Tuesday, October 6, 2015
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On Tuesday’s episode, Matt Jackson looks to take sole possession of first on the Tournament of Champions leaderboard.
It looked like John was going to put up a fight; he and Matt were tied at 8,000 after the first round. Then Matt reeled off $10,000 before adding $6,000 on a Daily Double, and that was pretty much the ball game.
|
Matt Jackson |
John Kozempel |
Ernestine Gardner |
| 36,800 | 4,400 | 3,000 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| EUROPEAN AUTHORS |
Well, the only wagering excitement tonight belongs to our challengers. Ernestine has barely more than 2/3 of John’s total, so they’ll enter into mind games.
What actually happened
| Matt | John | Ernestine | |||
| 36,800 | 4,400 | 3,000 | |||
| 3,209 | 1,611 | 3,000 | |||
| 40,009 | 2,789 | 6,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 27,999 | 1,600 | 199 | |||
| 1,200 | 2,601 | ||||
Matt has now won 8 games and $230,610, removing the “co-” from his “leader” title.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| EUROPEAN AUTHORS |
| “TO EXPLAIN…HARRY BY THE ARTLESS DIVISION INTO WOLF AND MAN IS A HOPELESSLY CHILDISH ATTEMPT”, HE WROTE IN 1927 |
[spoiler]Who was Hermann Hesse? (the book in question was Steppenwolf)[/spoiler]
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