JEOPARDY! champ Patrick Curran’s streak has come to an end on Monday.
A new player dominated the game and earned an impressive victory as he walked his way through Final Jeopardy!.
On Monday’s episode of Jeopardy! Patrick Curran faced copy editor Connor Sears and music teacher Kelly Mraz.
The consultant from Washington DC was looking to continue his two-day steak after a runaway game on Friday.
During the Jeopardy! Round, Connor from Queens, New York, immediately showed himself to be a fierce competitor.
However, Patrick continued his luck in finding Daily Doubles as he landed on the first one of the day.
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He made it a true daily double, and the risk paid off.
Heading into the first commercial break, he was in the lead with $6,400.
Patrick continued his success with a series of correct answers, and was at $8,200 at the start of Double Jeopardy!
Meanwhile, Kelly and Connor were at $3,800 and $5,600 respectively.
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Kelly briefly pushed her way into the lead after sweeping the “all the right movies” category, but Patrick quickly caught up.
DOUBLE DOUBLES
Connor then found the second Daily Double, and moved into the lead with a bold $5,600 wager, putting his earnings at $15,200.
From then on, the game was his, and he quickly found the other Daily Double, for which he wagered $7,000.
“Woah!” exclaimed host Ken Jennings as he revealed the clue.
The clue read: “In Rome, the building called this is an ancient but active church; the one in Paris is a Mausoleum.”
The copy editor correctly answered: “What is the Pantheon?” and his earnings increased to $25,800.
After a few more rounds of questions, the contestants headed to the Final Jeopardy! round, but Connor had a big lead.
He sat at $27,800 while Patrick was on $12,600 and Kelly trailed with $8,200.
SAFELY TO VICTORY
Under the category “USA,” the final clue read: “Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is in Moore County, Tennessee’s largest employer, Moore is a Dry County.”
Kelly revealed her answer first, and she was correct with: “What is Jack Daniel’s?”
She doubled her daily winnings to $16,400.
Patrick, the champ who was in second place, also knew the answer was Jack Daniel’s, and wagered $3,801 to put him one buck ahead of Kelly.
Before revealing his answer, Ken noted that Connor had “a very impressive day finding both those Daily Doubles.”
He also got the correct answer on Final Jeopardy!, but kept his wager modest at $200.
Nevertheless, Connor finished the game a winner and walked home with a one-day total of $28,000.
“You are our new Jeopardy! champion, well done,” congratulated Ken.
As the episode aired, viewers shared their reactions to the impressive debut performance.
"Congratulations Connor... I got the feeling he'd be a strong contender," wrote one on social media.
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"This game shows the importance of the Daily Doubles as Connor really leveraged on those to get to a runaway... Connor definitely deserved his win," another agreed.
Connor will be back tomorrow to defend his newfound champ status.
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