JEOPARDY! contestant Mike Flanagan has explained what happened during his Daily Double attempt on Thursday's episode. The recent Jeopardy! episode saw Mike taking on reining champion Adriana Harmeyer and scientific technician Hakme Lee. At one point, Mike, a non-profit executive from Winchester, Massachusetts, scored a Daily Double in the "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biography" category.
Being in third place with a total of $4,800, Mike placed a $2,000 bet. The clue read, "Also a CCR song, the title of this memoir by Vietnam vet Lewis Puller Jr. refers to having a legendary general as a dad.
" As host Ken Jennings read the clue aloud, Mike was seen closing his eyes and rocking his head up and down. After appearing to move along to a beat, he then paused before incorrectly answering, "What is favorite son?" Ken then replied with the correct response, which was "Fortunate Son." On Reddit , some viewers discussed the episode, with Mike himself chiming in to explain what happened during the Daily Double.
The contestant defended himself after one person wrote in the thread, "HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW FORTUNATE SON MIKE." Mike said he had "choked" during the question and wasn't able to sing the song aloud due to copyright infringement. "Hey this is Mike.
You are totally right here. This one will haunt me to the end of my days," he explained. "All I can say is that I prepped really hard for many things, but I did not (could not?) prepare for the moment where everything stops and all eyes are on.
