JEOPARDY! champ Ryan Manton has been praised for pulling of a rare move that secured the rising star a crucial fourth consecutive win. However, fans felt “let down” overall by the game and criticized his opponent for appearing like he “didn’t want to be there” and calling out his “nasty attitude.” The systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio won yesterday’s game by just $1 however, he was able to secure a landslide victory on tonight’s show.
Ryan was up against Emily Stowell-Bui, a children’s librarian from Charleston, South Carolina and Adam Stewart, a power engineer from British Columbia. The returning champion scored the first Daily Double and increased his prize pot from $1,000 to $2,000. However, going into the first commercial break, Ryan had just $1,000 and was far behind rival Adam - who garnered $4,400 by that point in the game.
READ MORE ON RYAN MANTON Emily was in third place the whole game and often had a negative score, having -$800 at the first break. Adam found the second Daily Double about the Archipelagos however, he got it wrong and lost $2,000 - dropping below Ryan. He pressed his luck again when he found the third Daily Double under the category Possessive Terms and bet it all on a true DD.
“A structure of ropes & wooden steps for ascending a ship's rigging, or something that appears in Genesis 28:12,” host Ken Jennings read. Most read in Game shows Unfortunately, John missed yet again and lost a whopping $6,400 of his prize pot - .