After months of gameplay, Jeopardy!‘s final round of Champions Wildcard is winding down, but the tournament is still delivering shocking moments on the way to the February 22 finale. Wednesday’s (February 7) quarter-final match-up saw a battle between returning Season 39 contestants Taylor Clagett, a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York, and Justin White, a director of orchestra personnel from Overland Park, Kansas. Sriken was perhaps the favorite heading into the episode, at least in terms of fan support. Viewers warmed to Sriken during her original March 2023 appearance for her expressive reactions and funny story about finishing third in a Hall & Oates music video competition. On Wednesday’s episode, Sriken started well, leading the way after the first round with 13 correct responses and $6,600. Clagett followed closely behind with $5,600, while White trailed with $400. The battle between Sriken and Clagett remained closely fought...
- 2/8/2024
- TV Insider
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the July 25 episode of Jeopardy!] Two-day Jeopardy! champion and marketing director Taylor Clagett had to defend his $31,800 winnings against library circulation assistant Julie Sission and psychologist resident Andrew Knowles. And although the Final Jeopardy can come across as easy to viewers, some more obvious clues left our cast of contestants completely stumped. In the first round, the “Denmark” category took some casualties, with every contestant getting the same question wrong for $200. “Animals” for $600 produced another triple stumper, as did “Animals” for $400. “Even Rhyme the Time” for $200 made everyone clam up. However, when the game shifted to Double Jeopardy, Julie found the second Daily Double almost immediately but was unable to answer correctly. She dropped $4,000 from her third-place total of $4,200 against Taylor’s lead of $6,200. This ruined her chance of jumping from third to first place, as host Ken Jennings pointed out, especially since Taylor correctly answered the final Daily Double soon after for ...
- 7/26/2023
- TV Insider
Recent Jeopardy! champion Taylor Clagett has donated his earnings to pediatric cancer research in honor of his late niece. Clagett, a marketing director from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, won his second game on Monday, July 24, bringing his two-day total to $31,800. He defeated teacher Ian Foutz and graduate student Simona Fine during Monday’s game to keep his win streak going. But it was during last Friday’s (July 21) game when Clagett revealed what he plans to do with his winnings. Speaking to host Ken Jennings, Clagett revealed that he would be contributing his earnings to a non-profit organization set up in honor of his late niece, Taylor Anne. “Unfortunately, we lost my niece, Taylor Anne, to brain cancer last August,” Clagett shared. “So, since that time, her mom, my sister, has set up a non-profit called the Taylor Anne Foundation. It’s an incredible cause, and if I win some money,...
- 7/25/2023
- TV Insider
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