Ken Jennings is the host of the 2022 “Jeopardy!” Match of Champions. Tyler Golden, Sony Photos Tv
Amy Schneider, proper, stands with “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings. Schneider gained the 2022 Match of Champions. Tyler Golden, Sony Photos Tv
The 2022 “Jeopardy!” Match of Champions — that includes among the present’s winningest contestants — has delivered on its promise of being a collection you don’t wish to miss.
Who gained the 2022 ‘Jeopardy!’ Match of Champions?
Amy Schneider — a 40-game champ who's second solely to Ken Jennings for many consecutive video games gained — gained the 2022 Match of Champions Monday evening.
Schneider emerged victorious after successful her third sport towards Andrew He, a five-game “Jeopardy!” champ, and Sam Buttrey, who was the winner of the “Jeopardy!” Professors match final season. Going into Monday evening, each Schneider and He had two victories, and Buttrey had one.
Schneider’s victory Monday evening was particularly spectacular contemplating she didn’t land on any Every day Doubles throughout the sport, in response to a information launch despatched to the Deseret Information. Going into the Closing Jeopardy spherical, Schneider had $15,600. He trailed shut behind with $14,200, whereas Buttrey was in third with $8,000.
Amy Schneider, proper, stands with “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings. Schneider gained the 2022 Match of Champions.
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All of it got here right down to the Closing Jeopardy clue: “The January 12, 1864 Washington Night Star reported on a efficiency of this ‘dashing comedy’ to ‘a full and delighted home.’”
Each Schneider and He got here up with the right response: “Our American Cousin.”
He made a conservative wager of $2,801, whereas Schneider went large and wagered $13,000 to safe her victory. As champion, Schneider gained the grand prize of $250,000.
“I really feel superb,” Schneider mentioned following her win, in response to the information launch. “Earlier within the finals, I had this sudden second of seeing myself and being like, ‘I’m on stage within the Match of Champions finals,’ and that was loopy. And I gained! It’s an incredible feeling.”
Going up towards He within the finals was considerably of a rematch for Schneider. The 2 first competed towards one another final season, when Schneider ended He’s five-game successful streak and began her legendary run on the present.
“I each needed to (compete towards him) and was afraid of going through him once more,” Schneider mentioned in a press release. “I knew he was one of many high opponents within the subject. He was positively somebody that I knew might beat me as a result of he very almost did earlier than, and he did a few instances right here as effectively. Any of the three of us actually might have gained if a really small variety of issues had gone in a different way. I’m glad we acquired a very truthful likelihood to check our expertise towards one another, and I’d like to play him once more sometime, in some way.”
Closing Jeopardy questions within the 2022 Match of Champions
In the event you’re questioning whether or not the Match of Champions is tougher than common season play, right here’s an fascinating tidbit: Within the Match of Champions finals, there wasn’t a single Closing Jeopardy clue that each one three contestants answered accurately.
Listed below are the 5 different Closing Jeopardy clues that appeared within the last spherical of the 2022 Match of Champions, in response to archives offered on the TheJeopardyFan.com (solutions on the very backside):
- “In July 2022, the ousted president of this nation fled west throughout the Indian Ocean to the Maldives.” (Schneider missed this clue.)
- “Title shared by a Victorian novelist and an 1805 flagship captain whose title is heard in a well-known phrase.” (All three contestants missed this clue.)
- “Paul’s letter to them is the New Testomony epistle with essentially the most Previous Testomony quotations.” (Solely Schneider acquired this one proper.)
- “Ridley Scott’s first function movie, ‘The Duellists,’ was primarily based on a narrative by this creator to whom Scott’s movie ‘Alien’ additionally pays tribute.” (All three contestants missed this clue.)
- “William the Conqueror’s son constructed a fortress on a key Northern river in 1080, giving this metropolis its title.” (Schneider and Buttrey acquired this one right.)
(Solutions: Sri Lanka; Thomas Hardy; Hebrews; Joseph Conrad; Newcastle.)