Emma at $1,800, and Année at $1,200.
Within the second spherical of the episode hosted by Ken Jennings, the classes have been “Greek Historical past, Y Is The Solely Vowel, The United Nations, Wherefore Artwork, Thou, Native Boy, Made Good.”
Emma didn’t surrender after her first-round efficiency. She crawled again to the highest rank after profitable two Each day Doubles. Though she and Dillon’s Double Jeopardy scores have been separated by simply $500, she took the lead and marked the opportunity of profitable her third sport. Whereas Dillon ranked second, Année landed in third place with a fairly low rating.
The scores of the gamers within the second spherical have been Emma at $14,700, Dillon at $14,200, and Année at $3,200.
Within the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, Dillon bagged the win as he was the one participant to reply the ultimate spherical appropriately. Emma and Année failed to provide right solutions.
Therefore, Dillon Hupp gained Jeopardy! immediately.
Ultimate Jeopardy! outcomes immediately
The ultimate spherical of the April 24 episode got here below the class of “U.S. Geography,” and the ultimate query/clue learn:
“Interstate 25 connects these 2 state capitals, 1st & 2nd in elevation, & in between runs by way of No. 3, Denver.”
The right reply to the ultimate clue was “Santa Fe & Cheyenne.”
Solely Dillon gave the proper reply, whereas Emma wrote “Cheyenne and Salt Lake Ci” and Année guessed “Albany + Boston.” Though Emma’s half-answer was right, she didn’t get any factors for that.
Check out the ultimate outcomes of the April 24 episode:
Dillon Hupp: $14,200 + $7,799 = $21,999 (What are Cheyenne & Santa Fe?) (1-day whole: $21,999)
Emma Hill Kepron: $14,700 – $7,000 = $7,700 (What’s Cheyenne and Salt Lake Ci)
Année Tousseau: $3,200 – $3,199 = $1 (What Albany + Boston)
With immediately’s win, Dillon ended Emma’s profitable streak as he grew to become the one-day champion. Année, however, needed to go residence with only one greenback in her pocket.
Dillon will now return to the following sport to play his second spherical on the competitors collection. The subsequent episode will air on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
