JEOPARDY! champ Adriana Harmeyer pulled out a breathtaking 15th win on Tuesday, which Ken Jennings made abundantly clear he was unsure she'd do. Adriana once again won the nail-biter game off her Final Jeopardy prowess, leaving the audience and fans at home gasping. Ken , 50, opened June 18's match by praising her "phenomenal" strength in Final Jeopardy, having gone 12 for 14 on the crucial clues.
This stat proved clutch as the West Lafayette, Indiana archivist faced Drunk History's Mark Gagliardi and speech teacher Colleen Matthews. In the Jeopardy! round, Adriana stormed ahead once more with $6,800, Mark had $2,800 after a $2200 true Daily Double miss, and Colleen $3,400. During the interviews, Colleen shared that she moved to a New Mexico school based on a murder mystery book, which elicited gasps.
In contrast, Adriana shared that she and her husband had their first date over drinks (specifically tea). In Double Jeopardy!, things got competitive as both challengers put their game faces on and amassed big scores. Colleen got to both remaining Daily Doubles, but she got them both incorrect—the second especially painfully, as she knew the author.
Colleen also nearly got into first place on the last clue but mixed up her Flemish cities - that said, it still was no runaway for Adriana. Even after the three big misses, Colleen had $10,600, Adriana narrowly led with $13,600 and Mark had $7,200. The "GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME" clue was, "Legend says in 1876 a dragon buil.
