Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings shouts ‘no!’ at contestant in feisty moment as Adriana Harmeyer wows fans with 2nd win

Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings shouts ‘no!’ at contestant in feisty moment as Adriana Harmeyer wows fans with 2nd win

JEOPARDY! champ Adriana Harmeyer stayed winning on Thursday, raking in a promising two-day total of $46,200 and plenty of praise from fans.

While Adriana trounced to victory, her fellow contestant Brad Miller faced a feisty moment with host Ken Jennings.

Adriana's opponents struggled with this Third Eye Blind clue
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Adriana’s opponents struggled with this Third Eye Blind clueCredit: Jeopardy!

Brad guessed, 'Three Doors Down' and Sandee 'Third Day?'
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Brad guessed, ‘Three Doors Down’ and Sandee ‘Third Day?’Credit: Jeopardy!

Ken snapped 'No!' at Brad in a surprisingly over-it tone
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Ken snapped ‘No!’ at Brad in a surprisingly over-it toneCredit: Jeopardy!
The Indiana art archivist was back for more after a strong $26,200 debut win on Wednesday.

Everyone was looking to see if she could have the season’s next big streak after such a big first win.

In the Jeopardy! round, despite a blank on a $2000 Daily Double, Adriana stormed ahead with $9,000, Brad had $1,600, and the third contestant, Sandee Baker, had $1,800.

In Double Jeopardy!, things got testy when a Third Eye Blind clue went less than pitch-perfect.

Ken, 49, read, “This ordinal band sang about a “semi-charmed kind of life” in a song with a lot of doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doos.”

Brad incorrectly guessed, “Three Doors Down” to which Ken ruled with a blunt, “No!”

Sandee buzzed in next with the made-up band “Third Day,” to which Ken more gently said, “Also incorrect,” and she cringed.

Adriana saved the day by correctly guessing the post-grunge band “Third Eye Blind” as everyone nervously laughed, and Ken assured, “You got there, yes.”

From there, Adriana didn’t look back, adding $4,000 on the second Daily Double, while Brad in a distant third added $500 on the last one.

Nearly two-thirds into the round, it was already game over, meaning her opponents were just playing for fun, while Adriana never had a moment of struggle leading at every break.

By Final Jeopardy! she cruised to a runaway with $22,200 (and 28 correct responses, 2 incorrect) while Brad had $3,700 and Sandee had $3,000.

The “American Banking” clue read, “Around 1930 a bank named for this N.Y.C. area known as a slum was the USA’s largest savings bank by total deposits.”

Only Brad was correct with “Bowery,” and Ken struggled to hide his surprise he got it.

Adriana only dropped $2,200 to win $20,000 and a no-nonsense two-day total.

‘VERY IMPRESSIVE!’

Fans took to social media buzzing about the sudden power player and predicting she’d make the next Tournament of Champions already.

“Great game by Adriana, and she feels like she has a good shot at four or more at this rate!” one Redditor wrote.

“Adriana got to respond to 30 clues and got 28 of them correct! Very impressive,” wrote another.

Adriana will face two more challengers tomorrow night to see if she can spend the weekend as a three-day champion.

So far, the qualifiers for the next ToC (all female) are five-day winners Alison Betts and Dr. Amy Hummel and Celebrity Jeopardy!’s Lisa Ann Walter. That said, with four wins, Grant DeYoung and Amar Kakirde will likely join the fray as well.

Adriana sailed to a runaway as fans are excited to see how far she'll go
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Adriana sailed to a runaway as fans are excited to see how far she’ll goCredit: Jeopardy!

Brad was the only player to get 'Bowery' in Final Jeopardy but it was already game over
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Brad was the only player to get ‘Bowery’ in Final Jeopardy but it was already game overCredit: Jeopardy!

Viewers predicted, 'feels like she has a good shot at four or more [wins] at this rate!'
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Viewers predicted, ‘feels like she has a good shot at four or more [wins] at this rate!’Credit: Jeopardy!

‘FUN INTERNET QUIZ’

Adriana is a clinical assistant professor and archivist University History in Purdue University’s Archives and Special Collections.

She said in a recent interview that she took the show’s online test for fun and was blindsided to be contacted a few weeks later.

“I had taken the online test a couple of times before, but this time I’d went online one evening and took the test for fun.”

“I didn’t expect anything to come out of it – I just thought of it as another fun internet quiz.”

Jeopardy! Host Timeline

Jeopardy! has had a tumultuous history regarding hosts after the death of the iconic Alex Trebek in 2020. Here are all of the hosts since the game show’s inception in 1964.

Art Fleming – 1964 to 1975, he was the original host of the daytime version of Jeopardy! on NBC.

Alex Trebek – 1984 to 2020, the late, great Alex hosted Jeopardy!’s modern iteration for 36 years until his death from pancreatic cancer.

Guest hosts – 2020 to 2021, Jeopardy! tested out a series of guest hosts for week or two-week stints, including Anderson Cooper, LaVar Burton, and Aaron Rodgers.

Mike Richards – 2021, he was named host for one week before resigning amid controversy. He was the show’s executive producer at the time.

Mayim Bialik – 2021 to 2023, when Mike was announced as the show’s new host, Mayim was chosen to host tournaments and primetime specials.

Mayim and Ken Jennings – 2022 to 2023, 74-time champion Ken (the longest-winning contestant ever) joined Mayim as a guest host and they split hosting duties.

Ken Jennings – 2023 to present. Last December, Mayim announced on Instagram that she would “no longer” host Jeopardy! after a lengthy hiatus, having stood with the writer’s strike, and Ken was named sole host.

Ken now helms all editions of Jeopardy! including Celebrity Jeopardy!, the nightly show, and other primetime specials like Masters.

THAT WAS KEN-DID

During Adriana’s first win, opponent Brian O’Shea suffered a painful Daily Double miss that Ken didn’t exactly sugarcoat.

Brian found the last Daily Double under “WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS” for $1600 and opted to wager $6000, or nearly his entire third-place score, to get in the game.

The clue read, “The 1st ceremony was in 1812 when Lucy Payne Washington, this first lady’s sister, married Supreme Court justice Thomas Todd.”

Ken Jennings subtly scolds Jeopardy! contestant over ‘brutal’ misstep that stuns fans as Adriana Harmeyer nabs first win.mp4
Instantly grabbing onto the “Washington” part of the clue, he quickly and confidently replied, “Martha Washington!”

“No, I’m sorry,” Ken, 49, bluntly told him as Brian banged the podium with a distraught expression, left with $100.

The host pointed out his answer didn’t track date-wise, and how he brushed over the date, implying he didn’t read the whole clue.

Ken explained, “In 1812, it would have been Dolley Madison.”

Brian was a good sport and selected the next clue, though he did not have time to recover his score.

Jeopardy! airs at 7 pm ET on ABC – check your local listings.

Ken also got short with an opponent during Adriana's first win last night
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Ken also got short with an opponent during Adriana’s first win last nightCredit: Jeopardy!

The player quickly responded, 'Martha Washington!' to $6000 Daily Double taking the 'Washington' bait
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The player quickly responded, ‘Martha Washington!’ to $6000 Daily Double taking the ‘Washington’ baitCredit: Jeopardy!

Ken implied he didn't read the whole clue, 'In 1812, it would have been Dolley Madison' he shaded
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Ken implied he didn’t read the whole clue, ‘In 1812, it would have been Dolley Madison’ he shadedCredit: Jeopardy!

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