WARNING: JEOPARDY! SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT SCROLL DOWN UNLESS YOU’VE WATCHED THE NOV. 14 EPISODE OR WANT IT SPOILED!
Are we all ready?
Okay.
The matchup we all waited for was officially on for Thursday and Friday: James Holzhauer got to face off against Emma Boettcher in the two-day Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions final, along with Francois Barcomb, the Teacher’s Tournament champ who made it through this tourney as well.
So how did they do on the first day of the two-day final? As we did this week, we’ll tweak our Holzhauer tracker and tell you what happened (and again: SPOILER ALERT! Everything is below this photo of Alex Trebek):
Who won?
Holzhauer did, with Boettcher in second place and Barcomb in third.
So does that mean Holzhauer won the whole tournament?
Not yet. There’s still one more day to go, and the tournament winner is determined by players’ two-day totals.
Cash totals
Holzhauer ended up with $49,326 on Day 1, while Boettcher got $26,400. Barcomb missed on Final Jeopardy and dropped to $1,800. None of them keep that real cash since first place wins $250,000 no matter how much money they end up with. Second place gets $100,000 and third is $50,000.
Final Jeopardy!
Holzhauer was in the lead going into Final Jeopardy with $37,412. Boettcher had $13,200 and Barcomb had $7,800.
The category was “Old Testament books” and here was the clue:
By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant.
The correct response?
What is Jeremiah?
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