After a long string of tournaments, Jeopardy! returned to regular play this week with new contestants, but one of the players on Thursday’s (April 11) episode wasn’t quite a stranger when it came to TV game shows. Thursday’s game saw Alison Betts, a writer and creative executive originally from San Jose, California, taking on Brian Hardzinski, a public radio producer originally from Flower Mound, Texas, and Lee Wilkins, a regulatory affairs coordinator from Auburn, Alabama. Wilkins had unseated three-day champion Lucas Patridge on Wednesday but was unable to get out of the blocks in this episode. Instead, Betts and Hardzinksi dominated. The pair went back and forth throughout the game, with Betts leading by just $600 going into Final Jeopardy. Heading into the final round, Betts stood at $14,600, Hardzinksi followed closely behind with $14,000, and Wilkins trailed with $3,200. The final clue under the category “Space Shuttles” read, “2 space shuttles were...
- 4/12/2024
- TV Insider
Lucas Partridge might have been hoping to extend his record-breaking* stint as Jeopardy!‘s reigning champion, but alas, his first night back after the onslaught of tournaments ended in a loss for him. Wednesday’s episode of Jeopardy!, which was the first regular show after the Invitational Tournament ended on Tuesday, saw Partridge, a school counselor from Las Vegas, joined by newcomers Daniel Rosenberg, a lawyer from New York, and Lee Wilkins, a regulatory affairs coordinator from Alabama. The first round went well enough for Partridge. He got 12 answers correct, versus five incorrect. and netted $3,600. Rosenberg was forging right ahead of him, though, with nine correct answers and just one incorrect, earning $4,600. Wilkins, who got just three correct and two incorrect, ended the first half with $0. ...
- 4/10/2024
- TV Insider
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