THE Jeopardy! studio audience, which included some past winners, were heard gasping in horror after tonight’s contestant lost all of his earnings on a risky game-ending wager. Season 41 fan-favorite Rishabh Wuppalapati returned to Thursday night’s game in hopes of continuing his winning streak after “fighting” to win back-to-back nail biters . The undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, who has already secured $42,402 in his two-day total, played against Aaron Brown, an entrepreneur and trivia host from Ontario as well as Angel Poe, an educational consultant from Florida.
Aaron and Rishabh had quite the battle as they swapped leads throughout the game. However, it was Angel who found the first daily double - but unfortunately got it wrong and lost $1,000. Going into the first break, Rishabh was in unfamiliar territory as he was in third place with $0.
READ MORE ON JEOPARDY! Aaron was in the lead at that point with $6,200 while Angel was in second place with $2,000. When the second Daily Double was found under “Women’s Organizations”, Aaron was in the lead with $10,800. However, he got the response wrong and dropped $2,000 - putting Rishabh back in the lead with his $10,200.
The third Daily Double is where the game made a huge shift, as Aaron found the coveted clue again. Most read in Game shows Under the category, The Books of Mormons, host Ken Jennings read: “One heck of a labyrinth is the only way out in this 2009 James Dashner novel.” “.
