‘Jeopardy!’ Giant-Slayer Greg Shahade Has Tough Time After Beating Jamie Ding

“Yesterday, our champion, Greg Shahade, added ‘Jeopardy! giant-killer’ to his game-playing resume, as it was checkmate for 31-game champion, Jamie Ding,” host Ken Jennings said. “Greg found, and responded correctly to all three Daily Doubles yesterday, adding $16,800 to his score on those three clues alone, and that catapulted him to a runaway win.”

“Jamie had certainly seemed unstoppable for weeks, but it just goes to show, anything can happen on the Alex Trebek stage,” he said.

Shahade had the lead of $2,200 when he found the Daily Double on clue 12, where he wagered all of his money. The clue in “Repetitive Stress” was “Anaphora is the repetition of the start of a clause ending in different ways, like these 4 words in an Aug. 28, 1963 speech in D.C.”

The game show contestant shrugged and guessed “What is I Have a Dream?” and he was right. This gave him $4,400.

By the end of the round, Shahade’s opponents didn’t leave him with a runaway. He had $7,600. Argento, a high school teacher, was in second place with $3,600. Jiang, a student, had $2,800.

Shahade found the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy on clue two. With $8,200 in his bank, he wagered $6,000.

The clue in “O Captain, My Captain” was, “A national hero as an Austrian sub captain during WWI, he’d later gain more fame after marrying a woman named Maria.” Shahade stared at the clue and shrugged.

The correct response was Georg von Trapp, the real-life captain from The Sound of Music. Shahade dropped to third place with $2,200.

He found the last DD on clue five. Shahade had $4,200 and wagered all of it. In “Business History,” the clue read, “This co. was born in 1911, after 4 years of talks among the Intl. Time Recording Co., Computing Scale Co. & Tabulating Machine Co.”

“What?” he asked when looking at the clue. “What’s IBM?” he guessed. Shahade was right and doubled up to $8,400, retaking the lead.

But Argento didn’t let Shahade have a runaway. When he had over $10,000, Argento had $9,600.

By the end of the round, Shahade had the lead with $12,400. Argento was not too far behind with $10,800. Jiang was in third place with $6,000.

“Playwrights” was the Final Jeopardy category. The clue was “When she was 7, her family moved to the mostly white Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn, leading to attacks & a Supreme Court case.” All three contestants correctly responded with Lorraine Hansbury, so it all came down to wagers.

Jiang wagered $3,200, giving her a final total of $9,200. Argento’s wager was $1,601, making his total $12,401. Shahade made a big wager of $9,201, giving him a total of $21,601.

Shahade won his second game and has a two-day total of $54,601. He will return on April 29.

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