‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Faces High School Quiz Bowl Coach — Does His Reign End?
Spoiler Alert
Did Adam Remsen run into trouble when he faced off against a high school quiz bowl coach during his 12th Jeopardy! game? The two men also versed a writer for Pixar.
Remsen, an attorney and theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee, entered the June 29 game with a total of $278,806. That brought him to 19th place for All-Time Winnings, Regular Play, according to The Jeopardy! Fan. Remsen played against Sarah Streicher, from Altadena, California, and Jeff Price, from Barrington, Illinois. Warning: Spoilers for the June 29 episode of Jeopardy! ahead!
Streicher, a writer, found the Daily Double on clue four. According to IMDb, she is a writer and producer on the Pixar film Turning Red, as well as The Wilds, and Daredevil. Streicher had the lead with $1,600 and wagered $1,000.
In “The Author’s Characters,” the clue read, “We pay tribute to Effie Trinket & Foxface.” “Who is Collins?” she answered correctly. They are characters in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. That gave her $2,600 compared to Remsen’s $800.
However, by the time the show hit clue 15, Remsen had taken the lead with $4,600. Streicher had $4,200. During the interviews, Price, a math teacher, revealed that he coached Liam Starnes, a six-game winner, in a high school quiz bowl.
Remsen ended the round with $5,200. Streicher had $4,600. Price was in third place with $2,600.
Remsen had $12,400 in Double Jeopardy when he found the first DD on clue 10. He wagered $5,000 in “A Thing of Beauty.” The clue read, “Katharine Lee Bates’ line about ‘purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain’ was inspired by a trip to the top of this mountain.”
The champion guessed, “What is Pike’s Peak?” He was correct and moved up to $17,400. Remsen added to his lead when he ran the category “A Joy Forever.”
He had $26,600 when he found the last DD on clue 22. In “The Windsor of Our Discontent,” Remsen wagered $5. The clue was “This portmanteau word is used to describe the departure of Prince Harry & his wife from affairs British.”
“Oh, I’ve heard of this…. What is Pregxit?” he guessed. The correct response was Megxit, so he dropped to $26,595.
Remsen ended with a huge runaway of $27,395. Streicher had $8,600. Price was in third place with $3,400.
“7-Letter Words” was the Final Jeopardy category. The clue read, “This word for a specific type of knight is derived from the site upon which Rome was said to have been founded.” Two of the game show contestants had the correct response.
Price’s response was “What is a paladin?” He was correct, so he ended with $5,000 after wagering $1,600.
Streicher was wrong, however. She wrote, “What is templar?” She wagered $1,000, making her final total $7,600.
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Remsen also had the correct response. He wagered $214, giving him $27,609. That moved his 12-day total to $306,415 and bumped him up to 17th place, just one spot below Adriana Harmeyer, who had $349,600.
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