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“Danger!” She promised that “something crazy” would happen during “Final Jeopardy” on Friday! The game presentation did not disappoint.

Friday episode From the “danger!” The meeting ended in a rare double match between contestants Jack Wheeler and Brian Chang, the returning champion for three days.

“In all the years I’ve watched #Jeopardy, I don’t remember ever seeing a tie,” chirp User @ meghansmith55.

Both contestants went to Final Jeopardy for $ 18,800.

“A lot depends on this last category…” said Ken Jennings, the guest host who took over the helm after Alex Trebek’s death in November after suffering from pancreatic cancer 80.

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Question: “Statues honoring this man who was killed in 1779 can be found in Waimea, Kauai & In Whitby, England.”

Wheeler and Chang correctly guessed, “Who is Cook?” And both contestants wagered on everything they had, resulting in $ 37,600 and a tie.

To determine a champion, both contestants faced during the tiebreaker round of one question the winner takes all in “history”: “In October 1961, Stalin’s body was removed from display in this other man’s grave.”

Zhang set out with the correct answer of “Lenin” first.

“Brian Chang, you just earned $ 37,600 and you four times” Jopardi! “Champion, totaling $ 88,102.” “What a great game.”

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Wheeler won a consolation prize of $ 2,000 for his runner-up.

EmersonLotzia opposed Referred to To the tiebreak as “one of the rarest and most intense shows of competition”. The tiebreak last happened during a regular away game outside the tournament on 1 March 2018.

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