The Artemis II astronauts have returned from space, but Jamie's headed into space. He was most vulnerable on Wednesday night when his game earnings had him in 2nd place going into the Final Jeopardy round.
Only the middle contestant was ahead of Jamie with $17,600. Jamie was weighing in with $14,400, an unusual place for him. No runaway. He was most vulnerable to be checkmated. Final Jeopardy clue was a humdinger: "Adopted in 1979, the name reflects his size and strength as well as a promoter's wish to appeal to Irish-American fans."
WTF! Who writes these clues? The 3rd Contestant is mathematically out of it. The leader, Dominex Kovacs, wagers $11,201, the classic cover move to go past Jamie if Jamie doubles his bet and gets it right. Jamie, must not have been feeling it, because he bets a lukewarm $5,199, but a smart bet probably not feeling he was going to answer right, and if the leader bet enough to cover a potential Jamie double and lost, then he'd have less than Jamie as they both didn't know the answer. Result would be Jamie continues as champion. The bed feeling paid off, and the bet was right.
Remember, the bets are made before the clue is revealed. Dominex has no answer. Jamie answers Roddy Rowdy Piper, which at least brings him close to the answer being a wrestler, Hulk Hogan. Hogan, get it? Appeal to Irish-American fans. Huh?
Dust settles, and Jamie has $9,201 to Dominex's $6,398. The champ wins the decision.
My knowledge of wrestling fans must be outdated, because I thought in New York at least they were mostly all Polish. Killer Kowalski, remember? Monday night was wrestling night at Madison Square Garden and Greenpoint, Brooklyn emptied out as the residents got on the subway to the Garden.
Jamie sails through Thursday and Friday matches and ends the week at 21 consecutive games with $609,000 in earnings.
Does a Jeopardy clue writer get a raise when they triple-stump the contestants?. They should. Maybe there's a Hall of Fame, or a plaque. When I saw the preview clue to Friday's final, I thought Jamie will easily get that one. I didn't get the answer, but Jamie has swallowed an atlas and lives to be with us on Monday.
Friday's clue: Around the World A river named for the sacred lotus flower flows toward this 839,000-square-mike body of water.
Yeah, sure. Jamie: The Bay of Bengal.
Ding goes Ka-ching again. See you Monday.
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