JEOPARDY! champion Liam Starnes scored his 5th win despite tonight’s ’impossible’ game that had ‘double’ more triple-stumpers than normal.
The latest breakout star of season 41 is on a roll as he has already taken home $81,801 after an impressive four-day winning streak.
The undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois is just 21-years-old and admitted he was in diapers when host Ken Jennings, 50, went on his historic 74-game winning steak in 2004.
Despite his young age, he was looking to repeat his impressive past games where he won by a large margin against his opponents.
For Thursday’s game, he went up against Harold Goldston III, a karaoke bar owner from Knoxville, Tennessee and Raguell Couch, an undergraduate student from Durham, North Carolina.
Liam was off to a fast lead like he was in previous games, which only increased when he found the first Daily Double.
After correctly guessing the clue under the “From Whence They Came” category, Liam doubled his score to $5,200.
Raguell was able to find the second Daily Double under “Movie Genres” and showed off her film trivia knowledge to add $2,000 to her score of $4,600 – surpassing Liam’s lead for the only time in the game.
However, Liam once again pulled away when he found the third Daily Double under “The Light”, adding $4,000 to his total and surpassing Raguell.
Heading into Final Jeopardy!, Liam took back his first place title with $16,000.
Jeopardy! contestants (L-R): Liam Starnes, Raguell Couch andJeopardy!Raguell was in second with $10,600 while Harold was far out of the running with a rare negative deficit of $2,200.
Ken introduced FInal Jeopardy! With the category “Historic Names” as the players placed their wagers.
“He was riding back from the conquest of Granada when he was summoned to a royal meeting that would change history,” he read – which only Liam got correctly.
The student is becoming the master, winning his fifth straight game and finishing with $21,201 – giving him a plentiful five-day total of $103,002.
Despite giving Liam a run for his money, Raguell had just $98 by the end of the game and Harold had negative -$2,200.
Liam, who has now become a fan-favorite, looked elated as his hero, Ken, announced his incredible winnings.
TOUGH CROWD
The game was brutal – resulting in 20 different times none of the contestants buzzed in to make a guess, also known as triple stumpers.
On average, the games tend to have less than 10 triple stumpers per episode.
Jeopardy! Set Secrets
Jeopardy! fans don’t see everything behind the scenes from watching on TV. These hidden set features make the show run smoothly:
Each podium has a hidden riser so that all contestants appear to be the same height. After each clue is read, signal lights go off around the game board, indicating players can buzz in and respond. Buzz in too early, and you’re locked out for .25 seconds. The podiums have a small white light in the lower left corner, which tells Ken Jennings who goes next. Contrary to popular belief, the player with control doesn’t have a buzzer advantage on the next clue. To the game board’s left is a scoreboard so the players can see their opponents’ scores. All contestants must bring three outfits to the studio, but only the host and returning champion change for the next episode. There are wardrobe rules, including restrictions on busy patterns, solid white, purple (like the background), and logos. Five episodes are taped in a single day, and sometimes more. The categories, players (aside from the returning champion), and Final Jeopardy! for a tape day are all drawn randomly to ensure fairness. Female contestants are asked not to wear makeup, which is applied backstage, and don’t wear mascara because of sweat. Contestants fill out a questionnaire, and producers select five Q&A topics for the host. Host Ken isn’t allowed to interact with the contestants until after the game. Players can request to sit in a chair while competing without question.Fans expressed their amazement for Liam’s mind-blowing run while also commenting on how tough this specific game was.
“Wow….quite the run by a guy who was in diapers when Ken had his original run,” one viewer exclaimed.
“TOC-iam!! Congrats Liam,” another wrote – acknowledging that the contestant’s 5th win guarantees him a spot in the next Tournament of Champions.
“Why did this game seem so much harder than normal? I feel like there were at least double triple stumpers too,” a fan observed.
While one more wrote out: “One of my favourite things about Jeopardy is watching high level players as they pull tough answers out of somewhere in their brain.
“You can see it on their face as their brain is computing the answer.”
“Liam is now my favorite contestant! I want him to keep winning,” a last one hoped.
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