Among the skills needed to win a game of Jeopardy! is buzzing in at the right time … and doing the math to ensure a Final Jeopardy win.
Here, we have a case of the latter being an issue, although it’s a scenario that I, a person who does not think I could come close to winning a game of Jeopardy!, would not know how to handle.
Two contestants on Wednesday’s episode went into the final round tied at $14,200, and the other had just $2,000. The category was European Landmarks and the clue was a tough one: “Of the principal architects working on it from the mid-1500s to the 1980s, like Pierre Lescot & Hector Lefuel, none were foreigners.”
None of the three got the answer right (the Louvre!), and here’s where the betting comes into play: what do you bet when you’re tied with someone?
It turns out both of them gambled it all … and lost. The third place contestant didn’t bet a dime. So with $2,000, she moved on.
It’s not a tie-breaker, which is a rarity, but still pretty wild.
