It’s the result of a years-long effort by the show’s most diehard fans to lift up the hood of the nearly 60-year-old game show in search of analytical certainty. On Jeopardy!, a tiebreaker isn’t just a tiebreaker. McLean beat her to the buzzer on the show’s inaugural tiebreaker clue (“Her April decision to call a snap parliamentary election proved less than brilliant on June 8”-Theresa May), and that was that. Norris and McLean ended up tied at $6,799. It’s very distracting, and very high stress-I knew I was in a situation where I should win if I didn’t mess up, and I really just could not get my brain to process how to do the wagering math.” During my episode, Alex had to do a number of pickups”-short, refilmed sequences-“so he was joking around with the production staff, re-recording things, and so on. “The thing about doing your wager for Jeopardy! is it’s not exactly a quiet, calm environment. But while there might be more time than it seems like in the telecast, Norris says, it’s hardly ideal arithmetic conditions. During Final Jeopardy!, contestants are even given slips of scratch paper to run through the options. The moments of wagering-when contestants work out how much they want to gamble on a Daily Double or in Final Jeopardy!-are exceptions, with players ostensibly given as long as they want to work out a sum. Jeopardy! mostly tapes in real time with next to no editing of timing. “As I was trying to calculate my wager, I could not remember if I was supposed to subtract a dollar or add a dollar at a critical part of the equation. “I have the dubious honor of being the only person to end up in a Jeopardy! tiebreaker because of a math/brain error rather than an unavoidable reality,” Norris says. Just ask Sarah Norris, who in 2018 found herself playing against Laura McLean in the first tiebreaker during a regular game of Jeopardy! in the show’s history. Jeopardy!’s tiebreaker is a relatively recent innovation. What an ending! Here's what happens when two contestants are tied after Final Jeopardy! /wwTtGkkl00- Jeopardy! January 23, 2021 A single additional clue was revealed: “In October 1961 Stalin’s body was removed from display in this other man’s tomb.” Chang buzzed in first and was correct ( Who is Lenin?), becoming the episode’s champ Weller, despite his hefty would-be winnings, went home as the runner-up with a $2,000 consolation prize. All three went all in for Final Jeopardy! Chang and Weller were correct, leaving them tied at an even $37,600 and sending them to a high-stakes tiebreaker round. By the time the Final Jeopardy! category-Statues-was revealed, Chang and Weller were tied at $18,800, with Houska trailing at $10,000. ![]() Chang led through much of Double Jeopardy! until Weller found both of the round’s Daily Doubles. Friday’s game saw contestants Maggie Houska, Jack Weller, and returning champion Brian Chang face off. ![]() The occasion for all this pearl-clutching was the show’s third-ever regular-season tiebreaker. Something crazy happens in today's Final Jeopardy! /ukyzchjmvS- Jeopardy! January 22, 2021
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