‘Jeopardy!’: Daily Double Drama Decides Who Joins Scott Riccardi in TOC Final

Laura Faddah, from Memphis, Tennessee, who received a bye to the semi-finals, played against TJ Fisher, from San Francisco, California, and Steven Olson, from Princeton, Illinois, on January 28. Faddah, a manager, won eight games during her original run, earning her $95,599.

The first half of the round had Fisher, a marketing specialist, and Olson, a band director, battling for first place. However, after the first 15 clues, Olson had the lead by $1,200, with a total of $4,200.

Faddah found the Daily Double on clue 18. She had $1,000 and wagered all of her money in “Book It.” The clue read, “In a 1906 novel, he wrote of ‘splitters’ who earned 50 cents an hour doing nothing but chopping hogs down the middle.” She answered correctly with “Who is (Upton) Sinclair?” giving her $2,000.

She ended the round with $2,000. Fisher had $3,400. Olson was in first place with $6,200.

In Double Jeopardy, Faddah found the first DD on clue one. She made it a true Daily Double with $2,000 in her bank. In “‘N’ The City,” the clue read, “Once named for Nicholas II, a city on the Ob was given this new name meaning ‘new Siberia.'”

“What’s… No… Novo… Nord… I don’t know,” she responded. The correct response was Novosibirsk. She dropped down to $0.

Olson answered the next two clues correctly. Then, he found the second DD on clue five after a Triple Stumper. He had a significant lead, but Olson wagered all of his $9,400 in “From The Neck Up.” The clue was “Also called gray matter, this outermost part of the brain, with a 2-word name, integrates sensory impulses.”

After some prompting from host Ken Jennings, Olson answered, “What’s corpus callosum?” which was wrong. He dropped down to $0. The correct response was the cerebral cortex.

This gave Fisher a great opportunity to win the game since he was the only one with money in his bank. Although Olson made a comeback, it wasn’t enough to take first place.

Fisher ended in first with $13,400. Olson had $8,400. Faddah was in last place with $1,600.

The category for Final Jeopardy was “20th Century Bigwigs.” The clue read, “The subtitle of a 2022 bio of this magnate who died in 1976 is ‘the meek shall inherit the Earth – but not its mineral rights.'” The final clue was a Triple Stumper from the game show contestants, as none of them answered J.Paul Getty.

Faddah and Olson both answered, “Who is DeBeers?” Faddah wagered $1,599, leaving her with $1. Olson wagered $5,404, making his final total $2,996. Fisher answered with “Who is Du Pont?” He wagered $3,001, making his final total $10,799.

Fisher advanced to the finals as a result of failed Daily Doubles from his opponents. He will join Riccardi and Thursday’s winner in the finals. The first contestant to win three games becomes the champion.

“Those d**n Daily Doubles,” one Reddit fan said.

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