If anyone else was curious, the best-ever second place finish was achieved by Adam Levin in 2019. He came in second place with $53,999 behind James Holzhauer, who won with $54,017.
@@Milesco Unfortunately, the second and third place finishers only get $2000 and $1000, respectively. Which also means in this tie-breaker round not buzzing in faster didn't just cost the champ his streak, but $32,000 in prize money. That's gotta sting.
Among the 4 regular tiebreakers: 2 games hosted by Alex, 2 games hosted by Ken 2 games taped during pre-pandemic, 2 games during pandemic 2 games won by returning champion, 2 games won by the challenger
I don't usually watch full episodes of Jeopardy these, but it happened to be playing at the diner I was at tonight. Boy was this a crazy episode to catch! Congrats to her, glad she won :) ❤
The tie breaker answer I remember because of an 80s Charlie Brown special, “What have we learned, Charlie Brown?” Taking place right after “Bob Voyage, Charlie Brown” (where Charlie, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Snoopy go to France) they go to a WWI graveyard. Linus recited “In Flanders Fields” then asked the title question, “What have we learned, Charlie Brown?” And Charlie then recalls the moment to his sister, Sally.
When did this tiebreaker thing come in? In years previous, they both would have played again. Heck, I've seen games where all three players were tied at the end and returned the next day.
I’ve watched so many “smart” people totally screw up strategy over the years. Years ago I was waiting tables and a customer told me she was going on Jeopardy. I started in on my strategy speech and she listened. She came back after the show and said she took my advice (omg I influenced Jeopardy). She came in second but Alex Trebek said that people with her score usually win.
Starting November 24, 2014, after the 2014 Tournament of Champions, ties were no longer allowed in regular-play games on Jeopardy!; because it resulted in co-champions four times in the first two weeks of Season 31. So as a result, if two or three contestants are tied, they will be given a tiebreaker clue and only one champion comes back. I do miss ties though!
Agreed. I preferred it when there would co-champions for one day. Of course, I also liked the show better when contestants could only be on it five days.
It is okay for you but not the player that supposed to compete the following episode. Just today's episode either Lucian Wang or Anne Large would had bumped out in favor of bring back Henry to the show. The more co-champions existed, the more players that supposed to compete will not able to play the show.
@@adampierce9861 They sacrificed their work schedule in order to appear on the show. Once they are bumped out, they need to reschedule again for their next appearance. The casting department is de-clogging it since 2014.
wow...Ken had the most recent tiebreaker too just 2 weeks after assuming his first run of hosting last year back in January. Both contestants were tied going into final Jeopardy and both answered correctly...betting it all. Crazy it came down to the tiebreaker buzz-in to determine who won.
I’m seeing all these people saying the tie breaker was pretty easy (which I believe is usually the case for tie breakers), yet I did not actually know the answer.
Every question is easy if you know the answer. Always found it fascinating when someone says that was so easy, if they didnt know the answer they wouldve said it was hard.
@@bobapjok4241 You make a very solid point that’s true and I agree with. For what I said about tie breakers in general, I mean that they tend to be questions that are well known, as the goal is just to break the tie, not that they are necessarily easy.
Nice. In the comfort of my home I got the right answer, but it might have been one of those names I'd have had a hard time coming up with in a studio setting... I could feel it just on the right side of that line where you just can't think of it in time ~Trav
I wish they’d go back to no tiebreaker and both contestants keep their full winnings and return the next day as co-champions (or all 3, as that happened previously.)
Once again a contestant nearly blew it by wagering poorly. It's amazing how many contestants don't seem to learn the strategies for betting and just concentrate on the buzzer or the answers.
Given her personal story, I am apt to chalk this up to what my uncle would have called "cancer brain". Perfectly fine for most things, but occasional inexplicable gaffes.
Watched an episode where a guy with a big lead bet so much that if he missed the final question he would of lost but he got it correct. Alex asked him about the unusual strategy and he replied “I thought I was doing the right thing”.
What in the world would possess her to make that wager? No logical strategy makes that a smart bet. I was hoping she lost just because of the idiotic bet. You have to assume, at least most of the time, that the player just behind you in points gets the Final right and bets it all. Especially since they needed a minimum of $601 to pass the 3rd place player if they got it right and bet it all.
Wow, an extremely rare regular season tie! And I agree that it is long due for a woman to host the show, and the perfect woman to host is Jen Kennings.
I cannot wait till Ken Jennings is the permanent host. I feel he’s so more lively than Mayim is. Also, it’s wild how tonight’s game ended! Holy smokes!
Just another reminder. Mayim has been asked in various questions in jeopardy during Alex's era. Alex also appeared in Mayim's show blossom as a guest actor.
@@baconbap Well, basically speaking, his energy and enthusiasm is better when reading the clues and interacting with the contestants. Mayim, I feel, tries too hard and her humor is just dry. That’s why I said lively.
I love how Ken alluded to the proper wagering strategy before revealing her wager. It’s little things like that which makes him the preferred host. Mayim may have a PhD but always seems dumbfounded with regard to the game strategy.
You seem to generalize the idea that having a PhD automatically means you’re smart in everything around the world. What does that mean for people without one? For starters, Ken Jennings has been in the show as a contestant countless times so it’s natural that he will be more familiar with the game strategy than Mayim. Someone who tunes into the show regularly can eventually learn to strategize FJ wagers to come out in 1st place. Second, a PhD increases knowledge in a particular field and is not a sign that they know everything there is to know about everything. A person with a PhD may be well regarded in their field but be completely clueless on other matters (like how to replace a tire, have no sense of direction or situational awareness, or even how to customize settings of a computer).
@@VicGChad07oh ... well I thought it was pre-recorded applauses. I apologize. There are usually 300-400 people in the studio audience. The volume would not be that different at that magnitude. I assume the 50 are not camera crew?
Ken and Mayim are both doing a fine job. Both bring a different persona, different fanbase, different kinds of approaches, and they both should continue. If in 2021, we won't have women in equal roles, then the show itself should get canceled. We all are aware, how women like mayim will be targeted for her giggles (true, someone said it here), her cloths, her hairs, her voice.... But it's these unconventional beautiful women, who bring unconventional success and perceptive, knowledge and experience.
My issue with Mayam is not her gender (I enjoyed the heck out of her on TBBT and she made the character much more than a "female Sheldon" which is how the character was originally conceived) but her fakeness. Ken generates a genuine warmth and liking of the contestants that comes across the camera while Mayam, even after these months, still shows an artificiality that might be due to her years of being an actress. And you can see that in the moments when they make little joking asides that aren't just reading off the teleprompter. Jennings' quips are cute and funny while Mayam still struggles with hers. Thus, I don't "dislike" Mayam Bialik and am more than impressed with her education (unlike a lot of celebrities who were given honorary degrees, hers was legitimately earned and in a very impressive field) and think she is talented as a comedic actress. But, just like everyone else, she can't be good at everything and, in this case, Ken Jennings just happens to be better. That's not being sexist and has nothing to do with her gender but just admitting what we see on camera.
It seems like every sport now has some random method to break a tie, which in the final analysis isn't much different from tossing a coin to decide the winner. If it were up to me, when Jeopardy ends in a tie I'd invite both players back and split the winning total. In the old days, both players would get the full amount, which did nothing to discourage some players from intentionally making a FJ bet that made a tie possible.
Fun fact: The first almost tie on Jeopardy happened on Andrew He's fourth win. He won only by $1 in a game that "could've been a tie"! 😮 Can you imagine if Amy Schneider and Andrew He were tied, seeing how competitive it was when Andrew He lost?
The poem” In Flanders Field “ was written by Canadian doctor John McCrae, during the second battle of Ypres, in 1915. He later died of pneumonia just before the war ended. Stay safe, stay sane, be well
They changed that rule several years ago. Years before the change, there was a three way tie that was orchestrated by the three contestants, so I guess "the powers that be" wanted to limit any kind of collusion among the contestants.
...maybe Patrick wasn't the Jeopardy champion, but he's the only one on that stage with Semester at Sea memories! Way to represent the Fall 2001 voyage!
If anyone else was curious, the best-ever second place finish was achieved by Adam Levin in 2019. He came in second place with $53,999 behind James Holzhauer, who won with $54,017.
Damn, that's rough.....earning $53,999 and _still_ not winning the game!
@@Milesco Unfortunately, the second and third place finishers only get $2000 and $1000, respectively. Which also means in this tie-breaker round not buzzing in faster didn't just cost the champ his streak, but $32,000 in prize money.
That's gotta sting.
Idk what she was thinking by not wagering $15,001....she made that more difficult for herself honestly (luckily that tiebreaker clue was easy)
my thought too
Didn't really deserve to win as a result.
good at trivia, bad at math
Tie breakers are usually easy
That measly one dollar will haunt her for the rest of her life.
Among the 4 regular tiebreakers:
2 games hosted by Alex, 2 games hosted by Ken
2 games taped during pre-pandemic, 2 games during pandemic
2 games won by returning champion, 2 games won by the challenger
Deuces are wild!!
The tie-breaker was pretty easy. Pretty much came down to a fastest finger.
If I didn’t watch hockey, I wouldn’t have gotten the tiebreaker.
Which is the idea.
@@sparkyshore3543 Anyone who lives in British Empire countries would know it immediately.
@@sparkyshore3543 don cherry?
@@Manima108 what about him?
Christine got lucky that she won after that wager. Hopefully she won't make the same mistake again.
@@gnirolnamlerf593 what were the shows?
I don't usually watch full episodes of Jeopardy these, but it happened to be playing at the diner I was at tonight. Boy was this a crazy episode to catch! Congrats to her, glad she won :) ❤
The tie breaker answer I remember because of an 80s Charlie Brown special, “What have we learned, Charlie Brown?” Taking place right after “Bob Voyage, Charlie Brown” (where Charlie, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Snoopy go to France) they go to a WWI graveyard. Linus recited “In Flanders Fields” then asked the title question, “What have we learned, Charlie Brown?” And Charlie then recalls the moment to his sister, Sally.
That was a terrible bet by the winner.
So happy for her. What a year she's had.
A sudden death tiebreaker is an interesting idea after a tiebreaker in Final Jeopardy.
When did this tiebreaker thing come in? In years previous, they both would have played again. Heck, I've seen games where all three players were tied at the end and returned the next day.
2014
Always play for the win!
I’ve watched so many “smart” people totally screw up strategy over the years. Years ago I was waiting tables and a customer told me she was going on Jeopardy. I started in on my strategy speech and she listened. She came back after the show and said she took my advice (omg I influenced Jeopardy). She came in second but Alex Trebek said that people with her score usually win.
ooh . . .
Hey Jay in Maine, I'm Frank in Maine
*Yesssss!! I'm so glad to see a new champion...she's awesome.*
In Flander's Fields
Starting November 24, 2014, after the 2014 Tournament of Champions, ties were no longer allowed in regular-play games on Jeopardy!; because it resulted in co-champions four times in the first two weeks of Season 31. So as a result, if two or three contestants are tied, they will be given a tiebreaker clue and only one champion comes back. I do miss ties though!
Got both, but I have to say the tie breaker seemed REALLY easy. :O It was thrilling anyway, though!
Wow, why just 15000? Rookie mistake. But she saved herself with the tiebreaker.
I liked the old regular season rule that both moved on.
Agreed. I preferred it when there would co-champions for one day. Of course, I also liked the show better when contestants could only be on it five days.
@@lisakwaterski6707 They would both come back. If the previous champ was one of them they would be in the winners spot. If not they flipped for it
It is okay for you but not the player that supposed to compete the following episode. Just today's episode either Lucian Wang or Anne Large would had bumped out in favor of bring back Henry to the show. The more co-champions existed, the more players that supposed to compete will not able to play the show.
@@ajsy1090 They would have just waited an extra episode or if it was the tail end of a season would be first in line for the next.
@@adampierce9861 They sacrificed their work schedule in order to appear on the show. Once they are bumped out, they need to reschedule again for their next appearance. The casting department is de-clogging it since 2014.
It used to be that if there was a tie in Final Jeopardy that both players returned the next day! When did they change that rule?
After the 2014 Tournament Of Champions
wow...Ken had the most recent tiebreaker too just 2 weeks after assuming his first run of hosting last year back in January. Both contestants were tied going into final Jeopardy and both answered correctly...betting it all. Crazy it came down to the tiebreaker buzz-in to determine who won.
I’m seeing all these people saying the tie breaker was pretty easy (which I believe is usually the case for tie breakers), yet I did not actually know the answer.
Yeah I'm a bit of a history buff and I don't remember that... It must have been in a movie or something for everyone to be saying it's obvious.
Every question is easy if you know the answer. Always found it fascinating when someone says that was so easy, if they didnt know the answer they wouldve said it was hard.
@@bobapjok4241 You make a very solid point that’s true and I agree with. For what I said about tie breakers in general, I mean that they tend to be questions that are well known, as the goal is just to break the tie, not that they are necessarily easy.
I had never seen a tiebreaker in jeopardy before, and have now seen two in the last week (there was one in the college tournament as well)
2 tiebreakers in less than a week
I got it!
Nice. In the comfort of my home I got the right answer, but it might have been one of those names I'd have had a hard time coming up with in a studio setting... I could feel it just on the right side of that line where you just can't think of it in time
~Trav
Man. Jeopardy's getting a lot of free publicity these days.
So many tiebreakers ain't hurting...
Is the tie breaker a new thing? I don't remember them years ago.
Yay! I got one with Willy Loman. Finally.
Me too! I would have blown the tie breaker, I think….
Remembered Death of a Salesman, but not the name of the character. I'm stupid sometimes.....
I didn’t get poppy. Don’t beat yourself up.
nice finish
I wish they’d go back to no tiebreaker and both contestants keep their full winnings and return the next day as co-champions (or all 3, as that happened previously.)
Dang it! Knew it was Death of a Salesman just from the year, but forgot his name
Why didn't Christine just be $15,001 to cover Henry and avoid the tiebreaker clue?!
That tiebreaker was soooo easy
- More like a $200 clue in 1st round Jeopardy. Guess they don't want to drag it out.
Tiebreakers are usually more about speed than difficulty
Unusually easy Final Jeopardy
Got both!
Once again a contestant nearly blew it by wagering poorly. It's amazing how many contestants don't seem to learn the strategies for betting and just concentrate on the buzzer or the answers.
Given her personal story, I am apt to chalk this up to what my uncle would have called "cancer brain". Perfectly fine for most things, but occasional inexplicable gaffes.
Imagine if she lost this game with $34000 it would hurt so bad.
Watched an episode where a guy with a big lead bet so much that if he missed the final question he would of lost but he got it correct. Alex asked him about the unusual strategy and he replied “I thought I was doing the right thing”.
@@fable9159 it was many years ago, the gentleman in question was African American, not that it matters it is just fact.
@@fable9159 not that I am aware of. Someone may put it out someday, I would like seeing it again myself/
What in the world would possess her to make that wager? No logical strategy makes that a smart bet. I was hoping she lost just because of the idiotic bet. You have to assume, at least most of the time, that the player just behind you in points gets the Final right and bets it all. Especially since they needed a minimum of $601 to pass the 3rd place player if they got it right and bet it all.
Willy Loman and Poppy. Both were pretty easy.
Wow, an extremely rare regular season tie! And I agree that it is long due for a woman to host the show, and the perfect woman to host is Jen Kennings.
🤣🤣🤣
Nice.
Well played.
Well, I agree. It was long overdue for women to be at power position. Not these white men like Kenny G
Lol!!
I wish they would just bring back both contestants when there's a tie.
I cannot wait till Ken Jennings is the permanent host. I feel he’s so more lively than Mayim is. Also, it’s wild how tonight’s game ended! Holy smokes!
Just another reminder. Mayim has been asked in various questions in jeopardy during Alex's era. Alex also appeared in Mayim's show blossom as a guest actor.
Lively? Seriously?
@@baconbap Well, basically speaking, his energy and enthusiasm is better when reading the clues and interacting with the contestants. Mayim, I feel, tries too hard and her humor is just dry. That’s why I said lively.
Does anyone know if “The Salesman” would have been an acceptable response?
Doubtful. The Character's name is iconic.
That was the first time I saw a tie breaker I just thought that both of them came back tomorrow
I love how Ken alluded to the proper wagering strategy before revealing her wager. It’s little things like that which makes him the preferred host. Mayim may have a PhD but always seems dumbfounded with regard to the game strategy.
That is correct. Is Mayim a good host ? Unfortunately that is not correct.
You seem to generalize the idea that having a PhD automatically means you’re smart in everything around the world. What does that mean for people without one?
For starters, Ken Jennings has been in the show as a contestant countless times so it’s natural that he will be more familiar with the game strategy than Mayim. Someone who tunes into the show regularly can eventually learn to strategize FJ wagers to come out in 1st place.
Second, a PhD increases knowledge in a particular field and is not a sign that they know everything there is to know about everything. A person with a PhD may be well regarded in their field but be completely clueless on other matters (like how to replace a tire, have no sense of direction or situational awareness, or even how to customize settings of a computer).
@ Songs. Figures. Can't come up with a logical argument. Hard to argue with the truth.
@@VicGChad07 👍
It should probably be noted that the host can actually see the wagers ahead of time. He knew a tie was incoming if they both gave the right answer.
I would rather have a silent back drop than a fake applause.
@@VicGChad07oh ... well I thought it was pre-recorded applauses. I apologize.
There are usually 300-400 people in the studio audience. The volume would not be that different at that magnitude. I assume the 50 are not camera crew?
I didn’t know tiebreakers existed in Jeopardy!.
There can only be one jeopardy champion not 2 or 3 just one
Maybe it's not worth it for budgetary reasons to pay out an extra $34K, but as a viewer I'd rather see co-champions have round 2 the next day
If, by chance, a contestant gave an incorrect response from a tie-breaker clue, was their apponent declared the winner?
How can you not wager the right amount when you’re in the lead? It’s just silly
Ken and Mayim are both doing a fine job. Both bring a different persona, different fanbase, different kinds of approaches, and they both should continue. If in 2021, we won't have women in equal roles, then the show itself should get canceled. We all are aware, how women like mayim will be targeted for her giggles (true, someone said it here), her cloths, her hairs, her voice.... But it's these unconventional beautiful women, who bring unconventional success and perceptive, knowledge and experience.
Ken is simply better at hosting. And it’s not because he’s a man and she’s a woman
Mayim is targeted for being Anti trump...
@@steventyler5037 not just that. She comes from minority, is a women, and that plays a unconscious role, in what we see....here
@@TradeIggyNow you are wrong.
My issue with Mayam is not her gender (I enjoyed the heck out of her on TBBT and she made the character much more than a "female Sheldon" which is how the character was originally conceived) but her fakeness. Ken generates a genuine warmth and liking of the contestants that comes across the camera while Mayam, even after these months, still shows an artificiality that might be due to her years of being an actress. And you can see that in the moments when they make little joking asides that aren't just reading off the teleprompter. Jennings' quips are cute and funny while Mayam still struggles with hers.
Thus, I don't "dislike" Mayam Bialik and am more than impressed with her education (unlike a lot of celebrities who were given honorary degrees, hers was legitimately earned and in a very impressive field) and think she is talented as a comedic actress. But, just like everyone else, she can't be good at everything and, in this case, Ken Jennings just happens to be better. That's not being sexist and has nothing to do with her gender but just admitting what we see on camera.
Who is Willy Lohman?
wow I actually got this right.
Anyone notice how often Jeopardy! spoils in the video description? Like... why?
@@VicGChad07 How do you miss the word "Tiebreaker"?
tie breaker sucks...you play the entire game just to lose on 1 clue from 1 category
Doncha love it when the answer blasts to the front of your brain, even before you've read/heard the entire clue ?
Got the Final Jeopardy, but would not have gotten the tiebreaker. Well done!
I was literally the opposite!
I was the opposite, haha
I knew "poppies" from a Sting song about WW1: "Children's Crusade".
Tiebreaker! Exciting!
Very guessable question. Did I guess it? Of course not.
@@lisakwaterski6707 Guilty! 😃
Seems so wrong to ask all those questions and have it come down to 1 question. I don't like it.
It seems like every sport now has some random method to break a tie, which in the final analysis isn't much different from tossing a coin to decide the winner. If it were up to me, when Jeopardy ends in a tie I'd invite both players back and split the winning total. In the old days, both players would get the full amount, which did nothing to discourage some players from intentionally making a FJ bet that made a tie possible.
Perfect opportunity for:
"This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker."
An ultra rare Tie !! 😎
Awesome 👌 Game ! Poppy 🌼 !
That woman's lucky she got an easy one! She should have only bet $15001.
Fun fact: The first almost tie on Jeopardy happened on Andrew He's fourth win. He won only by $1 in a game that "could've been a tie"! 😮
Can you imagine if Amy Schneider and Andrew He were tied, seeing how competitive it was when Andrew He lost?
Figured it was death of a salesman but didn't know the characters name.
The poem” In Flanders Field “ was written by Canadian doctor John McCrae, during the second battle of Ypres, in 1915. He later died of pneumonia just before the war ended.
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
Did she just forget that extra buck?
Who knows??
Whoopsie!
Well done Christine
Good game.
Wow! Wonder if the leader thought ties both went forward or something. That’s a 32,000 question on that tiebreaker. Yikes!
That used to be the case. They switched to the tiebreaker a few seasons ago.
Apparently she said on Reddit that she just made a mistake and forgot to add the extra $1.
I thought they invited both contestants back in the event of a tie(except tournament play). When did they change the rule???
They changed that rule several years ago. Years before the change, there was a three way tie that was orchestrated by the three contestants, so I guess "the powers that be" wanted to limit any kind of collusion among the contestants.
@@VicGChad07 Yes. That started with Arthur Chu.
When you're in the lead and make such a stupid bet you allow yourself to be tired you should automatically lose.
I agree. Hate to be mean, but there was something about her that I found very annoying.
@Fable. You liked her. She annoyed me. That’s fine. It’s just a matter of opinion.
Loman - Death Of A Salesman.
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...maybe Patrick wasn't the Jeopardy champion, but he's the only one on that stage with Semester at Sea memories! Way to represent the Fall 2001 voyage!
Just bet $1 more!
Tiebreaker , first time since 2021 of January
Go Christine!!
WTG Christine and congrats🤗I love those tiebreaker questions.....they have me on the edge of my seat!!
First and Wow!
11th!